369 items found relating to : Sinking
| THE SINKING TITANIC By Marcellus O. Ruch Published 1912 by M. O. Ruch, Canton, Ohio, USA [Midi] ... |
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| THE HIPPACH FAMILY From 'Sinking of the Titanic'... |
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| WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD STUDIO PORTRAIT From 'Sinking of the Titanic'... |
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| CHARLES MELVILLE HAYS From 'Sinking of the Titanic'... |
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| MR. AND MRS. W. T. STEAD From 'Sinking of the Titanic'... |
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| CAPTAIN ARTHUR ROSTRON From 'Sinking of the Titanic'... |
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| Baltimore Sun | TITANIC SANK 98 YEARS AGO TODAY On the anniversary of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, it's a good day to note Baltimore's literary connections to the disaster. The closest link is "A Night to Remember," Baltimorean Walter Lord's gripping account of the sinking.... |
16th April 2010 | |||
| JOSEPH BRUCE ISMAY From 'Sinking of the Titanic'... |
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| MR. AND MRS. HARDER From 'Sinking of the Titanic'... |
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| MAJOR ARCHIBALD BUTT From 'Sinking of the Titanic'... |
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| The Sun | SINKING TITANIC SKETCH FOUND AFTER 97 YEARS A SKETCH of the sinking Titanic has come to light . . . 97 years on. A mystery passenger or crewman on the doomed ship made the pastel drawing.... |
9th April 2009 | |||
| TheDay.com | FOXWOODS COMMEMORATES TITANIC SINKING Foxwoods Resort Casino, which is hosting "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" through June 13, will commemorate the 98th anniversary of the famous liner's sinking at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the Great Cedar Exhibition Hall.... |
15th April 2010 | |||
| thespec.com | PLAN AFLOAT TO REMEMBER TITANIC STEWARD ON 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF SINKING William Edwy Ryerson has laid in an unmarked grave for more than 60 years, belying his involvement in the sinking of the Titanic, one of the world’s most infamous maritime disasters. Now, authorities of an Anglican Church outside London, England — where the former Hamiltonian was interred in 1949 in a pauper’s burial — are doing something about it.... |
5th December 2011 | |||
| digitalspy.com | 'TITANIC: BLOOD & STEEL' Q&A: IT'S NOT ABOUT A SINKING It's the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic next spring, so it's not surprising that several new shows about the tragedy are in production. One of the most interesting looks like Titanic: Blood and Steel, which has an all-star cast and focuses on the building of the vessel rather than that fateful iceberg.... |
30th September 2011 | |||
| TITANIC BOAT DECK From 'Sinking of the Titanic'... |
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| thisisstaffordshire.co.uk | 'TERRIBLE NEWS FROM THE ATLANTIC' THAT is how The Staffordshire Sentinel reported the sinking of the Titanic in ...Stoke & Staffordshire. The story read: 'The terribly alarming news reached us this morning that the new White Star Line Titanic, which was proceeding upon her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, has been in collision with an iceberg, and was in a sinking condition. ...... |
26th May 2011 | |||
| CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC From 'Sinking of the Titanic'... |
May 1911 | ||||
| CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC From 'Sinking of the Titanic'... |
May 1911 | ||||
| ISIDOR STRAUS STUDIO PORTRAIT From 'Sinking of the Titanic'... |
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| dnaindia.com | MAN WHO BUILT TITANIC RAN AWAY AS IT SANK He said he had been helping with the rowing, but this seems unlikely: not only was he facing the wrong way, but he was in no state to do anything physical. When he left the sinking ship, Ismay stepped into a bottomless well. As I explain in How to Survive the Titanic: the Sinking of J Bruce Ismay, the president's hair apparently turned white overnight, and those on the rescue ship, the Carpathia, said that his body in the lifeboat was as stiff and lifeless as a marble statue.... |
5th August 2011 | |||
| New York Times | OPPOSE LONDON RADIO PROGRAM ON SINKING OF THE TITANIC By The Associated Press --- LONDON, Feb. 24---Many protests have been made against the proposal of the British Broadcasting Corporation to present a radio representation of the sinking of the Titanic. "That borrible scene... |
25th February 1932 | |||
| USA Today | CRUISE TO MARK 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF TITANIC SINKING NEARLY SOLD OUT A controversial cruise to mark the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking is close to selling out -- 18 months in advance of sailing.... |
30th October 2010 | |||
| The New York Times | OPPOSE LONDON RADIO PROGRAM ON SINKING OF THE TITANIC By The Associated Press --- LONDON, Feb. 24---Many protests have been made against the proposal of the British Broadcasting Corporation to present a radio representation of the sinking of the Titanic. ... |
25th February 1932 | |||
| RADIOS FROM NOTABLE PASSENGERS Charles Spedding "The next day, which was Sunday, we passed the Titanic, receiving many friendly radios from our friends on board. Personally, I exchanged messages with Mr. Isadore Strauss ( sp ) and Mr. John Jacob Astor. Captain Barr received a wirele... |
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| Herts Advertiser & St. Albans Times | ACCOUNT OF THOMAS THRELFALL Leading Fireman T, Threlfall, one of the Titanic survivors, who was in boat No. 14, in the course of a narrative told to a pressman on landing at Plymouth, said: "From the wreckage we picked up four men. Then Mr. Lowe called out, 'There's... |
4th May 1912 | |||
| THOMAS WHITELEY, JOHN THOMPSON AND OTHER SURVIVORS IN NEW YORK John William Thompson, Thomas Whiteley, William McIntyre, Emilio Pallas y Castillo are shown in New York after the sinking. Whiteley was being treated at St. Vincent's Hospital... |
April 1912 | ||||
| Scotsman | IN HIS OWN WORDS MAN WHO SURVIVED TITANIC AND SINKING OF HER SISTER SHIP LETTERS written by a seaman who survived the sinking of the Titanic and its sister ship the Britannic four years later only to die in a German torpedo attack are expected to raise up to £20,000 at auction.Archie Jewell was on board the Titanic on the night of 14 April, 1912, and his writings describe the horror of watching the great ship sink and hearing the cries of passengers drowning in the icy seas.... |
23rd November 2008 | |||
| OLYMPIC / HAWKE COLLISION From 'The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters'... |
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| NPR | GAVIN BRYARS' 'SINKING OF THE TITANIC' IN CONCERT Originally written in 1969, Gavin Bryars' first major composition, The Sinking of the Titanic, still sounds just as vital, fresh, and forward-thinking now as it did then. In a concert from the Wordless Music Series, recorded by WNYC, the piece was performed live by the Wordless Music Orchestra on Jan. 16, 2008, at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in New York City. Conductor Brad Lubman led the ensemble.... |
28th March 2008 | |||
| DIE WOCHE (GERMANY), APRIL 20 1912 Titanic victims in a German weekly... |
20th April 1912 | ||||
| New York Times | ETHEL BEANE, WHO SURVIVED TITANIC SINKING, DEAD AT 90 ROCHESTER, Sept. 19 (AP)---Ethel Beane, who survived the sinking of the liner Titanic in 1912, died over the weekend in a Rochester nursing home. She was 90 years old. The Titanic sank the night of April 14 on its maiden voyage from So... |
20th September 1983 | |||
| REMINISCENCES OF TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS Charles Spedding There are a great many fallacies in connection with the loss of the Titanic, the chief one being that she was trying to break the record. As a matter of fact, she had not averaged twenty-one knots up to the time she struck, three knots le... |
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| Canada.com | LILLIAN GERTRUD ASPLUND, LAST U.S. SURVIVOR OF TITANIC SINKING, DEAD AT 99 Lillian Gertrud Asplund, the last American survivor of the sinking of the Titanic, has died, family and friends said Sunday. She was 99.Asplund, who was five years old that night in 1912, lost her father and three brothers - including a fraternal twin - when the "practically unsinkable" ship went down in the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg. "She even said she saw the ship slip into the water," said Philip Maloof, her lawyer and close friend. "She was the last one (left) in the world to actually see the disaster." ... |
8th May 2006 | |||
| icCoventry | HOW MY GRANDAD SURVIVED THE TITANIC RICHARD ALLEN has relived the tale behind his grandfather's desperate escape from the sinking Titanic.Boiler-room worker Ernest Allen was one of 705 people to survive the stricken liner's sinking on April 14, 1912. More than 1,500 perished.His grandson Richard, of Greendale Road, Whoberley, Coventry, said his grandfather plunged off the ship's deck to make a daring escape.Richard, aged 48, said: "He waded through the water in the engine rooms and got up to the deck but the lifeboats were full.... |
20th January 2006 | |||
| LINEN KEEPER ON THE LUSITANIA Lusitania Postcard... |
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| northernlife.ca | SCIENCE NORTH COMMEMORATES THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC It was majestic. It was technologically advanced. It was supreme luxury. It sank off the coast of Newfoundland nearly 100 years ago and 1,517 people perished. More importantly, 706 survived to tell their stories. Fascination with the Titanic continues to this day, and on April 14, 2012, Science North will commemorate the sinking of the Titanic with a gala evening befitting of the most famous ocean liner in history. This event will bring people back in history to that fateful evening in 1912, and will include a modernized version of the last dinner served to the first class guests on the Titanic. ... |
