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Seaton Blake
Pierre Rousseau
 
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  WILLIAMS FAMILY GRAVESTONE
Arthur John, the beloved husband of Ellen Williams who was lost at sea through the foundering of the SS Titanic 14th April 1912 "Memory is the only friend that grief can call its own"...
PLOT MARKER   PLOT MARKER
FREDERICK SUTTON TOMLIN MARCH 2ND 1910-OCT. 26TH 1911 FREDERICK SUTTON JUNE 15TH 1850-APRIL 15, 1912 LOST AT SEA ON S. S. TITANIC ELLEN C. SUTTON MAY 27TH 1852-APRIL 2ND 1931 1879 FRANCIS H. TOMLIN...
MARCH MEMORIAL MARKER   MARCH MEMORIAL MARKER
(On top) JOHN STARR MARCH DIED APRIL 15, 1912 225 (On face) U. S. SEA POST SERVICE R. M. S. TITANIC...
  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...
  THE TITANIC
Frank Blackmarr
The story of the most awful shipwreck of modern times may not be a pleasant subject for either the relator or the hearers but there is an interest in the details of the loss of the Titanic which warrents me in telling the story. And having been on...
  CHINESE SAILORS ON THE TITANIC
Eight sailors from Hong Kong, boarded the Titanic together at Southampton......
  LIFEBOAT SPECIFICATIONS
The design of Titanic's lifeboats was supervised by Chief Ships Draughtsman Roderick Chisholm and the bopats were constructed at the Harland and Wo...
GRAVE MEMORIAL STONE   GRAVE MEMORIAL STONE
Born Sept. 26,1872 Lost at Sea on S.S. Titanic April 15, 1912 Greater love knows no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends....
  ADOLPHE SAALFELD POST-DISASTER
Saalfeld was in the First Class Smoking Room when the collision occurred; he was advised by a steward to go to the boat deck. In his cabin he had left samples of perfume that he was taking to America, but managed to pocket a menu card....
  PROBATE REPORT
HOCKING Samuel James Metcalfe of 101 Fore Street Devonport died 15 April 1912 at sea Administration London 21 August 1913 to Ada Hocking widow Effects £70...
  PROBATE REPORT
LOBB William Arthur of Bugle St Austell Cornwall engine driver died 14 April 1912 at sea Administration Bodmin 3 August 1912 to George Lobb clay labourer Effects £50 NB. Engine driver in this sense is a mine engine rather than conventional r...
  PROBATE REPORT
JENKIN Stephen Curnow of Nanjivey St Ives Cornwall died 15 April 1912 at sea Administration Bodmin 21 November 1912 to John Jenkin blacksmith Effects £201 8s 2d...
  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...
  PROBATE REPORT
WEST Edwy Arthur of Bournemouth died 15 April 1912 at sea Probate London 9 July 1912 to Ada Mary West widow Effects £610 14s 6d...
  PROBATE REPORT
CHAPMAN John Henry of St Neot Cornwall farmer died 15 April 1912 at sea Administration Bodmin 15 August 1912 to James Chapman farmer Effects £206 1s 11d...
  GRAVESTONE
In Loving Memory of Henry Philip Creese the beloved husband of Annie Napton Creese. One of the brave engineers of RMS Titanic who was lost at sea April 15th 1912, aged 44 years....
  HOLD FAMILY INFORMATION
In this article, to avoid confusion, the Stephen Hold lost on Titanic is referred to as Stephen jnr and his father as Stephen snr. Porthoustock in the parish of St Keverne is a small fishing village located close to the southern tip of...
  TOWER HILL, LONDON WAR MEMORIAL
In Memory Of Fireman and Trimmer George Terrill Thresher SS Parkhill (Methil) Merchant Navy Who Died aged 52 [Fireman and Trimmer Thresher, Son of George Samuel and Catherine Thresher, husband of Jane Thresher of Felling, Co. Durh...
  MEMORIAL
In Memory of William Stone, late Inspector of L & S W Railway, died November 13th 1909 aged 64. Also of Agnes Mary Jane, wife of the above, died March 3rd 1929 aged 85. Also of Edmund Stone, son of the above, who was lost ...
  STONE FAMILY INFORMATION
Edmund Stone was born in Southampton in 1879. He was the son of William Stone (Railway Inspector) and Agnes Mary Jane Stone. In 1881 the UK Census has the family at 7 Brinton's Terrace, Southampton. With William and Agnes Stone were their 4 ...
  EDWARD THOMAS STONE FAMILY INFORMATION
Edward Thomas Stone was born in 1882/83 in Shirley, Southampton. He himself quotes his birthplace as Cornwall when signing on Titanic but this appears to be erroneous. (It is currently assumed that he lived there for a while when young). He was the ...
  PROUDFOOT FAMILY INFORMATION
Richard Royston Proudfoot, signed on as a trimmer for the Titanic engine department in April 1912. His birth was registered at Plymouth, Devon in the September Quarter of 1890. He was the son of Royston Jesse Proudfoot and Jane Gendle (nee W...
  GRAVE
Here Rest In Christ Owen George Allum Shipwrecked on the Titanic and Drowned At Sea April 14th, 1912, Aged 17 years. Nearer My God To Thee [In the Winter 1989 issue of the Atlantic Daily Bulletin it was repo...
  MEMORIAL
There is a large rock with attached anchor in the Common Cemetery, Southampton: In loving memory of Ernest William Hamblyn who was lost at sea through the foundering of the S.S. Titanic on April 15th 1912. Aged 46 years. ''We cannot bend before his g...
RAISE THE TITANIC MODEL LANGUISHES IN MALTA   RAISE THE TITANIC MODEL LANGUISHES IN MALTA
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MAJOR ARCHIBALD BUTT   MAJOR ARCHIBALD BUTT
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...
TITANIC BOAT DECK   TITANIC BOAT DECK
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...
MR. AND MRS. HARDER   MR. AND MRS. HARDER
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...
CHARLES MELVILLE HAYS   CHARLES MELVILLE HAYS
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...
THE HIPPACH FAMILY   THE HIPPACH FAMILY
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...
JOSEPH BRUCE ISMAY   JOSEPH BRUCE ISMAY
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...
WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD STUDIO PORTRAIT   WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD STUDIO PORTRAIT
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...
ISIDOR STRAUS STUDIO PORTRAIT   ISIDOR STRAUS STUDIO PORTRAIT
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...
  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...
  WONNACOTT FAMILY INFORMATION
Dorothy Wonnacott was born in Plymouth in 1885. She was a daughter of Arscott and Mary Jane Wonnacott. Her parents, both originally from the Holsworthy area of mid-Devon had married in about 1878 and were living in Plymouth from that time....
  TURPIN FAMILY INFORMATION
William John Robert Turpin was born in Plymouth, Devon in 1883. He was the son of John R Turpin (general labourer) and Mary Jane. They had married in about 1880 and were living in Commercial Street, Plymouth at the time of the 1881 census. Both wer...
  GRAVESTONE
In Loving Memory of Henry W Creese who died at Falmouth 14th Nov’r 1905 Age 6 years 3 months. The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want. In Loving Memory of Henry Philip The Beloved Husband of...
  PENGELLY (PENGILLY) FAMILY INFORMATION
Frederick (Fred) William Pengelly was born in the parish of Calstock, East Cornwall in early 1893 whilst his father was working in the area as a mining engineer. Fred’s father, Frederick William Cardell Pengilly (sic) was born in 1861 ...
