Southern Daily Echo


Southern Daily Echo	SOUTHAMPTON'S TITANIC STORY PLANS UNVEILED THE final plans for Southamptonâ€™s Â£15m Sea City Museum can today be exclusively unveiled. The museum, which will reshape the cityâ€™s Civic Centre forever, is expected to attract 150,000 visitors a year....	18th December 2009
Southern Daily Echo	MILLVINA DEAN TO BE BURIED TODAY Mourners are due to gather in Southampton to say a final farewell to Millvina Dean, the last remaining survivor of the Titanic disaster, today. Millvina, who died aged 97, was the youngest passenger on board the illfated White Star liner when the ship left on her maiden voyage from Southampton in April, 1912 The funeral service at Southampton Crematorium was set to include the seafarers' hymn Eternal Father, Strong to Save, which includes the famous chorus: For those in peril on the sea....	16th June 2009
Southern Daily Echo	MILLVINA DEAN, LAST SURVIVOR OF TITANIC, DIES She died this morning after being cared for at a nursing home in Woodlands, in the New Forest. ...	31st May 2009
Southern Daily Echo	TITANIC DISASTER'S LAST SURVIVOR MEETS ENTHUSIASTS ALL eyes were on Millvina Dean when hundreds of enthusiasts from all over the world descended on Southamp-ton for the annual British Titanic Society convention....	7th April 2009
Southern Daily Echo	SOUTHAMPTON TO STAGE EVENTS MARKING 97TH ANNIVERSARY OF TITANIC TRAGEDY A MONTH-LONG series of commemorative events will be staged in Southampton to mark the 97th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic. Fascination with the ship, her passengers and crew still continues unabated....	18th March 2009
Southern Daily Echo	WORLDWIDE SUPPORT FOR TITANIC SURVIVOR PEOPLE from all over the world have rallied behind the last remaining survivor of the Titanic disaster after it was revealed that she is selling her mementoes to pay her nursing home fees. Yesterday the Daily Echo told how Millvina Dean hopes to raise more than £3,000 from the auction of her treasured possessions, including a 100-year-old suitcase that was given to her family when they arrived in the US after being rescued....	20th October 2008
Southern Daily Echo	WORLDWIDE SUPPORT FOR TITANIC SURVIVOR PEOPLE from all over the world have rallied behind the last remaining survivor of the Titanic disaster after it was revealed that she is selling her mementoes to pay her nursing home fees. Yesterday the Daily Echo told how Millvina Dean hopes to raise more than £3,000 from the auction of her treasured possessions, including a 100-year-old suitcase that was given to her family when they arrived in the US after being rescued....	20th October 2008
Southern Daily Echo	TITANIC SURVIVOR'S GEST OF HONOUR When the last remaining survivor of the Titanic revealed she was selling her treasured possessions from the tragedy, Millvina Dean could have had little idea how quickly offers of help would pour in from across the globe.Yesterday she received a shock visit from I'm a Celebrity... star and stage producer David Gest, who arrived in Hampshire armed with a £3,000 cheque for the 96-year-old. ...	18th October 2008
Southern Daily Echo	TITANIC DISASTER REMEMBERED About 100 people assembled to commemorate one of the darkest days of Southampton's maritime history.They gathered at Holyrood Church for a service remembering the victims of the Titanic which sank in the North Atlantic 96 years ago tomorrow....	14th April 2008
Southern Daily Echo	TITANIC'S SECRETS OF THE DEEP SHE lies in cold, still waters deep beneath the Atlantic, the once proud and pristine Ship of Dreams is now slowly but surely crumbling away as time, inexorably, takes its corrosive toll....	14th April 2008
Southern Daily Echo	TITANIC PASSENGER'S LETTERS FETCH £19,000 LETTERS which tell the story of a passenger on the ill-fated Titanic fetched £19,129 when they went under the hammer today.Businessman Charles Jones, who worked for Colgate toothpaste company in New York, was returning to the United States after a trip to Britain to buy sheep when he died on the Southampton liner's maiden voyage in 1912....	11th April 2008
Southern Daily Echo	A TITANIC SURVIVOR THE last living survivor of the Titanic will be giving a rare talk about how the fateful event shaped her life....	7th January 2008
