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Title: Wreck and sinking of the Titanic : the ocean's greatest disaster : a graphic and thrilling account of the sinking of the greatest floating palace ever built, carrying down to watery graves more than 1,500 souls : giving exciting excape from death and acts of heroism not equalled in ancient or modern times, told by the survivors ; edited by Marshall Everett
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Everett, Marshall
Subjects: Titanic (Steamship) Shipwrecks
Publisher: (S.l. : L.H. Walter)
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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al for help.He was uncertain whether he was required to work atnight. He had not closed his station for the night,which is accomplished by switching the storage batteryout. He was listening for a confirmation message fromthe Parisian, while he was preparing to retire, andcaught the Tltanics distress signal by chance. WRECK OF THE TITANIC 263 When you got the distress message from theTitanic Sunday night, how did you get it? I called the Titanic myself, sir. Who told you to call the Titanic? •No one, sir; I did it of my own free will. What was the answer? *Come at once, was the message, sir. I was in communication with the Titanic at regularintervals until the final message, said Cottam. Thiswas *Come quick; our engine room is filling up to theboilers. - Cottam said that after the Tttanics survivors werepicked up he worked practically continuously untilTuesday, when he fell asleep at his post. He could nottell when he dropped from exhaustion nor when heawoke. 264 WRECK OF THE TITANIC
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r^—Neiv York World WiREi;ESs Anarchy CHAPTER XXX INVESTIGATION CONTINUED Blunders in Wireless Messages Contributed tg Great Loss of Life Testimony given before the Senate committeeshowed that blunders in wireless service had much todo with the great loss of life. Harold S. Bride, who was relief operator on theTitanic, said that when Chief Operator Phillips sentout the call for help the first answer came from theFrankfurt of the North German Lloyd line. Theoperator on the Frankfurt apparently considered thecall trivial, for half an hour after receiving th^ impera-tive appeal he called the Titanic to inquire specificallyjust what was wrong. Mr. Phillips said he was a fool, Bride testified,and told him to keep out, but did not tell him theTitanic was sinking. No effort was made to re-establish communicationwith the Frankfurt, although Phillips felt certain thevessel was much nearer than the Carpathia, with whichcommunication had been established. 265 266 WRECK OF THE TITANIC BRIDE IGNO

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