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Brooklyn Daily Times (1912) JAMES CLINCH SMITH SAW MUCH HAPPINESS AHEAD
It is recalled that James Clinch Smith, whose name is on the list of those aboard the Titanic but not among those of the survivors, went abroad to the [sic] effect a reconciliation with is wife. She has been intensely interested in music, almost, it...
17th April 1912  
Brooklyn Daily Times (1912) JAMES CLINCH SMITH WAS NOTED CLUBMAN
James Clinch Smith is one of the best-known clubmen of Long Island, and a member of one of the oldest Long Island families. He was one of the principal heirs of the late A. T. Stewart, and is said to have received a legacy of $3,000,000 from the Ste...
16th April 1912  
New York Times (1912) JAMES CLINCH SMITH
Brother-in-Law of Stanford White---Well-Known Sportsman --- James Clinch Smith, a brother-in-law of the late Stanford White, is well known as a sportsman and in society circles both in this city and in Paris. Until May, 1911, when he r...
16th April 1912  
New York Times (1913) MRS. J. CLINCH SMITH DIES
Widow of Titanic Victim Never Recovered from Shock of His Death --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- PARIS, Aug. 20---Mrs. James Clinch Smith, a well known American resident of Paris, died to-day at Leysin, Switzerl...
21st August 1913  
  JAMES CLINCH SMITH STUDIO PORTRAIT
   
Brooklyn Daily Times (1912) SMITH MEMORIAL
SPECIAL SERVICES AT ST. JAMES FOR TITANIC VICTIM ST. JAMES, May 11 - This afternoon at 3 o'clock a memorial service will be held at the St. James' Episcopal Church for J.Clinch Smith, who lost his life when the Titanic sank. Archdeacon Wi...
11th May 1912  
New York Times (1912) DEATH NOTICE
SMITH---James Clinch, lost on the Titanic, April 15. Memorial services will be held at St. James's Church, St. James, L. I., Saturday, May 11, at 3:30. Train leaves Pennsylvania Station at 1:25 P. M....
9th May 1912  
New York Times (1912) TRIBUTE TO J. C. SMITH
Col. Gracie Tells How He and Also E. A. Kent Died Bravely --- After reading letters in the morning papers from friends of James Clinch Smith, asking why no account had been written of the part he must have taken in the heroic work of res...
25th April 1912  
Port Jefferson Echo (1912) A FRIGHTFUL DISASTER
J. CLINCH SMITH NOT SAVED James Clinch Smith, of Smithtown, one of the passengers of the steamship Titanic, whose name is not reported among the survivors, was well known on Long Island as a sportsman and society man. ...
20th April 1912  
New York Times (1912) THE LOSS OF JAMES CLINCH SMITH
Amid the maelstrom of mourning in connection with the recent disaster, (which was indeed "Titanic,") the city press seems to have overlooked the loss of one of our most estimable citizens. I refer to Mr. James Clinch Smith, a bro...
24th April 1912  
Philadelphia Inquirer (1912) J. CLINCH SMITH PHOTO
17th April 1912  
Washington Times (1912) CONGRESSMAN HUGHES’ DAUGHTER WAS AMONG THOSE ON THE VESSEL
UNIONTOWN, Pa., April 16---James Smith, of Uniontown, Pa., and Morgantown, W. Va., today is on his way to New York following word that his brother, Lucien Smith, and the latter’s bride of two months, perished in the wreck of the Titanic. ...
16th April 1912  
Brooklyn Daily Times (1912) BROOKLYNITES ARE LOST AS TITANIC SINKS
Several Are Believed to Have Sunk With Ship --- According to the latest reports from the White Star officials there were Brooklyn and Long Island people among those who were lost when the ill fated Titanic sank. The dead ...
16th April 1912  
  (1913) MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND: JAMES SMITH
(From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 681. Smith, John, father. Class B dependent. (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 227. Smith, Hannah Davidson, widow. Child: Ian...
  March 1913  
Washington Times (1912) MRS. LUCIEN P. SMITH, DAUGHTER OF CONGRESSMAN JAMES A. HUGHES
17th April 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  
New York Times (1923) MRS. ELOISE HUGHES SMITH REWEDS
HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Apr. 10---Mrs. Eloise Hughes Smith, a survivor of the Titanic disaster, to whom a divorce was granted a month ago from Robert P. Daniel of Philadelphia, another survivor of the same disaster, was married Saturday at Ironton, Ohio,...
11th April 1923  
  OUR GOD, OUR HELP IN AGES PAST
(O God, Our Help in Ages Past) The Hymn "Our God, our help in ages past" was recalled by Colonel Archibald Gracie, as the last to be sung at the morning service, presided over by Captain Smith...
   
Washington Times (1912) SOCIETY IS SHOCKED AT NEWS OF DEATH
Washington society was shocked when news that the name of James C. Smith, of Chicago, was not included in the list of those saved from death when the Titanic sank in the icy waters of the North Atlantic. Mr. Smith was well known in Washington, where...
19th April 1912  
  (1881) 1881 CENSUS, WEYMOUTH, DORSET
Reginald George Smith was born in Weymouth, Dorset in the summer of 1879. At the time of the 1881 census he was living with his mother and brothers at 5 Salisbury Terrace, Melcombe Regis, a suburb of Weymouth. His moth...
31st March 1881  
Washington Times (1912) ISMAY CONDEMNED FOR TAKING BOAT
Daughter of Congressman Hughes Tells of Experience In Sea Disaster --- NEW YORK, April 19---Not only did J. Bruce Ismay, managing director or the White Star line, get into one of the first lifeboats to be launched, but he was escorted a...
19th April 1912  
  CAPTAIN SMITH AND BOY ON BRIDGE
   
  (1912) EDWARD JOHN SMITH WITH DOG
  1912  
Asbury Park Evening Press (1912) CAPT SMITH UNCLE OF RED BANK MAN
Capt. E. J. Smith, R. S., who was in charge of the Titanic, was an uncle of Alex. Smith of White street, Red Bank. The latter Mr. Smith has been a resident of Red Bank for some time, conducting a garage in White street, near Broad street. He stated...
17th April 1912  
New York Herald (1914) TITANIC SURVIVORS KEEP THEIR WEDDING QUIET
Mrs. E. H. Smith and Mr. R. W. Daniel Married in New York Last August --- [SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD.] PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Monday---Mrs. Eloise Hughes Smith, survivor of the Titanic disaster, was married August 18 ...
27th October 1914  
  (1877) BAPTISM REGISTER, ST KEVERNE CHURCH, CORNWALL
The Baptism Register of St. Keverne Church shows that John Richard Jago Smith was baptised at the parish church on 31 December 1877. His father was John Smith, farmer of Trevithian and his mother was Mary Augusta Smith....
  1877  
New York Times (1912) THINKS CAPT. SMITH IS ALIVE
Baltimore Mariner Declares He Met Titanic Commander in Street --- Special to The New York Times --- BALTIMORE, Md., July 20---Capt. Peter Pryal, one of the oldest mariners in Baltimore and well known in shipping...
21st July 1912  
Sphere (1912) LUCIEN P. SMITH'S DECEMBER BABY
The picture on the left [above] shows the infant born at Cincinnati to Mrs Mary Eloise Smith, one of the widows of the Titanic disaster. The boy will be named Lucien P. Smith II, after his father, whom the young widow saw for the last time on the nig...
28th December 1912  
Western Morning News (1912) FROM WESTCOUNTRY - FURTHER PERSONAL DETAILS
Mr. James Drew and family and Mr. James Veale (sic) were from Constantine, Cornwall. Mr. and Mrs. Drew and nephew (Master Marshall Drew) had been home on a visit to his mother (who is 84 years of age, and still ignorant of anything having happened)....
18th April 1912  
  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...
   
  (1912) LAST KNOWN PHOTOGRAPH OF CAPTAIN SMITH
11th April 1912  
New York Times (1931) WIDOW OF TITANIC'S COMMANDER IS DEAD
Husband Was Captain E. J. Smith, Who Went Down in Sea Tragedy of 1912 --- Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, April 29---The Titanic disaster was recalled today with the death of Mrs. Sarah Eleanor Smith, widow of C...
30th April 1931  
  (1912) SENATOR W. A. SMITH
Portrait of Senator W. A. Smith, from an unidentified French paper (Le Matin, 23 May 1912 ?)...
  1912  
New York Times (1923) 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  
New York Times (1898) 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  
  (1955) EDWINA TROUTT AND JAMES CORRIGAN 1955
The marriage between Edwina Troutt Petersen and James Corrigan took place on July 23, 1955. It was the second marriage for both the bride and groom. ...
  1955  
Washington Times (1912) CAPTAIN SMITH BELIEVED TITANIC TO BE UNSINKABLE
That Captain Smith believed the Titanic and the Olympic to be absolutely unsinkable is recalled by a man who had a conversation with the veteran commander on a recent voyage of the Olympic. The talk was concerning the accident in which...
16th April 1912  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
Smith Edward John. of 17 Marine Crescent, Waterloo, Liverpool. Master Mariner. Probate issued: London 15th November 1912 to Sarah Eleanor Smith, widow. Effects £3,186.4.6d....
15th November 1912  
  HELEN MELVILLE SMITH
The daughter of master mariner Edward John Smith and Sarah Eleanor Pennington, was born on Saturday 2nd April 1898 at 20 Alexandra Road, Waterloo, Litherland, near Liverpool. The birth was registered by Edward John Smith on 3rd May 1898. Helen Melvi...
   
  GRAVE OF SARAH ELEANOR SMITH
[Sarah Eleanor Smith was knocked down by a Taxi in Southampton in 1931 and subsequently perished.]...
   
  (1912) PROBATE INFORMATION
SMITH John Richard Jago of 45 Atherley Road Southampton sorting clerk died 15 April 1912 at sea Administration Winchester 10 August 1912 to John Smith farmer. Effects £556 12s 1d. ...
  1912  
The Times (1913) CAPTAIN E. J. SMITH MEMORIAL
Captain E. J. Smith Memorial A committee has been formed for the purpose of arranging for the erection of a suitable memorial to the late Commander Edward John Smith RNR, the Captain of the Titanic.    It is pro...
27th September 1913  
  REGINALD GEORGE SMITH & HUGH WALTER MCELROY
It is quite likely that Hugh Walter McElroy (purser) and Reginald George Smith (saloon steward) were acquainted as they both had brothers who were Roman Catholic Priests. Father Richard McElroy and Father Aloysius Smith both served to...
   
