Michael Poirier

An Encyclopedia Titanica member since 31st December 2004 Michael Poirier has added 88 items to Encyclopedia Titanica.

THE SINKING OF THE SEA DIAMOND Gare Maritime THE SINKING OF THE SEA DIAMOND
The sinking of the Costa Concordia has drawn inevitable comparisons with both Titanic and other maritime disasters. In this verbatim interview by Michael Poirier, a young survivor of the April 2007 Sea Diamond sinking, Zak Hayes, recalls the experience of evacuation at sea....
17th January 2012
The Violinist THE ORCHESTRA ON THE TITANIC
A review of Hume by people who knew him...
1912
GEORGE HARDER 1920 PASSPORT   GEORGE HARDER 1920 PASSPORT
George Harder ...
MARY NATALIE WICK 1915   MARY NATALIE WICK 1915
Natalie Wick in 1915 ...
1915
TILLIE TAUSSIG SAMUEL 1923   TILLIE TAUSSIG SAMUEL 1923
Tillie Taussig Samuel ...
1923
WILLIAM CARTER 1919 PASSPORT   WILLIAM CARTER 1919 PASSPORT
William Carter's 1919 passport...
DOROTHY HARDER 1922 PASSPORT   DOROTHY HARDER 1922 PASSPORT
Dorothy Harder's 1922 Passport Photograph ...
1922
JAMES R. MCGOUGH 1920 PASSPORT   JAMES R. MCGOUGH 1920 PASSPORT
James McGough Passport Photograph ...
TILLIE TAUSSIG SAMUEL 1921   TILLIE TAUSSIG SAMUEL 1921
Tilie Taussig Samuel in 1921 ...
1921
MARIAN THAYER 1924 PASSPORT   MARIAN THAYER 1924 PASSPORT
Marian Thayer 1924 passport photograph ...
FREDERIC SPEDDEN 1921 PASSPORT   FREDERIC SPEDDEN 1921 PASSPORT
Frederic Spedden's passport photograph from 1921 ...
MRS. M. SPEDDEN 1922 PASSPORT   MRS. M. SPEDDEN 1922 PASSPORT
Passport photograph of  Margeretta Spedden from 1922 ...
ROBERT W. DANIEL PASSPORT PICTURE 1916   ROBERT W. DANIEL PASSPORT PICTURE 1916
DICK BISHOP AND FAMILY PASSPORT 1921   DICK BISHOP AND FAMILY PASSPORT 1921
1921
NORA KEANE 1916 PASSPORT   NORA KEANE 1916 PASSPORT
1916
LENA EVANS, SISTER OF EDITH   LENA EVANS, SISTER OF EDITH
1922 passport picture ...
PHILIPP MOCK 1920 PASSPORT   PHILIPP MOCK 1920 PASSPORT
LUCILE CARTER BROOKE 1922 PASSPORT   LUCILE CARTER BROOKE 1922 PASSPORT
ELEANOR HAMILTON RICE 1923   ELEANOR HAMILTON RICE 1923
GEORGE RHEIMS PASSPORT 1917   GEORGE RHEIMS PASSPORT 1917
NELLA GOLDENBERG PASSPORT 3   NELLA GOLDENBERG PASSPORT 3
NELLA GOLDENBERG PASSPORT STATUS   NELLA GOLDENBERG PASSPORT STATUS
RENE HARRIS 1922 PASSPORT   RENE HARRIS 1922 PASSPORT
RENE HARRIS BARBER PASSPORT 1923   RENE HARRIS BARBER PASSPORT 1923
EDITH RUSSELL 1921 PASSPORT PIC   EDITH RUSSELL 1921 PASSPORT PIC
ELEANOR CASSEBEER 1909 PASSPORT   ELEANOR CASSEBEER 1909 PASSPORT
ELEANOR GENEVIEVE CASSEBEER 1914 PASSPORT   ELEANOR GENEVIEVE CASSEBEER 1914 PASSPORT
VIRGINIA CLARK PASSPORT PICTURE   VIRGINIA CLARK PASSPORT PICTURE
Passport Photo of Virgina Clark ...
RMS OLYMPIC: THE EARLY YEARS Gare Maritime RMS OLYMPIC: THE EARLY YEARS
It's easy to start the story of Olympic by talking about a limousine pulling up in front of Downshire House. However this has been over-used in many books and articles. What can one say about the career of Titanic's sister-ship...
7th February 2011 Gare Maritime
  MRS. FLEGENHEIMER OVERVIEW
A researcher on Ancestry.com has identified the following info on the elusive Mrs. Flegenheimer *She was born circa 1871 to Wm. Wendt and Pauline Wagner *Her 1891 address was 135 E58 St *She was married to Alfre...
Daily Mirror AUBART ACCOUNT
May 13, 1912 : I had in my cabin jewels worth 4,000 (GPB) as well as many trunks of dresses and hats. One does not come from Paris and buy one's clothes in America. That is understood, is it not? Nothing could I take with me; not...
13th May 1912
  MARY GREGSON
* Mary Josephine Gregson * According to a posting on Ancestry.com * Birth 31 Mar 1867 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England * Death 23 Feb 1923 in New York,...
  FLORENCE THORNEYCROFT MARRIAGE
Several months after the sinking Florence Kate Thorneycroft married Albert T. White in early 1913. She died in 1950 in Bromley, Kent ...
MARGARET GRAHAM MOORE   MARGARET GRAHAM MOORE
1920
CAROLINE BONNELL   CAROLINE BONNELL
1923
GEORGE BRERETON   GEORGE BRERETON
1925
NORMAN CHAMBERS   NORMAN CHAMBERS
1916
JAMES MCGOUGH   JAMES MCGOUGH
1920
MARGARET FLEMING   MARGARET FLEMING
