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Virginia News (2006) COURT: SALVAGE COMPANY DOES NOT OWN TITANIC ARTIFACTS
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1st February 2006  
The Guardian (2006) TITANIC SALVAGE FIRM LOSES BID TO OWN ARTEFACTS
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2nd February 2006  
New York Times (1937) SUMMONS FOR FIERMONTE
Photographer Charges Attack in Queens Traffic Court --- A summons charging third-degree assault on John Drennan, a newspaper photographer, was served yesterday on Enzo Fiermonte in the Rikers Island penitentiary, where Mr. Fiermonte is ...
9th July 1937  
New York Times (1925) LEWY BROS., JEWELERS, FAIL
Settlement Involving $1,400,000 Defeated by Court Action --- Special to The New York Times --- CHICAGO, Nov. 23---An involuntary petition in bankruptcy against Lewy Brothers, Jewelers, filed today in the United States Cour...
24th November 1925  
Southern Daily Echo (2006) COURT MAY STAGE TITANIC EXHIBITION
SOUTHAMPTON'S former magistrates' court could be used to stage a Titanic exhibition to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the liner's sinking next year, the Daily Echo can reveal.The idea emerged during a full council debate on the future of leisure and heritage services, held at the Civic Centre last night....
17th November 2006  
Hudson Observer (1912) MILLET, THE ARTIST, IS REPORTED AMONG THE MANY DROWNED
Francis David Millet, the famous artist and author, who is said to havebeen among those lost in the wreck of the Titanic, painted the two largemural American Indian scenes at the Hudson Court House. Among the otherpublic buildi...
17th April 1912  
New York Times (1909) $1,000,000 FOR WITLEY COURT
Lord Pirrie Buys Estate Upon Which Whitaker Wright Spent $3,500,000 --- LONDON, May 9---Lord Pirrie has purchased Witley Court, near Hazelmere, one of the finest estates in England. It formerly belonged to Whitaker Wright, who committe...
10th May 1909  
New York Times (1910) LEGAL NOTICE
SUPREME COURT-STATE OF NEW YORK, New York County.---In the matter of the Petition of LUCILE, LIMITED, for authority to change its name to LUCILE, LIMITED, NEW YORK AND PARIS.--Notice is hereby given that Lucile, Limited, a corporation organized ...
24th May 1910  
The Times SWEARING-IN OF MR. JUSTICE BIGHAM
QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION (Before MR. JUSTICE MATHEW, MR. JUSTICE WILLS, MR. JUSTICE LAWRANCE, MR. JUSTICE WRIGHT, MR. JUSTICE BRUCE, and MR. JUSTICE KENNEDY.) In the absence of the Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justic...
   
Belfast Newsletter (1912) BELFAST FIREMAN'S FORTUNATE ESCAPE
The story of a fireman's fortunate escape from sailing in the ill-fated White Star liner Titanic was told yesterday in the Belfast Custody Court, when, before Sir Andrew Newton-Brady, RM, [Resident Magistrate] Patrick Morgan...
26th April 1912  
New York Times (1923) MRS. GRACIE DROPS WILL SUIT
Special to the New York Times --- WASHINGTON. May 2--- Mrs. Constance Shack Gracie, widow of Colonel Archibald Gracie, U. S. A., who lost his life from exposure in the Titanic disaster, has abandoned her attempt to establish an alleged ...
3rd May 1923  
  (1932) THEODOOR DE MULDER'S CERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA To Be Given To The Person Naturalized No. 3637076 CERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP Petition No. 71418 Personal description of holder as of date of naturalizatio...
5th December 1932  
New York Times (1937) SETTLES SUIT AGAINST FIERMONTE
MINEOLA, L. I., Aug. 1O---Former District Attorney Elvin N. Edwards of Nassau County, attorney for John Drennan, newspaper photographer, in his civil suit for assault against Enzo Fiermonte, husband of Mrs. Madeline Astor Force Dick Fiermonte, filed ...
11th August 1937  
New York Times (1914) TITANIC SAILOR IN COURT
Man Who Saved 45 Persons Says He Can't Support His Wife --- CHICAGO, Jan. 16---Albert Horswill, who said he was in charge of the last lifeboat to leave the Titanic, and saved forty-five women and children, told Judge Uhlir in court to-d...
17th January 1914  
The Times (1930) 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 (1937) FIERMONTE APOLOGIZES
Photographer Then Withdraws His Charge of Assault --- A charge of third-degree assault against Enzo Fiermonte, former prizefighter and husband of Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, was withdrawn yesterday in Flushing Court after...
16th July 1937  
The Times (1914) ECHO OF THE TITANIC DISASTER
Action in the French courts Nice, February 9th (1914). An action against the White Star Line arising out of the loss of the Titanic began today before the Civil Court here. The Plaintiff, Mme Navratil...
