Atlantic And Pacific Railway

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Newark Evening News WORD RECEIVED HERE OF C. M. HAYS'S RESCUE
Among those well known in this city and suburbs whose name has been flashed as among the rescued from the Titanic, is Charles Melville Hays, president of the Grand Trunk and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway companies, of Canada, of Canada, a nephew of...
16th April 1912
The Toronto World C. M. HAYS' CAREER
When the White Star Liner Titanic struck an iceberg, it is feared Charles Melville Hays, president and general manager of the Grand Trunk Railway and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad was carried down with the doomed steamer.  Mr. Hays had been in ...
17th April 1912
The Times MR. CHARLES M. HAYS MISSING
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) --- MONTREAL, APRIL 18 --- A message by wireless telegraphy from the Carpatlhia was received at the offices of the Grand Trunk Railway Company in Montreal this morning signed ...
19th April 1912
New York Times CHARLES MELVILLE HAYS
Grand Trunk President Planned Great Canadian Transcontinental --- Charles Melville Hays, President of the Grand Trunk and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Companies, has been considered one of the most brilliant and successful of railroad of...
16th April 1912
New York Times TO HONOR WIRELESS HEROES
To Dedicate Jack Philips Titanic Memorial Fountain May 12 --- At a meeting yesterday afternoon in the Maritime Exchange, 78 Broad Street, plans were completed for the dedication of the Jack Philips Titanic memorial fountain at the base ...
1st May 1915
PRINCESS SOPHIA OFF TAKU GLACIER   PRINCESS SOPHIA OFF TAKU GLACIER
Canadian Pacific's liner Princess Sophia is seen off Taku Glacier in this 1913 photograph....
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New York Times DYING MAN'S SON FOUND
Potter Coming from Alaska to Atlantic City to See His Father --- ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Oct. 28---For more than a month the family of Col. Thomas Potter, who is dying at his seaside home here, has been searching for his favorite ...
29th October 1910
A TITANIC COINCIDENCE Titanic Research A TITANIC COINCIDENCE
Gavin Murphy
How the gala opening of two hotels was disrupted two maritime disasters....
9th July 2002
New York Times A. A. STEWART LEFT $276,974
Titanic Victim's Estate Goes to His Widow and Daughter --- An appraisal of the estate of Albert A. Stewart, who perished on the Titanic, was transmitted yesterday to the Surrogates' Court under transfer tax proceedings. Mr. Stewart was f...
1st February 1913
THE PUBLIC BE DAMNED: ONE BLACK WEEK IN 1875 Gare Maritime THE PUBLIC BE DAMNED: ONE BLACK WEEK IN 1875
Jim Kalafus
The double tragedy of the Pacific and the City of Waco...
28th June 2007 Gare Maritime
The Mercury (Hobart) THE TITANIC'S COMMANDER
BRISBANE, April 24 For some time past there has been in Brisbane Captain Anning, who at one time was commander of the White Star liner Persic, trading to Australia. He said, in...
25th April 1912
Daily Telegraph TITANIC FOR MONTAUK, LONG ISLAND - 1910 VISION
Passengers to take railway connection to New York...
27th October 1910
  EDWARD HARRIS, PANTRYMAN
Edward Harris was the 4th son of Thomas Harris, a part-time prison warder who lived at 13, Greenhill Avenue, Winchester. After leaving school Edward worked for several years at the town's railway station. His employers were S...
Washington Times WASHINGTON MAN MAIL CLERK ON THE ILL-FATED STEAMER
O. S. Woody, a former Washingtonian, and two other postoffice clerks, composed the mail crew of the Titanic. Their names were received today by the office of the Second Assistant Postmaster General. J. S. March, of the Second division of the Railway ...
16th April 1912
San Francisco Examiner HERMAN KLABER ON BOARD THE TITANIC
Native of San Francisco, in Business in Portland, Titanic Passenger Herman Klaber of Portland, one of the biggest hop merchants on the Pacific Coast, was a passenger on the Titanic. Klaber was born in San Francisco, went throu...
16th April 1912
New York Times ISMAY IS TO QUIT
Will Retire June 30---Harold Sanderson to Take His Place --- by Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- LONDON, Dec. 31.---J. Bruce Ismay will retire from the Presidency of the International ...