  EPITAPH ON GRAVE OF R.N. WILLIAMS II IS FROM "SNOW-BOUND"
Epitaph...
  STANLICK FAMILY INFORMATION
Cordelia (Delia) Stanlick was born at Tywardreath, Cornwall in 1878. She was the daughter of Thomas and Amelia Stanlick. Her father, born in Devon in 1832 worked as a miner and in later years as a farm labourer. The 1881 Cornwall Census has t...
MEMORIAL INSCRIPTION FOR WASHINGTON A. ROEBLING II   MEMORIAL INSCRIPTION FOR WASHINGTON A. ROEBLING II
Memorial marker...
  AMERICAN RED CROSS RELIEF BOOKLET
[Case no 286] (English). An aged English woman was drowned while coming to this country, after the recent death of her husband, to make her home with her only daughter. The daughter's husband, a waiter, at the time of the disaster was recoveri...
  ROAMING AROUND: MEMOIRS OF A MARCONI OPERATOR
Alec Bagot
Extract The next year went past for me in many experiences of life and places. I was a fully fledged Marconi operator, had visited my Australia of loving memories, Norway, with its North Cape, where I had taken photographs...
  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...
THE BLUE PLAQUE   THE BLUE PLAQUE
Blue Plaque on his old House...
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Charles John Joughin, Titanic's chief baker was born in Patten Street, West Float, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, on August 3, 1878, went to sea at age 11, later becoming chief baker on various White Star Line steamships. After surviving ...
  OBITUARY
WAS born on the 31st March, 1880, at Whitehaven, Cumberland. When quite young his parents moved to Blackburn, where he passed his apprenticeship days with the firm of James Davenport, of the Canal Works. From this firm he went to Messrs Howar...
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Previous to his Titanic trip he had made at least two other sea voyages, both times on the Lucania, once in 1907 and again the following year. He was 5' 4 1/2" tall, with dark brown hair and brown eyes and, by 1901, at age of 36, was married with a f...
  HUTCHINSON - BODY 170 (UNIDENTIFIED)
IT IS likely that body number 170 is that of Hutchinson. It was buried at sea. The estimated age was 25, and the corpse had keys marked "Carpenter's locker", with a wood rule, silver watch and chain. The Halifax Coroner's records ...
  ERNEST WALDRON KING : GENERAL INFORMATION
King, Ernest Waldron. Lived at Currin Rectory, Clones, Ireland. Occupation - Clerk, Pursers Assistant. 28 years old. (Born in Dublin, Ireland). Body number 321. Interred at Fairview Cemetery, Halifa...
  IN MEMORIAM
"In Loving and Affectionate Remembrance of William Farr, the loved and beloved husband of Phyllis Maud Penny, who was lost at sea through the foundering of the S.S...
  FAMILY GRAVE
Is mentioned on the family grave in Hollybrook Cemetery, Lordshill, Southampton A10 180. Inscription ''Lost at sea - SS Titanic 1912 aged 19 years''. ...
TITANIC BLUEPRINT   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...
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY CENOTAPH   ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY CENOTAPH
The place chosen by Maj. Butt as his final resting place...
  OUR GOD, OUR HELP IN AGES PAST
(O God, Our Help in Ages Past) The Hymn "Our God, our help in ages past" was recalled by Colonel Archibald Gracie, as the last to be sung at the morning service, presided over by Ca...
  ETERNAL FATHER, STRONG TO SAVE
The Hymn "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. William Whiting (1825-1878) wrote the lyrics, in 1860, as a poem for a student about to sail for America. T...
  NOW THE DAY IS OVER
The Hymn "Now the Day is Over" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. Sabine Baring-Gould (1825-1878) wrote the lyrics, in 1865, and the tune “Merrial” was composed by Sir Joseph Barnby (1838-1896)...
  ELSIE BOWERMAN PLAQUE
Helena Wojtczak
The author managed to persuade Hastings Borough Council to erect a plaque to survivor Elsie Bowerman at 23 Silchester Road, St Leonards-on-Sea in November 2005....
  MR WILLIAM ANGLE & MRS FLORENCE AGNES ANGLE NEE HUGHES
Marion James
Mr William ANGLE & Mrs Florence Agnes ANGLE nee HUGHES Researching Mr William ANGLE I have been able to trace the following information. William Angl...
  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 ...
EUGENE DALY - BY HIS DAUGHTER   EUGENE DALY - BY HIS DAUGHTER
Marion K. Joyce
Eugene Daly with his wife Lil and their only child Marion (Mary) in 1929. Mary is now a widow, living in Missouri....
  WILLIAM MCMASTER MURDOCH
Mark Garfien
William McMaster Murdoch was born 28th February 1873 in Dalbeattie, Scotland. He was the fourth of seven children of Captain Samuel Murdoch and his wife Jeanie. The Murdochs had been a se...
  OREGON'S ONLY FIRST CLASS PASSENGERS: THE WARRENS
John Lamoreau
Frank and Anna Warren were the only first class passengers on the Titanic from the state of Oregon. They were returning from Europe after a three month celebration of their 40th wedding anniversary. Frank Warren may wel...
MEMORIAL STONE TO ARCHIE JEWELL   MEMORIAL STONE TO ARCHIE JEWELL
Grave of Raymond Hope Jewell and mother (son and wife of Archie Jewell) from Burlescombe, The gravestone refers to Archie,but he is not actually buried there, as he was lost at sea during the war. ...
  THE WHITE STAR LINE
George Henry Preble
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,"...
Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping (1908) BELFAST, PORT OF
Belfast, Port of. Belfast Harbour, the premier harbour of Ireland, is at the head of Belfast Lough, in latitude 54° 36' N., 5° 56' W. The time of high water at full and change is 10 hours and 43 minutes. The ri...
  HUSBAND OF HELEN ALICE WILSON
  Axel Johannas Rosenquist was the husband of Helen Alice Wilson who survived the sinking of the Titanic, the following information gives brief details of how their lives continued after the disaste...
Kenosha Telegraph-Courier MRS. HANSON IS HOME
MRS. HANSON IS HOME _____________________   ...
NOMADIC AT SEA   NOMADIC AT SEA
A computer generated representation of the Nomadic at sea....
Hanford Sentinel RELIVING A TRAGIC NIGHT ON THE SEA
Doris Robertson Polley
Searching for one's roots has become a national pastime. What use to take years to research has become much simpler with the use of computers. Genealogy is no longer the sole intellectual occupation of a few scholars. Anybody can tract the history...
  RMS OLYMPIC ARCHIVE FILM (3)
Taking the elevators; the grand staircase; dancing in the saloon; smoking room; at Cherbourg; Nomadic comes alongside; passengers disembark...
  CHICAGO TITANIC BULLETINS
BULLETINS Montreal, April 15—The local office of Horton Davidson, one of the Titanic passengers, has received the following wireless message: “All passengers are safe and Titanic taken in tow by ...
Richmond Today C. H. LIGHTOLLER AND RICHMOND SLIPWAYS
At the end of the war an elderly mariner, who had rescued 130 troops from Dunkirk, moved to East Twickenham and set up a boatyard at 1 Ducks Walk, opposite the site of the old Tudor palace. Richmond Slipways as it was called, mostly repaired po...
  FREDERICK SHEATH
Brian J. Ticehurst
FREDERICK SHEATH was born in 1892 at number 12 Bell Street, Southampton, the house was a two-up, two-down terraced house with an outside toilet and no garden. Bell Street was situated in the lower, poorer part of town and not f...