10th February 1914  
  (1925) RICHARD NORRIS WILLIAMS II ON THE TENNIS COURT
  1925  
New York Times (1926) LOVE LIFTS JAIL SENTENCE OF LAWRENCE VAIL WHEN FRENCHMAN HE STRUCK WINS HIS SISTER
PARIS, Dec. 29 (AP)---Love has found a way to make a new, Franco-American match---a blow over the head with a champagne bottle. The Frenchman who was hit, Captain Allain Lemerdy, son of a General, is going to marry Clothilde Vail, sister of the Ameri...
30th December 1926  
Hackney And Kingsland Gazette (1912) CLAPTON WIDOW'S APPLICATION
Mrs Sarah Wood, the widow of the second-class steward of the ill-fated “Titanic,” – the late James Thomas Wood, of 7, Narford-road, Upper Clapton – applied at Shoreditch County Court yesterday with regard to the disposal of a sum of £286 19s. 6d. pai...
7th July 1912  
New York Times (1907) MUST PRODUCE MINE STOCK
John Weir Held In Contempt for Dodging Sheriff's Attachment --- The Appellate Division yesterday reversed an order of the Supreme Court denying a motion made on behalf of Sheriff Hayes to compel John Weir to produce 42,000 shares of sto...
17th July 1907  
New York Times (1937) DR. ALEXANDER H. RICE GETS WIFE'S MILLIONS
Will of Former Eleanor Elkins Leaves All to Two Children After His Death --- NEWPORT, R. I, Aug. 16 (AP)--The will of Eleanor Elkins Rice, leaving an estate estimated variously at from $5,000,000 to $50,000,000, was filed today in Proba...
17th August 1937  
New York Times (1911) PASTOR IS CONGRATULATED
Clergyman Who Refused to Marry Astor Gets Approving Messages --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I., Sept. 7---The Rev. Edward A. Johnson, pastor of the First Baptist Church here, received many congratulation...
8th September 1911  
  (2007) LONDON'S RIVER
A 1920s tour down the Thames. From Hampton Court to the Pool of London the viewer is taken on avocative journey through the historic heart of England's capitol....
21st July 2007  
New York Times (1909) SEALED ASTOR PAPERS FILED
Rockland County Sends Them to Dutchess---Everything Secret --- Special to The New York Times --- POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Nov. 10---The sealed papers in the divorce action of Ava Willing Astor against John Jacob Astor were fil...
11th November 1909  
New York Times (1939) FIERMONTE CONVICTED IN FRENCH AUTO CRASH
Gets Conditional Sentence of 2 Months, 1,000-Franc Fine --- DIJON, France, July 29 (AP)---Enzo Fiermonte, former husband of Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick, socially prominent American, received a conditional sentence of two months in pr...
30th July 1939  
New York Times (1914) ACTRESS SUES DE CAMP
Horace S. De Camp, who married the widow of Daniel V. [sic] Marvin, one of the victims of the Titanic disaster, a year ago, has been sued by Miss Florence E. Clark, an actress, for $50,000 for breach of promise. Yesterday an application was made in ...
19th December 1914  
  (1914) R.N. WILLIAMS, JR. ON TENNIS COURT
  1914  
guardian.co.uk (2009) 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  
Denver Times (1912) DENVER MEN AND WOMEN AMONG TITANIC PASSENGERS
Hugh R. Rood's name appears among those taken from the ship and a letter received by Mrs. Crawford Hill a few days ago from Mrs. Rood indicated that she, also, would be a passenger. Mrs. Rood was in London when she wrote Mrs. Hill. She...
15th April 1912  
New York Times (1912) MRS. GAGE BLAMES ALL ON MRS. GRACIE
Court Adjourns to Give District Attorney Time to Find Missing Witness --- C. J. BELL STILL NERVOUS --- Banker Insists Upon Mrs. Gage Being Returned to the Asylum for Fear of a Tragedy --- Special to The New Y...
13th April 1912  
New York Times (1915) MRS. LURATI WINS POINT
Surrogate Indicates She Is Entitled to Accounting in Guggenheim Suit --- Surrogate Fowler announced yesterday that it was his opinion that Mrs. Amy G. Lurati, once known as Amy G. Tuska, is entitled to ask for an accounting of the execu...
13th November 1915  
New York Times (1937) FIERMONTE JAILED IN OLD SPEED CASE
Husband of Astor Widow Gets 5 Days on Charge That He Ignored in 1934 --- Enzo Fiermonte, the Italian-born automobile racer husband of Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, was sentenced to five days in prison yesterday by Magistrate...
7th July 1937  
  (1914) TITANIC RELIEF FUND
Minute Book number 2, Southampton Area Case number C150. That Miss Carpenter, Police Court Missioner be requested to endeavour to persuade Mrs Worthman to go into a home for the inebriates and if Mrs. Worthman will not consent, then to...
23rd April 1914  
Toronto Daily Star (1912) A TITANIC SUIT
Widow of Man Drowned Last April Wants $10,000 Canadian Press Dispatch Philadephia, Aug. 28 -- Mrs. Elizabeth Faunthorpe, widow of a Titanic victim, and herself a survivor, has sued the White Star Company for $10,000 in the Fede...
