105 items found relating to : 19th Century
| worldcrunch.com | ABOARD A SUBMARINE, EXPLORING LAKE GENEVA'S OWN FORGOTTEN LITTLE TITANIC - WORLDCRUNCH A Russian submarine provides a rare expedition to the bottom of Switzerland’s largest lake to view the wreck of a 19th century lake steamer, and a peek into a forgotten tragedy.... |
8th July 2011 | |||
| Belfast Telegraph | HISTORIC HOME OF TITANIC SHIPYARD FOUNDER RAZED TO THE GROUND Residents last night spoke of their 'absolute shock' after the historical homes of Gustav Wolff - of Harland and Wolff fame - which they fought to save, were demolished. The two 19th century cottages in east Belfast were last summer spot listed by the Environmental Heritage Service (EHS) after a campaign was launched to prevent their destruction.... |
20th January 2009 | |||
| FAMILY GRAVESTONE IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND ANDREW MAXWELL, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MARCH 17th 1895 AGED 46 YEARS "NOT LOST BUT GONE BEFORE". ALSO JOHN, ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE WHO WAS DROWNED THROUGH THE FOUNDERING OF THE SS TITANIC APRIL 14th 1912 AG... |
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| FAMILY INFORMATION : GEORGE PELHAM George Pelham was one of six children, having four sisters and one brother: Thomas Walter (born Jan [1867]?), Ann (born 1 April 1869), Caroline (born 26 July 1872), George was next, Elizabeth (born 26 October 1875) and Louis... |
11th August 2005 | ||||
| NIEUW AMSTERDAM : SMOKING ROOM FOYER. SMOKING ROOM FOYER: Piet van der Wilt is responsible for a fine tapestry-like painting on wood, which traces, in a well balanced composition, the development of shipping from early times. Commencing at the upper left, it shows the coracles of the ... |
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| 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... |
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| New York Times | DEATH NOTICE OF ALEXANDER HOLVERSON HOLVERSON---Suddenly, on April 15, 1912, at sea, Alexander O., beloved husband of Mary Aline Holverson, aged 42 years. Funeral services at the Chapel of the Stephen Merritt Burial and Cremation Co., 8th Av. and 19th St., on Saturday at 2 o'clock. I... |
4th May 1912 | |||
| Southampton Times and Hampshire Express | DEATH NOTICE: KIRBY & MCMULLEN In loving and honoured memory of our dear cousin THOMAS KIRBY also our dearest friend JACK McMULLEN who both laid down their lives at Duty's call on board the SS Titanic, April 15, 1912. Greatly missed but never forgotten by all of us at Sholi... |
19th April 1913 | |||
| New York Times | CABINET IS SALE FEATURE Mahogany Breakfront Brings $585 in $51,640 Auction --- A Regency mahogany and grillwork breakfront cabinet with Roman portrait medallions, circa 1820, was sold to a private collector for $585 yesterday at the final session of the sale ... |
24th September 1950 | |||
| FAMILY GRAVESTONE IN MEMORIAM. MADELINE JOSEPHINE BELOVED CHILD OF E & L FREEMAN DIED MAY 19th 1896 AGED 12 MONTHS "JUST CAME TO WIN THY PARENT'S LOVE AND THEN TO HEAVEN WITHDREW". ALSO ERNEST EDWARD FREEMAN LOST IN TITANIC DISASTER APRIL 15th 1912 AGED 50 YEAR... |
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| Waterloo Record | TITANIC EXHIBITION GIVES RISE TO TRUTHS OF THE 20TH CENTURY The Titanic has docked in downtown Kitchener.... |
28th September 2010 | |||
| Boston Globe | TITANIC VICTIMS GRAVE MARKED For nearly a century her body lay in an unmarked grave in a West Roxbury cemetery.... |
25th May 2010 | |||
| guardian.co.uk | SCOTT'S POLAR DISASTER LIVES ON - THE GUARDIAN The explorer's death sparked a frenzy of mourning, but he was later viewed as a buffoon. A century on, author Carol Birch asks: is he a hero or not?... |
31st December 2011 | |||
| NorthJersey.com | TITANIC'S EVOLVING HISTORY Although the Titanic's first and last voyage was nearly a century ago, interest in the luxury ocean liner - then the largest man-made movable object - still abounds.... |
9th March 2010 | |||
| CNN International | NEW TITANIC RELICS ON SHOW FOR FIRST TIME They sat at the bottom of the ocean for nearly a century. Now 14 objects not seen since the Titanic sank to her watery grave in 1912 are on display in a new exhibition.... |
13th November 2010 | |||