St Ives Times HAYLE MAN'S NARRATIVE
TRIBUTE TO A KIND HEARTED CAPTAIN...
MOHAWK-SYMMES GATE   MOHAWK-SYMMES GATE
Gate erected by the Symmes family on the campus of Williams College, in memory of their son and the other Williams students lost aboard the Mohawk, along with Professsor Cleland. The left and right panes read, respectively: ...
Gare Maritime
MEXICO CRUISE BROCHURE (INTERIORS)   MEXICO CRUISE BROCHURE (INTERIORS)
"Upper - The main lounges of the big Ward Liners are cool, restful, graciously inviting. Left Center - There's a rich, serene, masculine atmosphere to the smoking rooms.  Center - A Tea Room - bright, breezy, with long vistas of sea and sky throu...
Gare Maritime
MOHAWK BROCHURE 2   MOHAWK BROCHURE 2
"Handy reading lights, electric fans, hot and cold running water - you will look in vain for a stateroom that has more comforts than these." "Charting a course on the trackless sea call for a fine skill and accuracy." "The ship's o...
Gare Maritime
MOHAWK BROCHURE 4   MOHAWK BROCHURE 4
"Appetizing menus are just another link in the chain that makes "Clyde Line Service" famous." "The traditional "Ship Shape" of sea-going vessels is well exemplified in these kitchens." "On the highly polished dancing deck where hap...
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THEATRE, ARTWORK.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THEATRE, ARTWORK.
In front of the theatre, forward, there is a striking panel, 25 feet long, by Reyer Stolk. It is executed in solid masses of gold, black, red and maroon, and its theme the spread of the theatre’s influence over the world by ships. Greek and Dutch E...
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : RITZ-CARLTON ROOM. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : RITZ-CARLTON ROOM. 1938.
RITZ-CARLTON ROOM: The Ritz-Carlton room is located on the Upper Promenade deck, immediately above the Smoking Room and is reached by an impressive ebony and bronze Y-shaped stairway. On either side of the stairs where they divide port from starb...
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : SMOKING ROOM. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : SMOKING ROOM. 1938.
SMOKING ROOM: Outstanding features of the Smoking Room, which Frits A. Eschauzier designed, are the ingenious manner in which the light and airy raised side verandahs relieve the dark panel work of the room proper. These “sun wings†are a gallant...
Gare Maritime
POSTWAR 17. TOURIST CLASS CABIN.   POSTWAR 17. TOURIST CLASS CABIN.
CABINS: Bright, modern, and immaculately clean are the trim Tourist class staterooms. All feature deep-sprung beds, draftless Zephyr-louver ventilation, illuminated shaving and make-up mirrors, individual reading lamps over the beds, and numerous ...
Gare Maritime
POSTWAR 7. THEATRE.   POSTWAR 7. THEATRE.
THEATER: It is difficult to believe that you are at sea when you enter this air-conditioned theater seating three hundred and fifty passengers. Each of the deeply cushioned seats commands an unobstructed view of the stage, and the egg shaped contour ...
Gare Maritime
POSTWAR 9. SOLARIUM.   POSTWAR 9. SOLARIUM.
SOLARIUM: Located on one of the highest decks of the ship, the Nieuw Amsterdam’s twin solaria offer perfect spots for “toasting†in the brilliant ocean sunlight while enjoying restful vistas of the ever changing sea far below. Adjoinin...
Gare Maritime
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM
First Class Dining Room: The Dining Room on A Deck is an exquisitely delicate setting of ivory walls, pale gold ceiling, gold leaf columns, tinted mirrors, satinwood furniture, two toned blue carpet and handmade frosty Murano glass lighting fixtures....
Gare Maritime
GRAF ZEPPELIN.INTERIORS. CABIN.   GRAF ZEPPELIN.INTERIORS. CABIN.
The Graf Zeppelin cabins, with their patterned wall coverings, comfortable furniture, and arched window frames, suggested compact First Class cabins on a pre-Deco ocean liner. In this respect, the Hindenburg represented a distinct step backwards. ...
Gare Maritime
THE SEA MESSENGER Illustrated London News THE SEA MESSENGER
THE SEA MESSENGER The little vessel represented in our illustration has been invented by Mr J. A. R. Vandenbergh of Portsmouth (Eng.), to be freighted with letters and papers belonging to any ship in danger of foundering at sea, or in ...
21st May 1870
The Independent THE PERILS OF PASSENGERS
ANOTHER very terrible wreck of an iron steamship has been reported and a loss of human lives has been the consequence, which must cause a shudder to the intending passengers to Europe this season. The unfortunate ship was the "Vicksburg"...
24th June 1875
Chronicles of the Cumming Club (1887) SIR EDWARD J. HARLAND, BART.
SIR EDWARD J. HARLAND, BART.; 'the sixth of a family of eight.' His father, Dr. Harland, a graduate of Edinburgh University, practised in Scarborough until nearly the period of his death, in 1866. He was a man of remarkable skill...
1887
  PROBATE REPORT (WILLIAM BOWERMAN)
Bowerman, William of Thorncliffe, 145 London-road St. Leonards-on-sea gentleman died 3 May 1895 Probate London to Edith Martha Bowerman widow George Bowerman gentleman and John Wilkie Bell butcher Effects £2851 19s 3d...
1895
The Times PIRRIE HONOURED FOR SERVICE AS LORD MAYOR
BELFAST, DEC. 14.To-night a banquet was given to the Right Hon. W. J. Pirrie, J.P., Lord Mayor of Belfast, and Mrs. Pirrie by the citizens on the occasion of the approaching termination of the second year of Mr. Pirri...
15th December 1897
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
Town and Country MASTERS OF THE SEA
A. I. M.
The Personal Side of Some of the Popular Captains of Atlantic Liners "I suppose Captain V— is still in command of the A?" asked a woman, as she was about to engage her passage on one of the fleet trans...
19th April 1902
The Times THE CUNARD STEAMER CARPATHIA
From Wednesday morning until that of Saturday of last week a party of visitors, which included Sir William White (late Director of Naval Construction), Messrs Moorhouse and Maxwell (General Manager and a director of the Cunard Company), were carri...
27th April 1903
New York Times HUGE WAVE SWEEPS OCEANIC
Captain Thrown from the Bridge and Left Unconscious --- While plowing her way through the worst weather met with on the North Atlantic lane in many months, the White Star liner Oceanic, in last night from Liverpool, was boarded...
29th November 1906
New York Times THE BIGGEST LINER IS NOW IN PORT
Adriatic Arrives After a Very Successful Maiden Voyage --- NO JARS ON THE TRIP --- Passengers Give Praise for Smoothness of Voyage on New White Star Liner --- The Adriatic, the biggest of transatlantic ...
17th May 1907
Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping (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
The Gazette (Montreal) LAURENTIC IS HERE
The Gazette, Montreal, 8 May 1909 Maiden Voyage Upholds the Satisfactory Results Achieved on Trial Trip --- AN EPOCH IN SHIPPING --- P...
8th May 1909
New York Times SMUGGLERS PLAN TO OUTWIT LOEB
Collector Hears of Attempts to Take Off Dutiable Goods in Small Boats --- STRICT WATCH AT PIERS --- Hold-Up and Search of Steamship Captains Themselves Reveals Thoroughness of New Search --- Now that Collector Lo...
