Plane Crash

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New York Times	GUGGENHEIM HEIRESS WED TO CORPORAL Mrs. Hazel McKinley Bride of Larry Leonard in Denver --- DENVER, Col., Sept. 30 (AP)---Mrs. Hazel Guggenheim McKinley, mining-family heiress, and Larry Leonard, an Army corporal, were married tonight at the home of Charles Ginsburg, Mrs...	1st October 1943
newscientist.com	TITANIC TEAM LOCATE MISSING AIR FRANCE PLANE On 3 April the BEA announced that pieces of an aircraft had not only been found in the circa 4000-metre-deep search area - a similar depth to Titanic - but had also been positively identified as belonging to the doomed Air France Airbus A330....	4th April 2011
New York Times	CREW BEHAVED ADMIRABLY Miss Elizabeth Allen of St. Louis was one of the first women passengers to leave the Carpathia. She was accompanied by Mrs Edward Roberts and Miss E A Mardell, also of St Louis. The three women appeared to be cool. Miss Allen who is a young woman of ...	19th April 1912
New York Times	CHICAGO WIDOW SENDS PLANE FOR BRIDEGROOM BUT GALE DELAYS 9,000-MILE RACE TO ALTAR Special to The New York Times --- CHICAGO, Dec. 9---Mrs. Emily Boris [sic] Ryerson, wealthy widow of Arthur Ryerson, the steel maker, who was lost on the Titanic, today dispatched an airplane to St. Paul in an effort to bring her fiancé...	10th December 1927
Chicago Daily Journal	SIPPED HIGHBALL AT CRASH C. H. Romacue of Georgetown, Ky, one of the first cabin passengers had just stepped from the deck to the smoking room and stood at a table with a highball in front of him when the crash came. “We had been crunching through ice...	19th April 1912
New York Times	FIERMONTE CONVICTED IN FRENCH AUTO CRASH Gets Conditional Sentence of 2 Months, 1,000-Franc Fine --- DIJON, France, July 29 (AP)---Enzo Fiermonte, former husband of Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick, socially prominent American, received a conditional sentence of two months in pr...	30th July 1939
CTV.ca	SCIENTISTS TO SET SAIL FOR TITANIC WRECKAGE SURVEY A team of scientists setting sail Sunday from St. John's harbour hope their expedition to the world's most famous shipwreck will help in the search of a more recent tragedy in the Atlantic Ocean -- that of the Air France Flight 447 crash last year. ...	24th August 2010
	THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC Jeanette Forrest A Descriptive Piano Composition Word and Music by Jeanette Forrest Published 1912 by Frank K. Root & Co. Chicago : New York Listen to this Piece [Midi] ...	1912
Newark Evening News	BURLINGTON COUNTY MAN WAS BLOWN INTO WATER The story of his remarkable escape was told by Augustus H. Weikman, of Palmyra, Burlington County, when he alighted from the Carpathia last night. Weikman was the ship barber on the Titanic, but he assisted in the work of lowering the lifeboats from...	19th April 1912
Chicago Tribune	BATTLESHIP IN CRASH LIKE TITANIC'S; DAMAGE IS SLIGHT. BATTLESHIP IN CRASH LIKE TITANIC'S; DAMAGE IS SLIGHT. Value of Subdivision of the Hull Into Large Number of Small Compartments Demonstrated ...	5th June 1912
New York Times	MARY C. WELLMAN DIES AT 80; WAS A SURVIVOR OF THE TITANIC TOPSFIELD, Mass., Nov. 25 (AP)---Mary C. Wellman, a survivor of the liner Titanic, died Sunday at her home. She was 80 years old. When Mrs. Wellamn was 16 and studying in Paris, her father booked passage for her and her mother on the ...	26th November 1975
New York Times	DIVORCE GRANTED FORMER MRS. ASTOR Florida Judge Gives Decree on Ground That Fiermonte Was Extremely Cruel --- NO CONTEST BY EX-BOXER U. S. Woman Hurt in Crash of Auto in France Driven by Man Giving His Name --- WEST PALM BEACH, June 11 (AP)---The fo...	12th June 1938
