matthew Sims
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With many thanks to Allison, for it is with her admiration of this man that spurred me to want to find out more about him, that i owe thanks to, for giving me wonderful readings and learning much about the man. I have found upon study of him, that while his time spent studying the marconi system was short, the man was as quiet as his demeanor. The books i have read indicated that he gave the first detailed accounts of that night to the public, however reluctantly, and that his decision to use the then new American call of SOS rather than CQD, turned out to be a pivotal moment and decision. He spoke glowingly of the work of his partner that night, Phillips, and said at one point "i learned to love the man that night". It was stated that he had spent much of the half hour after the striking of the berg relaying messages to Capt Smith, then finally Smith came to them both and told them they were relieved, that they had done all they could, and at that point it was every man for themselves, because in situation like that, its just the way it is, Smith reportedly told them.
The image i got of the brief reading i did on the man were these: A very capable and professional man while on duty, but very much a shy young boy in other ways. But he always spoke in glowing terms of his commrades, and was a very heartfelt and observant young man. The image i saw that absolutely chilled me was his being helped off Carpathia by 2 men because his feet were so frostbitten. I learned he never spoke of the incident again, not even to family, and became very reclusive. It was stated an author was trying to track him down, but said the only clue he found was that in later years a Harold Bride had checked himself into a New York hospital at age 75 for an undisclosed amount of time. Thats what i have so far, and id like to see what others have to offer
The image i got of the brief reading i did on the man were these: A very capable and professional man while on duty, but very much a shy young boy in other ways. But he always spoke in glowing terms of his commrades, and was a very heartfelt and observant young man. The image i saw that absolutely chilled me was his being helped off Carpathia by 2 men because his feet were so frostbitten. I learned he never spoke of the incident again, not even to family, and became very reclusive. It was stated an author was trying to track him down, but said the only clue he found was that in later years a Harold Bride had checked himself into a New York hospital at age 75 for an undisclosed amount of time. Thats what i have so far, and id like to see what others have to offer