New York Times (1940) ROBERT W. DANIEL, EX-BANKER HERE, 56
Virginia State Senator, Once Head of Liberty National, Stricken in Richmond --- OWNED HISTORIC ESTATE --- Brandon-on James Was Visited by Many Presidents---Was Survivor of the Titanic --- RICHMOND, Va., Dec. ...
21st December 1940  
Worcester Evening Gazette (1912) SMITH CONFIDENT OF SHIPS STRENGTH
Commander of Titanic Believes Liner Practically Unsinkable Says Flushing, L.I. Friend NEW YORK, April 17,- The night before Capt. E.G. Smith of the Titanic started for Europe to take command of the liner, he dined with Mr. & Mrs. W. P....
18th April 1912  
  (1912) CAPTAIN SMITH ON THE BRIDGE OF THE TITANIC
Captain Smith photographed by a newspaper photographer on the bridge of the Titanic. Southampton, April 1912. A Engine Telegraph is visible in the background....
  April 1912  
Chicago Tribune (1912) SHIES BOATS UNDER CAPT. SMITH
F. Harrison Powers of New York and Paris, a guest at the Congress hotel has been a passenger several times on White Star boats commanded by Capt. E. J. Smith of the Titanic. “But I only sailed with him once after the collision of the...
16th April 1912  
Chicago Daily Tribune (1912) SAILED IN '70S WITH TITANIC'S CAPTAIN
Page 6 [Photo] Capt. J. R. Mullet Capt. J. R. Mullet, a veteran seaman, retired ten years ago on a pension from the White Star lines after thirty-five years of faithful service, yesterday recalled the days when he and C...
17th April 1912  
Washington Times (1912) SMITH VOUCHED FOR BRAVERY OF CREW
Told Shipbuilder His Men Would Die Like Those on Birkenhead --- LONDON, April 22---Manager Director Kemster, of the shipbuilding firm which constructed the Titanic, while speaking to a meeting at Belfast today, said that just before the...
22nd April 1912  
  (1911) CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC
Famous portrait of Captain Smith taken on the Olympic in 1911 and published in 1912 in 'Sinking of the Titanic: the World's Greatest Sea Disaster - official edition - By Thomas H. Russell'....
  May 1911  
  (1911) CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC
Another famous portrait of Captain Smith taken on the Olympic in 1911 and published in 1912 in 'Sinking of the Titanic: the World's Greatest Sea Disaster - official edition - By Thomas H. Russell'....
  May 1911  
Newark Star (1912) AWAIT BODY OF TITANIC VICTIM
Up to late last night the body of John S. March, of 59 Emmett street, one of the five United States mail clerks who lost their lives in the recent Titanic disaster, had not reached the city and no word has received by the firm of Smith & Smith, 944 B...
6th May 1912  
Brooklyn Daily Times (1912) LONG ISLANDERS WHO WERE ON TITANIC
Some Whose Names Are Not on the List of the Saved --- GREENPORT, April 17---All Greenport is fearful that James V. Drew and Marshall, the 5-year-old son of William J. Drew, brother and partner of James Drew, are among the Titanic’s dead...
17th April 1912  
Daily Mirror (2006) £10,000 PRICE ON 'TITANIC IS SAFE' TELEGRAM
A TELEGRAM saying the Titanic was safe 18 hours after it sank is set to fetch £10,000 at auction. It was sent by the ship's owners White Star Line to US senator James Hughes who had heard rumours of the tragedy in which 1,523 died. The message said: "Titanic proceeding to Halifax, passengers will probably land there Wednesday all safe." His newlywed and pregnant daughter Eloise Smith, above, did survive but she had to kiss goodbye to husband Lucian. The telegram led to initial reports the Titanic had not sunk. It will go on sale tomorrow at Henry Aldridge and Sons in Devizes, Wilts. ...
29th September 2006  
  GRAVE OF JAMES ROBERT MCGOUGH
This picture is not a mistake. According to the staff of Holy Cross Cemetery, Mr. McGough is buried in section 3, range 1, lot 57 of the cemetery. This lot is marked by the monument (shown) of Patrick Hughes. However, Mr. McGough's own grave is un...
   
New York Times (1922) DINE CAPT. ROSTRON ON THE MAURETANIA
156 Guests of Sir Ashley Sparks Pay Tribute to Commander's War Aid --- HE PRAISES HIS VESSEL --- Is Fastest and Finest Merchant Ship Afloat, He Says--Many Captains Present --- One hundred and fifty-six guests...
4th April 1922  
New York Times (1912) 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  
Newark Evening News (1912) FEAR ANOTHER NEWARKER GONE
---------- Augustus Smith, Passenger on Titanic, Whose Name Is Not Among Saved. ---------- HAYS ALSO AMONG MISSING ---------- The name of Augustus Smith, twenty-two years old, of 59 Halsey street, was added ...
17th April 1912  
  CAPTAIN SMITH PLAQUE
Plaque erected to the memory of Captain Smith...
   
Southampton Times and Hampshire Express (1912) TOUCHING MESSAGE FROM CAPTAIN'S WIFE
Shortly before three on Thursday afternoon the following message from Mrs. E. J. Smith, the wife of the Captain of the lost liner, was posted on the notice-board at the White Star office, Canute Road, Southampton. TO MY POOR FELLOW SUF...
20th April 1912  
The Times (1912) MOURNING IN BELFAST : CAPTAIN SMITH'S PREDICTION
The shipbuilding works of Messrs Harland and Wolff (Limited) at Queen’s Island were closed on Saturday, which was regarded as a day of mourning for the members of the staff lost in the Titanic. With one exception all the me...
22nd April 1912  
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser (1912) BODMIN PRIESTS BEREAVED
At Mass at St. Piran’s Roman Catholic Church, Truro on Sunday morning, prayers were offered for those who went down in the Titanic, and special mention was made of Mr. Hugh McElroy, the chief purser, brother of the present Prior of Bodmin, and Mr. Re...
20th April 1912  
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser (1912) BODMIN PRIESTS BEREAVED
At Mass at St. Piran’s Roman Catholic Church, Truro on Sunday morning, prayers were offered for those who went down in the Titanic, and special mention was made of Mr. Hugh McElroy, the chief purser, brother of the present Prior of Bodmin (Fr. Richar...
20th April 1912  
Daily Express (1912) CAPTAIN SMITH AND SIGNOR MARCONI DUMMIES
Madame Tussaud's Exhibition - Several additions to this exhibition have been made since Easter; and the management have made various alterations in the building. The Titanic disaster is recalled by Mr John Tussaud's model of Captain Smith, ...
27th April 1912  
  RELIEF FUND
Smith, (Schmidt) Mr. Augustus. Missing. UK address - 11, Berwick Street, London, N. UK. Insurance claim 38. Life: $30,000 filed by A.H.C. Claim 172. Life: $30,000. Claim filed by parents. (Schmidt). (From: Mansion House...
   
Evening Bulletin (1937) DEATH NOTICE OF JAMES R. MCGOUGH
McGOUGH---July 24, 1937, JAMES R., husband of the late Mary J. McGough and son of Catherine and the late Thomas McGough. Relatives and friends are invited to funeral, Wed., 8:30 A. M., residence, 252 S. 57th st. Solemn Mass of...
26th July 1937  
Western Morning News (1912) TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW
There were four persons on board well known at St. Keverne, Cornwall, their names being Jago Smith, a Post office official employed on board, who was to have been married shortly, and who is a son of Mr. John Smith, farmer, Trebarveth, St. Keverne; M...
18th April 1912  
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO JAMES SMITH
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on...
   
  (1901) WENDRON PARISH, CORNWALL. 1901 CENSUS
The 1901 census for Wendron, Cornwall reveals Frederick James Banfield, aged 17. A grocers assistant he was at home with his widowed mother, Ellen (his father had died in September 1900)and younger brother William John. Also in Wendron was hi...
  1901  
Guardian (1912) REPORTED PORT ISAAC VICTIM
It is greatly feared that Mr. Frank Couch, registered in the Titanic as 28, A.B., of Port Isaac, is among the victims of that terrible disaster. On Saturday last there was a ray of hope, the name of Church appearing among the survivors, but a wire ar...
26th April 1912  
  CLOSEUP OF MONUMENT FOR JAMES MCGOUGH GRAVE
The monument at the lot for James McGough is for a Patrick Hughes. Mr. McGough's grave itself has no marker, and the monument contains no reference to him...
   
Staffordshire Advertiser (1912) STAFFORDSHIRE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER
Captain E. J. Smith, the commander of the ill-fated vessel, was a native of Hanley, the son of Mr. E. J. Smith. He was educated at the British School, then under the mastership of the late Mr....
20th April 1912  
  GRAVE OF JAMES MCGRADY
Mr. McGrady was the last victim to be recovered. Although he is victim #330, only 328 victims were recovered. According to Garry Shutlak of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia, two pages of the victim recovery ledger book were unused, a condition wh...
   
L'Eclaireur de Nice et du Sud-Ouest (1912) MRS. SCHABERT, MR. MOCK, MR. AND MRS. L.P. SMITH, MR. STEWART
FROM NICE On board the Titanic were Mrs. Paul Schabert (American) and Mr. Phil E. Mock, who bought their tickets from the White Star Line agency in Nice and Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Smith who booked their passage from Monte-Carlo. Mr....
18th April 1912  
Aberdeen Daily Journal (1912) ABERDEEN ENGINEER ABOARD
As indicated on Monday, there were no Aberdeen passengers aboard the ill-fated vessel, but we learn that a Torry engineer was a member of the crew. About ten days ago Mr. James Fraser, 85 Menzies Road, received a letter from his son, Mr. James Fra...
17th April 1912  
New York Times (1912) SENATORS GREET ROSTRON
Hero of Titanic Disaster Warmly Welcomed in Congress --- WASHINGTON, Dec. 9---Capt. Arthur S. [sic] Rostron, who drove the steamship Carpathia at full speed through a sea of icebergs to the rescue of the survivors of the Titanic disaste...
10th December 1912  
  (1915) LETTER RE OFFICER WILDE
PUBLIC TRUSTEE OFFICE 3 & 4 CLEMENTS INN, STRAND, LONDON W.C. 4th June 1915. Titanic Relief Fund Dear Mr. Corkhill, Mr. Allen had a personal interview with Mrs. Smith, the widow of Captain Smith, yesterday ...
4th June 1915  
  (1912) AUGUSTUS SMITH
17th April 1912  
  TITANIC SURVIVOR -ALEXANDER JAMES LITTLEJOHN
...
   
The Times (1960) THE RT. REV. ALOYSIUS SMITH
The Rt. Rev. Aloysius Smith was the eldest brother of Reginald George Smith, one of the saloon stewards on Titanic. This is his obituary- FIRST ABBOT OF BODMIN The Rt. Rev. Abbot Aloysius Smith, C.R.L., First Abbot of Bo...
23rd August 1960  
  (1912) BIOGRAPHY - FROM INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS MAGAZINE 1912
THE Commander of the Titanic Captain Edward J. Smith, Royal Naval Reserve, (widely know as E.J. by all passengers and crew) was very well known and was one of the most popular masters in the Atlantic service. He was in command of the Olympic, and her...
  1912  
  (2005) FAMILY INFORMATION : GEORGE PELHAM
George Pelham was one of six children, having four sisters and one brother: Thomas Walter (born Jan [1867]?), Ann (born 1 April 1869), Caroline (born 26 July 1872), George was next, Elizabeth (born 26 October 1875) and Louis...
11th August 2005  
Southport Visitor (1912) MR. JAMES WALPOLE
As stated in Tuesdays Visitor among the crew of the ill fated liner was Mr. James Walpole, brother of Mr. Horace Walpole, of 17 Line-street, Southport and brother-in-law of the late Mr. W. E. Browne. A native of Southport...
18th April 1912  
Ormskirk Advertiser (1998) WALTER JAMES BROWN
WALTER JAMES BROWN was 39 [sic] years old when he joined the crew of the Titanic as a First Class Saloon Steward. Before joining The White Star Lines, Brown worked for his older brother, William, in his grocery store on Moor Street in Ormskirk. Walte...
5th February 1998  
  (1890) CAPTAIN SMITH IN THE 1890S
  1890  
Le Matin (1912) CAPTAIN SMITH AND BARZOI
17th April 1912  
  MEMORIAL ON GRAVESTONE
In Loving Memory of RICHARD ALLSOP died 30 November 1829 Aged 35 and of JAMES ALLSOP son of the above born 1 September 1827 died 6 April 1917 also of FRANK RICHARD ALLSOP so...
   
  ELOISE, WIFE OF LUCIAN P. SMITH
   
  THE SMITH LETTERS AT MYSTIC SEAPORT
   
  (1903) CAPTAIN SMITH ON BOARD THE MAJESTIC
29th May 1903  
L'Echo du Nord (1912) MRS SMITH, CAPTAIN SMITH'S WIDOW
29th April 1912  
  FAMILY INFORMATION
Norman Campbell Chambers (1884-1966) was the son of James Cambell Chambers, from Pennsylvania, and Jeanette Hargleroad (b. 1855), also from this state. James and Jeanette later settled in New York. He was first married to Bertha M. Gr...
   
Daily Sketch (1912) TEDDY SMITH HERO: BOYHOOD RECOLLECTIONS OF THE TITANIC'S CAPTAIN
A Genial Schoolfellow "Teddy Smith has gone down with his ship, and out of the six of us lads who used to be schoolmates together only one is now left - myself." From every corner of England, Mrs. Smith, the widow of the...
25th April 1912  
Boston Globe (1912) PHILLIPS THE JACK BINNS
Wireless Operator on Titanic formerly on James Gordon Bennett's Yacht and on Oceanic. NEW YORK. April 15. - The wireless operator on the Titanic, who sent out the SOS message when she struck the iceberg is J. G. Phillips...
16th April 1912  
Washington Times (1912) HEARTFELT SYMPATHY OF FRIENDS HERE GOES TO MRS. L. P. SMITH
Of the many soul-wringing sad pathetic partings that took place as the Titanic, with its precious burden, awaited the inrush of the waters that were to lower it to a grave two miles beneath the surface of the Atlantic, that between Mrs. Lucien P. Smi...
17th April 1912  
New York Times (1913) CAPT. ROSTRON TO RECEIVE MEDAL TO-MORROW
Special to The New York Times --- Feb. 26---Capt. A. H. Rostron, who drove the Carpathia at full steam through a sea of broken ice to rescue the survivors of the shipwrecked Titanic, will come to Washington on Friday to receive a gold m...
27th February 1913  
  (1907) MADELEINE NEWELL AT SMITH COLLEGE , GRADUATE PHOTO
  1907  
  (1912) CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH
From 'Le Petit Journal'...
17th April 1912  
Daily Sketch (1912) HOW CAPTAIN SMITH DIED
His Last Act was to Save a Child's Life Refused to get into a boat. Of all the wild and irresponsible messages that were sent to this country in the first hours following the sinking of the Titanic the one that caused th...
30th April 1912  
  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 ...
   
