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The Times (1919) BEESLEY CLAIMS WAR COMPENSATION
At the Defence of the Realm Losses Commission yesterday, Mr L. Beesley, described as a practitioner of Christian Science, claimed compensation in respect of the requisitioning by the War Office of rooms at Pembroke House, Oxford Street, in May 1917, ...
22nd January 1919  
Gettysburg Complier (1912) REACH HEIGHTS OF LUXURY
Good Reasons Why the Newest Ocean Liners are Referred to as Floating Palaces While the first photograph of the new steamship Titanic received in New York shows a ship in most respects like the Olympic there is a pronounced diff...
19th June 1912  
New York Times (1911) THE OLYMPIC LIKE A CITY
Carries 3,346 Persons Turkish and Swimming Baths and Racket Court. LONDON, June 10.—Engineering gives details In regard to the Olympic and Titanic, the sister ships of t...
18th June 1911  
  FIRST CLASS RECEPTION ROOM
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  FIRST CLASS SMOKE ROOM
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News Letter (2008) SPECIAL TOURS AS NOMADIC RENOVATION PROCEEDS
THE SS Nomadic is once again being opened up to the public due to exceptional interest from tourists on the Titanic trail in Belfast. The tender vessel, which was used to ferry first and second class passengers to the Titanic, was open to the public for six months after returning to Northern Ireland at Easter last year....
14th October 2008  
Belfast Telegraph (2009) PUBLIC SCULPTURE UNVEILED AT THE TITANIC QUARTER
The first public artwork for the Titanic Quarter was unveiled as part of the Belfast festival at Queens. The “contemporary and innovative artwork” is called ‘Kit’ and is a site-specific light sculpture which is 13.5 metres tall and cast in bronze....
4th November 2009  
New York Times (1912) MANY GIFTS TO CHARITY
Joseph Hirsch's Will Filed---W. A. Spencer Gives $1,000 to Library --- A large number of public institutions received bequests by wills filed for probate yesterday in the Surrogates' Court. [Description of the will of Joseph Hirsch omi...
29th May 1912  
Belfast Telegraph (2009) OFFICES WHERE TITANIC PLANS WERE DRAWN COULD BE A HOTEL
Developers behind the controversial Titanic Quarter project are considering turning the historic drawing rooms - where the liner was designed - into a hotel, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal today....
5th March 2009  
Western People (1912) WHITE STAR LINER TITANIC, 46,326 TONS. THE LARGEST VESSEL IN THE WORLD.
The completion of the "Titanic" at Harland and Wolf's great Belfast Ship-building yard marks a further stage in the progress of British shipping and ship building, and in the development of the White Star Line. The construction of two such notable ve...
13th April 1912  
Nomadic Charitable Trust (2009) NOMADIC TRUST ASSURES PUBLIC THAT RESTORATION IS BEING MANAGED CORRECTLY AND SENSITIVELY
The Trust fundraising for and managing the restoration of SS Nomadic assures the public that the ship's restoration is being managed correctly, professionally and sensitively.......
29th September 2009  
Belfast Telegraph (2008) TITANIC ROOM TO HOST ART EVENT
The historic rooms where the Titanic was designed a century ago have been selected to host one of Northern Ireland's most prestigious art events. The 127th Annual Royal Ulster Academy Exhibition will be held in the Titanic Drawing Offices of Harland and Wolff Shipyard, Belfast from September 19 to October 19....
12th September 2008  
Waterbury Republican (1912) MARY NAKID
Mary Nakid, the sixteen-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Said Nakid, survivors of the Titanic disaster, who died at St. Mary's hospital Monday night of spinal meningitis, will be buried this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Burial will take place from t...
31st July 1912  
BBC News (2008) TITANIC LIFE-SIZE REPLICA PLANNED
A life-size replica of parts of the Titanic could be added to Belfast's Odyssey Arena if a US-backed development plan is accepted. Suspended behind glass, the 64m scale model of the boat would incorporate a five-star hotel, an exhibition area and conference rooms....
20th June 2008  
San Francisco Bulletin (1919) SUICIDAL BULLET IS FATAL TO DR. DODGE
Page 1, Column 4 PHYSICIAN EXPIRES FROM SHOT Dr. Washington Dodge died early today in St. Francis Hospital as the result of a bullet wound which he inflicted June 21 while in a fit of despondency brought on by illness....
30th June 1919  
New York Times (1912) FOR BUTT-MILLET MEMORIAL
Senate Proposal Thus to Honor TItanic Victims Goes Over --- WASHINGTON, June 8---An effort was made in the Senate to-day to have adopted a resolution granting authority to erect on public land in Washington a joint memorial to the mem...
9th June 1912  
USA Today (2008) GEORGIA AQUARIUM TO HOST EXHIBITION OF TITANIC ARTIFACTS
An exhibition of artifacts from the ill-fated ocean liner R.M.S. Titanic is opening at the Georgia Aquarium.The exhibition will include interactive displays, videos and recreations of rooms aboard the ship. The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1912....
19th August 2008  
Toronto Daily Star (1912) A CITIZEN'S FUND IS OPENED IN TORONTO
Mayor Made Annoucement Today---Treasurer will Receive the Money ------------ AND NEWSPAPERS MAY, TOO ...