17th August 1909
GIANT SHIPS SOON TO JOIN THE ATLANTIC FLEET New York Times 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
  MISS DOROTHY GIBSON, HARRISON FISHER MUSE, NOW PICTURE STAR
Miss Dorothy Gibson, the well-known beauty who is the muse of Mr. Harrison Fisher, the popular illustrator of feminine charms, has forsaken the studio of the artist for that of the motion picture. Miss Gibson, who is the sitter for man...
1911
DOROTHY GIBSON IN 'HANDS ACROSS THE SEA'   DOROTHY GIBSON IN 'HANDS ACROSS THE SEA'
A scene from "Hands Across the Sea," produced by Éclair-America, the company’s debut film and Dorothy Gibson’s first starring role. She actually took several parts in this movie, which was an historical tableau enacting events of the American Revolut...
1911
The Living Age 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
CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC   CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...
May 1911
CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC   CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...
May 1911
Outlook THE RACE FOR OCEAN SUPREMACY
Earl Mayo
A little more than ten years ago I crossed the Atlantic on the first trip of what was then the largest ocean liner in the world. A distinguished ship-builder who made the voyage at the same time expressed the opinion that this steamship marked the...
24th June 1911
Moving Picture News DOROTHY GIBSON
It was the pleasure of one of our staff recently to meet and converse with Miss Dorothy Gibson of the Éclair Company of America. The accompanying reproduction of a photograph of Miss Gibson, and which is true to life, speaks for itself of the almost ...
18th November 1911
New York Times J. P. MORGAN SAILS; IS GOING TO EGYPT
No Worry in Washington, Where He Is to Testify Some Time About Steel and Money --- NOT ON PASSENGER LIST --- Lords Deceis [sic; should be "Decies"] and Camoys, with Their American Brides, Also on th...
31st December 1911
  PROBATE REPORT
Calendar of Probate 1912:LATIMER, Andrew of Glenwyllin Road, Waterloo,Lancashire, ship steward, died 15th April 1912at sea. Probate, Liverpool 7th October to JennieLatimer, widow. Effects £3082 9s 3d....
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
  TRANSCRIPT OF LETTER BY WILLIAM DICKSON MACKIE
Gateside Margery Park Rd Forest Gate E 15/03/12 My Dear Sister Just a line to let you know that I am still in the land of the living. You will see by the above address that I am at home. ...
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
Derbyshire Times CHESTERFIELD VICTIM
A young lady who has intimate relatives in Chesterfield was among the officers on the ill-fated Titanic. She is Miss Evelyn Marsden, and is a niece of Mr. and Mrs. G. Robinson, Ash Tree, Chesterfield. A nurse-stewardess in the first saloon, Miss Mars...
1912
Unknown LEST WE FORGET
Marie G. Young
by Marie G. Young - A Survivor of the Titanic Miss Marie G. Young, Former Music Teacher at the White House, Rescued From the Titanic, Describes the Sufferings of Some of the Survivors Six months have elapsed since the ...
1912
  PROBATE REPORT
JULIAN Henry Forbes of Redholme Torquay esquire died 15 April 1912 at sea Probate Exeter 18 July to William Robert Davies examiner and Hester Julian widow. Effects £1238 0s 11d...
1912
  BIOGRAPHY - FROM INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS MAGAZINE 1912
THE Commander of the Titanic Captain Edward J. Smith, Royal Naval Reserve, (widely know as E.J. by all passengers and crew) was very well known and was one of the most popular masters in the Atlantic service. He was in command of the Olympic, and her...
1912
  HAMBLYN: PROBATE INFORMATION
HAMBLYN Ernest William of 2 Norman Villas Dyer Road Freemantle Hampshire died 15 April 1912 at sea Probate London 3 June 1912 to Henry Archibald Jamieson journalist. Effects £320....
1912
  PARSONS: PROBATE INFORMATION
PARSONS Edward of 26 Roberts Road Hill Lane Southampton died 15 April 1912 at sea Probate London 11 May 1912 to Clara Parsons widow. Effects £451 1s 4d....
1912
  PROBATE INFORMATION
SMITH John Richard Jago of 45 Atherley Road Southampton sorting clerk died 15 April 1912 at sea Administration Winchester 10 August 1912 to John Smith farmer. Effects £556 12s 1d. ...
1912
  ALLSOP: PROBATE INFORMATION
ALLSOP Frank Richard of 78 Obelisk Road Woolston Southampton died at sea 15 April 1912 Administration London 29 June 1912 to Elizabeth Allsop widow. Effects £69 13s 7d. ...
1912
Unidentified Newspaper MRS HANSEN STILL IN BED
Titanic Survivor in Precarious Condition at Brother's Home Mrs. Peter C. Hansen, the survivor of the steamer Titanic, who arrived in Racine Wednesday, is still in an extremely nervous condition, and is still not able to be around. She is staying at t...
1912
MR. AND MRS. W. T. STEAD   MR. AND MRS. W. T. STEAD
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...
1912
OLYMPIC / HAWKE COLLISION   OLYMPIC / HAWKE COLLISION
From 'The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters'...
1912
CAPTAIN ARTHUR ROSTRON   CAPTAIN ARTHUR ROSTRON
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...
1912
Worcester Telegram 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
  CONTEMPORARY OBITUARY : HENRY WILDE
THE appalling disaster to the Titanic has taken away, in the person of Lieut, H. T. Wilde, RNR, one of the most promising officers serving with the White Star Line. Lieut. Wilde, who was chief officer of the Titanic, commenced his sea career in the s...
1912
  CONTEMPORARY OBITUARY
WAS born in Southampton forty-three years ago. He served his apprenticeship in the works of the London and South-Western Railway Co., and after other appointments sailed in vessels owned by the company as second engineer. Four years were spent with t...
1912
Lloyds Weekly News 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
JUST AS THE SHIP WENT DOWN - A SONG OF THE SEA   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
MY SWEETHEART WENT DOWN WITH THE SHIP   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
  THE TITANIC : OUR STORY
M. E. S. and E. M. E.
SUNDAY morning, April 14, 1912, was a beautiful clear day, high wind and cold. Elizabeth and I wrote letters before service, remarking at the service that they did not sing the hymn "For Those in Peril On the Sea." Then read the chart an...
1912
  60 OF TITANIC DEAD TO BE BURIED TO-DAY
Speedy Interment of Many Unidentified Bodies in Halifax Becomes Necessary --- SEARCH IN MORGUE KEEPS UP --- Funeral Ship Minia, Which Picks Up 15, Ordered to Report No...
1912
THOMAS WHITELEY'S TITANIC LECTURE   THOMAS WHITELEY'S TITANIC LECTURE
I was just about to go to bed and had my pajamas on when I heard a grating noise and the vessel came to a stop. I slipped on a pair of trousers and rushed on deck. I saw a lot of ice on the forward deck, the well deck, about twenty tons of it, ...
1912
AN ACCOUNT OF THE TITANIC DISASTER BY A SURVIVOR The Sphere AN ACCOUNT OF THE TITANIC DISASTER BY A SURVIVOR
Joseph Scarrott
"The night of April 14, 1912, will never be forgotten. It was a beautiful starlight night, no wind, and the sea was as calm as a lake, but the air was very cold." "Everybody was in good spirits and everything throughout the ship ...
1912
The Violinist THE ORCHESTRA ON THE TITANIC
A review of Hume by people who knew him...
