A SINGLE MESSAGE FROM THE TITANIC

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A SINGLE MESSAGE FROM THE TITANIC
DATED APRIL 3RD, 1912, A MARCONI SIGNAL FROM "COMMANDER" TITANIC TO "COMMANDER" OLYMPIC AND WITH THE WIRELESS OPERATOR'S INITIALS "PH", THE SIGNAL FORM WITH SEPARATE SHEET FROM THE OLYMPIC ATTACHED TO IT

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CHRISTIE'S SOUTH KENSINGTON, APRIL 14, 1992

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IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THIS MESSAGE WAS SENT ON BOARD THE TITANIC BY JOHN PHILLIPS, THE SENIOR WIRELESS OPERATOR, WHILST SHE WAS ON PASSAGE FROM BELFAST TO SOUTHAMPTON PRIOR TO HER TRANSATLANTIC VOYAGE. THE ATTACHED SLIP OF PAPER, HOWEVER, IS FROM THE MEMORANDA PAD OF THE OLYMPIC, WHICH WAS CAPTAIN SMITH'S PREVIOUS COMMAND. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT CAPTAIN SMITH USED AN OLD PIECE OF OLYMPIC STATIONARY TO SCRAWL OUT A MESSAGE FOR PHILLIPS TO SEND ALONG WITH A RETURN SIGNAL TO THE OLYMPIC