Newspaper remembers heroics of wireless operator

The Western Morning News has carried the story of the heroic action of radio operator Jack Binns in saving over 1500 lives after his ship RMS Republic started sinking when it was rammed by another in thick fog in the north Atlantic on 23rd January 1909.

The web version of the story with pictures is carried over 3 pages on the Western Morning News website and can be seen at
http://www.thisiswesternmorningnews.co.uk/news/
Wireless-operator-hero-sea-rescue-radio/article-594934-detail/article.html

Operating times for Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society (CARS) commemorative station GB0MWT (Marconi Wireless Telegraph) http://www.g0mwt.org.uk/

'CQD' Jack Binns and the sinking of the RMS Republic
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/january2009/
cqd_jack_binns.htm

Jack Binns
http://www.jackbinns.org/