1912
  AN ECHO OF A PAST TRAGEDY
The Diary of Frederick Hamilton (Cable Engineer: MacKay Bennett) The White Star Line, owners of the SS Titanic chatered two cable-laying steamers Mackay-Bennett and Minia to locate and identify bodies, including. Two...
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
The Milford Cabinet MILFORD MAN WAS ON TITANIC
Emilio Portalupi tells of thrilling experience....
April 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
Chicago Daily News LINER PARISIAN ASSISTS IN TASK
  Another liner, the Parisian, of the Allan company, which sailed from Glasgow for Halifax April 6, is close at hand and assisting in the work of rescue. The Baltic and Virginian also are near the scene and the Olympic apparently ...
15th April 1912
Trenton Evening Times TRENTON MEN ABOARD GIANT TITANIC WHICH MEETS DISASTER IN ICE
Washington A. Roebling II, and Stephen W. Blackwell among Hundreds of Passengers who are taken Off in Lifeboats when Maiden Voyage Seemed Likely to End in Sinking of World’s Biggest Vessel Returning to their homes in Trenton after a t...
16th April 1912
Worcester Telegram WALTER PORTER AMONG THOSE ON TITANIC
Miss. Carrie Endres Sister of Worcester Man Also on Board Lost Liner When The Telegram informed Mrs. Albert J. Gifford, 9 King street last night that the 318(?) saloon passengers on the wrecked Titanic had been reported saved and would...
16th April 1912
New York Times DISASTER AT LAST BEFALLS CAPT. SMITH
Veteran Commander of Titanic Went Forty Years Without Accident of Any Kind --- WHITE STAR'S BEST OFFICER --- Declared Only Recently That He Did Not Believe Modern Ships Could Be Sunk --- Capt. E. J. Smith, i...
16th April 1912
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
Washington Times ARCHIBALD BUTT, MILITARY AIDE TO PRESIDENT TAFT
Major Archibald de Grafenreid Willingham Butt, who was on the Titanic, was returning to Washington on sick leave, and expected to resume his duties as military aide to President Taft at once. Suffering from that mild poisoning which follows an unendi...
16th April 1912
The Evening Post MYSTERIES OF THE TITANIC DISASTER
The terrible tragedy of the Titanic, even though it is possible to hope that fuller information may mitigate it, presents several mysteries. Whence and how came the reports spread everywhere yesterday that the passengers had ...
16th April 1912
Worcester Evening Post NO HOPE FOR MORE SURVIVORS
ST. JOHNS , N.F. April 16.- All hope that any of the passengers or members of the crew of the Titanic, other than those on the Carpathia, are alive was abandoned this afternoon. All the steamers which have been cruising in the vi...
16th April 1912
Newark Evening News ENGINEER HAS SISTER HERE
Jonathan Shepherd, third assistant engineer on the Titanic, who is believed to have gone down with the ship, is a brother of Miss Frances Shepherd, of 10 South Twelfth street. He was formerly on the Olympic, but was transferred to the...
16th April 1912
Chicago Tribune SHIES BOATS UNDER CAPT. SMITH
F. Harrison Powers of New York and Paris, a guest at the Congress hotel has been a passenger several times on White Star boats commanded by Capt. E. J. Smith of the Titanic. “But I only sailed with him once after the collision of the...
16th April 1912
The Sun (New York) SMITH THOUGHT HIS SHIP UNSINKABLE
Titanic's Skipper Was Never in an Accident on High Seas Before This One --- LOVED OCEAN LIKE A BOY --- Grew Up With White Star Line and Had Its Confidence---Junior Officers on Board --- ...
16th April 1912
Cleveland Plain Dealer FOUR ON BIG LINER CLEVELAND BOUND
Page 1 Three Men and One Woman on Way to This City May Have Gone Down Many Parts of Ohio Represented in Lists of Victims When the news of the greatest sea distater ina century was flashed to Cleveland ye...
17th April 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
Chicago Daily Tribune SAILED IN '70S WITH TITANIC'S CAPTAIN
Page 6 [Photo] Capt. J. R. Mullet Capt. J. R. Mullet, a veteran seaman, retired ten years ago on a pension from the White Star lines after thirty-five years of faithful service, yesterday recalled the days when he and C...
17th April 1912
Daily Home News JERSEY PEOPLE WHO HAD RELATIVES ON BOARD
PERTH AMBOY, April 17---Great anxiety in [sic] felt in this city by the members of the Parker, Jaudon, Marsh and Hechheimer families, who had near and distant relatives among the passengers on the ill-fated Titanic. Owner of Local Plan...
17th April 1912
Worcester Telegram W.C.PORTERS LETTERS TO WIFE AND PARTNER
W.C.Porters Letters to Wife and Partner Tells of Pleasant and Successful Trip and of His Anxiety to Hurry Home on the Titanic "I have had a fine trip, enjoyed every minute of it, and have found business prospects ...
17th April 1912
Washington Times MISS GRACIE GOES TO NEW YORK TO GET INFORMATION
Worn to a point of desperation by the suspense she has undergone since receiving news that her father, Col. Archibald Gracie, was among those saved from the sea tragedy, Miss Edith Gracie, of 1527 Sixteenth street northwest, gave way to her anxiety t...
17th April 1912
Washington Times TITANIC'S CAPTAIN HAD LONG RECORD ON THE HIGH SEAS
As Captain of Olympic Smith's Vessel Hit British Cruiser Last Fall --- If the twentieth century retained a belief in the power of malignant spirits and the human passions of natural forces, the termination of the career of Capt. E. J. S...
17th April 1912
COMMANDER OF THE ILL FATED TITANIC Washington Herald COMMANDER OF THE ILL FATED TITANIC
Capt. Smith was known for years as "The grand old man of the sea" and was probably one of the oldest and one of the most reliable mariners or ocean liners on the Atlantic....
17th April 1912
Brooklyn Daily Times W L GWYN, FORMER BROOKLYN MAIL CLERK, MAY HAVE BEEN LOST
Postmaster Edward M. Morgan said yesterday that the Titanic was carrying 3,423 sacks of mail and added: "There are generally about four bags of prints---a postal term applied to all other pieces than letters---to one of letters. A bag ...
17th April 1912
The Scotsman STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER
In the House of Commons yesterday Lord Charles Beresford (U, Portsmouth) asked the President of the Board of Trade whether there was any later news as to the Titanic. The Prime Minister, who replied, said the news received by th...
17th April 1912
Chicago Tribune UNCONFIRMED STORY OF HORROR
A report is current here which is said to have emanated from the trading vessel Bruce, which is on the way to Sydney, C. B., giving a version of the Titanic disaster which the trader obtained from various ships. This is to...
17th April 1912
New York Times MARCONI CHEERED FOR WIRELESS FEATS
Modestly Gives Credit to Other Inventors and Speaks of Life Saving from Titanic --- FIRST LECTURE IN AMERICA --- Prof. Pupin Childes Speaker for Praising Other Inventors for Discoveries That Were Only by Marconi ...
18th April 1912
Southport Visitor MR. JAMES WALPOLE
As stated in Tuesdays Visitor among the crew of the ill fated liner was Mr. James Walpole, brother of Mr. Horace Walpole, of 17 Line-street, Southport and brother-in-law of the late Mr. W. E. Browne. A native of Southport...
18th April 1912
Chicago Tribune TITANIC STRUCK ON CLEAR NIGHT
Story of Parisian Operator Deepens Mystery of Disaster to White Star Line Warning Was Repeated Secrecy of Wireless Messages Pertaining to Wreck Maintained by Capt. Haines Halifax, N. S., April 17—...