19th April 1912  
  VANITY FAIR CARICATURE OF LORD PIRRIE, PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND
   
New York Times (1893) FAVORS ISIDOR STRAUS
RICHARD CROKER SAYS HE IS NOT OPPOSED TO BUSINESS MEN --- JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 10---Richard Croker, Thomas F. Grady, John R Sexton. and John F. Carroll, well-known Tammany men, who have been in Florida since la...
11th February 1893  
  PORTRAIT OF G. W. WOLFF, PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND
   
  PORTRAIT OF SIR EDWARD J. HARLAND, PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND
   
icCoventry (2006) HOW MY GRANDAD SURVIVED THE TITANIC
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20th January 2006  
The Times (1898) PIRRIE BECOMES FIRST HONORARY BURGESS OF BELFAST
BELFAST, JULY 24 Mr. W. J. Pirrie, High Sheriff of county Antrim, and ex-Lord Mayor of the city, entertained at Ormiston on Thursday the Judges of Assize, Lord Chief Baron Palles and Lord Justice...
25th July 1898  
Daily Northwestern (1912) SAW THE ICEBERG
S. V. Silverthorne of St. Louis. was one of the three or four saloon passengers on the Titanic who saw the deadly iceberg just after the collision. "I was in the smoking room reading near a bridge whist game at one of the tables," he said....
17th April 1912  
  (1912) LETTER TO HIS OLD FRIEND ALFRED PARSONS
''On board R.M.S. Titanic April 11, 1912. Dear Alfred I got yours this morning and was glad to hear from you. I thought I told you my ship was the Titanic. She has everything but taxicabs and theatres., Table D' Hote, Restau...
11th April 1912  
Rahway Daily Record (1912) WITH FLAGS AT HALF STAFF RAHWAY SHOWS HER SORROW
Honor to the dead who went down in the ill-fated Titanic is being is being paid in this city today. The flags on the police station and on all the public schools were half-staffed by order of Councilman-at-Large John Farrell. Rahway has felt the fo...
18th April 1912  
Mega Yacht News (2007) SS NOMADIC SOON OPENED TO THE PUBLIC
The Members of the Nomadic Preservation Society, in collaboration with Titanic Conventions, have the pleasure to invite you to the €˜TITANIC & NOMADIC CONVENTION' to be held in Belfast (Northern Ireland) next 6th, 7th and 8th April 2007....
13th February 2007  
The Sun (2008) SACK FOR THE TITANIC CREW
A LETTER showing the crew of the Titanic were sacked when news of its sinking reached Britain has been valued at 1million. The document, never seen in public before, has been loaned to an exhibition on the 1912 disaster....
24th July 2008  
thisishampshire.net (2008) MILLVINA DEAN TO MISS TITANIC COMMEMORATIONS
Ill-health has forced Millvina Dean, the last living survivor of the infamous sinking of the liner Titanic to cancel a public appearance she was due to make on Friday....
10th April 2008  
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  
Today's TMJ4 (2008) RAW VIDEO: TITANIC EXHIBIT COMING TO PUBLIC MUSEUM
One of the most popular exhibits in the world is coming to Milwaukee. "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" shows hundreds of relics from the sunken ship. There will also be information about people from Milwaukee who were on board....
19th April 2008  
  EDITH RUSSELL'S PARIS BROTHEL
Sometime in 1930s Edith Russell was considering the purchase of a new apartment in Paris. She found one that suited her taste for the original and shared her excitement about it with friends, General Sir Sidney and Lady Lawford (parents of actor Pete...
   
WISN.com (2008) TICKETS ON SALE FOR TITANIC EXHIBIT
One of the most popular exhibits in history is coming to Milwaukee."Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" will open at the Milwaukee Public Museum next month.The exhibit will give visitors an opportunity to experience the story of what was called "the unsinkable ship" ...
18th September 2008  
thisishampshire.net (2007) TITANIC SURVIVOR DIES
ONE of the two last survivors of the 1912 sinking of the ill-fated Southampton liner, Titanic, has died.Throughout her life, Barbara West Dainton shunned publicity, refusing to talk about the loss of the Titanic and in the end she insisted her funeral, held earlier this week in Truro, was to take place before any public announcement of her death....
7th November 2007  
News Letter (2007) BUILDING PLAN FOR TITANIC QUARTER PUTS ULSTER ON THE RECORD
NEWS that a state-of-the-art Public Record Office of Northern Ireland is to be located in Belfast's Titanic Quarter has been hailed as representing "the ideal occupant in the ideal location"....
24th August 2007  
The Local (2009) TITANIC EXHIBITION OPENS IN STOCKHOLM
It was April 15th, 1912, when the world's first unsinkable ship sank while crossing the Atlantic Ocean on her maiden voyage.Since then, the Titanic has rested at the bottom of the sea. Her story left a legacy that has resonated around the world for nearly a century after her demise, and has now been captured in a new exhibition, Titanic, opening to the public on Friday, May 29th....
2nd June 2009  
WXOW.com (2008) TITANIC EXHIBITION OPENS IN MILWAUKEE FRIDAY
Items from the ill-fated Titanic sail into the Milwaukee Public Museum this Friday."Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition\" tells the story of the hundreds of people aboard through authentic artifacts and room recreations....
6th October 2008  
Chicago Tribune (2008) TITANIC EXHIBITION OPENS IN MILWAUKEE FRIDAY
Items from the ill-fated Titanic sail into the Milwaukee Public Museum this Friday. "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" tells the story of the hundreds of people aboard through authentic artifacts and room recreations....
