130 items found relating to : Iroquois Theatre Fire
| Chicago Tribune | THIRD OF FAMILY TO MEET TRAGIC END Nineteen year old Howard Hippach is the last of the three sons of Louis A. Hippach, wealthy plate glass and window glass manufacturer, to meet a tragic death. Howrd Hippach was killed Thursday afternoon when a motor car which he was driving ... |
31st October 1914 | |||
| IROQUOIS GROUNDING One of the most photographed liner mishaps of the pre-World War 2 years was the July 1927 stranding of the Clyde-Mallory Line's flagship Iroquois. She and her sister Shawnee proved to be the largest vessels Clyde-Mallory ever produced, ... |
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| IROQUOIS PASSENGER LIST COVER An unusual Iroquois passenger list cover from August 1934. Less than a month later, Iroquois was pressed into Ward Line service to replace the lost Morro Castle on her outbound September 8th voyage. About 50 passengers c... |
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| TINTED VIEW OF THE FIRE 1942 Why did eleven minutes elapse between outbreak of the fire and the first general alarm... |
1942 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| 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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| 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 | |||
| Wilmington News Journal | TITANIC OPENS TONIGHT Wilmington College-Community Theatre's presentation of 'Titanic, the Musical' begins its six-show run tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Hugh G. Heiland Theatre.... |
17th July 2008 | |||
| TINTED VIEW OF THE FIRE 1942 Why didn't experts foresee the danger or capsizing before it was too late.... |
1942 | ||||
| NORMANDIE BURNS Clouds of Smoke soar over the midtown skyline, almost hiding the Empire State Building in the background, as fire races through the upper decks of the former French luxury liner Normandie, recently seized by U.S. at its W.49th St. dock. There were... |
March 1942 | ||||
| Isle of Man Today | THE TRAGIC TALE OF THE TITANIC ARRIVES IN DOUGLAS THE Manx Operatic Society will be taking theatre-goers on a week-long journey on board the Titanic. Titanic the Musical docks at the Gaiety Theatre, Douglas, this Saturday until March 28.... |
20th March 2009 | |||
| The Syracuse Herald | FIRE RAGED ON TITANIC FIVE DAYS New York Aril 20th – That a fire had raged in the [?] bunkers of the liner Titanic from the day she left Southampton u... |
20th April 1912 | |||
| HUDSON THEATRE PROGRAMME 1909 The cover of the Hudson Theatre programme for Henry B. Harris' production of "The Third Degree" (1909), one of his biggest hits.... |
1909 | ||||
| Norwich Evening News | TITANIC MUSICAL AT THE THEATRE ROYAL Take a trip across the seas with the cast of the award-winning Titanic musical. The show comes sailing into the Theatre Royal to retell the tale of the historic and tragic night in April 1912, when so many lives were lost in the icy Atlantic waters.... |
28th January 2008 | |||
| MORRO CASTLE - STERN VIEW AFTER THE FIRE |
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| thesunnews.com | THEATRE OF THE REPUBLIC PRESENTS THE PLAY 'TITANIC: A NEW MUSICAL' Theatre of the Republic presents the play "Titanic: A New Musical" in a voyage of shows that ends April 24. This adaptation of the hit Broadway show involves different components in portraying the US-bound ocean liner that set sail from England 99 ...... |
4th April 2011 | |||
| MORRO CASTLE - BOWS AFTER THE FIRE |
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| Toronto Star | EXCURSION TO TITANIC WRECK PROCEEDS DESPITE FIRE ON RESEARCH VESSEL A small fire broke out aboard a research vessel days before it is scheduled to leave Newfoundland for an expedition to the site of the Titanic shipwreck.... |
19th August 2010 | |||
| MORRO CASTLE - AFTER THE FIRE |
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| MORRO CASTLE - AFTER THE FIRE |
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| Birkenhead News | AN ARGYLE THEATRE'S BANDSMAN AMONG THE TITANIC ORCHESTRA One of those on board the Titanic and who it is feared is amongst those who have perished, is Mr. J. F. P. Clarke, formerly a member of the orchestra of the Argyle Theatre of Varieties. Mr. Clarke in his short time he played... |
20th April 1912 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Lowell Sun | THOMAS WHITELEY : APPEARING AT THE MERRIMACK SQUARE THEATRE The attendance at both perfomances at the Merrimack Square theatre yesterday was extraordinarily large, and the many patrons seemed well satisfied with the bill as presented, for practically each number was received with loud applause. ... |
28th May 1912 | |||