| PressTelegram.com | SCOTLAND ROAD ...the story of a young woman dressed in early 20th century clothing found on an ice floe in present time muttering the word "Titanic"? Is she a con artist? A ghost? A medical miracle?... |
1st December 2006 | |||
| New York Times | MRS. THOMAS CARDEZA Page 21, column 1 Wife of Philadelphia Explorer, Kin of Racine, Red Cross Aide PHILADELPHIA, Nov 11 Mrs. Mary Racine Cardeza, wife of Thomas Drake Martinez Cardeza, Philadelphia sportsman and explorer, ... |
12th November 1943 | |||
| DNAinfo | TITANIC DOCUMENTARY AND NEW THEATER PROPOSED FOR PIER 54 Pier 54 where survivors of the Titanic came ashore nearly a century ago may honor that history next year.... |
30th October 2010 | |||
| Belfast Telegraph | TITANIC ARTWORK UNVEILED IN BELFAST A giant toy modelling kit of the Titanic was unveiled yesterday on the site where the doomed liner was built almost a century ago. ... |
30th October 2009 | |||
| The Australian | TITANIC EXHIBITION A REALISTIC VOYAGE INTO LOST WORLD ALMOST a century after the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage in 1912, it seems our fascination with the doomed passenger liner has not dimmed.... |
13th April 2010 | |||
| The Australian | TITANIC EXHIBITION A REALISTIC VOYAGE INTO LOST WORLD ALMOST a century after the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage in 1912, it seems our fascination with the doomed passenger liner has not dimmed.... |
13th April 2010 | |||
| Belfast Telegraph | TITANIC GIFT TO BELFAST TAKES A BOW A replica 30 foot section of the bow of the famous 'unsinkable' ship has been unveiled beside the berthing dock where the Titanic was built in Belfast almost a century ago.... |
3rd July 2010 | |||
| guardian.co.uk | US COURT AIMS TO ESTABLISH OWNERSHIP OF OVER $100M IN TITANIC ARTEFACTS The wreckage of the ship so famous it remains a metaphor nearly a century later is collapsing on itself two miles underwater. The ashes of the last survivor, a child of just nine weeks when the giant vessel went down, were scattered at sea last week after her death at 97. ... |
27th October 2009 | |||
| New York Times Book Review | THE AUTHOR OF "AN OKLAHOMA ROMANCE" The author of "An Oklahoma Romance," the story of a love affair complicated with a land claim, which the Century Company are publishing, is Mrs. Helen Churchill Candee. She is a New Yorker of a family that has been well known in the metropolis for... |
19th October 1901 | |||
| ABC Online | THE TITANIC UNCOVERED The story of the Titanic's sinking has baffled us for almost a century but with new technology that allows the wreck to be examined in 3D definition clarity some of our many questions may soon be answered. Marine archaeologist David Gallo from the Woods-Hole Institution spoke to reporter Mike Sexton.... |
9th March 2011 | |||
| KONSTANZ 1908 (BACK) Konstanz, 1908. "July 27/08. We are staying at this hotel. It is an old Kloster built in the 12th Century. it is very interesting (?) and situated on the Rhine River & Bodensee. (?) is very beautiful. love to your apretns and all. Uncle Henry and Lee."... |
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| BBC News | NOMADIC RESTORATION SURFS THE WEB The restoration of the SS Nomadic, one of the last remaining links to the Titanic, is to be charted on a new website. The ship was transported to Belfast in 2006 after being bought by the government. It saw out the end of the last century as a floating restaurant beside the Eiffel Tower in Paris.... |
28th May 2008 | |||
| WILLIAM EDWY RYERSON : EXTRA INFORMATION William Edwy Ryerson was born on 7th dec 1878 in Portland Dover, the son of George Arthur Ryerson and Catherine Hamilton. William had a brother, George A Ryerson born in 1880. when Williams father died on 21 january 1881, his mother took him an... |
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| The Independent | TITANIC RESCUE SHIP YIELDS UP ITS TREASURE Almost a century after it steamed to the rescue of the stricken Titanic, saving the lives of more than 700 stranded passengers, and 89 years after it was sunk, the wreckage of the RMS Carpathia has finally been explored, yielding precious artefacts. ... |
16th September 2007 | |||
| Montgomery Newspapers | STUDENT EMBARK ON TITANIC LEARNING VOYAGE Dressed to the nines third-grade students in Angie Cannon and Mary Chalmers class boarded the Titanic May 19 to bring their study of the early 20th century disaster to life with one small change their boat would not be sinking.... |
