219 items found relating to : Personal Account
| Liverpool Daily Post | SALE OF RARE ACCOUNT OF TITANIC SINKING A RARE account of the night the Titanic sank is being sold alongside the hero's medal given to the seaman who wrote it.The Carpathia bronze medal presented to Liverpool able-seaman George Gardner is being auctioned today with his handwritten account of that fateful night in 1912.... |
8th July 2008 | |||
| 1934 CHARTER HANDWRITTEN ACCOUNT Handwritten account, by an unknown Philco employee, of the early stages of the voyage.... |
1934 | ||||
| Telegraph.co.uk | FIRST CLASS PASSENGER'S ACCOUNT OF TITANIC DISASTER FINALLY PUBLISHED A first class passenger's account of the sinking of the Titanic has been published for the first time nearly 100 years after the disaster. ... |
27th October 2010 | |||
| syracuse.com | OSWEGO HISTORIAN TO TALK ABOUT PERSONALITIES OF THE TITANIC George DeMass, of Oswego, chaplain to the Titanic Historical Society, will present a talk titled “Titanic: 100 Years Later, A Personal Perspective: from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday Oct. 23 at the H. Lee White Marine Museum on West First Street Pier in Oswego. He will reflect on his experiences as chaplain of the Titanic Historical Society. DeMass spent time developing close ties to a number of survivors and the families of those who perished with the ship. During his presentation, he will speak about their personal stories. ... |
18th October 2011 | |||
| Press Association | TITANIC SURVIVOR'S ACCOUNT FETCHES £20,000 A woman's account of escaping the sinking Titanic in 1912 sold for £20,000 at auction. Laura Francatelli from London said she heard an "awful rumbling" as the liner went down and "then came screams and cries&... |
20th October 2010 | |||
| JOSEF PERUSCITZ PERSONAL FILE |
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| ET Comment | HUGH WOOLNER'S US EVIDENCE IS HIGHLY UNRELIABLE. Senan Molony The US evidence of Hugh Woolner is highly unreliable. He claims that he and Hakan Bjornstrom Steffanson saw Boat D "about to lower", then went across to the starboard side, and saw an officer fire two shots to get men out of a collapsible... |
6th November 2006 | |||
| The South Bend Tribune | MRS FATIMA MOUSSELMANI Michael D. Lacopo (transcriber) TITANIC SURVIVOR WEDS Michigan City Woman Brings Word of Drowning of South Bend Men Michigan City, Ind., May 8 -- Mohammed Mustafa Ajamy and Miss Fatima Muselmanie, the latter a Titanic survivor and the woman who brought word of the... |
8th May 1912 | |||
| Camden Post-Telegram | MR. SUTTON'S WILL PROBATED TO-DAY Victim of Titanic Left Estate to His Wife and Daughter and Latter's Children --- RELATIVE AT HALIFAX TO CLAIM THE BODY --- Through Attorneys Gaskill & Gaskill the will of Frederick Sutton, a former resident of Haddonfield,... |
29th April 1912 | |||
| Henry Aldridge & Son | TITANIC LETTER MAY FETCH £15000 An eyewitness account of the sinking of the Titanic will be the highlight of an auction of Titanic related artefacts this weekend. Laura Francatelli a servatn of Lucile Duff Gordon and Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon wrote the harrowing account for the 1912 British enquiry into the disaster presided over by Lord Mersey. Andrew Aldrifdge auctioneer was quoted "You see a lot of documents that talk briefly about the incident but this affidavit goes into strong details it talks about Lady Duff being sick the whole time about the lifeboat bobbing up and down about the screams" Aldridge suggests the letter may fetch £10000 to £15000 pounds. ... |
11th October 2010 | |||
| Buda Plain Dealer | TITANIC SURVIVOR Edward Dorking, the young man from Oglesby who survived the terrible experiences of the "Titanic" disaster, will speak in Opera Hall in Buda, Saturday evening May 18. He gave his first address in Princeton, where it was heard with intense interest, f... |
17th May 1912 | |||
| Newark Evening News | WIRELESS FROM THE STENGELS First Direct Personal Message Received from Jersey Folk in the Disaster ---------- BOTH ON THE CARPATHIA ---------- Direct intelligence from Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Henry Stengel, of this city, now on the rescue ship Carpathia, was received h... |
17th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | WILLS FOR PROBATE MANHATTAN *** WHITE, ELLA HOLMES (Jan. 31). Estate,more than $10,000. To C. Helene Berkeley, 509 W. 122d St., $10,000 and personalty; Ella B. Putnam, 10 Beekman Pl., $10,,000; Marie G. Young, Plaza Hotel, personal effects and life esta... |
6th February 1942 | |||
| New York Times | CLASSIFIED AD [Classification:]Personal *** Mr. Gustave Lesueur, from Titanic, is requested to communicate with the French Consulate, 35 South William Street. ... |
20th April 1912 | |||
| Titanic Research | I WAS SAVED FROM THE TITANIC Lady Duff Gordon A vivid eyewitness account of the legendary shipwreck and its aftermath. Edited by Randy Bryan Bigham... |
15th November 2010 | |||
| Evening Times | PAWTUCKET VISITOR AMONG THE VICTIMS Arne Mjåland One of the victims of the great wreck was Arthur E. Nicholson of London. England, a frequent visitor to this city. where he occasionally called upon his personal friends, ex senator Lyonas Delany of the firm of the Lyons Delany Company. ... |
19th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | IDA STRAUS ESTATE $260,000 All Is In Personal Property and Will Be Divided Among Children --- Application for letters of administration on the estate of Mrs. Ida Straus, who perished with her husband Isidor Straus in the wreck of the Titanic on April 15, was made... |
22nd June 1912 | |||
| New York Times | SEEK THE CHILDREN OF TITANIC VICTIM John M. Smart's Son and Daughter at School in Europe, Ignorant of Father's Fate --- HE HAD JUST VISITED THEM --- But Said Nothing of His Personal Affairs to His New York Business Associates --- By Marconi Tra... |
5th June 1912 | |||
| New York Times | 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 | |||
| New York Times | TITANIC DEATH STARTS SUIT Executor of Col. Weir Seeks to Recover Alleged Brokerage Account --- Surrogate Cohalan denied yesterday as "unreasonably inquisitorial" an application by Harold M. Weir, executor of the estate of Col. John Weir, to examine Mrs. Elizabet... |
4th October 1912 | |||
| WILLIAM GREENFIELDS ACCOUNT William was involved in his Father's fur business and sailed to Russia once a year to purchase pelts. Blanche went with him this time to buy silk in Paris for the linings of the coats. William met his ... |
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| New York Times | ASTOR BEQUESTS HAVE ALL BEEN PAID Cost of Administering Estate to Date, with Transfer Tax, Foots Up $3,305,480 --- $24,715,478 DISTRIBUTED --- The Four Executors File Their First Judicial Accounting, Covering Personal Property Only --- The fi... |
29th April 1914 | |||
| Western Morning News | FROM WESTCOUNTRY - FURTHER PERSONAL DETAILS It was reported yesterday at Okehampton that amongst the missing passengers in the third class list of the Titanic was John Lovell, son of John Lovell (farmer) of Northlew.... |
18th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | FINANCIAL NOTES *** George E. Learnard of Hooley, Learnard & Co. has been elected to the Presidency of the Nevada-Utah Corporation to succeed John Weir, who has resigned on account of ill-health. ***... |
22nd May 1907 | |||
| nj.com | NEWARKER'S TITANIC ACCOUNT FOR SALE AT CHRISTIE'S The consignor is choosing to part with the keepsake because he already has shared its contents with the "encyclopedia-titanica.org" Web site and no longer feels he can properly care for and insure the historic document.... |
28th June 2007 | |||
| WALLACE HARTLEY'S DRESSING WATCH The four-funneled liner on the fob is the Mauretania.... |