| New York Times | FASHIONS AT THE PALACE Lady Duff-Gordon and Her Models Back---Effective War Play ---The changing season, with its accompanying change in feminine fashions, brought Lady Duff-Gordon and her gorgeously clad models back to the Palace Theatre yesterday a... |
28th May 1918 | |||
| Lowell Sun | THOMAS WHITELEY TO SPEAK AT MASSACHUSETTS THEATRE The 27th May 1912 Lowell Sun, Lowell, Massachsetts, carried the following advertisement: Merrimack Square Theatre "The Coolest Spot in Town" QUALITY AND QUANTITY THE WATCHWORDS FOR&nb... |
27th May 1912 | |||
| journalpioneer.com | TITANIC DINNER THEATRE CRUISING INTO SUMMERSIDE The touring production of “Titanic: The Fated Voyage” will be docking in Summerside in September on its Maritime tour. The Classic Dinner Theatre Productions’ Summerside show will run from Sept. 20 to Oct. 1 at Shipyard Market. “Titanic – The Fated Voyage” is a three act dramatic production performed by an eight-person cast. The production features musical performances consisting of folk, ragtime jazz and other popular music from Titanic’s era. The show is set in the first class lounge of Titanic on April 14, 1912.... |
11th August 2011 | |||
| Irish Independent | WITNESSES SOUGHT AFTER TITANIC PUB BLAZE GARDAI have renewed their appeal for witnesses after a fire caused up to ƒ¢¢€Å¡‚¬1.5m damage to a bar set up by a Lotto winner. The fire broke out at 9.30pm on April 26 and caused extensive damage to the Titanic Bar and Restaurant in Cobh, Co Cork.... |
5th May 2009 | |||
| The Stevens Point Journal | FATED SHIPS HOLD AFIRE Fireman Details How Flames Broke Out In Coal Bunkers After Leaving Southampton and Steamship Was Rushed Westward So That Blaze Might Be Extinguished in New York Port. ... |
27th April 1912 | |||
| Worcester Journal | NEW PLAY ABOUT JOSEPH BRUCE ISMAY NINETY-eight years after she sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic comes a play about the man who was in charge of the Titanic. The Man Who Left the Titanic, a new play by Patrick Prior, is performed at the Norbury Theatre this weekend.... |
21st October 2010 | |||
| New York Times | DRESSMAKERS' QUICK FLIGHT Patrons, Too, Leave Without Ceremony When Fire Threatens --- A small but spectacular fire at 19 and 21 West Thirty-sixth Street shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon caused considerable excitement on Fifth Avenue among... |
17th February 1912 | |||
| New York Times | DEFICIT IN HARRIS ESTATE Theatrical Manager Left $365,443, but Had Large Debts --- Henry B. Harris, the theatrical manager who lost his life in the Titanic disaster of April 15, 1912, left a gross estate of $365,443, according to an appraisal filed yesterday in ... |
2nd July 1914 | |||
| Acton-The Beacon | ACTON LIBRARY TO HOST 'TITANIC SINKS' ACTON, MASS. - The Delvena Theatre Company will present "The Titanic Sinks as Acton Sleeps" at the Acton Memorial Library on Wednesday, May 6, at 7 p.m.... |
29th April 2009 | |||
| New York Times | MRS. MADELEINE DICK LOSES HOME BY FIRE $50,000 Winter House Destroyed---$100,800 Jewelry Stolen --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- CHARLESTON, S. C., Dec. 4---Mrs. Madeleine F. Dick’s Winter residence at Dixie Plantation, twenty miles from here on the Stono ... |
5th December 1939 | |||
| Broadway World | THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN MAKES UK PREMIERE AT LANDOR THEATER 5/27 So long Dolly! Move over, Mame! Make way for the biggest of Broadway's leading ladies, "The Unsinkable Molly Brown". The Titanic may have sunk, but she survived.Thom Southerland in association with the Landor Theatre... |
6th May 2009 | |||
| Variety | MRS. HENRY B. (RENEE) HARRIS DIES Robert J. Landry Theatre Owner-Producer Was Linked to Another Broadway Era Although she was married three times afterwards, she always remained Mrs. Henry B. Harris and when she died at Doctors Hospital, N.Y., at 93, she was press reported either as Mr... |
10th September 1969 | |||
| NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THEATRE, ARTWORK. In front of the theatre, forward, there is a striking panel, 25 feet long, by Reyer Stolk. It is executed in solid masses of gold, black, red and maroon, and its theme the spread of the theatre’s influence over the world by ships. Greek and Dutch E... |
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| Worcestershire Chronicle | FIRE UP HARD ''Down in the engine-room,'' said John Thompson, one of the surviving firemen, in New York, ''we understood that they wanted the Titanic to make a record run. The orders to us were to fire up as hard as we could. At time the liner made 77 revolutions... |
27th April 1912 | |||
| MORRO CASTLE - AFTER THE FIRE Morro Castle aground and burnt out at Asbury Park, New Jersey... |