28th August 1912  
The Times (1909) 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  
The Times (1919) LIGHTOLLER DECORATED BY KING
Court Circular BUCKINGHAM PALACE, JUNE 14 The King held an Investiture in the Quadrangle of the Palace at 11 o'clock this morning. The King then conferred decorations as follows:--- BAR TO...
16th June 1919  
New York Times (1937) FIERMONTE ASSIGNED TO CLEANING OF JAIL
Settles Down to Serving Rest of 5-Day Term on Rikers Island for Traffic Violation --- Enzo Fiermonte, former boxer, automobile racer and husband of Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, was transferred yesterday from the Queens City...
8th July 1937  
  MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported toget...
   
New York Times (1951) Y. M. C. A. GETS TITANIC BEQUEST
HALIFAX, N. S., Feb. 26 (AP)---A fund of $80,803, bequeathed by a man who lost his life when the Titanic sank in 1912, finally has been disposed of---to the Y. M. C. A.  George Wright left $20,000 to "check the lure and bad influence of the street...
27th February 1951  
New York Times (1919) GUGGENHEIM LEGACY UNCLAIMED
An application in the Surrogates' Court yesterday for the settlement of the estate of Benjamin Guggenheim revealed the fact that no owner can be found for a legacy of $5,000 to the Union Home and School for Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans. The executo...
29th October 1919  
  (1912) MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported...
23rd July 1912  
The Times LEGAL APPOINTMENTS
PEERAGE FOR SIR JOHN BIGHAM --- The King has been pleased to approve the appointment of Sir Samuel Thomas Evans, K.C., to be President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice, ...
   
  MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported toget...
   
  (1912) MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reporte...
23rd July 1912  
  (1912) MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported toget...
23rd July 1912  
  (1912) MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reporte...
23rd July 1912  
  (1912) MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were report...
23rd July 1912  
  (1912) MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported togeth...
23rd July 1912  
New York Times (1912) TO PROVE MRS. GAGE DESCENDANT OF KINGS
Defense Introduces Family Tree in Proceedings Brought by Banker C. J. Bell --- ROOSEVELT'S ROYAL ORIGIN --- Miss Gage Testifies That an Ancestor of Colonel Was a Scottish King—--Threaten Mrs. Gracie with Arrest ---...
12th April 1912  
  (1912) MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY: PENNY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported to...
23rd July 1912  
  (1912) MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported toget...
23rd July 1912  
  (1912) MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY: GEORGE FOX HOSKING
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported t...
23rd July 1912  
  (1912) MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY: JAMES FRASER
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported togethe...
23rd July 1912  
  (1912) MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY: JAMES SMITH
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported t...
23rd July 1912  
  (1912) MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were...
23rd July 1912  
New York Times (1923) HOPE HAMPTON KEPT HER WEDDING SECRET
Film Star Married Jules E. Brulatour, Her Manager, Aug. 22---His Third Marriage --- To the surprise of their friends it became known yesterday that Hope Hampton, the motion picture actress who was last seen on the screen in "The Gold Di...
8th November 1923  
New York Times (1938) DIVORCE GRANTED FORMER MRS. ASTOR
Florida Judge Gives Decree on Ground That Fiermonte Was Extremely Cruel --- NO CONTEST BY EX-BOXER U. S. Woman Hurt in Crash of Auto in France Driven by Man Giving His Name --- WEST PALM BEACH, June 11 (AP)---The fo...
12th June 1938  
New York Times (1937) FIERMONTE HELD ON OLD CHARGE
BELLMORE, L. I., July 2---Enzo Fiermonte, former pugilist and husband of Mrs. Madaline Force Astor Dick, was arrested today at the Roosevelt Speedway on a three-year-old traffic violation charge he is said never to have answered. He is accused of spe...
3rd July 1937  
New York Times (1937) FIERMONTE CASE DISMISSED
Magistrate Gustav Wieboldt of the Queens Traffic Court dismissed yesterday the charge of driving without an operator's license which had been made against Enzo Fiermonte, former prizefighter and husband of Mrs, Madeline Force Astor Dick Fiermonte. Hi...
22nd July 1937  
New York Times (1912) MANY GIFTS TO CHARITY
Joseph Hirsch's Will Filed---W. A. Spencer Gives $1,000 to Library --- A large number of public institutions received bequests by wills filed for probate yesterday in the Surrogates' Court. [Description of the will of Joseph Hirsch omi...
29th May 1912  
New York Times (1911) LUCILLE, LIMITED, MANAGER PLEADS
Thomas J. Duggan, Manager of Lucile, Limited, of 17 West Thirty-sixth Street, who is charged with the undervaluation of gowns and dress models, entered a formal plea of not guilty, before Judge Archbald in the Criminal Branch of the United States ...