28th May 2010 | |||
| telegraph.co.uk | TITANIC IMAGES NEVER SEEN BEFORE RELEASED New images of the Titanic were released on Thursday, showing dramatic views of the rusting hulk and the ghostly images of the sea floor where the ship sank almost a century ago.... |
1st July 2011 | |||
| io9 | 10 UNSINKABLE SCIENCE FICTION STORIES ABOUT THE TITANIC The RMS Titanic sank almost a century ago, but it's still sailing through the imaginations of science-fiction writers and artists. Here are 10 Titanic tales, including Douglas Adams, Arthur C. Clarke, and Doctor Who.... |
16th April 2009 | |||
| The Daily News of Newburyport | LOCAL FAMILY'S BRUSH WITH TITANIC DISASTER Life can be so unpredictable. Today, I am going to tell you a true story about a historical event most of you are familiar with, and how this event affected a local woman and her family. This particular event took place almost a century ago, in April 1912.... |
3rd April 2010 | |||
| NBC Connecticut | STORY OF TITANIC RECREATED AT FOXWOODS Nearly a century after the sinking of the Titanic, Foxwoods will pay tribute to the tragedy through a unique exhibit. Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition opens at the Casino on Saturday, February 13th and has more than 100 artifacts from the Ship’s debris giving history buffs an inside look at the iconic ship and its passengers.... |
19th January 2010 | |||
| USA Today | FEDERAL JUDGE TO RULE ON FATE OF TITANIC ARTIFACTS Nearly a century after the Titanic struck ice in the North Atlantic, a federal judge in Virginia is poised to preserve the largest collection of artifacts from the opulent oceanliner and protect the ship's resting place.... |
24th March 2009 | |||
| Belfast Telegraph | TITANIC ROOM TO HOST ART EVENT The historic rooms where the Titanic was designed a century ago have been selected to host one of Northern Ireland's most prestigious art events. The 127th Annual Royal Ulster Academy Exhibition will be held in the Titanic Drawing Offices of Harland and Wolff Shipyard, Belfast from September 19 to October 19.... |
12th September 2008 | |||
| Sunderland Echo | WEATHERMAN SEARCHES FOR CLUES TO TITANIC SINKING Titanic investigators have enlisted a Wearside expert to help reveal the weather conditions during the doomed liner's final voyage. Sunderland University climatologist Dennis Wheeler has made a name examining ships' logs dating back to the seventeenth century to understand weather patterns.... |
30th July 2007 | |||
| mirror.co.uk | PAINTINGS THAT NEARLY SANK ON THE TITANIC SOLD FOR £7M TWO Russian paintings that narrowly avoided being sent to a watery grave on the Titanic have sold for nearly £7million. The early-20th century works by Vasili Polenov were booked on the ship for exhibition in the US. But the cargo was delayed and missed the doomed liner’s maiden voyage in April 1912. ... |
2nd December 2011 | |||
| falmouthpacket.co.uk | PLAQUE WILL HONOUR TITANIC VICTIMS - FALMOUTH PACKET Two Porthleven men who lost their lives on the sinking Titanic are to be remembered with a plaque in the port. Brothers Edgar and Fred Giles were sailing to America to “start a new life” according to mayor Mark Berryman, who has been researching the history of their lives tragically cut short almost a century ago. ... |
15th December 2011 | |||
| The Mayo News | TITANIC FOR BALLINROBE WITH 42 main parts, a financial investment of €100,000, a set that was 1,000 hours in the making, music of epic quality and a tragic storyline that captured the imagination of the world like no other single event in the 20th century, Ballinrobe Musical Society promise audiences a 'night to remember' when 'Titanic The Musical' takes to the stage next week.... |
6th February 2008 | |||
| belfasttelegraph.co.uk | DID JOSEPH BRUCE ISMAY DRESS AS A WOMAN TO FLEE TITANIC? Ismay has gone down in history as one of the 20th century's greatest cowards for fleeing the foundering Titanic while women and children were still on board. But a new play premiering in Belfast this week could cast Joseph Bruce Ismay in a new light.... |
5th April 2011 | |||
