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A RARE TITANIC FAMILY: THE CALDWELLS' STORY OF SURVIVAL Titanic Review A RARE TITANIC FAMILY: THE CALDWELLS' STORY OF SURVIVAL
Mike Poirier
Families are often the guardians of history. Who would have imagined that a new, amateur photo taken aboard Titanic on the day she sailed would grace the cover of a book? Julie Hedgepeth Williams, a journalism professor, has gone throu...
11th February 2012
Chicago Evening Post AMERICANS IN PARIS MOURN LOST KINSMEN
Hundreds in French Capital Had Relatives Aboard the Titanic...
16th April 1912
Chicago Evening Post LAPLAND WILL REPLACE TITANIC AS MAIL SHIP
The Post office Department has made arrangements for the substitution of the steamer Lapland for the Titanic, in carrying mails to Europe from New York City....
17th April 1912
Trenton Evening Times STANLEY AND HARRIS NOT ON THE TITANIC
Frank Stanley, the chauffeur who motored Mr. Roebling's son, Washington A. Roebling II and Stephen W. Blackwell through Europe, was not a passenger on the doomed Titanic but was safe in New York....
17th April 1912
COSTA CONCORDIA EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS Gare Maritime COSTA CONCORDIA EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS
Michael Poirier interviews Brandon Warrick and his sister Amanda who survived the sinking of the Costa Concordia in January 2012...
26th January 2012
New York Times TWO MEN HURT ON OLYMPIC
President Ismay Sails on Her to Return on New Titanic...
25th January 1912
New-York Tribune ASTORS SAIL FOR EGYPT
The Astors are bound for Egypt on account of Mrs. Astor's health......
25th January 1912
The Milford Cabinet MILFORD MAN WAS ON TITANIC
Emilio Portalupi tells of thrilling experience....
April 1912
Lake County Times LAKE CO. MAN TELLS TERRIBLE STORY
Survivor of Titanic Now in Indiana Harbor Owes Life to Mrs. Astor....
27th April 1912
  LETTER HOME BY TITANIC SURVIVOR ERNST PERSSON
I can't find words to describe how dreadful everything was......
TITANIC CAPTAIN: THE LIFE OF EDWARD JOHN SMITH Titanic Review TITANIC CAPTAIN: THE LIFE OF EDWARD JOHN SMITH
Inger Sheil
Inger Sheil reviews a fully revised biography of Titanic's Captain...
18th January 2012
THE SINKING OF THE SEA DIAMOND Gare Maritime THE SINKING OF THE SEA DIAMOND
Mike Poirier
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
FACE TO BAREFACE LIAR! Titanic Research FACE TO BAREFACE LIAR!
Senan Molony
A steerage Titanic survivor confronted his own impostor in 1912...
16th January 2012
CHRISTOPHER MILLS LETTER   CHRISTOPHER MILLS LETTER
A letter from a relation of Chris Mills. Written in the days following the sinking it mentions the uncertainty of knowing whether or not he had survived......
20th April 1912
New York Herald BRAVERY OF TITANIC SURGEON DR. WILLIAM FRANCIS NORMAN O'LOUGHLIN
In accounts printed about the Titanic and the bravery of her officers little has been said of one who probably was the most widely known and best beloved of all classes....
22nd April 1912
New York Times SURVIVOR SAYS ISMAY RULED IN TITANIC'S BOATS
Managing Director Had Charge Of Their Launching, Testifies Karl H. Behr....
26th June 1915
Chicago Tribune TITANIC 'VICTIMS' BOB UP EVERYDAY
Survivors Who Besiege Relief Committee Prove Imposters...
4th May 1912
Chicago Tribune FRONT VIEWS AND PROFILES
June Provines
Ernest Byfield brought back a story from New York told him by both Margalo Gillmore and Myra Hampton that certainly shows that the wags have been cudgeling their brains for stories.  This one is hung on the sinking of the Titanic.  It...
17th November 1934
Hamilton Spectator HIS THOUGHTFULNESS SAVED GIRL'S LIFE
Dr . Pain's Last Act Made Possible The Romance Of Titanic. In the midst of all the bitter disappointment and sorrow which have come into the lives of Mr and Mrs Albert Pain, of this city, through the loss of thei...
June 1912
Arlington Advocate A W NEWELL OF LEXINGTON
Among the passengers were A. W. Newell, of 20 Percy road, Lexington, and two of his daughters, Misses Madeline and Marjorie. Mr. Newell is president of the Fourth National Bank of Boston, and is well known and widely acquainted in business circ...
20th April 1912
Brighton Argos SHOREHAM MAN MISSING [ISAAC MAYNARD]
Article about Titanic survivor Isaac Maynard from Shoreham, Sussex...
17th April 1912
NO LIGHT ON THE MYSTERY HIDING THE IDENTITY OF TWO WAIFS OF THE SEA Evening World NO LIGHT ON THE MYSTERY HIDING THE IDENTITY OF TWO WAIFS OF THE SEA
Nicola Greeley-Smith
French Children Merely Answer Oui and Contentedly Play With Little Boats...
22nd April 1912
South Bucks Standard LUCILLE CARTER : LOCAL CHAT
Amongst the passengers on the ill-fated “Titanic” were Miss Lucille Carter (a pupil at Wycombe Abbey) and her parents, and brother. Happily their names appear in the list of the saved. ...
18th April 1912
DEATH OF A PURSER Titanic Review DEATH OF A PURSER
Stanley C. Jenkins
Review of the new biography of Hugh McElroy, the Chief Purser of RMS Titanic:...
5th January 2012
Bucks Free Press SERVICE HELD FOR REV ERNEST AND MRS CARTER
At the service held on Sunday evening by the Baptists, at the Town Hall, Penn-road, conducted by Mr F Saunders, of Seer Green (Ex-President of the Bucks Baptist Association), allusion was made to was made to the terrible catastrophe. The music ...
26th April 1912
Bucks Free Press REV E. C. AND MRS L. CARTER
The Bishop of Stepney, who preached at St Jude’s on Sunday, paid a high tribute to the personality and the work of Mr & Mrs Carter. ...
26th April 1912
Bucks Free Press THE TITANIC DISASTER - J. BROOKS
[Annual Meeting of Board of Guardians and Rural District Council, Amersham Union] Mr F Nash, the Chairman, and other members expressed the sympathy of the Board with those bereaved by the great shipping disaster. Mr Grice remarked th...
26th April 1912
Bucks Free Press DAVIES : AN ECHO OF THE TITANIC DISASTER
Mr Edgar J Davies, of Seer Green, was plaintiff in four actions. It was stated that plaintiff had gone to the United States of America on the Titanic, and had been drowned. Mr J Baily Gibson (Messrs Charsleys and Gibson, of Beaconsfield) appear...
19th April 1912
Bucks Free Press SAVED FROM THE TITANIC - MISS M. SLOAN
The news of the disaster caused grave anxiety to the relatives....
26th April 1912
Bucks Free Press A CURIOUS COINCIDENCE IN WYCOMBE
It is a curious coincidence that at the time the first news of the disaster to the Titanic was received at Wycombe some local gentlemen who were interested in the dimensions of the huge vessel were taking measurements in Wycombe High-street wit...
19th April 1912
GEORGE ALFRED HOGG IN 1919   GEORGE ALFRED HOGG IN 1919
Titanic lookout George Hogg in a 1919 picture...