1st January 1913
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
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Rood, Mr. Hugh Roscoe. Missing. Ritz Hotel, London, W. Black Moore & Co., 5 East India House, London, E.C. Hotel Regina, Paris. Seattle. Travelling to USA. Vice president of The Pacific Creosoting Company. Cabin A32....
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
Totnes Times & Devon News THE LOCAL PASSENGERS
The Countess of Rothes, who was on board the Titanic, which has sunk in the North Atlantic, is among the passengers reported as safe. She is a daughter-in-law of Mrs. Leslie-Leslie, of Adelphi Terrace, Paignton. Definite information on the su...
20th April 1912
SOUTHAMPTON TERMINUS   SOUTHAMPTON TERMINUS
A panoramic view of  Southampton Terminus railway station, circa 1912, at which time it was known as Southampton Town & Dock....
New York Times MORGAN HOPEFUL FOR OUR STOCKS
Tells a Doubtful Fellow-Traveler He'll Change His Mind About Them --- A BIG DECLINE YESTERDAY --- Erie Issues Lead It-Dividend on the Second Preferred May Be Passed---Gold Coming Soon --- Special Cabl...
23rd March 1907
  PROBATE REPORT: ARTHUR WARD
Ward Arthur of Manor House, Palmerston Street, Romsey, Hants. Administration London 6th June 1912 to Alfred Ward, Railway Agent. Effects Ł193.12s.1d. ...
6th June 1912
Chicago Examiner JOHN HUGO ROSS AMONG THOSE NOT RESCUED
J. H. ROSS EXPECTED.      One of the Titanic victims was to visit Dr. Hugh H. Perry, 9515 Commercial avenue, the latter part of this week.  He was J. Hugo Ross, cousin of Dr. Perry and a wealthy re...
19th April 1912
New York Times BOSTON BANKS TO MERGE
H. K. Hallett to Head Combined Atlantic and Fourth National --- Special to The New York Times --- BOSTON, July 21---The death of Arthur W. Newell, President of the Fourth National Bank, who was lost on the Titanic, is abou...
22nd July 1912
The Shipwrecked Mariner Quarterly Maritime Magazine (1882) SHIPBUILDING IN IRELAND
SHIPBUILDING IN IRELAND.-Whatever may be said of other branches of Irish industry, its shipbuilding may, it would appear, compare not unfavourably with that of any other part of the kingdom. The Clyde claims pre-eminence, but Mes...
PRINCESS SOPHIA'S MAST MARKS HER GRAVE   PRINCESS SOPHIA'S MAST MARKS HER GRAVE
For a few weeks after the disaster, the Princess Sophia's mast marked her grave near Vanderbilt Reef. Some accounts claim that a winter storm toppled the last visible trace of the liner,...
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ATLANTIC CITY 1909 (BACK)   ATLANTIC CITY 1909 (BACK)
Atlantic City. April 1, 1909. "We are having a pleasant stay here. The weather is fine. Love to all from Uncle Henry and Lee."...
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  EDWARD DODD
The William Salt Library, Stafford Dodd, Edward C. Son of Mr. Dodd former electrical engineer and contractor of Crewe. Formerly in Crewe railway Works, was 3rd engineer on the Titanic....
San Francisco Bulletin LOCAL MINING MAN IS ON TITANIC'S DEATH LIST
Colonel John Weir, a well known mining man of the Pacific Coast, was one of the victims of the Titanic horror. It has been learned by his friends that he took passage on the ill fated steamer on an unexpected trip to California, probably on urgent bu...
20th April 1912
RIO CRUISE BROCHURE - MAP AND ITINERARY   RIO CRUISE BROCHURE - MAP AND ITINERARY
CRUISE PROGRAM New York . . . . Sail on Feb. 5, 1 p.m. Nassau, Bahamas . . . Feb. 7 A forenoon to see the island, its fashionable hotels and splendid bathing beaches. Port of Spain, Trinidad. . . Feb. 9 & 10 An afterno...
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  PROBATE REPORT
LOBB William Arthur of Bugle St Austell Cornwall engine driver died 14 April 1912 at sea Administration Bodmin 3 August 1912 to George Lobb clay labourer Effects Ł50 NB. Engine driver in this sense is a mine engine rather than conventional r...
