The farmer and mechanic., 1915-03-09
So hone 1f success.


in turn relayed the message along the
coast Although the Alaskan station
was high up among the snow covered
mountains and could not lend direct
assistance, the passengers were en-
couraged by the news chat they were
in touch with the land. The hall
hour which was left 10 the Ohio was |
nearly past when the Alaskan sta |
tion informed Eccles that il had pick |
ed up two vessels near by. the Hum- |
boldt and the Rupert City, which |
were then headed for the Ohio.
! The sea ran high and the Ohio
! threatened TO slip from the rocks into
the sea at any mOmen. Eccles re-
manned al his post. sending messages
to the ships now approaching, giving
them the exact position. Twenty
minutes after the ship struck the ris-
! ing water put out the fires, stopping
! the dynamos and silencing the wire
| less apparatus. Eccles left the wire
less room only when the wireless had
decks were awash. The last Of the
200 passengers had meanwhile been
safely transferred 10 the lifeboats.
Tie first of the relief boats was al
read in sight. There remained on
the Ohio only Eccles and four 9th
c~s. II was thought that all danger
was now past, and the passengers
the Ohio suddenly litter from the
reef and sank, carrying with her the
wireless man and lis companions.
1.he entire ships company save these
, had been saved in the face Of ire
mendous odds by the GOODNESS ana
courage of the Marconi man who re-
manned at his instrument to the
last.
: Philips OF the Titanic.
The death Of Jack Philips on the
Titanic on April Is, 1912. is OF course
, | familiar. Philips remained at his
post to the last and it was largely due
10 his Coolness and skill that SO many
l. ! were saved.
u on the night Of the disaster Philips
u was tired out after a long vigil in the
u wireless room. The machinery had
', broken down in part during the pre-
= ceding day and Philips had worke &C
uninterruptedly for seven hours tt
=, repair it Had Philips neglected the
- work or had his skill been unequal t
a making the repairs the fate Of tn
9 Titanic might have been one Of tn
=, mysteries Of the sea.
- Philips's watch ended ordinarily a
81 midnight. Early in the evening tn
q assistant operator. Harold Bride. wa
a awakened by hearing the instrumen
y. sending to Cape Race, and remember
- ing that Philips was tired he rose an
y insisted on relieving him. Philips wa
nd receiving with Bride standing besid
s. him when the ship hit the iceberg
few moments later the captain cam
IL 70 the door and explained that tn
n Titanic had struck and iceberg an
in suggested that Philips prepare I
Ii send out wireless call for assis
Ill ance. No one yet realized Il
tly danger.
vi Ten minutes later the captain r
81 Cd "a
out the 5 call. The wireless a.
tai p"ratus worked perfectly. Sever
en- ships were picked up, including Il
,ad Carpathia Philips continued at q
cir key. sending with a steady hand.
an was shortly after this that the o
M orator at Cape Race was terrified
lgh note that the Titanic's messages we
re- growing b1owred and gradually wea
ers er.
md The confusion on deck neanwh
was RAPIDLY increasing. The ship h
sunk perceptibly at the head and
ont ready the decks were awash when
80 captain returned and ordered t
~ wireless men to abandon ship. +
Iat fully ten minutes more Philips h.
@ on. sending out the call for help.
~ When Philips finally left his
~ strument the last of the lifeboats
,,Ire gone. 1t is believed that he remain
.ing wau la+ar raao,,oa a,i". piullse.
On by one of the crowded life ia,
go. Throughout the night the water ct
Ia tinually washed over him and wi
with the dawn the Carpathia ar,i,
,+ it was found that he had died dur
So the night from exposure.
n Stood BY His Key.
~, Lawrence A. Prudhunt, who
80 MS life on the Rosecrans. was
,.e Youngest of the wireless heroes, be
-. scarcely 18 years Of age. The VT
occurred on the Pacific on Januart
WIN 1913. Six Of the nine deaths &C
' memorated by the fountain occur
on the Pacific Ocean and all In nol
ccies ern 1atitudeS. The Rosecrans carr
made no passengarS and Of the thirtv
rage forming the crew on1v three u
the saved. Prudhunt was new TO the
"een vice and had sailed on this particl
car voyage as an accOmmo odation to
ssing ships COMPANY.
shore The Rosecrans was sunk after st
nlTCV inc rock While the U