7th July 1911  
New York Times (1910) UNSEALED DECREE IN ASTOR DIVORCE
On Final Judgment Court Does Away with Secrecy by Order to Dutchess County Clerk ---- CROWD IN THE COURTROOM --- Report That Mrs. Astor Receives Only $50,000 a Year Not Contradicted --- The terms of the final...
5th March 1910  
The Times (1910) HOUSE OF COMMONS---THE RETIREMENT OF SIR J. BIGHAM
Mr. WATT (Glasgow College, Min.) asked the Prime Minister whether the retiring President of the Divorce, Probate, and Admiralty Court was, by his length of service, entitled to a pension? Mr. ...
18th March 1910  
The Virginian-Pilot (2008) MARINERS' MUSEUM ARCHIVIST PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGES RELATED TO ARTIFACTS THEFT
A former archivist with The Mariners' Museum in Newport News pleaded guilty Tuesday to three felonies related to the theft and sale of museum property on eBay.Lester F. Weber, 46, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to mail fraud, theft and filing a false tax return. He is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 7....
11th June 2008  
The Times (1910) SIR JOHN BIGHAM
Sir John Bigham will take his farewell leave of the Bar on Monday in the first Court of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division. All the Comnmon Law Judges who are in town will attend, and the ...
12th March 1910  
New York Times (1910) MRS. ASTOR TO GET ONLY $50,000 A YEAR
Reported Amount of the Alimony Attached to Her Divorce, Arouses Surprise --- BUT SHE COULD NOT INSIST --- The Alternative Was to Go into Court in a Battle for Alimony and Try the Whole Case Publicly --- While...
3rd February 1910  
New York Times (1912) FINED FOR IMPORTING LABOR
J. Mandelberg & Co. Must Pay $2,000 for Violating Law --- J. Mandelberg & Co., raincoat manufacturers, of 18 Twentieth Street, were ordered yesterday in the Federal District Court to pay a fine of $2,000 for violations of the contract l...
24th November 1912  
New York Times (1913) PARTNER SAYS SMART DIDN'T SIGN THE WILL
This Document of Titanic Victim Was Much Discussed Because No Children Were Mentioned --- AND NONE WERE EVER FOUND --- Fortune Reputed Great, but it Turned Out to be Very Small---Constance H. Baldwin Brings Suit ---...
5th March 1913  
Evening Echo (1978) GUS COHEN
Evening Echo carried the obituary abourt Gus Cohen. According to this he was accident prone throughout his life. Friends called  him the Cat,  because they said, he had used up most of his nine lives. His first brush with death was on the Titanic. Af...
7th August 1978  
Southern Evening Echo (1967) 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 (1912) BELIEVE MRS. GAGE HAS SOCIAL DELUSION
Her Threats Against C. J. Bell, Alienists Testify, Were Due to Form of Paranoia --- DAUGHTER NAMES INFORMANT --- Says Mrs. Archibald Gracie Told That Banker Blocked Mother's Plans---Belva Lockwood Defends Her ---...
5th April 1912  
Cambria Daily Leader (1912) UNTITLED
Mr. Evan Davies of Ynismond, Glais, who was on board the Titanic with Mr. J. Rogers, another Swansea Valley man. It is feared that the lives of both have been lost. Our Swansea Valley reporter writes: The names of W. J....
17th April 1912  
New York Times (1929) LORD MERSEY DIES IN HIS 90TH YEAR
Regarded as the Grand Old Man of the English Legal Profession --- HEADED SHIPPING INQUIRIES --- Presided at Investigation into the Lusitania, Titanic and Other Disasters --- Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES...
4th September 1929  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
Calendar of all Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Principle Probate Registries of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice Ireland -- 1912 ANDREWS Thomas (Junior) [405] 12 August ...
  1912  
New York Times (1912) FILE WILL OF TITANIC VICTIM
Proof of Death of Charles Natsch Furnished by Survivor --- The will of Charles Natsch, who lost his life on the Titanic, was admitted to probate in the Surrogates' Court in Brooklyn, yesterday, after proof of his death had been submitte...
28th June 1912  
  (1911) DOROTHY GIBSON IN "HANDS ACROSS THE SEA"
A scene from "Hands Across the Sea," produced by Éclair-America, the company’s debut film and Dorothy Gibson’s first starring role. She actually took several parts in this movie, which was an historical tableau enacting events of the American Revolut...
  1911  
The Times (1914) THOMAS WHITELEY : ANOTHER TITANIC CASE
In Mr Justice Darling's court yesterday Mr [W. Norman] Raeburn on behalf of the defendants in Whiteley v. Oceanic Steam Navigation Company (Limited), asked that a date should be fixed for the hearing. He said that the plaintiff, who was a ...
17th January 1914  
New York Times (1911) ARRANGE ASTOR SETTLEMENT
Will Set Aside Separate Fortune for Miss Force in Place of Dower --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 15---Former Supreme Court Justice Henry A. Gildersleeve, representing Miss Madeleine TaImage Force...