San Francisco Chronicle DR. DODGE AND HIS FAMILY ARE SAFE
Page 1 Assessor Sends Two Messages From Carpathia to His Son Here-- Mayor Wires Reply Relieving the deep anxiety of his relatives and thousands of friends in this city, Dr. Washington Dodge, Assessor of San Francisco, ...
18th April 1912
Daily Telegraph FIRE ABOARD THE "CALIFORNIAN"
A telegram from Vera Cruz reports that the Leyland liner "Californian" took fire in that port and that the outbreak was not extinguished until much damage had been done to the cargo by fire and water. The fire originated in holds number four...
3rd July 1913
EDWARD DODD MEMORIAL   EDWARD DODD MEMORIAL
On the west wall of the chancel in Christ Church Crewe is a plaque to the memory of Edward Dodd. It reads "In Memory of E...
ATLANTIC CITY 1909 (FRONT)   ATLANTIC CITY 1909 (FRONT)
Atlantic City; Boardwalk and Hotel Blenheim, 1909....
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Cork Examiner UNTITLED
A list of survivors published today contains no reference to the names of Mr. Patrick Colbert, Kilconlea, Abbeyfeale (Not Limerick as given) Mr. James Scanlon, Rathkeale, nor of other young men said to have been on board from East and North Kerry. Pa...
22nd April 1912
New York Times HAYS HEADS GRAND TRUNK
Directors of Canadian Line Elect Rock Island, Ill., Man Present [sic] --- LONDON, Jan. 7---At a meeting to-day of the Directors of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada, Charles M. Hays was elected President. ...
8th January 1910
  MEMORIAL
In Memory of William Stone, late Inspector of L & S W Railway, died November 13th 1909 aged 64. Also of Agnes Mary Jane, wife of the above, died March 3rd 1929 aged 85. Also of Edmund Stone, son of the above, who was lost ...
QUEEN MARY AT SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS   QUEEN MARY AT SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS
A panoramic view of Southampton Docks circa 1956, with RMS Queen Mary alongside. The small shunting locomotive visible in the centre of  the picture was a former USA Transportation Corps "switcher", one of several that had been sold...
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New York Times MEMORIAL NOTICE
HAYS---At a special meeting of the Board of Directors of the United States Mortgage and Trust Company held April 25, 1912, it was resolved that the following minutes be adopted and transmitted to the family of Mr. Charles M. Hays: CHAR...
28th April 1912
Standard Union FUNERAL OF HERO OF LOST TITANIC
Sante Reghini, Who Gave His Life for a Woman, Buried from Sister’s Home --- WAITED ON DECK FOR DEATH --- Services for George Nasser, Another Victim, To-morrow --- The funeral of one of the victims of the Tita...
4th May 1912
Worcester Telegram REPORT FUTRELLE SAFE
By The Associated Press
London Hears Boston Author Is on Board Carpathia. London, April 17.-The list of survivors of the Titanic disaster as given out by the White Star line offices, contains the names of both Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Futrelle, Boston. Previous l...
18th April 1912
  FAMILY INFORMATION
Harry Cotterill's father, Thomas Cotterill died in November 1898, aged 45. He was buried in Penzance Cemetery. Harry's mother died on 6 June 1940, aged 81 and was buried with her husband, there is no gravestone marker. Her administration repo...
  CONTEMPORARY OBITUARY
WAS born in Southampton forty-three years ago. He served his apprenticeship in the works of the London and South-Western Railway Co., and after other appointments sailed in vessels owned by the company as second engineer. Four years were spent with t...
1912
Voyage GLENDUN
John P. Eaton
GLENDUN (Antrim Iron Ore Co., LTD.) On Sunday, December 10th, 1909, the immense stern framing of Titanic was transported from Darlington Forge Company’s works at Darlington by the North Eastern Railway...
26th October 2004
The Times MR. ISMAY AND THE WHITE STAR LINE
IMPENDING RESIGNATION OF THE CHAIRMANSHIP --- It is now officially announced that Mr. J. Bruce Ismay will retire from the presidency of the International Mercantile Marine Company as from June 30 next, and that he wil...