| Examiner.com | TITANIC THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION--REAL OBJECTS REAL STORIES TITANIC The Artifact Exhibition is now at Foxwoods Resort Casino complex in Western Connecticut. It offers the opportunity to experience some of the nearly century-old glamor associated the Titanic and to discover facts and legends surrounding one of deadliest peacetime disasters at sea.... |
19th June 2010 | |||
| The Evening Post, Wellington, New Zealand | ARRIVAL OF THE R.M.S. COPTIC [AT WELLINGTON WITH E.J. SMITH IN COMMAND] The S.S. & A. Company's R.M.S. Coptic anchored in the harbour at 8.40 this morning. She left London on 12th December, Plymouth 14th, and reached Teneriffe on 19th; left again on the following morning, crossed the Equator o... |
31st January 1890 | |||
| The Local | TITANIC EXHIBITION OPENS IN STOCKHOLM It was April 15th, 1912, when the world's first unsinkable ship sank while crossing the Atlantic Ocean on her maiden voyage.Since then, the Titanic has rested at the bottom of the sea. Her story left a legacy that has resonated around the world for nearly a century after her demise, and has now been captured in a new exhibition, Titanic, opening to the public on Friday, May 29th.... |
2nd June 2009 | |||
| Chicago Tribune | LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD Hedda Hopper “THE TITLE “Nearer My God To Thee” is now definitely “Titanic.” It should have been all along, but 20th Century had to clear it, and that cost a pretty penny. . .” Chicag... |
22nd December 1952 | |||
| Regina Leader-Post | FROM THE WRECKAGE OF THE TITANIC Almost a century after the Titanic - at the time, the world's largest ship - sank after colliding with an iceberg, claiming more than 1,500 lives, the dramatic story continues to fascinate people around the world. Beginning Saturday, visitors to the Saskatchewan Science Centre will have an opportunity to journey back in time and take a poignant look at this iconic ship and its passengers.... |
30th September 2011 | |||
| bleedingcool.com | WE'VE HAD A LOOK AT TITANIC 3D Today was the first day of Big Screen at the O2 and, amongst the trailers and the clips, was a section from Twentieth Century Fox on next year’s biggest re-release, Titanic. As everyone and his dog must know, Titanic was originally the super smash of 1997 but, to coincide with the centenary of the sinking of the ship next year, Fox and James Cameron are re-releasing the film, with every scene freshly painted in state of the art 3D. On Friday, some Big Screeners were treated to a selection of completed scenes in full 3D. ... |
13th August 2011 | |||
| Titanic Review | FINDING DOROTHY : REVIEWED Monica Hall Randy Bryan Bigham’s book, Finding Dorothy is interesting. Less so, perhaps, for the ‘techies’ amongst us, but certainly for the legion of humanities researchers who are primarily interested in the pe... |
19th July 2005 | |||
| Examiner.com | TITANIC ARTIFACTS ON VIEW IN ROCHESTER MUSEUM AND SCIENCE CENTER BEGINNING OCTOBER 1 Almost a century ago on a calm April night in 1912 the "unsinkable" Titantic went down after colliding with an iceberg. More than 1,500 of the 2280 passengers on board the maiden voyage of the world's largest ship perished that night including business tycoons, artists and film stars, government dignitaries and immigrants dreaming of a new life in America..... |
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| travel-news.co.uk | VOICES FROM TITANIC ARRIVE AT A SINGAPORE MUSEUM A Century after RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic, just two hours and 40 minutes after striking an iceberg, and with a loss of more than two thirds of the passengers and crew. The story has lost none of its power to shock. The arrival of the long-running artifacts exhibition in Singapore brings the raw emotion of Titanic’s infamous maiden voyage, aided by an audio narrative from imagineear.... |
6th November 2011 | |||
| CCTV | BIDDERS QUEUE FOR "TITANIC" DECK LOG elics of a storied disaster at sea are up for auction in London. At Christie's Auction House, Thursday, items related to the sinking of the "unsinkable" liner R.M.S. Titanic go on the block.Christie's is previewing 18 items of personal effects from the R.M.S. Titanic disaster, close to a century ago. ... |
28th June 2007 | |||
| Chicago Sun-Times | KUP'S COLUMN Irv Kupcinet ". . . . Almost as soon as the news of the sinking of the Andrea Doria was flashed to the world, 20th Century-Fox decided to reissue its epic of a sea drama, "Titanic," story of the maritime disaster of 44 years ago. . . . "... |