16th August 1911  
Daily Sketch (1912) THE SURVIVING OFFICERS OF THE TITANIC
The surviving officers of the Titanic - Messrs. Lightoller, Lowe, Boxhall and Pitman - reached Liverpool by the same ship as Mr. Ismay - the Adriatic. The fifth officer, Mr. Lowe, who told the American Court of Inquiry that he asked Mr. Is...
13th May 1912  
  (1919) LIGHTOLLER TAKES 36 GERMAN NAVAL LIVES IN WAR
On July 19, 1918, HMS Garry, Lieut Cmmdr C.H. Lightoller DSC, was cruising in the North Sea and was in Latitude 54.39 N. and Longitude 0.55 W., when an enemy submarine, which proved to be the UB-110, was observed. The Garry, having ...
14th July 1919  
New York Times (1914) WILLIAM E. CARTER DIVORCED
Wife Gets Decree at Philadelphia--Both Titanic Survivors --- Special to The New York Times --- PHILADELPHIA, June 15---Mrs. Lucille Polk Carter, daughter of Mrs. Stewart Polk of Baltimore, widely known in society circles i...
16th June 1914  
New York Times (1937) GUGGENHEIM WILL FILED
Two Daughters Share Estate of Widow of Titanic Victim --- Mrs. Florette Guggenheim, widow of Benjamin Guggenheim, who perished on the Titanic, left her residuary estate in trust for her two daughters, it was learned yesterday when her w...
7th December 1937  
  (1912) LETTER TO HIS OLD FRIEND ALFRED PARSONS
''On board R.M.S. Titanic April 11, 1912. Dear Alfred I got yours this morning and was glad to hear from you. I thought I told you my ship was the Titanic. She has everything but taxicabs and theatres., Table D' Hote, Restau...
11th April 1912  
Southern Evening Echo (1970) ARTICLE
Titanic survivor 77-year-old Mr Lee James Hyland, of Sarnia Court, Boniface Crescent, Lordshill, Southampton who recalls Fred Allen a boy crew member mentioned in reference the playing of the Titanic Hymn. Allen, who lost his life in the disaster was...
24th November 1970  
Bridgwater Mercury (1912) WEST COUNTRY PEOPLE IN THE TITANIC
Melksham Among the passengers was a Melksham family of eight persons - Mr. and Mrs. F. Goodwin, Watson's Court, High Street, Melksham, and their six children, whose ages range from 17 months to 16 years. Goodwin, M...
20th April 1912  
New York Times (1918) JURY FREES MISS EDITH ROSENBAUM
Miss Edith Rosenbaum, a fashion writer, was acquitted yesterday by a jury in Judge Mayer's Part of the Federal District Court of a charge of having failed to declare a number of evening gowns, which she brought here from France last June. The in...
29th March 1918  
Antioch News (1913) WIFE CAN'T COLLECT DAMAGES
Mrs. Elsbury, Wife of Titanic Victim, Unable to Collect Damages for Death VICTIM LIVED AT GURNEE Attorney Finds That Amount for Which Co. is Liable is Insignificant; Will Receive only Fare Paid Mrs. Jam...
1st January 1913  
New York Times (1910) ASTORS TO BE RECONCILED?
Wife's Lawyers Fail to Ask for a Final Divorce Decree --- Special to The New York Times --- WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Feb. 18---It had been expected that the application of the attorneys for Mrs. Ava Willing Astor for a final d...
19th February 1910  
South Devon Herald Express (2009) TRUE IDENTITY OF TITANIC VICTIM
Thursday, April 23, 2009, 09:04HISTORIAN Mike Holgate has discovered the answer to a mystery surrounding the identity of a Torquay man who died on the Titanic.Despite the vast amount of research undertaken during the 98 years ...
29th April 2009  
New York Times (1913) MORE TITANIC CLAIMS FILED
Belgian Consul Asks $46,250 for Lost Natives of His Country --- More claims against the White Star Line for damages inflicted by the wreck of the Titanic were received yesterday in the Federal District Court here. Pierre Mali, Belgian C...
13th September 1913  
Daily Telegraph (1908) ISMAY YACHT TORPEDOED!
(Photo: HM Torpedo Boat Hunter) Action against a Naval Officer The hearing was begun on Saturday before His Honour Judge Percy Gye and a jury, at the Isle of Wight County Court, of an action brought by M...
  1908  
New York Times (1912) ANDREW SAKS'S WILL
$25,000 for Charities to be Specified by His Wife --- The will of Andrew Saks, who died at Sherry's on April 8, was admitted yesterday in the Surrogate's Court for probate. The petition does not give the actual value of his estate but m...
13th April 1912  
New York Times (1912) NEWS ARTICLE AND MEMORIAL NOTICE
Thomas H. Kelly, Treasurer of the fund for establishing a memorial of Dr. William O'Loughlin, who perished in the Titanic, announces that he has already received contributions amounting to $1,512 made up of two contributions of $500 each, one of $150...