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| TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTES Book 2, Southampton Area Case number C489 That the sum of 2/6d per week for three months be paid to Mr. and Mrs. Kerley (partially dependent parents) on account of Mrs. Kerley's illness - bronchitis and lung trouble.... |
23rd April 1914 | ||||
| The Press Association | TITANIC EXHIBITION SHOWS ARTEFACTS More than 300 personal artefacts from the ill-fated Titanic are to go on public display as part of a major new exhibition.... |
16th December 2009 | |||
| Mirror.co.uk | £22K TALE OF TITANIC SURVIVOR A Titanic survivor's letter giving her account of the disaster has sold for £22,000 at auction.The writer tells how her party was last off the doomed liner and nearly froze to death in a lifeboat before being rescued.... |
1st October 2007 | |||
| Essex Echo | DRAMATIC STORY OF A TITANIC SURVIVOR WITH the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster next year a dramatic first-hand account has been unearthed among the papers of a surviving crew member who later worked on Southend Pier.... |
5th February 2011 | |||
| New York Times | MARY GARDEN'S SIDE IN SUIT Bill for Gowns "Outrageous," Her Lawyer Wrote Lucille, Ltd. --- A statement in behalf of Mary Garden was made yesterday by her attorney, Jacob Klein, concerning the suit filed against her in the Supreme Court on Tuesday by Lucille, Ltd... |
22nd May 1919 | |||
| PERSONAL INFORMATION Miss Eliina Honkanen, 27, was born in Finland. She lived in Saatrjkvi, Finland and had a family in Helsingforfs. She boarded as a third class passenger at Southampton, her ticket cost £7 18s 18d. Her destination was 16 West Street, Q... |
1912 | ||||
| Baltimore Sun | TITANIC SANK 98 YEARS AGO TODAY On the anniversary of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, it's a good day to note Baltimore's literary connections to the disaster. The closest link is "A Night to Remember," Baltimorean Walter Lord's gripping account of the sinking.... |
16th April 2010 | |||
| stv.tv | NIECE OF SCOTS TITANIC VIOLINIST RELEASES COOK BOOK IN HIS MEMORY The shock story of the sinking of the luxury cruise liner The Titanic is something that still sends a chill down the spine today but for the author of a new book based on the tragedy the story is one that truly strikes a personal note.... |
1st May 2010 | |||
| Gazette and Bulletin | WOMEN'S VARIED INTEREST Ann Ross short item... |
15th June 1928 | |||
| AFP | TITANIC SURVIVOR'S TALE OF DISASTER SOLD AT AUCTION An account of the sinking of the Titanic written by a survivor who was secretary to a controversial aristocrat has sold for 20000 pounds 23000 euros 32000 dollars auctioneers said on Sunday.... |
30th October 2010 | |||
| Times Ledger | THE TITANIC: A STORY WORTH TELLING, AND SELLING 3 years after her death, Cribb's gripping, nine-page handwritten account of the sinking of the Titanic and its immediate aftermath was to be auctioned at Christie's in New York, one 18 lots of Titanic memorabilia offered along with more than 200 other lots of ocean liner collectibles.... |
28th June 2007 | |||
| MinnPost.com | NEW TITANIC EXHIBIT COMING TO SCIENCE MUSEUM Nearly 10 years ago, Minnesotans streamed into St. Paul's Union Depot to see some long-lost pieces of history - artifacts from the Titanic. More than 400,000 people lined up to see clothing and personal items that went down with the ship, along with a 20-ton chunk of the ocean liner's hull. Not to mention the ship's whistle.Well, it's coming back.... |
20th November 2008 | |||
| TITANIC SURVIVORS: WHAT THEY SAW (1) Interview with Titanic survivor Frank Prentice... |
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| Irish Independent | TITANIC NO LONGER SHAMEFUL SUBJECT IN CITY OF ITS BIRTH A survivor's account of the night Titanic went down with 1520 souls was sold earlier this month for stg£20000 while at the same UK auction a poster showing the doomed White Star liner and its sister vessel RMS Olympic was knocked down at £69000 to a buyer from Eastern Europe.... |
2nd November 2010 | |||
| MOHAWK - KARL OSTERHOUT Survivor Karl Osterhaut, who wrote the single best account of the Mohawk disaster.... |
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| The Lindsay Daily Post | LINDSAY'S TITANIC CONNECTION; NEW EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS LINDSAY MAN'S BELONGINGS A Lindsay native's personal belongings lost at sea are one of the main focal points of a Titanic Exhibit currently on display in Toronto. The irony is that although Harold Irwin's luggage was on board the Titanic, he wasn't.... |
28th January 2008 | |||
| Boston Globe | FAMILY BATTLES MUSEUM OVER TITANIC LEGACY In 1987, five years after Goldsmith's death, his widow found among his personal papers a manuscript in which he put down his memories of the fateful day. Now, 20 years later, Goldsmith's family is battling the Springfield-based Titanic Historical Society, over the rights to the manuscript.... |
8th May 2007 | |||
| New York Times | BRIDE FIXING LIFEBELT ON PHILLIPS Two Marconi Men Worked to the Last... |
28th April 1912 | |||
| The Cornishman | TITANIC LINKS SOUGHT FOR EXHIBITION THE most famous ill-fated ship in history, the Titanic, is to be the subject of a major new exhibition at the Maritime Museum in Falmouth next year and the search is on to find local people with a personal connection.Although the exhibition won't be unveiled until next March, the museum is appealing now for people with their own stories to tell to come forward.... |
26th November 2008 | |||
| KPVI-TV | MUSEUM OF IDAHO NEEDS VOLUNTEERS FOR TITANIC EXHIBIT In just two weeks, the Museum of Idaho unveils its latest and very exciting exhibit. In 1912 the world's largest ship, the Titanic, sank after colliding with an iceberg. Now, 96 years later, you can get up close and personal with the story from the iconic ship to the fate of its passengers.... |
20th February 2009 | |||
| New York Times | THOMAS H. ISMAY LEFT £1,297,881 LONDON, March 11---The will of the late Thomas Henry Ismay, founder of the White Star Steamship Company, who died in Liverpool last November, has been proved, showing a personal estate of £1,297,881. Numerous legacies, in all about £2... |
12th March 1900 | |||
| CCTV | BIDDERS QUEUE FOR "TITANIC" DECK LOG elics of a storied disaster at sea are up for auction in London. At Christie's Auction House, Thursday, items related to the sinking of the "unsinkable" liner R.M.S. Titanic go on the block.Christie's is previewing 18 items of personal effects from the R.M.S. Titanic disaster, close to a century ago. ... |
28th June 2007 | |||
| PERSONAL INFORMATION Miss Erna Alexandra Andersson, 17, the daughter of Mr Anders Israelsson, was born in Finland. She lived in Kulla gard, Lovisa, Finland. Erna boarded as a third class passenger at Southampton, her ticket cost £7 18s 18d. Her destinatio... |
1912 | ||||
| Westmorland Gazette | TITANIC ARTEFACTS SET TO RAISE THOUSANDS A RARE first-hand account of the Titanic tragedy written by the great-uncle of a South Lakeland resident is expected to fetch more than £15,000 when it is sold at auction.Having always been interested in the voyage of the ill-fated vessel, Joyce Ireland from Burneside read with interest an article previewing the sale of Titanic memorabilia at Sotheby's in London.... |
2nd December 2008 | |||
| New York Times | PERSONAL - LADY DUFF GORDON The death of Lady DUFF GORDON was announced in London on July 17. Her Ladyship, who wielded an easy and agreeable pen, was one of the best known writers on Egyptian life and scenery. Lady DUFF GORDON had long been consumptive, and, as the atmosp... |
29th July 1869 | |||
| New York Times | POSTPONE SILVER WEDDING CELEBRATION Mr. and Mrs. Leo D. Greenfield of 1,239 Madison Avenue have postponed the celebration of their silver wedding anniversary, which was to have taken place at Sherry's on Sunday, May 5, on account of mourning due to the Titanic disaster and the many fun... |
