Operators

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New York Times	ACCUSE WIRELESS OPERATOR PHILADELPHIA, April 20---Charges were made to-day by the chief electrician of the United States scout cruiser Chester, which was sent to the aid of the Carpathia, having on board the survivors of the Titanic, that the wireless operators on board the ...	21st April 1912
New York Times	PHILLIPS FOUNTAIN READY Memorial to Titanic Operator Will Be Erected at the Battery Soon --- The fountain erected in memory of Jack Phillips, the senior wireless operrator [sic] who lost his life on the Titanic when she foundered an her maiden voyage on April ...	11th October 1914
The Evening Telegram	HAROLD BRIDE One of the Titanic Wireless Operators Who Escaped and Who Testified Before the Investigation Committee on Saturday....	22nd April 1912
KSPR	HAM OPERATORS SAVED LIVES ABOARD THE TITANIC When the Titanic went down almost exactly 97 years ago to the day in 1912 more than 1,500 people perished.But 706 survived, and maybe solely thanks to a Marconi radio used to signal for help....	16th April 2009
Herald News	CALL OF TITANIC WILL GO OUT AGAIN Nearly 100 years ago, Jimmy Myrick, a 14-year-old Newfoundland boy, was one of the first people to hear RMS Titanic's late-night distress call. The transmissions from the stricken vessel and the resulting bustle of activity at the Cape Race Marconi Station that occurred after Myrick alerted the station’s wireless operators to the impending disaster will be re-enacted on April 14 as part of the 100th anniversary of the world’s most fascinating marine tragedies....	14th January 2012
The Times	THE TITANIC'S WIRELESS OPERATORS It has been decided to erect a memorial fountain at Godalming in memory of Mr Jack Phillips, the senior wireless operator on board the Titanic, who was a native of the town. The Mayor (Alderman E Bridger) has received letters from all par...	20th May 1912
windycitymediagroup.com	HISTORIC IDEAS FOR THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TITANIC Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the sailing of Titanic's maiden voyage. Several destinations, tour operators and exhibition companies are getting ready. For the real deal, visit Halifax, Nova Scotia. Halifax has a rich maritime history due to its closeness to the sea and as a safe harbor to ships coming from Europe. It may come as a surprise to many that Halifax played a significant role in the recovery effort after the sinking of the Titanic. ...	25th August 2011
The Toronto World	WIRELESS FLASHES HEARD BY TWO TORONTO OPERATORS ------------------------- Messages Sent by Ports Along the Atlantic Seaboard Are Often Caught at (sic) Local Station if the Night is Clear---Tapping of the Instrument Decipherable at T...	17th April 1912
dailymail.co.uk	TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TICKETS ORDERED FOR TITANIC CENTRE Nearly 35,000 Titanic enthusiasts have already pre-ordered tickets to tour a new £90 million visitor attraction dedicated to the doomed liner. The interest in Titanic Belfast - 400,000 are expected to pay a visit in its first year - emerged as its operators marked 100 days until Northern Ireland's largest ever tourism project opens its doors. The eye-catching building, which is made up of 3,000 aluminium panels shaped like the vessel's hull, has been built on the spot where the liner was first rolled into the water in 1911. ...	22nd December 2011
The Toronto World	WIRELESS WORK ON A YACHT NOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME --------------------- J. G. Phillips, Who Flashed the Signals of Distress From the Titanic, Talked Several Times to Two Local Wireless Operators While Working on the Great Lakes Boat and Told of His Am...	17th April 1912
lisburntoday.co.uk	STRICTLY MORSE CODE FOR DANCING JUDGE LEN STRICTLY Come Dancing judge Len Goodman has paid a visit to Lisburn to learn all about Morse Code for a new documentary. Len, who is well known for his appearances on the hit BBC1 series, is currently filming a three part documentary to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. As part of the documentary, entitled ‘Titanic and Me’, Len wanted to learn all he could about Morse Code and how the radio operators on the Titanic made use of it....	28th August 2011
New York Times	TO HONOR WIRELESS HEROES To Dedicate Jack Philips Titanic Memorial Fountain May 12 --- At a meeting yesterday afternoon in the Maritime Exchange, 78 Broad Street, plans were completed for the dedication of the Jack Philips Titanic memorial fountain at the base ...	1st May 1915
Chicago Daily Journal	THOMAS WHITELEY : WIRELESS OPERATOR DIES Philips, the first Marconi operator aboard the Titanic, stuck to his post until the last, jumped from the sinking ship, was taken aboard the life-raft and died before rescuers reached him, according to the story told here today by Thomas Whitely. ...	19th April 1912
	MICHAEL ROGERS - 'STEWARD TO THE MARCONI DEPARTMENT' Michael Rogers was a 27 year old steward from Dublin, generally resident between voyages at the family home of Mr Thomas Harris at 13, Greenhill Avenue, Winchester. Mrs Harris had been a close friend of Michael's mother, and ...