14th June 2011 | |||
| THE VIEW FROM THE CARONIA Charles Spedding At 10:30 that night we received a message from the Titanic to say that she had struck an iceberg. She would then be about two hundred and forty miles away. We established communication with the German steamer Breslau, about fo... |
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| New York Herald | WOMAN SURVIVOR HEARD SHOOTING Page 4. Mrs. A. A. Dick Says She Could See Men Leaping from Ship That Was Sinking. One of the most comprehensive and connected stories of the disaster was that recounted by Mrs. A. A. Dick, wife of a merchant in Calgary... |
19th April 1912 | |||
| SINKING OF THE TITANIC |
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| televisual.com | KING'S SPEECH INDIE BEDLAM TO MAKE TITANIC FEATURE Bedlam Productions, creator of the The King's Speech, has produced a new feature length drama documentary Titanic: Case Closed, which has been commissioned by Nat Geo International Channels and the Smithsonian Channel. The 90-minute film is due for broadcast in April 2012 to mark the centenary of the ship's sinking. Titanic: Case Closed will explore the real reasons behind the sinking and lack of rescue of the RMS Titanic by closing the case on the events of that night which saw over 1,500 lives lost in the North Atlantic Ocean. ... |
8th December 2011 | |||
| OLYMPIC/TITANIC POSTCARD (PRE-SINKING) |
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| New York Times | R. NORRIS WILLIAMS 2D, TENNIS TITLIST, DEAD AT 77 Survivor of Titanic's Sinking Was on 7 Davis Cup Teams---Pennsylvania Historian --- Special to The New York Times --- PHILADELPHIA, June 3---R. Norris Williams 2d, former national tennis champion and a survivor of the sin... |
4th June 1968 | |||
| The Daily Banner | RESCUED FROM THE SINKING TITANIC WAS CHARLES BURGESS Nephew of Mrs. Brining Of This City A Telegram Received Here from White Star Line The following telegram was received from New York shortly before noon today: ... |
19th April 1912 | |||
| THE THAYERS From 'The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters'... |
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| THE WIDENERS From 'The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters'... |
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| MEETING OF TWO TITANS From 'Sinking of the Titanic'... |
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| TOLL FOR THE BRAVE! From 'Sinking of the Titanic'... |
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| Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth | MISS MINAHAN DIES; TITANIC SURVIVOR Sister of the Late Dr. W. E. Minahan Succumbs in California An incident in the sinking of the liner "Titanic," one of the greatest marine disasters in history, is recalled today in the death of Miss Daisy Minahan, which occ... |
3rd May 1919 | |||
| Chicago Tribune | MRS. BERTHA CHRISTENSEN Mrs. Bertha Christensen Services for Mrs. Bertha Christensen, 83, of 4205 Fullerton Av., will be at 1 p.m. ... |
29th December 1976 | |||
| Burnley Express | WALLACE HARTLEY AND THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC Welcome to all our readers to our very first column of 2011 and here we present an iconic image of what is the most famouse sea-faring vessel of all time.... |
11th January 2011 | |||
| New York Times | EDITH RUSSELL OBITUARY Edith Russell, Writer, 98, Dead; Fled Titanic with Lucky Toy Pig... |
6th May 1975 | |||
| The Bookseller | THE HISTORY PRES The History Press has signed its 10th new title on the sinking of the Titanic to be published in the run-up to the centenary of the disaster in 2012.... |
29th November 2010 | |||
| telegraph.co.uk | J BRUCE ISMAY: DOOMED THE MOMENT HE JUMPED SHIP The man who built the Titanic lived for ever in disgrace after fleeing th the sinking ship.... |
3rd August 2011 | |||
| MR. MANUEL URUCHURTU Mr Uruchurtu months before the sinking of Titanic... |
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| Les Petits Naufragés du Titanic | SINKING This drawing by G. Dutriac illustrated a novel by Jacquin and Fabre, 'Les Petits Naufragés du Titanic', the first French book about the Titanic (1913)... |
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| The Oregonian | MYSTERIOUSLY FAST SINKING OF BRITANNIC EXPLORED Why did Britannic plummet 400 feet to the floor of the Aegean Sea despite the many improvements made in her design and construction?... |
13th October 2007 | |||
| ANNA TURJA LUNDI'S TITANIC EXPERIENCE One interesting piece of my family history is that my maternal grandmother was a survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.... |
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| liverpoolecho.co.uk | TITANIC PLANS NEED CAUTION It is being planned alongside a production at the Empire and new exhibitions at our museums as part of Liverpool's commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. ... |
1st June 2011 | |||
| TITANIC SIMULATION VIDEO |
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| SheKnows.com | WILL 3D REMAKE SINK TITANIC TALE? James Cameron's Titanic is finally going 3D and the revamp will hit screens April 2012 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ship's actual sinking. ... |
9th July 2010 | |||
| mirror.co.uk | A TITANIC NIGHT TO REMEMBER In just a few days' time ceremonies will be held to mark the anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic's 99 years ago; an exhibition of artefacts recovered from the wreck is in its final month...... |
6th April 2011 | |||
| Denver Post | PANIC TERRIBLE JUST BEFORE VESSEL SANK 'Seemed as If All the Devils of Hell Had Been Let Loose,' When People Realized Worst, Says Doctor. Mr. Henry W. Frauenthal of New York declared all of the women on board the Titanic were thought to have been safely lowered to the boat... |
19th April 1912 | |||
| UTV | TITANIC TRAGEDY IS REMEMBERED A service has been held in Belfast to commemorate the sinking of the Titanic 95 years ago. The world`s most famous maritime disaster happened when the vessel hit an iceberg in April 1912.... |
30th April 2007 | |||
| Hudson Dispatch | MRS. LYNCH, 65; WAS SURVIVOR OF TITANIC SINKING Mrs. Bridget Lynch, 185 Lexington av., Jersey City, who always related with pride her rescue from the disastrous sinking of the “Titanic,” dies yesterday afternoon in Jersey City Medical Center. She was 65. Mrs. Lynch was a young immi... |
4th October 1959 | |||
| Daily Telegraph | THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC Louise Patten whose grandfather was the only surviving officer on the Titanic reveals the truth about how it sank.... |
22nd September 2010 | |||
| The Cypress Times | LIFE AFTER THE TITANIC Weve all heard the eerie story of how the many passengers of the Titanic lost their lives on that icy night in April of 1912. One of historys most devastating and romanticized stories will never be forgotten but what about some of those who survived the sinking? What happened to them?... |
19th April 2011 | |||
| Shoreham Herald | SHOREHAM MAN WAS TITANIC HERO A COOK on board the Titanic, who reportedly saved a baby from Captain Smith's arms, as the liner was sinking, was from Shoreham. Isaac Maynard was born in Shoreham on October 8, 1880. The son of Shoreham lifeboat coxswain Hiram Maynard, he was an entrée cook on the ill-fated voyage, which ended with the liner sinking on April 15, 1912.... |
15th July 2009 | |||
| FLORENCE THORNEYCROFT MARRIAGE Several months after the sinking Florence Kate Thorneycroft married Albert T. White in early 1913. She died in 1950 in Bromley, Kent ... |
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| Titanic Stories | SPOOKY TITANIC DISASTER PREMONITIONS & PREDICTIONS Was the Titanic’s fate predestined? Was there a warning that the Titanic was going to sink? View a collection of some of the unexplained glimpses into Titanic’s future sinking... |
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| Titanic Research | CHRONOLOGY – SINKING OF S.S. TITANIC David G. Brown |
13th June 2009 | |||
| St. John's Telegram | BERG WATCHERS The iceberg season has begun, at least for the International Ice Patrol. The U.S. Coast Guard's annual hunt for ocean-going bits of glaciers drifting through Iceberg Alley off Newfoundland started with the sinking of the Titanic 95 years ago.... |
26th February 2008 | |||
| The Move Channel | THE TITANIC OF TENNESSEE The 100th anniversary of her sinking is approaching fast but the Titanic - the ill-fated cruise liner that collided with an iceberg and slipped to the bottom of the North Atlantic in 1912 - continues to exert a curious fascination...... |
3rd July 2010 | |||
| baysidebulletin.com.au | VILLAGERS REMEMBER TITANIC APRIL 15 was the 99th anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic and residents at Victoria Point’s Adventist Retirement Village marked the event with a special day of commemoration for the ship and those who lost their lives in the tragedy.... |
27th May 2011 | |||
| Balkan Travellers | TITANIC RESURFACES IN THE GUMOSHTNIK VILLAGE, BULGARIA Based on the number of victims, the passenger liner’s sinking was a tragic incident for the world, but for one village in Bulgaria, it was a true disaster.... |
22nd April 2010 | |||
| BBC News | TITANIC KEY IS SOLD FOR £90,000 A tiny key that might have helped prevent the Belfast-built Titanic sinking has fetched £90,000 at auction. The key, with the tag "Crows Nest Telephone Titanic" opened the binoculars store, but was not on the ship when it sailed from Southampton. ... |
23rd September 2007 | |||