1924
HARRY ANDERSON   HARRY ANDERSON
1919
MARGARET  'MOLLY' BROWN   MARGARET 'MOLLY' BROWN
1920
AMELIA LEMORE   AMELIA LEMORE
1921
ELISABETH ROBERT   ELISABETH ROBERT
1919
MAHALA DOUGLAS   MAHALA DOUGLAS
JACK RYERSON   JACK RYERSON
1924
HARRIETTE CROSBY   HARRIETTE CROSBY
1920
FRED SEWARD   FRED SEWARD
1925
ELIZABETH SHUTES   ELIZABETH SHUTES
1919
WILLIAM SLOPER   WILLIAM SLOPER
1921
MARIAN THAYER   MARIAN THAYER
1924
HARRY HOMER   HARRY HOMER
1921
EDITH 'RUSSELL' ROSENBAUM   EDITH 'RUSSELL' ROSENBAUM
1919
SUSAN RYERSON   SUSAN RYERSON
1918
SAMUEL GOLDENBERG   SAMUEL GOLDENBERG
1916
RUTH AND WASHINGTON DODGE   RUTH AND WASHINGTON DODGE
1920
ROBERT DANIEL   ROBERT DANIEL
1915
RICHARD NORRIS WILLIAMS   RICHARD NORRIS WILLIAMS
1920
RENE HARRIS   RENE HARRIS
1920
NELLA GOLDENBERG   NELLA GOLDENBERG
1916
MARTHA STONE- NARA 1920   MARTHA STONE- NARA 1920
MARIE JERWAN   MARIE JERWAN
1923
LEILA SAKS MEYER RANGER   LEILA SAKS MEYER RANGER
1924
GRETCHEN LONGLEY LEOPOLD   GRETCHEN LONGLEY LEOPOLD
1924
GEORGETTE MADILL   GEORGETTE MADILL
1917
GEORGE RHEIMS   GEORGE RHEIMS
1917
ELMER AND JULIET TAYLOR   ELMER AND JULIET TAYLOR
1922
ELIZABETH NYE DARBY   ELIZABETH NYE DARBY
1920
BLANCHE GREENFIELD   BLANCHE GREENFIELD
1919
WILLIAM T CARTER   WILLIAM T CARTER
HELEN CANDEE   HELEN CANDEE
1920
ANNIE STENGEL   ANNIE STENGEL
1921
JAMES MCGOUGH   JAMES MCGOUGH
1920
EDWARD CALDERHEAD   EDWARD CALDERHEAD
1915
  SAILED ON LUSITANIA
William Greenfield sailed to England on the Lusitania in March. Henry Blank was also on this voyage and this is where they most likely met, unless they were acquainted earlier....
Binghamton Press MRS. CASSEBEER ACCOUNT
Mrs. Henry Arthur Casebeer, Jr., of New York City, who is one of the survivors of the ill-fated Titanic, was in Binghamton this morning visiting her mother, Mrs. L.V. Fosdick at the House of the Good Shepherd and to a representative of the Bingham...
29th April 1912
Newark Daily Advociate HAD COUSIN ON TITANIC
Mrs. Cassebeer...
23rd April 1912
Lincoln Daily News MAJOR BUTT DESTROYED PAPERS
Mrs. Cassebeer statement...
29th April 1912
Unidentified Newspaper ASTOR'S OLD BUTLER A HERO
Tribute to Victor Robbins...
20th April 1912
TITANIC SURVIVOR WHO HAD THRILLING EXPERIENCE   TITANIC SURVIVOR WHO HAD THRILLING EXPERIENCE
Emily Badman photo...
24th April 1912
CHARLOTTE CARDEZA NEWSPAPER PICTURE   CHARLOTTE CARDEZA NEWSPAPER PICTURE
Picture of Mrs. Cardeza...
The Post Standard TITANIC SURVIVOR FINALLY AWARDED $280
Roberta Maioni Compensation...
27th May 1961
  GEORGE RHEIMS CLAIM
itemized claim...
  NEAR TRAGEDY ON THE SEAS FOR STRAUS FAMILY
The following year both Captain Barr and myself were transferred to the Caronia for a voyage down to Alexandria from New York.  Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Strauss ( sp ) were on board, and occupying one of the suites on the upper deck. ...
1926
  THE VIEW FROM THE CARONIA
At 10:30 that night we received a message from the Titanic to say that she had struck an iceberg. She would then be about two hundred and forty miles away. We established communication with the German steamer Breslau, about fo...
1926
  RADIOS FROM NOTABLE PASSENGERS
"The next day, which was Sunday, we passed the Titanic, receiving many friendly radios from our friends on board. Personally, I exchanged messages with Mr. Isadore Strauss ( sp ) and Mr. John Jacob Astor. Captain Barr received a wirele...
1926
  REMINISCENCES OF TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS
There are a great many fallacies in connection with the loss of the Titanic, the chief one being that she was trying to break the record. As a matter of fact, she had not averaged twenty-one knots up to the time she struck, three knots le...
1926
EMILY RYERSON AND FORSYTHE SHERFESEE   EMILY RYERSON AND FORSYTHE SHERFESEE
Ship to Shore WILLIAM SLOPER'S ACCOUNT OF THE TITANIC DISASTER
"I walked into the palm court of the Carleton hotel on Pall Mall in the middle of the afternoon. The streets around the hotel and the hotel itself were deserted except for one group of people...
1984
 

 
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