31st July 1956 | |||
| npr.org | 'HOW TO SURVIVE THE TITANIC,' AND SINK YOUR NAME J. Bruce Ismay probably shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath as any of the true criminals of the 20th century, but for many years he may have been the most universally despised man in the Western world. Ismay, heir to the prominent British White Star Line shipping company, owned the Titanic, and he's the one who said it would be fine to put just 20 lifeboats on a ship that could hold 2,800 people. Why clutter the decks, he argued, when the ship itself is a lifeboat?... |
15th October 2011 | |||
| Unidentified Newspaper | UNTITLED Article in Unidentified Wexford Newspaper... |
1912 | |||
| Glas | DEATH NOTICE "Umria nam je draga mama, sestra, stara mama in teta Manca Juvan Karunova mama iz Milj, do danes deina prezivela s Titanika Pogreb drage pokojnice bo v nedeljo, 19. septembra, ob 15. uri izpred hise zalost... |
18th September 1971 | |||
| BBC News | POIGNANT JOURNEY TO TITANIC GRAVE His family always thought their grandfather had been lost at sea when Titanic sank. William McQuillan was a stoker on the Titanic But more than 90 years later, his granddaughter was astonished to see William McQuillan's grave pictured in a television documentary. Following up the information from the programme, Marjorie Wilson became the first member of her family to pay their respects at the graveside in Nova Scotia, almost a century later. ... |
30th October 2006 | |||
| OnMilwaukee.com | "TITANIC" IS A FASCINATING, EMOTIONAL JOURNEY It was nearly a century ago now that the RMS Titanic, the world's largest and most luxurious vessel, sank during her maiden voyage after colliding with a North Atlantic iceberg. Most of us are familiar, if not fascinated, with this historic tragedy and the real objects and real stories presented in the Milwaukee Public Museum's "Titanic -- The Artifact Exhibition," opening Friday, Oct. 10 and running through May 25, 2009, bring us even closer to the fateful events of April 14 and 15, 1912.... |
9th October 2008 | |||
| belfasttelegraph.co.uk | PIRRIE'S ROLLS ROYCE RETURNS TO NORTHERN IRELAND It turned heads when it was built more than a century ago. Made to order for the chairman of Harland and Wolff, this car, like the luxury liner it is named after, was the last word in absolutely everything. And all eyes will again be on the 101-year-old Titanic Ghost Rolls Royce when it returns to Northern Ireland for the first time in 85 years later this month. ... |
12th January 2012 | |||
| Norfolk Eastern Daily Press | TITANIC MUSICAL AT NORWICH THEATRE ROYAL One of the major stories of the 20th century is about to make a big splash in Norwich as the Theatre Royal stages Titanic the Musical sailing from Monday January 28 to Saturday February 2 in a lavish production by the Norfolk and Norwich Operatic Society. Performances are nightly at 7.30pm with a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm. ... |
28th January 2008 | |||
| express.co.uk | MY GRANDFATHER TOOK TITANIC'S DEADLY SECRET TO THE GRAVE - EXPRESS.CO.UK MANY families have a secret, a skeleton that stays well and truly locked int he closet. City high-flier and novelist Louise Patten knows all about this kind of cloak and dagger concealment because for almost a century her own family has kept a secret of historical magnitude. Her story is not a tale of illegitimate heirs or ill gotten gains. Instead Louise, 57, who is married to former Conservative education secretary and life peer John Patten, claims to know what caused the Titanic to sink.... |
31st October 2011 | |||
| belfasttelegraph.co.uk | TITANIC SHOWPIECE TO RECREATE LINER'S TALE The temperature drops and the voices of survivors recorded 50 years ago recount harrowing tales of making it through one of the most infamous disasters of the last century. That is the desired effect of one of the galleries in the Titanic Belfast attraction which is set to open in time for the centenary of the Belfast-made liner. Giving a tour of the 93ft building, the same height as the ship, project manager Noel Molloy said that Titanic Belfast would recreate the Titanic story.... |
28th September 2011 | |||