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| New York Times | CLEARS HOTEL MEN IN PALM BEACH FIRE Florida Commissioner After Inquiry Says That They Provided All Necessary Safeguards --- GUESTS’ LOSS $2,000,000 --- Thousands of Dollars in Scattered Belongings Reclaimed---First of Victims Arrive HERE --- Special to ... |
21st March 1925 | |||
| The Sydney Morning Herald | THE REPORTED GUN FIRE AT FORT DENISON The report sent to the police the other day that someone had fired a gun at Fort Denison has not yet been cleared up. The charge of the island is in the hands of the Navigation Department. Last Saturday morning the Superintenden... |
12th October 1900 | |||
| New York Times | FASHION DISPLAY AT PALACE Lady Duff-Gordon Appears far a War Charity---Herman Timberg --- A fashion display staged by Lady Duff-Gordon, and including that personage herself as an added attraction, was the mecca that drew an unusually large crowd to the Palace T... |
4th December 1917 | |||
| Hudson Observer | MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR TITANIC VICTIM Family of John Ashby of West Hoboken Abandon Hope for Him ---------- Until to-day the family of John Ashby, of West Hoboken, had some hope for his recovery, but are now convinced that there is no hope of him showing up alive, ... |
23rd April 1912 | |||
| Anderson Independent Mail | "TITANIC" COMES TO THE STAGE AT ALVERSON CENTER THEATRE Moving sets, demanding vocal ranges and full orchestra pits are weighty elements of Broadway musicals that rarely make a successful appearance in a local theater company.... |
17th September 2009 | |||
| MATINEE PROGRAMME Programme for a matinee in aid of the the Titanic Relief Fund, 1st May 1912.... |
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| Brooklyn Daily Times | WYCOFF VAN DERHOEF HAD BIG CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Wycoff Van Derhoef, of 109 Joralemon street, was one of the wealthiest and best known residents of the Eastern District and Secretary of the Williamsburgh City Fire Insurance Company. Mr. Van Derhoef was on his way from a visit to his sister in Euro... |
16th April 1912 | |||
| Perthshire Advertiser | TITANIC IS LAUNCHED THE Titanic sails into Perth Theatre in April when Perth Amateur Operatic Society embark on a fabulous voyage with the Tony Award-winning musical of that name.... |
24th December 2007 | |||
| Gare Maritime | THE GENERAL SLOCUM : THE HORROR OF FIRE AT SEA Jim Kalafus Panic ensued. Sheets of flame followed the roiling clouds of smoke, and the fearful rush began to the sides of the boat.... |
21st June 2007 | |||
| Independent | TITANIC DOOMED BY FIRE RAGING BELOW DECKS,SAYS NEW THEORY A new slant on and old theory... |
13th April 2008 | |||
| The Virginian-Pilot | TRAGIC TALE'S MUSIC SCORES A TRIUMPH Against the odds, Virginia Musical Theatre has maneuvered the awesome complexities of the choral opera "Titanic... The Musical" into the most professional outing yet in its initial year at Sandler Center for the Performing Arts.... |
1st April 2008 | |||
| Flintshire Chronicle | MUSICAL BASED ON THE TRAGEDY OF THE TITANIC SAILS INTO THE BRINDLEY IN RUNCORN NEARLY 100 years after the sinking of RMS Titanic a theatre company is taking to the stage to perform Maury Yestons musical version of the real life events.... |
13th November 2010 | |||
| Isle of Man Today | A BOAT IN THE EVENING AT THE GAIETY THE Manx Operatic Society is working on one of the most expensive and challenging productions of its 60-year history. Titanic the Musical will be hitting the stage of the Gaiety Theatre in March, complete with custom sets and computer graphics to make the audience feel as if they are really on board the ship.... |
30th September 2008 | |||
| NOW | APRIL 14, 1912 BRINGS A PHYSICAL KICK TO THE TITANIC TRAGEDY Theatre Rusticle's latest show, April 14, 1912, may commemorate the 95th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, but don't expect any of its characters to shout that they're the king of the world.... |
20th September 2007 | |||
| New York Times | MRS. HARRIS GAINS STRENGTH Mrs. Henry B Harris, widow of the theatrical manager who was lost on the Titanic, was regaining strength yesterday, but she was still in a nervous condition. Her shoulder, which she injured a day before the sinking of the ship, was healing normally. ... |
20th April 1912 | |||
| NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THE 'NIEUW AMSTERDAM' The "NIEUW AMSTERDAM", the largest ship ever built in the Netherlands, will be famous for its architecture, decoration and exceptionally high standard of comfort. Modern profile, pleasing proportions and careful design all reflect the traditions o... |
