A VOLUME OF MESSAGES FROM THE OLYMPIC, THE TITANIC, AND OTHER SHIPS

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A VOLUME OF MESSAGES FROM THE OLYMPIC, THE TITANIC, AND OTHER SHIPS
DATED APRIL 14TH TO APRIL 16TH, THIRTY-FOUR SIGNALS BETWEEN THE OLYMPIC AND THE TITANIC, CARPATHIA AND OTHER SHIPS, DETAILING THE DISTRESS SIGNALS OF THE TITANIC AND THE RESCUE OPERATIONS FOLLOWING THE DISASTER, CONTAINED IN A VOLUME WITH NUMBERED BACKING SHEETS
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THE TITANIC SIGNALS ARCHIVE, THE MARCONI COMPANY
MR. JOHN BOOTH
CHRISTIE'S SOUTH KENSINGTON, APRIL 14, 1992

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THESE CHILLING MARCONI SIGNALS RECORD THE ATTEMPTS BY CAPTAIN HADDOCK TO AID THE TITANIC FOLLOWING THE FATEFUL MESSAGE RECORDED AT 11PM EST, "WE HAVE STRUCK AN ICE BERG," WHICH IS THE FIRST OF THE THIRTY-FOUR SIGNALS PRESERVED IN THIS BOOK. LATER MESSAGES INCLUDE ONE FROM THE CARPATHIA STATING THAT "MR. BRUCE ISMAY IS UNDER AN OPIATE," REFERRING TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WHITE STAR LINE, WHO MANAGED TO JUMP ABOARD ONE OF THE LIFEBOATS FILLED WITH WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

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