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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.