two o’clock in the
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This attempt also failed . Now then , on May 25 while submerged to a depth of 3,836 meters , the Nautilus lay in precisely the locality where this second cable suffered the rupture that ruined the undertaking . It happened 638 miles from the coast of Ireland . At around two o'clock in the afternoon , all contact with Europe broke off . The electricians on board decided to cut the cable before fishing it up , and by eleven o'clock that evening they had retrieved the damaged part . They repaired the joint and its splice ; then the cable was resubmerged . But a few days later it snapped again and could n't be recovered from the ocean depths .