The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-04-21

chance he had ever received the c. @. D.
call OF the Titanic He was just going to
bed: had undressed. in fact. but before
retiring he walked around with the re-
ceivers to his head He had just called
the Partisan and was waiting for an
answer He knew pretty generally what
ships would be in his neighborhood be-
cause of the charts issued by the Marconi
people giving this information II the
reply Of the Partisan had come he would
have closed his instruments and gone
to bed
9. What was this first message? A.
Come at once II was the &c. =. D..
old Man" 1t was the distress signal and
then he sent his position.
.. What was the "Old Man" a. II
was n complimentary remark passed In
the wireless service.
O. That was pretty serious time for
complimentary remarks, was II not" a.
1t was not necessary. ! struck II off and
reported II verbally to the captain
.. How from the minute you were In
communication with the Titanic until the
last message came 1t was about one or
two o'clock In the morning? y. No. sir
IL was II :55 New York time when the
last message came from the Titanic.
Q. That last message said the boiler
room was filling with water? A. sIes. sir
1t also said: Come as quickly as pos
sible she is taking water and II is NJ
to the boilers" | took that message 10
the captain.
Q. Did the captain reply" \. Yes. sir
He told me to tell the Titanic that he
was coming up as fast as possible, al
a good fifteen or sixteen knots. He told
/ t.lI a,
ne would have ours all ready.
G. Did you send any messages after
that? a. Yes, sir, | repeated that on,
coming" many times. ! got no answer
Bride TeDs Tis story.
/ Then came young Bride. curly haired
blue eyed, brought in on an invalid
chair. his foot bandaged up whe it wa.
frozen. He is a rosy checked boy wher
he ia In health. but he was pale esterday
There was no sign of suffering about hin
and the only indication OF the strain was
in the occasional clasping and unclaspinl
Of his hands. He was from London, 2o
years old. educated for eight months q
the Wireless School. Clapham. He hac
been three times to New York before
once down to Brazil He had been secone
man on the Lusitanii for a trip or two
He was assistant to Phillips. the chic
operator, was an employee OF the Maroon
company. which pays him ca a month
with board.
Bride joined the Titanic for her tunin,
up trip to Belfast and then went aboaro
at Southampton on the night OF Apri
o, rather late 1t was, and turned in H,
did not know very much about the tria
tests of the ship; he had been busy Will
his superior in tuning up the wireless
which was a splendid apparatus will
the very latest in everything. She coul,
send a message 400 miles in the daytime
while at night her range was PRACTICAL,
limitless.
Bride explained this by saying that thi
referred to freak messages which coult
come from any distance. His watch wa
six hours al time and in the trip acros
to Cape Race he and Phillips had sen
$50 messages besides receiving nearly
as many The weather was most favor
able.
Young Bride who answered crispl,
and intelligently, caused a laugh wheI
Senator Smith asked him if there wer
any White Star officers aboard ssh
was manned by officers, he said Sena
tor smith meant executives of the lin
and Bird" answered that h. und.r.,oo,
MIR. lsrnay Wac aboard Phillip. had toll
HIM about il, w." did no, se- the head a
the line AZ any time, but Bride believe,
some messages had been transmitte,