28th April 1912 | |||
| GENERAL INFORMATION Mr. Smart was the president of the American Cold Storage and Shipping Co., and lived at the Victoria Hotel in New York. When he travelled to England, he simply checked out of the hotel, and took all of his personal belongings with him. Some of those ... |
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| PERSONAL INFORMATION Mr Abraham August Johannes Abrahamsson, 20, was born in Finland. He lived in Dalsbruk, Finland. August, as he was called, was single. He borded as a third class passenger at Southampton with his friends - Eino Lindqvist, Helga Hirvone... |
1912 | ||||
| DISCOVERY TSX: TITANIC PREVIEW The Titanic finally arrives in New York City at the Discovery Times Square Exposition. Relive Titanic's fateful 1912 maiden voyage and take on the identity of a Titanic passenger as you explore magnificent reconstructions of the Ship's interior. Discover how the 'unsinkable' Ship met its fate and connect with the passengers and crew, as you view haunting personal artifacts recovered from the wreck.... |
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| Daily Sketch | 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 | |||
| PURSUIT OF GRACE: ABOARD THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND A new historical fiction novel about the sinking of the Empress of Ireland. This historically accurate account is written by a Salvation Army Staff Band member, the same band whose predecessors were aboard the Empress the night the ship sank.... |
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| MOHAWK- VICTIM WILLIAM SYMMES Williams College yearbook memorial photo of victim William Symmes. An excellent latter day account of the Symmes family tragedy can be read here. ... |
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| New York Times | HOW THE HARRISES PARTED "Of Course, Ladies First," Said Mr. Harris, and Stayed on Board --- George Brayton, an asphalt manufacturer of Los Angeles, who was on the Titanic, last night gave an account of the parting of Henry B. Harris and his wife. He said:... |
19th April 1912 | |||
| belfasttelegraph.co.uk | STRICTLY JUDGE SWAPS SEQUINS FOR TITANIC DOCUMENTARY Strictly Come Dancing head judge Len Goodman has been on a visit to Belfast to celebrate a very personal interest in the Titanic ahead of the 100th anniversary of its sinking. Next spring the BBC will be airing a new three-part documentary about the Belfast-made ship, called The Titanic And Me, which looks at the human legacy of the disaster via the descendants of those who lost their lives, and the presenter is Len Goodman, Strictly’s popular voice of reason.... |
15th August 2011 | |||
| New York Times | THE SMART HEIRS FOUND? Children of Titanic Victim Believed to be in Belgian Convent --- BRUSSELS, Aug. 29---The long-sought son and daughter of the late Montgomery Smart of New York, a Titanic victim, are believed to be in a Belgian convent. Their names are G... |
30th August 1912 | |||
| Herts Advertiser & St. Albans Times | ACCOUNT OF THOMAS THRELFALL Leading Fireman T, Threlfall, one of the Titanic survivors, who was in boat No. 14, in the course of a narrative told to a pressman on landing at Plymouth, said: "From the wreckage we picked up four men. Then Mr. Lowe called out, 'There's... |
4th May 1912 | |||
| Western Morning News | 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 | |||
| Worcester Evening Gazette | CARPATHIA'S CAPT. ALL WORN OUT Article... |
20th April 1912 | |||
| newsletter.co.uk | PENSIONERS TELL OF PRIDE OVER TITANIC DISPLAY A LARGE outdoor ceramic artwork on the Titanic created by a group of pensioners has gone on display in north Belfast. The display put together by 15 people was inspired by personal memories and a trip to ‘TITANICa’ at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum’s — an exhibition which opened earlier this year to mark the centenary of the launch of the ship. As part of the creative process, the pensioners explored the history of Edwardian Belfast, the shipbuilding industry in Belfast and the on-board lifestyle of passengers who travelled on the Titanic. ... |
3rd November 2011 | |||
| PERSONAL INFORMATION Miss Hildur Elisabeth Hirvonen, 2, was born in Finland on 15th February 1910 as the daughter of Alexander Hirvonen and Helga Elisabeth Lindqvist. She lived in Taalintelidas, Finland. Hildur boarded as a third class passenger at Southa... |
1912 | ||||
| New York Times | THOMAS HENRY ISMAY [LETTER TO THE EDITOR] To The Editor of The New York Times: The death of Thomas Henry Ismay deserves more than a passing notice. In the extraordinary development of the commercial marine of Great Britain during the last quarter of a century he had been one o... |
25th November 1899 | |||
| Toronto Daily Star | MAJOR PEUCHEN AND HIS FAMILY Left to Right: Mr. Alan Peuchen, Mrs Peuchen, Major Peuchen, Miss Jessie Peuchen. When the New York Central Express was stalled a few miles outside Hamilton for two hours Saturday on account of a wreck ahead, Major Peuchen a... |
23rd April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | MORGAN ON THE OCEAN Sailed Yesterday on the Baltic to be Gone Until July --- J. Pierpont Morgan sailed for Liverpool yesterday on the White Star Line steamer Baltic. On account of the tide the Baltic sailed at 5 o'clock in the morning. M... |
14th March 1907 | |||
| Hampshire Chronicle | SURVIVOR FROM “TITANIC” A Newhaven A.B. Who Has Faced Many Perils of the Deep Mr Will Clifford Weller, who was an able... |
27th April 1912 | |||
| Atlantic City Daily Press | FRIEND OF REV. HUDSON'S PERISHED IN WRECK Among the passengers who perished on the Titanic was Frederick Sutton of Haddonfield, a personal friend of Rev. Birney S. Hudson, pastor of the First Baptist Church. Mr. Sutton was a member of the Haddonfield Baptis... |
20th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | THE TITANIC Lawrence Beesley's Admirable Description of the Disaster --- THE LOSS OF THE S. S. TITANIC. By Lawrence Beesley. Illustrated. Houghton Miffling [sic] Company. $1.20. --- No man can go dawn into the valley of the shadow ... |
28th July 1912 | |||
| New York Times | MORGAN STOPS FESTIVITIES Deeply Affected by the Disaster, He Halts Aix Celebration --- AIX LES BAINS, France, April 19 --- J. Pierpont Morgan, who has arrived here to participate in to-day's inauguration of the sanitarium he has had built in honor of his ... |
20th April 1912 | |||
| AP | TITANIC LOCKET FETCHES $100,000 A locket that went down with the Titanic and a survivor's handwritten account of the 1912 disaster fetched tens of thousands of dollars at auction Saturday.American passenger Helen Churchill Candee's 36–page description of the ship's sinking, which fetched US$85,000 in the sale, describes how she gave her locket to Edward Kent, a friend on board the ship, for safekeeping after the Titanic hit the iceberg that destroyed it.The locket, which sold for US$100,000, was found in the drowned Kent's jacket pocket when his body was recovered soon after his death.... |
4th May 2006 | |||
| New York Times | FILE WILL OF TITANIC VICTIM Proof of Death of Charles Natsch Furnished by Survivor --- The will of Charles Natsch, who lost his life on the Titanic, was admitted to probate in the Surrogates' Court in Brooklyn, yesterday, after proof of his death had been submitte... |
28th June 1912 | |||
| belfasttelegraph.co.uk | THROUGH HELL ANDHIGH WATER There's no shortage of literature commemorating the launch of the ill-fated Titanic 100 years ago. But you should make room on your bookshelf for this distinct and evocative account, writes Michael Wolsey The launch of the Titanic 100 years ago was the high-point of Belfast's shipbuilding industry. Harland -amp; Wolff created not only the biggest passenger liner the world had ever seen but a ship more glamorous, more hyped, than any before or since. Sadly, it was downhill ever after. The industry's decline has been slow, a graph of troughs and peaks, but the troughs were much steeper than the peaks and now, for all intents and purposes, it is gone. ... |