1st January 1913
Toronto Daily Star JUST BEFORE SMASH HAYS SAID DISASTER
Canadian Press Despatch New York, April 19.---Col Gracie, U. S. A. who was the sole survivor of those who went down with the Titanic, and was rescued, gave this remarkable statement last night:...
19th April 1912
Worcester Evening Gazette PRES. HAYS WIDOW LEAVES FOR HOME
New York, April 19- Upon the arrival of the Carpathia, Mrs. Charles M. Hays, wife of the president of the Grand Trunk railway, who went down with the ill-fated Titanic and her two daughters, Mrs. Thornton Davidson and Miss. Margaret Hays, were met by...
20th April 1912
WALTER DOUGLAS CROSSING THE ATLANTIC   WALTER DOUGLAS CROSSING THE ATLANTIC
Walter Douglas (in hat) crossing the Atlantic c.1910....
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Brooklyn Daily Times BROTHER OF BROOKLYNITE, A PRIEST, WAS ON TITANIC
Two of the visitors to the White Star line offices were Laurence M. Byles, Vice President of the W. E. Byles Company, Ltd., of 90 Wall street, Manhattan, and his brother, W. Hunter Byles, of Omaha. They went to inquire as to the safety of another bro...
17th April 1912
Southern Evening Echo OBITUARY
Last Titanic officer dies, 83 Last surviving officer of the Titanic, which went down in the Atlantic in 1912 has died at his home in Christchurch at the ago of 83. Commander Joseph Groves Boxhall was the fourth officer, and the only officer on watch ...
27th April 1967
New York Times GRISCOM IS NO LONGER HEAD OF SHIP COMBINE
J. Bruce Ismay is Chosen for Its President --- FREE HAND FOR THE NEW MAN --- His Predecessor Remains in the Company as Chairman of the Board of Directors---Ismay to Live in New York --- Clement A. Griscom ...
24th February 1904
  NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS
The Los Angeles Times of April 17th 1912 stated that he was a brother of E. D. Rood of El Centro, California. The Rocky Mountain News (Denver) of April 13th 1992 stated that he was the Vice President and General Manager of the Pacific Coast Creosotin...
New York Times LORD PIRRIE DIES ON SHIP BOUND HERE
Head of Harland & Wolff, Shipbuilders, Stricken With Pneumonia --- ON TOUR OF SOUTH AMERICA --- A Leader in the Formation of the International Mercantile Marine --- Viscount Pirrie, head of the famous firm of...
9th June 1924
New York Times OLYMPIC CARRIES PIRRIE'S BODY HOME
White Star Liner Was Biggest Ship Ever Built in Viscount’s Yards --- DIED ON WAY FROM TROPICS --- Great Shipbuilder, Near Death, Insisted on Being Carried Out to See Panama Canal --- The body of Viscount Pirr...
14th June 1924
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
  STONE FAMILY INFORMATION
Edmund Stone was born in Southampton in 1879. He was the son of William Stone (Railway Inspector) and Agnes Mary Jane Stone. In 1881 the UK Census has the family at 7 Brinton's Terrace, Southampton. With William and Agnes Stone were their 4 ...
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
The Times FUNERALS---MR. BRUCE ISMAY
The funeral service of Mr. Bruce Ismay was held yesterday at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge. The Rev. E. K. C. Hamilton officiated. Members of the family and others present included:---   Mrs. Bruce Ismay, Mr. and Mrs. ...
22nd October 1937
BOARDWALK 1909 (BACK)   BOARDWALK 1909 (BACK)
Atlantic City,.Aug 2/09 "Wish you were here. You would enjoy the bathing here- it's fine. Love to all & yourself. Uncle Henry and Lee."...
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Glasgow Courier SERVICES FOR TAMPICO MAN SET FOR TODAY
Page 1, Column 5 Funeral services for William DeMessemaker, 79, early-day Tampico homesteader and a survivor of the Titanic sinking, Atlantic disaster of 1912, were to be held at 3 this afternoon in St. Raphael's Catholic Church. The ...
9th June 1955
COMMANDER OF THE ILL FATED TITANIC Washington Herald COMMANDER OF THE ILL FATED TITANIC
Capt. Smith was known for years as "The grand old man of the sea" and was probably one of the oldest and one of the most reliable mariners or ocean liners on the Atlantic....