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| Atlantic City Daily Press | 2 SURVIVORS OF TITANIC ARRIVE Major Hayes Entertains Mr. and Mrs. E. Z. Taylor at Apollo Theatre. ---------- ‘NAUGHTY MARIETTA’ HELPS THEM FORGET ---------- Mr. and Mrs. E. Z. Taylor, of London, two of the survivors of the Ti... |
3rd May 1912 | |||
| Bromley Times | LOOKS LIKE A SPLASH HIT SHOW AMATEUR opera singers will sail into Bromley's Churchill Theatre next week to perform the London premiere of a Broadway musical. The West Wickham Operatic Society limbered up for their production of Titanic - The Musical by soaking actor Kevin Gauntlett, who plays the role of the ship's owner, Bruce Ismay.... |
16th November 2006 | |||
| NORMANDIE POSTFIRE This view, although of poor quality, shows the Normandie within the first week of the fire. Taken from a boat passing upriver along the Hudson, this was about as close as the public could get to the wreck after the landside view was fence... |
1942 | ||||
| Hudson Dispatch | TWO WEST HOBOKEN MEN WERE AMONG VICTIMS ON TITANIC So far as can be learned two of the victims of the Titanic disaster lived in West Hoboken. They are John Ashby, father of Arthur Ashby, of 629 Traphagen street, and Albert Walker, father in law of Charles Robertson, proprietor of the Colonial Theatre... |
17th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | HENRY B. HARRIS Well-Known Theatrical Manager Who Has Won Many Successes --- Henry B. Harris, who leaped into prominence in the New York theatrical field only about half a dozen years ago as manager, and producer, was, nevertheless, a veteran of many y... |
16th April 1912 | |||
| Henley Standard | HAODS TO STAGE A TITANIC MUSICAL HISTORY'S most famous shipwreck comes to the stage of the Kenton Theatre next month, when HAODS stages Titanic - The Musical. It tells the story of the hopes, loves and dreams of the real-life passengers and crew as the gigantic liner embarked on her maiden voyage in April 1912.... |
4th November 2008 | |||
| Oklahoma City Friday | TITANIC AT HERITAGE HALL Lift up the ramp, and let go the lines!' It's time once again for another spectacular performance by the Heritage Hall Performing Arts Department. On Feb. 16 and 17, the Howard Theatre will showcase Titanic the Musical. Directed by Jay Michael Ferguson, Titanic is an ensemble version of the same story shown on the big screen in 1997 (think the sinking ship without Jack and Rose.)... |
7th February 2008 | |||
| VESTRIS : AN EARLIER DISASTER A 1919 view of the Vestris, run aground deliberately off North Carolina after a fire onboard. Among her passengers on that voyage was Titanic survivor Norman Campbell Chambers.... |
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| PICTORIAL REVIEW COVER 1942 Why did this happen?The great Normandie burning at her pier.... |
March 1942 | ||||
| eventmagazine.co.uk | LIVERPOOL TO COMMEMORATE TITANIC WITH GIANT STREET THEATRE PERFORMANCE - EVENT MAGAZINE Gigantic puppets will roam the centre of Liverpool next April as the city commemorates the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. The Titanic was registered in Liverpool making the city its home port, and at least 90 members of its crew were from Merseyside, or had close links to the area.... |
14th December 2011 | |||
| Stamford Plus Magazine | MUSICAL VOYAGE TELLS TITANIC'S STORY LIVE ON STAGE Ninety nine years ago the greatest maritime tragedy of all time was born of a ship whose name would become generic in terms of describing future large scale endeavors TITANIC. And now a musical telling of this tragic voyage takes berth at Stamford's Kweskin Theatre when Curtain Call's production opens April 1.... |
7th March 2011 | |||
| New York Times | A. D. BRANDEIS DIES; ILL ONLY A WEEK Former Vice President of Stern Brothers Suffered Attack of Appendicitis --- MADE FORTUNE IN WEST --- Built Largest Department Store in Omaha--Erected Three Theatres and a Hotel --- Arthur D. Brandeis, Preside... |
11th June 1916 | |||
| gamepro.com | OMFG REVIEW: DIVE TO THE TITANIC - GAMEPRO.COM McKinley says he would rather have his "organs ripped out with a rusty fork" and "burn to death in a fire" than be forced to play Dive to the Titanic again. After two weeks, his overdue review finally floats to the surface.... |
26th August 2011 | |||
| Isle of Man Today | OPERATIC SOCIETY TO PERFORM TITANIC THE MUSICAL THE Manx Operatic Society has announced it will perform Titanic The Musical in March 2009. It will be another Island premier by the society which believes in trying to bring the best in musical theatre to the Isle of Man and constantly challenging its members new and old with the diversity of its productions.... |
12th March 2008 | |||