3rd July 2011 | |||
| Titanic Review | REPORT INTO THE LOSS OF THE SS TITANIC - A CENTENNIAL REAPPRAISAL Monica Hall A remarkable team of experts shine fresh and detailed light on a century old drama.... |
7th December 2011 | |||
| PERSONAL INFORMATION Mrs Alexander Hirvonen (nee Helga Elisabeth Lindqvist), 22, was born in Finland on 2nd January 1890 as daughter Carl and Elisabeth Lindqvist. She lived in Taalintelidas, Finland. Helga was married to Alexander Hirvonen and had a daugh... |
1912 | ||||
| LETTER RE OFFICER WILDE Letter... |
4th June 1915 | ||||
| The Times | TORQUAY SHOOTING CHARGE TITANIC OFFICER SENT TO PENAL SERVITUDE Robert Hitchens, 51, a ship's navigating officer, who was stated to have been at the wheel of the Titanic when she was sunk in 1912 after striking an iceberg, appeared in the dock at Winchester A... |
30th November 1933 | |||
| New York Times | PAINTING FOR BUTT FUND WASHINGTON, Dec. 14---Col. Spencer Cosby, chief aid to President Taft, received to-day a painting depicting the sinking of the Titanic and the rescue of some of her passengers. Gilbert Gaul, a New York artist, offered it as a contribut... |
15th December 1912 | |||
| Titanic Review | FINDING DOROTHY : REVIEWED Monica Hall Randy Bryan Bigham’s book, Finding Dorothy is interesting. Less so, perhaps, for the ‘techies’ amongst us, but certainly for the legion of humanities researchers who are primarily interested in the pe... |
19th July 2005 | |||
| New York Times | GUGGENHEIM WILL FILED Two Daughters Share Estate of Widow of Titanic Victim --- Mrs. Florette Guggenheim, widow of Benjamin Guggenheim, who perished on the Titanic, left her residuary estate in trust for her two daughters, it was learned yesterday when her w... |
7th December 1937 | |||
| Rahway Daily Record | STORY OF DISASTER TO MAMMOTH LINER FROM A SURVIVOR William H. Randolph of This City Hears Sad Account of the Wreck From His Employer’s Widow ---------- MRS. WALTER DOUGLAS SAFE ---------- In Interview She States That Bruce Ismay, After Receiving Warning, Kept Boat at Full ... |
19th April 1912 | |||
| Chicago Examiner | NOT LOCKED IN CABIN ON CARPATHIA, SAYS ISMAY I know that my personal conduct has been made the subject of a lot of unfavorable comment, and I court the fullest inquiry at the hands of your committee or any one else who has the right to ask such questions. So far as the Carpathia is ... |
1st May 1912 | |||
| New York Times | GUGGENHEIM CHANGE OF FAITH Reports Don't Refer to Me, Says B. Guggenheim, Nor to the Family --- Benjamin Guggenheim, who arrived here yesterday from Europe on the Mauretania, said last night at the Hotel St. Regis in regard to published reports that membe... |
3rd June 1908 | |||
| Washington Times | COL. GRACIE TO BE MET IN NEW YORK BY HIS DAUGHTER Rescued Man Was Returning From Trip to Europe Taken In Search of Health --- Col. Archibald Gracie, whose rescue from the Titanic is indicated by all the lists of passengers saved, made the trip abroad on account of poor health, it is st... |
18th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | TITANIC VICTIM'S ESTATE C. F. Gregory Asks for Letters---Smart's Children Not Found --- Clarence F. Gregory of 3,675 Broadway asked the Surrogate yesterday to grant him letters testamentary upon the estate of J. Montgomery Smart, who perished in the Titanic d... |
13th May 1914 | |||
| Daily Northwestern | SAW THE ICEBERG Silverthorne account... |
17th April 1912 | |||
| The Times | INVENTIONS SURGE AFTER TITANIC DISASTER Article... |
19th April 1913 | |||
| New York Times | ANDREW SAKS'S WILL $25,000 for Charities to be Specified by His Wife --- The will of Andrew Saks, who died at Sherry's on April 8, was admitted yesterday in the Surrogate's Court for probate. The petition does not give the actual value of his estate but m... |
13th April 1912 | |||
| Daily Mirror | AUBART ACCOUNT May 13, 1912 : I had in my cabin jewels worth 4,000 (GPB) as well as many trunks of dresses and hats. One does not come from Paris and buy one's clothes in America. That is understood, is it not? Nothing could I take with me; not... |
13th May 1912 | |||
| Chicago Tribune | JESSIE LEITCH'S STORY TELLS MISS LEITCH'S STORY Nana Harper, the 6 year old daughter of Dr. John Harper, who was on his way to Chicago to preach at the Moody church will return to England... |
21st April 1912 | |||
| Toronto Daily Star | JUMPED INTO LIFEBOAT H.B. Stephenson Account... |
19th April 1912 | |||
| EXTRACT FROM LETTER FROM GEORGE BEHE ''A few years ago I found an interesting titbit which, I believe, clears up any mystery surrounding how he was saved. His photograph appears in the May 4, 1912 issue of the Illustrated London News along with other crewmen who had returned to England.... |
20th May 1989 | ||||
| Toronto Daily Star | E.Z. TAYLOR'S ACCOUNT E.Z. Taylor jumps into the sea... |
18th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | MEMORIAL NOTICE HAYS---At a special meeting of the Board of Directors of the United States Mortgage and Trust Company held April 25, 1912, it was resolved that the following minutes be adopted and transmitted to the family of Mr. Charles M. Hays: CHAR... |
28th April 1912 | |||
| The Times | MRS. PIRRIE HONORED BELFAST, April 5 --- At the meeting of the City Corporation to-day Alderman John McCormick moved a resolution electing and admitting Mrs. Pirrie an honorary burgess of the city of Belfast in recognition of her signal... |
6th April 1904 | |||
| New York Times | MORE TITANIC CLAIMS FILED Belgian Consul Asks $46,250 for Lost Natives of His Country --- More claims against the White Star Line for damages inflicted by the wreck of the Titanic were received yesterday in the Federal District Court here. Pierre Mali, Belgian C... |
13th September 1913 | |||
| New York Times | MORGAN FOR PRESIDENT? HUH! He Wouldn't Take That Job, Says the Dog Show Doorkeeper --- The proudest man in New York yesterday was the doorkeeper of the private entrance to the Dog Show in Madison Square Garden, for he was formally introduced to... |
15th February 1908 | |||
| New York Times | NO WIRELESS ORDER TO HOLD BACK NEWS Sea Gate Operator Explains the Messages to Bride and Cottam on the Carpathia --- SHIP THEN IN THE HARBOR --- "Keep Your Mouth Shut" Not Official, but Friendly Words of One Operator to Another ---... |
27th April 1912 | |||
| TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTES LIVERPOOL COMMITTEE C. 523 Bird (or Morgan). In accordance with the resolution of this Committee of the 21st April, 1914, the Hon. Secretary submitted Dr. Oldershaw's report upon the case of Mrs. Margaret Bird (Widow). RESOLVED. That it be recommend... |
8th June 1914 | ||||
| Washington Times | 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 | |||
| Western Morning News | TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW Henry Rogers, of Tavistock, a second class passenger, was the son of the late Mr J G Rogers, stone mason, and grandson of Mr J S Rogers, who carries on the business at Tavistock. The young man was 18 years of age and had been in service with Rev. Ma... |
18th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | SOCIETY---HOME AND ABROAD Personal and Otherwise --- Miss Esmé Wallace, who is to marry Viscount Tiverton, son of the Earl of Halsbury, is a daughter of Lady Duff-Gordon by her first husband, and is a niece of Eleanor Glyn, the novelist. Her mother marrie... |
4th August 1907 | |||