| New York Times | TITANIC SURVIVOR DEAD NICE, France, Oct. 12 (AP)---Samuel Goldenberg of New York, who survived the sinking of the liner Titanic, died here yesterday. He had lived in France for fourteen years. His age was 76. ... |
13th October 1936 | |||
| getsurrey.co.uk | LOTTERY GRANT AWARDED TO TITANIC MEMORIAL - GET SURREY A MEMORIAL built in tribute to Godalming's Titanic hero will be restored in time for the centenary commemoration of the ship's sinking next year. ... |
13th July 2011 | |||
| TITANIC 3D MODEL ANIMATION A 3d computer generated model of the Titanic takes to the high seas.... |
16th November 2011 | ||||
| The Sun | 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 | |||
| News & Star | SELL-OUT CROWD AWED BY TITANIC SINKING AT CARLISLE CASTLE There was no Leonardo DiCaprio or Kate Winslet but sparks still flew as fireworks and torrents of water helped dramatically recreate one of the worlds most famous events in Carlisle last night. ... |
27th July 2010 | |||
| Chicago Tribune | FILM STORY OF TITANIC SINKING GETS THE GREEN LIGHT LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD by Hedda Hopper Film Story of Titanic Sinking Gets the Green Light Hollywood, Feb. 22--Darryl Zanuck has given the green light to Charlie Brac... |
22nd February 1952 | |||
| NOAA | PROPOSED LEGISLATION GIVES NOAA THE LEAD ON PROTECTING RMS TITANIC ...the agreement and legislation will designate the RMS Titanic wreck site as an international maritime memorial to those who lost their lives in its tragic sinking and whose graves should be given appropriate respect.... |
26th July 2007 | |||
| Liverpool Echo | TITANIC'S SUPER HERO The sinking of the Titanic in 1912 continues to fascinate people and one man is remembered as the shining hero of the rescue operation Captain Arthur Henry Rostron of the Cunard liner Carpathia.... |
28th January 2008 | |||
| Indianapolis Star | CRUISE TO TITANIC SITE FOR 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF SHIPS SINKING “A Voyage of Remembrance and Exploration†is how an April 2012 Titanic memorial cruise is being described by enthusiast Bill Willard, founder of willTiger Corporation.... |
21st April 2010 | |||
| Mirror.co.uk | TITANIC MEMORIAL CRUISES GO DOWN WELL April 2012 will see the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic and it's beginning to look like the spot where the doomed liner went down is going to be a little crowded with the announcement that a second cruise ship will make a memorial voyage to the site.... |
23rd September 2010 | |||
| bymnews.com | NEW PACKAGES FOR TITANIC MEMORIAL CRUISE GO ON SALE With just over eight months to go until the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic, more than 1309 passengers from all over the world are preparing to set sail on a replication of the fateful voyage. The original cruise leaving from Southampton is ...... |
2nd August 2011 | |||
| Unidentified Newspaper | MRS. ADA PERINE, 92, SURVIVED TITANIC SINKING Mrs. Ada Perine, 92, who 55 years ago survived the sinking of the "unsinkable" luxury liner Titanic, died Sunday at the Maryland Masonic Home for the Aged in Cockeysville, where she had lived since 1953. Mrs. Perine, then Mrs. Ada Ball, was... |
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| stv.tv | 'HAUNTING' TITANIC POSTCARD UNDER THE HAMMER A "haunting" postcard commemorating the sinking of the Titanic, which was sent just weeks after the disaster, has gone under the hammer in Perth.... |
15th October 2009 | |||
| Cape May County Herald | CG INTL. ICE PATROL REMEMBERS TITANIC The haunting melody of "Amazing Grace" cuts through the solemn silence of Fairview Lawn Cemetery here as 18 U.S. Coast Guardsmen pay their respects to the victims of possibly the most tragic maritime disaster in history, the sinking of the RMS Titanic.... |
5th May 2008 | |||
| Stage | THE MAN WHO LEFT THE TITANIC Twenty years after the tragic sinking of the Titanic on its maiden voyage the White Star chairman is holed up in his Connemara cottage having another wakeful nightmare as he reflects on the horrors of 1517 souls perishing in the icy waters of the north Atlantic.... |
14th September 2010 | |||
| ABC Online | THE TITANIC UNCOVERED The story of the Titanic's sinking has baffled us for almost a century but with new technology that allows the wreck to be examined in 3D definition clarity some of our many questions may soon be answered. Marine archaeologist David Gallo from the Woods-Hole Institution spoke to reporter Mike Sexton.... |
9th March 2011 | |||
| telegraph.co.uk | THE TITANIC SANK INTO THE DEPTHS OF HUMANKIND In Belfast yesterday, they put out at City Hall a plan of the RMS Titanic, drawn for the Board of Trade inquiry into its sinking, at 2.20am on April 15, 1912, in mid-Atlantic with the deaths of 1517 passengers and crew. Those statistics chill us still. ...... |
23rd April 2011 | |||
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| BBC Berkshire | REMEMBERING THE TITANIC A Crowthorne man has written a poem dedicated to a member of his wife's family who survived the sinking of the Titanic. Percival Blake, known as 'Nunk' to Paddy Boyle, miraculously survived after being plucked from the freezing Atlantic.... |
4th June 2009 | |||
| Flintshire Chronicle | MUSICAL BASED ON THE TRAGEDY OF THE TITANIC SAILS INTO THE BRINDLEY IN RUNCORN NEARLY 100 years after the sinking of RMS Titanic a theatre company is taking to the stage to perform Maury Yestons musical version of the real life events.... |
13th November 2010 | |||
| this is hampshire,net | RECREATING THE VOICES OF THE TITANIC IT has already led to a Hollywood blockbuster, seen hundreds of valuable mementoes auctioned off and spawned a legion of enthusiasts worldwide.The sinking of the Titanic, when it hit an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, today continues to captivate generations.... |
13th February 2007 | |||
| BBC News | 'NO ISSUE' WITH TITANIC PROJECT The chairman of Belfast Harbour Commissioners has dismissed concerns that the Titanic Signature Project will not be finished by 2012 The opening of the visitor attraction is planned to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the liner's sinking.... |
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| Brooklyn Daily Eagle | LUSITANIA ICEBERG Original Caption:... |
11th May 1915 | |||
| Montgomery Newspapers | STUDENT EMBARK ON TITANIC LEARNING VOYAGE Dressed to the nines third-grade students in Angie Cannon and Mary Chalmers class boarded the Titanic May 19 to bring their study of the early 20th century disaster to life with one small change their boat would not be sinking.... |
28th May 2010 | |||
| Sarasota Herald-Tribune | AN OCEAN-FLOOR VIEW OF TITANIC'S STAIRCASE Robert Williams first heard of the Titanic when his English grandmother gave him a copy of "The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters" for his 8th birthday.The book, printed in 1912, was the first narrative of the disaster, and it made an instant impact.... |
6th October 2008 | |||
| Belfast Newsletter | TITANIC EXPERT DISMISSES THEORIES A Belfast Titanic expert has poured ice-cold Atlantic water on a proliferation of old theories about the disaster, following the recent 96th anniversary of its sinking.... |
24th April 2008 | |||
| Irish Times | MAYO 'TITANIC' VICTIMS REMEMBERED The loss of 11 people from one Mayo parish in the sinking of the RMS Titanic 98 years ago was remembered at a special ceremony in the county in the early hours of this morning.... |
16th April 2010 | |||
| MAJOR ARCHIBALD BUTT STUDIO PORTRAIT From 'The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters'... |
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| http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/entertainment/arts/Museum-seeking-Titanic-tales-and-artifacts-113219614.html | MUSEUM SEEKING TITANIC TALES AND ARTIFACTS The Manitoba Museum has put out a call for local stories and artifacts related to the sinking of the Titanic.... |
11th January 2011 | |||
| independent.co.uk | £220000 FOR TITANIC PLAN A plan of the Titanic used in the inquiry into the sinking of the ship in 1912 has sold for what is believed to be a world record price for memorabilia of the doomed boat. The 33ft (10m) hand-drawn plan, estimated to fetch between ...... |
30th May 2011 | |||
| The Gazette (Montreal) | TITANIC SETS SAIL The sinking of the allegedly unsinkable Titanic has fascinated few more than it has Paul-Henry Nargeolet. He was among the very first to see the sunken ocean liner in its final resting place, 12,600 feet at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, about 645 kilometres southeast of Newfoundland. That was over 20 years ago.... |
17th November 2008 | |||
| GENUINE TITANIC STATIONARY This card (front) is a genuine Titanic item. There were stocks of it in Cherbourg, in order to supply the liner with it at each of her stops. After the sinking, the stocks were destroyed and a few pieces survived to this day.... |
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| thisishampshire.net | 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 | |||
| Irish Independent | TITANIC'S LAST PORT OF CALL HONOURS VICTIMS THE 97TH anniversary of the sinking of the legendary liner Titanic will be commemorated at a special ceremony in the Irish town that was the doomed ship's last port of call.... |
11th April 2009 | |||
| Norwalk Plus Magazine | TITANIC EXHIBIT AT FAIRFIELD MUSEUM This past April 14 marked the 96th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking. On that fateful night in 1912, hundreds of men, women and children lost their lives in the waters of the North Atlantic, and those who survived went on with lives that were forever altered.... |
23rd April 2008 | |||
| Lisburn Today | TITANIC SAILS INTO THE ISLAND ARTS CENTRE LOCAL people are invited to take a voyage into the past as a new two man production arrives in Lisburn tomorrow night Saturday which explores the aftermath of the sinking of the Titanic and particularly the role played by J. Bruce Ismay during that fateful night.... |