1919
Bucks Free Press CHARLES E. JUDD [BUCKINGHAMSHIRE TITANIC SURVIVOR]
Fireman Judd was formerly on the Olympic but owing to that vessel being laid up, owing to the coal strike, he signed on for the Titanic....
26th April 1912
SIX SECONDS TO DISASTER - THE DEATH OF TITANIC Titanic Research SIX SECONDS TO DISASTER - THE DEATH OF TITANIC
Jim Currie
As a professional mariner and Marine Accident Investigator, I was irresistibly drawn to the detailed information available concerning the few minutes before Titanic began her death throwes....
30th December 2011
Bucks Free Press EXPERIENCES OF A TITANIC SURVIVOR (CHARLES E. JUDD)
‘Mr Wm Judd of Parkfield Villas, 166 Hughenden-road, High Wycombe, has received a letter from his brother, Mr Charles E Judd, who was one of those rescued from the Titanic, in which he gives an account of his experiences. He writes:- ...
3rd May 1912
THE 'OLYMPIC' CLASS SHIPS: OLYMPIC, TITANIC, BRITANNIC (REVISED EDITION) Titanic Review THE 'OLYMPIC' CLASS SHIPS: OLYMPIC, TITANIC, BRITANNIC (REVISED EDITION)
Art Braunschweiger
Review of Mark Chirnside's ‘Olympic’ Class Ships: Olympic – Titanic – Britannic...
3rd January 2012
Chicago Inter Ocean NEWS OF DISASTER IS FATAL
Former Member of Canadian Parliament Dies When Told About Titanic...
17th April 1912
Chicago Evening Post ANOTHER CHICAGOAN HIT IN TITANIC WRECK
Mrs. Oren E. Taft, Who's in Europe, Loses Her Father, A. A. Stewart, New York...
20th April 1912
THE WATCH THAT ENDS THE NIGHT: VOICES FROM THE TITANIC Titanic Review THE WATCH THAT ENDS THE NIGHT: VOICES FROM THE TITANIC
Randy Bryan Bigham
Allan Wolf lyricizes the Titanic in a fact-based, poignant evocation of the 100 year old tragedy...
29th December 2011
TITANIC IN PHOTOGRAPHS Titanic Review TITANIC IN PHOTOGRAPHS
Paul Rogers
Paul Rogers reviews a magnificent new volume of Titanic images....
21st December 2011
PERISHES WITH BABE Unidentified Newspaper PERISHES WITH BABE
Mrs Hudson Allison and baby Mrs. Allison, with her husband, two children and sister, were passengers on the Titanic.  Mrs Allison and her family were bound for their home in Milwaukee after a happy Europea...
April 1912
ADOLF MATTMAN   ADOLF MATTMAN
Portrait of a la carte restaurant Iceman Adolf Mattman "Ein opfer der titanic" "A victim of the Titanic" ...
THORNTON DAVIDSON MEMORIAL   THORNTON DAVIDSON MEMORIAL
Memorial to Thornton Davidson at Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Canada. ...
THORNTON DAVIDSON   THORNTON DAVIDSON
Studio portrait of Thornton Davidson ...
HUGH MCELROY AGED 12   HUGH MCELROY AGED 12
Photograph of Titanic purser Hugh McElroy aged 12.  c.1887 ...
1887
Chicago Tribune JUDY MAY GET STAR 'MOLLY BROWN' ROLE
Hedda Hopper
LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD Judy May Get Star 'Molly Brown' Role Hollywood, Jan. 22---Judy Garland will star in 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown,' if Freddie Fields get...
23rd January 1962
NEW BOOKS CELEBRATE ITALIAN OCEAN LINERS Gare Maritime NEW BOOKS CELEBRATE ITALIAN OCEAN LINERS
Jim Kalafus
In a world increasingly glutted with coffee-table format books, filled with minimal quantities of large-sized text and awash in “rare photographs and memorabilia” that are neither rare nor well-reproduced, it was refreshing to simul...
10th December 2011 Gare Maritime
The San Francisco Call RESIDENTS OF SACRAMENTO ON BOARD VESSEL
Stephen Hold and Wife and H. Klaber Passengers on the Titanic --- [Special Dispatch to The Call] --- SACRAMENTO, April 15 -Three Sacramento persons were on board the ill fated liner Titanic, which sank in...
16th April 1912
The San Francisco Call SEATTLE MAN ON LINER
SEATTLE, April 15 - Hugh R. Rood, vice president and general manager of the Pacific Creosoting company, whose name appears in the list of the Titanic's passengers, is a wealthy Seattle man who had been spending the winter on the continent w...
16th April 1912
The San Francisco Call WALTER M. CLARK A PASSENGER
Walter M. Clark of Los Angeles, son of J. Ross Clark, the railroad official of that city and a well known figure in San Francisco as well as in the southern metropolis, was a passenger on the Titanic and supposedly is among those lost. ...
16th April 1912
The San Francisco Call RELATIVES HERE AWAIT TIDINGS
John Bartholomew, son of John Bartholomew, head of the commissary of the Titanic, is staying at the St. Francis. Young Bartholomew is a traveling agent of a large linen house of England and is here on one of his regular ...
16th April 1912
The San Francisco Call OREGONIANS ON SHIP
PORTLAND, Ore., April 15 -Among the Portland people on board the Titanic are F. M. Warren and wife. Warren is president of the Warren Packing company and is rated a millionaire. Herman Klaber. also a passenger, is a Portland...
16th April 1912
  NEW TITANIC THEMED CHURCH STAINED GLASS WINDOW FOR LAHARDANE, IRELAND'S TITANIC VILLAGE
Addergoole Titanic Society
St Patrick’s Church in Lahardane Village, Ballina, Co Mayo, Ireland gets two new windows with the themes Titanic Rescue and Emigration. ...
10th December 2011
Titanic Crew Biography CHARLES S. REED, 2ND CLASS BEDROOM STEWARD
Peter Northover
New research reveals the identity of a Titanic steward....
10th December 2011
Chicago Daily Tribune SALAVAGE SHIP ACTIVE WHERE TITANIC SANK
A British salvage vessel, the Help, was reported today using heavy explosives in the north Atlantic roughly over the spot where the Titanic sank in 1912.  Nothing could be learned of the nature of the ship's activities, first reported ...
1st August 1953
The Sun (New York) SMITH THOUGHT HIS SHIP UNSINKABLE
Titanic's Skipper Was Never in an Accident on High Seas Before This One --- LOVED OCEAN LIKE A BOY --- Grew Up With White Star Line and Had Its Confidence---Junior Officers on Board --- ...
16th April 1912
TITANIC : TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY Titanic Review TITANIC : TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY
Senan Molony
The third edition of the seminal reference book on the Titanic...
8th December 2011
REPORT INTO THE LOSS OF THE SS TITANIC  -  A CENTENNIAL REAPPRAISAL Titanic Review REPORT INTO THE LOSS OF THE SS TITANIC - A CENTENNIAL REAPPRAISAL
Monica Hall
A remarkable team of experts shine fresh and detailed light on a century old drama....
7th December 2011
LIFEBOATS EXTINGUISHED THEIR LIGHTS! Titanic Research LIFEBOATS EXTINGUISHED THEIR LIGHTS!
Senan Molony

Lifeboats from the Titanic extinguished their lights in order not to become attractive beacons for swimmers after the sinking....
6th December 2011
Chicago Examiner MORE SPIRIT NOTES BY STEAD REVEALED
Spirit messages from the late William T. Stead, lost in the Titanic disaster,...
