Source 1: Mr Harold Sydney Bride

by Encyclopedia Titanica

Summary by Nadine Tang

Revised by: Ruby Fleming

Abstract

This article, edited in 2017, is all about Harold Bride. He is the Titanic’s assistant radio operator. This article is also about his life, and specifically what happened to him when the “unsinkable” ship was sinking. In the beginning, the article talks about Bride’s previous life before the Titanic. Then, this article takes from his perspective and gives us details on exactly what the two radio operators were doing from when the Titanic hit the iceberg to when if sunk beneath the depths of the sea. Later on, it shares Bride’s life after the Titanic’s sinking, as a survivor.

Notable Quotations

"I was conscious of waking up and hearing Phillips sending to Cape Race. I read what he was sending. It was a traffic matter. I remembered how tired he was and got out of bed to relieve him. I didn't even feel the shock. I hardly knew it had happened until after the captain had come to us. There was no jolt whatsoever. I was standing by Phillips telling him to go to bed when the captain put his head into the cabin.”

(Golling, Ticehurst)

"One man was dead. I passed him and went up the ladder, although my feet pained terribly. The dead man was Phillips. He had died on the raft from exposure and cold, I guess. He had been all in from work before the wreck came. He stood his ground until the crisis had passed, and then he collapsed, I guess.”

(Golling, Ticehurst)

Source 3: HAROLD BRIDE

Summary by Matthew Velasquez

Revised by: Nate Kraft

Abstract

To start, here is some background information on Harold Bride. He was born on January 11, 1890 in Nunhead, London. He was the Junior Wireless Officer on the Titanic during the disaster. While doing his job, (and sometimes not doing his job) he made many mistakes. Some of these mistakes lead to the loss of many lives.

Notable Quotations

Some of the quotes about Harold Bride are:

"Bride was washed off the deck-house at the same time as Murdoch and Murdoch was lying motionless in the water when Bride last saw him. Bride did tell Ernie that Murdoch would never have shot anyone." Also he says, "I was conscious of waking up and hearing Phillips sending to Cape Race. I read what he was sending. It was a traffic matter. I remembered how tired he was and got out of bed to relieve him. I didn't even feel the shock. I hardly knew it had happened until after the captain had come to us. There was no jolt whatsoever."

"I was standing by Phillips telling him to go to bed when the captain put his head into the cabin."

"We've struck an iceberg."

“In the first place, the public should not blame anybody because more wireless messages about the disaster to the Titanic did not reach shore from the Carpathia" ("Telling Stories", By Titanic's Surviving Wireless Man, Paragraph 1).

Source 5: The errors that sank the Titanic

UNKNOWN

By Jacob Bernal

Revised by: Izak Menta

Abstract

Harold Bride actually had two events in which he messed up. Harold Bride only delivered four out of the seven iceberg warnings because he thought that it was a joke. He was also messing around with other crew members when he realized it was serious so he took action. Sadly, by the time that he did something it was already to late. And just like that the titanic sunk.

Notable Quotations

“During the inquiry it emerged that the two wireless operators on board, Jack Phillips and Harold Bride, neglected to deliver to the bridge four of the seven ice warnings received on the day of the disaster.”

“When I was dragged aboard the Carpathia I went to the hospital at first. I stayed there for ten hours. Then somebody brought word that the Carpathia's wireless operator was "getting queer" from the work."

“Our Captain had left us at this time and Phillips told me to run and tell him what the Carpathia had answered. I did so, and went through an awful mass of people to his cabin. The decks were full of scrambling men and women. I saw no fighting, but heard tell of it" ("Telling Stories", By Titanic's Surviving Wireless Man, Paragraph 1).

Source 7: HAROLD BRIDE (1890 – 1956) Wireless Operator on the Titanic

By Debbie Foulkes

Summary by Samuel Escosio

Revised By: Izak Menta

Abstract

Harold Bride was one of the kids that knew what he wanted to be when he grew up: a wireless operator. He worked for his family business until age 20 so he could pay for his tuition in a telegraphy school. He received a telegram to go aboard the RMS Titanic and went for it because the pay was adequate. They received many ice warnings ahead of the ship but did not take immediate action after they were received. Bride went to bed early in preparation to relieve his boss Jack Phillips at midnight. After they were informed of the incident, they helped release a collapsible raft. To escape, he jumped off the boat, then found himself under the raft. Then he swam 150 feet away from the “Unsinkable ship” and was pulled up onto a raft. He was then rescued from the Carpathia. He then found out that Jack, his boss, had died. In the end, Harold had one foot crushed, and another with frostbite.

Notable Quotations

“Ten minutes later the Captain returned and ordered the international call for help be sent. Phillips tapped out CQD (Come-Quick-Distress), the call used prior to S-O-S. The gravity of what happened had not impacted the men yet, and Bride saw some humor in the situation. He suggested Phillips send S-O-S since it was a new call and this might be his only chance to use it. Phillips laughed and changed his message. After the Captain left, the men continued to joke around while they waited for a response.” (1.)

Source 10: “Exploring the Titanic”

Book by: Robert Ballard

Researcher Jacob Yang

Revised by: Hailey Song

Abstract

Even though Harold Bride was exhausted, he should't've slept. This is because all these people’s lives are in his hands. If one thing goes wrong then most of the people in the Titanic can die. Also, when the radio blasted loud, and Phillips and he turned it off, Harold could’ve responded to it. If he had responded to it, the Titanic would’ve been saved from the crash.

Notable Quotations

“In the radio room, Harold Bride was exhausted. The two operators

were expected to keep the radio working twenty-four hours a day, and Bride lay down to take a much-needed nap.”

“She was so close that the message literally blasted in Phillips’s ears. Annoyed by the loud interruption, he cut off the Californian’s radio operator with the words, “‘Shut up, shut up. I’m busy.’”

Source 12: Harold Bride

By: Wikipedia

Researcher Thomas Santos

Revised by: Hailey Song

Abstract

When the Titanic was struck, Bride and Phillips were the ones relaying the SOS messages to the ships in the vicinity, which led to the survivors picked up by the RMS Carpathia. The men remained at their posts until their boat was out of power. Bride was washed up in one of the Carpathia, but his pal Phillips had died to the cold.

Notable Quotations

“After the Titanic struck an iceberg at 11:40 pm, Bride and Jack Phillips were responsible for relaying the SOS messages which made the RMS Carpathia arrive.”

“I went out on deck and looked around. The water was pretty close up to the boat deck. There was a great scramble aft, and how poor Phillips worked through it I don't know" ("Telling Stories", By Titanic's Surviving Wireless Man, Paragraph 1).