WIRELESS-ROOM HEROES.
Stories of "wireless heroes were told at the Marconi meeting in London'on July 4. ' ; ' - ! After a vessel had been ; struck at night, and when the, crew were in the boats, the operator was told by the captain that .the, wireless | cabin wa,s too dangerous, but lie [ returned to it, called for. and gave the position of the ship!, with the result that the. crew were picked Up next morning. 1 Another operator, remained sending out signals after the crew had Jett, and went down with tire vessel A third, for whom the captain turned back a; boat, was rescued when the ship was half under water. 1 One operator has been torpedoed tWc times in three months.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVII, Issue 676, 30 August 1917, Page 1
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119WIRELESS-ROOM HEROES. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVII, Issue 676, 30 August 1917, Page 1
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