| msnbc.com | "TITANIC" STARS HELP SHIPWRECK'S LAST SURVIVOR LOS ANGELES - The last survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 is getting a hand from Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. The "Titanic" stars, along with director James Cameron, have contributed to a $30,000 fund for Millvina Dean, 97, Access Hollywood has confirmed.... |
11th May 2009 | |||
| expressandstar.com | TITANIC ANCHOR REPLICA TO RETURN HOME AT LAST A replica of the Titanic anchor, forged in the Black Country almost a century ago, will take pride of place in its home town after councillors agreed to create a permanent monument to recognise the connection. Campaigners had fought to ensure that the 16-ton anchor would return from its temporary base at the Black Country Living Museum to Netherton. And members of Dudley Council’s development control committee voted to approve the plans for its return.... |
31st August 2011 | |||
| New York Times | HENRY SLEEPER HARPER Henry Sleeper Harper was about 42 years old and lives at 131 East Twenty-first Street. He is the son of Joseph Wesley Harper, a member of the old firm of Harper & Brothers, which gave way in 1900 to the present publishing house of that name. Mr. Har... |
16th April 1912 | |||
| LADY DUFF GORDON Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon wearing a pair of 18th century emerald and pearl cross-shaped earrings that were lost in the sinking of the Titanic. They were Duff Gordon family heirlooms given to her by her husband as a present on their wedding in 1900. The ... |
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| New York Times | MRS. FRED J. SWIFT, WAS CLUB LEADER Ex-Head of National Council of State Garden Units Dies---Officer in Many Groups --- NYACK, N. Y., April 30---Mrs. Margaret Welles Swift, prominent club-woman and widow of Fred Joel Swift, died yesterday in her home here... |
1st May 1948 | |||
| Washington Post | TITANIC'S WIRELESS CHIEF DIED ON A LIFERAFT New York. April 19.—Philips [sic], the first Marconi operator aboard the Titanic, stuck to his post till the last, jumped from the sinking ship, was taken aboard the life raft, and died before rescuers reached him, according to th... |
20th April 1912 | |||
| WALTER BISHOP INFORMATION (Death Notice - Southern Daily Echo 30th April 1912, and Hampshire Independent 4th May 1912) Bishop, Walter Alexander Under Castleman, Edward ... |
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| dgstandard.co.uk | RED ROSES FOR TITANIC HERO MUSICIAN - JOCK HUME ALMOST a century has past since the great ocean liner, the RMS Titanic, collided with an iceberg on its maiden voyage. The worst maritime disaster at peacetime in living history claimed the lives of 1,517 people on April 15, 1912, including that of one of the ship’s musicians, a young man called John Law Hume. Born and raised in Dumfries, before joining the ill-fated band of musicians on the White Star Ocean liner, the body of 21-year-old Jock was recovered from the waters of the Northern Atlantic by the MacKay Bennett shortly after the Titanic sank. His unidentified body was buried in May of that year at Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.... |
4th November 2011 | |||
| Worcester Telegram | FELIX R. ASPLUND [OBITUARY] SHREWSBURY--Felix R. Asplund, 73, of 39 Fairlawn Circle died yesterday in his home. Mr. Asplund was a draftsman for Coppus Engineering in Worcester for 35 years, retiring in 1972. He leaves a sister, Lillian G. Asplund of Shrews... |
2nd March 1983 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| CAP ARCONA DINING ROOM The principal feature of the Cap Arcona's dining room was ten pairs of large windows, arranged five per side, which allowed natural light into the room and gave it a less confined feel was achieved in the (mostly) enclosed dining rooms ab... |
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| Chicago Tribune | FILM STORY OF TITANIC SINKING GETS THE GREEN LIGHT LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD by Hedda Hopper Film Story of Titanic Sinking Gets the Green Light Hollywood, Feb. 22--Darryl Zanuck has given the green light to Charlie Brac... |
22nd February 1952 | |||
| BBC News | BELFAST SURVIVOR SET FOR HOMECOMING Amid the shipwrecks scattered about Le Havre docks in France is a survival story. The SS Nomadic, a rusting relic so nearly sent to the scrapyard, is ready to come home. The Nomadic is to return to Belfast Weeds grow on its deck, and year after year of recent neglect have taken a heavy toll. Step onboard and you see the enormity of the renovation task. Look hard enough, however, and you do glimpse the potential. The question is will the millions needed be raised to do the job? ... |
