The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-21

message to hts wife by one Of the
crew.
Star. they did not obtain this infor-
nation from your
a. No. sir.
Fplls Asleep Mt Instrument.
Cnttam declared that no other person
could have sent the message from the
Carpathia, because he went on duty
sunday night and came off "a couple
of days later" He sat at his post
Sunday night. all day Monday and
Monday night. and Tuesday during the
day, but he could not remember ex-
actly, He thought he had taken few
hours sleep on Tuesday or Wednesday
night. He did this before falling
asleep at his instrument Bride was
carried up TO the wireless room Wed :
nesday afternoon. He could not stand
and was very weak. Sick as he was.
Bride managed to send off a list OF
third bin passengers saved.
.. Were you at the instrument wnen
the message from the cruiser Chester
was received?
a. Yes, sir. took IL
G. Did you reply to II?
"a Yes, sir.
Gotham. further on. said that Bride,
despite his weakness. sent and recev-
Ell many messages. stood 2 watch" in
the work. but he could not have sent
the all saved" message The Wire
| less equipment of the Carpathia he de-
scrieed as oldfashloned, with an ex-
IRENE range of about 25u miles.
Cottam later told the committee very
quietly that it was just by the barest
chance he had ever received the &c. Q.
! D. call OF the Titanic He was just
going TO he'd had undressed. in fact
but before retiring he walked around
with the receiver on his head He
! had Just called the Partisan and was
waiting for an answer. He knew pretty
generally what ships would be in his
! vicinity. because OF the charts issued
| by the Marconi people giving this in
formation. II the reply of the Partisan
| had come he would huve closed his
instruments and gone TO bed.
| 9. What was this first message?
a Come at cnce." 1t was the &C
| G. D.. old man" II was the distress
signal, and then he sent his position
| Q. What was the odd MANI"
A. 1t was a plimentary remark
passed on the wireless service.
! Too Serious for Compliments.
| O. But II was pretty serious time
| for complimentary remarks, was it
not?
| a. It was not necessary. 1 struck II
/ off and reported 1t verbally to the cap.
(; tain.
x NOW from the minute you were
In communication with the Titanic I'M
til the last messags came it was ahou,
| Or o'clock In the morning:
\. No. sir. Il vas 1855. New York
time. when the las, message came from
the Titanic.
G. That last message said the boiler
room was fillins with watar?
A. Yes. sir. II also said: Come as
quickly as possible She Is taking
to, ri q T. ~.
took that messag re to the captain
@ Did the captain reply?
' "a Yes, sir lie told ME to tell tn.
I Titanic that he was coming up a fas
as possible. a a good fifteen o. six
:een knots He told me to tell her u
nave her boats ready, and he woult
have ours all ready.
! G. Did you send any MESA ges sftel
that?
4 Yes. sir repeated that one
Coming manY times. I got no an
Swer.
Then came young Bride, curly-haired
olue-eyed. brought in on an Invalid!
chair, his foot bandaged up where i
Sas frozen But there was no Sign o
suffering about him, and the only ipdi
cations OF the strain was in the coca
atonal claspins and unclasping of hi
| Aands. H. was from London, twenty
:wo years old, educated for eigh
months at the Wireless School. Clap
aam.
The THAMES wireless was splendi.
apparatus. with the latest things. Sh
could send massage 400 miles in til
daytime. while at night her range wa
practically limitiass He explained thi
oy saving that this referred to frea
messages. "h!ch could come from an
distance His watch was six hours a
time, and during the trip across t
Cape Race he ana Phillips had sen
80 messases besides receiving nearl
as many. Tbs weather was most IA
vorabls
Mr.. Ismay hal not come INTO th
wireless Office at any time. and Brio
/ could not remember whether any mes
sases had been Transmitted for him o
received by him. Bride could not sa
las to Phillips, hut he was certain thu
PHILIPS hai NOT sent any MESA gs 70
Mr.. 1smay after the collision.
No Message Received
Q Can you recall WHISTLER the car
tain OF the vessel received any MESA (
from the White Star Company on sun
day regarding the movement, ths al
rectton Of the vessel or its speed?
a, Nc, cir he did not
.. How do you knop that
a Bseause | shout, have beard ]
saw tha captains messages I we
delivering them to Mr. Philips
Witness saw all messagesl becaus
they would have to be checked up
making up the accounts, HE was po
tive that no speed messages had tee
received. He had no knowledge OF
Ri wireless mesaaF: from the Amerik
the proximity of ieebsrs