| Norwich Evening News | TITANIC: THE MUSICAL - NORFOLK AND NORWICH OPERATIC SOCIETY What a brave and ambitious production Norfolk & Norwich Operatic Society have undertaken with Titanic, The Musical, being staged all week at the Theatre Royal in Norwich.... |
30th January 2008 | |||
| bbc.co.uk | GIANT GIRL PUPPET TO BE USED FOR LIVERPOOL TITANIC EVENT A giant puppet of a girl will lead three days of street theatre in Liverpool to commemorate the sinking of the Titanic. Sea Odyssey, from 20 to 22 April 2012, will mark the 100th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the liner, which was registered in Liverpool. The girl puppet was used in the 2006 Sultan's Elephant in London, which was seen by 1.5 million people.... |
22nd September 2011 | |||
| New York Times | FIREMEN OVERCOME BY SMOKE Stubborn Fire in the Cellar of 679 Broadway---One Man in the Hospital --- For two hours last evening firemen fought a fire in the sub-cellar of the five-story building 679 Broadway, adjoining the Broadway Central Hotel. Dense, stifling ... |
7th November 1893 | |||
| pantagraph.com | PLAYERS TROUPE KEEPS 'TITANIC' STEAMING ALONG Although the Titanic went down in 1912 on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic, the story of how and why the "unsinkable ship" sank continues to have a firm grip on our imagination. Gracing the Broadway stage in 1997 and winning five Tony Awards, "Titanic: The Musical," which opened over the weekend at Bloomington's Community Players, stands as testament to the fact that nearly 100 years later the realization that 1,517 died because management chose deck space over life boats is still heart-wrenching.... |
10th May 2011 | |||
| Gare Maritime | MORRO CASTLE NEWSREEL Cine film of the Morro Castle fire and aftermath... |
13th June 2011 | |||
| The Express Times | 'TITANIC THE MUSICAL' A TITANIC SHOW William Sanders was busy Monday "refining and tweaking" cues with his technical crew in preparation for tonight's opening of "Titanic the Musical" at Civic Theatre of Allentown. Sanders says the Tony Award-winning musical focuses on the actual passengers aboard the trans-Atlantic liner, RMS Titanic, on that fateful night of April 15, 1912, as the "ship of dreams" was making her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York.... |
6th June 2008 | |||
| New York Times | OBITUARY NOTES [LAURA VAN DER HOEF] Mrs. LAURA ELLEN NEWELL VAN DERHOEF, widow of Wyckoff Van Derhoef, who was one of the victims of the Titanic disaster, died yesterday at her home, 15 Clark Street, Brooklyn. Her husband was Secretary of the Williamsburg Fire Insurance Company in Man... |
18th March 1925 | |||
| Perthshire Advertiser | PERTH'S TITANIC: THE MUSICAL STARTS WITH NEW CREW PERTH Amateur Operatic Society's most exciting and challenging production to date, ¢€ËœTitanic: the Musical', sets sail in Perth Theatre tonight, with a new and exciting production team at the helm.Wielding the baton as musical director will be local music teacher Allan Kelman, while Ewan Campbell, who is already known to the society as co-owner of Utopia Costumes, takes over as director.... |
7th April 2008 | |||
| Newark Star | SERVICE FOR TITANIC VICTIM RAHWAY, April 23---Tomorrow morning at 8:30 o'clock a solemn requiem high mass will be celebrated in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church for Arthur Keefe, who lost his life in the wreck of the Titanic. The service will be attended by Rahway Aerie No. 1... |
24th April 1912 | |||
| Brighton Argus | SUSSEX AND THE DISASTER: WORTHING ASSOCIATIONS Among the crew of the Titanic was a young man named Crosby a nephew of Mrs. Sole, of Langleigh, Ham-road, Worthing, who was one of the Turkish bath attendants on the liner. Another member of the crew was Mr. A. D. Eagle, a nephew of Mr. E. Best, of L... |
20th April 1912 | |||
| Brooklyn Daily Times | STILL REFUSE TO BELIEVE WYCKOFF VON DERHOEF HAS PERISHED President Frederick H. Way, of the Williamsburgh City Fire Insurance Company, was not inclined to discuss the fate of Wyckoff Von Derhoef, the Secretary of the company, who is reported to be among the missing of the Titanic passengers. Mr. Way is st... |
19th April 1912 | |||
| laurinburgexchange.com | UNSINKABLE WOMEN: STORIES AND SONGS FROM THE TITANIC. With the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic close at hand, UNC Pembroke brings to the Moore Hall Auditorium stage the one-woman show “Unsinkable Women: Stories and Songs from the Titanic.” The show, written and acted by New York actress Deborah Jean Templin, will be performed on Wednesday, April 27, at 7 p.m.... |
8th April 2011 | |||
| Hudson Observer | WEST HOBOKEN MAN A PASSENGER ON THE LOST STEAMER John Ashby, of Traphagen street, West Hoboken, is on the list of second cabin passengers of the ill-fated Titanic and so far his name has not appeared among those of the rescued. He was returning from England to his son-in-law and two daughters in No... |