| Hibbing Daily Tribune | MISS WILLARD TELLS OF WRECK Girl Well Known Here, Who was on the Titanic has reached St. Paul. St. Paul, Minn. - April 23 - Miss Constance, the 20-year-old daughter of David Willard, formerly of Duluth, has arrived at the home of her sister, Mrs. Hope McCall, on ... |
23rd April 1912 | |||
| Unidentified Newspaper | SEEKS LIEN ON ESTATE OF A TITANIC VICTIM John S.Fanning, of East Orange, N.J., applied yesterday to Surrogate Fowler, for letters of administration for the estate of John D. Baumann, a promoter of South American rubber and timber companies, who was lost on the Titanic. Mr Fanning said th... |
7th September 1912 | |||
| New York Times | MEMORIAL NOTICE STRAUS---At a special meeting of the Executive Committee of the Educational Alliance, held on Friday, April 19, 1912, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: After days of keenest anxiety, the Directors of the Educational A... |
20th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | CAN FIND NO TRACE OF SMART CHILDREN Estate of Titanic Victim Cannot Be Settled Until They Have Been Notified --- SUPPOSED TO BE IN EUROPE --- Father Was Returning from a Visit to Them and All His Private Papers Were Lost with Him --- Frederick ... |
14th July 1912 | |||
| The Times | T. ISMAY CONTRIBUTES TO PIRRIE HOSPITAL FUND BELFAST, DEC 16 Much gratification is expressed in Belfast with regard to a letter received by the Lord Mayor, who is a partner in the large shipbuilding firm of Harland and Wolff, from Mr. Thom... |
17th December 1896 | |||
| New York Times | TIMES "AD" FOR MISSING BOY E. H. Bull of 33 Linden Street, Bayonne, N. J., recognizing the value of the Lost and Found columns of THE NEW YORK TIMES, has inserted an advertisement in it asking for information concerning Arne Salstrom, [sic] a nineteen-year-old Norwegian boy, w... |
20th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | RELATIVES ONLY AT CEREMONY OF DOROTHY DREY AND HORACE A. SAKS The marriage of Miss Dorothy Isabel Drey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Drey, to Horace Andrew Saks, son of Mrs. Andrew Saks and the late Mr. Saks, took place at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the home of the bride's parents, 54 East Seventy-four... |
30th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | $4,427,608 ESTIMATE OF STRAUS ESTATE The Figures, However, Are Tentative, as Final Appraisal Has Not Been Filed --- MORE HEARINGS TO BE HELD --- Partial Schedules in the Estate of Benjamin Guggenheim Show Assets of $748,000 --- Edmond E. Wise, head of th... |
11th August 1913 | |||
| New York Times | VETERANS HONOR THE DEAD Seventh Regiment Men Attend Memorial Services --- Memorial services were held yesterday afternoon by the veterans of the Seventh Regiment, N. G. N. Y., in St. Thomas's Church. The Rev. Claudius M. Roome preached the memorial sermon. Mr.... |
29th April 1912 | |||
| The Syracuse Herald | FIRE RAGED ON TITANIC FIVE DAYS New York Aril 20th – That a fire had raged in the [?] bunkers of the liner Titanic from the day she left Southampton u... |
20th April 1912 | |||
| Calgary Herald | THESE TWO MEN JUMPED OVERBOARD JUST BEFORE TITANIC SANK; ALL LIGHTS LIT WHEN SHE FOUNDERED Special Dispatch to the Herald... |
21st April 1912 | |||
| Rahway Daily Record | ARTHUR KEEFE MAY BE MISSING ON LINER TITANIC Rahway people, while horrified at the astounding disaster which overtook the gigantic ocean liner Titanic and at the terrible loss of life which accompanied the disaster, have a close personal feeling in the matter, inasmuch as one of its citizens, a... |
16th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | BUTT-MILLET MEMORIAL President Taft and Washington Friends Raise Funds for a Tablet --- WASHINGTON, May 30---President Taft, members of the Diplomatic Corps in Washington, and many high Government officials have contributed to a fund of several thousand dol... |
31st May 1912 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Chicago Tribune | BRUCE HAS NO WRECK DETAILS Wireless Operator Reports He Was Unable to Get Particulars of Titanic Sinking St. Johns, N. F., April 17---The steamer Bruce, which arrived in St. John's harbor at noon on Monday and r... |
18th April 1912 | |||
| Worcester Telegram | BOSTON MAN ON FRANCONIA REPORTS COMMUNICATING WITH CARPATHIA Article... |
18th April 1912 | |||
| Washington Times | ACTOR IS WORRIED OVER FATE OF MAN ON UNFORTUNATE SHIP "Rene is safe; am uncertain about Harry; will wire you definite information as soon as received." This is the only comforting word received by Frank McIntyre, now appearing at the National Theater in “Snobs” and his company, which is a... |
17th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | MORGAN FORTUNE NEAR $100,000,000 Financier Not Possessed of Vast Wealth of Rockefeller or Carnegie --- PUT $60,000,000 IN ART --- Lewis Cass Ledyard, His Counsel, Believed to Have Possession of His Will --- Mr. Morgan, in Wall Street's estimation, wa... |
1st April 1913 | |||
| New York Times | 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 | |||
| REPORT TO MARCONI TRAFFIC MANAGER [EXTRACT] Harold Bride, Junior Marconi operator in his Report of April 27th to W. B. Cross, Traffic Manager, Marconi Co. says: Just at this moment the Captain said: ''You cannot do any more; save yourselves.'' Leaving the Captain we climbed on top of th... |
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| The Times | THE LATE MR. ISMAY'S WILL THE LATE MR. ISMAY'S WILL---The will of the late Mr. THOMAS HENRY ISMAY, head of the White Star Line, has been proved. The value of the real and personal estate is sworn at £1,297,881 14s. 1d. g... |
12th March 1900 | |||
| New York Times | THE TITANIC Col. Gracie’s Account of Last Year’s Sea Tragedy --- THE TRUTH ABOUT THE TITANIC. By Col. Archibald Gracie. Mitchell Kennerly. $1.25 --- When the Titanic went to the bottom of the Atlantic now more than a year ago it wa... |
4th May 1913 | |||
| New York Times | WILL OF LORILLARD SPENCER Bulk of His Estate Left to Mrs. Spencer in Trust for Life --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I., April 1---The will of Lorillard Spencer, who died in New York last month, was filed for probate to-day, and di... |
2nd April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | MRS. FIERMONTE'S ESTATE She Left a Gross of $1,149,142 and Net of $983,637 --- Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, who died on March 27, 1940, left a gross estate of $1,149,142, according to an accounting filed in Surrogate's Court yesterday by P. Lyndo... |
3rd May 1941 | |||
| New York Times | A CUNARD COMMODORE HOME FROM THE SEA. By Arthur H. Rostron. Illustrated. 259 pp. New York: The Macmillan Company. $3.50. --- Sir Arthur was commodore of the Cunard fleet when recently he retired from active service. For four years and more he commanded t... |
8th November 1931 | |||
| Leatherhead, Advertiser, Epsom District Times and County Post | WRECK OF THE TITANIC LITTLE GIRLS ACCOUNT Mrs. Tate, of Elm Villas, Leatherhead, has just received from her daughter (Mrs. Collyer) a copy of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, containing an account of the wreck of the Titanic, as depicted by her daughter Margery, eight years of age. It will be remem... |
18th May 1912 | |||
| Atlantic City Daily Press | PROBATE WILL OF TITANIC VICTIM Frederick Sutton, Coffee Importer, Leaves $50,000 and Upwards to Family ---------- The will of Frederick Sutton, of Haddonfield, N. J., who lost his life in the wreck of the steamship Titanic, was probated yesterday aftern... |
30th April 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 | ||||
| Unidentified Newspaper | WOMAN RELATES THRILLING RACE OF CARPATHIA Article... |
20th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | CAPT. ROSTRON GUEST OF MRS. J. J. ASTOR Rescuer of Titanic Survivors Meets Again Mrs. Thayer and Mrs. Cumings --- GOES TO SEE MRS. WIDENER --- With the Crew of the Carpathia He Will Attend Concert for Musicians' Families --- Capt. Arthur Henry Ros... |