30th October 2010 | |||
| bbc.co.uk | TITANIC NECKLACE STOLEN FROM SHOW It is believed the necklace belonged to first-class US passenger Eleanor Widener, who survived the 1912 sinking. More than 1500 passengers and crew died when the Titanic foundered in the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg on its maiden voyage.... |
19th September 2011 | |||
| irishtimes.com | WHY DID 'TITANIC' LOOM SO LARGE IN OUR IMAGINATIONS? IN THE LATE 1930s, Alfred Hitchcock considered making a film based on the sinking of Titanic but concluded that it would not be possible because it would lack the essential ingredient of his movies: suspense. Those of us who were bored rigid by James Cameron’s leaden cinematic epic may be inclined to agree.... |
4th June 2011 | |||
| MEMORIAL CARD, 1912 This memorial card with thick black lines around it was published just days after the sinking. Somebody wrote something at the back of it with a pencil but the text was erased and cannot be read now. This image inspired another memorial document whic... |
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| NOW | APRIL 14, 1912 BRINGS A PHYSICAL KICK TO THE TITANIC TRAGEDY Theatre Rusticle's latest show, April 14, 1912, may commemorate the 95th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, but don't expect any of its characters to shout that they're the king of the world.... |
20th September 2007 | |||
| Minneapolis Star Tribune | TREASURES FROM TITANIC'S RESCUE SHIP TO VISIT Artifacts from the ship that responded to the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 will make their worldwide debut at the Science Museum of Minnesota in June, officials for the St. Paul museum announced Tuesday.... |
1st April 2009 | |||
| AFP | TITANIC SURVIVOR'S TALE OF DISASTER SOLD AT AUCTION An account of the sinking of the Titanic written by a survivor who was secretary to a controversial aristocrat has sold for 20000 pounds 23000 euros 32000 dollars auctioneers said on Sunday.... |
30th October 2010 | |||
| gazetteandherald.co.uk | IT'S A TITANIC PRICE AT DEVIZES dA plan of the doomed liner Titanic sold for £220000 at a Devizes auction on Saturday - twice its estimate. The huge drawing, which was used at the public inquiry into the 1912 sinking of the 'unsinkable' liner, was expected to fetch ...... |
2nd June 2011 | |||
| Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | TITANIC SURVIVOR ETHEL BEANE DIED IN NURSING HOME Page 1A-3A She, husband honeymooned aboard the ill-fated ship Ethel Bean, one of the remaining survivors of the sinking of the S.S. Titanic on April 15, 1912, died Saturday in Rochester. She had been living at a Roches... |
17th September 1983 | |||
| Times Ledger | THE TITANIC: A STORY WORTH TELLING, AND SELLING 3 years after her death, Cribb's gripping, nine-page handwritten account of the sinking of the Titanic and its immediate aftermath was to be auctioned at Christie's in New York, one 18 lots of Titanic memorabilia offered along with more than 200 other lots of ocean liner collectibles.... |
28th June 2007 | |||
| abc.net.au | TITANIC - 100 YEARS THEN AND NOW A special film about the Titanic and the last living survivors of its sinking premiered in Brisbane last night. Called Titanic - 100 Years Then and Now it took five years to make and involved shoots in Southhampton & Belfast where the Titanic was built ...... |
1st June 2011 | |||
| The Register-Mail Online | TITANIC MUSEUM ADDS NEW FEATURES Largest Titanic Museum Attraction has added several new features and expansions totaling more than $1 million, along with a worldwide amateur ham radio broadcast to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic.... |
13th April 2007 | |||
| winnipegfreepress.com | TITANIC ARTIFACT EXHIBITION EXTENDED TO JUNE 26 The run of Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition at the MTS Centre Exhibition Hall has been extended to June 26 by True North Sports & Entertainment. The touring show was to have closed on June 12. It tells the story of the Titanic and its 1912 sinking ...... |
29th April 2011 | |||
| thestar.com | GETTING READY FOR 100 YEARS OF THE TITANIC In a graveyard in Halifax, I brushed the dead leaves from the wintered grave stone of John Clarke, the bass fiddle player from Liverpool, England, who played with the band while the Titanic sank at 2:20 a.m. on April 14, 1912. “How will the world remember the sinking of the Titanic?” I asked myself, and set off to find out.... |
9th September 2011 | |||
| Guernsey Evening Press | MR. JOSEPH DUQUEMIN A letter was received this morning by the father of Mr. Joseph Duquemin, who was a passenger on the Titanic. He states that he has been in hospital and on his recovery proceeded to his destination, Albany, New York, where he has arrived quite well. H... |
2nd May 1912 | |||
| South Devon Herald Express | STEWARD'S LUCKY TITANIC ESCAPE AMAZING events surrounding the tragic sinking of the Titanic have been brought vividly to life through the experiences of two South Devon men. Torquay Museum is hosting an extensive exhibition about the world's most-famous ship, which struck an iceberg on April 15, 1912, resulting in the deaths of 1,517 people.... |
21st July 2008 | |||
| PERSONAL INFORMATION Miss Eliina Honkanen, 27, was born in Finland. She lived in Saatrjkvi, Finland and had a family in Helsingforfs. She boarded as a third class passenger at Southampton, her ticket cost £7 18s 18d. Her destination was 16 West Street, Q... |
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| CanWest News Service | U.S. BEATS CANADA TO TITANIC LEGISLATION While Canada dithers, the United States has taken a key step toward ensuring the wreck of the Titanic -- watery grave for hundreds of victims of the famous 1912 sinking off the coast of Newfoundland -- will officially become an international maritime memorial site protected from relic hunters.... |
8th August 2007 | |||
| WALTER DONALD DOUGLAS Miss Berthe Leroy, maid to Mahala Douglas, was offered this picture of her employer, who died in the sinking of the Titanic. She kept it with her until she passed away in 1972. She also treasured a book of poems by Mrs Douglas. One of the poems was a... |
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| New York Times | HENRY BLANK Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NEWARK, N. J., March 17---Henry Blank, chairman of the board of Henry Blank & Co., manufacturing jewelers here, died today at his home, 138 Ridgewood Avenue, Glen Ridge, N. J., after a brief illness, at... |
18th March 1949 | |||
| thisishampshire.net | 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 | |||
| stv.tv | NIECE OF SCOTS TITANIC VIOLINIST RELEASES COOK BOOK IN HIS MEMORY The shock story of the sinking of the luxury cruise liner The Titanic is something that still sends a chill down the spine today but for the author of a new book based on the tragedy the story is one that truly strikes a personal note.... |
1st May 2010 | |||
| Gaston Gazette | TITANTIC EXHIBIT TAKES VISITORS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN The newest exhibit at the Georgia Aquarium - "Titanic Aquatic" - features a display of nearly 200 artifacts recovered from the ship. In 28-degree water, as deep as 12,500 feet off the coast of Newfoundland, the wreckage of the Titanic was found in 1985 after sinking in April 1912.... |
31st January 2009 | |||
| Daily Mail | THE TITANIC OF TENNESSEE AMERICAN TOWN BUILDS GIANT REPLICA OF ICONIC DOOMED LINER The 100th anniversary of her sinking is approaching fast but the Titanic - the ill-fated cruise liner that collided with an iceberg and slipped to the bottom of the North Atlantic in 1912 - continues to exert a curious fascination.... |
3rd July 2010 | |||
| Daily Mail | THE TITANIC OF TENNESSEE AMERICAN TOWN BUILDS GIANT REPLICA OF ICONIC DOOMED LINER The 100th anniversary of her sinking is approaching fast but the Titanic - the ill-fated cruise liner that collided with an iceberg and slipped to the bottom of the North Atlantic in 1912 - continues to exert a curious fascination.... |
3rd July 2010 | |||
| Irish Central | TITANIC 100TH ANNIVERSARY CRUISE ATTRACTS VACATIONERS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE The 100th anniversary of the tragic sinking of the Belfast-built Titanic will be marked by a cruise retracing the ship's final journey.... |
4th August 2010 | |||
| metronews.ca | REMEMBERING THE TITANIC AT FAIRVIEW LAWN Dig out your flashlights and dress warmly for tonight’s 99th anniversary of the birth and sinking of the Titanic. The anniversary will take place at the Fairview Lawn Cemetery on Windsor Street at 11 p.m., and everyone is welcome to attend.... |
14th April 2011 | |||
| PRWeek UK | TITANIC COMMEMORATIVE CRUISE APPOINTS RACHEL O'REILLY FOR MEDIA SUPPORT A cruise to mark the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic has brought in PR support to manage media interest.... |
14th August 2010 | |||
| mirror.co.uk | GOING OVERBOARD AS TITANIC FEVER BEGINS TO GO ON ... AND ON AND ON - MIRROR.CO.UK (BLOG) There is little doubt that we are all going to be engulfed with Titanic fever over the next few months, as the centenary of the liner's sinking approaches. Memorial cruises, films and exhibitions are all being prepared for the great event which will capture our attention before the arrival of distractions such as The Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics.... |
2nd January 2012 | |||
| Belfast Telegraph | BELFAST MUST RECLAIM TITANIC'S LEGACY The sinking of the Titanic exactly 97 years ago was marked by a solemn ceremony earlier this week at the Titanic Memorial statue outside the City Hall in Belfast. Wreaths were laid in memory of the 1,513 passengers and crew who lost their lives when the vessel struck an iceberg in mid-Atlantic and sank.... |
22nd April 2009 | |||