7th December 1913
THOMAS MULLIN WATCH   THOMAS MULLIN WATCH
Thomas Mullin's pocket watch pictured in an East Grinstead jewellery store....
29th November 2011
Chicago Daily News FATHER OVERCOME WITH JOY
FATHER OVERCOME WITH JOY      Willaim Haines, a publisher, father of Mrs. Marion Smith, who was reported rescued from the doomed vessel, was prostrated with grief when ...
17th April 1912
SHADOW OF THE TITANIC: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORIES OF THOSE WHO SURVIVED Titanic Review SHADOW OF THE TITANIC: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORIES OF THOSE WHO SURVIVED
Mark Chirnside
Mark Chirnside reviews Andrew Wilson's new book exploring the later lives of Titanic's survivors....
29th November 2011
'WE HAVE NO LOOK-OUT GLASSES IN THE CROW'S NEST.' Voyage 'WE HAVE NO LOOK-OUT GLASSES IN THE CROW'S NEST.'
Art Braunschweiger
Art Braunschweiger explores one of the the most famous 'what if' stories in Titanic history....
19th November 2011
THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE NIEUW AMSTERDAM Gare Maritime THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE NIEUW AMSTERDAM
Jim Kalafus
Touring the classic liner...
21st December 2006 Gare Maritime
Chicago Record-Herald PREACHER EN-ROUTE HERE
Among the passengers of the Titanic who are believed to have perished was Rev. John Harper of London, who was expected to preach Sunday from the pulpit of Moody Church, Chicago.  Rev. Mr. Harper, who was pastor of the Walworth Road Baptist...
17th April 1912
Chicago Examiner 'MESSAGE' FROM STEAD RECITED BY MEDIUM
Narrative Said to Be From Other World, Told in Church of Soul ____________ &...
29th April 1912
JESSIE LEITCH'S STORY Chicago Tribune JESSIE LEITCH'S STORY
TELLS MISS LEITCH'S STORY     Nana Harper, the 6 year old daughter of Dr. John Harper, who was on his way to Chicago to preach at the Moody church will return to England...
21st April 1912
RACING THROUGH THE NIGHT : OLYMPIC'S ATTEMPT TO REACH TITANIC Titanic Review RACING THROUGH THE NIGHT : OLYMPIC'S ATTEMPT TO REACH TITANIC
Michael Poirier
The story of Olympic's abortive 350 mile dash to save Titanic....
17th November 2011
TITANIC 3D MODEL ANIMATION   TITANIC 3D MODEL ANIMATION
A 3d computer generated model of the Titanic takes to the high seas....
16th November 2011
FRAGMENT OF EDITH RUSSELL'S LUCKY PIG TO SELL AT AUCTION   FRAGMENT OF EDITH RUSSELL'S LUCKY PIG TO SELL AT AUCTION
A tiny fragment of a Titanic Survivor's lucky mascot will go under the hammer....
14th November 2011
HAROLD BRIDE - MARCONI RADIO OPERATOR   HAROLD BRIDE - MARCONI RADIO OPERATOR
Titanic Stories
The Marconi Radio Operator's descendants visit Titanic's birthplace....
14th November 2011
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER PREMIERE   A NIGHT TO REMEMBER PREMIERE
Stars and Titanic survivors gather for the London premiere of A Night to Remember. 1st July 1958....
1st July 1958
Chicago Record-Herald WOMAN IN COLLAPSE
A handsomely garbed woman seated in a taxicab asked the reporters if the name of Wier appeared on the list of those saved.  She refused to reveal her identity and when told that the name did not appear on the list she collapsed and a physi...
17th April 1912
Chicago Examiner STEAD'S SPIRIT PICKS WRONG LADY GORDON
STEAD'S SPIRIT PICKS WRONG LADY GORDON Message From Other World Upon Titanic Disaster Goes Ast...
16th December 1913
THE MAN WHO SANK TITANIC Titanic Review THE MAN WHO SANK TITANIC
Stanley C. Jenkins
Sally Nilsson, Hichen's great-granddaughter, attempts to set the record straight and reveal the true character of the man her family knew....
2nd November 2011
TITANIC'S LAST STOP, COBH   TITANIC'S LAST STOP, COBH
Titanic Stories
Michael Martin, creator of ‘The Titanic Trail’ takes us on a tour of Cobh, the Titanic’s last port of call. He sets the scene of the day that Titanic left the Ireland, taking in the White Star Line Of...
29th October 2011
FOUR ROOMS : CHANNEL FOUR : BE A PART OF IT! Channel 4 FOUR ROOMS : CHANNEL FOUR : BE A PART OF IT!
Talkback Thames
Channel 4’s Hit Series Four Rooms is back and looking for more extraordinary items to feature in the second series....
25th October 2011
TITANIC LOVE STORIES Titanic Review TITANIC LOVE STORIES
Monica Hall
Gill Paul sets off to beguile us with romance but the facts keep getting in the way....
25th October 2011
STARBOARD AT MIDNIGHT, THE STORY OF SURVIVORS KARL BEHR AND HELEN NEWSOM Titanic Review STARBOARD AT MIDNIGHT, THE STORY OF SURVIVORS KARL BEHR AND HELEN NEWSOM
Randy Bryan Bigham
Love at the helm: New Titanic title blends romance and history....
24th October 2011
Chicago Tribune STEAD'S CLAIRVOYANT MISSED
Journalist Said He Was Told He Would Be Imprisoned, Then Kicked to Death in London Streets...
17th April 1912
The New York Times COL. ASTOR IN TENNIS MATCH
His Fiancee, Miss Force, His Partner in Play at Newport Casino --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R.I., Aug. 7---Col. John Jacob Astor and his f...
8th August 1911
Hudson Observer MILLET, THE ARTIST, IS REPORTED AMONG THE MANY DROWNED
Francis David Millet, the famous artist and author, who is said to have been among those lost in the wreck of the Titanic, painted the two large mural American Indian scenes at the Hudson C...
17th April 1912
Burlington Daily Gazette GUNNAR TENGLIN
"It was not a hard shock," said Tenglin, "but my friend and myself, finding the engines stopped, thought, we would go up and investigate. I put on all my clothes but my shoes and we went to the forward deck. The deck was covered ...
25th April 1912
Burlington Hawk Eye SWEDE SURVIVED LINER'S SINKING DURING SEARCH FOR HIS AMERICAN DREAM
There's another love story connected to the Titanic....
1st January 1998
  HANNA MAMEE
Patricia Sheehi (Cameron) (Hanna Mamee's niece)...
The Violinist THE ORCHESTRA ON THE TITANIC
A review of Hume by people who knew him...
1912
TITANIC SURVIVORS Titanic Stories TITANIC SURVIVORS
Titanic Stories
A first class passenger, second officer and fireman recall the moments leading up to Titanic finally going down. ...
30th September 2011
  LAST CONTACT WITH TITANIC?
Pete Morrall
Was Jack Mew the last man to have contact with Titanic before she left Southampton?...
Unidentified Newspaper MATTEI-MADILL
[Report of the marriage of Titanic survivor Georgette Madill]...
ISMAY'S DREAM   ISMAY'S DREAM
Belfast musician records Titanic themed album...
29th September 2011
Chicago Tribune HOLD MEMORIAL FOR THE TITANIC
The Titanic catastrope so strongly religious in its effect, was the topic of sermons in most Chicago churches yesterday.  Many ministers drew lessons of warning, some of thankfulness, in the theme. Collections were generally div...