7th October 2008  
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2007) TITANIC EXHIBIT WILL DOCK IN MILWAUKEE
Would you survive the sinking of the Titanic? Visitors to the Milwaukee Public Museum will get to find out if they sink or survive when a major traveling exhibit, "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibit" comes here Oct. 9, 2008....
24th September 2007  
Get Surrey TITANIC MEMORIAL TO BE GIVEN A FACE LIFT
THE tribute to Godalming Titanic hero Jack Phillips is set to benefit from major improvement works in time for the centenary of his death, Waverley Borough Council has announced. A group will be formed at a public meeting next Thursday (August 20) to help drive forward the plans, after a number of organisations wrote to officials to say they were worried about the condition of Bury Fields gardens....
   
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2009) 'TITANIC' EXHIBIT SAILING ON FROM MUSEUM NEXT MONDAY
"Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" closes next Monday at the Milwaukee Public Museum, so visitors who want to catch the exhibit have to plan ahead to get the most out of these last days.The exhibit is a fascinating array of articles from ...
19th May 2009  
  (1915) MADELEINE ASTOR WITH STEPSON VINCENT
Vincent Astor (left) with his stepmother Madeleine, photographed at a circa 1915 public event (believed to be the opening of the Astor Cup Race)....
  1915  
New York Times (1912) AMERICANS IN ROME
Mr. And Mrs. Millet at Villa Aurelia, Which is Being Modernized --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- ROME, April 6---[Three paragraphs which are irrelevant for present purposes have bee...
7th April 1912  
Liverpool Echo (1912) AMONG THE MISSING
One of the Titanics first-class passengers not yet accounted for is Mr. W. H. Parr, a young electrical engineer, whose wife, with her infant child, is now in Northwich on a visit to her father, Mr. Joseph Poole, a guardian over-seer and a well-known...
17th 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...
   
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  
Belfast Telegraph (2009) TITANIC'S €˜LITTLE SISTER', NOMADIC, MAY BE SHIPSHAPE FOR SUMMER
Titanic's €˜little sister' could be opened to the public during the Tall Ships festival in August, according to the team behind her restoration. There is no completion date yet for the refurbishment of SS Nomadic's new home at Hamilton Dock, but Nomadic Charitable Trust says it hopes the work will finish during the summer. ...
26th January 2009  
OnMilwaukee.com (2008) "TITANIC" IS A FASCINATING, EMOTIONAL JOURNEY
It was nearly a century ago now that the RMS Titanic, the world's largest and most luxurious vessel, sank during her maiden voyage after colliding with a North Atlantic iceberg. Most of us are familiar, if not fascinated, with this historic tragedy and the real objects and real stories presented in the Milwaukee Public Museum's "Titanic -- The Artifact Exhibition," opening Friday, Oct. 10 and running through May 25, 2009, bring us even closer to the fateful events of April 14 and 15, 1912....
9th October 2008  
Arcadia News Leader (2009) BRINGING TITANIC, HERITAGE TO TOWN
Last fall, a man by the name of Don Lynch made a phone call to the Arcadia Public Library looking for information on his ancestors. The woman at the other end of the phone, library assistant Jennifer Losinski, immediately recognized the names of the family Lynch was looking for: Isadore Gaveney, one of his more prominent ancestors, was instrumental in organizing Arcadia's Carnegie Library and is depicted in a portrait on the library wall....
11th April 2009  
BBC News (2008) GOVERNMENT TRIED TO BLOCK TITANIC PLAY
Documents from the BBC archive show how shipping firms and the government tried to block a 1947 radio play about the sinking of the Titanic.The liner's builders and shipping line were concerned it would damage the image of the industry as it tried to recover after the Second World War.Recordings of the ship's survivors and other archive material have been made public on the BBC website. ...
15th April 2008  
Hudson Observer (1912) MILLET, THE ARTIST, IS REPORTED AMONG THE MANY DROWNED
Francis David Millet, the famous artist and author, who is said to havebeen among those lost in the wreck of the Titanic, painted the two largemural American Indian scenes at the Hudson Court House. Among the otherpublic buildi...
17th April 1912  
Canada NewsWire (2009) DIVING TO THE TITANIC - AN EVENING OF VIEWING AND DISCUSSION WITH EXPLORER PAUL-HENRY NARGEOLET - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH AT 7:00 P.M. AT THE MEDLEY
The Montreal producers of Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition are pleased to invite the public to an exclusive evening of Viewing and Discussion presented by marine explorer Paul-Henry Nargeolet....
27th January 2009  
Chicago Inter Ocean (1912) CHICAGOAN CREATES SCENE IN OFFICES OF THE WHITE STAR LINE
Special Dispatch to the Inter Ocean New York, April 18—Late this afternoon John Gillespie of Chicago, accompanied by a friend, entered the offices of the White Star line. His voice rang through the big rooms as he demanded informati...
19th 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  
guardian.co.uk (2009) TITANIC MUSEUM TO OPEN IN SOUTHAMPTON BY 2012
It is 97 years next month since she went down, but the Titanic - the supposedly unsinkable liner that scraped an iceberg in the north Atlantic on her maiden voyage and sank with the loss of 1,500 people - continues to exercise a huge public fascination. There have been several films and myriad books and documentaries, Belfast has its Titanic quarter around the docks where she was built - and now Southampton, the city which provided most of the crew, is planning its own interactive museum, to open in time for the centenary in 2012....
