Harold Sydney Bride, Harold Sydney Bride - Early History, Harold Sydney Bride - Notes, Harold Sydney Bride - Post–<i>Titanic</i>, Harold Sydney Bride - RMS <i>Titanic</i>
In 1912 Bride joined the White Star Line ocean liner RMS Titanic as the Junior Wireless operator and assistant to John "Jack" Phillips at Belfast, Ireland. Stories have appeared that Bride knew Phillips before Titanic, but Bride insisted that they had never met before Belfast.[1] The Titanic left on its maiden voyage to New York City from Southampton, England on April 10. During the voyage, from the wireless room on the Boat deck, Bride and Phillips sent out passenger's persona ...
Bride, who had to be carried off the Carpathia because of his injuries to his feet, was met in New York City by Guglielmo Marconi and The New York Times which gave Bride $1000 for his exclusive story. Bride later gave testimony in the American and British inquiries into the Titanic disaster describing what iceberg warnings were received and what happened the night of the disaster.
In the American Inquiry Bride was also questioned about, while working on the Carpathia, ignoring requests for information about ...