17th April 1912
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Gavin Murphy
Story of the Empress of Ireland whose loss resulted in the deaths of more passengers than the Titanic disaster....
20th June 2001 Gare Maritime
DUKE OF ALBANY Voyage DUKE OF ALBANY
John P. Eaton
(F. Kemp & Company) The center anchor of the Titanic weighs 15 ½ tons and was fabricated by Messrs. N. Hingley & Sons, Ltd. Of Netherton, Dudley, Worcestershire. Typical of the manner by which the m...
31st October 2004
BOARDWALK 1909 (FRONT)   BOARDWALK 1909 (FRONT)
Atlantic City, 1909....
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The Times FUNERAL OF MR. ISMAY
In the presence of a large and representative gathering the remains of Mr. Ismay were buried yesterday in the churchyard at Thurstaston, Cheshire. The road along which the funeral cortége passed w...
28th November 1899
The Times LORD MERSEY - NEW VISCOUNT
His Majesty has been pleased to confer the dignity of a viscounty of the United Kingdom upon:--- THE RIGHT HON. LORD MERSEY Lord Mersey's reputation as a Judge and as an authority on inte...
1st January 1916
The Times THE LATE MR. ISMAY'S WILL
THE LATE MR. ISMAY'S WILL---The will of the late Mr. THOMAS HENRY ISMAY, head of the White Star Line, has been proved. The value of the real and personal estate is sworn at £1,297,881 14s. 1d. g...
12th March 1900
New York Times WILL PAY A BET TO MORGAN
Gen. Gill to Give Him a Fine Maryland Dinner To-night --- Special to The New York Times --- BALTIMORE, Md., Jan 14---Gen. John Gill, while returning from Eur...
15th January 1910
THE LOST TITANIC   THE LOST TITANIC
"Her passenger list was one of the greatest ever carried by an Atlantic liner."(Harpers Weekly 20 April 1912)...
Philadelphia Inquirer J.B. THAYER, 3D, ENDS LIFE IN AUTO
John B. Thayer, 3d, financial vice president of the University of Pennsylvania and a member of an old Philadelphia family, who had been reported missing since Wednesday, was found dead, his wrists and throat cut, in a parked automobile near the P....
23rd September 1945
  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
New York Times ANOTHER MYTH OF SMART
Titanic Victim Not Only Had No Children, but No Fortune --- It was disclosed recently that the Smart children, heirs of a wealthy lawyer who perished on the Titanic, were a myth, and yesterday it was developed that the supposedly wealth...
16th January 1913
Daily Telegraph DEATH NOTICE: HERBERT JOHN PITMAN
At Pitcombe, Bruton, Somerset, aged 84. A survivor of the Titanic disaster; was third officer on the liner, which sank in the Atlantic in 1912 after striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage....
18th December 1961
New York Times GAVE LIVES FOR THE MAILS
Postal Clerks Worked in Two Feet of Water---Hitchcock Aids Kinsmen --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, April 20---Postmaster General Hitchcock to-day addressed a communication to Chairman John A. Moon of the ...
21st April 1912
New York Times HAROLD SANDERSON, SHIPPING MAN, DIES
Former Head of International Merchant Marine Stricken While in North of Italy --- DIRECTED WHITE STAR LINE --- Came From a Family of Leaders in Maritime Matters Both Here and in England --- Special Cable to T...
27th February 1932
Chicago American TITANIC SAILOR SAVED BY MOUNT TEMPLE LIFEBOAT
The Canadian Pacific steamship Mount Temple, en route from Antwerp to Boston, was so close to the sinking Titanic on the night of the disaster that the passengers heard the creaking of the chains as lifeboats were lowered, heard the cries of passe...
25th April 1912
Philadelphia Inquirer JOHN B. "JACK" THAYER III:OBITUARY
J.B. THAYER, 3D, ENDS LIFE IN AUTO John B. Thayer, 3d, financial vice president of the University of Pennsylvania and a member of an old Philadelphia family, who had been reported missing since Wednesday, was found d...