Southern Daily Echo	WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO TITANIC PLAQUE? THE FUTURE of an important monument on Southampton's heritage trail has been thrown into doubt, the Daily Echo can reveal.Plans by Royal Mail to shut the city's main post office means the Titanic Postal Workers Memorial has an uncertain fate....	9th October 2007
Southern Daily Echo	TITANIC SURVIVOR GETS MAYORAL TRIBUTE SOUTHAMPTON mayor John Slade said it with flowers when he visited Titanic survivor Millvina Dean.Millvina, 95, broke her hip in a fall at her bungalow and has spent the past few months in a nursing home at Woodlands, near Ashurst....	8th May 2007
Southern Daily Echo	TITANIC DESCENDANTS REMEMBERED DESCENDANTS of Southampton sailors lost on Titanic were among those who gathered in the city yesterday to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the tragedy....	30th April 2007
Southern Daily Echo	COURT MAY STAGE TITANIC EXHIBITION SOUTHAMPTON'S former magistrates' court could be used to stage a Titanic exhibition to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the liner's sinking next year, the Daily Echo can reveal.The idea emerged during a full council debate on the future of leisure and heritage services, held at the Civic Centre last night....	17th November 2006
Southern Daily Echo	TWINNING WILL CEMENT TITANIC LINK In a cemetery in the Canadian town of Halifax in Nova Scotia, around 150 victims of the Titanic disaster are buried. Their bodies were recovered from the freezing waters of the north Atlantic days after the sinking.Now, leisure chiefs in Southampton are planning to cement the relationship between the two cities by signing an official "twinning" accord with the Canadians.The Mayor of Southampton, Councillor John Slade, is set to visit Halifax in March next year as part of the 95th anniversary commemorations of the disaster....	13th November 2006
Southern Daily Echo	SELLING TITANIC ITEMS IS WRONG SAYS SURVIVOR Milvina Dean A HAMPSHIRE Titanic survivor has slammed black market dealers who are selling relics from the world-famous shipwreck.Britain's last survivor Milvina Dean, 94, of Woodlands, near Southampton, said the sale of items from the ship which sank killing more than 1,500 people in 1912, was "awfully wrong" and showed the greed of those involved....	30th October 2006
Southern Daily Echo	HUMAN TRAGEDY OF THE TITANIC Neil Hotson Mrs Saunders, a widow, was walking down Bridge Street in the direction of Southampton Docks railway station. She was carrying her handbag, which contained six shillings. John Dixon was also walking in Bridge Street. He had arrive...	16th February 2002
Southern Daily Echo	ALFRED CHARLES SHIERS OBITUARY SHIERS. - On February 12. Alfred Charles 5 Peel-street, Northam, passwedaway [at the] BVorough Hospital after much suffering. Funeral Friday, 12 noon, Hollybrook. F[?lowers] to Beeston, St. Mary-street, Southampton. ...	13th February 1946
Southern Daily Echo	DEATH OF MR EDWARD FLAHERTY Survivor of the Titanic Death of Mr Edward Flaherty Half a century at sea The death has taken place at the Royal Hants and Southampton Hospital of Mr Edward Fla...	6th February 1940
Southern Daily Echo	LINK WITH THE TITANIC: DEATH OF LOOK-OUT MAN AT SOUTHAMPTON A notable figure among the survivors of the Titanic has been removed by death at the Sailors' Home at Southampton on Tuesday of Reginald Robinson Lee, on whom an inquest was held by the Borough Coroner (Mr. H. K. Pope) yesterday afternoon. Le...	8th August 1913
Southern Daily Echo	PAINFUL STORY AT SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY COURT Titanic Compensation Cases There were several applications, under the Workman’s Compensation Act, at the Southampton County Court on Tuesday, before Judge Gye, arising out of the loss of the Titanic. In one of ...	5th February 1913
Southern Daily Echo	TITANIC FUND PROSECUTION : ANOTHER FRAUDULENT WIDOW At the Southampton Borough Police Court, this morning, before Mr. G. Dominy (in the chair), Sir James Lemon, and Mr. W. J. Atkins. Annie Sergeant, alias-Groves, of no fixed abode, was charged on a warrant that she by certain false pr...	5th June 1912
Southern Daily Echo	BRITISH SEAFARERS UNION / SS TITANIC SURVIVORS BRITISH SEAFARERS UNION To the Editor of the “Southern Daily Echo”. Sir, - Will you kindly acknowledge in the columns of your paper the receipt by the above Union of the following sums for thei...	4th June 1912