31st March 2009  
New York Times (1910) PUZZLED BY GAY MODELS
Women Imported by Lady Duff Gordon Teased Immigration Inspector --- Too much levity carne near causing five young Englishwomen to spend the night on the White Star liner Adriatic instead of coming ashore with the other passenger...
5th March 1910  
  OLYMPIC
Titles "Contributed to public instruction by the White Star Line"; "Animnated farewells are waved from the ship and pier head while the Olympic backs slowly into the stream." "To the ocean traveller no scene is more wonderful t...
   
BBC News (2006) NOMADIC GOES ON SHOW AT ODYSSEY
A clean-up operation has begun on the SS Nomadic before it is unveiled to the public on Monday. The ship, one of the last remaining links to the Titanic, will dock at the Odyssey in Belfast at about 1830 BST. Nomadic, which arrived in Belfast on Saturday, was used to ferry passengers to the ill-fated Titanic. A reception, including a brass band, has been prepared for the ship which saw action as a troop carrier in both world wars. It arrived in Belfast at the weekend after a four-day trip from the French port of Le Havre. ...
17th July 2006  
  THOMAS HUGHES 1822-1896 (FATHER OF MRS. LILIAN CARTER)
Lilian's father, Thomas Hughes was educated at Oriel College, Oxford. He was a Liberal MP and barrister and spent much time promoting Working Men's Education and the Co-operative movement. He is most well known as author of 'Tom Brown's School...
   
Elizabeth Daily Journal (1912) PEACOCK STILL HOPING TO FIND BROTHERS
Benjamin Peacock, who lost his wife and two children in the Titanic disaster, returned to his work in the Public Service power house on South avenue, Cranford, yesterday. He told his friends that his wife and two children had been placed in one of t...
23rd April 1912  
New York Times (1974) WASHINGTON DODGE, ADVISER ON INVESTMENTS, DIES AT 67
Page 50, column 4 Washington Dodge, an investment adviser who survived the Titanic sinking in 1912, died here Tuesday of a heart attack. His age was 67. He was 5 years old and returning from Europe with his parents...
5th December 1974  
The Times (1925) LORD PIRRIE'S ESTATE
The RIGHT HON. VISCOUNT PIRRIE, K.P., LL.D. D.Sc., of Witley Park, Godalming, and of Ormiston, Strandtown, Belfast, chairman of Harland and Wolff, Limited, shipbuilders and eng...
4th April 1925  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
Calendar of all Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Principle Probate Registries of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice Ireland -- 1912 ANDREWS Thomas (Junior) [405] 12 August ...
  1912  
New York Times (1912) SEALBY DEFENDS ISMAY
Tribute from Republic’s Captain, Who Served Father and Son 25 Years --- Special to The New York Times ...
22nd April 1912  
New York Times (1912) DRESSMAKERS' QUICK FLIGHT
Patrons, Too, Leave Without Ceremony When Fire Threatens --- A small but spectacular fire at 19 and 21 West Thirty-sixth Street shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon caused considerable excitement on Fifth Avenue among...
17th February 1912  
CNW Group (2007) TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION COMES TO THE ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTRE IN JUNE 2007
TORONTO, Feb. 12 /CNW/ - April 10, 1912 the world's largest ship, Titanic, sets sail from Southampton, England on its maiden voyage to New York. Five days later after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic, Titanic sinks and 1,500 lives are lost. On April 10, 2007, in recognition of the 95th anniversary of her launch, tickets go on sale to the public for Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition opening at the Ontario Science Centre for a six month run, June 2, 2007....
13th February 2007  
  (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  
New York Times (1914) TRIBUTE TO TITANIC DEAD
East Side Children Honor Memory of Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus --- On the eve of the second anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, in which Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus perished, 1,000 children, mostly public school boys and girls, gat...
15th April 1914  
Irish Independent (2009) WITNESSES SOUGHT AFTER TITANIC PUB BLAZE
GARDAI have renewed their appeal for witnesses after a fire caused up to €1.5m damage to a bar set up by a Lotto winner.The fire broke out at 9.30pm on April 26 and caused extensive damage to the Titanic Bar and Restaurant in Cobh, C...
5th May 2009  
New York Times (1911) CHIMNEY BURGLARS ROB FEATHER STORE
Drop Down to Rosenshine's Like Santa Claus and Not a Burglar Alarm Sounded --- CARRY OFF $3,000 IN GOODS --- Insurance Companies in Despair, as Doors, Windows, and Exits Were Wired to Catch Robbers --- The be...
18th October 1911  
New York Times (1914) WILLIAM E. CARTER DIVORCED
Wife Gets Decree at Philadelphia--Both Titanic Survivors --- Special to The New York Times --- PHILADELPHIA, June 15---Mrs. Lucille Polk Carter, daughter of Mrs. Stewart Polk of Baltimore, widely known in society circles i...
16th June 1914  
ET Research (2005) TITANIC'S HIDDEN DECK
Published plans of the Olympic & Titanic show deck arrangements from the Tank Top up to the Boat Deck. But there is one deck plan that doesnt normally show up, and that is the plan of the inn...