TIME	REVEALING THE TITANIC'S SECRETS In his book, Titanic's Last Secrets, Brad Matsen tells the story of wreck divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler and their search for the truth about the Titanic's sinking in 1912. More than just a tragic iceberg crash, the story the divers uncovered is one of bad management, shoddy construction and an ocean liner that sank so quickly that most passengers didn't know what was happening until it was too late. Chatterton and Kohler talk to TIME about deep sea diving, investigating shipwrecks, and the allure of the Titanic....	6th October 2008
Dowagiac Daily News	CARPATHIA LANDS IN NEW YORK CITY AND THE BISHOPS WIRE THEY'RE SAFE Mrs. Bishop Is First Lady to Leave the Wrecked Ocean Liner SEND A WIRELESS First Direct Tidings Came Last Night, and Again This Morning They Send a Message Home --------------- Mr. and Mr...	19th April 1912
Unidentified Newspaper	ASTOR'S OLD BUTLER A HERO Toronto Daily Star Tribute to Victor Robbins...	20th April 1912
Daily Northwestern	SAW THE ICEBERG Silverthorne account...	17th April 1912
Cleveland Plain Dealer	LOSES ALL HIS MONEY NEW YORK, April 19 – Charles Dahl, an Australian, who took the Titanic from Southampton en rout to his mother’s home in North Dakota, lost in the sinking ship a wallet which contained all the money he had in the w...	20th April 1912
	FRAGMENT OF EDITH RUSSELL'S LUCKY PIG TO SELL AT AUCTION A tiny fragment of a Titanic Survivor's lucky mascot will go under the hammer....	14th November 2011
Jersey Journal	ONLY 1 OF 10 IN PARTY ON TITANIC SAVED One of the fortunate survivors of the ill-fated steamship Titanic...	22nd April 1912
Worcester Telegram	FUTRELLE MET DEATH LIKE HERO SAYS WIFE New York, April 19.- Mrs. May Futrelle, whose husband, Jacques Futrelle, the short story writer and novelist, went down with the ship, was met here by her daughter, Miss. Virginia Futrelle, who was brought to New York, from the convent of Notre Dame ...	20th April 1912
Washington Times	MEN SNEAKED INTO BOATS, SAYS WOMAN Mrs. Jacques Futrelle, Wife of Novelist, Says Many Were Brave, However --- NEW YORK, April 19---Mrs. Jacques Futrelle, who was rescued, but whose husband, the novelist, went down with the Titanic, declared today that the men who were sa...	19th April 1912
Hudson Observer	LEAVES SINKING SHIP IN BOAT 13 AND STILL LIVES Thomas Percy Oxenham Tells of His Escape from Titanic---------------CRASH SO GREAT HE IS THROWN FROM BERTHAnother of the survivors of the ill-fated Titanic, who is slowlyrecovering from the harrowing experiences suf...	23rd April 1912
Newark Evening News	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 Herald	WOMAN SURVIVOR HEARD SHOOTING Page 4. Mrs. A. A. Dick Says She Could See Men Leaping from Ship That Was Sinking. One of the most comprehensive and connected stories of the disaster was that recounted by Mrs. A. A. Dick, wife of a merchant in Calgary...	19th April 1912
The Witney Gazette	GAMBLERS ON TITANIC ESCAPE BY DRESSING AS WOMEN An extraordinary story is reported in New York of the escape from the sinking Titanic of two well-known gamblers who, for some years, have frequented the Atlantic liners, and against whose card-sharking tricks notices have been posted on ...	11th May 1912
Chicago Daily News	“EARS” OF TITANIC FAIL Local Hydrographic Experts Tell of Device on Bows to Catch Vibrations. Iceberg’s Drift Noiseless Operator of Submarine Phone Probably Crushed At His Post When Prow Was Smashed A ship’...	17th April 1912
Gare Maritime	RECALLING THE INDIANAPOLIS - CLEATUS LEBOW Cleatus Lebow I was in the water, I was swimming away from the ship in the dark... I heard the loudest, worst noise I’d ever heard...	30th July 2007
Santa Barbara News-Press	MRS. BERTHE BOURLARD, WORLD TRAVELER, PLANS ANOTHER EUROPEAN TRIP Mrs. Berthe Leroy Bourlard, who survived the sinking of the “Titanic” with her patroness, Mrs. Walter Douglas, keeps her picture and the volume of her verses, which contains a poem entitled “Titanic” among her souvenirs of 35 years as traveling compa...	27th May 1956