| NBC Connecticut | STORY OF TITANIC RECREATED AT FOXWOODS Nearly a century after the sinking of the Titanic, Foxwoods will pay tribute to the tragedy through a unique exhibit. Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition opens at the Casino on Saturday, February 13th and has more than 100 artifacts from the Ship’s debris giving history buffs an inside look at the iconic ship and its passengers.... |
19th January 2010 | |||
| Seacoastonline | THE TITANIC MUSEUM: A MORNING REMEMBERED Briny icy air bit the pale cheeks of the 9-year-old boy as he looked up into the clear black sky studded with brilliant stars. It was after 2 a.m. in the early morning of April 15, 1912. Shivering in the crowded lifeboat bobbing on the brutal waves of the Atlantic, he huddled against his fear filled mother who shielded him from the sight of the sinking ship.... |
30th April 2007 | |||
| Fort Scott Tribune | 'TITANIC' PRODUCTION OPENS THURSDAY The multitudinous human aspects of one of the worst maritime tragedies in history the 1912 sinking of the Titanic will be portrayed in the Nevada High School Drama Department's production of "Titanic Tragedy and Trial" at 7 p.m. Thursday Friday and Saturday.... |
10th November 2010 | |||
| wsj.com | TITANIC CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATIONS SINK TO NEW LOWS This year, instead of sinking into a celebration of catastrophic kitsch, it's worth restoring the Titanic to its rightful place as a most modern memento mori. What should we remember? Steven Biel, in his cultural history of the Titanic, aptly highlighted Henry Adams's response to the tragedy: "Nature jeers at us for our folly."... |
12th January 2012 | |||
| artlyst.com | TITANIC THE ART COLLECTION LOST AT SEA Today is the 100 anniversary of the launch of the S.S. Titanic in Belfast. Little recorded artwork was claimed through insurers in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 and as we approach the centenary of the tragedy, it is curious to learn that the interiors, with all of it's opulence, had little original art commissioned of note. Most authors have overlooked the fact that there was still important art lost on the voyage.... |
31st May 2011 | |||
| The New York Irish Emgirant | IRISH TITANIC VICTIM TO BE GIVEN MEMORIAL HEADSTONE Of the 1,513 people who perished in the frigid waters of the North Atlantic in the early morning hours of April 15, 1912, only 330 bodies were recovered for burial. The rest, victims of the sinking of RMS Titanic, either plunged to the ocean floor with the doomed vessel or simply floated south, away from the reaches of recovery ships.... |
14th April 2010 | |||
| The New York Irish Emgirant | IRISH TITANIC VICTIM TO BE GIVEN MEMORIAL HEADSTONE Of the 1,513 people who perished in the frigid waters of the North Atlantic in the early morning hours of April 15, 1912, only 330 bodies were recovered for burial. The rest, victims of the sinking of RMS Titanic, either plunged to the ocean floor with the doomed vessel or simply floated south, away from the reaches of recovery ships.... |
14th April 2010 | |||
| The Day | INTERNATIONAL ICE PATROL REMEMBERS TITANIC VICTIMS The U.S. Coast Guard International Ice Patrol recently paid its respects to the victims of the sinking of the RMS Titanic.... |
15th May 2008 | |||
| Yeovil Express | TITANIC REMEMBERED: 95TH ANNIVERSARY THIS month commemorates the 95th anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic. Overnight April 14-15, 1912, the luxurious passenger liner sank en-route to New York from Southampton on her maiden voyage. Some 1,496 people were lost at sea, while only 712 passengers and crew members survived. One of those who did survive came from Yeovil.... |
25th July 2007 | |||
| Norwich Evening News | NORFOLK COUPLE'S LOVE FOR TITANIC It is a tragedy that has captured imaginations for almost a hundred years, and for one Norfolk couple the sinking of the Titanic has become a fascination.Robin and Sue Burrows, from Little Plumstead, are avid collectors of memorabilia and items connected to the vessel which at 882ft long and more than 46tonnes was the world's largest passenger steamship.... |
4th July 2008 | |||
| Sunderland Echo | WEATHERMAN SEARCHES FOR CLUES TO TITANIC SINKING Titanic investigators have enlisted a Wearside expert to help reveal the weather conditions during the doomed liner's final voyage. Sunderland University climatologist Dennis Wheeler has made a name examining ships' logs dating back to the seventeenth century to understand weather patterns.... |
30th July 2007 | |||
| Wired.com | SEPT. 30, 1861: A NOVELIST WITH A NOSE FOR DISASTER 1861: American novelist and short-story writer Morgan Robertson is born. His 1898 novel, Futility, eerily foretells one of the 20th century’s great man-made disasters: the sinking of the Titanic The similarities between Futility and subsequent actual events are startling...... |
30th September 2009 | |||
| falmouthpacket.co.uk | PLAQUE WILL HONOUR TITANIC VICTIMS - FALMOUTH PACKET Two Porthleven men who lost their lives on the sinking Titanic are to be remembered with a plaque in the port. Brothers Edgar and Fred Giles were sailing to America to “start a new life” according to mayor Mark Berryman, who has been researching the history of their lives tragically cut short almost a century ago. ... |
15th December 2011 | |||
| Deutsche Welle | TV FILM ON NAZI GERMANY'S "TITANIC" DRAWS MILLIONS OF VIEWERS Millions of Germans tuned in to a television film about the 1945 sinking of a Nazi ship full of refugees in the Baltic, which cost 9,000 lives and surpassed the Titanic as the worst maritime disaster in modern times.... |
4th March 2008 | |||
| Event Magazine | £11M TITANIC EXHIBITION TO OPEN IN BELFAST Belfast is to host an £11m Titanic-themed visitor attraction, to open for the centenary of the 1912 sinking of the famous vessel.Event Communications is creating the exhibition, after winning a competitive pitch tendered by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board.... |
12th December 2008 | |||
| BBC News | TITANIC MUSEUM DESIGNS UNVEILED Designs showing how Southampton's new museum, marking the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, will look have been unveiled.... |
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| St. Catharines Standard | TITANIC PIECES SOLD TO BIDDER IN FLORIDA Pieces of an ill-fated ship sold by a St. Catharines auctioneer will float down to Florida. Sold during the Saturday auction were a tiny wooden box and silver pin tray which were once the property of two women who escaped the sinking Titanic in 1912.... |
23rd November 2010 | |||
| Yorkshire Post | TITANIC THEORY IS TESTED WITH YORKSHIRE HELP Wrought iron specialist makes duplicates of suspect rivets used in doomed ship's construction for TV programme Chris Benfield FOR nearly 100 years, the blame for the sinking of the Titanic has been split between the iceberg and the man who sailed into it. But tomorrow night, a television documentary made with the help of a Yorkshire blacksmith will argue that faulty workmanship was another factor.... |
18th September 2006 | |||
| Mail on Sunday | FAMILY OF 'COWARD' WHO STEERED THE TITANIC INTO AN ICEBERG REVEAL HIS 'LIFE-LONG GUILT AND SHAME' The sinking of the Titanic left a legacy of grief and heartbreak for hundreds of the survivors. But the suffering was not confined to those who lost loved ones in the icy seas of the North Atlantic. Quartermaster Robert Hichens was at the wheel of the liner on April 15, 1912, when she struck the iceberg that destroyed her. ... |
18th August 2008 | |||
| Newark Evening News | SERVICES FOR TITANIC VICTIMS ELIZABETH, April 29---Services for Peter Renouf, Lawrence Garvey and Clfford and Ernest Jeffries, who lost their lives on the Titanic, were held last night in Grace Episcopal Church. Mrs. Renouf, who was rescued from the sinking sh... |
29th April 1912 | |||
| L'Illustré, revue Hebdomadaire Suisse | DAVID SARNOFF AT WORK This picture of wireless operator David Sarnoff was published in 1956 by 'L'Illustré", a weekly magazine from Switzerland. Sarnoff was among the first to receive Titanic's distress call and for 72 hours stood at his post at the top of Wanamaker in Ne... |
27th September 1956 | |||
| Indianapolis Star | TITANIC VOYAGE TOUCHED INDIANA PASSENGERS' LIVES Thirteen Titanic passengers had Hoosier connections. Here are six of their stories.... |
23rd September 2010 | |||
| Brooklyn Daily Times | BAYSIDE'S LOSS IN DEATH OF HENRY B. HARRIS BAYSIDE, L. I., April 17---All Bayside is saddened by the belief that Henry B. Harris, the theatrical manager, perished with the sinking of the Titanic. Mr. Harris had a charming home in Broadway, Bayside, and was a regular summer resident of the vil... |
17th April 1912 | |||
| Irish Times | COBH SAILOR RECOLLECTED AT 'TITANIC' CEREMONY A NATIVE of Cobh, Co Cork, who died in the sinking of the Titanic was remembered at a special ceremony yesterday, 98 years after the Titanic stopped at on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. All of those who died when the ship sank were recalled at the commemoration in her last port of call.... |
13th April 2010 | |||
| Irish Times | COBH SAILOR RECOLLECTED AT 'TITANIC' CEREMONY A NATIVE of Cobh, Co Cork, who died in the sinking of the Titanic was remembered at a special ceremony yesterday, 98 years after the Titanic stopped at on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. All of those who died when the ship sank were recalled at the commemoration in her last port of call.... |
13th April 2010 | |||
| BBC Scotland | STUDENT TITANIC MODEL MAKES WAVES An Aberdeen student who spent three years building a replica of the Titanic is having his work honoured by the liner's own home city. Stuart Robb's 6ft long model is to be put on display in Belfast City Hall In April for an exhibition marking the 95th anniversary of the sinking. ... |
6th February 2007 | |||
| Southern Daily Echo | SOUTHAMPTON TO STAGE EVENTS MARKING 97TH ANNIVERSARY OF TITANIC TRAGEDY A MONTH-LONG series of commemorative events will be staged in Southampton to mark the 97th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic. Fascination with the ship, her passengers and crew still continues unabated.... |