8th April 2005  
Newark Evening News (1912) ELIZABETH MANS WIFE AND CHILDREN PERISH
Special Service of the NEWS ELIZABETH, April 19--- The wife and two children of Benjamin Peacock, of 609 South Broad street, perished on the Titanic, according to the list of those who were on the boat and whose names do not appear in ...
19th April 1912  
The Times (1895) PIRRIE'S ELECTION AS LORD MAYOR ASSURED
The unanimous nomination of Alderman Pirrie to be Lord Mayor of Belfast for next year has increased the hope that, as one of the most energetic members of the firm of Messrs. Harland and Wolff, he may be able to ...
30th November 1895  
New York Times (1908) 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  
New York Times (1914) 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  
Paterson Morning Call (1912) BROTHER OF MISS FUNK STILL HOPES
Newton, April 23---Persevering in the hope that Miss Annie Funk, formerly of Paterson, did not go down with the Titanic, Horace Funk, her brother, a teacher of the eleventh grade of the high school here, went to New York today to see if further infor...
24th April 1912  
New York Times (1915) MISS ASTOR AT FESTIVAL
Sees 1,000 Children In Folk Dances and a Maypole Romp --- RED BANK, N. J., June 14---Miss Muriel Alice Astor, daughter of John Jacob Astor, who lost his life on the Titanic, was one of the interested spectators at the playground festiva...
15th June 1915  
Newark Evening News (1912) 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  
Worcester Telegram (1912) FOR NEW BEDFORD LIBRARY
Artist Millett Bringing Back Sketches for Mural Decorations. New Bedford, April 17- Frank D. Millett, the artist, who was aboard the Titanic and whose name does not appear on the list of survivors, had been engaged to paint the mural decor...
18th April 1912  
BBC News (2009) TITANIC THEMED HOTEL SET FOR CITY
A five-star Titanic themed hotel is to be created at the old headquarters of the Belfast shipyard where the doomed liner was built. A planning application has been lodged to turn the former Harland & Wolff headquarters - a liste...
8th September 2009  
The Guardian (2006) TITANIC SALVAGE FIRM LOSES BID TO OWN ARTEFACTS
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2nd February 2006  
  CHARLES VALENTINE CLARKE
Charles was born on St Valentines Day in 1883. His parents were Harry Clarke and his wife Jane Emma (nee Hall). He was born in Cosham, (which was in the district of Widley at that time), Portsmouth in Hampshire. The family home was a public house ca...
   
Hull Times (1945) DEATH OF MR. ALGERNON BARKWORTH
Mr. Algernon H. Barkworth a well- known figure in Hull and east Riding public life, died on Sunday at his home at Tranby House, Hessle, at the age of 80. For 35 years a member of the east Riding bench, Mr. Barkworth retired from the po...
7th January 1945  
New York Times (1923) WEIRD MISFORTUNES BLAMED ON MUMMY
Beautiful but Malignant Priestess Is Said to Resent Touching Her Coffin Lid --- IT IS IN BRITISH MUSEUM --- Officials Call Stories Myths, but Superstitious Even Blame Her for Sinking of Titanic --- Copyright,...
7th April 1923  
New York Times (1914) HONOR TITANIC'S SURGEON
A new emergency ward in St. Vincent's Hospital, equipped and furnished throughout as a memorial to Dr. Francis Norman O'Loughlin, the senior ship surgeon of the White Star Line, who perished in the disaster to the Titanic, was dedicated yesterday to ...
17th February 1914  
New York Times (1900) STEAM YACHT ELEANOR SOLD
J. J. Hill Is the Purchaser of Mrs. Cardeza's Famous Pleasure Craft --- The rumored purchase of Mrs. James W. Martinez-Cardeza'a steam yacht Eleanor by President J. J. Hill of the Great Northern Railroad has been confirme...
26th June 1900  
Chicago Tribune (2009) COUPLE WITH TIES TO TITANIC TO WED AMONG ARTIFACTS
By CARRIE ANTLFINGER | Associated Press Writer 11:43 AM CDT, May 10, 2009MILWAUKEE - A couple with a special connection to the Titanic plan to marry among the ship's artifacts at the Milwaukee Public Museum.Melissa Vartan...
9th May 2009  
New York Times (1907) ROUSED BY WHITE STAR LINE
Liverpool and Queenstown Protest Against Change to Southampton --- LIVERPOOL, Jan. 9---Because of the strong feeling aroused locally by the statement that the White Star Line purposed to divert its steamers to Southampt...
10th January 1907  
New York Times (1913) STRAUS FOUNTAIN AWARD TO LUKEMAN
With Evarts Tracy, Architect, Sculptor Wins in Contest Including 59 Designs --- HE'LL GET $10,000 FOR WORK --- Four Other "Next Best" Designs Get Prize Money from $500 Down to $100 Each --- From a collection of fift...
21st March 1913  
New York Times (1909) INCREASING PROFANITY AMONG BOYS [LETTER TO THE EDITOR]
To the Editor of The New York Times: Of late we see accounts both in the United States and Canada calling attention to how profane and bad language is increasing among the boys. The truth of this cannot be denied by any one...
30th June 1909  
Chicago Daily News (1912) SEEKS NEWS OF BROTHER-IN-LAW
“Is my brother-in-law alive? His name is C. Joughin, and he was a baker on the Titanic.” This question was asked of The Daily News to-day by G. Woodward, 2520 Washington boulevard. Names of members of the crew of the Tit...
