tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post611987681415466916..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Now We know Who's to Blamemybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-21402762400704927132007-08-31T08:28:00.000-05:002007-08-31T08:28:00.000-05:00No, the captain of the Californian (the nearby shi...No, the captain of the Californian (the nearby ship) refused to navigate the ice-filled waters to reach the Titanic. The crew and the captain were close enough to see the Titanic's distress flares and did nothing.<BR/><BR/>CQD (come quick deliver) was the previous distress signal; SOS the new one. I believe that the Titanic's telegraph operator used both. <BR/><BR/>I doubt that the binoculars mentioned in Bill's post would have done much good. The Titanic was traveling at too much of a clip to stop in time.<BR/><BR/>Beth Foxwell<BR/>(who did a lot of Titanic research for her short story "Unsinkable," which is in _Crime Through Time II_)Elizabeth Foxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10151714538393844565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-42999182501414791992007-08-30T15:36:00.000-05:002007-08-30T15:36:00.000-05:00I read that the SOS that was sent out was then a n...I read that the SOS that was sent out was then a new signal and not all ships recognized it as a distress signal. That's supposedly why a nearby ship didn't come to the Titanic's aid sooner.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.com