The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 16, 1922, Image 7
BRAVE RADIO MAN
LAUGHS AT DEATH.
! Log of Danish Steamer Records Wittic'
k fl^tiwn Into Air
Pum^Kiking Boat.
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The grim humor of a wireless operator,
who laughed at death and Hashed
striking -bits of wit into the
ether as his ship, the Norwegian
steamer Grontoft. wallowed and slowly
sank during a mid-Atlantic hurricane
last Thursday, was receded on
the radio log of the Danish steamer
Estonia, which arrived in New York
harbor last wiek.
Each detail of the ship's plight,
each call for aid, was supplemented
by the jesting comment .f the radio
man, whose identity is still unknown.
He talked as if he were going on a
Tark in port instead of to the bottom
of the sea. His last message,
a disjointed one, was a series of wit
ticisms?with death as the butt ot
the joke.
The Estonia herself, hard hit in
the 110 mile gale, made a valiant
but unsuccessful effort to reacii the
Grontoft, which first sent out calls
for aid at 10 o'clock last Thursday
morning, reporting her position as
about 700 miles east of Cape Race.
The Estonia at that time was 48
miles west of the disabled Norwegian
and steaming in an opposite direction
when Capt. Hans Jorgenson
ordered hie ship about and she steamed
toward the Grontoft.
Meanwhile Radio Operator Hansen
engaged the operator of the Grontoft
in conversation. The latter s:nt out
I first the following ?a stereotyped
irony of the seas:
"God pity the poor sailors on a
night like this." Then followed a series
of "Ha, Hi'-"
"And say," he continued, " the old
man thinks this calm will be over
by nightfall. We sure need some
breeze."
An hour later an urgent call for
aid was sent out by the Grontoft and
her operator jested again:
"Well, the steward is making sandwiches
for the lifeboats. Looks like
we are going on a picnic."
Again a hai:: hour later, he sent:
"The old wagon has a list like a
rundown heel. This is no weather
for a fellow to be out in without an
umbrella."
"Hold on," returned the Estonia's
wireless, "Well be alongside soon."
The Grontoft did not reply until
40 minutes later. Then:
"We are sirking stern fast. The
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beats are smashed. Can't held out
any longer.
"The skipper dictated that?ho
ought to know?where did I put my
hat?sorry we can't wait for you,
pressing business elsewhere?
"S?"
The Estonia's operator quoted in
reply these lines:
"What dam of iances brought thee
forth.
To jest at dawn with death?"
But there as no answer.
Si:c hours after picking up the first
call from the Grcntoft the Estonia
reached her report . <1 position and,
though she cruised about for four
hours, failed to find even a trace of
wreckage.
The Grontoft. from Galveston, New
Orleans and Norfolk, was en route
for Esbjerj. She had a crew of 30,
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Items From Beulah.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Thompson are
visiting their daughters, Mrs. H. M
| Cox and Mrs. Ervr'n Snips of Florence.
They will aiao visit their son
W. E. Thompson of Timmonsviiic, Defore
returning heme.
Our school closed Wednesday anc
our teacher, Miss Ethel Morris, ha*
leturned to her home at New Zion
The little children here miss her verj
much.
Misses Ella McDam'el and Ediu
Thompson are visiting the Misse:
Morris at New Zion.
The farmers are having a wet tim<
for plowing their ground and plant
ing beans.
We are glad to hear tliat Mr. De
wit McCutchen is improving nicelj
and will be able to leave the Kellej
sanitarium soon.
Farmers in this community an
cutting their cotton acreage and an
planting more corn, potatoes, beam
snd other truck.
Mrs. S. L. Thompson and childrei
ai-e visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs
T. M. Dukes in Cedar Swamp neigh
borhood.
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Greelyville School Notes.
Greelyville, March 11.?The annua
recitation and declamation contest o
the Greelyville high school was hel?
March 3, and was a success in ever;
way. In the recitation contest Mis
Myrtle Mishoe won first place, re
citing "Ole Mistis," while Miss Mar;
IClarkson came second, reciting "Jea;
I nonrov" in the declamation ccntes
^vr.v/.
Grier Montgomery won first plact
using a? his selection 'What is
Minority?", second place went t
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The singing by Miss Henri
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The school this year is doing good
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i Every teacher in the school will
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