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  
Camden Post-Telegram (1912) SURVIVOR HERE IN ROLLER CHAIR
Titanics 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 yesterdays Post-Telegram, passed through Cam...
19th April 1912  
ET Research (2002) RMS OLYMPIC: ANOTHER PREMATURE DEATH?
The ‘Olympic’ class suffered for the most part unfortunate deaths; of the three liners, only two remained in service for more than four days; only one remained in service for more than eleven months. Britannic’s...
8th April 2002  
New York Times (1912) 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  
Torquay Times (1922) DEATH OF AN ESTEEMED RESIDENT.
Torquay has lost an old and respected inhabitant in the death of Mrs. Rebecca Parsons, of Bronshill Road. Originally of Torrington, she had for many years resided at Torquay and took a very active interest in the work of the United Methodist Church ...
1st December 1922  
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  
New York Times (1912) 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  
New York Times (1912) MEMORIAL NOTICE
HARRIS-At a special meeting of the Association of Theatre Managers of Greater New York, held on Saturday, April 20th, 1912, the following resolutions were adopted: Owing to the sad and sudden death of Henry B. Harris, our honored Vice ...
21st April 1912  
New York Times (1912) MORGAN BUSY IN ROME
Wishes the Papers Would Stop Saying He Is Ill --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- ROME, April 6---This year J. Pierpont Morgan has not had his usual luck in regard to the wea...
7th April 1912  
Camden Post-Telegram (1912) ISMAY PRAISED BY TITANIC SURVIVOR
Ship's Head Barber Tells Camden Elks of His Thrilling Experience. --- BLAMES DISASTER ON WIRELESS JEALOUSY --- Bruce Ismay was defended last night by Gus Weikman at the home of Camden Lodge of Elks in Mr. Weikman's recital...
15th May 1912  
Lloyds Weekly News (1912) LORD CHARLES BERESFORD TRIBUTE TO THE BLACK SQUAD
A fine tribute to the engineers and boiler room staff of the Titanic, the Black Squad, who stood their posts in the bowels of the ship, to the last, was paid by Lord Charles Beresford in a letter to the Times. He Wrote: - In the lat...
  1912  
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  
Newark Evening News (1912) MR. FUNK STILL HOPES SISTER MISSED TITANIC
Special Service of the NEWS NEWTON, April 23---Persevering in the hope that Miss Annie Funk, formerly of Paterson, did not go down with the Titanic, Horace Funk, her brother, a teacher of the eleventh grade of the High School here, wen...
23rd April 1912  
The Times (1912) MR. CHRISTOPHER HEAD
Mr Christopher Head was the fifth son of the late Mr Henry Head, a well-known London underwriter. He was in his 43rd year, and was educated at Lancing end at Trinity College Cambridge. Called to the Bar ...
18th April 1912  
Chicago Daily Tribune (1912) PLEA FOR TITANIC ARRIVALS
Girl Immigrants Here Get Only Nightgowns in New York OTHERS ARRIVE DESTITUTE Use of Money Collected Here Urged for Their Assistance Immigration officer in Chicago who have come in contact with Titanic s...
26th April 1912  
  MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND
(From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 9. Murdoch, Ada F. Widow. Class A dependent. (From The Titanic Relief Fund booklet March 1913). C 9. Murdoch, Ada F. Widow....
   
New York Times (1912) TITANIC WRECK ECHO AT HOE LIBRARY SALE
Harry E. Widener, on Sunk Liner, Expected to Attend Part III. Sessions --- SAW BOOKS BEFORE SAILING --- Caxton "Golden Legend" Bring $3,100---$1,400 Paid for Christopher Columbus's "Epistola --- "The Golden ...
17th April 1912  
  (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 (1893) JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AND ISIDOR STRAUS TALKED OF
Among those politicians who have been industriously at work during the last two weeks speculating as to the make-up of Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet, a new name was suggested yesterday. It was that of John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts, who was said to ...
7th February 1893  
New York Times (1926) MAURETANIA'S CAPTAIN IS HONORED BY KING
Roston [sic]Is Made a K. B. E. in Delayed Birthday List---48 Other Knights Created --- Copyright, 1926, by The New York Times Company --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, July 2---The King's Bi...
3rd July 1926  
Southern Daily Echo (1913) LINK WITH THE TITANIC: DEATH OF LOOK-OUT MAN AT SOUTHAMPTON
A notable figure among the survivors of the Titanic has been removed by death at the Sailors' Home at Southampton on Tuesday of Reginald Robinson Lee, on whom an inquest was held by the Borough Coroner (Mr. H. K. Pope) yesterday afternoon. Le...
8th August 1913  
ET Research (2002) QUEEN MARY AND FAT RASCALS ON OFFER IN YORKSHIRE
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19th September 2002  
Washington Herald (1912) THOMAS WHITELEY : DESCRIBES LAST MEAL ON TITANIC
“It Was the Gayest Night of Trip Among Diners,” Says Assistant Steward --- New York, N. Y., April 20---Propped up on pillows in a bed in St. Vincent's Hospital this afternoon, Thomas Whitely, an assistant steward in the f...
21st April 1912  
  FAMILY INFORMATION ABOUT ARTHUR PAINTIN, HIS WIFE AND CHILD
Alice and Arthur courted for four years before they married. Arthur had intended to come out of the merchant Navy in 1912 because Alice was pregnant, Titanic being his last planned voyage. He and Alice wanted to buy a small hotel in Ox...