22nd April 1912
MARIA PANULA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPH   MARIA PANULA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPH
Maria Panula and her husband Juha Panula on their wedding day 14 Feb. 1892...
19th September 2011
Chicago Daily News TITANIC : NAMES NOT ON SAILING LIST
List of survivors whose names do not appear on the original sailing list, probably includes a large number of those who took the ship at Cherbourg...
16th April 1912
THE ODELL TITANIC ALBUM Titanic Research THE ODELL TITANIC ALBUM
Brian Odell
Lily Odell, Kate Odell, Jack Odell, Richard May and Stanley May were all travelling together. Jack was eleven at the time and he and Kate brought along their cameras. Kate took a large number of photos, one of which was one of the last known ph...
13th September 2011
THE FINAL IDENTIFICATION OF THE 'UNKNOWN CHILD' Titanic Research THE FINAL IDENTIFICATION OF THE 'UNKNOWN CHILD'
Alan Ruffman
The Final Identification of the ‘Unknown Child’ of the TITANIC buried as Body No. 4 on May 4, 1912 in the Fairview Lawn Cemetery of Halifax, Nova Scotia...
9th September 2011
ANNA KATHERINE KELLY 1892 - 1969 Titanic Research ANNA KATHERINE KELLY 1892 - 1969
John Kelly
Anna Katherine Kelly, “Annie Kate,” later to become also known as Sister Patrick Joseph, was born on January 14, 1892 in Cuilmullagh, Lahardane, in Addergoole civil parish, County Mayo, Ireland. Her parents, John Kelly and Ellen Fla...
9th September 2011
  TITANIC PASSENGERS FROM COUNTY MAYO, IRELAND AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS
John Kelly
by a great-nephew of Anna Katherine Kelly...
3rd September 2011
Titanic Research HARLAND & WOLFF AND THE PARTITION OF ULSTER
Glenn Simpson
Harland and Wolff is at the symbolic forefront of Ulster's identity, its economic importance pivotal in explaining what gave Ulster Unionists political leverage during the Home rule question. To accurately portray Harland & Wolff’...
3rd September 2011
Chicago Tribune TITANIC GOT WARNING OF PERIL FROM ICEBERGS
Amerika Encountered Menace in the Path of Ill-Fated ship and Sent Wireless Messages of Position...
17th April 1912
Chicago Tribune MORGAN DINNER RECALLED
Friendship of Family for Capt. Smith Causes Withdrawal of Invitations _______ N...
17th April 1912
MORE THAN A CREW LIST   MORE THAN A CREW LIST
The “More than a List of Crew” Website Explained The historical circumstances that made merchant seafarers some of the best documented of nineteenth and early twentieth century workers in Britain...
30th August 2011
TITANIC SCHOOLS PROJECT   TITANIC SCHOOLS PROJECT
Terry Madill conducts a schools visit to the Titanic Quarter, Belfast, helping to educate young people about what life was like for those who worked on the building of the Titanic, the world's most famous ocean going liner...
30th August 2011
WHAT REALLY SANK THE LUSITANIA   WHAT REALLY SANK THE LUSITANIA
NYI, the following lot is among the highlights in Swann's Sept 15 auction of the Eric C. Caren Collection: Sale 2253 Lot 309 WHAT REALLY SANK THE LUSITANIA? (STEAMSHIPS.) John Brown ...
30th August 2011
TITANIC FASHION, AN EDWARDIAN MAKEOVER Titanic Stories TITANIC FASHION, AN EDWARDIAN MAKEOVER
Titanic Stories
For first class passengers on board Titanic, status was everything. Where you sat at dinner, the size of your suite and who you played cards with all marked out your position in society.But perhaps the most visual way to make your social statement was by what you wore. For the ladies in particular, an ensemble by the latest on trend designer could put you ahead of the game. You certainly could not be seen at dinner in the same dress as the night before.It was an era when fashion trends were moving quickly and even amongst the older generation there was a need to be seen to embrace modernity. One fashion faux-pas could knock you down the social ladder. It was a complicated game to play....
26th August 2011
  FRANCIS DAVIS MILLET - A TITANIC LIFE - PETER ENGSTROM
After many publications, writings, mentions, manuscripts, articles and even a dissertation we introduce the biography of Francis Davis Millet. 465 pages of history, common knowledge and eye-witness accounts have been collected and compiled by A...
  THE TITANIC PAPERS
The story of the Titanic has been retold in virtually every medium for the past 100 years and continues to fascinate. But it was the newspapers that first fed the appetite of the public for information during those fateful April days in 1912. T...
Chicago Daily News LA TOURAINE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE TITANIC
Havre, France, April 16--La Touraine ws in communication with the Titanic the afternoon of April 12.  The Presse Nouvelle quotes the captain of La Touraine as saying that he sent a wireless  dispatch reporting the presence of icebergs...
16th April 1912
Chicago Tribune SKIPPER PREDICTS FATE OF TITANIC
SKIPPER PREDICTS FATE OF TITANIC Wreck of Liner Fulfills Prophecy Made by a Veteran Steamship Captain ...
18th April 1912
Chicago Tribune PHOTOGRAPHS ICE THAT SUNK LINER
PHOTOGRAPHS ICE THAT SUNK LINER _____________ Arthur Tree Brings Pictures of Giant Floes in Which Titanic Met Doom...
18th April 1912
Chicago Examiner TITANIC'S CAPTAIN WARNED OF HUGE FILED OF ICEBERGS
Operator on La Bretagne Tells How Messages Were Sent in All Directions From Near Cape Race....
18th April 1912
Chicago Daily News MESABA WARNED DOOMED TITANIC OF ICEBERGS
Mesaba Reports That It Warned The Doomed Ocean Vessel of Presence of Icebergs in Vicinity and Got "Thanks" ...
18th April 1912
THE TWO PENNIES :  A TRUE STORY   THE TWO PENNIES : A TRUE STORY
Susie Millar
Told by the great granddaughter of a crew member.....
15th August 2011
HOW TO SURVIVE THE TITANIC. OR THE SINKING OF J. BRUCE ISMAY Titanic Review HOW TO SURVIVE THE TITANIC. OR THE SINKING OF J. BRUCE ISMAY
Senan Molony
Ismay as Ecce Homo...
11th August 2011
  NOTE BY FRANCES WILSON ON THE ISMAY FAMILY ARCHIVE
Frances Wilson
Frances Wilson, author of How to Survive the Titanic or The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay discusses her enduring interest in the Titanic and her discovery of the Ismay family archive...
11th August 2011
NIGHT AND A TITAN Titanic Research NIGHT AND A TITAN
Senan Molony
What did Titanic look like at night?...
10th August 2011
Chicago Examiner MISTAKEN FOR WOMAN; FORCED INTO LIFEBOAT
Hartford, Conn., Apr. 18--Resolved to die after having done his utmost to aid in placing the women and children of the Titanic aboard the lifeboats Councilman William T. Sloper, clad in a white night robe, was himself taken for a woman and thru...
19th April 1912
Oak Leaves MEETS CARPATHIA
George P. Baldwin Relates Experience When Titanic Survivors Reach New York on Cunard Ship George P. Baldwin of 309 Linden, who went to New York to meet the survivors of the Titanic on the ...