17th April 1912 | |||
| NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS SMOKING ROOM STATUE. 1938. Suriname Negro. This statue, and its mate, Suriname Negress, stood in the Tourist Class Smoking Room, prewar. The room, which served as the liner's Music Room on one-class cruises, was replaced by a new Cabin Class theatre postwar.... |
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| 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... |
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| POSTWAR 7. THEATRE. THEATER: It is difficult to believe that you are at sea when you enter this air-conditioned theater seating three hundred and fifty passengers. Each of the deeply cushioned seats commands an unobstructed view of the stage, and the egg shaped contour ... |
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| TITANIC AFTERMATH - A PLAY IN THREE ACTS Authored by Michael B. Wehrli, Michael B. Wehrli Based on the Senate Hearing transcrip... |
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| POSTWAR 13. THEATRE. CABIN CLASS. THEATER: If you book Cabin or Tourist class on the Nieuw Amsterdam, you’ll enjoy many a first-run film in this comfortable , air conditioned motion picture theater on the Promenade Deck. Installed since the war, this theater seats 166 p... |
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| Rahway Daily Record | SERVICES FOR ARTHUR KEEFE Solemn Requiem High Mass Is Celebrated At St. Mary's Chrch Today ---------- In memory of Arthur Keefe, who went down when the steamer Titanic foundered, a solemn requiem high mass was celebrated in St. Mary's church this morning... |
24th April 1912 | |||
| ALGONQUIN 1939 The Algonquin, Mohawk's sister ship and the rescuer of most of her survivors, is seen here in a stylised 1939 graphic promoting her service between Gulf ports and the New York World's Fair. In July 1940 she caught fire and sank at her pier in New York City. She was raised and repaired, and transferred to the Porto Rico Line when she returned to service in 1941. Her career with them was brief: in January 1942 she taken over by the US Military, and after serving as both a transport and a hospital ship, was laid up in 1946 and scrapped in 1957.... |
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| New York Times | TV: LAST HOURS OF TITANIC Review... |
29th March 1956 | |||
| Khaleej Times | THE TITANIC AND THE SINKING OF HEARTS I know I wouldn't have been half as moved by the news of Millvina's death at a ripe old age had it not been for Cameron's Titanic. ... |
4th June 2009 | |||
| New York Times | MEMORIAL NOTICE HARRIS-At a special meeting of the Association of Theatre Managers of Greater New York, held on Saturday, April 20th, 1912, the following resolutions were adopted: Owing to the sad and sudden death of Henry B. Harris, our honored Vice ... |
21st April 1912 | |||
| 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 | |||
| GENERAL INFORMATION HARRIS, MRS. IRENE R, (NEE WALLACH). Saved in Lifeboat D. Cabin C83. European address - c/o Fraulein Woolf, Kapellenstrasse 81, Wiesbaden. Germany. (Born 15th June 1876, died 2nd September 1969). Buried in Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale... |
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| New York Times | 25 DEAD, 100 HURT IN BIG EXPLOSION AT CEDAR RAPIDS Fire Follows, Causing $1,500,000 Damage to the Douglas Starch Works --- SCORES ARE STILL MISSING --- Company of Soldiers Hold Back Relatives of Workers and Assist Rescuers --- CAUSE REMAINS UNKNOWN --- Windo... |
23rd May 1919 | |||
| New York Times | STEAD'S FAREWELL TALK We're So Busy, He Thinks, We Don't Realize What Our Mission is --- William T. Stead, editor of The London Review of Reviews, made his last address on his present visit to this country before the Young Men's Christia... |
6th May 1907 | |||
| Chicago Examiner | A TITANIC HERO Charles Brown, the English comedian now playing with "A Modern Eve" at the Garrick, lost a number of friends when the Titanic went down. He knew most of the officers on the ill-fated ship, and the purser, McElroy, had been a com... |
2nd June 1912 | |||
| Voyage | OCEANIC John P. Eaton White Star Line Not only was Oceanic operated by the same company that operated Titanic, she was also directly associated with Titanic at the beginning of her maiden voyage as well as during the first weeks following... |
11th July 2005 | |||
| Barking Chronicle | THE TITANIC DISASTER. EAST HAM RESIDENTS MISSING We learn that Mr and Mrs R.J. Rogers, of 11 Southchurch Gardens, East Ham, have a son and a nephew amongst the crew of the Titanic, the deplorable sinking of which has created such widespread consternation... |
