the miracle on Titanic page 30 by ric Gustafson
Sun April 14 1912 8:45 am
Jack Phillips took the wire out of his pocket. He knew he was in big trouble. He walked onto the bridge. He handed it to Captain Smith. " Captain, I have an ice warning for you".
He opened the wire and read it. " It is a warning from the Caronia". He frowned at the scared wireless operator. " Any more ice warnings need to be given to me at once".
" Aye Sir". He quietly walked away.
Captain Smith shook his head in frustration. " That warning was dated two days ago".
Phillips walked back to the cramped wire room. Bride was busy tapping out personal messages. " What are you doing?".
" Look at this whole stack of messages I have to send out". The younger operator sighed. " The machine had broken down until 5 this morning". He threw up his hands. " I have all these messages to catch up on".
" If you get any more ice warnings". The senior operator sat down in a chair. " Captain Smith wants to see them right away".
" Ok". The younger operator went back to tapping out passenger messages.
research help: ' Murder on the Titanic' by Jim Walker
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