27th April 1912
Chicago Examiner WIDOW AND DAUGHTERS OF HAYS SPEED HOME
New York, April 18---Mrs. Charles M. Hays and her two daughters, Miss Margaret Hays and Mrs. Thornton Davidson, survivors of the Titanic wreck, were met at the pier by a large party of friends.  Mr. Hays, president of the Grand Trunk Railw...
19th April 1912
Chicago Examiner NIGHT CLEAR, SAYS MARINER
Boston, Mass., April 18---Captain Franz Huber of the German Freighter Trautenfels, which arrived here today, said he passed over the spot where the Titanic sunk ten hours before the accident and that the night was clear. ...
19th April 1912
Chicago Examiner VANDERBILTS ESCAPE WRECK ON THE FRANCE
Liners Near Collision in Heavy Mist; Passengers Thrown About Decks      New York,  March 22---Mr. and Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt were among the passengers on th...
23rd March 1913
Chicago Inter Ocean CONDITION OF TITANIC KNOWN AT OFFICE MONDAY
CONDITION OF TITANIC KNOWN AT OFFICE MONDAY ___________________ Timothy L. Woodruff Says Typewritte...
19th April 1912
The Sydney Morning Herald TITANIC SURVIVOR MR THOMAS TAVERNER
Mario J. Borg
Hi there all, it is me Mario J. Borg from Sydney Australia writing about the TITANIC Survivor Mr Thomas Taverner again and you you all can read this article: TITANIC Survivor Mr Thomas Taverner was invited to a special meeting in George Street at The Flying Angel Mission to Seaman in 1962 ...
7th April 1962
Oak Leaves TITANIC DISASTER : OAK PARK TOUCHED BY GREATEST SHIPWRECK
TITANIC DISASTER Oak Park Touched by Greatest Shipwreck Carelessness on Lake The Atlantic Wreck of 1873 Oak Park, like hundreds of o...
20th April 1912
THOMAS ANDREWS - TITANIC DESIGNER Titanic Stories THOMAS ANDREWS - TITANIC DESIGNER
Titanic Stories
The undoubted hero of the story of the titanic is Thomas Andrews, chief naval architect, managing director of the design department at Harland and Wolff and the leader of the Guarantee Group. ...
1st August 2011
  TITANIC LIFEBOATS
Roger L. Williams
I have recently seen a new film about the sinking of the Titanic on the TV and have been reading about Titanic lifeboats on. http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org It seems there is no real record of what happened to those lifeboats....
1st August 2011
The New York Times OLYMPIC CUTS HER OWN TIME
Five Days, 13 Hours, 20 Minutes from Daunt's Rock to the Lightship --- The new White Star liner Olympic, which arrived in Quarantine last night and anchored, has made even better time on her second voyage th...
19th July 1911
Titanic Research THE TITANIC'S STOKERS PROVIDE THE KEY TO LAUNCH TIMES OF THE MIDDLE BOATS
George Jacub
The timing of the middle boats : the Mount Everest of challenges for Titanic researchers....
18th July 2011
George Jacub AN EXPERIMENT UNVEILS THE TIMING OF THE AFT PORT BOATS
I didn't know whether to cheer or to cringe. Having completed my research into the timing of the first lifeboats to leave the sinking Titanic, plus the last boats and half...
15th July 2011
MYSTERIOUS WAIF OF THE WAVES.. MGU? Titanic Research MYSTERIOUS WAIF OF THE WAVES.. MGU?
Jim Currie
Unresolved questions regarding the April 1912 voyage of the SS Campanello and the possibility of her involvement in the Titanic disaster. ...
12th July 2011
WHERE TITANIC WAS BUILT Titanic Stories WHERE TITANIC WAS BUILT
Titanic Stories
You many think Belfast is famous for producing one thing, the Titanic. You would be wrong. Titanic may be the best known export but she was by no means the only innovative piece of engineering to leave these shores....
11th July 2008
TITANIC MEMORABILIA Titanic Stories TITANIC MEMORABILIA
Titanic Stories
A scratched and pitted piece of wood from a staircase. A china-faced doll with a tattered dress. A piece of coal lifted from two miles below the ocean surface. All these are highly desirable items if they are connected with one source… the Titanic....
TOP 10 TITANIC LEGENDS Titanic Stories TOP 10 TITANIC LEGENDS
Speculation, exaggeration, propaganda and lies! Titanic has inspired many tall tales – but what is really true and what’s not?...
8th July 2011
THE DREAM AND THEN THE NIGHTMARE Titanic Review THE DREAM AND THEN THE NIGHTMARE
George Jacub
Syrians on the Titanic...
1st July 2011
SPOOKY TITANIC DISASTER PREMONITIONS & PREDICTIONS Titanic Stories SPOOKY TITANIC DISASTER PREMONITIONS & PREDICTIONS
Was the Titanic’s fate predestined? Was there a warning that the Titanic was going to sink? View a collection of some of the unexplained glimpses into Titanic’s future sinking...
TITANIC PASSENGERS: THE MILLIONAIRES Titanic Stories TITANIC PASSENGERS: THE MILLIONAIRES
An elite class of millionaires find a new toy to amuse with the Titanic – a symbol of technological triumph....
  TWO CASTLEBAR VICTIMS OF THE TITANIC
Tony McDonald
The story of Francis Young and William Duffy from Castlebar who were crew onboard The Titanic...
16th June 2011
MORRO CASTLE: THE FORGOTTEN VOICES Gare Maritime MORRO CASTLE: THE FORGOTTEN VOICES
Jim Kalafus
Eyewitness tales of the Morro Castle disaster...
14th June 2011 Gare Maritime
DR. WILLIAM EDWARD AND LILIAN MINAHAN   DR. WILLIAM EDWARD AND LILIAN MINAHAN
Dr. William Edward and Lilian Minahan were on the Titanic with Dr. Minahan's younger sister, Daisy. ...
THE BAND THAT PLAYED ON – REVIEW Titanic Review THE BAND THAT PLAYED ON – REVIEW
Senan Molony
Senan Molony reviews Steve Turner's new book about the musicians aboard the Titanic The Band that Played On...
3rd June 2011
HEADSTONE   HEADSTONE
St. Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, New Jersey, U.S.A....
Birkenhead News BIRKENHEAD STEWARDESS MISS STAP'S GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF THE TITANIC DISASTER
THE EXPERIENCES OF A BIRKENHEAD STEWARDESS MISS STAP'S GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF THE DISASTER...
4th May 2011
R.M.S. TITANIC: UNIQUE ORIGINAL PLAN USED THROUGHOUT THE BRITISH TITANIC ENQUIRY.   R.M.S. TITANIC: UNIQUE ORIGINAL PLAN USED THROUGHOUT THE BRITISH TITANIC ENQUIRY.
A large scales plan of the Titanic used during the Titanic enquiry is offered for sale......
AN ACCOUNT OF THE TITANIC DISASTER BY A SURVIVOR The Sphere AN ACCOUNT OF THE TITANIC DISASTER BY A SURVIVOR
Joseph Scarrott
"The night of April 14, 1912, will never be forgotten. It was a beautiful starlight night, no wind, and the sea was as calm as a lake, but the air was very cold." "Everybody was in good spirits and everything throughout the ship ...
1912
Maidenhead Advertiser AN ACCOUNT OF MY JOURNEY ON THE TITANIC
Nellie Walcroft
Sir, I am sending the account of my journey on the Titanic thinking that it will interest those at Maidenhead whom I know. I left Maidenhead on April 9th., stayed in London and caught 'the special train to Southampton at...