18th April 1912
Trenton Evening Times GIVE UP HOPE FOR ROEBLING AND BLACKWELL
Failure to receive word from either Washington A. Roebling II or Stephen W. Blackwell, following the arrival of the Carpathia with the Titanic’s survivors in New York tonight seems to confirm what has been generally believed from the first, that thes...
18th April 1912
Worcester Evening Gazette SMITH CONFIDENT OF SHIPS STRENGTH
Commander of Titanic Believes Liner Practically Unsinkable Says Flushing, L.I. Friend NEW YORK, April 17,- The night before Capt. E.G. Smith of the Titanic started for Europe to take command of the liner, he dined with Mr. & Mrs. W. P....
18th April 1912
Toronto Daily Star E.Z. TAYLOR'S ACCOUNT
E.Z. Taylor jumps into the sea...
18th April 1912
The Evening Post HOLDING BACK FACTS OF DISASTER STIRS CRITICISM
Charges ranging from indifference to deliberate suppression of news are being made against the White Star officials on both sides of the Atlantic . As ground for these charges one needs to go back only to the rapid sequ...
18th April 1912
Daily Mail THE MAY FAMILY
Mrs May, across the way, lost her husband and eldest son. The son was married a year ago and his wife had a baby six weeks ago... Crossing the road I had a talk with the elder Mrs May, a slight, pale woman with dark sorrowful eyes. She ask...
18th April 1912
Chicago Tribune PHOTOGRAPHS ICE THAT SUNK LINER
PHOTOGRAPHS ICE THAT SUNK LINER _____________ Arthur Tree Brings Pictures of Giant Floes in Which Titanic Met Doom...
18th April 1912
Chicago Examiner TITANIC'S CAPTAIN WARNED OF HUGE FILED OF ICEBERGS
Operator on La Bretagne Tells How Messages Were Sent in All Directions From Near Cape Race....
18th April 1912
Washington Times NO ALARM FELT WHEN STEAMER FIRST STRUCK
MISS CAROLINE BONNELL
Passengers Came on Deck to Get View of Big Berg --- TERRIBLE SUFFERING IN THE LIFEBOATS --- Carpathia Gave Tenderest Care To the Rescued---Four Buried At Sea --- BY MISS CAROLINE BONNELL (Copyrighted, ...
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
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
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
Newark Evening News 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
Elizabeth Daily Journal BELIEVES BROTHER LOST
Another who waited in vain for the return of a loved one was Miss Frances Sheppard, a trained nurse, of Newark, who is staying at the home of Mrs. J. H. S. Clark, of 561 North Broad street, this city. Miss Sheppard’s brother, Jonathan Sheppard, of S...
19th April 1912
Newark Evening News STENGEL TELLS TRAGEDY STORY
Home with Wife, Depicts Wreck Scenes and Perils of Survivors. ---------- DEATH NEAR, VICTIMS JOKED ---------- Days of suspense had been borne by the family and friends of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Henry Stengel, of 1075 Broad str...
19th April 1912
Cleveland Plain Dealer TELLS OF WOMEN PULLING AT OARS
Page 1 Youngstown Woman Relates Story of Escape from Sinking Titanic Men Tire and Passengers Row Boats to Safety From Disaster From reports received from the steamer Carpathia when it docked at New York ...
19th April 1912
Christian Science Monitor WOMAN SURVIVOR OF TITANIC TELLS OF THE LAST HOURS OF SHIP
Miss Caroline Bonnell Says Great Vessel Stood Still in Tracks and Then Gave a Great Shiver SAW NO CONFUSION (Written for the United Press by Miss Caroline Bonnell) (Copyright 1912 by the United Press) M...
19th April 1912
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
New York Times STATEMENT BY HAROLD BRIDE
The following thrilling statement was dictated today by Mr. Bride, the assistant Marconi operator on board the Titanic, to the New York Times representative, in the presence of Mr. Marconi, who is now staying in Ne...
19th April 1912
Hudson Dispatch TITANIC SURVIVORS TELL DRAMATIC STORY OF SEA'S GREATEST DISASTER IN HISTORY
--------------- Union Hill Woman Relates Her Experience, and How She Saved Child--Pathetic Meeting of Little One By Grandparents When the Carpathia Docked--Many Describe Mournful Scenes of Rescue and Picture Graphically the Going Down of the ...
19th April 1912
New York Herald SILENCE ENJOINED ON MANY SURVIVORS
Officers of the Titanic Taken from the Carpathia Secretly by Third Class Passengers' Gangway Mrs. Antoinette Fliggenheim, who would not give her address, but friends who met her at the pier said she was Philadelphia, made the statemen...
19th April 1912
Daily Home News ROEBLING WENT DOWN IN TITANIC
TRENTON, April 19---Ferdinand W. Roebling, jr., of 216 West Statestreet, late last night telephoned from New York to this city saying that neither Washington A. Roebling, 2d, nor Stephen W. Blackwell was among the rescued passengers on the Carpathia ...
19th April 1912
Daily Home News HOME NEWS GAVE CITY FIRST NEWS OF CARPATHIA'S LANDING
New Brunswick received the news of the landing of the Carpathia with the rescued Titanic passengers, from the Home News last night. The details of the landing and the passengers’ stories of the disaster, were wired to this office direct, and other bu...
19th April 1912
Elizabeth Daily Journal THRILLING STORIES BY TITANIC'S SAVED; TEN ON WAY TO ELIZABETH LOSE LIVES
ELIZABETH WOMAN, TITANIC SURVIVOR, TELLS OF TRAGEDY ---------- Mrs. Peter Reniff, Only Rescued Member of Local Party of Eight, Gives to Journal Story of Most Appalling Calamity in History of Navigation--Peacock Party Lost -------...
19th April 1912
Elizabeth Daily Journal THRILLING STORIES BY TITANIC'S SAVED; TEN ON WAY TO ELIZABETH LOSE LIVES
ELIZABETH WOMAN, TITANIC SURVIVOR, TELLS OF TRAGEDY ---------- Mrs. Peter Reniff, Only Rescued Member of Local Party of Eight, Gives to Journal Story of Most Appalling Calamity in History of Navigation--Peacock Party Lost -------...
19th April 1912
Elizabeth Daily Journal LEARNS SISTER WAS LOST ON FATED TITANIC
[The beginning of this article appears under Julia Barry's ET entry.] Overcome with grief at the loss of his wife and two children, who were on their way from England to join him in this country, Benjamin Peacock left his boarding plac...
19th April 1912
Cambridge Independent Press ARTHUR WILLIAM BARRINGER
Mr. Arthur William Barringer, son of Mr. William Barringer, of 15 Thoday Street, Cambridge, was a Steward on the Titanic. It is hoped that he may be among those of the crew who were rescued, but his name has not appeared among the survivors. Mr. Barr...
19th April 1912
Newark Star C. E. H. STENGEL TELLS IN DETAIL OF BATTLE FOR LIVES
Escapes in Separate Boat from Wife, Not Realizing Danger --- Lincoln Park Man Says Shock Was Slight, and That Supply of Lifeboats Was Inadequate; Denies That Captain Was Drinking, But Declares He Was Entertaining Ismay ...
19th April 1912
Newark Star WHY WAS THE NEWS SUPPRESSED
A reporter for The Newark Star managed to get aboard the Carpathia and made his way to the bridge, where he had an interview with Captain Rostrom [sic] as to why the news of the wreck and the condition of the survivors had been withheld. The followin...
