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Daiall* Fm WiiW at B«av*a Tail.—The inventor bee placed one of hit machine* at Beaver Tail Light, some six ur seven mile# from Newport, and wa.le arrangements with the keeper of thal light In blow the whittle during f g* when the New Y* rk atranirra are coming in or g wg out. Thia Light house stands on Ih# south po nl of Connaoicul ieland, and lining di-lecily expoard to the tea ie v«*ry noisy, cause I b) Ihe heavy aurl ne il break* in uj on the rocka ; owing Id thie ciicuhiataace it was tend that the bell, winch waa placed there a tew year* since, failed to he- of any service, an t could not he heard ; but the eiperimeuia which hare already been made with the fog whistle at thia point ea lihliabes the fart that the sound can be distinctly heard at a distance of eeven miles. It was heard at the Long Wharf during the (04 last week, by a number of gentlemen, il wae alto heard two miles up the river by some Packet Masters. Of one thing there seems now to be no difference of opinion, since all know, and realize the fact, a whia’le, such as is used by locomotives. and steemers, i* always heard serf much farther than even our largett Church rells, and aa it is found thal ail ia better to blow the wlratle than sieam, it establielies the invention of Mr. Daba'I on a very aure basis. Every means that w ill serve to les-, sen the delays now to frequently experten-I ced by travellers by getting into the fug, or in pieventing collisions so fr quent at sea, during such times, ia worthy of the highest consideration at the hands ef thoseI who thupe the courses for us.II _______
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Herald of the Times
Newport, Rhode Island, US
Thu, Sep 26, 1850
Page 2
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Boston P.
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