18th March 2009 | |||
| Oklahoma City Friday | TITANIC AT HERITAGE HALL Lift up the ramp, and let go the lines!' It's time once again for another spectacular performance by the Heritage Hall Performing Arts Department. On Feb. 16 and 17, the Howard Theatre will showcase Titanic the Musical. Directed by Jay Michael Ferguson, Titanic is an ensemble version of the same story shown on the big screen in 1997 (think the sinking ship without Jack and Rose.)... |
7th February 2008 | |||
| Drogheda Independent | LOCAL FAMILY UNCOVER A PIECE OF HISTORY WITH TITANIC PAPER A local family has uncovered a piece of history after finding a newspaper chronicling the aftermath of the titanic sinking and a will for a man with the same name as their father.... |
7th August 2008 | |||
| travelweekly.co.uk | ANOTHER TITANIC MEMORIAL CRUISE ANNOUNCED Miles Morgan Travel has chartered Royal Caribbean Cruise Line's Azamara Journey to launch a second Titanic memorial cruise. The 694-passenger ship will sail out of New York on April 10, 2012, on an eight-night cruise to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.... |
5th April 2011 | |||
| Chicago Daily News | GIRL TITANIC SURVIVOR IS HERE Miss Annie Kelley Last Woman to Leave Sinking Ship, She Says Miss Annie Kelley, 17 years old, a sister of Miss Beatrice Kelley, 303 Eugenie street, arrived in Chicago last night and told of her escape from the sinking Tit... |
23rd April 1912 | |||
| MOHAWK - VICTIM JULIAN PEABODY "The last time I saw or spoke to my parents probably was the week-end before they embarked on the Mohawk. The effect of the sinking and the loss of my parents was catastrophic...  Julian L. Peabody jr, Nov 15, 2005... |
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| Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | 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 | |||
| Southern Daily Echo | COURT MAY STAGE TITANIC EXHIBITION SOUTHAMPTON'S former magistrates' court could be used to stage a Titanic exhibition to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the liner's sinking next year, the Daily Echo can reveal.The idea emerged during a full council debate on the future of leisure and heritage services, held at the Civic Centre last night.... |
17th November 2006 | |||
| Schenectady Gazette | BACK IN TIME: CHURCHGOERS PRAYED IN 1912 FOR VICTIMS OF TITANIC SINKING The men and women at Schenectady's Union Presbyterian Church sang 'Nearer My God to Thee' on Sunday, April 21, 1912.The hymn's verses, always solemn, seemed sadder this day: 'Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down, darkness be over me, my rest a stone. Yet in my dreams I'd be nearer, my God to Thee . . .'... |
22nd April 2008 | |||
| my.hsj.org | TITANIC SURVIVOR BECOMES PRINCIPAL OF AMES HIGH "How little did that happy group who with reverent thoughts were worshiping God realize that within a few hours the majority of them would meet him Albert Caldwell said in his book recounting the Sunday night service aboard the Titanic before its sinking. Only two years later would he become principal of Ames High school staying from 1914 to 1917.... |
7th March 2011 | |||
| southgatearc.org | AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY JOINS TITANIC COMMEMORATION The Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society was approached by a group named '1912 the Event' who are commemorating the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912. They wanted a morse code operator for their displays, the first on May ...... |
22nd May 2011 | |||
| thetelegram.com | A TITANIC BOOST The man who brought “Titanic†to the big screen will promote events at Cape Race marking the 100th anniversary of the ship’s sinking. James Cameron, who directed the 1997 Oscar-winning film on the ill-fated luxury liner, has signed on as an ambassador for next year’s Receiving Titanic commemorations. That’s according to Larry Daley, a St. John’s-based Titanic enthusiast and entrepreneur.... |
2nd December 2011 | |||
| International Herald Tribune | ONE OF LAST TITANIC SURVIVORS DIES IN ENGLAND AT AGE 96 Barbara West Dainton, believed to be one of the last two survivors from the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, has died at age 96.She died Oct. 16 at a nursing home in Camborne, England, according to Peter Visick, a distant relative. The funeral was held Monday at Truro Cathedral, Visick said Thursday.... |
8th November 2007 | |||
| Daily Mail | 'TITANIC SANK THIS MORNING': TELEGRAMS SENT BY SHIPPING FIRM'S HEAD TO HQ The first official announcement of the sinking of the Titanic is to go on sale. A series of telegrams from Bruce Ismay, the head of the ship's owners White Star Line, have emerged from a private collection and are set to be auctioned. The eight Marconi messages are expected to sell for £100,000.... |
9th December 2011 | |||
| San Diego Union Tribune | TRAVEL TITANIC A DISASTER TO REMEMBER Its never too late to board the Titanic. The irrepressible story of the worlds most famous ship is coming to the forefront once again in places ranging from Cobh Queenstown Ireland where Titanic made its last port call to cities in the United States. All this leads up to April 15 2012 the 100th anniversary of the sinking of what was then the worlds most elegant and largest ocean liner.... |
25th March 2011 | |||
| bleedingcool.com | WE'VE HAD A LOOK AT TITANIC 3D Today was the first day of Big Screen at the O2 and, amongst the trailers and the clips, was a section from Twentieth Century Fox on next year’s biggest re-release, Titanic. As everyone and his dog must know, Titanic was originally the super smash of 1997 but, to coincide with the centenary of the sinking of the ship next year, Fox and James Cameron are re-releasing the film, with every scene freshly painted in state of the art 3D. On Friday, some Big Screeners were treated to a selection of completed scenes in full 3D. ... |
13th August 2011 | |||
| eventmagazine.co.uk | LIVERPOOL TO COMMEMORATE TITANIC WITH GIANT STREET THEATRE PERFORMANCE - EVENT MAGAZINE Gigantic puppets will roam the centre of Liverpool next April as the city commemorates the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. The Titanic was registered in Liverpool making the city its home port, and at least 90 members of its crew were from Merseyside, or had close links to the area.... |
14th December 2011 | |||
| Telegraph.co.uk | TITANIC CRUISE TO MARK ANNIVERSARY OF SHIP'S FATEFUL VOYAGE The 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic is to be marked with a cruise that will follow the ship's original route.Bookings for the historic cruise opened today - exactly 97 years after the Titanic was lost - with the departure date set for early April, 2012.... |
16th April 2009 | |||
| The Reader | PEOPLE BORN ON DAY TITANIC SANK WANTED FOR CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS The Titanic Foundation has begun a worldwide search for people born April 15th 1912 the day the Titanic sank with the aim of getting them all together in Barcelona to commemorate the centenary of the legendary ship's sinking.... |
2nd March 2011 | |||
| New York Times | SPENCER V. SILVERTHONE DIES; MERCHANT, 88, WAS ON TITANIC Special to The New York Times --- SCARSDALE, N. Y., May 17---Spencer V. Silverthorne, a survivor of the Titanic sinking, died today at his home, 7 Colvin Road. He was 88 years old. Mr. Silverthorne had been a vice presid... |
18th May 1964 | |||
| Unidentified Newspaper | OLDEST TITANIC SURVIVOR PLANS VISIT TO SITE Ceremony will honor tragic sinking BOSTON -- The oldest living survivor of the sinking of the Titanic wants to visit the site this summer and throw a rose into the Atlantic Ocean where her father went down with the ship 84 years ago. ... |
10th April 1996 | |||
| Sarasota Herald-Tribune | EXPERT ON THE TITANIC WILL SPEAK AT LIBRARY Kenneyth Chamberlin, a member of the Titanic Historical Society, will present a talk about the 1912 sinking of the luxury ocean linear."The Titanic: A Night to Remember" will be at 1 p.m., Oct. 18, at the Manatee County Central Library, 1301 Barcarrota Blvd. W., Bradenton. Admission is free. The Friends of the Central Library are sponsoring the program.... |
6th October 2008 | |||
| CCTV | BIDDERS QUEUE FOR "TITANIC" DECK LOG elics of a storied disaster at sea are up for auction in London. At Christie's Auction House, Thursday, items related to the sinking of the "unsinkable" liner R.M.S. Titanic go on the block.Christie's is previewing 18 items of personal effects from the R.M.S. Titanic disaster, close to a century ago. ... |
28th June 2007 | |||
| PERSONAL INFORMATION Miss Erna Alexandra Andersson, 17, the daughter of Mr Anders Israelsson, was born in Finland. She lived in Kulla gard, Lovisa, Finland. Erna boarded as a third class passenger at Southampton, her ticket cost £7 18s 18d. Her destinatio... |
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| guardian.co.uk | A TITANIC FEAST No doubt it says something rather sick about me that when a friend mentioned it was possible to buy a book of recipes from the kitchens of the Titanic, I felt, for the very first time, a stirring of interest in the doomed liner. In the past, I've never quite "got" the Titanic. Last summer, I travelled to Hungary to see the set for Julian Fellowes's forthcoming series about the ship (the drama will mark the 100th anniversary of its sinking, which falls next year). But even faced with a vast replica, I found myself wondering why it is this particular disaster that resonates.... |
11th December 2011 | |||
| New York Times | RECITES CLOSE CALL OF TITANIC RESCUE Sir Arthur Rostron Tells How Radio Man Got S 0 S as He Prepared to Quit Post --- RECALLS 46 YEARS AT SEA --- Carpathia's Former Master, in New Autobiography, Describes "Most Memorable Night" of Career --- If ... |
27th October 1931 | |||
