HEROISM AT SEA.
THE REPUBLIC COLLISION.
By Telegraph —Press Association —Copyright. London, February 10. John Burns, the heroic Marconi operator of the Ilepublic, was yesterday the recipient of an address at the Guildhall. In replying, Burns declared that he had done nothing more than his duty, while the real hero of the Republic collision was an engine hand, who, up to his neck in water, saved all aboard by opening the steam escape valve.
The heroism of Burns, a native of Peterborough, England, who was the Marconi operator on the Republic, excited widespread admiration. The collision with the Florida; destroyed the deckhouse on the Republic, where the wireless instruments were installed, but though the roof and sides of the deckhouse threatened to fall at any moment, the courageous operator stuck to his post, and transmitted the messages to the vessels in the vicinity, which ultimately brought assistance. Tattersall, the operator on board the Baltic, was also equal to the emergency. He remained on duty for 56 hours, sending cheering messages to the Republic, and also communicating with the shore.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 13983, 12 February 1909, Page 5
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