  (1912) CAPTAIN SMITH AND JACK PHILLIPS
From an unidentified French paper...
  1912  
  MARCONIGRAMS SENT AND RECEIVED BY CAPTAIN SMITH ON THE TITANIC
Marconigram to Commander Empress of Britain, 12 April, 1912, which read: Many thanks for your kind message from all here. Smith. Marconigram: 14th April 1912, 12.55pm. Commander Baltic. Thanks for your message and good wishes. Had fine...
   
Newark Evening News (1912) TITANIC SURVIVOR TO THE DEFENSE OF ISMAY
Special Service of the NEWS PLAINFIELD, April 23---Miss Georgette Alexander Magill, aged sixteen years, who was among the first of those rescued from the Titanic to be put aboard the Carpathia, yesterday at Plainfield defended J. Bruce...
23rd April 1912  
New York Times (1907) ADRIATIC TO SAIL TO-DAY
Biggest Liner's Cabins Full on Her First Voyage Eastward --- With her saloon apartments filled, the White Star liner Adriatic, biggest and newest of transatlantic liners at present in commission, will sail for Southampton ...
22nd May 1907  
  MEMORIAL
There is a new memorial in the Lifeboat House at Scarborough which was unveiled in April 2002 and reads: HMS Conway Trust Memorial James Paul Moody O.C. 6th Officer Titanic Born Scarborough, 21 August 1887...
   
  (2003) EDWARD JAMES WILLIAM ROGERS (FAMILY RESEARCH)
Edward James William Rogers was born on 9th September 1880, to Robert James Rogers and his wife Priscilla Susan (nee Bagley). His father was a bricklayer and the family lived at 3 Robert Street, North Woolwich. Edward JW was baptized on 3rd November ...
  2003  
  (1920) JAMES MCGOUGH
  1920  
  (1920) JAMES MCGOUGH
  1920  
  JAMES MOODY AS A CHILD
   
Elizabeth Daily Journal (1912) COMPLAIN OF CONDITION OF BODY OF JOHN MARCH
The body of John S. March, one of the five mail clerks of the steamship Titanic and father of Mrs. John A. Corwin, of 261 Stiles street, reached Newark yesterday from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was taken charge of immediately by the undertaking firm o...
8th May 1912  
Washington Herald (1912) 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  
  JAMES AND GEORGE MCGOUGH MAN LIFEBOATS
   
  JAMES ARTHUR PAINTIN IN KILT
   
  JAMES VIVIAN DREW
   
Denver Post (1922) WEALTHY COLORADO MINE OWNER DIES
Page 1 and 3 James Brown, Multi-Millionaire, Once Denverite Gained Riches at Leadville James J. Brown, former Denver multi-millionaire mine owner, who became famous as one of the four original owners of the Ibex or Lit...
7th September 1922  
Brooklyn Daily Times (1912) ALBERT A. STEWART ONE OF THE LOST ISLANDERS
Albert A. Stewart, who formerly made his home at St. James, L. I., is supposed to have gone down with the ship. He was in St. James last summer and was counted as a friend of Mayor Gaynor---near whose home he resided. Mr. Stewart was formerly conne...
17th April 1912  
Unidentified Newspaper (1955) MRS. PETERSEN JAMES CORRIGAN WED IN TORRANCE
In a quiet ceremony attended by only the immediate members of the two families, Mrs. Edwina C. Petersen, 1021 Sixth St., Hermosa Beach, and James Corrigan, 323 Ave. C, Redondo Beach, were united in marriage Saturday, July 23. Rev. P...
  July 1955  
Unidentified Newspaper (1912) CAPTAIN SMITH AND LAUNCH OF TITANIC
From an unidentified French paper...
  1912  
  HEADSTONE
[On top:] HAROLD V. INFANT SON [On face:] OF JAMES V. & LULU T. DREW...
   
  (1940) SARAH, WIDOW OF JAMES THOMAS WOOD.
Portait taken around 1940...
  1940  
Sentinel (1953) RELATIVES OF TITANIC COMMANDER VISIT FILM
Only living first cousin of Captain E.J. Smith, Sarah Harris (my great grandmother) in her 94th ...
28th August 1953  
  MEMORIAL TO JAMES MOODY
Greater Love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends....
   
  CAPTAIN SMITH ON BRIDGE OF OLYMPIC OR TITANIC
   
  (1911) CAPTAIN AND CREW
Captain Smith seen aboard the Olympic...
  May 1911  
  TITANIC CONNECTIONS WITH LIVERPOOL
Titanic, Carpathia, Californian were all Liverpool registered ships. The Titanic was scheduled to visit the port on the voyage from Belfast to Southampton but this was cancelled almost at the last minute. ...
   
  SMITH IN STARBOARD BRIDGE WING CAB
   
  INFORMATION ABOUT JOHN JAMES BOREBANK
Borebank, Mr. John. J. Missing. First Class Passenger. Cabin D22/1. Occupation - Horticulturist, c/o Lodges of the World, Winnipeg, Canada. Real Estate agent. Left Winnipeg in the Spring of 1911 for the Coronation of King George V. Then was re...
   
  THE BLUE PLAQUE
A PLAQUE commemorating Harold Bride, Second Wireless Operator on the RMS Titanic has been placed by the London Borough of Bromley on Number 58, Ravensbourne Avenue, Shortlands, Kent - the house where he grew up. The plaque was unveiled on Wednesday ...
   
Digital Spy JAMES CAMERON CONFIRMS 3D 'TITANIC'
James Cameron has confirmed that his 1997 blockbuster Titanic will be converted into 3D. Speaking at last week's Comic-Con convention in San Diego, th...
   
  (1911) FILM OF CAPTAIN SMITH
These shots were taken in New York on board the Olympic probably on the occasion of her first arrival in 1911.  The photographer is unknown. ...
  May 1911  
Hampshire Independent (1915) IN MEMORIAM
In loving memory of James, the dearly loved husband of Isabella Annie Wyeth . . . ''May his soul rest in peace.''...
17th April 1915  
Grimsby Evening News (1912) UNTITLED
As a lad Mr. Moody served two years in HMS Conway a sail training vessel moored on the river Mersey, after that time he gained the Extra Certificate showing that he was bright. He joined the sailing vessel Boadicea on leaving, and would have served t...
  April 1912  
Washington Times (1912) CAPT. SMITH ENDED LIFE WHEN TITANIC BEGAN TO FOUNDER
Stories of His Suicide Differ, One Woman Asserting He Shot Himself, and Another Describing His Drowning --- Unable to bear the terrible strain of the disaster that overtook his mighty ship, Capt. E. J. Smith killed himself and gave to t...
19th April 1912  
Daily Home News (1912) LOST HIS BROTHER ON TITANIC
James Van Billings, of South Wales, Pa., and Two Children Lose Lives in Disaster---Brother Here Receives the Sad News ---------- Monroe Van Billings, of this city, this morning received the sad news that his brother, James, and his two ...
22nd April 1912  
Atlantic City Daily Press (1912) AN ATLANTIC MAN FINDS EVIDENCE FAVORING ISMAY
D. W. McMillan’s Sister, Titanic Survivor, Says He and Astor Helped Women ---------- DESCRIBES DEATH OF DOUGHTY CAPTAIN ---------- In a letter to his wife, D. W. McMillan, of Pleasantville, who visited New Yor...
23rd April 1912  
  VAN BILLIARD MONUMENT, SIDE VIEW
Shows names of James Walter and Walter John...
   
  JAMES ARTHUR PAINTIN WITH UNKNOWN OTHER ON FAIRGROUND CAR
Paintin (left)...
   
New York Times (1929) R. W. DANIEL MARRIES MRS. C. B. CHRISTIAN
President of Liberty National Bank Weds as Third Wife Distant Relative in Virginia --- Special to The New York Times --- RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 10---Robert W. Daniel, president of the Liberty National Bank of New York, and Mr...
11th October 1929  
Boston Daily Globe (1914) WOMAN LEAPS FROM DEVONIAN
Formerly Stewardess on the Titanic Passengers on the Leyland Line steamship Devonian, in yesterday afternoon from Liverpool, reported that Mrs. Anna Robinson, a widow, aged 44, who was...
11th October 1914  
  (1912) CAPTAIN SMITH WITH LORD PIRRIE OF HARLAND AND WOLFF
  1912  
  1976 LETTER FROM MRS. SNYDER ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE ON TITANIC
By letter postmarked 11/22/76, Mrs. Rawley Miller (Mrs. Snyder's daughter) was so wonderful as to send me the following typewritten letter, signed by Mrs. Snyder, with a handwritten note from Mrs. Miller. ...
   
Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping (1908) (1908) ISMAY, JAMES [SIC] BRUCE
Ismay, James [sic] Bruce (b. Liverpool, 1862). President and Managing Director of the International Mercantile Marine Co. Educated Harrow, and on leaving school entered the office of Messrs. Ismay, Imrie and Co. (White Star Line). After se...
  1908  
Newark Evening News (1912) MRS. COMPTON TELLS OF TITANIC DISASTER
NEW YORK, April 19---Mrs. Alexander T. Compton and her daughter, Miss Alice Compton, of Lakewood, N. J., and New Orleans, two of the Titanic’s rescued, reached here completely prostrated o...
19th April 1912  
ET Reviews (2009) E.J. THE STORY OF EDWARD J. SMITH. CAPTAIN OF THE TITANIC
THIS is Gary Coopers second book on the RMS Titanic's Captain. His first book The Man Wh...
5th May 2009  
Scarborough Mercury (1912) MR. J. P. MOODY
Son of Mr. J. Moody We understand that Mr. J. P. Moody, one of the officers concerning whom no news has been received, is a son of Mr. J. Moody, solicitor, once in practice in Scarborough, and for some years a member of the Scarborough...
19th April 1912  
Western Morning News (1912) THE FEARS OF RELATIVES
Three inhabitants of Bodmin had relatives on board the Titanic. Mrs. George Pidwell, of Robartes-road, had a sister (Mrs.Lobb), who was going out to America with her husband, and Fathers Smith and McElroy, of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Priory, had br...
19th April 1912  
Western Morning News (1912) THE FEARS OF RELATIVES
Three inhabitants of Bodmin had relatives on board the Titanic. Mrs. George Pidwell, of Robartes-road, had a sister (Mrs.Lobb), who was going out to America with her husband, and Fathers Smith and McElroy, of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Priory, had bro...
19th April 1912  
  CAPT. WILLIAM CREESE
Henry Creese's eldest brother, William Creese, was born in 1857 and was a mariner by occupation. He had married in about 1889 to Alice (formerly Smith) whom he had met whilst based in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. Their first 2 children, Hen...
   
  JAMES ARTHUR PAINTIN WITH UNKNOWN OTHER
Paintin (right)...
   
  (1913) MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND
March 1913 Number 569. Rogers, Elizabeth, widow. Children: Edward James; Arthur Vernon; Norman Robert. All class F dependants....
  1913  
  FAMILY INFORMATION
Elizabeth Walton Allen was born on 1st October 1882 in St. Louis, Missouri. She was the daughter of George Washington Allen (1853-1917)a Judge from St. Louis and Lydia Jeanette McMillen (b. 1853)from Indiana. They married on 21st June 1876 in St. Lou...
   
  HENRY WILDE AND CAPTAIN SMITH
   
  FRANK ANDREW FAMILY INFORMATION
The following biography has been compiled with the assistance of descendants of Frank Andrew who reside in Cornwall. It should be pointed out that no birth certificate exists for Frank despite extensive searching and it should also be made known tha...
   