23rd September 1945
  MR BENJAMIN HOWARD & MRS ELLEN HOWARD
Marion James
Mr & Mrs Benjamin HOWARD On researching Benjamin Howard and his wife Ellen Howard who both perished, their bodies were never found. I have been able to locate some details about them and their family members....
Newark Star WILL BRING TITANIC VICTIM'S BODY HERE
Arrangements were made to have the body of John S. Marsh, the Newark superintendent of mails on the Titanic, brought to the home of the daughter, Miss Nellie Marsh, 39 Emmett street. His body was recovered by the cable ship at the scen...
30th April 1912
Barking Chronicle THE TITANIC DISASTER. EAST HAM RESIDENTS MISSING
There is another East Ham resident amongst the crew in the person of Mrs Pritchard, a stewardess, of 9 Masterman Road. Her husband is Chief Steward on a Atlantic Transport liner....
19th April 1912
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser UNTITLED
Mr Frank Andrew, a married miner, 25 years of age, of Pencoys, Four Lanes, near Redruth, was on his first trip across the Atlantic. He has a wife and one child, aged 2 years at Pencoys. Mr Andrews was originally from Lanner. (sic)...
18th April 1912
The Times JUDICIAL CHANGES
His Majesty has been pleased to approve the following appointments to take effect on the 10th inst., namely:--- The Hon. Mr. Justice Bigham to be President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of...
4th February 1909
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
Rutherford Republican MAIL CLERKS DIED BRAVELY
Worked in Two Feet of Water to Save Registered Mail on Titanic ---------- The families of the three sea postal clerks who died like heroes on the Titanic will each received $2,000 if Congress complies with a recommendation made this wee...
20th April 1912
La Voix du Nord MME BOURLARD, LAST FRENCH SURVIVOR OF THE TITANIC, PASSED AWAY AT 88 IN OUR CITY
Mme Bourlard who nearly met her death during two tragically famous accidents, passed away at the Sully home for elderly people in Béthune; she was going to turn 89 years old. Born in Hersin Coupigny in August 1884, the young Berthe Leroy was t...
8th July 1972
  FAMILY INFORMATION
Ernest Charles Cann was born in the village of Chapel Amble in the parish of St Kew near Wadebridge, Cornwall in 1883. He was the son of William Cann (labourer)and Sarah Jane Cann. (Sarah was 27 years younger than her husband and had been widowed sh...
The Times MR. BRUCE ISMAY
AN ABLE SHIPOWNER --- Mr. Bruce Ismay, who died yesterday at his residence, 15, Hill Street, Mayfair, at the age of 74, was well known, particularly in Liverpool, as an able shipowner. His grandfather, Joseph Ismay, was a...
18th October 1937
Chicago Tribune WIRELESS STORMS ISLAND
Sable Island, so long the terror of transatlantic seamen, is tonight, through the agency of the wireless, the storm center of a great battle for news of the missing passengers and crew of the Titanic. The wireless sta...
18th April 1912
  PARSONS FAMILY INFORMATION
Edward Parsons (Chief Storekeeper) was born in Barnstaple, North Devon in 1875. He was the son of James Hill Parsons and Rebecca. One of 6 children his siblings were Edith (b.1865 Bradworthy, Devon), Richard (b.1868 Exeter, Devon), James (b. ...
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Here Rest In Christ Owen George Allum Shipwrecked on the Titanic and Drowned At Sea April 14th, 1912, Aged 17 years. Nearer My God To Thee [In the Winter 1989 issue of the Atlantic Daily Bulletin it was repo...
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1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM.
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM ARTWORK. 2.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM ARTWORK. 2.
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM. ARTWORK.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM. ARTWORK.
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM. RELIEIF. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM. RELIEIF. 1938.
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Newark Evening News NEWARKER IN CHARGE OF THE TITANIC'S MAILS
John S. March, a Newark man, was in charge of the mails on board the Titanic. With his daughter, Miss Nettie March, he lived at 59 Emmett street. For nine years Mr. March has been crossing the ocean in charge of the mails on many liners. ...
16th April 1912
CAP ARCONA AT SEA   CAP ARCONA AT SEA
The Cap Arcona's profile, like that of the later l'Atlantique, differed from those typical of the North Atlantic express liner. Her foreshortened bow and extended superstructure gave her a rather squared off appearance externally...