1st June 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.... |
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| Trenton Evening Times | BLACKWELL HAD HEAVY INSURANCE ACCIDENT POLICY FOR $33,000 Carried by Trenton Victim of the Titanic Besides the large personal estate, in securities, variously estimated at between $110,000 and $200,000, left by Stephen W. Blackwell, who lost his life on the Titanic, he also carried accident ... |
4th May 1912 | |||
| New York Times | MRS. STRAUS LEFT $319,940 Titanic Victim's Estate Divided Equally Among Six Children --- Mrs. Ida Straus, who perished with her husband, Isidor Straus, in the Titanic disaster on April 15, 1912, left a net estate of $319,940, according to an appraisal of her est... |
29th April 1914 | |||
| Philadelphia Inquirer | 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 | |||
| TITANIC BLUEPRINT "R.M.S. Titanic" Harland & Wolff design dept schematic scale blueprint of "Titanic's" plumbing & water systems. Approx 9ft x 20ins. This drawing was the personal property of W.D. Wilson esq., leading draughtsman at Harlan... |
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| The Times | THE TITANIC INQUIRY: LADY DUFF GORDON'S EVIDENCE The inquiry into the loss of the Titanic was resumed yesterday by Lord Mersey and his Assessors. There was no diminution in the public interest taken in the proceedings. Among those present were Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein, Lady St. Helier, L... |
21st May 1912 | |||
| The Times | ON BOARD THE CARPATHIA HOW THE PASSENGERS WERE RECEIVED A passenger on board the Carpathia made the following statement:- I was awakened at 12.30 in the morning by a commotion on the decks which seemed unus... |
20th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | MORGAN AIDS PREVENTORIUM Institution to Combat Tuberculosis Receives $5,000 from Egypt. --- J. Pierpont Morgan was so much interested in the colony of tenement children who are being saved from acquiring tuberculosis by the Tuberculosis Preve... |
19th March 1912 | |||
| Chicago Record-Herald | RUSE SCENTED TO AVOID CLAIM Titanic Survivor Says She Signed Paper Thinking It Railroad Tickets Alleged unfair tactics used by the owners of the steamship Titanic to avoid damage claims from survivors were explained yesterday by Miss Annie Kelly, one of... |
25th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | MRS. DICK RETURNS; CARRIED TO HOSPITAL Still Suffering From Effect of Broken Arm, Doctor Says---Silent on Boxer --- Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick, former widow of the late John Jacob Astor and divorced wife of William K. Dick, returned from Bermuda yesterday on the Monarch... |
4th November 1933 | |||
| New York Times | $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 | |||
| The Daily Banner | MET BY STEPSON MRS. ASTOR IN GOOD HEALTH DESPITE DEATH RUMORS. New York, April 19. - There were three automobiles to meet Mrs. Astor. Mr Bobbyn, the colonel's secretary, was on the pier all evening. Preparations were made to... |
19th April 1912 | |||
| Shore Press | COMPTON CARRIED HEAVY INSURANCE Accident Policy For $29,000 Held by Lakewood Victim of the Titanic ---------- Besides the large personal estate in securities, variously estimated at between $110,000 and $200,000, left by Stephen W. Blackwell of Trenton, he als... |
5th May 1912 | |||
| New York Times | MORGAN MAY ACT AS A PEACE ENVOY Berlin Thinks That, Unofficially, He Will Try to End the Turkish-Italian Conflict --- TO VISIT CONSTANTINOPLE --- After Seeing Kaiser at Venice---Belief That Turkish Officials Will Listen to Him Respectful... |
9th April 1912 | |||
| Unidentified Newspaper | THE SAGE FAMILY LOST In the appalling calamity which befell the Titanic on Monday - (pages 7 and 8) - a toll of eleven lives was exacted from Peterborough, and remarkable to say, all in one family. These were Mr. and Mrs. John Sage, of Gladstone Street, an... |
April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | YACHTS AND YACHTSMEN From present indications, John Jacob Astor's large steam yacht, the Nourmahal, will not be put in commission this year, at least not during the early Summer months. No orders have yet been received for her refitting, and as Mr. Astor is e... |
29th April 1900 | |||
| The Times | CONTROLLER-GENERAL'S RETIREMENT MERCHANT SHIPBUILDING --- CONTROLLER-GENERAL'S RETlREMENT --- The Prime Minister and the Shipping Controller have consented to the release from the end of the present month of the Right Hon. Lord Pirrie, ... |
23rd December 1919 | |||
| MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE (ORIGINAL) Livro de Casamentos da Paróquia de São Brás, Arco da Calheta, Calheta ... |
1899 | ||||
| The Times | MR. BRUCE ISMAY A correspondent writes:--- Will you permit me to supplement the articles concerning the late Bruce Ismay, which have already appeared in your columns, by the publication of a short personal tribute by an old frien... |
23rd October 1937 | |||
| New York Times | WHY MAJOR BUTT, THE PRESIDENT'S AIDE, WENT TO ROME By a Veteran Diplomat --- That President Taft has made up his mind to follow the custom of the non-Catholic Courts and Governments in Europe, on the subject of the precedence to be accorded to Cardinals in the United States, no matter w... |
14th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | PEACE MEN MOURN THEIR LOSS Andrew Carnegie Signs Resolutions of Regret for Five Members --- The National Committee for the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of peace among English-speaking peoples in 1914-1915 sent out yesterday this resolution passed ... |
21st April 1912 | |||
| Denver Times | MRS. STOIBER-ROOD DENIES REPORT HUSBAND IS ALIVE Says She Has Positive Evidence He Lost His Life on Titanic Disaster. Recent reports from London that a man seen there had been partially identified as Hugh R. Rood, supposed to have been one of the Titanic victims in April, 1912, have ... |
19th April 1912 | |||
| Adams County News | LOCAL INTEREST IN TITANIC LOSS Wife of Lutheran Missionary Returning Home with Three Children All Saved in Midnight Transfer to Life Boats Many Gettysburg people are keenly interested in the welfare of four passengers who were o... |
20th April 1912 | |||
| Galesburg Republican Register | UNKNOWN TITLE Frank Karun, a member of the Austrian immigrant colony in this city, will have some stirring things to tell when he returns to the city of the loss of the big steamship Titanic and his rescue later by the Carpathia . Just at present Mr. Karun is at t... |
22nd April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | CUBA REFUSED HIS PEANUTS And as Baumann Lost Over the Deal He is Suing His Partner --- John D. Baumann, a jute and gum merchant at 120 Maiden Lane, is seeking damages in the Supreme Court against Salvador Comas on the charge of alleged conversion, the basis of ... |
7th August 1909 | |||
| The Times | MR BRUCE ISMAY - AN ANONYMOUS TRIBUTE “Will you permit me to supplement the articles concerning the late Bruce Ismay, which have already appeared in your columns, by the publication of a short personal tribute by an old friend? In the world at large Bruce Ismay may possi... |
23rd August 1937 | |||
| NEBRASKAN SURVIVOR RARELY SPOKE OF TRAGEDY Einar Gervasius Carlson, formerly Karlsson was born in Oakarshamn, Sweden on June 19, 1890. He was 21 years old when he and a friend, Johan Charles Asplund boarded the Titanic for the United States. They were originally booked on the ship Adriatic... |
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| Chicago American | UNEXPLAINED FEATURES OF WORLD'S GREATEST STEAMSHIP DISASTER Whence came the wireless messages of Monday assuring the world of the rescue of passengers and crew from the Titanic without the loss of a life? What was the origin of the report—by wireless via Cape Race—that the steamer Virgi... |