29th April 1912
THE TITANIC & THE BATTLE FOR THE HIGH SEAS: CUNARD V. WHITE STAR LINE Titanic Stories THE TITANIC & THE BATTLE FOR THE HIGH SEAS: CUNARD V. WHITE STAR LINE
White Star Line and Cunard compete for passenger trade across the Atlantic....
16th May 2011
99TH ANNIVERSARY OF TITANIC'S SINKING COMMEMORATED IN BELFAST Titanic Stories 99TH ANNIVERSARY OF TITANIC'S SINKING COMMEMORATED IN BELFAST
15th April 2011 was the 99th anniversary of Titanic’s foundering after hitting an iceberg in mid Atlantic. In towns and cities throughout the world, the event is remembered in simple ceremonies. ...
16th May 2011
  THE SAGE FAMILY OF PETERBOROUGH
Geoffrey E. Whitfield
John George Sage was born in Hackney, London in 1867. He followed a number of trades until his marriage, on 2nd November 1890 to Annie Elizabeth Cazaly. The Cazaly family were originally Huguenot refugees, and had been settled in the London are...
2001
  BIRTH RECORD OF JOSEPH BENEDIKT PERUSCHITZ
Joseph Benedikt Peruschitz Transcription and translation of Entry in Parish Register: St. Laurentius, Dingharting ...
Unidentified Newspaper THE SAGE FAMILY LOST
In the appalling calamity which befell the Titanic on Monday - (pages 7 and 8) - a toll of eleven lives was exacted from Peterborough, and remarkable to say, all in one family. These were Mr. and Mrs. John Sage, of Gladstone Street, an...
April 1912
TITANIC BELFAST: TITANIC IN MY BLOOD Titanic Stories TITANIC BELFAST: TITANIC IN MY BLOOD
Susie Millar, whose great grandfather Thomas Millar died upon the Titanic, shows us around Belfast – birthplace of Titanic. ...
Trenton Evening Times ROEBLING AROUSED SLEEPERS TO FLIGHT AND SCORNED TO SAVE HIMSELF
Mother and Daughter Tell How Young Trentonian and London Friend Excelled in Gallantry and Cheerfulness in the Time That Tried the Souls of All Aboard the Sinking Liner ...
20th April 1912
New York Herald TITANIC : THE COUNTESS OF ROTHES AND THE PHANTOM LIGHT
LADY ROTHES DESCRIBES THE HORROR OF SURVIVORS' CHASE OF PHANTOM LIGHT ...
21st April 1912
St Ives Times HAYLE MAN'S NARRATIVE
TRIBUTE TO A KIND HEARTED CAPTAIN...
TITANICA EXHIBITION - THE ULSTER FOLK & TRANSPORT, NORTHERN IRELAND Titanic Stories TITANICA EXHIBITION - THE ULSTER FOLK & TRANSPORT, NORTHERN IRELAND
The Ulster Folk & Transport Museum is launching TITANICa: The Exhibition and TITANICa: The People’s Story to mark the centenary of Titanic’s launch on the 31st May, running until 31 August 2011....
Titanic Stories A LUCKY ESCAPE FROM THE TITANIC - FATHER BROWNE
Titanic Stories
Hear the story of the man who captured unique photos of Titanic before she sank. He was luckily summoned back to his duties instead of going on the maiden voyage....
12th May 2011
The Gazette (Montreal) LAURENTIC'S RECEPTION
The first of the official receptions on the White Star-Dominion R. M. S. Laurentic takes place today, when a luncheon will be provided, to which the following, amongst others, are the invited guests: Sir Wilfred Laurier, ...
11th May 1909
The Gazette (Montreal) THOUSANDS VISIT LAURENTIC
Thousands of interested sight-seers, each provided with a pass of admittance, without which the vessel would without doubt have been packed even beyond her great capacity, yesterday visited the new White Star-Dominion li...
10th May 1909
The Gazette (Montreal) LAURENTIC IS HERE
The Gazette, Montreal, 8 May 1909 Maiden Voyage Upholds the Satisfactory Results Achieved on Trial Trip --- AN EPOCH IN SHIPPING --- P...
8th May 1909
The Sydney Morning Herald INTERCOLONIAL LAWN TENNIS (#6)
The last day's play in this tournament took place yesterday. The weather was threatening in the morning, and in the afternoon it rained steadily and persistently, which did not, however, prevent a fair number of spectators...
8th May 1885
The Sydney Morning Herald INTERCOLONIAL LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT (#5)
Yesterday proceedings in the tournament at the Association Ground, Moore Park, were considerably interfered with by the weather, which was threatening in the morning, a...
7th May 1885
  FREDERICK SHEATH
Brian J. Ticehurst
FREDERICK SHEATH was born in 1892 at number 12 Bell Street, Southampton, the house was a two-up, two-down terraced house with an outside toilet and no garden. Bell Street was situated in the lower, poorer part of town and not f...
Folkestone Herald ELIZABETH NYE : FOLKESTONE PASSENGER'S GRAPHIC ACCOUNT
Mrs. Nye's account of the catastrophe Captain Smith and the little girl His last words: 'I must go with the ship'. Mrs. Elizabeth Nye, daughter of Mr. Thomas I. Ramell, coach builder, Dover Road, Folkesto...
4th May 1912
Halifax Evening Mail THE SEARCH AT SEA FOR TITANIC'S DEAD
THE STORY IN DETAIL OF THE MACKAY-BENNETT'S SEARCH FOR BODIES OF TITANIC VICTIMS ...
30th April 1912
Salem Evening News MRS. ELIZABETH LINES
Mrs. Sargent H. Wellman of Wenham Road has the sympathy of the townspeople in the death of her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth (Lindsey) Lines, 82, widow of Dr. Ernest H. Lines. Funeral services are being held today at 2:30 from the Grace Church in Sale...
19th December 1942
Richmond Today C. H. LIGHTOLLER AND RICHMOND SLIPWAYS
At the end of the war an elderly mariner, who had rescued 130 troops from Dunkirk, moved to East Twickenham and set up a boatyard at 1 Ducks Walk, opposite the site of the old Tudor palace. Richmond Slipways as it was called, mostly repaired po...
The Sydney Morning Herald INTERCOLONIAL LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT (#4)
The second day's play at the Association Ground, Moore Park, resulted in some very interesting and exciting matches. There was again a large and fashionable attendance. The committee, with a view of making the affair more complete, ...
6th May 1885
ANDERS ANDERSSON, ANNA NYSTEN AND ERNST DANBOM WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, 5 APRIL 1912   ANDERS ANDERSSON, ANNA NYSTEN AND ERNST DANBOM WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, 5 APRIL 1912
A goodbye photo of Anders Andersson (and family) Anna Nysten, Ernst Danbom (and family) and extended family and friends. Photo taken circa 5 April 1912, Kisa, Sweden...
5th April 1912
The Sydney Morning Herald INTERCOLONIAL LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT (#3)
...
5th May 1885
The Sydney Morning Herald INTERCOLONIAL LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT (#2)
The draw for the undermentioned matches has resulted as follows: 1.LADIES' CHAMPIONSHIP OF NEW SOUTH WALES Miss Lee plays Miss Rodd Miss Fitzgerald plays Miss Scarvell Miss Bloxsome plays Miss Lamb...
4th May 1885
The Sydney Morning Herald INTERCOLONIAL LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT
At 11 o'clock to-day the intercolonial lawn tennis match between New South Wales and Victoria, commences at the Association Cricket Ground, Moore Park, and a very exciting contest is expected, bot...