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS SMOKING ROOM AND COCKTAIL BAR. ARCHITECT'S RENDERING.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS SMOKING ROOM AND COCKTAIL BAR. ARCHITECT'S RENDERING.
 ...
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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
Voyage TUNISIAN
John P. Eaton
Eastbound, St. John, New Brunswick to Liverpool. On 10 April reported heavy ice in the vicinity of an area that was later the disaster site. Port of Registry: Glasgow ...
12th November 2005
Brooklyn Daily Times W L GWYN, FORMER BROOKLYN MAIL CLERK, MAY HAVE BEEN LOST
Postmaster Edward M. Morgan said yesterday that the Titanic was carrying 3,423 sacks of mail and added: "There are generally about four bags of prints---a postal term applied to all other pieces than letters---to one of letters. A bag ...
17th April 1912
Evening Star MAIL CLERK O. S. WOODY WAS LOYAL TO THE LAST
STROVE WITH HIS ASSOCIATES TO SAVE THE MAIL MATTER ON THE TITANIC James M Woody of Roxboro, N.C. reached here Saturday afternoon to make inquiry about the death of his brother, Oscar S. Woody, mail clerk, who was among the victims of t...
22nd 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
  MEMORIAL PLAQUE
Erected by the People of Winnipeg in memory of Their Fellow Citizens Mark Fortune; John Hugo Ross; Thompson Beattie; Charles A. Fortune; George E. Graham; and J. J. Borebank Who with 1484 others lost their lives when the Steamship Titanic Founded in ...
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM ARTWORK, 1938   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM ARTWORK, 1938
This 1965 view shows the Joep Nicolas panels intact....
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New York Times AIDS FIGHT FOR LONGER PIERS
Isidor Straus Points Out Their Commercial Advantage to New York --- Isidor Straus, in an interview yesterday, urged that the Government permit the lengthening of the existing piers of the Port of New York, in order to accommodate the ne...
9th January 1911
The Times FILM "ATLANTIC" - ACTRESS INJURED IN RECREATION OF "TITANIC" SCENES
Court of Appeal Actress's claim under Workmen's Compensation Act Armour v. British International Pictures Ltd. (Before the Master of the Rolls, Lord Justice Slesser and Lord Justice...
30th July 1930
New York Times NOTES OF THE YACHTSMEN
The following have recently been elected members of the Atlantic Yacht Club: J. Pierpont Morgan, Alexander King, Isaac Stern, James D. Smith, John J. Slater, and Mrs. J. W. Cardeza. Mrs. Cardeza owns the steam yacht Eleanor, and is elected a flag me...
25th December 1898
ST-LAZARE TRAIN STATION, PARIS   ST-LAZARE TRAIN STATION, PARIS
The passengers who boarded in Cherbourg travelled on the Atlantic Train from St-Lazare station in Paris. Only Alfred Fernand Omont, French 1st class passenger, arrived in Cherbourg in a different way: his chauffeur drove him there from Le Havre....
1908
St. Annes on the Sea Express LOCAL PASSENGERS
There were at least three local residents on board the Titanic' Amongst the passengers was Mr. Arthur Gee, who resided at Morningside, Riley Avenue, St. Annes. Mr. Gee represented Messrs. Whitehead, Summer, Harker, and Company, machinery exporters, o...
19th April 1912
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS COCKTAIL BAR STAINED GLASS PANEL.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS COCKTAIL BAR STAINED GLASS PANEL.
This panel survvied until 1961, when the entire complex of Third Class public rooms was removed and replaced by the Henry Hudson Lounge....
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Southern Evening Echo ARTICLE
SATURDAY was a special anniversary for three Southampton men - Mr. Walter Hurst of 5 Granville Street, Mr. Leo James Hyland of 11 Burlington Road, and Mr. George Kemish of 14 Begonia Road. Exactly 46 years ago these three were part of the crew aboard...
14th April 1958
STAR DENIES SHE'S QUITTING Record Eagle STAR DENIES SHE'S QUITTING
newspaper photo...
15th May 1953
La Voix du Nord SHE NEARLY DROWNED IN THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC...