  (1913) MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND: JAMES HESKETH
Number 1120. Hesketh, Mrs. mother. Hesketh, two sisters. All class A dependants....
  March 1913  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
[from Liverpool Library] Snape, Lucy Violet of Well Lane, Sandhills, Whitley, Surrey, widow. Administration (with will limited) London 11th October to Edward James Lennard, cowman. Effects £234.14s 2d....
11th October 1912  
  PROBATE REPORT
HOCKING Samuel James Metcalfe of 101 Fore Street Devonport died 15 April 1912 at sea Administration London 21 August 1913 to Ada Hocking widow Effects £70...
   
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
Rogers, Edward James William of 120 Oxford Avenue, Southampton. Ships storekeeper. Administration Winchester 31st July to Elizabeth Rogers, widow. Effects £131.5s.0d....
31st July 1912  
Staffordshire Advertiser (1912) WEST BROMWICH MEN ON TITANIC
Three West Bromwich men, Alfred Davies, aged 21, John Davies, aged 22, and Joseph Davies, aged 17 years, all of Hardware Street, and a relative named James Lester, aged 39, of Wolverhampton are believed to be among the ill-fated passengers. They l...
20th April 1912  
Vallejo Times-Herald (2007) 'TITANIC' CREW READY TO DOCK AND ROLL
Capt. Edward John Smith was 62 with white beard. Joe Harney is 28 and clean-shaven. No matter. When the recent University of California, Davis graduate dons faux facial fur, jacket replete with medals and sword, he'll be the doomed skipper of the "Titanic."...
5th October 2007  
  1901 CENSUS - LISKEARD, CORNWALL
The 1901 Census reveals that John Richard Jago Smith (aged 24) was living and working in Liskeard, Cornwall as a Post Office sorting & telegraph clerk....
   
  MEMORIAL CROSS TO JAMES MOODY
There is a lovely gold cross to the memory of Mr. Moody in Saint Augustines Church, Grimsby, Humberside....
   
  (1912) JAMES CLAYTON BARR (MASTER - SS CARONIA) - BRITISH ENQUIRY TESTIMONY
17th May 1912  
Daily Post and Mercury (1912) TITANIC VICTIM'S FUNERAL
LATE MR. A. ROWE'S BODY INTERRED IN LIVERPOOL   Sorrowful scenes were witnessed at Smithdown road Cemetery, yesterday afternoon, when there were interred the remains of Mr. Alfred Rowe, a first class passenger who went d...
15th May 1912  
L'Excelsior (1912) CAPTAIN SMITH COMMITTED SUICIDE
From the French paper L'Excelsior, 20 April 1912, drawing by Paul Thiriat....
20th April 1912  
Daily Express (2008) DOOMED TITANIC'S MEMORIES FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE
LIFE couldn't have been better for businessman Charles Jones as he returned to the US after a successful trip to Britain.He summed up his contentment in a letter to his English friend James Foot: 'Just had lunch and a cigar and feel fine.' ...
15th March 2008  
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  
Monsters and Critics.com (2008) NAT GEO'S BOB BALLARD TAKES US ON TWO DEEP SEA ADVENTURES JUNE 2 AND 3
Explorer Bob Ballard loves the sea and all its secrets and history. He was the man who first gave us intimate glimpses of the Titanic years ago, working in tandem with filmmaker James Cameron....
2nd June 2008  
  GRAVESTONE
Also of James Wyeth, her father and the beloved husband of Annie Wyeth, who lost his life in the foundering of the S.S. Titanic, April 15th 1912. He giveth his beloved sleep....
   
Atlantic Daily Bulletin (1993) MEMORIAL TO JAMES MOODY
From Rev'd Anthony Stratford, SCARBOROUGH. British Titanic Society Member Rev'd Tony Stafford a lifetime lover of ships, the sea and the Titanic has recently retired to Dulverton Hall, St. Martin's Square, Scarborough. O...
  1993  
Chicago Inter Ocean (1912) 50 TITANIC BELLBOYS DIED SMOKING AS WOMEN FILLED BOATS
New York, April 20—Among the many hundreds of heroic souls who went bravely and quietly to their end were fifty happy-go-lucky youngsters shipped as bellboys or messengers to serve the first cabin passengers. James Humphries, a quartermaster...
21st April 1912  
  MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND : JAMES FRASER
(From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 99. Fraser, Florence, widow. Children: Florence Stephen and James. Stephen, Jane, widow's mother. All class B dependants. (From the Titanic Relief Fund Minute Book n...
   
Hollyscoop (2009) TITANIC TO BE RE-RELEASED IN 3D
Ten years after Titanic sailed its way into our hearts forever, the movie is getting re-released! The James Cameron hit will be released in theaters in 3D....
24th September 2009  
Southern Daily Echo (1912) DEATH NOTICE
Wyeth, James. Fireman, Aged 25, Beloved Husband of Isabella Annie Wyeth, of 14 Millbank Street, Northam. [Also appeared in the Hampshire Independent 4th May 1912 and Southampton Times 11th May 1912]...
1st May 1912  
  MEMORIAL STONE
IN LOVING MEMORY OF JAMES V. DREW MAY 4, 1869-APRIL 15, 1912 LOST ON STEAMER TITANIC IN LAT. 41º46' N. AND LONG. 50º14' W. DREW [This inscription appears on the opposite side of the head...
   
Newark Evening News (1912) WILDWOOD MAN THOUGHT LOST
WILDWOOD, April 18---Friends of Frederick Sutton, of this place, president of the West Jersey Electric Company, say that he is among those who perished in the Titanic disaster. His name [does not appear?] in the list of the saved. N...
18th April 1912  
Highland News (1912) CAPTAIN GOES DOWN WITH SHIP
Captain Smith - all honour to him - made absolutely no attempt to leave the ship, and insisted on going down with the vessel. The report that he committed suicide is discredited. As one of the passengers said, ''He stuck to the bridge like a hero'', ...
20th April 1912  
  HEADSTONE
OPIE RICHARD OPIE 1885-1970 HIS WIFE LULU L. OPIE 1878-1970 [This inscription appears on the opposite side of the memorial stone of James Drew.]...
   
  (1891) 1891 CENSUS, CHARLTON, LONDON
At the time of the 1891 census, Reginald G Smith, aged 11, was a school boarder at Park House, Cresswell Park, Charlton, London. ...
31st March 1891  
msnbc.com (2009) "TITANIC" STARS HELP SHIPWRECK'S LAST SURVIVOR
LOS ANGELES - The last survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 is getting a hand from Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.The 'Titanic' stars, along with director James Cameron, have contributed to a $30,000 fund for Millvina Dean, ...
11th May 2009  
  (1901) 1901 CENSUS - DEVONPORT, DEVON
At the time of the 1901 census Samuel James Metcalfe Hocking was living with his wife Ada at 2 Molesworth Villas, Devonport. He was described as a painter & decorator....
31st March 1901  
  PROBATE REPORT
CHAPMAN John Henry of St Neot Cornwall farmer died 15 April 1912 at sea Administration Bodmin 15 August 1912 to James Chapman farmer Effects £206 1s 11d...
   
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Thomas Mudd, a letter from his nephew says that the lad was just sixteen years old and one of a family of thirteen children. In order to give him a chance of a better life he was sent to American to join his brothers George and James who were already...
   
  FAMILY GRAVE
Also Edward James William son of the above aged 38 years Also Edward Henry Bagley Nephew of the above Who Lost Their Lives in the Titanic Disaster April 15th 1912 Out of the Deep I Call To Thee ...
   
New York Times (1907) [WHITE STAR'S FIRST SAILING FROM SOUTHAMPTON]
SOUTHAMPTON, June 5---The White Star Line steamer Adriatic, which sailed from here at about 1 o'clock this afternoon for New York on her first Western trip from Southampton, was given an enthusiastic send-off, many craft crowd...
6th June 1907  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
Moody, James Paul of 136 Fildes Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Ships Officer. Probate registered: London 16th September 1912 to Christopher William Moody solicitors clerk and Margaret Moody spinster. Effects £449.8.8d....
16th September 1912  
Washington Times (1912) CAPITAL RESIDENTS IN NEW YORK FOR CARPATHIA'S COMING
Anxious for News From Friends Aboard the Titanic --- With barely one thread of hope that three of the Washingtonians who sailed from Southampton on the ill-fated Titanic a week ago yesterday are still alive, a party of Washingtonians to...
18th April 1912  
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Born August 18th 1893 (Ref. register Book no 327 at Kennington Sub District Office). After returning to the UK she later married, September 12th 1931 to one James Barrow, Company Director of M. Ralph paper merchant of Upper Thames Stre...
   
Southern Daily Echo (1912) DEATH NOTICE : EDWIN HENRY PETTY
Petty, Edwin Henry. Only Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Petty, 255 Orchard Place. Aged 25. [Also in Hampshire Independent, 11th May 1912]...
6th May 1912  
  KEARSLEY/CHRIST CHURCH HOSPITAL
Maud Van Billiard spent the final 15 or so years of her life here, passing away in 1968. Thanks to Phillip Gowan and to the Reverend James R. Squire, chaplain of The Episcopal Academy, for providing this information....
   
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (2008) TITANIC NEWS: LATEST BOOK AND THE FIRST REPORTER TO TALK TO SURVIVORS
Above is a publishers' video about the book 'Titanic's Last Secrets,' reviewed Oct. 5 by W.E. Mueller. This is the latest exploration about how the Titanic sank (and according to this book, James Cameron's famous movie has it wrong)....
6th October 2008  
BBC News (2008) TITANIC LETTER COULD FETCH £9,000
A letter penned by a passenger of the doomed Titanic which sank in 1912, killing 1,522 people on board, is expected to raise £9,000 at auction.Charles Jones, who worked for the Colgate firm in New York, was returning to the US after a UK trip to buy sheep from Dorset farmer James Foot....
18th March 2008  
The Toronto Daily Star (1912) LAST MAN TO LEAVE TITANIC WAS COLONEL GRACIE, U.S.A.
------------------- Was in That Last Awful Swirl That Followed When Monster Sank------Came to Surface Aft...
19th April 1912  
The Times (1956) TITANIC SURVIVOR DEAD
One of the few surviving members of the crew of the liner Titanic, Mr James Crimmins, died suddenly at a Southampton Salvation Army hostel yesterday, at the age of 65. (The Times of London, February 17, 1956, p. 3) * Cri...
17th February 1956  
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (2008) TITANIC'S LAST SECRETS
No ship in history has the notoriety of the Titanic. There are more than 130 books inspired by the doomed liner. Google supplies 3.5 million references. More than a dozen motion pictures are devoted to the disaster, and the last one, James Cameron's 1997 award-winning "Titanic," no doubt has shaped many people's opinions about what happened the night of April 14, 1912....
6th October 2008  
Worcester Evening Gazette (1912) BE BRITISH, MY MEN CAPT. SMITH'S ORDER
WASHINGTON, April 19- But for the unparalled self-sacrifice and heroism of Capt. Smith and the Titanic's officers, the sea would have claimed an even greater toll when the gigantic ship went down. From the bridge, Capt. Smith called through his megap...
20th April 1912  
  S.S. TITANIC LIFEBOAT PLAQUE
S.S. Titanic plaque from Lifeboat no. 2. The plaque was retrieved by James W. Barker [?] a seaman on the Carpathia at the time it picked up the Titanic survivors....
   
  THE BABY OF THE TITANIC
Don Mullan Talks to Millvina Dean "I first met Millvina Dean at a HMS Titanic Convention in Southampton in 1997 with my children. It was my eldest daughter Therese's fascination with the James Cameron's movie 'Titanic' that brought us there. From the moment we met Millvina, there was an instant friendship....
   
The Bulletin (2007) 'A NIGHT TO REMEMBER'
For those born in the latter half of the 20th century, the best-known image of the Titanic is undoubtedly the one presented by James Cameron's film of the same name: Treasure hunters, Jack and Rose, the Heart of the Ocean. "Utter nonsense," proclaims J. Joseph Edgette, Ph.D., a professor at Widener University, and an expert on the Titanic. "They did get the sets right," he allowed. "They were re-created with precise accuracy."...
27th March 2007  
  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. ...
   