East Kent Gazette	A CANADIAN REFERENCE A reference to Miss Buss is made in the Toronto Daily Star of April 20th, as the following extract will show:- ''Special to the 'Star' by a staff reporter - New York, April 20th - What happened at the regular Sunday service on board th...	4th May 1965
New York Herald	THOMAS WHITELEY : THREE WARNINGS WERE GIVEN TO THE OFFICER ON THE BRIDGE Thomas Whiteley, Tells of Hearing Men Who Were in Crows Nest Express Indignation Because Mr. Murdock, the First Officer, Repeatedly Refused to Act on Their Report of Danger. ...	21st April 1912
New York Times	EDITH RUSSELL OBITUARY Edith Russell, Writer, 98, Dead; Fled Titanic with Lucky Toy Pig...	6th May 1975
Worcester Evening Gazette	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
Akron Beacon Journal	MRS. ADDIE WELLS THOUGHT IT WAS BOAT DRILL UNTIL SHE SAW OFFICER'S PISTOL Stood Up All Night Long in Lifeboat, Nestling Her Babies in Her Skirts to Keep Them Warm and Dry and Alive (Special Dispatch to the Beacon Journal) New York, April 20--Mrs. Addie Wells and her two chidlren, Joan, aged ...	20th April 1912
Jersey Journal	MRS. BRIDGET LYNCH; SURVIVOR OF TITANIC Was Young Girl on Way to U. S. --- Arrangements were completed today for the funeral of Mrs. Bridget Lynch of Jersey City who, as a girl of 18, survived the iceberg crash of the Cunard White Star liner Titanic in 1912. Mr...	4th November 1959
Chicago Daily Journal	LOSSES ENTIRE FORTUNE Charles Dahl, an Australian, who took the Titanic from Southampton en route to his mother’s home in North Dakota, lost in the sinking ship a wallet which contained all the money he had in the world. “I was in bed when the crash...	19th April 1912
Daily Home News	JERSEY WOMEN TELL THRILLING TALES EAST ORANGE, April 20---Generous praise was given yesterday to Col. John Jacob Astor, Major Butt, Vice President Thayer of the Pennsylvania Railroad, President Case of the Vacuum Oil Company, Clarence Moore, George D. Widener and other men who perish...	20th April 1912
The Witney Gazette	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	GUGGENHEIM, DYING, SENT WIFE MESSAGE Tried to Do His Duty, He Asked Steward to Tell Her --- “GO DOWN LIKE GENTLEMEN” --- He and His Secretary, Facing Death, Wore Full Evening Dress---Brother Bitter Against Company --- James Etches, assistant ste...	20th April 1912
Washington Times	FOUR ARE SAVED IN PHILADELPHIA FAMILY NEW YORK, April 19---William E. Carter, Mrs. William E. Carter, William T. Carter, and Lucille Carter, all of Philadelphia, were saved. All showed evidence of the terrible strain they had undergone. Mrs. Carter was a nervous wreck, but she bore up br...	19th April 1912
Camden Post-Telegram	SURVIVOR HERE IN ROLLER CHAIR Titanic’s Barber Tells of His Terrible Experience on Sinking Liner --- SAVED BY RAFT OF CAMP STOOLS --- Augustus H. Whiteman, [sic] whose rescue from the Titanic was told of in yesterday’s Post-Telegram, passed through Cam...	19th April 1912
The Washington Post	RESCUED WOMAN PAYS TRIBUTE TO HEROIC MEN ON TITANIC From the lips of the woman who was saved from the Titanic came today one of the most glowing tributes yet paid to the heroism and self-sacrifice of the brave men who gave their lives that women and children might be spared a watery grave. ...	20th April 1912
Hudson Observer	ONE SURVIVOR REACHES HOME OF BROTHER Thomas Percy Oxenham, 22 years old, brother of Charles Oxenham, of 966Tonnele avenue, New Durham, is now resting after his frightfulexperience in the Titanic wreck. He came from Pondersend, Eng., to livewith his North Hudson re...	20th April 1912
Sunday Press	TITANIC STORY BY CAVAN SURVIVOR Sunday Press: Titanic Goes Down- But now comes a story within two stories for the local people have the firm belief that a little earth from the grave of Saint Mogue will, if carried with you, protect you from death by drowning, fire, in air or r...	21st September 1952
