CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. — A North Carolina weather bureau is the only known wireless station in the country to have received the first distress call from the RMS Titanic, officials said.
On April 14, 1912, the Hatteras Weather Bureau Station picked up the following message at around 11:25 p.m.:
“CQD CQD CQD CQD CQD CQD. Have struck an iceberg. We are badly damaged. Titanic. position 41 degrees 44 minutes north 50 degrees 20 minutes west.’”
The National Park Service posted on social media, saying record of the transmission was lost for almost 100 years. It was only found in 2009 during a restoration project. It was discovered inside a wall where it was used as insulation, officials said.
The bureau was built in 1901 on Cape Hatteras, in the Outer Banks. According to its website, the station has operated as a welcome center by the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau through a partnership agreement with the National Park Service.
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