11th July 2006 | |||
| The Times | MILLVINA DEAN, LAST LIVING SURVIVOR OF THE TITANIC, DIES AGED 97 Nearly a century after she was rescued from the decks of the sinking Titanic, the last remaining survivor of the disaster has died, aged 97.... |
31st May 2009 | |||
| Belfast Telegraph | TITANIC TENDER NOMADIC RECEIVES LOTTERY BOOST Plans to restore the SS Nomadic have moved a step closer to winning more than £2 million in lottery funding.... |
27th September 2010 | |||
| Press Release | TITANIC WALKS : IPHONE APP : TITANIC TRAIL IN SOUTHAMPTON, UK Almost a century on, Southampton, England—the home port of RMS Titanic—carefully preserves the memory of the ship and those who tragically lost their lives on her ill-fated maiden voyage. Locals and visitors to Southampton who, in t... |
20th October 2010 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Titanic Review | THE DREAM AND THEN THE NIGHTMARE George Jacub Syrians on the Titanic... |
1st July 2011 | |||
| GOODWIN FAMILY UPDATED BIOGRAPHIES Goodwin, Mr. Charles Frederick. (40). Missing. Watson's Court, High Street, Melksham, Wiltshire. Ticket number CA2144 cost £46 18s 0d. There is a memorial to the whole famil... |
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| Titanic Review | ON BOARD RMS TITANIC : MEMORIES OF THE MAIDEN VOYAGE Peter Engberg Peter Engberg reviews George Behe's compilation of letters written aboard RMS Titanic... |
12th February 2012 | |||
| New York Times | ANCESTOR OF ROTHES SAVED A PRINCESS Bit of Ancient Family History May Have Inspired the Countess-Oarswoman. --- "GRIP FAST," SAID RESCUER --- "Gin the Buckles Bide," Replied the Princess--Coat of Arms and Motto Derived from Incident --- By Marc... |
23rd April 1912 | |||
| SONGE D'AUTOMNE Songe d'Autmone (Dream of Autumn) was composed by Archibald Joyce (25 May 1873 to 22 March 1963). Joyce, popularly known as the "English Waltz King", had considerable success in England with this piece which was included in the re... |
1912 | ||||
| Nomadic Preservation Society | PROGRAMME FOR NOMADIC CENTENERY CELEBRATIONS REVEALED Celebrating a century of maritime history Outline programme Friday 3rd June 2011 13:30 ~ 17:00. Delegate registration at Holiday Inn, Belfast. 13:30 ~ 17:00. Exclusive opening tour... |
5th November 2010 | |||
| Daily Home News | JERSEY PEOPLE WHO HAD RELATIVES ON BOARD PERTH AMBOY, April 17---Great anxiety in [sic] felt in this city by the members of the Parker, Jaudon, Marsh and Hechheimer families, who had near and distant relatives among the passengers on the ill-fated Titanic. Owner of Local Plan... |
17th April 1912 | |||
| CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN HERBERT JUPE'S FATHER AND THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY, NOVA SCOTIA July 19th 1912 74 Bullar Road Bitterne Park Southampton Dear Sir, I have been informed by Mr. F. Blake, Superintendent Engineer of the White Star Lines, Trafalgar Chambers, Southampton, that the body... |
19th July 1912 | ||||
| Titanic Review | THE OTHER SIDE OF THE NIGHT Paul Rogers Paul Rogers reviews a new book exploring the mystery of the "Californian Incident"... |
16th June 2009 | |||
| News Tribune | KING OF HOPS: THE LEGACY OF HERMAN KLABER Bart Ripp CURTIS, Lewis County – Come spring in the Boistfort Valley, hops pop up, green and fragrant, in the hay fields. Boistfort Elementary School sits next to a big hay field where hops sprout, searching the sky for support. The only clue to... |
12th April 2001 | |||
| Unidentified Newspaper | DIGBY COUNTY AND THE TITANIC DISASTER... Question: What do the sinking of the Titanic and Digby County have in common? Answer: The rescue ship, Carpathia's Chief Officer was Thomas W. Hankinson. Thomas William Hankinson, born 1857, was ... |
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| Irish Independent | STARS TO THE RESCUE AS LAST TITANIC SURVIVOR STRUGGLES TO STAY AFLOAT After a moving appeal by photographer Don Mullan in the Sunday Independent a number of Hollywood stars have come to the aid of the last survivor of the Titanic.The director and cast of the 1997 blockbuster film have made a "considerable donation" to secure the financial future of 98-year-old Millvina Dean who has had to resort to selling her autograph to pay her nursing home bills.... |