12th May 1912  
New York Times (1933) FIERMONTE GETS DIVORCE
Pugilist Was Linked in Nevada Reports With Mrs. Dick --- RENO, Nev., Sept 4 (AP)---A divorce has been awarded to Enzo Fiermonte, Italian pugilist, linked in some reports in a romance with the former Mrs. John Jacob Astor. ...
5th September 1933  
New York Times (1911) LADY DUFF GORDON SUES
Husband of the Former Mrs. Chapman Refuses to Pay for Valuable Gowns --- Lady Duff Gordon, who, under the name of Lucile, Ltd., of London and Paris, sells feminine apparel of her own design, is suing for $600 in the City Court P...
14th April 1911  
New York Times (1946) COL. WILSON POTTER
Big-Game Hunter Obtained Heads for Smithsonian Institution --- PHILADELPHIA, June 12 (AP)---Col. Wilson Potter, big-game hunter and University of Pennsylvania football star in 1906 and 1907, died last night at his home here after a long...
13th June 1946  
New York Sun (1935) NOTED STYLIST DIES IN LONDON
London, April 22 - Lady Duff Gordon, for thirty years directress of the noted dress firm Lucile, with branches in New York, London, Paris and Chicago, and an innovator in feminine apparel, died yesterday in a London nursing home, following an illness...
22nd April 1935  
New York Times (1911) THE OLYMPIC LIKE A CITY
Carries 3,346 Persons Turkish and Swimming Baths and Racket Court. LONDON, June 10.—Engineering gives details In regard to the Olympic and Titanic, the sister ships of t...
18th June 1911  
New York Times (1935) LADY DUFF GORDON, STYLE EXPERT, DIES
Pioneer in Bringing Freedom to Women's Fashions Headed Chain of Garment Shops --- COINED DRESS TERM 'CHIC' --- First Split Skirt and Manikin Show Credited to Her---She Had Stores in Three Countries --- Wirele...
22nd April 1935  
New York Times (1915) TITANIC VICTIM'S ESTATE
Edgar J. Meyer Left $542,242 to Widow and Baby --- The accounting of the estate of Edgar J. Meyer, member of the Stock Exchange brokerage house of Eugene Meyer, Jr., & Co., at the time of his death on the Titanic, has been completed and...
3rd February 1915  
ET Research (2002) RMS TITANIC: A LEGAL UPDATE 2
Court's Opinion The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia confirmed on 12 April 2002 that RMS Titanic Inc. (RMST), a salvage and exhibition company based in Atlanta, Georgia, has neither title to artifacts it...
19th April 2002  
New York Times (1913) 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  
New York Times (1940) ACCEPT OFFER BY DICK
Mrs. Fiermonte's Executors Agree to Compromise on Claims --- The executors of the estate of Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick Fiermonte were authorized by Surrogate James A. Foley, it was learned yesterday, to accept a compromise offer of...
17th December 1940  
New York Times (1941) MRS. FIERMONTE'S ESTATE
She Left a Gross of $1,149,142 and Net of $983,637 --- Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, who died on March 27, 1940, left a gross estate of $1,149,142, according to an accounting filed in Surrogate's Court yesterday by P. Lyndo...
3rd May 1941  
New York Times (1940) MRS. DICK’S ESTATE LEFT TO 2 OF SONS
William F. and John H. to Get Principal at Age of 28 --- Mrs. Madeleine T. Dick, who died at Palm Beach, Fla., on March 27, left her estate in trust for the benefit of two of her sons, William Force Dick and John Henry Dick of Islip, L....
10th April 1940  
New York Times (1918) FILES GUGGENHEIM REPORT
Cornelius J. Sullivan, referee in the application of George J. Gillespie as guardian for Marguerite and Barbara, infant children of the late Benjamin Guggenheim, to the Surrogates' Court to determine whether the estate of their father had received th...
30th June 1918  
  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...
   
New York Times (1912) ST. LOUIS PASSENGERS
Theophile Papin, Jr., and Wealthy Miss Madill Among the Missourians --- Special to The New York Times --- ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 15---Among the St. Louis folk on the Titanic were Mrs. Edward Robert of 4,140 Lindell Avenue, ...
16th April 1912  
New York Times (1910) MRS. ASTOR ASKS A DECREE
Seeks Final Order in Her Divorce Suit in White Plains --- WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., March 1---Counsel for Mrs. Ava Willing Astor filed a note of issue to-day for a motion to make permanent the interlocutory decree of divorce she obtained fro...
2nd March 1910  
  (1996) JOYCE A. ROSENFELD
Joyce Aks Rosenfeld, 62, of the 1800 block of Banning Road, died August 13, 1996, in her home. Mrs. Rosenfeld was a native of Portsmouth. She was member of Ohef Sholom Temple in Norfolk and had worked at Antell's Women's Clothing Stor...
14th August 1996  
The Evening Post (1912) BRITISH INQUIRY INTO TITANIC TRAGEDY BEGINS
Based on 26 Questions and Much Like That of Our Senate LONDON, May 2 – Lord Mersey in his capacity as wreck commissioner and five assessors who ...