André Pelletier
...and almost was burned to death in a Florida hotel Mme Bourlard, 80, now lives peaceful days in Béthune Sunday May 9th and Monday May 10th, 1965 Mme Bourlard, who was born in Hersin-Coupigny, near Béthune, 80 ...
9th May 1965
The Times LIFE-SAVING AT SEA
AWARD OF THE KING'S MEDALS The King has been pleased, on the recommendation of the President of the Board of Trade, to award medals for gallantry in saving life at sea to the folowing persons: A silver medal t...
12th July 1913
The Times PRESENTATION OF MEDALS FOR GALLANTRY
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, DEC. 16---The King this morning decorated the following with medals for acts of gallantry on land and at sea as stated against their names:--- BOARD OF TRADE MEDALS Lieutenant ...
17th December 1913
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : RITZ-CARLTON ROOM WALL DECORATION.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : RITZ-CARLTON ROOM WALL DECORATION.
A striking wall decoration here, by Wijdeveld, shows a large red hawk making havoc in a flock of silver and golden birds. Feathers, in silhouette, fly in all directions....
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : SOLARIUM. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : SOLARIUM. 1938.
SOLARIUM: Located on the Sun Deck, adjoining the gymnasium. It is furnished with tables and reclining chairs and has a transparent glass ceiling. It is directly connected by elevator with the Turkish baths and swimming pool on E Deck....
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS SMOKE ROOM- 1938   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS SMOKE ROOM- 1938
THIRD CLASS SMOKING ROOM: Features walls of watered teakwood with green leather upholstery and matching curtains. Nearby, the intimate “Tourist” bar serves the needs of thirsty passengers. ...
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FIRST USE OF MORSE CODE   FIRST USE OF MORSE CODE
Drawing...
1844
CAP ARCONA SMOKING ROOM   CAP ARCONA SMOKING ROOM
The Cap Arcona's smoking room was perhaps her most North Atlantic liner-like interior. The 62' x 52 x 13.9' space was paneled in dark walnut, and featured a marble fireplalce set into a marble wall. This was as close to Moderne as any ...
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New York Times MRS. HENRI MARQUISAN'S FUNERAL
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- PARIS, Oct. 11---Funeral services were held today in the chapel of the Rue Honore d’Eylan Church for Mrs. Henri Marquisan, who was Miss Frances Moore, daughter of the late Clarence Moore, who...
12th October 1921
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : VESTIBULE AND A DECK FOYER. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : VESTIBULE AND A DECK FOYER. 1938.
THE VESTIBULE AND A DECK FOYER: Glass, metal, wood and fabrics in the Nieuw Amsterdam’s decorative scheme have been put to some novel uses. New techniques have been applied to old methods and some entirely original ones have appeared. ...
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New York Times COL. THOMAS POTTER, JR.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Dec. 2---Col. Thomas Potter, Jr., a wealthy oilcloth manufacturer of Philadelphia, died here to-night. Mrs. Potter, Wilson Potter, his son, and Mrs. Allen Earnshaw, his daughter, were at the bedside when the end came. When Col...
3rd December 1910
  CAPTAIN SMITH WAS TUSSAUDS EXHIBIT
1919 Madame Tussaud & Sons Catalogue entry 27. Commander Edward J. Smith, R.N.R., born 1853. Commander Smith was Captain of the White Star liner ''Titanic'' which went down in the Atlantic on 14 April, 1912, during her maiden voyage t...
  GRAVESTONE
Sacred to the memory of Austin Partner of Tolworth, Surbiton who lost his life in the foundering of the steamship "Titanic" in mid-Atlantic on the 15th day of April, 1912, whose body was recovered and interred here May 23rd. Aged 40 years. ...
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THEATRE, 1938   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THEATRE, 1938
THE THEATRE: The theatre was designed by Cornelis J. Engelen in cooperation with Mrs. Elisabeth de Boer. It is built in the shape of half an eggshell; following the contours of the vessel, and of the visual and aural points of focus. The color scheme...
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New York Times CHANGE IN COMMODORES
Capt. Haddock to Head White Star Line at Increased Pay --- Capt. E. J. Smith, R. N. R., the Commodore of the White Star Line, who is to command the new mammoth liner Olympic, will retire at the end of the present year, it is understoo...
6th June 1911
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