Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-04-25

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Come as quickly as possible. She's
water and it's up to the boil
81 never heard from hel after that"
said Gotham, although several times l
called the Titanic, and sent Capt. Ros-
irons reply to Phillips last message,
which read: we are making your
position as speedily as possible. Have
double watch in the engine rooms. We
are making Is to 16 knots an hour.
Get your boats ready. We have ours
ready l v got that message to
the Titanic"
The horrors of the disaster grew
very real before the committee when
Harold Bride, the extra wireless OPP
orator of the Titanic, took the stand.
Bride, a pale-faced, b'ack-haired boy
of % years, 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 Carpathia, were swathed
in heavy %bandages. His face was
drawn with pain, and his big black
eyes were red and sunken.
AS his bearers tenderly placed him
on a couch and stretched his band
aged feet on a pillow on a chair be-
fore him, Bride gritted mis- teeth and
his face twitched conyulsively with
pain.
Answering Chairman smith, Bride
said that he was assistant operator on
the Titanic, that his home was in Lon
don, and that he received G5u about
$40 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.
Bride Tells His Story.
Bride said he was a native of Lon
don, was % years old and learned his
profession in a British school of tel
egraphy.
what practical experience have
you?" 81 have crossed to the states
three times and to Brazil twice." said
Bride.
Operator Bride remembered receiv-
ing and sending messages relative to
the speed of the Titanic on its trial
tests. After leaving Southampton on
the Titanic's fatal trip he could not
remember receiving or sending any
message for Ismay. Senator Smith
asked particularly about messages on
! Sunday.
Il don't remember, sir" said Bride.
There was so much business Sun
day."
He was asked if Capt. Smith e
ceived or sent any messages Sunday.
mo, sir" was the reply.
How do you know he did not?"
Because l see the messages Mr., Phil
ipps takes when they are made up"
Were those for Sunday made up?'
mo; they were"
After testifying he made no perma-
nent record of the iceberg warnings,
Bride insisted he gave the memoran-
dunn of the warnings to the officer on
the watch. The name of the officer
he could not tell.
II knew the officers by sight but
not by name,'' he said. He did not in
btqgm Capt. Smith.
Bride said he was in bed when the
impact came. He was not alarmed at
the collision and remained in bed
about ten minutes. He saw Philips
in the operating room.
HE told me he thought the boat
had been injured in some way, and
he expected it would have to go back
to the builders" said Bride.
Sent Distress Call.
The witness said that according to
arrangement, he relieved Philips.
Immediately the captain came in
and said we had better send out a
call for assistance" testified Bride.
Phillips asked if he wanted to send
a distress call. The captain said he
did. / could read what Philips said
T.. @. D."
"How soon did he get a reply?'
GAS far as I know, Immediately.
could not hear what he received, how
ever.' The witness told of having in
tercepted a message from the Califor
mia intended for the Baltic, which TOLD
of the presence of three huge icebergs
in the vicinity of the former vessel.
81 gave the message to the captain
personally" he said. Bride did no
take down the message and could no
give its exact form.
"The California was seeking out thu
Baltic and l merely noted that it wa
an iceberg reported and told the cap
TAIN" he said.
Bride acknowledged that a half hou
previously, or at 4:30 Sunday aftel
noon, he was working on his account
in the wireless room when he hear
the California trying to raise the t
tanic. He did not respond, he sait
because he was busy"
"You had the telephone apparatu
at your carr" inquired Senator Smitl
in surprise. eyes, sir"
"And you did not respond to tn
: CALI" mo, sir"
/. "Then a half hour later on, abol
, five hours before the disaster. yo
took the message when it was inten'
ed for another vessel, the Baltic
Eyes, sir"
= In an effort to determine wheth'
the signal &C. @. D." might not ha'
been understood by passing ship
Senator Smith called upon Mr.. Ma