30th April 1885
GEORGE HARDER 1920 PASSPORT   GEORGE HARDER 1920 PASSPORT
George Harder ...
NINETY NINE YEARS AND STILL COUNTING Titanic Research NINETY NINE YEARS AND STILL COUNTING
Jim Currie
Article, using new evidence, re-examines the work of Titanic's navigating oficers in arriving at the erroneous CQD positions and the consequences of the results. ...
28th April 2011
MARY NATALIE WICK 1915   MARY NATALIE WICK 1915
Natalie Wick in 1915 ...
1915
TITANIC'S UNKNOWN  CHILD   TITANIC'S UNKNOWN CHILD
Sandi Krawchenko Altner
A small pair of brown shoes have provided the determining factor in deciding the true identity of Titanic's Unknown child. ...
28th April 2011
TILLIE TAUSSIG SAMUEL 1923   TILLIE TAUSSIG SAMUEL 1923
Tillie Taussig Samuel ...
1923
VIOLET'S BARREN WHITE STAR WEDDING Titanic Research VIOLET'S BARREN WHITE STAR WEDDING
Senan Molony
The story of Titanic survivor Violet Jessop's short-lived marriage revealed for the first time....
27th April 2011
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 ...
TITANIC SOCIETY TO COMMEMORATE 99 YEARS SINCE THE LOSS OF THE SHIP Belfast Titanic Society TITANIC SOCIETY TO COMMEMORATE 99 YEARS SINCE THE LOSS OF THE SHIP
On Friday 15th April at 12 noon, members of the Belfast Titanic Society will gather at Belfast City Hall to remember those from the city who were lost aboard RMS Titanic in 1912. Wreaths will be placed at the Titanic Memorial, on the Donegall Square East side of the City Hall grounds....
13th April 2011
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 ...
TITANIC AFTERMATH - A PLAY IN THREE ACTS   TITANIC AFTERMATH - A PLAY IN THREE ACTS
Authored by Michael B. Wehrli, Michael B. Wehrli Based on the Senate Hearing transcrip...
  VIOLIN PLAYED AS TITANIC SUNK IN 1912 FINALLY DISCOVERED!
A new book to be published this week, The Band that Played On: The Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went Down with the Titanic by Steve Turner, claims that the violin which band leader Wallace Hartley played as the Titanic sank in April 1912 survived, and may be offered for sale at the time of next year's centenary....
28th March 2011
FORTUNE FAMILY PARTED IN BOAT IN GOOD CHEER Manitoba Free Press FORTUNE FAMILY PARTED IN BOAT IN GOOD CHEER
(Special Staff Correspondent)
Women Had No Idea of Serious Condition of the Titanic Gave Their Money to Charlie For Safe-Keeping Until They Met Hugo Ross Was Ill in Bed When Disaster Occurred—Rescued Loathe to Talk...
20th April 1912
PHILIPP MOCK 1920 PASSPORT   PHILIPP MOCK 1920 PASSPORT
Chicago Examiner LA FRANCE, NEWEST LINER, HAS CONSORT
La Touraine Guards Her on Maiden Trip Special Cable to the Examiner Paris, April 21---La France, the newest and largest French transatlantic liner, left Havre today on her maiden voyage to...
22nd April 1912
Chicago Examiner A TITANIC HERO
Charles Brown, the English comedian now playing with "A Modern Eve" at the Garrick, lost a number of friends when the Titanic went down.  He knew most of the officers on the ill-fated ship, and the purser, McElroy, had been a com...
2nd June 1912
Chicago Examiner LOSES 9 OF KIN ON TITANIC
Massachusetts Man Just Learns of Relatives' Deaths Haverhill, Mass., May 8---Thomas N. Watson of this city has just learned that nine of his relatives, including two married sisters and...
9th May 1912
Chicago Daily News TITANIC RESCUED HERE
TITANIC RESCUED HERE Five Left of Party of Ten from Sweden Arrive on Way to Pacific Coast Tells of their Escapes Companions Lost After Entering Li...
24th April 1912
Chicago Examiner NOT LOCKED IN CABIN ON CARPATHIA, SAYS ISMAY
I know that my personal conduct has been made the subject of a lot of unfavorable comment, and I court the fullest inquiry at the hands of your committee or any one else who has the right to ask such questions.  So far as the Carpathia is ...
1st May 1912
Chicago Examiner LAKE SHIP FLAGS LOWERED
Placed at Half-Mast in Memory of President J. B. Thayer Duluth, April 20--Flags were placed at half-mast on all ships of the Anchor Line in the harbor here today, out of respect for President J. B. Thayer of that lin...
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
THE DAY I MET A TITANIC SURVIVOR Titanic Research THE DAY I MET A TITANIC SURVIVOR
Gregg Jasper
Liner enthusiast recounts 1968 meeting with Renee Harris Introduction Until the death in 2009 of Millvina Dean, the oldest living Titanic survivor, meeting a passenger who sailed on the legend...
24th March 2011
ELEANOR GENEVIEVE CASSEBEER 1914 PASSPORT   ELEANOR GENEVIEVE CASSEBEER 1914 PASSPORT
VIRGINIA CLARK PASSPORT PICTURE   VIRGINIA CLARK PASSPORT PICTURE
Passport Photo of Virgina Clark ...
Chicago Inter Ocean PUGILIST DIES ON TITANIC [DAVID BOWEN]
David Bowen, Lightweight Champion of Wales Is Reported Drowned David Bowen, lightweight champion of Wales, who sailed on the Titanic to challenge Packey McFarland and other American pugilists, was one of the second c...
19th April 1912
Chicago Daily Journal "I'M STARVED!" WAS ISMAY'S FIRST WORD
"For God's sake get me something to eat. I'm starved. I don't care what it costs or what it is, bring it to me." This was the first statement made by J. Bruce Ismay, directing head of the White Star line, o...
19th April 1912
Chicago Examiner POET KEMP LOCKED UP AS STOWAWAY
Oceanic Officials to Prosecute Him at Souithampton Special Cable to the Examiner Plymouth, Oct. 3--Harry Kemp, the poet who eloped with the former wife of Upton Sinclair, was a stowaway on...
4th October 1913
Chicago Daily Journal ISMAY GOT INTO BOAT
John R. Joyce, a banker of Carlsbad, N. M., a passenger on the Carpathia, said: "When the Carpathia reached the scene of the wreck, we saw eighteen boats and one raft on the water.  The Carpathia picked them all up. Four pe...
19th April 1912
Chicago Daily Journal LEAPS FROM THE SHIP
Charles Williams, the racquet coach at Harrow, England, who is the professional champion of the world , was coming to New York to defend his title, said he was in the smoking room when the boat struck.  He rushed out, saw the iceberg, whic...
19th April 1912
Rockford Register Gazette COUSIN OF DR. O'LOUGHLIN
Myron McSweeney of the Rockford Life Insurance Company office force was a near relative of Dr. W. F. N. O'Loughlin, chief surgeon of the Titanic.  Dr. O'Loughlin was the dean of the medical staff of the White Star Line.  As he...
16th April 1912
RMS TITANIC MISCELLANY   RMS TITANIC MISCELLANY
IRISH ACADEMIC PRESS : The RMS Titanic Miscellany John D.T. White Foreword by Eamonn Holmes ...