  (1929) PROBATE REPORT (ALFRED BENJAMIN CHIBNALL)
Alfred Benjamin Chibnall of Box End, Kempston, Bedfordshire died 11 October 1929 Probate Northampton 19 December to Harry Lionel Peacock auctioneer and James Kingswell Prettejohn retired insurance official Effects £10808 18s...
  1929  
The Witney Gazette (1912) CAPTAIN'S SUICIDE ON THE BRIDGE
The latest news of the terrible disaster is published this (Friday) morning by The Daily Telegraph who, at 4.00 am, received the following telegram, containing a statement issued by a Committee of the Survivors:- We, the...
20th April 1912  
New York Times (1928) ROSTRON NOW CUNARD COMMODORE
Captain Sir Arthur H. Rostron will succeed the late Sir James Charles as Commodore of the Cunard fleet and will hoist his flag on the Beren­garia next Saturday when she leaves Southampton for New York. The Aquitania has been the flagship of the Cu...
24th July 1928  
New York Times (1912) DISASTER AT LAST BEFALLS CAPT. SMITH
Veteran Commander of Titanic Went Forty Years Without Accident of Any Kind --- WHITE STAR'S BEST OFFICER --- Declared Only Recently That He Did Not Believe Modern Ships Could Be Sunk --- Capt. E. J. Smith, i...
16th April 1912  
New York Times (1911) 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  
Antioch News (1912) DEATH OF ELSBURY POSITIVE
Dispatch From the White Star Line Says That Elsbury is Not a Survivor ALL HOPE IS ABANDONED Gurnee Man on Titanic Not Among Survivors--Family Now Compelled to Give up Hope. The last hope of the James El...
2nd May 1912  
New York Times (1912) THOSE WHO SAW THE RESCUE
Carpathia's Passengers, Who Were Bound for Mediterranean, Back. The passengers on the Carpathia, whose trip to the Mediterranean was interrupted to aid those saved from the Titanic, are: Rev. R. B. Anderson, Baltimore,...
19th April 1912  
  (1912) DIE WOCHE (GERMANY), APRIL 20 1912
The Berlin based weekly "Die Woche", 'moderne illustrierte Zeitschrift' published a whole page on the sinking of the Titanic on its issue # 16, on April 20 1912. Three illustrations: Stead, Astor and Capt. Smith. An ocean map gives details on the acc...
20th April 1912  
The Syracuse Herald (1912) WITNESS SWEARS TITANIC SAILORS WERE UNTRAINED
Special to The Syracuse Herald New York, May 3 – Mrs J Stuart White of Briarcliffe, N.Y., a survivor of the Titanic disaster yesterday testified before Senator William Alden Smith, chairman of the United States Senat...
3rd May 1912  
  BRAUND BROS
Lewis Richard Braund (front row, left), Owen Harris Braund (back row, right), with their brothers William James Braund (back row, left) and John Morcom Braund (front row, right). ...
   
Philadelphia Inquirer (1912) WILDWOOD BUSINESS MAN AMONG MISSING
Special to The Inquirer --- WILDWOOD, N. J., April 17---Never was so much sympathy expressed by the residents of Five Mile Beach as over the tidings that Frederick Sutton, the well-known business man, is listed among the missing probabl...
18th April 1912  
Washington Times (1912) LIKE AWFUL DREAM, DECLARES WOMAN
Mrs. Cardeza, of Philadelphia, Tells of Her Experience In Wreck --- NEW YORK, April 19---Among the survivors were Mrs. J. R. Cardeza, her son Thomas, and maid, Annie Ward, all of Philadelphia. "We crashed into the iceberg...
19th April 1912  
The Times (1937) 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  
  (1913) MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND : WILLIAM MCQUILLAN
(From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 199. McQuillan, Margaret, widow. Children: Annie and James. All class G dependants....
  March 1913  
New York Times (1907) ADRIATIC'S MAIDEN VOYAGE
Great New White Star Liner Leaves Liverpool for New York --- LIVERPOOL, May 8---The White Star Line steamer Adriatic left here to-day for New York. The Adriatic was launched at Belfast last September. She has an...
9th May 1907  
Newark Star (1912) MR. STENGEL SENDS WORD HE IS SAFE
Nothing Heard of Three Other Essex Men Who Were on Doomed Ship --- Friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Henry Stengel were rejoiced yesterday when a wireless message was received from Mr. Ivan Stengel stating that his father and ...
18th April 1912  
  PASCOE FAMILY INFORMATION
Charles was born on the 18 March 1867 in the village of Breage, a few miles west of Helston in south-west Cornwall. He was baptised at the parish church on 18 August 1867 and was the son of Anthony and Jane Anne Pascoe. (The 1881 UK census shows his...
   
  THE CAVE LIST
When the body of Sal...
   
Cork Examiner (1912) 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  
Southern Evening Echo (1958) 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  
Worcester Evening Gazette (1912) STILL PLAYING AS WATER CREEPS UP
New York, April 19- Mrs. John Murray Brown of Acton, Mass, who with her sister, Mrs. Robert C. Cornell and Mrs. E.D. Appleton, was saved, was in the last life-boat to get safely away from the Titanic. "The band played marching from dec...
20th April 1912  
Cornishman (1912) NEWLYN MAN RESCUED
AT THE WHEEL WHEN THE SHIP STRUCK The quartermaster at the wheel when the ship struck the iceberg was Mr. Robert Hichens, believed to be a native of Newlyn, who is one of the survivors. Interviewed on landing Mr. Hichens said when the collisi...
18th April 1912  
  LAWRY FAMILY INFORMATION
Charity, who travelled as a third class passenger with her husband Alexander Robins was born in the parish of St. Mewan, Cornwall on 18 January 1865. At the time of the 1871 Census, aged 7, she was living at St. Austell with her parents and 8 ...
   
  (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  
  CAPTAIN SMITHS GRANDCHILDREN
Priscilla Russell-Cooke Phipps and her twin brother Simon were born June 18, 1923 to Captain E. J. Smith's only child, Helen Melville Smith Russell-Cooke. Simon died in 1944 while serving in WWII having never married. Priscilla married in 1946 to a ...
   
Chicago Tribune (1912) WAUKEGAN FARMER NOT SAVED
Waukegan, Ill., April 18—[Special]—According to the published list of the steerage passengers on the ill fated steamer Titanic just given out James Elsbury, 50 years old, a wealthy farmer living just west of Gurnee, was one of the pa...
19th April 1912  
  (2004) MARCONIGRAM FROM SS BALTIC
The MARCONI INTERNATIONAL MARINE COMMUNICATION COMPANY, Ltd. Office of origin: S.S. Baltic 14 Apr 1912 Office sent to: MGY ...
23rd July 2004  
  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 ...
   
St James Parish Magazine (1912) VICAR'S LETTER
The awful tragedy of the Titanic is so much in the minds of us all that I cannot help referring to it in my letter, if only to say how widespread and sincere is the sympathy felt for Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Mountain. Their nephew was Sixth officer of the i...
  May 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  
Hayle Weekly Mail (1912) HAYLE MAN ONE OF THE STEWARDS
On enquiring at Hayle we find that no passengers from this town have sailed in the ill-fated vessel, but that Mr. Samuel Rule, of Hayle, occupied the position of chief bathroom steward. Mr. Rule, who formerly lived at Clifton-terrace, is a bro...
18th April 1912  
  (1992) SALE OF ROGERS' POSTCARD
In Sotheby's July 21/22 1992 Sale Lot 278: RMS Titanic postcard sent from the Titanic, written to James Day of Swansea by his friend ''W.J.R.'' in pencil . .. Just a line to show that I am alive & kicking going grand its a treat . . . '' coloured pos...
21st July 1992  
Canada.com (2008) TITANIC LIFE JACKET SELLS IN NEW YORK FOR $68,500
An unused life jacket from the doomed Titanic ship sold for $68,500 in New York on Wednesday, Christie's auction house said.The cork-filled life preserver - still largely intact, but stained and torn in parts - was thought to have been found by farmer John James Dunbar on the Halifax shoreline after the passenger ship sank off Newfoundland in April, 1912....
27th June 2008  
Seattle Post Intelligencer (2008) TROUBLING NEW EVIDENCE LEADS LOCAL AUTHOR TO REWRITE TITANIC'S FINAL CHAPTER
Somebody had better call James Cameron and tell him his movie needs to be revised. The big finish in "Titanic" -- in which characters Rose and Jack cling to the stern of the ship before it slips into the sea -- is wrong.The 1997 film depicted the prevailing theory at the time to explain Titanic's sinking. After striking an iceberg, the ship sank bow-first, the stern bobbing up at a 45-degree angle and the ship breaking in half under the pressure....
10th October 2008  
The Times (1912) MR. A. H. BARKWORTH
Mr. A. H. Barkworth, of Tranby House, East Yorkshire, said he was sitting in the smoking-room when the boat struck the iceberg. He saw Mr. W. T. Stead on deck. He described how the forecastle was full of powdered ice. He noted the foremast was listin...
20th April 1912  
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  
New York Times (1912) LORD ROTHES AWAITS WIFE
Was to Have Met Her at Pier When Titanic Arrived --- An intimate friend of Capt. Smith, a prominent shipping man, who was seen at the Plaza last night, said that Capt. Smith had been informed by the White Star Company that he was to ret...
16th April 1912  
Brighton Argus (1912) MR. A. H. BARKWORTH
Mr. A. H. Barkworth, of Tranby House, East Yorkshire, said he was sitting in the smoking room when the boat struck the iceberg. He saw Mr. W. T. Stead on the deck. he described how the forecastle was full of powdered ice. He noted that the foremast w...
19th April 1912  
The Times (1885) EDWARD HARLAND BECOMES A BARONET
From the LONDON GAZETTE, Friday, July 24 WHITEHALL, JULY 23 The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baronet...
25th July 1885  
Newark Evening News (1912) ELIZABETH RESIDENTS WERE ON THE TITANIC
ELIZABETH, April 17 --- Former Elizabeth residents on the boat were Mr. and Mrs. William E. Carter and their children, Lucille, aged thirteen, and William, aged ten, of Philadelphia. They were accompanied by a maid. Mr. Carter, who is t...
17th April 1912  
  MEMORIAL TO DENZIL JOHN JARVIS
"Erected to the Beloved Memory of Denzil J. Jarvis who was lost in the wreck of the Titanic 15th April 1912 aged 47 Also of Margaret Heath the devoted wife of James Wedgwood Heath who fell asleep May 1st 1934 and is interred in this place." ...
   
  (1991) LETTER FROM FRASER'S DAUGHTER
''I was only two years old at the time and my brother six weeks old, my mother died at the age of forty-nine. When war was declared my brother James choose to serve in the Navy. After a short training at HMS Collingwood, I think I am correct in sa...
  1991  
  GRAVESTONE
In Ever Loving Memory of Evelyn Louisa Lammin Moody Born December 26th 1857 Died December 17th 1898 "Be Thou Faithful Unto Death And I will Give Thee A Crown of Life" Also In Lovi...
   
Cornishman (1912) SAFETY OF A HAYLE MAN - MR. SAMUEL RULE
Capt. Rule of Hayle, has received a telegram from his niece announcing the safety of his brother, Mr. Samuel Rule, chief steward of the Titanic. The telegram reads as follows:- ‘Anfield, Liverpool,-To Rule, Carnsew, Hayle. Fath...
18th April 1912  
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO JAMES FRASER
Remembered on: the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial also remembered on ...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO JAMES HESKETH
Named on the magnificent Engineer's Memorial in East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembere...
   
Sydney Morning Herald (2006) TITANIC BIRTH DRAMA IS PROTRACTED LABOUR
Michael IdatoJune 10, 2006Despite some flaws, this serves as a companion piece to James Cameron's 1997 film Titanic, which follows at 8.40pm and dramatises the final hours of the most famous cruise liner in history (excluding,...
12th June 2006  
Atlantic Daily Bulletin (2002) JACK BUTTERWORTH
Butterworth, Jack. Lived at 270 Priory Road, St Denys, Southampton. Was 23 years old. Occupation on board the Titanic - Saloon Steward. (Born in Manchester). (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913). Number 326. Butterwort...
  2002  
Daily Home News (1912) VAN BILLIARD BOYS MAY HAVE STUCK TO FATHER
Relatives, However, Hope That They May Be Among the Titanic Waifs in New York---Father Was Returning Home With Many Diamonds. ---------- Many tales of heroism displayed by men, women and children aboard the Steamer Titanic during the la...
23rd April 1912  
Newark Evening News (1912) LOST FATHER IN SHIP; HAS MENTAL COLLAPSE
JERSEY CITY, April 19---The police found it necessary yesterday to take care of Frederick Myles, of 256 Grove street, whose father, Thomas F. Myles, of Cambridge, Mass., is among the lost passengers of the Titanic. Young Miles appeared to be under s...
19th April 1912  
  FAMILY INFORMATION
Mrs Stephen Hold (Annie Margaret, nee Hill) was born in the fishing village of Porthoustock in Cornwall and baptised at the parish church of St. Keverne on 23 May 1883. She was the daughter of Augusta Lavinia Hill. Annie’s mother was the daugh...
   