16th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | MAJOR ARCHIBALD BUTT President's Aid Had Gone on a Special Mission to the Pope --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, April 15.-Major Archibald Willingham Butt, President Taft’s Military Aid, [sic] was returning on the Titanic afte... |
16th April 1912 | |||
| Bournemouth Echo | A SWANAGE MAN'S STORY OF THE DISASTER Iceberg mistaken for a cloud The Two Swanage survivors of the ill-fated Titanic messers J W. Gibbons of Studland and Charles Burgess arrived in England on Sunday in the "Lapland". They both arrived in Swanage on Tuesday afternoon and e... |
1912 | |||
| New-York Tribune | ASTORS SAIL FOR EGYPT The Astors are bound for Egypt on account of Mrs. Astor's health...... |
25th January 1912 | |||
| THEODOOR DE MULDER'S CERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA To Be Given To The Person Naturalized No. 3637076 CERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP Petition No. 71418 Personal description of holder as of date of naturalizatio... |
5th December 1932 | ||||
| MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE (ORIGINAL) Livro de Casamentos da Paróquia de São Brás, Arco da Calheta, Calheta ... |
1910 | ||||
| Elizabeth Daily Journal | ELIZABETHANS ON BOARD BIG LINER TITANIC [Links to the earlier parts of this article can be found on the summary pages for the members of the Renouf/Jefferys family and the Carter family.] Among those who visited the White Star steamship offices in New York to-day in an endea... |
16th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | ONE VICTIM LEGALLY DEAD Surrogate Accepts Proof That William F. Hoyt Perished in Disaster --- The first victim of the Titanic disaster to be pronounced legally dead was William F. Hoyt. Surrogate Cohalan accepted proof of Mr. Hoyt's death y... |
27th April 1912 | |||
| Chicago Evening Post | DREAD OF LIFEBOATS BY PASSENGERS TOLD DREAD OF LIFEBOATS BY PASSENGERS TOLD Nephew of E. N. Kimball of Chicago Pictures Fear of Seventy-Five Foot Drop From the Titanic Trusted To Safety on Ship... |
23rd April 1912 | |||
| ET Comment | THE RECORD SPEAKS! Tad Fitch, Sam Halpern and Bill Wormstedt In his latest opinion piece, Senan Molony said that it is important to bear in mind that Hugh Woolner is merely a battleground for the real issue, the claim that Collapsible C “left the Titanic close to her climactic consummation.” Yet, the final ... |
13th December 2006 | |||
| ACCOUNT BY GERALD DUQUEMIN His brother, Gerald, of Capelle's Building Stores, Guernsey, takes up the story: ''I was only ten years old at the time the Titanic went down but I can remember very well what results the sinking brought home. We heard about it on the ... |
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| New York Times | SCREEN: SINKING OF THE TITANIC Review... |
17th December 1958 | |||
| Atlantic Daily Bulletin | SOS : TITANIC NOT THE FIRST USER Brian J. Ticehurst OVER the years many myths and fallacies have grown up around the Titanic. Not least the myth that the Titanic was the first vessel to use the International Distress Call 'SOS'. This is not so - the facts are these:- ... |
22nd November 2005 | |||
| Titanic Review | TITANIC CAPTAIN: THE LIFE OF EDWARD JOHN SMITH Inger Sheil Inger Sheil reviews a fully revised biography of Titanic's Captain... |
18th January 2012 | |||
| New York Times | MEMORIAL NOTICE STRAUS-Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society (Orphan Asylum,) passed at a meeting specially called for the purpose of considering the tragic and untimely death of Isidor Straus: Isidor Straus t... |
4th May 1912 | |||
| New York Times | GUGGENHEIM ESTATE VALUED AT $3,551,994 Victim of Titanic Disaster Left Widow $785,199---Daughters Get About $500,000 Each --- MANY CHARITABLE BEQUESTS --- Sisters Receive Incomes from Trust Funds of $75,000 and Sisters-in-Law from $25,000 --- Benj... |
18th January 1916 | |||
| Outlook | THE RESCUED : BY AN EYE-WITNESS ON THE CARPATHIA Article... |
27th April 1912 | |||
| GENERAL INFORMATION MBE awarded March 1946. Purser SS Mataroa of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company Ltd. Awarded for long and meritorious service at sea and in dangerous waters during the war. He served as a Purser for the company for 20 years, tr... |
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| EDITH LOUISE ROSENBAUM RUSSELL (1879-1975) Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on 12 June 1879, the fashion writer, consultant, importer, buyer and stylist Edith Louise Rosenbaum began her career abroad as a saleswoman in 1908 for the Maison Cheruit in the Place Vendome in Paris. Later she wrote for th... |
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| GENERAL INFORMATION ALLEN, Miss Elisabeth Walton. Saved. Cabin B5. (Saved in Lifeboat number 2). (Niece of Mrs. E. S. Roberts and cousin of Miss Georgette Madill, which see). Home address: Tunbridge Wells, England. (Mrs. J. B. Mennell). Insurance c... |
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| Whitehaven News | LOCAL CONNECTION WITH TITANIC DISASTER The Blackburn Times of the 20th inst. contains the following account of an interview with Mr. James Shepherd, son of the late Mr. Jonathan Shepherd, formerly of Whitehaven, and now residing at Blackburn, whose son, Mr. Jonathan Shepherd, was one of t... |
2nd May 1912 | |||
| Southern Daily Echo | MILLVINA DEAN, LAST SURVIVOR OF TITANIC, DIES She died this morning after being cared for at a nursing home in Woodlands, in the New Forest. ... |
31st May 2009 | |||
| Rochester City Newspaper | REVIEW: "TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION" Ego, wealth, optimism, and opulence. RMS Titanic was the grandest symbol of all this and more. Branded as "practically unsinkable," the largest ship ever built in its time boasted a top first-class ticket price of more than $103,000 in today's currency. Filled with celebrities, dignitaries, tycoons, and immigrants, the Titanic set sail on April 10, 1912, from Southampton, UK, and sank on April 15, 1912, after hitting an iceberg during its maiden voyage.... |
7th October 2009 | |||
| MME. AUBART: LUXURY LOST After her rescue from Titanic, French singer Leontine Pauline ("Ninette") Aubart, better remembered as the mistress of American millionaire Benjamin Guggenheim, wrote the following letter to the White Star Line, itemizing her lost possessions: ... |
1st May 1912 | ||||
| TITANIC DISCHARGED CREW Crew members, most of whom had "signed-on" but, for one reason or another, failed to board the ship or were not aboard when the accident occurred. ... |
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| ACCOUNT BY MARSHALL DREW 'When the 'Titanic' struck the iceberg at 11.40 pm, I was in bed. However, for whatever reason I was awake and remember the jolt and cessation of motion. A steward knocked on the stateroom door and directed us to get dressed, put on life preservers a... |
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| Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | TITANIC SURVIVOR ETHEL BEANE DIED IN NURSING HOME Page 1A-3A She, husband honeymooned aboard the ill-fated ship Ethel Bean, one of the remaining survivors of the sinking of the S.S. Titanic on April 15, 1912, died Saturday in Rochester. She had been living at a Roches... |
17th September 1983 | |||
| New York Times | MARRIED IN EARLY DECEMBER A brilliant and fashionable assemblage gathered at noon yesterday in the Church of the Heavenly Rest, on Fifth-avenue, to witness the marriage of Miss Florence Schieffelin, a daughter of George R. Schieffelin and a great favorite in New-York society,... |
5th December 1888 | |||
