Evening journal., 1912-04-20
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SHIP IGNORED
HELP CALLED
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ready. | never got that message to
the Titanic"
Bride Tells His Story.
The horrors of the disaster grew
very real before the committee, when
Harold $. Bride, the extra wireless
operator Of the Titanic took the
stand. Bride, paIe-faced, black
haired boy of twenty-five, was carried
into the room Both of his feet,
frozen IN the terrible hours between
the time he left the sinking Titanic
and the time he reached the Carpa-
thia, were swathed in heavy bandages
His face was drawn with pain and his
big black eyes were red and sunken.
As his attendants placed him on
a couch and stretched his bandaged
feet on "a pillow on a chair before
him, Bride gritted his teeth and his
afcc twitched convulsiycly with pain
Answering Chairman Smith. Bride
said that he was assistant operator
on the Titanic, that his home was in
London and that he received four
pounds, about twenty dollars, "A
month He said that he and Jack
Phillips, his chief, alternated six
hour watches at the instruments on
the Titanic, which were constantly
manned
While Bride was testifying several
newspaper photographers exploded
flashlights. The reports startled
everyone in the room and Brides
shattered nerves almost gave way.
Senator Smith reprimanded the
photographers
Tried 10 Report lcebergs.
A frank admission that the steam
ship Californian had tried to report
icebergs TO him was made by the oper-
ator. He said that he had been too
busy at the time to take the report.
He was making ont reports and heard
IN w. L." which was the Califor-
nian, call him saying she had ice
report.
- was busy and / did not answer
at the time" Bride said. Half an
hour later ! heard the same opera
tor transmitting an ice report 10 the
Baltic and ] copied il. I thought Il
was the same message that | refused
previously. but as it was not official
| did not copy II I'm the book al
though a copy was sent to the bridge.
Whether Captain Smith received Il or
not ! do not know. Il told of three
great bergs in certain latitude and
longitude which do not now remem-
ber."
Bride said that about z o'clock or
1.3O the night of the disaster he went
obed in his room next to the wire
less station. He was not awakened
by the collision, but at midnight he
arose to relieve Phillips.
Phillips had just finished big
bunch Of messages he was sending to
ICape Race" said Bride. "He told me
that the ship had been badly injured
and that he thought she would have
to go back to the builders. just about
that time Captain Smith came to The
doors of the wireless room and said !.
You had better get assistance Phil
lips asked him if he wanted distress
call sent Yes. at once, the captain
replied Phillips put on his headpiece
and sent &C Q ID" several times, sign
ing the Titanic's call 'MGY.'"
What does G Q ID mean?" asked
Smith
Gugilelmo Marconi. who was in the
iuvhi, 'Apidlntu tndl 4 v means
"All stations, listen" and that ID"
means danger or distress.
THE international wireless confer
ence has decided to substitute IS o s.
for the distress call" said Marconi
What represents silence in the
wireless code?' asked Senator Smith.
I'D y d." answered Marconi.
Frankfort Ignored Call.
From Brides testimony IL appeared
that the liner Frankfort, a German
vessel, refused to hasten to the scene
Of the wreck Bride said that the
Frankfort was the first vessel to an
swer the c Q ID sent by Jack Phillips
Twenty minutes after she aclxnowl-
edged the Titanics first distress call,
said Bride, his face drawn with pain
"the operator on the Frankfort. sent
a message asking What's the matter? d?
Philips was ignant and seizing the
key said You dam fool
THE Frankfort then sent Stand by
p Phillips gave the position Of the III
tanic and asked for the Frankfort
position. but she refused to give il
He tried several times to get her posi-
} tion, but she would not answer. Eaci
81 time she answered Stand by w,
, heard nothing more from her"