Channel 4 - Tuesday - 9:00pm - 10:30pm (2005) TONY ROBINSON TITANIC TRIP PREMIERES TUESDAY
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31st December 2005  
ET Research (2002) MOLLY BROWN: MYSTERY UNRAVELLED
"At Cherbourg, a woman came aboard named Margaret Brown. We all called her &q...
21st July 2002  
New York Times (1913) THE SMART MYSTERY
A young man of 20 years and a girl of 18 were the objects of a great deal of sympathy when the Titanic went down last April. They were the children, according to gossip, of JAMES MONTGOMERY SMART, who perished in the wreck. Orphaned and desolate, som...
8th January 1913  
The Cadet (1914) MOODY MEMORIAL CUP
The Cup presented by Mrs Day and other relatives of J P Mood, who was lost in the "Titanic", to perpetuate his memory on board, reached the Ship during the Easter holidays, and is a great acquisition to our collection of trophies in the way of cup...
13th June 1914  
Dowagiac Daily News (1912) BISHOPS GO BEFORE SENATE BOARD OF INQUIRY TO GIVE STORY OF TITANIC DISASTER
Both Are Called to Stand At Washington on Tuesday PUSHED TO SAFETY Mrs. Bishop Tells How They Were Hurried Aboard the Lifers When the Titanic Struck Huge Berg --------------- Mr. and Mrs....
26th April 1912  
Paterson Morning Call (1912) JUMPED FROM SINKING SHIP
Frederick Hoyt Sees His Wife Safely in a Boat Before His Plunge ---------- IS PICKED UP LATER ---------- And Happily Reunited With His Wife in Lifeboat---Thrilling Story of Man Known in This City ---------- ...
23rd April 1912  
NBC Los Angeles (2009) TITANIC WEEKEND HELD ABOARD ANOTHER HISTORIC SHIP
The fates of RMS Titanic, the colossal ocean liner that tragically met with an iceberg in April of 1912, and then proceeded to sail on into the myths and legends of history (and a little James Cameron film, of course), and the Queen Mary, another ocean liner built much later and now permanently docked, seem forever entwined. In fact, we've never been at the Long Beach landmark without the subject of the Titanic coming up among our party, if only because strolling along one of the Queen's wood-lined decks, in the historic, seafaring setting, always brings that legendary, and sadly lost, ship to mind....
3rd April 2009  
ET Research (2005) A CAPTAIN'S CAREER
  “When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experience in nearly 40 years at sea, I merely say- uneventful.  Of course there have been winter storms and gales and fog and the like, but in all ...
23rd August 2005  
San Francisco Bulletin (1912) SAN FRANCISCO'S ASSESSOR TELLS STORY OF THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC
From Which He Escapes After Thrilling Experience NEW YORK, April 19.-Dr. Washington Dodge of San Francisco, at the Hotel Wolcott here, gave the following account of the wreck: "We had retired to our stateroom, and the ...
19th April 1912  
The Times (1889) SIR EDWARD HARLAND BECOMES AN M.P.
ELECTION INTELLIGENCE BELFAST (NORTH DIVISION) The nomination for North Belfast took place yesterday. Six papers containing the names of Sir John Preston, Sir William Quartus Ewart, and Mr. Thomas M'Cormick (secretary of...
13th August 1889  
  (1929) GOD MOVES ON THE WATER
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 reverted...
11th December 1929  
New York Times (1943) ROBERT J. HOPKINS
Member of Titanic Crew Aided in Rescue of Mrs. John J. Astor --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- HOBOKEN, N. J., Nov. 18---Robert J. Hopkins, who was a member of the crew of the ill-fated liner Titanic when it struck an ...
19th November 1943  
  (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 (1959) RITES FOR ASTOR ATTENDED BY 400
Realty Leader's Funeral Is Held at St. James Church---Honor Guard Present --- More than 400 friends and business associates attended a funeral service yesterday for Vincent Astor. The real estate owner and descendant of John Jacob Astor...
7th February 1959  
The Times (1912) STORIES OF THE WRECK : CAPTAIN SMITH’S HEROISM
After the men had had dinner the taking of their statements was rapidly proceeded with, and it was soon announced that a number of them were at liberty to leave the dock premises if they wished to do so. Most of them availed themselves of this per...
29th April 1912  
New York Times (1912) MARCONI MAN HAD RECORD
Wireless operator on Titanic Young, but a Veteran in Service --- The man who sent out the wireless call for help from the damaged Titanic was J. G. Phillips, an Englishman, 24 years old, who had been in the employ of the Marconi Compan...
16th April 1912  
New York Times (1907) SOUTHAMPTON EN FETE
Arrival of Adriatic Inaugurates the New White Star Service --- SOUTHAMPTON, May 30---The City of Southampton was in holiday attire to-day in honor of the arrival here of the White Star liner Adriatic, f...
31st May 1907  
  (1901) CENSUS, NEWLYN, CORNWALL
Robert Hichens, aged 19 is at home at St Peters Hill, Newlyn, Cornwall with his family. He is described as a fisherman. The family are listed as follows: Philip Hichens 45 Fisherman b. Newlyn Rebecca Hichens 39 b. Whitby, York...
  1901  
Washington Times (1912) TITANIC’S CAPTAIN HAD LONG RECORD ON THE HIGH SEAS
As Captain of Olympic Smith's Vessel Hit British Cruiser Last Fall --- If the twentieth century retained a belief in the power of malignant spirits and the human passions of natural forces, the termination of the career of Capt. E. J. S...
17th April 1912  
New York Times (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 (1907) 3,000 ON THE ADRIATIC
Bruce Ismay, Bourke Cockran, and R. W. Perks Among the Passengers --- QUEENSTOWN, May 9---The White Star Line steamer Adriatic, which left Liverpool yesterday on her maiden voyage sailed from here to-day for New York with nearly 3,00...
10th May 1907  
  THOMAS ISMAY'S DAWPOOL RESIDENCE
Thomas Henry Ismay, chairman of the White Star Line, moved into this grand new house with his wife Margaret in 1884. It was designed for them by Richard Norman Shaw, who was also responsible for the White Star Line offices in James Street, Liverpool. Mr and Mrs Ismay were both closely involved in the design and furnishing of Dawpool. They visited other houses to collect ideas, shopped together for antique furniture and deliberated with the decorator J Aldam Heaton over the treatment of the interior. The house survived for less than fifty years, it was demolished in 1927. ...
   
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  
The Times (1899) 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  
Worcester Telegram (1912) CAPT ROSTRON'S TRAGIC STORY
Wireless Operator Was Undressing with Receiver on His Ear When "S.O.S." Flashed New York, April 19.- Capt. Rostron of the Carpathia told the tragic story of his rescue of the Titanic survivors to the Senate committee this afternoon....
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  
  RED CROSS COMMITTEE REPORT
Bracken, Mr. James. H. Missing. American. Home New Mexico. (From The Emergency and Relief booklet by the American Red Cross, 1913). No. 51. (American). Husband, travelling alone, was drowned. He was carrying with hi...
   
North American (1912) NORTH WALES VICTIMS OF THE TITANIC ARRIVE
NORTH WALES, Pa., May 7---The bodies of Austin Van Billiard and one of his children, lost on the Titanic, which were picked up at sea by the Mackay-Bennett, reached here today and will be buried on Wednesday from the residence of his father, Burgess ...
8th May 1912  
AP Wire (2006) CAMERON PLANS 'TITANIC' RESTAURANT-SLASH-NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE
LAS VEGAS - Harrah's Entertainment Inc., the world's largest casino operator, unveiled its vision Monday for a high-tech theme park called "iPort" that will anchor its bid to build a casino megaresort in Singapore.The project's executive producer is Hollywood director James Cameron, who will contribute the rights and oversight to develop interactive rides based on his hit movies."We've been discussing already an 'Aliens' attraction and there's a discussion of a 'Titanic' attraction, what I call the 'Titanic' restaurant-slash-near-death experience," Cameron told reporters at an unveiling in Las Vegas....
14th March 2006  
New York Times (1953) JOHN HARDY
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NEW PROVIDENCE, N. J., Oct. 9---John Hardy of 71 Gales Drive, who was chief steward of second class accommodations on the Titanic, died on Wednesday at the home of his son, Ronald M. Hardy, in Maplewood...
10th October 1953  
San Francisco Bulletin (1912) TWO U.C. MEN LOST IN WRECK OF TITANIC
BERKELEY, April 20. – Among those who went down with the Titanic is believed to be James E. McGuire [sic], a graduate of the University of California in 1893, and a famous ball player in his college days. McGuire was underground manager of the Simmer...
20th April 1912  
The Syracuse Herald (1912) FIRE RAGED ON TITANIC FIVE DAYS
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20th April 1912  
Irish Independent (2009) BABY OF THE TITANIC
By ALISON O'RIORDAN Sunday June 07 2009 "An intelligent woman who had a great childlike quality and sense of fun. From the moment I met her it was the start of a beautiful friendship from which I have some great memories," said Irish author and...
7th June 2009  
Philadelphia Inquirer (1977) LOIS THAYER OF ROSEMONT; ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Lois Thayer, 82, a member of a prominent Philadelphia family, died Saturday a the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She lived at 103 Airdale Rd., Rosemont, PA. The former Lois Buchanan Cassatt, she was a great-great-niece of Jame...
26th June 1977  
New York Times (1913) STARTS NEW SEARCH FOR SMART CHILDREN
Friend of Man Lost on the Titanic Has Found Many Persons Who Heard Father Speak of Them --- A FORMER QUEST IN VAIN --- Lawyer Ryan Thinks Children Provided for by Mother's Will May Not Want Father's Estate ---...
9th March 1913  
North American (1912) FEAR BOYERTOWN GIRL, MISSIONARY, WAS LOST
READING, Pa., April 21---Mr. and Mrs. James B. Funk, parents of Miss Annie C. Funk, a missionary to Janjgir, Central Province, India, have given up hope of seeing their daughter alive. The mother is seriously ill and the entire family is grief-stric...
22nd April 1912  
  (1973) COPY OF LETTER SENT BY MR. KNOWLES'S DAUGHTER
Dear Cousin, What a pleasant surprise to receive your letter on November 22nd. I am Thomas Knowles's daughter. My father would have been 104 years old last May, therefore he would, I presume, be the ninth generation. I myse...
28th November 1973  
  (2004) TITANIC (1888)
Smith & Service (1888-1903) Port of Registry: Belfast , Ireland Flag of Registry: British Funnel: Black ...
22nd November 2004  
New York Times (1906) WIRELESS JOKER AT SEA
Passengers of the Baltic All Stirred Up by Fake Dispatches --- When the White Star liner Baltic, in yesterday from Liverpool, was two days out of Queenstown, some one who was characterized by the officers ...
13th January 1906  
Asbury Park Evening Press (1912) COMPTONS TELL OF TITANIC DISASTER
NEW YORK, APRIL 20---Mrs. Alexander T. Compton and her daughter, Miss Alice Compton, of Lakewood and New Orleans, two of the Titanic’s rescued, reached here completely prostrated over the loss of Mrs. Compton’s son Alexander, who went down with the...
20th April 1912  
North American (1912) WOMAN MISSIONARY MAY BE AMONG LOST
POTTSTOWN, Pa., April 18---The name of Miss Annie Funk, a returned missionary from India and a daughter of James Funk, a well-to-do grist mill owner at Palm, this county, is not among the list of second-class passengers on the ill-fated Titanic who w...
19th April 1912  
Wells Journal (1912) LADY'S PRAISE OF A TITANIC SEAMAN
One of the able seamen on the Titanic, Thomas Jones, a native of Anglesey has received the following letter from New York:- ''I feel I must write and tell you how splendidly you took charge of our boat on the fatal night. There were on...
30th May 1912  
Western Morning News (1912) TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW
From Queenstown, Mr James Hocking, of Fore Street, Devonport, who was one of the Titanic’s second class passengers, wrote to his wife, and in the course of his letter spoke of the splendid accommodation in the great vessel, and mentioned that except ...
17th April 1912  
New York Times (1986) MARSHALL DREW
Marshall Drew, a survivor of the Titanic, died Friday at Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport, L. I. He was 82 years old and lived in Westerly, L. I. Mr. Drew, who was born in Greenport, taught fine arts at Grover Cleveland High S...
11th June 1986  
New York Times (1952) THOMAS D. M. CARDEZA
Page 19, column 2 PHILADELPHIA, June 6 Thomas D. M. Cardeza, explorer and art collector, died today in his home at the age of 77. Mr. Cardeza served on the board of directors of the old Fidelity Trust Company ...
7th June 1952  
The New York Times (1909) ADRIATIC GOT ON A MUD BANK
White Star Liner Stuck Fast Five Hours Till a Tug Hauled Her Off --- The big White Star Line steamship Adriatic, incoming with many cabin passengers, spent five hours early yesterday morning on a mud bank on the so...
5th November 1909  
Brooklyn Daily Times (1912) FRIENDS EXPECT TO HEAR FROM MRS. SWIFT SOON
The relatives of Mrs. Margaret Swift, the widow of Fred Joel Swift, who lives at 171 Arlington avenue, are expecting momentarily to hear from her. Their hopes are based on the assurances given them at the offices of the White Star Line. ...
16th April 1912  
ET Research (2008) LOADING THE REAR BOATS
While working on a major project involving the Titanic, I ran into a snag. I thought I could unravel the problem by examining the order the rear boats were loaded and lowered. The answer helped, though less than I had hoped. But I was sti...
29th May 2008  
  MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER JOHN WEIR
Col John Weir was my Great Great Grandfather. He was born on May 14th 1852 to parents John Weir and Jane Gillies. He had two brothers and two sisters: James b. 28/5/1856, Sarah b. 16/2/1858, George b. 29/1/1862 and Jane b. 30/7/1864. John marri...
   