| Maidenhead Advertiser | AN ACCOUNT OF MY JOURNEY ON THE TITANIC Nellie Walcroft Sir, I am sending the account of my journey on the Titanic thinking that it will interest those at Maidenhead whom I know. I left Maidenhead on April 9th., stayed in London and caught 'the special train to Southampton at... |
29th April 1912 | |||
| Titanic Research | WAS THE TITANIC'S RUDDER LARGE ENOUGH? Captain Charles B. Weeks There have been several times when the question has been raised about whether the Titanic’s rudder was large enough. It has been suggested that if the rudder had been larger she would have turned more quickly and t... |
29th September 2002 | |||
| Gare Maritime | THE CAP ARCONA : GALLERY OF A LOVELY - DOOMED LINER Jim Kalafus Recalling the loveliest of the 'forgotten' liners... |
14th July 2007 | |||
| New York Times | TITANIC VICTIM'S ESTATE W. A. Spencer Left Property Worth $2,218,650 --- William Augustus Spencer, who was drowned when the Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, left a net estate of $2,218,650, according to an appraisal filed yesterday. The beneficiaries are Mrs. M... |
10th July 1914 | |||
| Titanic Review | SHADOW OF THE TITANIC: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORIES OF THOSE WHO SURVIVED Mark Chirnside Mark Chirnside reviews Andrew Wilson's new book exploring the later lives of Titanic's survivors.... |
29th November 2011 | |||
| Birkenhead News | BIRKENHEAD STEWARDESS MISS STAP'S GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF THE TITANIC DISASTER THE EXPERIENCES OF A BIRKENHEAD STEWARDESS MISS STAP'S GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF THE DISASTER... |
4th May 2011 | |||
| New York Times | SON FOR MRS. ASTOR; NAMED FOR FATHER Both Mother and Baby Said to be Very Well, the Child Strong and Well Formed --- ROSES FROM VINCENT ASTOR --- And Many Congratulations from Friends---Baby Is the Sixth John Jacob Astor --- Mrs. Madeleine Force... |
15th August 1912 | |||
| CAPTAIN ROSTRON'S HANDWRITTEN ACCOUNT OF THE DISASTER. RMS Carpathia Cunard SS Co. Ltd., At Sea April 27th, 1912 At 12.35 am (ship's time) April 15th (Monday), 1912, I was called by the 1st Officer in company with Marconi operator and informed that the White St... |
27th April 1912 | ||||
| New York Times | P. A. B. WIDENER GIVES $4,000,000 TO SCHOOL Endowment Is Announced Coincident with the Filing of His Son’s and Grandson’s Wills --- TO AID CRIPPLED CHILDREN --- George Widener, Lost on the Titanic, Left His Estate to Family---Harry’s Rare Books for Harvard --... |
21st May 1912 | |||
| Lancashire Telegraph | TITANIC BANDMASTER'S VIOLIN MAY BE SOLD Peter Magill Tests are being carried out on a violin thought to have belonged to Wallace Hartley, who famously played on as the White Star Liner sank in April 1912. And if the instrument turns out to be genuine experts believe it could break the £100,000 record for an artefact from the wreck. ... |
2nd April 2011 | |||
| Providence Journal | SEVERAL INTERVIEW EXCERPTS BY HELEN AND FAMILY DETAILS Shelley Dziedzic article excerpt... |
11th August 2005 | |||
| Washington Times | PRESIDENT AND FRIENDS OF MAJOR BUTT FEAR HE WENT DOWN WITH SHIP "The White Stare [sic] Line Company his searched its list of survivors for the name of Major Archibald Butt. We regret to say that his name does not appear up to the present time among those known to be saved.” The above message, in e... |
16th April 1912 | |||
| BARKWORTH'S ACCOUNT Dictated to Mrs. Francis because his hands had been frozen. I was sitting in the smoking room with my friends when we heard a grinding sound which caused the ship to tremble . . . Engines seemed to stop. Walking out on deck, through th... |
1912 | ||||
| New York Times | COMES FOR $250,000 HE RISKED IN WAR Fighting Kept Captain Douglas From Earning $2,500 a Year Prescribed by Will --- BROTHER GETS HIS SHARE --- British Officer on Way to Minneapolis to Lay His Case Before Father's Executor... |
19th August 1922 | |||
| Indianapolis Star | TITANIC VOYAGE TOUCHED INDIANA PASSENGERS' LIVES Thirteen Titanic passengers had Hoosier connections. Here are six of their stories.... |
23rd September 2010 | |||
| MSNBC | SCIENTISTS STUDY 3D PHOTO MAP OF THE TITANIC WRECK SITE Alan Boyle Experts are still analyzing their newly made 3-D maps of the Titanic shipwreck site, but they can already see that the great ship’s breakup was messier than most folks, including "Titanic" film director James Cameron, may have thought. “... |
24th September 2010 | |||
| Evening Bulletin | TITANIC SURVIVOR WRITES OF HORROR TO FRIEND HERE “Like Scene on Stage," Says Dr. Alice Leeder in Letter to Mrs. Sarah Babcock --- One of the most interesting accounts of the Titanic disaster which has come to light is in a letter written on board the Carpathia by Dr. Alice Leeder, New... |
20th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | 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 | |||
| Folkestone Herald | ELIZABETH NYE : FOLKESTONE PASSENGER'S GRAPHIC ACCOUNT Mrs. Nye's account of the catastrophe Captain Smith and the little girl His last words: 'I must go with the ship'. Mrs. Elizabeth Nye, daughter of Mr. Thomas I. Ramell, coach builder, Dover Road, Folkesto... |
4th May 1912 | |||
| LETTER FROM CATERINA GILARDINO, NIECE OF VINCENZO GILARDINO I do not know the year Vincenzo Gilardino came to England but it must have been in the last years of the 1800s because in 1901 my father (Paulo) Gustavo, Vincenzo's brother, was sent to England by their father to try + persuade Vincenzo to return to ... |
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| The Times | 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 | SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON TO RETIRE FROM SEA Commodore of Cunard Fleet and Captain of Berengaria 35 Years in Line's Service --- SAVED 706 FROM TITANIC --- Rescue by Carpathia Won for Him American Decoration and Plaudits of World --- Wireless to THE NEW ... |
1st November 1930 | |||
| Chicago Daily Tribune | HORRORS OF TITANIC HAUNT GIRL ILL AFTER HER ESCAPE Page 1 Miss Anna Kelly, with Chicago Cousins, Beset by Scenes of Wreck and Weakened by Exposure A nervous wreck as the result of her experiences on the Titanic, Miss Anna Kelly is at the home of her cousins, Anna and Ma... |
25th April 1912 | |||
| New York Herald | BRAVERY OF TITANIC SURGEON DR. WILLIAM FRANCIS NORMAN O'LOUGHLIN In accounts printed about the Titanic and the bravery of her officers little has been said of one who probably was the most widely known and best beloved of all classes.... |
22nd April 1912 | |||
| Titanic Research | MOLLY BROWN: MYSTERY UNRAVELLED Daniel Klistorner The evidence challenges some assumptions on where Molly Brown's stateroom was situated.... |
21st July 2002 | |||
| The Times | TITANIAN - ECHO OF TITANIC Cargo vessel's encounter with ice... |
27th April 1935 | |||
| ET Comment | SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT Tad Fitch, Sam Halpern and Bill Wormstedt In Senan Molony's article of 6 November 2006, entitled: "Hugh Woolner's US Evidence is Highly Unreliable," the author attempts to discredit the evidence presented by Woolner at the US Inquiry based on a newspaper report i... |
5th December 2006 | |||
| Salford Reporter | THE FUNERAL OF MR ARTHUR GEE AN ACCOUNT OF HIS CAREER The remains of Mr. Arthur Gee, who was one of the passengers who lost their lives in the Titanic disaster were laid to rest on Monday afternoon in the graveyard of St. Johns Church the Height. Mr. Arthur Gee was born at the Height 47 years ago, his f... |
23rd May 1912 | |||
| Salt Lake Tribune | WESTERN SURVIVOR OF TITANIC HERE Page 4 Mrs. Walter Clark, Whose Husband Went Down to Death, Prostrated INTERVIEWERS DENIED W. A. Clark, Jr., Son of Former Senator, Will Escort Her to Los Angeles William A. Clark, Jr., ... |
24th April 1912 | |||