Word: alagna
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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Second Operator George Ignatius Alagna made two fiery trips from the radio shack to the bridge to get instructions. On the bridge he found members of the crew "running around." Chief George W. Rogers stood by. In the torrid darkness some of his batteries exploded, smoke dazed him. He thought: "If I am supposed to be dying it doesn't hurt very much. . . . I'm just getting sleepy." On his second trip from the bridge, Assistant Alagna brought authority for the SOS. He helped Rogers to safety...
...According to Chief Rogers, Captain Willmott, who died the evening before the disaster, had called Alagna "an agita tor and a vengeful person," had ordered Rogers to dismiss Alagna at the end of the voyage. When U. S. Attorney Martin Conboy who was conducting a Grand Jury investigation of his own, heard this, Radioman Alagna, already held as a mate rial witness, had his bail raised. It took two days to get the story straight: The extent of Alagna's agitation was to strike for better pay once just before sailing time. The extent of his "revenge...
Without rhyme or reason the whole midships suddenly seemed to sprout fire. In his cabin on the hurricane deck, First Assistant Radio Officer George I. Alagna was awakened by a heavy trampling of feet. He noticed that it was 2:56 in the morning. Alagna heard someone scream: "We can't control the fire! The pressure's gone!" Then he awakened his chief, pudgy George W. Rogers, who went to the wireless room and took over from the second assistant. The room went dark as the ship's electric power failed. With a flashlight the radio men turned...