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 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  
Chicago Tribune (1912) OCEAN WRECK SURVIVOR DEAD
John Conley, Last of Passengers on the Steamer Arctic, Succumbs at Age of 80 John Conley, last of the survivors of the Arctic, which sank on Sept. 20, 1854, near t...
24th December 1912  
ET Research (2006) THE PORTRUSH LETTER
THE LETTER fell onto the hall floor in the house at Main Street, Portrush, Co Antrim, in late April 1912. Hugh Smith, descending the stair, noticed it and picked it up. The American stamp...
31st January 2006  
Derbyshire Times (1912) CHESTERFIELD VICTIM
A young lady who has intimate relatives in Chesterfield was among the officers on the ill-fated Titanic. She is Miss Evelyn Marsden, and is a niece of Mr. and Mrs. G. Robinson, Ash Tree, Chesterfield. A nurse-stewardess in the first saloon, Miss Mars...
  1912  
New York Times (1912) INSURED FOR $110,000
Clifford, Who Was Lost, Took Out $50,000 Policy Before Sailing --- Special to The New York Times --- BOSTON, April 21---Either because he had a premonition of death or that he counted the trip a great risk, George Quincy C...
22nd April 1912  
Newark Evening News (1912) JOHN S. MARCH ONE OF THE HEROES
Newarker Died with Others Clerks on Titanic, After Effort to Save Mails. ---------- REPORT MADE BY HITCHCOCK ---------- Special Service of the NEWS WASHINGTON, April 20---In a report received by Postmaster-General Hitchcock today, it wa...
20th April 1912  
New York Sun (1912) WAS THE MAYOR'S FRIEND
ALBERT A. STEWART SAILED ON THE TITANIC WITHOUT HIS WIFE Albert A. Stewart was for many years connected with the Strobridge Lithographing Company of Cincinnati and had an office in the Times Building.  He was also a part owner in the ...
17th April 1912  
The Evening Post (1912) HOLDING BACK FACTS OF DISASTER STIRS CRITICISM
Charges ranging from indifference to deliberate suppression of news are being made against the White Star officials on both sides of the Atlantic . As ground for these charges one needs to go back only to the rapid sequ...
18th April 1912  
Daily Mining Gazette (1912) RELATIVES OF HURONTOWN FOLK WERE ABOARD LINER
Included among the passengers on the lost steamer Titanic were four young Cornishmen bound for Houghton to take employment in the Isle Royal Mine. Their relatives at Hurontown eagerly await some news of them and up to last night were still hoping th...
  1912  
Torquay Directory (1912) TORQUAY RESIDENT LOSES HER SON
Mrs. Parsons, of Hardene, Bronshill Road, has lost her son. Mr. Edward Parsons, who was chief storekeeper on the Titanic. He had been in connected with the White Star Line for many years, and had previously served on the Oceanic, Teutonic, and Maje...
24th April 1912  
Newark Evening News (1912) WRITES OF NEGLIGENCE “MORE THAN CRIMINAL”
Two survivors from the wreck of the Titanic, Mrs. Bessie Watt and her daughter, Miss Bertha Watt, of London, who are expected to arrive at Arlington Thursday and spend a week with Mrs. Rita Moore, of 58 Pavonia avenue, are temporarily at 204 West 128...
20th April 1912  
Shoreham Society Newsletter (1998) A TITANIC LINK
Little did any of us realise as we beat a path to South Coast Cinema doors to see that blockbuster movie Titanic that it had a Shoreham connection. A prominent Shoreham family lost one of their sons on the so-called ‘unsinkable ship’. Henry Head, ...
  April 1998  
Washington Times (1912) LIVED NOT IN VAIN, SAYS BUTT’S FRIEND
American People Can Learn Lesson From Major’s Life, Is Captain’s Opinion --- INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 22---Major Archibald Butt did not give his life in vain in the Titanic disaster, if the American people will take the lesson of his l...
22nd April 1912  
New York Times (1907) INSANE WOMAN DEPORTED
Miss Hyman, Who Came to Visit Her Brother, Had Suicidal Mania --- Closely guarded to prevent her carrying out her suicidal mania, Miss Jessie Hyman, a well-dressed woman about 28 yours old; was deported yesterday on the White Star ...
12th September 1907  
  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 ...
   
Daily Enterprise (1912) LINER'S LAST MOMENTS GRAPHICALLY DESCRIBED
---------- Palmyra Resident, Titantic's [sic] Barber, Tells of Thrilling Experience; Shock on Striking Iceberg was Slight; Saw Officer Shoot Man Who Tried to Climb Into Life Boat; Two Explosions Occurred ---------- August...
20th April 1912  
New York Times (1936) ASTOR INFANT CHRISTENED
Virginia French and Vincent Astor Are William's Godparents --- The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor was christened yesterday afternoon at a ceremony in the presence of a few relatives and friends in the Astor residence, 7 Eas...
15th January 1936  
Newark Evening News (1912) TWO SURVIVORS WERE TO VISIT IN ARLINGTON
Among those reported saved from the wreck of the Titanic are Mrs. Bessie Watt and her daughter, Miss Bertha Watt, of London, England, who were expected to visit Arlington as guests of Mrs. Etta Moore, of 58 Pavonia avenue. They left home to join Mrs...
17th April 1912  
  OBITUARY
WAS born on the 31st March, 1880, at Whitehaven, Cumberland. When quite young his parents moved to Blackburn, where he passed his apprenticeship days with the firm of James Davenport, of the Canal Works. From this firm he went to Messrs Howar...
   
Newark Evening News (1912) ELIZABETH RESIDENTS WERE ON THE TITANIC
(Newark Evening News, 17 April 1912) ---------- ELIZABETH, April 17---Two residents of this city and several former residents are known to have been on the Titanic when she sailed for this country. Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Renouf, of 20B...
17th April 1912  
Free Press (1912) WEST BROMWICH MEN MISSING
Among the passengers were the following West Bromwich people, who were on their way to America: Alfred Davies (24), of Harwood Street, West Bromwich: John Davies (22), of the same address; Joseph Davies (17) of the same address; James Lester (39) ...
19th April 1912  
The Times (1925) LORD PIRRIE'S WILL
WILLIAM JAMES, first VISCOUNT PIRRIE, K.P., of Belgrave-square, W., and Witley Park, Surrey, chairman of Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Lord Mayor of Belfast, 1896-97, who died on board ship in t...
9th May 1925  
North American (1912) NORTH WALES PEOPLE NOT AMONG SURVIVORS
Messages received yesterday by James W. Van Billiard, burgess of North Wales, indicated that there is little hope for the safety of his son, Austin Van Billiard, and two grandchildren, who were passengers on the Titanic, and who are believed to have ...
23rd April 1912  
Barking Chronicle (1912) 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  
New York Times (1965) MRS. DEAN MATHEY, TITANIC SURVIVOR, 72
Special to The New York Times --- PRINCETON, N. J., Sept. 7---Mrs. Helen Newsom Mathey, a survivor of the liner Titanic, sunk in 1912 by an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean, with the loss of more than 1,500 lives, died today in Princeton H...
8th September 1965  
New York Times (1932) MRS. J. J. BROWN DIES; SURVIVOR OF TITANIC
Was Rescued by the Carpathia After Hours in Row Boat-- Long a Newport Colonist.Mrs. Margaret Tobin Brown of Denver, Col., widow of James J. Brown, mine owner, died...
27th October 1932  
New York Times (1904) CLUBMEN AND THEIR CLUBS
[Note: This is extracted from a longer article about several prominent members of New York social clubs.] J. Bruce Ismay, who succeeds Charles [sic; should be "Clement"] A. Griscom as President of the International Mercantile Marine Co...
28th February 1904  
  CHICAGO TITANIC BULLETINS
BULLETINS Montreal, April 15—The local office of Horton Davidson, one of the Titanic passengers, has received the following wireless message: “All passengers are safe and Titanic taken in tow by ...
   
New York Times (1912) 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  
Western Morning News (1912) UGBOROUGH MAN'S STORY
J. Horswell (sic), a sailor, residing in Southampton, said though he was now lodging at Southampton, he hailed from Ugborough. He acted as bowman in one of the emergency boats, and among the passengers with them were Sir Cosmo and Lady Duff Gordon. ...
29th April 1912  
Newark Evening News (1912) FORMER SECRETARY OF PATERSON Y. W. C. A. LOST
PATERSON, April 22---Returning from India, where she was engaged in missionary work, Miss Annie Funk, for several years secretary of the Young Women’s Christian Association, was one of those lost on the Titanic. This was her first furlough in five y...
22nd April 1912  
ET Research (2001) GUNSHOTS ON THE TITANIC
In over 2000 pages of testimony at the two official inquiries into the sinking of Titanic, there are only three documented cases in which a gun was fired, however, only one was thoroughly investigated. This case involves Fifth Officer Harold ...
30th July 2001  
  PENROSE FAMILY INFORMATION
John Poole Penrose was actually born in Mary Tavy near Tavistock, Devon in 1863. The 1881 census has John at home (aged 17) in Mary Tavy with his mother Betsy, step-father Mathew Northey, brother Matthew and various step- brothers and sisters....
   