	HAROLD BRIDE - MARCONI RADIO OPERATOR Titanic Stories The Marconi Radio Operator's descendants visit Titanic's birthplace....	14th November 2011
New York Times	VINCENT ASTOR'S GRIEF Vincent Astor's Grief Pitiable ___________ Son of John Jacob offers a fortune for word of his father ___________ Vincent Astor, son of Col. John Jacob Astor, who is believed to have g...	17th April 1912
Chicago Tribune	WIRELESS STORMS ISLAND Sable Island, so long the terror of transatlantic seamen, is tonight, through the agency of the wireless, the storm center of a great battle for news of the missing passengers and crew of the Titanic. The wireless sta...	18th April 1912
New York Times	NO WIRELESS ORDER TO HOLD BACK NEWS Sea Gate Operator Explains the Messages to Bride and Cottam on the Carpathia --- SHIP THEN IN THE HARBOR --- "Keep Your Mouth Shut" Not Official, but Friendly Words of One Operator to Another ---...	27th April 1912
New York Times	CONSOLE PHILLIPS'S PARENTS blurb...	21st April 1912
Chicago American	UNEXPLAINED FEATURES OF WORLD'S GREATEST STEAMSHIP DISASTER Whence came the wireless messages of Monday assuring the world of the rescue of passengers and crew from the Titanic without the loss of a life? What was the origin of the report—by wireless via Cape Race—that the steamer Virgi...	16th April 1912
	MEMORIALS TO JACK PHILLIPS Phillips, John George (Jack). Chief Wireless Operator. Has perhaps the largest Titanic memorial, namely 'The Phillips Memorial Cloister', by the River Wey, covering some three acres, at Godalming, Surrey. Inscribed on the memorial stone is: 'The Cloi...
Elizabeth Daily Journal	ELIZABETHANS ON BOARD BIG LINER TITANIC News of Relatives Anxiously Awaited by Families In This City ---------- William E. Carter, 37 years old, of Philadelphia, a nephew of Joseph W. Carter, of 43 South Broad street, a well-known Elizabeth resident, is one of the pas...	16th April 1912
New York Times	PRESIDENT TAFT STUNNED Wires White Star Line for News of Major Butt --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, April 15---President Taft did not know of the sinking of the Titanic or of the danger of his old friend, Major Archibald Butt, ...	16th April 1912
Evening Bulletin	HAD PREMONITION OF DISASTER Nurse in Home of Mrs. J. B. Earnshaw Distrusted Early Despatches of Safety of Passengers --- A curious instance of the premonitions which are communicated to members of a family or even a household in time of disaster, was illustrated i...	17th April 1912
Chicago Tribune	TITANIC STRUCK ON CLEAR NIGHT Story of Parisian Operator Deepens Mystery of Disaster to White Star Line Warning Was Repeated Secrecy of Wireless Messages Pertaining to Wreck Maintained by Capt. Haines Halifax, N. S., April 17—...	18th April 1912
Chicago Daily Journal	PITIFUL APPEALS FOR NEWS AT OFFICE HERE UNGRATIFIED Heartrending appeals for information concerning the dead or rescued from the Titanic poured into the Chicago offices of the White Stair line, throughout the day. Men, Women and children telephoned the offices at LaSalle and Washington stre...	17th April 1912
New York Times	CAPT. ROSTRON GUEST OF MRS. J. J. ASTOR Rescuer of Titanic Survivors Meets Again Mrs. Thayer and Mrs. Cumings --- GOES TO SEE MRS. WIDENER --- With the Crew of the Carpathia He Will Attend Concert for Musicians' Families --- Capt. Arthur Henry Ros...	1st June 1912
Daily Telegraph	RUSSIANS TO THE RESCUE – ICEFIELD DESCRIBED Charles E. Walters SS. Birma (off Dover), Monday, April 22. We left New York in the Birma, of the Russian East Asiatic Company, on Thursday afternoon, the 11th inst., bound for Rotterdam and Libau (Russia), in splendid we...	25th April 1912
Titanic Research	A PV SOLVES A PUZZLE Senan Molony THE devil is in the detail... and nowhere is that phrase more true than in particular areas of Titanic study. There has been controversy, for instance, over an impression given - to some - by remarks made by Captain James...	13th October 2006
Titanic Research	EXCUSE SENDING ... AM HALF ASLEEP Jemma Hyder The experience of Carpathia Wireless Operator Harold Cottam...	17th March 2002
New York Times	CARLISLE, DESIGNER OF TITANIC, IS DEAD Member of Privy Council and Noted Engineer Stricken at 72 --- DISASTER BROKE HIS HEART --- Recently Visited Old Friend, Ex-Kaiser---Wanted “Merry Widow Waltz” Played at Funeral --- ...	6th March 1926
The Times	ON BOARD THE CARPATHIA HOW THE PASSENGERS WERE RECEIVED A passenger on board the Carpathia made the following statement:- I was awakened at 12.30 in the morning by a commotion on the decks which seemed unus...	20th April 1912