the miracle on Titanic page 24 by ric gustafson
Sat April 13 1912 4:00 pm
Twenty four year old Jack Phillips was sending a three dollar hundred mile message when his partner, twenty two year old Harold Bride walked in. The Marconi equipment they used was the best wireless communication in the world. Phillips, who had a pug nose and twinkling eyes, studied a stack of incoming messages that had accumalated.
He held up one of the messages. " Bride, what is this one?".
Bride, who had hollow cheeks and large eyes, looked at the message. " It's a message from the Caronia" he said quietly as he studied it. " Bergs, growlers and field ice has been reported at 42 degrees North and 49 to 51 West".
" How come you haven't taken this message to the bridge?".
" I've been bogged down sending personal messages for our paying customers".
" I'm going to go eat so I'll take it to the bridge" Phillips said as he put the message into his shirt pocket. " You keep working on those personal messages".
He left his friend in the small wireless room as he walked out and headed toward the dining room.
research help: ' Murder on the Titanic' by Jim Walker
Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric.
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