Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-28

with MIR. MarcOBt In the wireless CABIN
of the Carpathia few minutes after
the steamship touched her pier. 1t Is
nrinted Mt the request of many read-
ers.D IL Is the most graphic and most
important story published during the
tense days that followed the disaster.
downright 1912 by the New York Times Coz
IN the first place. the public should
not blame anybody because more
wireless messages about the disaster
10 the Titanic did not reach shore
from the Carpathia. l positively re-
fused to send press dispatches because
The bulk Of personal messages with
touching words of grief was SO large Inc
wireless operators aboard the Cnester so'
all they asked for ana thes
wretched operators
They knew American Morse, but not
Continental Morse sufficiently to De
worth while. They taxed our en'o'
ance to the limit.
/ had TO cut them out at ias,' 'he9
were SO insuTerably slow. ana go aheau
with our mess ages of grief 10 Teia.Nes
We sent nineteen personal messages
day. and fifty yesterday.
When I was dragged aboard the Car
pathia / went to the hospltai al ~ -
I STAYED there for ten hours. Ihen solhe
body brought word that the Carpa'hia
uirelass operator was getting queer
from the work
They asked me if | could go up and
helm could not walk Both my feet
were broken or something, l don't kno"
what l went up on crutches Will
some body helping me.
| took the key, and / never lett the
were brought to us. We kept the wire
less working all the time me navy
operators were a great nuisance. Az
wise them all to learn the Continentdi
Morse and learn to speed up In 1t If they
ever expect to be worth their SAT- ne
Chester's man thought he knew II. pul
ne was as slow Christmas coming.
We worked all the time Notnins wen.
wrong. Sometimes the Carpathia man
sent, and sometimes I sent. There was
a bed in the wireless cabin. l coulo ; I
on it and rest my feet whiie sehoiis
sometimes
To begin at the beginning. l joined the
Titanic at Belfast. / was born at Nun
head, England, twenty-five years ago
and joined the Marconi forces iast July! .H,,
/ first worked on the Hoverford, and then
on the Lusitania. l joined the Iitanic
at Belfast.
Asleep When Crash Came.
| didn't have much to do aboard the
Titanic except TO relieve Phillips from
midnight until some time in the morn
ing. when he should be through sleep
ing. On the night Of the accident l was
not sending, but was asleep. was que
10 be up and relieve Phillips earlier than
usual And that reminds neil II
hadn't been for lucky thing we never
could have sent any call Tor neip.
The lucky thing was that the wireless
broke down early enough for US 10 hS
a
something wrong on Sunday, and PM,
lips and worked seven hours TO nha
it. We found a secretary burned
out, at last, and repaired 1t just lie"
hours before the iceberg was struck.
Phillips said to me he took the
night shift. You turn in, boy, and get
some sleep, and go up as soon as you
can and give me chance. L m all done
for with this work of making repairs
There were three rooms In the wire
less cabin. One was a sleeping room,
one dynamo room and one an operat-
ing room 1 took off my clothes and
went to sleep in bed. Then l was con-
scious of waking up and hearing phil
lips sending to Cape Race. l read what
he was sending. It was traffic matter.
l remembered how tired he was, and
/ got out of bed without my clothes on
to relieve him. i didn't even feel the
shock / hardly knew it had happened
after the captain had come to u.s. There
was no jolt whatever.
/ was standing by Phillips telling him
to go to bed when the captain put his
head in the cabin.
We've struck an iceberg" the cap
tain said, and I'm having an inspec-
tion made to tell what II has done for
u.s. You better get ready to SEND OUT a
call for assistance. But don't send 1t
until i tell YOU"
The captain went away and in ten
minutes, l should estimate the time. he
came back. We could hear terrible
confusion outside, but there was not
the least thing to indicate that there
was any trouble. The wireless was
working perfectly.
Send the call for assistance" or
dered the captain. barely putting his
head in the door.
what call should / send" Phillips
asked.
"The regulation international cali for
help. Just that"
Chen the captain was gone. Phillips
began to send &C. Q. D." He flashed
0way 1t 1t and we joked while he did