| Chicago Sun-Times | KUP'S COLUMN Irv Kupcinet ". . . . Almost as soon as the news of the sinking of the Andrea Doria was flashed to the world, 20th Century-Fox decided to reissue its epic of a sea drama, "Titanic," story of the maritime disaster of 44 years ago. . . . "... |
31st July 1956 | |||
| irishtimes.com | COBH CEREMONY HONOURS VICTIMS OF 'TITANIC' - IRISH TIMES A COMMEMORATION of the victims of the Titanic's sinking was held in Cobh yesterday, one day short of 99 years after the liner called to the Cork town on her ill-fated voyage from Southampton to New York. On Thursday, April 11th, 1912, 123 steerage ...... |
11th April 2011 | |||
| Norfolk Eastern Daily Press | TITANIC: THE MUSICAL - NORFOLK AND NORWICH OPERATIC SOCIETY If you think the sinking of the Titanic is a strange subject for a musical, you're in good company.However, with such quality performing and all the human interest you want, it's a great show from the Norfolk and Norwich Operatic Society.... |
30th January 2008 | |||
| WZZM | TITANIC THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION COMING TO GRAND RAPIDS The group that brought a controversial bodies exhibit to Grand Rapids is at it again. The Grand Rapids Public Museum will host Titanic The Artifact Exhibition next year which is the 100th anniversary of the ship's sinking.... |
26th March 2011 | |||
| The Times | TRAGEDY AT SEA - FILM RECORD OF THE TITANIC The sinking of the Titanic has been dramatized on several occasions, and the subject has been examined from different aspects - as one of the greatest disasters in marine history, as an essay in human courage, as an event that symbolized the passi... |
2nd July 1958 | |||
| Hampshire Chronicle | DESCENDANT OF TITANIC OFFICER TO TALK IN SHAWFORD NEXT MONTH THE grandson of an officer on the Titanic will talk about the sinking at a talk near Winchester next month.... |
22nd February 2011 | |||
| PR Web | TITANIC SURVIVOR'S ASIAN ADVENTURE AT ANGKOR WAT RESURFACES April 15th marks the 96th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, but surviving that disaster was a mere footnote in the unusual life of writer Helen Churchill Candee. Her book, "Angkor the Magnificent," recounts her Cambodian adventure of the 1920's, supplemented by more than 100 antique photos and an original biography by historian Randy Bryan Bigham.... |
10th April 2008 | |||
| The Post Standard | TITANIC SURVIVOR FINALLY AWARDED $280 Roberta Maioni Compensation... |
27th May 1961 | |||
| Elizabeth Daily Journal | LONE SURVIVOR IS PENNILESS Mrs. Peter Reniff is Left Destitute ---------- SAW NO LIGHTS OF OTHER SHIPS AS TITANIC SUNK Made penniless by the recent Titanic disaster in which she lost her husband, two brothers, cousin and two friends, Mrs. Peter Ren... |
26th April 1912 | |||
| guardian.co.uk | HOW TO SURVIVE THE TITANIC, OR THE SINKING OF J BRUCE ISMAY BY FRANCES WILSON ... - THE GUARDIAN In the end, the subject of this fascinating book is not just historical or biographical uncertainty, but psychological and moral ambiguity. Ismay became a kind of modern ancient mariner, endlessly trying to explain himself, but his solipsism meant that the 1,500 people who died on the Titanic collapsed into the intractable problem of his disappointment in himself. As Conrad's narrator Marlow finally realises at the end of Lord Jim's story: "Nobody, nobody is good enough."... |
12th August 2011 | |||
| Nord-Matin | BERTHE LEROY IN 1966 From 'Nord-Matin'... |
1966 | |||
| Yorkshire Post | TITANIC MEMORABILIA FETCH £300,000 A bag belonging to the last living Titanic survivor and flask that once contained hot milk for lifeboat passengers were among memorabilia from the disaster which have fetched about £300,000 at auction. Millvina Dean, 97, of Southampton, who was lowered from the deck of the sinking ship as a baby in 1912, put her treasured items up for sale to help pay her nursing home fees.... |
25th April 2009 | |||
| techradar.com | JAMES CAMERON: TITANIC 3D CONVERSION IS MIND NUMBING James Cameron has told TechRadar that he is finding the process of converting Titanic into 3D "mind numbing" and has revealed the intricate detail that goes into retro-fitting a live action movie with 3D. Titanic 3D is to set sail 6 April 2012 to coincide with the 100 year anniversary of the infamous ship sinking.... |
12th September 2011 | |||
| Sarasota Herald-Tribune | THE RMS TITANIC Grab your boarding pass, it's time to embark on an exhilarating voyage aboard history's most notorious ocean liner.By now, the tragic events surrounding the Titanic's maiden voyage and catastrophic sinking, which left 1,523 people dead, are well-known.Countless books, expeditions and motion pictures have meticulosity analyzed, theorized and re-created every aspect of the "unsinkable" passenger liner that hit an iceberg on April 14, 1912.... |
6th October 2008 | |||
| CBC.ca | ROY WARD BAKER DIRECTOR OF 1958 TITANIC FILM DIES British director Roy Ward Baker whose classic 1958 film A Night to Remember recreated the sinking of the Titanic has died at age of 93.... |
30th October 2010 | |||
| Guardian Unlimited | REUTERS GETS THAT SINKING FEELING News agency Reuters has been forced to admit that footage it released last week purportedly showing Russian submersibles on the seabed of the North Pole actually came from the movie Titanic. The images were reproduced around the world - including by the Guardian and Guardian Unlimited - alongside the story of Russia planting its flag below the North Pole on Thursday last week.... |
11th August 2007 | |||
| PURSUIT OF GRACE: ABOARD THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND A new historical fiction novel about the sinking of the Empress of Ireland. This historically accurate account is written by a Salvation Army Staff Band member, the same band whose predecessors were aboard the Empress the night the ship sank.... |
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| coventrytelegraph.net | TITANIC SURVIVOR'S SON RECOUNTS STORY TO COVENTRY SCHOOLKIDS - COVENTRY TELEGRAPH THE son of Titanic’s oldest survivor came to Coventry to share his mother’s harrowing tale of survival on the maiden voyage. Edith Brown was just 15 when she sailed on the Titanic as a second-class passenger with her mum and dad. Before her death in 1997 at the age of 101, she told her 10 children about the tragic sinking of the legendary vessel, which struck an iceberg 400 miles off Newfoundland, Canada, on April 14 1912.... |
28th November 2011 | |||
| TITANIC 1912 ARCHIVE FOOTAGE Original archive film of the Titanic.... |
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| Hudson Observer | HOBOKEN MAN MAY BE AMONG THOSE DROWNED Among the passengers who may have lost their lives in the sinking of thesteamer Titanic is Len Moore, aged 20, of 509 Willow avenue, Hoboken,who was a second class passenger from Southampton.Mr. Moore, who made his home w... |
16th April 1912 | |||
| Globe and Mail | LETTER WRITTEN BY CANADIAN ABOARD TITANIC EXPECTED TO FETCH $10,000 For those who follow the lore of Eaton's department store, one tragedy stands out among others: the loss, in 1915, of the founder's granddaughter Iris Burnside in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. But three years before that, another member of the extended Eaton family, employee George Graham, had perished in an even more famous disaster, as a first-class passenger aboard the Titanic during his return from a buying trip in Europe.... |
12th January 2009 | |||
| Halifax News Net | HISTORIAN TO TALK ABOUT TITANIC SINKING, OAK ISLAND LEGENDS Author and historian Dave Drummond will give lectures on Oak Island and the Titanic at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in August. Drummond, author of The Shipyard: Will It Float?, is a retired shipbuilder, born into a shipbuilding family that spanned three generations. His anecdotal writings, narrations, and discussions are factual, often surprising, and sprinkled with humour.... |
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| Pittsburgh Post Gazette | TITANIC ON THE OHIO: EXTENSIVE 'ARTIFACT EXHIBITION' SURFACES AT THE SCIENCE CENTER "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" takes visitors on a vivid journey through one of history's most tragic chapters -- the sinking of RMS Titanic, which struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912.The traveling exhibition opens Saturday at Carnegie Science Center's SportsWorks.... |
22nd May 2008 | |||
| BBC News | 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 | |||
| Bridgwater Mercury | T. THRELFALL, LEADING FIREMAN T. Threlfall, leading fireman, told a stirring tale of how his watch went down to their duty in the stokeholds after the ship had struck, how on an order from the bridge they were sent up on deck at 1.20 am by the engineers, who themselves stayed ... |
April 1912 | |||
| Liverpool Daily Post | SALE OF RARE ACCOUNT OF TITANIC SINKING A RARE account of the night the Titanic sank is being sold alongside the hero's medal given to the seaman who wrote it.The Carpathia bronze medal presented to Liverpool able-seaman George Gardner is being auctioned today with his handwritten account of that fateful night in 1912.... |
8th July 2008 | |||
| Unidentified Newspaper | MEMORIES OF A TITANIC NIGHT Bruce Chadwick He Recalls Sinking 62 Years Ago --- The Easter season is never a completely happy time for Tom McCormack of Elizabeth, N.J. It always brings memories of his escape from the sinking Titanic, which went down in the freezing Atlantic 62 ye... |
15th April 1974 | |||
| unrealitytv.co.uk | LINE-UP FOR TITANIC MINI-SERIES INCLUDES LINUS ROACHE, CELIA IMRIE... April 2012 sees the 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. To mark this significant centenary, BAFTA winning producer Nigel Stafford Clark (Bleak House, Warriors, The Way We Live Now) has created Titanic, an epic 4 x 1 hour mini series ...... |
6th April 2011 | |||