Southern Daily Echo	DEATH NOTICE Murdoch, William. Beloved Husband of Ada Murdoch, Belmont Road, Portswood. [Also Hampshire Independent 1st June 1912]...	28th May 1912
Southern Daily Echo	DEATH NOTICE: EDGE, FREDERICK WILLIAM Dearly Beloved Husband of Kate Edge, of 28 Clovelly Road. Aged 39. Deeply Mourned by His Mother, Sisters and Brothers. [Also on 28th May 1912 and Hampshire Independent on 4th May 1912]...	27th May 1912
Southern Daily Echo	TITANIC SURVIVOR CHARGED Sent to Prison for Stealing a Watch At the Southampton Borough Police Court, this morning, before the Mayor (Councillor H. Bowyer, R. N. R.), and other magistrates. James Thompson, fireman of no fixed abode, ...	23rd May 1912
Southern Daily Echo	DEATH NOTICE Stagg, John Henry. Late of SS New York, Age 37, Dearly Beloved Husband of Beatrice Stagg, 66 Commercial Road, Deeply Mourned by His Sorrowing Wife and Daughter. Liverpool Papers Please Copy. [Also from Southern Daily Echo 11th, ...	10th May 1912
Southern Daily Echo	DEATH NOTICE : EDWIN HENRY PETTY Petty, Edwin Henry. Only Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Petty, 255 Orchard Place. Aged 25. [Also in Hampshire Independent, 11th May 1912]...	6th May 1912
Southern Daily Echo	DEATH NOTICE Wyeth, James. Fireman, Aged 25, Beloved Husband of Isabella Annie Wyeth, of 14 Millbank Street, Northam. [Also appeared in the Hampshire Independent 4th May 1912 and Southampton Times 11th May 1912]...	1st May 1912
Southern Daily Echo	DEATH NOTICE Creese, Henry Philip. Engineer. Dearly beloved Husband of Annie Creese, 2 Enfield Grove, Woolston. Deeply mourned by sorrowing Wife and Children. Belfast Papers please copy. [Same notice appeared in Hampshire Independent 4th May 1912]...	30th April 1912
Southern Daily Echo	DEATH NOTICE Russell, Boysie Richard. Dearly beloved Eldest Son of Richard and Emily Russell, of the Anchor Hotel, Redbridge, In His 16th Year. [Also Hampshire Independent 4th May 1912]...	29th April 1912
Southern Daily Echo	DEATH NOTICE: FANK PARSONS Parson, Frank, Alfred Aged 26, Dearly Loved Husband of Edith Parsons of 38 Bugle Street. [Also Hampshire Independent 4th May 1912]...	29th April 1912
Southern Daily Echo	IN MEMORIUM Barringer, Arthur William. Dearly loved Husband of Ethel Barringer, Elsinore, Bath Street Bevois Town, (Late of 52 Padwell Road). [Also 30th April, 30th April, 1st May 1912 and Hampshire Independent 4th May 1912)]...	29th April 1912
Southern Daily Echo	DEATH NOTICE: HURST Hurst, Charles John. Dearly Beloved Husband of Louisa Hurst, 5 Laundry Road, Shirley Warren, Aged 40. [also the Hampshire Independent 27th April and 11th May 1912]....	27th April 1912
Southern Daily Echo	DEATH NOTICE: HOLMAN Holman, Harry. Dearly Loved and Loving Husband of Louisa Josephine Holman, Cathcart, Britannia Road and Portsmouth. Aged 27. Aged 27. Deeply Mourned by His Sister Emily and Brothers in Portsmouth. [Also 27th April...	26th April 1912
Southern Daily Echo	DEATH NOTICE: KEMP, THOMAS HULMAN Mrs. Thomas Kemp and Daughter Wish to Thank Their many friends for the Kind Expressions of Condolence and Sympathy in Their Sad Bereavement....	26th April 1912
Southern Daily Echo	BESSANT EDWARD [Also Hampshire Independent 27th April 1912 and Hampshire Advertiser 27th April 1912] Dearly Beloved Husband of Mary J. Bessant, of 39 Shirley Park Road, and Loving Son of Mrs. Bessant of 44 Wolseley Road, Freemantle....	24th April 1912
Southern Daily Echo	DEATH NOTICE: PARSONS Parsons, Edward. Aged 37 years. Chief Storekeeper of the Titanic, and Dearly beloved Husband of Clarsia Parsons, 26, Roberts Road, Plymouth. Liverpool and London papers please copy. [Also Hampshire Independent 27th April 1912]...	22nd April 1912
Southern Daily Echo	DESIGNERS UNVEILED FOR SOUTHAMPTON'S TITANIC MUSEUM THE team that will design Southampton's £15m Titanic museum has been appointed. In a major step forward for the world-class tourist attraction, Southampton City Council has appointed award-winning architects Wilkinson Eyre....
Southern Daily Echo	SELL ART OR NO TITANIC MUSEUM SAYS COUNCIL LEADER THE leader of Southampton City Council has laid down an ultimatum in the city's art sell-off row "we either flog some paintings or don't get a Titanic museum. Tories are planning to sell paintings worth millions to help pay for a "world class" maritime attraction, dubbed Sea City Museum. ...