   
The Times (1912) 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  
Lowell Sun (1912) THOMAS WHITELEY : APPEARING AT THE MERRIMACK SQUARE THEATRE
The attendance at both perfomances at the Merrimack Square theatre yesterday was extraordinarily large, and the many patrons seemed well satisfied with the bill as presented, for practically each number was received with loud applause.  ...
28th May 1912  
  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...
   
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  
Washington Post (1937) OWNER WHO FLED STRICKEN TITANIC DIES AS RECLUSE
London, Oct. 18 (Monday).—Joseph Bruce Ismay, 74 years old, former owner of the White Star Line and former president of the International Mercantile Marine Co., who survived the Titanic disaster, d...
18th October 1937  
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 (1929) FRANCE HONORS ROSTRON
Cunard Commodore Receives Legion of Honor Aboard Berengaria --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- CHERBOURG, Feb. 27---France honored a life of heroism and seamanship tonight when she awarded the Legion of Honor to S...
28th February 1929  
The Times (1912) THE TITANIC: MR ISMAYS RETURN
The Adriatic arrived at Liverpool on Saturday with Mr Bruce Ismay and other survivors of the disaster to the Titanic on board. A large crowd had assembled at the landing stage to meet the vessel. One of the White Star Company&rsq...
13th May 1912  
  (1912) PICTURE STAR GIVEN RECEPTION AT WEBER'S
Dorothy Gibson Introduced, Applauded by "Movie" Crowd A distinct treat was enjoyed by a large audience of devotees of the motion pictures yesterday when Mr. White, manager of Webers New York, spied among the evenings patrons M...
  1912  
New York Times (1912) VINCENT ASTOR AS HEAD OF HIS FAMILY
Would Probably Share $100,000,000 Estate With Stepmother in Event of His Father's Death --- IS NOT YET 21 YEARS OF AGE --- Settlement of $10,000,000 Upon Col. Astor's First Wife Believed to Comprise His Daughter's Share...
17th April 1912  
New York Times (1911) LADY DUFF-GORDON EXAMINED
Declared She Merely Lent Her Name to Corporation, Lucile, Limited --- Lady Lucy Duff-Gordon visited the Federal Building yesterday with her counsel, Bainbridge Colby, to have a talk with Assistant United States District Attorney Wemple...
6th June 1911  
New York Times (1912) RULERS COMPLIMENT MORGAN ON BIRTHDAY
Financier 75 Years Old Yesterday-Is at Aix and in Excellent Health --- DISASTER ALTERS HIS PLANS --- He Continually Seeks News Regarding the Titanic Catastrophe-Postpones Ceremony at Aix --- Spec...
18th April 1912  
New York Times (1909) GIANT SHIPS SOON TO JOIN THE ATLANTIC FLEET
Olympic and Titanic, Carrying 5,000 People---12,000 Tons Heavier, 50 Feet Longer Than Any Ship Afloat VISITORS to the commercial capital of Ireland by way of the Victoria Channel through Belfast Lough for the first time ca...
12th December 1909  
  (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  
New York Times (1912) WOMEN WORK HARD FOR RESCUED FOLK
Kept Busy Helping Survivors on to Their Destinations in Comfort --- FORTY LEAVE ST. VINCENT'S --- Individuals, as Well as Organized Committee, Give Much-Needed Personal Aid --- The task that was shouldered by...
21st April 1912  
New York Times (1912) 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  
San Francisco Call & Post (1919) DR. DODGE DIES AS RESULT OF WOUNDS
Page 2, column 2 [Photo] Dr. Washington Dodge, former banker, supervisor, library trustee and assessor of San Francisco, died at 9:25 o'clock this morning at the St. Francis Hospital from a bullet wound self-inflicted a ...
30th June 1919  
Progress (1912) PORT SUNLIGHT
Progress : the Journal of Lever Brothers Port Sunlight was directly and indirectly associated with the great suspense, and subsequent sorrow, which thrilled this country and the world when the new and gigantic White Star Liner Tit...
  July 1912  
Elizabeth Daily Journal (1912) 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  
Connaught Telegraph (1912) THE TITANIC DISASTER, DUE TO EXCESSIVE SPEED
Lord Mersey, the specially appointed Commissioner of Wrecks to enquire into the loss of the White Star Liner Titanic, on Tuesday delivered the finding of the Court. The attendance at the London-Scottish Hall, Westminster, where the in...
3rd August 1912  
Unidentified Newspaper (2001) LAST MALE SURVIVOR OF TITANIC DIES
One of the last known survivors of the Titanic, Michel Navratil, has died in southern France at the age of 92. He was just three years old when the ship hit an iceberg in the north Atlantic and sank shortly before midnight on 14 April 1912. ...
2nd February 2001  
Newark Evening News (1912) HENRY BLANK DECLARES CURIOSITY SAVED HIM
It was the desire of Henry Blank, a jeweler of this city, who lives in Glen Ridge, to find out what caused the shock to the Titanic when she struck the iceberg Sunday night that gave him a chance in one of the boats that saved his life. ...
19th April 1912  
  (1912) LETTER FROM F.D. MILLET AND THE NEW BEDFORD LIBRARY
A letter written by F.D. Millet shortly before he left on a trip to Rome early in 1912. In the letter he discusses his plans for painting murals for the New Bedford Public Library in Massachusetts that was being remodeled. In the letter he mention...