19th April 1912
Worcester Evening Gazette GAZETTE STAFF MAN ON CARPATHIA'S PIER
Gives Description of Scenes on Pier Silence Most Oppressive Even Crowd and City Hushed By Homer J. Wheaton Gazette Staff Reporter New York, April 19- News of the Titanics wreck was flashed to the wor...
19th April 1912
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
Washington Times WASHINGTON MAN TELLS HARROWING DETAILS OF WRECK
Col. Gracie Describes Scenes on Titanic After the Accident --- Last of the survivors to leave the sinking Titanic, Col. Archibald Gracie, of Washington, tells a story of horrible hardship in the icy waters after he was swept, clinging t...
19th April 1912
Washington Times J. J. ASTOR ACTED BRAVELY, DECLARE MANY WHO SAW HIM
Millionaire Kissed His Bride Good-by, Saluted, and Then Stepped Back to Allow Women to Get Into Boats --- NEW YORK, April 19---Col. John Jacob Astor kissed his bride good-by as he placed her in the waiting lifeboat. Then he drew himself...
19th April 1912
Washington Times DUE TO CARELESSNESS, SURVIVOR DECLARES
NEW YORK, April 19---C. H. Stengle, one of the first passengers off the vessel, said that the collision of the Titanic with the iceberg was the result of "criminal carelessness." "The ship was going 22 knots an hour when she struck," h...
19th April 1912
Washington Times ISMAY CONDEMNED FOR TAKING BOAT
Daughter of Congressman Hughes Tells of Experience In Sea Disaster --- NEW YORK, April 19---Not only did J. Bruce Ismay, managing director or the White Star line, get into one of the first lifeboats to be launched, but he was escorted a...
19th April 1912
Washington Herald CAPT. ROSTRON TELLS OF RESCUE
CAPT. R. [sic] H. ROSTRON
The Chief Officer of Carpathia Relates His Thrilling Experiences --- SIGHTED AT DAYLIGHT --- By CAPT. R. [sic] H. ROSTRON --- Statement by the captain of the Cunard steamship Carpathia, rescuer of the Titanic...
19th April 1912
Washington Herald LIFEBOATS WOULD HAVE SAVED MORE
Titanic's Steward, in Giving Story, Says Great Loss of Life Was Due to Their Absence --- SHIP'S ENGINEER, CAUGHT IN DOOR, BEGS TO BE SHOT TO END AGONY --- New York, April 18---The following statement made to-day by Alfred ...
19th April 1912
The Evening Post THE SAD “MIGHT HAVE BEENS”
Out of the fragmentary and disjointed reports of the survivors of the Titanic tragedy loom the big facts that compel the action on which congress has promptly engaged not only for thorough investigation of the affair but for formulatio...
19th April 1912
Toronto Daily Star TITANTIC (SIC) STOOD ON END FOR MINUTES BEFORE SHE SUNK (SIC)
Newspaper article...
19th April 1912
Atlantic City Daily Press ATLANTIC SURVIVOR TELLS OF DISASTER
E. Z. Taylor, On Telephone With City Clerk Donnelly, Describes AwfulScene---Third Member of His Party, Fletcher Williams, Lost---Did NotHear of Mrs. Potter and Mrs. Earnshaw.----------Atlantic City was in direct personal ...
19th April 1912
The Toronto Daily Star MAJOR'S DAUGHTER REMINDS HIM THAT IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY
Jessie Peuchen Listened to Father's Graphic Story, Then Wished Him Many Returns HOW THE MAJOR TOLD HIS ENTRALLING TALE ...
19th April 1912
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
The Toronto Daily Star LAST MAN TO LEAVE TITANIC WAS COLONEL GRACIE, U.S.A.
------------------- Was in That Last Awful Swirl That Followed When Monster Sank------Came to Surface Aft...
19th April 1912
Philadelphia Inquirer PARISIAN'S WIRELESS EXPERT OFF DUTY WHEN TITANIC STRUCK BERG
But for This It Is Believed the Stricken Giant's Cries for Help Would Have Been Heard in Time to Save All --------- HALIFAX, N. S., April 18.--With two expeditions on the way to search for Titani...
19th April 1912
Chicago Daily Journal THE HERO'S CHOICE—THE PLUNGE OF THE TITANIC WITH THOSE WHO STAYED BEHIND
The Hero’s Choice—The Plunge of the Titanic with Those Who Stayed Behind   From a Description of the Final Scene in World’s Greatest Sea Disaster by One of ...
19th April 1912
Chicago Daily Journal ISMAY GOT INTO BOAT
John R. Joyce, a banker of Carlsbad, N. M., a passenger on the Carpathia, said: "When the Carpathia reached the scene of the wreck, we saw eighteen boats and one raft on the water.  The Carpathia picked them all up. Four pe...
19th April 1912
Daily Enterprise LINER'S LAST MOMENTS GRAPHICALLY DESCRIBED
---------- Palmyra Resident, Titantic's [sic] Barber, Tells of Thrilling Experience; Shock on Striking Iceberg was Slight; Saw Officer Shoot Man Who Tried to Climb Into Life Boat; Two Explosions Occurred ---------- August...
20th April 1912
North American BARBER THROWN FROM TITANIC AS IT SANK
Charles Weikman, of Palmyra, N. J., to Quit Sea After 750 Voyages --- HE CLUNG TO WRECKAGE --- A graphic account of the sinking of the Titanic was told yesterday by Charles Weikman, chief barber on the liner, at his home i...
20th April 1912
Newark Evening News SWAM TO BOAT; SAYS SAILORS BEAT HIM
Special Service of the NEWS BAYONNE, April 20---The story that he was beaten by sailors when he swam to a lifeboat is told by Thomas McCormack, one of the Titanic survivors, who is now at St. Vincent’s Hospital, New York. ...
20th April 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
Cumberland News LOCAL VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER
Carlisle and Border men among the Crew Mr. Joseph Bell left the district when a youth to serve his apprenticeship as an engineer at the works of Mr. Robert Stephenson, on Tyneside, which were founded by the famous engineer of that name who inv...
20th April 1912
Dowagiac Daily News MR. AND MRS. BISHOP GIVE FIRST AUTHENTIC INTERVIEW CONCERNING TITANTIC [SIC] DISASTER
THEY RECITE A GRAPHIC TALE OF THE GREAT SEA DISASTER OF A WEEK AGO. "Ladies and Grooms First" Was Order They Obeyed and Both Left the Ship Together TELL EXPERIENCES WHILE AFLOAT German Baron Would Not A...
20th April 1912
The Times FRENCHMEN'S ACCOUNT
PASSENGERS' FAITH IN THE SHIP We were quietly playing auction bridge with a Mr. Smith from Philadelphia, when we heard a violent noise similar to that produced by the screw racing. We were startled and looked at one another under the ...
20th April 1912
San Francisco Bulletin DR. DODGE GIVES STORY OF RESCUE
Several Boats Lowered Only Half Filled; "Tumbled In" When Told to. By Dr. Washington Dodge NEW YORK, April 20.-At 10 p.m. Sunday while my wife and I went out for a stroll along the Titanic's promenade deck we found the...
20th April 1912
Hudson Dispatch HARROWING TALE OF SCENES ON TITANIC BY MISS DOWDELL
--------------- Many Men Sacrificed Their Lives in Forming Human Ladder to Help Women and Children to the Lifeboats---To Prevent Frantic Women from Hearing the Shrieks of Their Loved Ones, Those in the Boats Sank [sic], "We Parted on the Shor...