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  
St. Ives Times & Express (1912) ST. IVES TITANIC VICTIM
FUNERAL OF MR. W CARBINES The body of Mr. William Carbines, of Nanjivey, St Ives, one of the "Titanic" victims, was brought to St. Ives from Southampton on Monday by the 10:14 a.m. train. It was expected that the remains would have ...
31st May 1912  
New York Times (1958) SCREEN: SINKING OF THE TITANIC
'A Night to Remember' Opens at Criterion --- By BOSLEY CROWTHER --- EVEN though the tragic story of the sinking of the Titanic is an old and oft-repeated one, it still makes for tense, exciting and supremely awesome drama ...
17th December 1958  
9NEWS.com (2009) TITANIC TREASURES ON VIEW FOR FREE
BROOMFIELD‚ - Two metro area shopping malls, along with Country Financial have teamed up to offer a free historic exhibit for the public.Titanic, Treasures of the Deep is a traveling exhibit that is in the Denver area for the next two wee...
29th April 2009  
Centerville Daily Citizen (1912) FEDERAL WARRANT FOR MYSTIC COUPLE FRANK LEFEBRE AND MARY DUPONT TO BE GIVEN A HEARING
A federal warrant to hold the Mystic couple, Frank Lefebre and Mary Dupont and children pending a hearing on charges looking toward their deportation to France, their native country, has been received by Sheriff Dowis. The warrant alleges...
17th July 1912  
Waterbury Republican (1963) MRS. MARY (MOWAD) NACKID
Mrs. Mary (Mowad) Nackid, 184 Meriden Rd., who was among the survivors when the Titanic sank, died yesterday in St. Mary's Hospital after a long illness. Mrs. Nackid was the widow of Said Nackid. Mrs. Nackid...
24th January 1963  
Chicago Record-Herald (1912) MRS. BENJAMIN GUGGENHEIM RECEIVES HUSBAND’ LAST MESSAGE FROM TITANIC SURVIVOR
 GETS ADIEU FROM SEA Mrs. Benjamin Guggenheim Receives Husband’ Last Message From Titanic Survivor ‘I’ve Done My Duty,” Word  ...
21st April 1912  
Jersey Observer (1943) ROBERT HOPKINS, HERO OF TITANIC, DIES IN HOBOKEN
The funeral of Robert J. Hopkins, 77, of 1035 Garden street, Hoboken, one of the heroes of the disastrous sinking of the Titanic in mid-Atlantic in 1912, will be held at 8 a. m. tomorrow from the Bosworth Funeral Home, 311 Willow avenue, Hoboken....
18th November 1943  
New York Times (1900) YACHT ELEANOR'S LONG CRUISE
Mrs. James W. Martinez-Cardeza's steam yacht Eleanor has been prepared at Tebo's basin, South Brooklyn, for another of the many long voyages she has made during the six years of her existence, and will probably sail within a wek [sic] or ten days for...
16th June 1900  
New York Times (1912) MONEY LOSS NOTHING---MORGAN
But He Is Upset by Loss of Life, Due to Faith in Boat --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- PARIS, April 21---An interesting interview was obtained by a correspondent at Aix w...
22nd April 1912  
Newark Evening News (1912) 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  
  MACKIE FAMILY INFORMATION
The birth of George William Mackie was registered at Lambeth, London in the 1st quarter of 1878. He was the son of William and Mary Mackie. George married Mary Broomfield, the daughter of James and Martha Broomfield. James was a Devon dairy farmer...
   
ET Research (2006) A PV SOLVES A PUZZLE
THE devil is in the detail... and nowhere is that phrase more true than in particular areas of Titanic study. There has been controversy, for instance, over an impression given - to some - by remarks made by Captain James...
13th October 2006  
New York Times (1937) MRS. B. GUGGENHEIM SUCCUMBS HERE AT 66
Her Husband, Member of Family Noted in Mining Industry, Perished on Titanic --- Mrs. Florette Guggenheim, widow of Benjamin Guggenheim, who perished on the Titanic, died yesterday in her apartment in the Hotel Plaza, after a brief illne...
16th November 1937  
Liverpool Daily Post (2009) TITANIC HAD MANY LIVERPOOL LINKS, REPORTS PETER ELSON
by Peter ElsonApr 24 2009ALTHOUGH she never visited Liverpool, Titanic had strong links with her home port.Planning for her maiden voyage, including the selection of her officers, was made by Charles Bartlett, Whit...
29th April 2009  
New York Times (1935) ASTOR HOME SCENE OF NEWPORT PARTY
Ang 14,1935 --- Mr. and Mrs. Enzo Fiermonte, Mrs. Lorillard Spencer and Mrs. J. L. Banks Jr. Guests --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 13---Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor gave a small ...
14th August 1935  
ET Research (2008) COULD YOU MAKE IT TO EXTRA MASTER?
If I doubted my reckoning after a long time at sea I verified it by reading the clock aloft made by the Great Architect, and it was right. Captain Joshua Slocum, navigating by Lunar Distances. ...
28th February 2008  
Denver Post (1912) LADY DUFF-GORDON AND HUSBAND AMONG THOSE ON TITANIC
New York, April 17--When the first passenger list of the Titanic was published in Monday's papers there was much curiosity over the identity of "Mr. and Mrs. Morgan," who were named as among those on board. The reporters on duty at the offices of the...
17th April 1912  
Jersey Journal (1912) JERSEY CITY MAN AND BROTHER PERISH
John Kieran, who boarded with James Tierney at Grove and Second streets perished, along with his brother Phillip, in the wreck of the Titanic. John was 23 years old and was employed as a bartender at 268 Varick Street. He was a citizen of the United ...
19th April 1912  
New York Times (1946) CAPT. HADDOCK DEAD, OLYMPIC EX-MASTER
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Oct. 5 (AP)---Capt. Herbert James Haddock, a former commodore of the old White Star Line, died today. His age was 85. During the first World War he commanded a dummy fleet of wooden dreadnoughts and battle cruise...
6th October 1946  
Unidentified Newspaper (1998) ELEANOR I. SHUMAN, 87, TITANIC SURVIVOR
ELGIN, Ill. -- Eleanor I. Shuman, one of the last survivors of the Titanic, has died at age 87. After suddenly taking ill, Mrs. Shuman died Saturday in Elgin's Sherman Hospital. Mrs. Shuman, who was less than 2 years old when the...
10th March 1998  
  (1898) PROFILE FROM THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
William Edward Hipkins (1858 - 1912) MIMechE Elected: Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1898 Designation: Managing Director Business address: Soho Foundry, Smethwick, Birmingham ...
  1898  
ET Research (2005) A CAPTAIN ACCUSED
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1st July 2005  
  (1912) LETTER TO MRS. HARRIS
Typed letter on letterhead from Theatrical Protective Union No. 1 of New York to Mrs. Henry B. Harris, presenting her with resolutions of sympathy and attached signatures of the organization’s membership. New York, August 17, 1912....
17th August 1912  
Chicago Tribune (1912) FIRST CLAIMS DUE TO TITANIC DISASTER TO BE SETTLED
 PAY $20,000 LEWY INSURANCE First Claims due to Titanic Disaster to Be Settled In United States, So Far as Known      ...
11th May 1912  
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  
San Francisco Chronicle (1912) DR. DODGE AND FAMILY MAY HAVE MISSED TITANIC
Page 2 [Photo] Assessor Washington Dodge, Mrs. Washington Dodge Relatives of Assessor Received Word That He Would Stop Over in Paris Shortly before 2 o'clock this morning the "Chronicle" was notified by...
16th April 1912  
San Francisco Chronicle (1912) TITANIC CAPTAIN BLAMED FOR WRECK
Senate Committee Also Scores [sic] Captain of the Steamer Californian. COULD HAVE SAVED ALL. Praise for Carpathia Crew and Gold Medal for her Captain. WASHINGTON. May 28. –The Titanic disaster of April ...
29th May 1912  
New York Times (1928) SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON SAILS AS COMMODORE
Senior Cunard Captain Heads Fleet, Succeeding Late Sir James Charles --- HERO OF TITANIC DISASTER --- Wears Many Honors for Rescue and War Service---Berengaria Is His 13th Command --- Captain Sir Arthur Rostr...
29th July 1928  
New York Times (1965) VICTOR SALVATORE, SCULPTOR, IS DEAD
Victor Salvatore, a sculptor, died Saturday at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. He was 80 years old. Mr. Salvatore is represented in the collections of a number of museums and galleries, including the Metropolitan Museum of Ar...
12th April 1965  
The Times (1912) FRENCHMEN'S ACCOUNT
PASSENGERS' FAITH IN THE SHIP We were quietly playing auction bridge with a Mr. Smith from Philadelphia, when we heard a violent noise similar to that produced by the screw racing. We were startled and looked at one another under the ...
20th April 1912  
Redditch Advertiser FORGE MILL'S TITANIC EXHIBITION
REDDITCH residents are being taken on a dramatic trip back in time at the Titanic Honour and Glory exhibition at Forge Mill Needle Museum. The award-winning exhibition will be on at the Redditch Council-run museum in Needle Mill Lane, Rive...
   
The Evening Telegram (1912) HAD LETTER LAST FRIDAY
BROTHER STEWARD ON TITANIC Charles Lydiatt Had Been Steward on Every Boat on White Star Line--Brother Waiting for News "Only last Friday Sergeant George Lydiatt, of No. 4 Police Stat...
16th April 1912  
  WILLIAM DICKSON MACKIE'S FAMILY AND THE MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND
William Dickson Mackie married Annie Thompson Anderson, in the West Ham district in 1903.  Annie died on 2nd November 1911, aged 31.  Her death was registered in Southampton...
   
New York Times (1912) 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  
Atlantic City Daily Press (1912) 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  
Philadelphia Inquirer (1945) THAYER FAMILY GETS BACK MISSING WATCH
Timepiece, Gone when Body was Found, Returned Mysteriously The missing gold watch of John B. Thayer, 3d, who was found dead in his parked automobile last Friday, has turned up. The watch was missing when Thayer's...
24th September 1945  
New York Times (1912) COL. ASTOR'S FUNERAL
Services at Rhlnebeck To-day, but Burial in Trinity Cemetery Here --- RHINEBECK May 3---The funeral service of Col. John Jacob Astor will be held to-morrow at noon in the Episcopal Church of the Messiah, of which he was Warden for sixte...
4th May 1912  
New York Times (1911) MRS. GUGGENHEIM'S DANCE
Debutante, Miss Benita Guggenheim, Receives with Mother at St. Regis --- Mrs. Benjamin Guggenheim of 763 Fifth Avenue gave a dance last night at the St. Regis for her débutante daughter, Miss Benita Guggenheim. Mrs. Gugge...
25th December 1911  
The Times (1895) HARLAND, SIR EDWARD J.
OBITUARY --- SIR EDWARD HARLAND, M.P. Sir Edward James Harland, Bart., M. P. for North Belfast, died suddenly yesterday morning at his residence, Glenfarne-hall, Enniskillen. He was found dead in bed. Except for a chill...
25th December 1895  
  (1912) CONTEMPORARY OBITUARY : HENRY WILDE
THE appalling disaster to the Titanic has taken away, in the person of Lieut, H. T. Wilde, RNR, one of the most promising officers serving with the White Star Line. Lieut. Wilde, who was chief officer of the Titanic, commenced his sea career in the s...
  1912  
Khaleej Times (2009) THE TITANIC AND THE SINKING OF HEARTS
Like most people of my generation - and I suspect many people of generations before and after me - the sinking of the RMS Titanic on 15 April 1912 was etched definitively on my mind thanks largely to director James Cameron.When Titanic re...
4th June 2009  
New York Times (1904) $27,000 TO THE PRESIDENT
Two Roosevelt Children Also Benefit by J. K. Gracie's Will --- MINEOLA, L. I., June 1---The report of Charles F. Lewis, who was appointed to appraise the personal estate in New York of James King Gracie, who was an uncle of President Th...
2nd June 1904  
  (1908) MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF MARRIAGE GENE...
  1908  
  (1926) THE VIEW FROM THE CARONIA
At 10:30 that night we received a message from the Titanic to say that she had struck an iceberg. She would then be about two hundred and forty miles away. We established communication with the German steamer Breslau, about fo...
  1926  
Brooklyn Daily Times (1912) SORROW AT HARDER HOME DESPITE HOPEFUL MESSAGES
Word was received at the home of Victor A. Harder, at 117 Eighth avenue, that his son George A. Harder and the latter’s young bride, who was Mrs. Dorothy Annan, of Manhattan, daughter of the late Edward Annan, of Brooklyn, who were passengers on the ...
16th April 1912  
New York Times (1912) LINER DID NOT SPEED, ISMAY DECLARES
Not the Custom of the White Star Line to Try to Break Records --- TOOK LAST BOAT, HE SAYS --- Awakened by Crash --- Doesn't Know About Bulkheads --- Ship Sank in 2 Hours and 25 Minutes --- ...
19th April 1912  
ET Research (2003) TITANIC'S TIME ENIGMAS
One of the thorniest questions about the Titanic disaster is, how her clock was changed during the journey. Several events observed by differing observers at different locations add to the confusion about the difference between Titani...
16th February 2003  
Washington Herald (1912) PEUCHEN COMES BACK AT ISMAY
Charge of Negligence Preferred by Canadian Official Is Supported by Witness --- New York, April 20---Although J. Bruce Ismay branded the story as "absurd," Maj. Arthur Godfrey Peuchen, vice commodore of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club and...
21st April 1912  
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  
  (1911) MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF MARRIAGE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE...
  1911  
Washington Times (1912) 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  
New York Times (1912) TO HOLD ISMAY TO THE END
Senate Committee Decides on That Course Sailor's Weird Tale Special to The New York Times WASHINGTON, April 21. Chairman Smith of the Senate Subcommittee investigating th...
22nd April 1912  
 

 
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