6th February 1912  
Elizabeth Daily Journal (1912) TWO BROTHERS NOT ON TITANIC
Benjamin Peacock Learns They Are Still in England ---------- HIS MOTHER SEEKS NEWS OF HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN A letter postmarked Merton, county Surrey, England, has brought some happiness to Benjamin Peacock, of 609 Sout...
6th May 1912  
1911 Census (1911) THE SAGE FAMILY IN THE 1911 CENSUS
The Sage family in 1911 were living at 246 Gladstone Street, Peterborough. The house had 5 rooms. Name:  John G. Sage Relationship to ...
2nd April 1911  
New York Times (1928) STORY OF BOYS FALL AS TOLD BY MOTHER
Dr. Norris Makes Public the Official Record of Mrs. Waidman's Examination --- MEMORY IS FRAGMENTARY --- Unable to Recall Where She Sat or Exactly How Sons Plunged to Death From Hotel Roof --- Dr. Charles Norr...
28th October 1928  
New York Times (1912) 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  
Belfast Telegraph (2009) 7 MILLION RESTORATION OF TITANIC SHIP GOES AHEAD
The £7 million restoration of a tender ship which ferried first-class passengers on board the Titanic is to begin early next year after the project today secured another £500,000 cash injection. The grant from the Northern Irel...
16th September 2009  
Progress - the Journal of Lever Brothers (1912) PORT SUNLIGHT DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY ASSOCIATED
Port Sunlight was directly and indirectly associated with the great suspense, and subsequent sorrow, which thrilled this country and the world when the new and gigantic White Star Liner Titanic heir of all the ages of constructive ...
  July 1912  
Unidentified Newspaper (1997) OLDEST SURVIVOR OF TITANIC DEAD AT 100
SOUTHAMPTON, England -- Edith Haisman, the oldest survivor from the sinking of the Titanic, has died at 100. Mrs. Haisman died Monday at a nursing home in Southampton, 80 miles southwest of London, her family said. Mrs. Haisman r...
22nd January 1997  
  THE WHITE STAR LINE
THE WHITE STAR LINE, 1870.-The White Star Line was originally composed of a fleet of fast-sailing American clipper-ships, by the "Champion of the Seas," "Blue Jacket," "White Star,"...
   
  (1912) LETTER FROM WILLIAM BYLES TO HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW
Bernards' Inn Bernardsville, N.J. April 21, 1912 My dear Mamma, Here we are at Bernardsville...went to St. Vincent's Hospital, when we met first some young boys and afterwards some girls who had been on the...
21st April 1912  
Worcester Telegram (1912) BODY OF W.C.PORTER REACHES WORCESTER
Identified at Hallifax by Waldo E. Sessions who will have charge of the funeral which will be saturday. The body of Walter C. Porter, 10 Knox street of S. Porter & Co., last manufacturers, 25 Union street who met his death in the Titan...
  1912  
New York Times (1919) MARY GARDEN'S SIDE IN SUIT
Bill for Gowns "Outrageous," Her Lawyer Wrote Lucille, Ltd. --- A statement in behalf of Mary Garden was made yesterday by her attorney, Jacob Klein, concerning the suit filed against her in the Supreme Court on Tuesday by Lucille, Ltd...
22nd May 1919  
ET Reviews (2009) ELIZABETH NYE : TITANIC SURVIVOR
This fondly-written book had a strange overall effect upon me - it almost made me wish I were religious. ...
24th February 2009  
Washington Herald (1912) ISMAY OUTLINES VIEW OF WRECK
Head of White Star Line, Under Guard, Makes First Statement --- New York, April 18---Mr. J. Bruce Ismay left the ship at about 11:15 oclock to-night and went to the rear of the dock where the offices of the Cunard Line are located. He...
19th April 1912  
  (2009) NOVELIST POISED TO MAKE HISTORY WITH TITANIC BOOK
June 2009 - Vineland, N.J. - In an ambitious first novel, author W. Mae Kent accomplishes a literary feat that has never been attempted before: she tells the story of the only black passenger traveling on the ill-fated Titanic. While Kent’s ...
9th September 2009  
Washington Herald (1912) MAJ. BUTT' S PLACE NOT YET FILLED
President Taft Has Not Asked War Department to Fill Vacancy as Chief Aid --- President Taft has not yet asked the War Department to detail a chief White House aid to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Maj. Butt. The War Department ...
21st April 1912  
Belfast Telegraph (2009) TITANIC'S "LITTLE SISTER" MAY MISS ANNIVERSARY REFIT DATE
The 7m restoration of a tender ship that ferried passengers on board the doomed Titanic may not be finished in time for the centenary of its launch, an official report warns today. The charitable trust responsible for refitting the derelict...
24th June 2009  
ET Research (2001) MAURETANIA HISTORY COMES ALIVE IN BRISTOL
There is more for ocean liner enthusiasts in the English city of Bristol than simply visiting the S. S. Great Britain. The world's first great ocean liner, the Great Britain was built by the influential engineer Isambard K...
8th November 2001  
The Living Age (1911) THE FLOATING ISLANDS
Today, a floating city; tomorrow, a floating island. No other word is spacious enough for the gigantic ships now coming into existence. Next midsummer the largest ship in the World will be ploughing the Atlantic under the flag of th...
18th February 1911  
 

 
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