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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14836, 29 November 1913, Page 6

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HUNDREDS SAVED BY WIRELESS "]

SOME .NOTAIf^'RBSCUE&^IIIg;

Within, the last ten years telegraphy has been -responsible • tegfe many thrilling rescues at sea, and; saving of over 500 persons from 0*s!0 burning Volturno 'through'its.agß*H||i is & notable addition ■to the alrei^j||§- ;- long list of those who owe their lives ; tg|||t Marconi. ' ' ■'■■ ' Curiously enough, the Red Star "Imerfp: Kroonland, one of the 'vessels\tfe*||§p raced tactile rescue in answer^ to. Volturno's eignal for help, wae-the ffljrf large vessel to use wireless in the hour of distress. Thia wa*g«|||i; Becember Bth, 1903, when down in the Atlantic. She was able to summon help, and thoe her were promptly saved. . -?jl^j Rescues through wireless'include-tWi|jf# following:— " : .■■-". : ' : ' ! " : : 0g&. ■ ■;..•■•: r ■■■ Lh«||§ ■-..■■ SeTeA«?|^ 1913—5.5. Volturno, burned in mid-At- g;^' lan, -wireteee brought ten ehipi to '■■£$&$!& the rescue, October 10th .. • • ,. m : isMm 1913—5.5. Oravia, sttudt rock ofl Falkland Islands, November «& .■■■'. . • ■>.•■ ■' '■ -ill on hoard*j|||~ 1912—5.5. Titanic, wrecked on iceberg.' ,v:-'V^ "Wireleea brought Olympic, Car- . ,;g|g;J : patilia ana other ships to the xeecnj, v^^ ■:■ ■■•April .-Htii ..' ■■••.•.•■;'"••-v-'.-v.™:'^ 1911--S.S. Delhi (witH the lute Dnie Fife on board), whore ..•or'.w«th;,-.-x^p^ coast of Africa. Wir«i«seibrought -■> ■,*■?%£& help from wawhipsand.<rtheM ' newly aß^a 1909*-aS. BepaWio fajoollaion 170 >l^g|| ' - -mUee e*st of New Yerk: 'WweleM >#» messages brought the Baltic to the;."«g» *"■■ xescue, January 23nd:'-• .■ .. ,n^«f***Sgl| 1909—5.5. Slavonic, itraaeled eff tho -■■ Azoiei. Wiroleae brought help f .. :.«!8Vf«0 1903—5.5, Kroonlend (oneef. the ahipij^.-'U »ft ■ "■* that Teseued«u^^«» ; fiOJa"w«vlfMv;j/. £ Jβ , turno) broke - down., in .Atlantic. )V Wirelew brought help .. all_en bokid m . But tho burning of the VoltutnO *.S provides the most dramatic iri«dent?;'in M the history of wireless, for here •ten different flying tne flags ;,gor wveral nations, called together'in nudf *<M Atlantic to stand by the doomed■; ship « and rescue her paeeongersIt wlw & short signal that called/them J together, just three.letters, "S'.OSf'-t* 1 V three dot», three dashes, and threeidote; in the Morso code—but ife is a.eifinfH known and promptly answered on "every « ship that carries a wireless installation) J -C Ib .flashed out. into'";th« eir. -fraaC^ burning ship, in th* hope thaii' 'piheii l<j> would pick.it-.TJp v - ■■■£.■■-"'. -'.-r-.'^-3|i| It is not always in fire or Trrecfcrtjutt b % wireless prov«e its value. In ! t M 1910, the Allans liner; Cartbjaguuanj Ji bound from Liverpool ■to , -' ; : : St.t wi KoWfpundlandj waa ■disabled % owing to the fracturinj: of • pwtoa-rotj. By means of wireless telegrapby eho was able to inform ) thii j the came line, of .;-:-her/-.ndd^ i %:^ M r il Hesperian at once Ker-aMiet- : ;| ance, and - towed herr - with r ; ; "J- j grants on boai^|'to' , ta'o\'C^e. : v.":-.t-'-'.--:--: 1 !;:;y';'vT:, Before the daja of wirelee telejtWhj* f | the Carthaginian about in a hopeless cbßdition; : un^ : som»^^ ; ship had" sighted home at the easb?6f'*'K&tyffi*ite^?^M In 1904 it was orderea^t^th&-leVfiij ters C.Q.D., sent by the code, should be the recognised. for help 'by a vessel in this was altered to 5.0.5.; eignal flashed out by the Voltunici. signal has been interpreted « "Save Our Souls." though as a mat!fe|g| of fact the letters, were chosen as being simple to send and' ;in the dqt-andrdash code.:- ; ■. ! All warships, in •. the : .' British - 2jr«jjfe||| I carry Marconi wirelees installations,' there are over 1500 vessels fitted the system, which, Vhenover caU|t|||| upon, has demonstrated ite groatin the saving of life. . .'■ • ■ . ; r?g||gi