2nd May 1912  
New York Times (1922) ASTOR SALE LIKELY TO HELP MRS. DICK
Permission to Dispose of Trust Property Would Raise Her Income to $60,000 --- NOW GETS $43,000 [sic] FROM IT --- Trustee Has Offer of $1,200,000 for Realty In West Thirty-Fourth Street---Affects Vincent --- A...
1st August 1922  
New York Times (1912) ARCHIBALD GRACIE
Prominent in Washington---His Wife's Whereabouts Not Known --- WASHINGTON , April 15---Archibald Gracie, one of the Titanic's passengers, is well known in Washington and New York society. His wife has recently attracted attention by le...
16th April 1912  
New York Times (1915) EXPLORER RICE WEDS MRS. G. D. WIDENER
Law Requiring Five Days' Delay After Securing License Waived by a Court Order --- PLANS FOR SECRECY FAIL --- Bishop Lawrence Officiates at Ceremony in Emmanuel Church Vestry Witnessed by Twelve Persons --- Sp...
7th October 1915  
The Times (1912) PRESUMED DEATH IN THE TITANIC
T. Franklin presumed deceased [Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Court hearing] This was a motion to swear the death of Thomas Parnham Franklin, of Sunningdale, Ceylon Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, who is believed to have lost his...
11th June 1912  
New York Times (2009) FIGHT FOR ASTOR ESTATE MIRRORS BATTLE 50 YEARS AGO
Don Hogan Charles[Photo] Brooke Astor in 1996 with a portrait of her husband Vincent, who died in 1959. [Photo] Vincent Astor around 1910. His will was contested by his half brother, who blamed Mrs. Astor's influence. ...
26th April 2009  
New York Times (1913) STRAUS MEMORIALS HELD
Anniversary of Titanic Disaster Marked by Two Meetings --- Memorial services for Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus, who lost their lives in the Titanic disaster, were held yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock in the Straus Memorial Hall of the Edu...
16th April 1913  
Connaught Telegraph (1912) THE TITANIC DISASTER, DUE TO EXCESSIVE SPEED
Lord Mersey, the specially appointed Commissioner of Wrecks to enquire into the loss of the White Star Liner Titanic, on Tuesday delivered the finding of the Court. The attendance at the London-Scottish Hall, Westminster, where the in...
3rd August 1912  
New York Times (1933) MRS. D. R. BENJAMIN WED TO G. H. CLARKE
Ceremony by Justice P. J. McCook Soon After the License Is Obtained --- Mrs. Dorothy Rennard Benjamin of the Hotel Berkshire and George Hyde Clarke of Hyde Hall, Cooperstown, N. Y., obtained a marriage license at the Municipal Building ...
13th December 1933  
  MEMORIALS TO CAPTAIN SMITH
At Beacon Park, Lichfield, Staffordshire there is a fine statue to Captain Smith. The statue was sculptured by Kathleen, Lady Scott, C.V.O and unveiled by the Captain's daughter Helen on 29th July 1914.There is a stained glass window to ...
   
New York Times (1912) ROSENSHINE WILL HOLDS
Court Dismisses Contest Over $1,000,000 Estate of Titanic Victim --- Surrogate Colahan dismissed from the bench yesterday the contest of the will of George Rosenshine, a feather importer, who perished in the wreck of the...
21st June 1912  
New York Times (1935) FIERMONTES FACE CHARGE OF BIGAMY
Lawyer Urges Former Mrs. Astor to Depart From Italy Lest Government Act --- ROME, Feb. 11 (AP)---The possibility of legal action by the Italian Government on charges of bigamy against both Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick Fiermonte and h...
12th February 1935  
Jersey Journal (1912) BAYONNE MAN SAVED, HOBOKEN BOY LOST
Joy and Sorrow in Hudson County Homes---Son of Victim Temporarily Insane from Grief ---------- With the latest revision of the lists of saved and lost from the Titanic disaster, joy and sorrow were brought to several ho...
18th April 1912  
New York Times (1937) TWO RECEIVE SHARES IN ELKINS 27 MILLION
G. D. Widener and Mrs. Dixon of Pennsylvania to Get Income From $13,500,000 --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NORRISTOWN, Pa., Aug. 10---George D. Widener of Whitemarsh and his sister, Mrs. Eleanor Widener Dixon of E...
11th August 1937  
Chorley Guardian (1912) THE TITANIC DISASTER: A NATIVE OF CHORLEY SAVED
Mr. Charles Herbert Lightoller, the second officer of the ill-fated Titanic, who is among those who were saved, is a native of Chorley. He is the son of Mr. Fred J. Lightoller, and was born in 1874, receiving his education at the Chorley Grammar S...
27th April 1912  
Newark Star (1912) THREE OF TEN JERSEY PASSENGERS ARE SAFE
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Henry Stengel and Henry Blank Reported Among Those Rescued from the Titanic Wreck --- Up to a late hour last night only three of the ten New Jersey passengers on the Titanic were definitely known to be among the survi...