23rd March 2011
  TITANIC ON ICE
James Tennant
The Titanic sideswiped an iceberg and disappeared into history. What we haven’t heard about is the ice that broke her apart as she sank. The latest clue to this ice was the discovery of two intact pieces of double hull far from...
11th March 2011
The Evening Post (Wellington, New Zealand) GENERAL PROTEST---BROADCAST PLAY DROPPED
GENERAL PROTEST --- BROADCAST PLAY DROPPED --- LONDON, 10th March. --- "The whole thing should be forgotten. There is no excuse for reminding the survivors of the horrors, which will ...
The Times B.B.C. AND THE TITANIC DISASTER
The following statement contradicting the reports published in some newspapers (not in The Times) to the effect that the B.B.C. intended to broadcast a play based on the Titanic disaster has been issued by the B...
15th February 1932
The New York Times OPPOSE LONDON RADIO PROGRAM ON SINKING OF THE TITANIC
By The Associated Press --- LONDON, Feb. 24---Many protests have been made against the proposal of the British Broadcasting Corporation to present a radio representation of the sinking of the Titanic. ...
25th February 1932
The Mercury (Hobart) TITANIC TRAGEDY--BROADCAST PLAY--CAPTAIN ROSTRON'S PROTEST
TITANIC TRAGEDY --- Broadcast Play --- Captain Rostron's Protest --- LONDON, February 23. --- Captain Sir Arthur Henry Rostron who was commander of the liner Carpathla, ...
25th February 1932
The Times SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON
Captain Sir Arthur Rostron, K.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., for many years Commodore of the Cunard Fleet and one of the most famous of the commanders of the Mauretania, died at the Cottage Hospital, Chippenham, on Monday, after a ...
6th November 1940
TITANIC : HISTORY ON A PLATE   TITANIC : HISTORY ON A PLATE
To be opened by the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall on 18th February 2011 ...
RMS OLYMPIC: THE EARLY YEARS Gare Maritime RMS OLYMPIC: THE EARLY YEARS
Michael Poirier and Trevor Powell
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
Michael Poirier
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...
Chicago Examiner GIANTS IN TITANIC BENEFIT
Will Play Yankees Sunday to Aid Survivors of Sunken Liner New York, April 19---President John T. Brush of the National League baseball team announced today that the Giants would play an exhibition game with the New Y...
20th April 1912
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,...
Chicago Record-Herald IOWA FAMILY DROWNS
Brother Learns E. G. Dalbon, Wife and Child, Perish in Titanic Wreck Stanton, Iowa, April 20---Alfred Dalbom of this city received from New York today a telegram confirming his fears that his brother, Ernest G. Dalho...
21st April 1912
Chicago Examiner 2 BOXERS DIE ON TITANIC
Leslie Williams and Arthur Bowen Coming From Wales for Fights Two professional boxers of Wales, Leslie Williams and Andy Bowen, lost their lives when the Titanic foundered.  They were...
20th April 1912
  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 ...
The New York Times MORGAN IN LONDON
Wants to See Titanic Launched---Health Never Better, He Says --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, May 19---By accident THE NEW YORK TIMES correspondent met J. Pierpont Morga...
20th May 1911
The New York Times SUE COL. ASTOR FOR $30,000
Relatives of Electrician, Killed at Beechwood, Assert Negligence --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I., Oct. 2---When Col. John Jacob Astor came to Newport last month aboard his steam yacht...
3rd October 1911
The New York Times KILLED AT COL. ASTOR'S HOME
Electrician, Installing Telephones, Struck by Current from Feed Wire --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I., July 1---Eugene McCrohan, aged 25 years, employed by the Providence Telephone Com...
2nd July 1910
The Courier, Adelaide, South Australia PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS [WITH REFERENCE TO FORT DENISON]
The Budget debate was brought to a termination early this morning. The Premier then assured the House that with regard to the projected Hopetoun-avenue, it was not intended to interfere with the Botanical Gardens. The id...
12th October 1900
The Argus (Melbourne) UNTITLED ARTICLE DESCRIBING LIGHTOLLER'S FORT DENISON ACTIVITY
SYDNEY, Thursday The antiquated piece of ordnance which surmounts Fort Denison, a short distance from Circular Quay, was charged and fired off before daybreak last Saturday morning.  Who perpetrated such a ...
12th October 1900
The Sydney Morning Herald THE REPORTED GUN FIRE AT FORT DENISON
The report sent to the police the other day that someone had fired a gun at Fort Denison has not yet been cleared up. The charge of the island is in the hands of the Navigation Department. Last Saturday morning the Superintenden...
12th October 1900
Chicago Daily Journal ISMAY TIRED TO ESCAPE ON CEDRIC, WIRELESS SHOWS
Explanation of why Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan, chairman of the senate committee named to investigate the Titanic disaster, hurried to New York Thursday night to begin the inquiry was made today when it  became known that a wir...
20th April 1912
The London Gazette LEGAL NOTICE OF THE RETIREMENT OF THOMAS ISMAY
The London Gazette, Issue 26243, 8 January 1892.  NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, Thomas Henry Ismay, William Imrie, William Samuel Graves,...
8th January 1892
ROSTRON'S MONSTER Titanic Research ROSTRON'S MONSTER
Senan Molony
Sir Arthur Henry Rostron was a lifelong believer in the existence of sea serpents and other forms of cryptozoology......
16th December 2010
Chicago American MAN ON MAURETANIA LEAPS TO HIS DEATH
A suicide at sea was reported by the Cunard Liner Mauretania when she arrived here today.  The victim was Stoughton Walker of New York, who jumped overboard last Sunday night.  The steamer was stopped, but no trace could be found of t...
20th April 1912
THOMAS WHITELEY'S TITANIC LECTURE   THOMAS WHITELEY'S TITANIC LECTURE
I was just about to go to bed and had my pajamas on when I heard a grating noise and the vessel came to a stop. I slipped on a pair of trousers and rushed on deck. I saw a lot of ice on the forward deck, the well deck, about twenty tons of it, ...
1912
Chicago Tribune LOSS OF TITANIC PREDICTED - CAPTAIN SMITH
Capt. Smith Declared to Friends He Would Sink with the Vessel A woman living here whose husband is an officer on the White Star liner Irishman, tells an incident about the steamship Olympic, at the time commanded by ...
18th April 1912
Chicago American ISMAY ASKS TO LEAVE THE WRECK PROBE
Washington, April 24---The Senate investigating committee probing the Titanic horror today declined to act on a new request by J. Bruce Ismay,  managing director of the White Star Line, that owned the ill-fated ship, to quit t...
24th April 1912
New-York Tribune GET GIANTS OF THE SEA
Captains Smith and Haddock for Olympic and Titanic --- Captain Herbert J. Haddock of the White Star liner Oceanic, which left port on Wednesday for Southampton, was congratulated by wireless yesterday on his appo...
2nd December 1910
TITANIC IN COLOUR   TITANIC IN COLOUR
Coloured photographs bring the Titanic to life...
I WAS SAVED FROM THE TITANIC Titanic Research I WAS SAVED FROM THE TITANIC
Lady Duff Gordon
A vivid eyewitness account of the legendary shipwreck and its aftermath. Edited by Randy Bryan Bigham...
15th November 2010
TITANIC GRAND STAIRCASE 3D MODEL   TITANIC GRAND STAIRCASE 3D MODEL
A tour visual Titanic's Grand Staircase...
TITANIC MODEL   TITANIC MODEL
Titanic modelled in 3D...
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