20th April 1912
Hudson Observer UNION HILL WOMAN SAYS BAND DIDN'T PLAY ON TITANIC
---------- Miss Elizabeth Dowdell Heard Only the Cries and Sobs of the Passengers as the White Star Liner Went Down at Sea ---------- Miss Elizabeth Dowdell, 30 years old, of 215 Park avenue, Union Hill, one of the Tit...
20th April 1912
Jersey Journal RESCUED UNION HILL GIRL'S STORY
A story entirely different from that of those rescued from the Titanic is told by Miss Elizabeth Dowdell of 215 Park Avenue, Union Hill. When seen at her home last night Miss Dowdell was very emphatic in telling about the treatment received on board ...
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
Staffordshire Advertiser 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
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
Worcester Telegram STEAD AND ASTOR CLING TO RAFT
New York, April 19- One version of the deaths of John Jacob Astor and William T. Stead was told by Philip Mock, who, with his sister, Mrs.Paul Schabert, were among the survivors. "Many men were hanging on to rafts in the sea," said Mr....
20th April 1912
Worcester Telegram ICE CAKE HELPED HIM TO ESCAPE
New York, April 19.- A huge cake of ice was the means of aiding Emilo Portaluppi of Aricgabo, Italy, in escaping death when the Titanic went down. Portaluppi, a second class passenger, was awakened by the explosion of one of the boilers of the ship. ...
20th April 1912
New York Times WOMEN REVEALED AS HEROINES BY WRECK
Mrs. J. J. Brown of Denver Tells Story of Her Seven Hours In Lifeboat --- *** --- Mrs. J. J. Brown, wife of a Denver mine owner, told yesterday afternoon to a reporter for THE TIMES at the Ritz-Carlton the story of her se...
20th April 1912
New York Times WOMEN REVEALED AS HEROINES BY WRECK
*** --- Mrs. Cornell Among Those Who Worked at the Oars --- WOMEN MANNED LIFEBOATS --- Forced to Oars by Lack of Proper Crew---Girl Who Gave Up Her Seat --- Magistrate Robert C. Cornell said yes...
20th April 1912
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
Rutherford Republican MAIL CLERKS DIED BRAVELY
Worked in Two Feet of Water to Save Registered Mail on Titanic ---------- The families of the three sea postal clerks who died like heroes on the Titanic will each received $2,000 if Congress complies with a recommendation made this wee...
20th April 1912
New York Times CAPTAIN'S OFFICIAL REPORTS
Rostron Tells How the Carpathia Did Work of Rescue --- Just before the Carpathia sailed yesterday afternoon on her interrupted voyage to the Mediterranean, Capt. Rostron, her commander, gave out what he declared to be the first and only...
20th April 1912
Camden Daily Courier EXPLOSION PITCHED HIM INTO SEA
Titanic's Barber Passes Through Camden on Way to Palmyra Home --- WAS SAVED BY SAILOR SAVED BY HIM --- The 5.28 train to Palmyra from this city last night carried the only survivor of the Titanic wreck from this part of th...
20th April 1912
The Evening Post LEAPS FROM LINER'S DECK.
Major Walker Takes His Life at Sea   ...
20th April 1912
Unidentified Newspaper ASTOR'S OLD BUTLER A HERO
Toronto Daily Star
Tribute to Victor Robbins...
20th April 1912
The Toronto World MAJOR PEUCHEN BLAMES CAPTAIN WHO WENT DOWN WITH HIS SHIP
Loss of Titanic, He Says, Was Due to Criminal Carelessness in Running at Full Speed Thru the Ice With a New Crew--Capt. Smith Was Having His Dinner When Crash Came--Major Peuchen Left in Third Boat, Which Had Only 22 People and Could Have...
20th April 1912
New York Times HEARD DEATH CHORUS FOR OVER AN HOUR
PARIS, April 19---Three French survivors---Fernand Omont, Pierre Marechal, son of the French Admiral, and Paul Chevre, the sculptor---jointly cabled to The Matin a graphic narrative of the Titanic disaster, in which they repeatedly insist that mor...
20th April 1912
Chicago Daily Tribune STORY OF RESCUE BY A CHICAGOAN
Dr. Frank Blackmarr Tells Scenes When Survivors Reached Carpathia WOMEN AT BOAT OARS Spot Where the Titanic Went Down Covered with All Sorts of Debris BY DR. FRANK BLACKMARR OF CHICAGO (A passeng...
20th April 1912
Birkenhead News AN ARGYLE THEATRE'S BANDSMAN AMONG THE TITANIC ORCHESTRA
One of those on board the Titanic and who it is feared is amongst those who have perished, is Mr. J. F. P. Clarke, formerly a member of the orchestra of the Argyle Theatre of Varieties. Mr. Clarke in his short time he played...
20th April 1912
Chicago Inter Ocean HUMAN BUZZARDS OF SEA SINK WITH TITANIC
Special Dispatch to the Inter-Ocean New York, April 19.—Figures familiar to Forty-Second street will be missing in the cafes of the Great White Way when the lights are brightest as one of the results of the foundering o...
20th April 1912
Atlantic City Daily Press LITTLE DISORDER ON TITANIC
E. Z. Taylor, of London, Gives Graphic Story of Shipwreck and Rescue ---------- E. Z. Taylor, of Philadelphia and London, and stockholder in the American Mono- Service Co., told his story of the disaster and rescue in a cal...
20th April 1912
The Times OTHER STATEMENTS BY SURVIVORS
NEW YORK APRIL 19 The following further statements have been made by survivors:- Mr A.H.Barkworth, of Tranby House, East Yorkshire, sai...
20th April 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
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
Washington Post TITANIC'S WIRELESS CHIEF DIED ON A LIFERAFT
New York. April 19.—Philips [sic], the first Marconi operator aboard the Titanic, stuck to his post till the last, jumped from the sinking ship, was taken aboard the life raft, and died before rescuers reached him, according to th...
20th April 1912
Jersey Journal HUDSON COUNTY SURVIVORS TELL OF SEA TRAGEDY
Union Hill Governess Gives Graphic Recital of Scenes After Giant Ship Hit Iceberg and Went Down---Praises Bravery of Men Passengers---Complains of Treatment on Carpathia --- BAYONNE YOUT...
20th April 1912
Chicago American MAN ON MAURETANIA LEAPS TO HIS DEATH
A suicide at sea was reported by the Cunard Liner Mauretania when she arrived here today.  The victim was Stoughton Walker of New York, who jumped overboard last Sunday night.  The steamer was stopped, but no trace could be found of t...
20th April 1912
FORTUNE FAMILY PARTED IN BOAT IN GOOD CHEER Manitoba Free Press FORTUNE FAMILY PARTED IN BOAT IN GOOD CHEER
(Special Staff Correspondent)
Women Had No Idea of Serious Condition of the Titanic Gave Their Money to Charlie For Safe-Keeping Until They Met Hugo Ross Was Ill in Bed When Disaster Occurred—Rescued Loathe to Talk...
20th April 1912
Arlington Advocate A W NEWELL OF LEXINGTON
Among the passengers were A. W. Newell, of 20 Percy road, Lexington, and two of his daughters, Misses Madeline and Marjorie. Mr. Newell is president of the Fourth National Bank of Boston, and is well known and widely acquainted in business circ...
20th April 1912
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