17th April 1912  
The Times (1912) THE TITANIC: MR ISMAY’S RETURN
The Adriatic arrived at Liverpool on Saturday with Mr Bruce Ismay and other survivors of the disaster to the Titanic on board. A large crowd had assembled at the landing stage to meet the vessel. One of the White Star Company&rsq...
13th May 1912  
New York Times (1912) VINCENT ASTOR AS HEAD OF HIS FAMILY
Would Probably Share $100,000,000 Estate With Stepmother in Event of His Father's Death --- IS NOT YET 21 YEARS OF AGE --- Settlement of $10,000,000 Upon Col. Astor's First Wife Believed to Comprise His Daughter's Share...
17th April 1912  
New York Times (1941) 14 IN GLASS TRADE FINED IN TRUST CASE
They Plead Nolo Contendere at Chicago on Price-Fixing --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- CHICAGO, Jan. 22---Fourteen corporate and individual defendants in the glazing industry, accused of fixing prices of glass...
23rd January 1941  
New York Times (1911) J. P. MORGAN SAILS; IS GOING TO EGYPT
No Worry in Washington, Where He Is to Testify Some Time About Steel and Money --- NOT ON PASSENGER LIST --- Lords Deceis [sic; should be "Decies"] and Camoys, with Their American Brides, Also on th...
31st December 1911  
New York Times (1909) CUBA REFUSED HIS PEANUTS
And as Baumann Lost Over the Deal He is Suing His Partner --- John D. Baumann, a jute and gum merchant at 120 Maiden Lane, is seeking damages in the Supreme Court against Salvador Comas on the charge of alleged conversion, the basis of ...
7th August 1909  
The Times (1902) FIREMAN KILLED WIFE
Western Assizes William Mintram, 33, a mariner, was tried for the wilful murder of Eliza May Rose Mintram, his wife, at Southampton, on October 18th [1902].    Mr Evans Austin, and Mr E. L. Craik appeared for the prosecution on beh...
24th November 1902  
Daily Chronicle (1912) LAST WILL & TESTAMENT LOST ON TITANIC
In the High Court of Justice Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division (Before the Rt. Hon. Samuel Evans, President) In the goods of S. S. Jacobsohn, deceased. page 3 This was a motion by a wid...
23rd July 1912  
  (1911) MISS DOROTHY GIBSON, HARRISON FISHER MUSE, NOW PICTURE STAR
Miss Dorothy Gibson, the well-known beauty who is the muse of Mr. Harrison Fisher, the popular illustrator of feminine charms, has forsaken the studio of the artist for that of the motion picture. Miss Gibson, who is the sitter for man...
  1911  
New York Times (1912) PROVING FOREMAN ON TITANIC
Brother Files Letters of Survivors in Asking for Administration Papers --- Edwin H. Foreman obtained yesterday from Surrogate Fowler letters of administration on the $10,000 estate of his brother, Benjamin L. Foreman, who was drowned on ...
15th May 1912  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Mr. Smart was the president of the American Cold Storage and Shipping Co., and lived at the Victoria Hotel in New York. When he travelled to England, he simply checked out of the hotel, and took all of his personal belongings with him. Some of those ...
   
New York Times (1914) DISPUTE J. M. SMART'S WILL
Many Claimants Now for Estate of Titanic Victim --- Surrogate Fowler reserved decision yesterday on the contested will of James Montgomery Smart, a victim of the Titanic disaster. The authenticity of the will which bears the date of Jul...
4th February 1914  
New York Times (1919) MARY GARDEN'S SIDE IN SUIT
Bill for Gowns "Outrageous," Her Lawyer Wrote Lucille, Ltd. --- A statement in behalf of Mary Garden was made yesterday by her attorney, Jacob Klein, concerning the suit filed against her in the Supreme Court on Tuesday by Lucille, Ltd...
22nd May 1919  
New York Times (1909) MRS. ASTOR OBTAINS DIVORCE QUIETLY
No Names Mentioned in Proceedings Before Justice Mills, Who Grants Interlocutory Decree --- ALL PAPERS IN CASE SEALED --- It Is Understood Counsel Had Earlier Agreement on Disposition of Children and Financial Settlement...
9th November 1909  
Torquay Directory (1913) MAN WITH TWO NAMES : TORQUAY PENSIONER AND HIS SAILOR SON
Claim For Loss on the “Titanic” At Torquay County Court on Saturday Judge Lush-Wilson arbitrated in an action under the Workman’s Compensation Act by George Barnhouse, of Stentiford’s Hill, T...
23rd April 1913  
The Evening Post (1912) MASSACHUSETTS VICTIMS OF THE TITANIC TRAGEDY
George Q Clifford of Stoughton, president of Belcher Last company, Herbert Henry Hilliard of 42 Hichorn street, Brighton Timothy J.,...
20th April 1912  
 

 
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