	MY SWEETHEART WENT DOWN WITH THE SHIP Words by Roger Lewis Music by F. Henri Klickmann Published 1912 by Frank K. Root & Co. Chicago and New York, USA [Midi / Recording]...	1912
Akron Beacon Journal	AKRON WOMEN TELL THRILLING STORIES OF THEIR RESCUE FROM THE DOOMED SHIP HOCKING AND RICHARDS FAMILIES SAT IN WATER A FOOT DEEP IN A LIFE BOAT Mrs. Emily Richards Tells a Thrilling Story of the Escape of Herself and Her Relatives From the Titanic (Special Dispatch to the Beacon Journal)...	20th April 1912
	STAND TO YOUR POST / BE BRITISH Recorded in London May or June 1912 "Stand To Your Post" by Bennett Scott "Be British" by Lawrence Wright and Paul Pelham ...	June 1912
Providence Journal	R.I. WOMAN, SURVIVOR OF TITANIC, DIES AT 92 Page 26 Mrs. Lulu Thorne Opie, 92, of the Old Post Road at Dunn's Corners in Westerly, a survivor of the sinking of the British passenger liner Titanic in 1912, died Tuesday at the Watch Hill Nursing Home. One of the other ...	4th June 1970
	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...
	JUST AS THE SHIP WENT DOWN - A SONG OF THE SEA A Song of the Sea Words by Edith Maida Lessing Music by Bernie Adler and Sidney Gibson Published 1912 by the Harold Rossiter Music Company, Chicago, USA Listen to this Piece [...	1912
Titanic Research	THE GROUNDING OF TITANIC David G. Brown and Parks E. Stephenson Explores the hypothesis that that Titanic grounded on an underwater shelf of the iceberg....	6th June 2001
Niles Daily News	SURVIVOR FROM TITANIC ARRIVES IN NILES Philip Zanni Tells a Tragic Story of His Rescue - Assisted in Rowing Lifeboat Away from Sinking Ship --------------- The first survivor of the ill fated ship the "Titanic" that has reached Niles is Philip Zanni [sic],...	25th April 1912
Washington Times	MRS. CANDEE TELLS OF TRAGIC SCENES AS STEAMER SANK Washington Woman Says Officers Demanded That Women Go First --- By GORDON MACKAY, Staff Correspondent --- NEW YORK, April 19---From the feeble, trembling lips of an aged woman comes the story that tears away the veil of my...	19th April 1912
Jersey Journal	BATTLED FOR LIFE WITH SAILOR AFTER THE TITANIC SANK McCormack Tells How Seaman Tried to Throw Him Out of Lifeboat---Special Blessing for Bayonne Survivor _____ Thomas McCormack, 19 years old, of 36 West Twentieth Street, Bayonne, a Titanic surviv...	23rd April 1912
Denver Post	LADY DUFF-GORDON TELLS OF SINKING OF GREAT LINER Lady Duff-Gordon dictated the following: I was asleep. The night was perfectly clear. I was awakened by a long grinding sort of shock. It was not a tremendous crash, but more as though someone had drawn a giant finger all along the side of the boat. ...	19th April 1912
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle	SINKING OF TITANIC STILL HORROR TO COUPLE HONEYMOONING ON SHIP Margaret Frawley MRS. EDWARD BEANE, THEN BRIDE OF 17, SAW SHIP SINK AS SHE CRUISED NEARBY IN BOAT; HUSBAND SWAM AROUND TILL PICKED UP; NOW HAVE 2 CHILDREN It was a strange honeymoon for Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beane of 44 Michigan Street when on April 14, ...	15th April 1931
Washington Times	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
New York Times	STEAD PROPHESIED A VIOLENT DEATH Once Said He Would Never Die in His Bed, but in a Crowd, Struggling --- 2,000 AT MEMORIAL FOR HIM --- Dr. Hillis and J. A. MacDonald Praise Him as an Editor and a Fighter Against War and Social Evils --- More...	23rd April 1912
Newark Evening News	TEN FROM THIS STATE ON TITANIC Four of Them Are Reported to Be Saved. ---------- STENGELS RESCUED ---------- Many Others on Liner with Relatives and Friends in This Section. ---------- ARE SEEKING INFORMATION ---------- ...	16th April 1912