19th April 1912 | |||
| Voyage | TITANIC (1888) John P. Eaton Smith & Service (1888-1903) Port of Registry: Belfast , Ireland Flag of Registry: British Funnel: Black ... |
22nd November 2004 | |||
| New York Times | ORIGIN OF NAMES OF HOTELS HERE Named for Interested Families or After Well-Known European Hostelries --- ST. REGIS CALLED FOR LAKE --- Suggested to the Late John Jacob Astor by Mrs. Theodore Douglas Robinson --- So numerous are the hotels of New Yo... |
9th March 1930 | |||
| PICTURE STAR GIVEN RECEPTION AT WEBER'S Dorothy Gibson Introduced, Applauded by "Movie" Crowd A distinct treat was enjoyed by a large audience of devotees of the motion pictures yesterday when Mr. White, manager of Weber’s New York, spied among the evening’s patrons M... |
1912 | ||||
| New York Times | 12 DEAD IN CEDAR RAPIDS But Searchers Still Hunt for 20 More Missing --- CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, May 23---With twelve bodies recovered from the ruins of the Douglas Starch Company's plant, wrecking crews today and tonight searched the debris for the... |
24th May 1919 | |||
| Semi Weekly Iowegian | FRENCH CHILDREN MAY BE HIS - FRANK LEFEBRE GOES TO NEW YORK FROM MYSTIC TO IDENTIFY TWO UNKNOWN FRENCH CHILDREN Believing that two unknown French children saved from the Titanic are his, Frank Lefebre has started from Mystic for New York to identify them. The two little tots are in the hands of Miss Margaret Hays, a survivor of the Titanic, who took them in... |
23rd April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | R. W. DANIEL WED TO MRS. CAMPBELL Vice President of Liberty National Bank Marries Daughter of W. C. Durant in Newark *** Robert W. Daniel of 19 West Sixty-ninth Street, Vice President of the Liberty National Bank of this city, and Mrs. Marjorie Durant Campbell of 635 P... |
7th December 1923 | |||
| Hudson Dispatch | BODY OF WEST HOBOKEN MAN, VICTIM OF TITANIC DISASTER, FOUND AT SEA Recovered by the Mackay-Bennett Ship and Will Be Sent Home. --------------- IDENTIFIED BY MARKS --------------- Fifteen More Bodies Were Found by Same Vessel Today --------------- Greenwood Robertson, of 222... |
23rd April 1912 | |||
| The Times | THE LOSS OF THE MORRO CASTLE FIRE DISASTER AT SEA AMERICAN LINER OVERWHELMED - 180 LIVES LOST About 180 people are believed to have lost their lives when the SS Morro Castle, bound from Havana to New York, was destroyed by fir... |
10th September 1934 | |||
| New York Times | STRAUS MEMORIAL MEETING Mayor Gaynor, Bishop Gailor, and Andrew Carnegie Will Take Part in It --- A civic memorial meeting for Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus will be held in Carnegie Hall Sunday afternoon, May 12, at 4 o'clock. Justice Samuel Greenbaum, President ... |
4th May 1912 | |||
| New York Times | PRESIDENT TAFT STUNNED Wires White Star Line for News of Major Butt --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, April 15---President Taft did not know of the sinking of the Titanic or of the danger of his old friend, Major Archibald Butt, ... |
16th 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 | |||
| TC Palm | MYSTERY ABOUT 'TITANIC' TAKES STAGE AT RIVERSIDE 'Scotland Road' will open Saturday in Vero Beach... |
1st May 2009 | |||
| Ship to Shore | WILLIAM SLOPER'S ACCOUNT OF THE TITANIC DISASTER William T. Sloper "I walked into the palm court of the Carleton hotel on Pall Mall in the middle of the afternoon. The streets around the hotel and the hotel itself were deserted except for one group of people... |
1984 | |||
| Washington Times | FOUR ARE SAVED IN PHILADELPHIA FAMILY NEW YORK, April 19---William E. Carter, Mrs. William E. Carter, William T. Carter, and Lucille Carter, all of Philadelphia, were saved. All showed evidence of the terrible strain they had undergone. Mrs. Carter was a nervous wreck, but she bore up br... |
19th April 1912 | |||
| ETERNAL FATHER, STRONG TO SAVE The Hymn "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. William Whiting (1825-1878) wrote the lyrics, in 1860, as a poem for a student about to sail for America. T... |
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| MR WILLIAM TAGGART – DELIVERY CREW TRIMMER Mr William Taggart was born in Belfast in 1889 and began work with the Harland & Wolff yard as an apprentice. He was one of the workers who helped to build Titanic from day one. He had also been a crewmember of the Olympic. When the Titanic was deli... |
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| CAPTAIN ROSTRON'S HANDWRITTEN ACCOUNT OF THE DISASTER. RMS Carpathia Cunard SS Co. Ltd., At Sea April 27th, 1912 At 12.35 am (ship's time) April 15th (Monday), 1912, I was called by the 1st Officer in company with Marconi operator and informed that the White St... |
