1. He was a telegrapher, electrical engineer, explorer, inventor, and patent attorney.

2. Lifeboat bid gets a poor response He was accompanied by a Boatful of cooks, stewards, illustrators, telegraphers, pressmen, editors, colleagues and friends.

3. It was the North Creek telegrapher who spoke haltingly , in a hushed tone of bewilderment. "I'd sleep easier—if I could know – what happened."