The farmer and mechanic., 1915-03-09
NOM MENT ERECTED TO THE
DEAD HEROES OF THE WIRELESS
Memorial in New York in Honor OF Men VINO DleI az
Post Of Duty in Hour OF Dangef-Neh ''' ''ie Ne9
Meet Expense
Meet Expense.

nation than the memorial erected III
BATTERY Park in honor OF the |He-
lees telegraph operators Who ndFc
died at the post OF duty Ihe
memorial bears the names ol fi'he
wireless men who have been last
t,ithin the last four years in Ameri- I
can waters. The expense OF efectihs |
the monument has been met by con !
trihutiops from wireless opcraIofS' !
saws an article in the New YORK sun. /
The site of the memorial mas petu I
well chosen. 1t stands ~ the extreme /
southern end Of Battery PARK direct
iy in front Of the Barge Office, Win !
IN a few feet OF the seat wall, ana !
NAV he seen from the vessels passing
i'm or out of the harbor II consists
Of a fountain, fianked on either sloe
by a low seat, with graceful column
rising behind. A high screen OF CEDAR
trees with "A low hedge Will later De
planted at the rear.
The group has been pracuca!iy
completed. All that remains 10 ne
done is to pave the ground about 1t
and set the whole IN RELIEF against tne
cedar screen. The fou.tain Will not
be actually in use, however. untli the
dedication. which is planned for Aprn
Is. the third university Of the SINK
Ing OF the Titanic The memorial has
commonly been called the Philips
Monument, since the name OF the
wireless hero Of the Titanic heads the
list on the face Of the shaft. The an
scrption is very simply. lt begins
ain Memory of Wireless Operators
Lost at Seat at Their Post of Duty,
and then gives the names Of the nine
wireless men the names OF their
ships, the date of their deaths and
the general location of the wrecks.
Each of the wireless men thus
honored displayed conspicuous BRAY
s,,,y gt hi. n
hour of danger. With the exception
of the cases Of perhaps three Of them
the stories of the heroism shown by
these wireless operators is not general
" known.
The wireless man, like the captain,
is almost always the last 10 aoan1ol,
the ship. The men here honored
would doubtless have been saved had
they not followed the unwritten la"
OF the sea AS the result Of theil
sacrifice many lives were seyed.
Deaths OF Recent Date.
The deaths OF the nine Wireles:
heroes are all of surprisingly recen
date. Four have occurred within
year The first To die was Stephen
Sczbanck, who was lost on Car Fer
~ No. Is on September 9, 1910, %
Lake Michigan under very unusua
conditions. The boat was carryin
long train filed with passengers be
kee. n distance Of little more tina
100 miles. The lake was without
ripple aud the ferry boat had arrive
within twenty y-niue miles OF the WIS
.onsn side when it struck a rock.
Sc2panck had just informed Mi
waul<ee by wireless that they were III
preaching port when the captal
rushed into the wireless booth and d
rected him to send out the S . S ca
The signal of danger was constant
picked up by several boats in the Y
cinity, including q sister ferrybos
No. II.
The ferryboat had received mort
blow and filed rapidly. The passe
gers in the comfortable railro;
coaches could scarcely realize the
danger. Never was j shipwreck a
nounced under sucn peculiar CircuI
stances. The officers rushed throu
the cars summoning all hands to
port on decks. When the passengt
stepped from the coaches they fou
the decks already awaSh.
Sends CaI Over and Over.
Throughout the eXctems
Sczpanck remained in the wirel
booth sending out the call for II
over and over again in the hope II
some nearby ship might be fou
Later it was recalled by many of
passengers that he passed through
train stopping at every seat to ASST
the passengers that help was be
rushed to them. When he had d,
all in his power to assist the pass
gers and help them into the bo
ScZpanck returned TO the Wirel
room.
The boats We're lowered and S
awa( in Food order. There remain
on the ferryboat only four men, In
officers and the Marconi man.
sister ship hurrying under for
draught arrived soon after. The
boats with all on board were safe.
the ferryboat with the four men Y
remained aboard had disappeared.
Faithful to End.
The wreck in which George Ec
lost his life on August 26, 1911, m
similar demand upon the couI
Of the wireless man. The ship,
Ohio, was on her regular trip betv
Washington and Valdez, Alaska,
rying 200 passengers. While pas
particularly bleak aAd lonely 81
she struck reef and sank in II