27th April 1912 | ||||
| Worcester Evening Gazette | BRAVE MUSICIANS OF SHIP MEET FATE TRYING TO DROWN CRIES OF THE PERISHING PASSENGERS New York, April 19.-Of all the heroes who went to their death when the Titanic dived to its ocean grave, none, in the opinion of Miss. Hilda Slater, a passenger in the last boat to pull off, deserved greater credit than the members of the vessel's or... |
20th April 1912 | |||
| Sunday Press | TITANIC STORY BY CAVAN SURVIVOR Sunday Press: Titanic Goes Down- But now comes a story within two stories for the local people have the firm belief that a little earth from the grave of Saint Mogue will, if carried with you, protect you from death by drowning, fire, in air or r... |
21st September 1952 | |||
| Billboard Magazine | HENRY B. HARRIS Loses Life When Ill-Fated Titanic Sinks – Other Victims Of Disaster Connected With Amusement Field Include Albert A. Stewart, Emil Brandeis and Franz Addelmann – Dorothy Gibson Saved New York, April 20 (Special to Billb... |
27th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | RENEE HARRIS, 93, FIRST WOMAN TO PRODUCE PLAYS HERE, IS DEAD p.47, col. 5 Mrs. Renee Harris, New York's first woman theatrical producer, a survivor of the sinking of the Titanic, died yesterday at Doctor's Hospital. She was 93 years old and lived at 140 West 69th Street. A former owner... |
3rd September 1969 | |||
| Bureau County Republican | EDWARD DORKING, SHIP WRECK SURVIVOR, APPEARS AT STAR THEATRE PICKED UP BY THE CARPATHIA Young Englishman Relates Experiences in Greatest Maritime disaster in World's History. Seven hundred persons, who packed the Star theatre to its capacity at three performances Tuesday night, ... |
2nd May 1912 | |||
| ET Comment | HUGH WOOLNER'S US EVIDENCE IS HIGHLY UNRELIABLE. Senan Molony The US evidence of Hugh Woolner is highly unreliable. He claims that he and Hakan Bjornstrom Steffanson saw Boat D "about to lower", then went across to the starboard side, and saw an officer fire two shots to get men out of a collapsible... |
6th November 2006 | |||
| Titanic Research | TITANIC'S ROCKETS Senan Molony Why more were fired and why it matters.... |
15th March 2002 | |||
| GOD MOVES ON THE WATER Blind Willie Johnson Blind Willie Johnson was born in Marlin, Texas c.1902. A Gospel singer and guitarist, he recorded just 30 pieces at a variety of locations between 1927 and 1930. He was accompanied on some songs by his wife Angeline. During the depression rever... |
11th December 1929 | ||||
| New York Times | ASTOR OFFERS $1,000 AS MARRIAGE FEE Rev. Dr. E. C. Johnson, Newport Baptist, Refuses to Perform Ceremony with Miss Force --- METHODIST ALSO DECLINES --- Clergyman Told That Wedding Was, Planned for To-day---No Application Made for a License --- ... |
7th September 1911 | |||
| Belfast Telegraph | TITANIC-LINKED SS NOMADIC RETURNS TO BELFAST BIRTHPLACE The historic SS Nomadic, a tender that ferried passengers to the doomed Titanic, has been moved back to the place where she was built almost 100 years ago.... |
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| ALFRED NOURNEY OBITUARY Arne Mjåland Translated from German language by Arne Mjaland: He died 60 years after the Titanic. Tennis club lost honour member . On the April 15 1912 he experienced the most terrible night in his life. In February this ye... |
18th November 1972 | ||||
| STATEROOMS AND SUITES FOR EVERY DESIRE - RIO BROCHURE (PAGE 4) THE plain, unembellished statistics of the NORMANDIE are most impressive.. well nigh staggering in the immensity they represent. 83,122 tons register, 1029 feet of length, 119 feet of breadth, turbines that develop 160,000 horse power, enormous ov... |
1937 | ||||
| DOWN WITH THE OLD CANOE Dorsey Murdock Dixon (14 October 1897 - 17 April 1968) - Guitar, Vocals Howard Dixon (19 June 1903 - 24 March 1961) - Steel Guitar Dorsey Dixon and his younger brother Howard were born in the South Carolina mill town of Darli... |
25th January 1938 | ||||
| Ocala | OCALAN WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO SECURE TITANIC PASSENGER'S SIGNATURE Scanning a sea of more than 650 famous autographs on a tablecloth, one might ask: Who is Millvina Dean? Of all the personalities on the cloth, from Hank Aaron to Zig Ziglar, Walter Light Jr. said he found Dean the most captivating.... |
16th June 2009 | |||
| New York Times | LORD RIBBLESDALE DEAD; LINE EXTINCT Widow Was the First Wife of the Late John Jacob Astor, Formerly Miss Willing --- BARON LOST SONS IN WAR --- Aristocratic Appearance Drew Compliment From King Edward---Lady Oxford Kin by Marriage --- Copyright... |
22nd October 1925 | |||