9th May 2009 | |||
| New York Times | THOMAS HENRY ISMAY [LETTER TO THE EDITOR] To The Editor of The New York Times: The death of Thomas Henry Ismay deserves more than a passing notice. In the extraordinary development of the commercial marine of Great Britain during the last quarter of a century he had been one o... |
25th November 1899 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Elizabeth Daily Journal | LOCAL TITANIC VICTIMS HONORED AT SERVICES In memory of Peter H. Renouf, Laurence Garvey, Clifford Jeffreys and Ernest Jeffreys, who went down on the Titanic, a special service was held in Grace Episcopal Church last night. The first two were communicants of the church and the other two were... |
29th April 1912 | |||
| The Times | PIRRIE HONOURED FOR SERVICE AS LORD MAYOR BELFAST, DEC. 14.To-night a banquet was given to the Right Hon. W. J. Pirrie, J.P., Lord Mayor of Belfast, and Mrs. Pirrie by the citizens on the occasion of the approaching termination of the second year of Mr. Pirri... |
15th December 1897 | |||
| AT REST - THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MISS LILLIAN G. ASPLUND Shelley Dziedzic Worcester, Massachusetts is a city of approximately 180,00 living souls, located in what the state likes to call the “Heart of the Commonwealth. It is, like Rome, a city of seven hills and the second largest city in the state after nearby Boston... |
10th May 2006 | ||||
| www.physorg.com | TITANIC: SANK MORE QUICKLY THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT After visiting the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in August 2005, scientists have discovered that Titanic took just five minutes to sink ? much faster than previously thought.... |
31st December 2005 | |||
| JOHN QUINN: A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY John Quinn was born in Belfast on 3rd March 1876 the son of a shoemaker, he was one of ... |
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| RAISE THE TITANIC MODEL LANGUISHES IN MALTA Article... |
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| Concord Journal | CAROLINE LAMSON BROWN The death of Mrs. John Murray Brown on Tuesday, June 26th, at the Emerson Hospital in Concord, removed from the scene a type of the handsome, accomplished woman who so well represented old New York in the late sixties and seventies of the last centur... |
28th June 1928 | |||
| Washington Times | TITANIC'S CAPTAIN HAD LONG RECORD ON THE HIGH SEAS As Captain of Olympic Smith's Vessel Hit British Cruiser Last Fall --- If the twentieth century retained a belief in the power of malignant spirits and the human passions of natural forces, the termination of the career of Capt. E. J. S... |
17th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | FIGHT FOR ASTOR ESTATE MIRRORS BATTLE 50 YEARS AGO The son of Brooke Astor, late widow of Vincent Astor (son of Titanic victim John Jacob Astor and his first wife), stands accused of elder abuse and theft of the Astor fortune. Fifty years ago, John Jacob Astor VI, son of JJA and survivor/2nd wife Madeline, accused Brooke Astor of undue influence over Vincent to claim the Astor fortune.... |
26th April 2009 | |||
| New York Times | PEGGY GUGGENHEIM IS DEAD AT 81; KNOWN FOR MODERN ART COLLECTION By The Associated Press --- VENICE, Dec. 23 - Peggy Guggenheim, the expatriate American millionaire who amassed one of the world's foremost collections of modern art, died in a hospital outside Venice today, hospital officials said. Sh... |
24th December 1979 | |||
| Titanic Research | TITANIC AS METAPHOR Monica Hall WORLD’S LARGEST METAPHOR... |
20th March 2005 | |||
| New York Times | LOST TWO IN IROQUOIS FIRE Daughters of Rescued Titanic Passenger Killed in Chicago Holocaust --- Special to The New York Times --- CHICAGO, Ill., April 16---Mrs. Ida S. Hippach, wife of L. A. Hippach, manufacturer, of 7,352 Sheridan Road, and Miss ... |
17th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | MEMORIAL NOTICE STRAUS--- A Special Meeting of the Board Of Directors of Montefiore Home, held April 21, 1912. The President, Jacob H. Schiff, announced the melancholy death of the Honorable Isidor Straus and his devoted wife in the dis... |
22nd April 1912 | |||