| bbc.co.uk | HAROLD LOWE TO BE HONOURED BY HOME TOWN Harold Lowe was hailed a hero on his return to Barmouth, Gwynedd where it is hoped a plaque will be mounted next year. On 15 April 1912, Lowe dispersed the occupants of his lifeboat among the other boats, and rowed back towards the sinking Titanic, managing to rescue four people still alive in the water. ... |
9th April 2011 | |||
| dnainfo.com | THE STRAY CAT WAS NAMED AFTER "THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN," A TITANIC ... - DNAINFO The stray cat that washed up on Governors Island finally has a name: Molly Brown, in honor of the Titanic passenger who saved lives as the ship was sinking. Molly Brown received the most votes of the five final name ...... |
13th May 2011 | |||
| CONCERT BY THE APOLLO CLUB, BROOKLYN IN AID OF MUSICIANS' FAMILIES This is a booklet presenting the concert given by the Apollo Club, in Brooklyn, on 9 May 1912, "in aid of the families of the musicians who perished by the sinking of the Titanic". This document was presented to us by the family of Roger Bricoux, cel... |
9th May 1912 | ||||
| Sphere | TITANIC ORPHANS ON WATER 1913 Children emulate lifeboat scene... |
30th August 1913 | |||
| FIELD ICE PHOTOGRAPHED ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 15, 1912, Ice seen in the general vicinity of the Titanic sinking. Photographed by Dr Marloth, ship's surgeon aboard the NDL Frankfurt.... |
15th April 1912 | ||||
| 1ST CLASS MENU SAVED BY MISS ELISE LURETTE Miss Elise Lurette, a French passenger who was Mrs Spencer's travelling companion (more than 'maid'), used to lose her way on the Titanic. She did not speak English and she had crossed her cabin on a plan she showed to other passengers when she did n... |
12th April 1912 | ||||
| Daily News | TREMONT CHEF SERVES UP TITANIC-THEMED DINNER A dinner of historic proportion adds a special note to next week's Galveston Uncorked! food and wine celebration. Tremont House executive chef Kelly Wilson researched the menus from the ill-fated maiden sailing of the Titanic to create a Titanic-themed meal that won't leave diners with a sinking feeling.... |
8th May 2008 | |||
| u.tv | PUBLIC ACCESS TO TITANIC DRAWING OFFICE - U.TV The seven-year agreement between the Department of Enterprise and developers at Titanic Quarter is expected to be signed soon. It is hoped the building could be open to tourists for the centenary of the ship's sinking next April, after Titanic Belfast opens its doors to the world at the end of March. The attraction is expected to be thronged with visitors - but until recently all those enthusiasts could not have expected to get inside the historic drawing offices nearby where the vessel was designed.... |
12th December 2011 | |||
| dailyecho.co.uk | GRANDDAUGHTER OF CARPATHIA MASTER SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON VISITS SOUTHAMPTON THE granddaughter of the Southampton sea captain who saved the lives of more than 700 survivors of the Titanic disaster, visited the city’s port today.Rosemary Pettet’s grandfather was Sir Arthur Rostron, master of the Cunard liner, Carpathia, who answered the SOS from Titanic as she was sinking in the Atlantic. ... |
10th January 2012 | |||
| New York Times | F. J. MCCARTY Marlene Tromp Michael McCarty, father of Frederick J. McCarty, was also a steward. He arrived in New York on the Allan Line steamer Victoria on April 23, 1912, seeking information about his son. Michael's ship passed through the same ice field that ... |
23rd April 1912 | |||
| Unidentified Newspaper | 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 | |||
| PERSONAL INFORMATION Mr Abraham August Johannes Abrahamsson, 20, was born in Finland. He lived in Dalsbruk, Finland. August, as he was called, was single. He borded as a third class passenger at Southampton with his friends - Eino Lindqvist, Helga Hirvone... |
1912 | ||||
| bbc.co.uk | GIANT GIRL PUPPET TO BE USED FOR LIVERPOOL TITANIC EVENT A giant puppet of a girl will lead three days of street theatre in Liverpool to commemorate the sinking of the Titanic. Sea Odyssey, from 20 to 22 April 2012, will mark the 100th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the liner, which was registered in Liverpool. The girl puppet was used in the 2006 Sultan's Elephant in London, which was seen by 1.5 million people.... |
22nd September 2011 | |||
| Chicago Tribune | FRONT VIEWS AND PROFILES June Provines Ernest Byfield brought back a story from New York told him by both Margalo Gillmore and Myra Hampton that certainly shows that the wags have been cudgeling their brains for stories. This one is hung on the sinking of the Titanic. It... |
17th November 1934 | |||
| Irish Independent | COBH JOINS IN PLANS FOR TITANIC CENTENARY AN Irish town is to play a major role in the 100th anniversary commemorations of the sinking of the Titanic. Titanic left Belfast's renowned shipyard in 1912 hailed as the new wonder of the world. It was the largest and most luxurious ship at that time, and Cobh in Co Cork was the liner's last port of call before its fatal voyage. A total of 1,513 people died when the ship hit an iceberg off Newfoundland in April 1912.... |
15th August 2007 | |||
| thisissurreytoday.co.uk | BOOK AIMS TO CLEAR GREAT-GRANDFATHER OF SINKING TITANIC THE great-granddaughter of the man who was at the helm of the Titanic when it sank has written a book she hopes will clear his name. Quartermaster Robert Hichens has gone down in history as the man who sank the "unsinkable" ship. He was at the wheel of the Titanic as she went to her doom and famously gave the "hard-a-starboard" command in a desperate attempt to steer away from the iceberg that would lead to the death of 1,500 people on April 15, 1912.... |
23rd September 2011 | |||
| HUGH FITZPATRICK'S CHILDREN Hugh Fitzpatrick had two children, Rose and Rev. Dan Fitzpatrick, S. J. Rose was born on 10th October, 1912 6 months after the sinking. Rose married Joe Fitzpatrick and family (Joe, Dan, Margaret, Maura, Paul, Brian, Denis, and Eugene)... |
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| eventmagazine.co.uk | TITANIC STORY TO BE BROADCAST LIVE FROM BELFAST - EVENT MAGAZINE The tale of the Titanic will be recreated through a documentary and music event at Belfast's Waterfront Hall to commemorate the centenary of the boat's sinking. The event on 14 April will be broadcast live on BBC Two from Belfast’s waterside venue, near the site where the ship was launched in 1911. Organisers say they are in talks with "all the major international broadcasters" to show the event globally.... |
3rd January 2012 | |||
| Winnipeg Free Press | CAPTAIN OF THE TITANIC Lowell Lytle wasn't there when the Titanic broke apart but he knows how to break hearts. Lytle an American actor who portrays Titanic Capt. Edward J. Smith at permanent and temporary Titanic exhibitions across North America said he's asked many questions about the legendary doomed ship its voyage and the sinking. But there are a couple that are aimed directly at him -- or more directly the ship's captain he portrays.... |
12th February 2011 | |||
| GlobalAtlanta.com | ATLANTA COMPANY BRINGS TITANIC MYSTIQUE TO GEORGIA AQUARIUM Atlantans might be familiar with the story of RMS Titanic, the 'unsinkable ship' that met its end on its maiden voyage, but a new exhibit at the Georgia Aquarium is drawing more than 1,000 visitors a day to get a better picture of life on the famous ocean liner.Sites all over the world pay homage to the victims of the Titanic's tragic sinking, but a partnership between two Atlanta entities made the exhibit's worldwide debut at the aquarium possible.... |
15th September 2008 | |||
| TITANIC'S CURSED MUMMY From 'Nos Loisirs', 14 January 1912... |
14th January 1912 | ||||
| New York Times | BELGIANS PLAN TITANIC SUITS Pierre Mali, the Belgian Consul in this city, applied yesterday to Surrogate Cohalan for letters of administration on the estates of several victims of the sinking of the steamship Titanic for the purpose of bringing suits on behalf of their survivin... |
8th August 1913 | |||
| northamptonchron.co.uk | NORTHAMPTON FIRM SUPPLIES PLATES FOR TITANIC TV DRAMA A KITCHEN equipment supplier in Northampton has provided 400 dining plates which will feature in an ITV series about the Titanic, due to be screened next year. To coincide with the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, ITV will be showing a mini series in 2012 divided into four hours, based on a screenplay written by Julian Fellowes, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of ITV1’s hit costume drama, Downton Abbey.... |
10th June 2011 | |||
| The Counter Project | TITANIC EXHIBIT PARKS UP AT HENRY FORD MUSEUM On April 15, 1912, Titanic, the world’s largest ship, sank after colliding with an iceberg, claiming more than 1,500 lives. During the 100th anniversary of the sinking, The Henry Ford will host the largest touring exhibition of “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition,” in the Henry Ford Museum, March 31 through Sept. 20, 2012.... |
27th April 2011 | |||
| Syren & Shipping | 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SINKING Castings for the Queen Elizabeth... |
15th April 1937 | |||
| bbc.co.uk | TITANIC HERO MEMORIAL IN GODALMING TO BE RESTORED A memorial to the chief telegraphist on the Titanic is to be restored in time for the centenary of the sinking of the ship on its maiden voyage in 1912. Jack Phillips, who was born in Godalming, Surrey stayed at his post as the ship went down, sending messages to the Carpathia to rescue survivors. Phillips Memorial Park, in Godalming, is to receive £335,000 from the National Lottery for the restoration.... |
11th July 2011 | |||
| BROCHURE SAVED FROM THE TITANIC BY MME LAROCHE Mme Laroche saved a White Star Line brochure from the sinking. This 32 page document contained many pieces of information for second class passengers. From the notes on the cover: 'Nicholas Martin, 9, rue Scribe, Paris', it seems that this brochure w... |
1911 | ||||
| Portsmouth Today | TRIALS NOW PLANNED TO TEST IMPACT OF LASERS TRIALS are to be carried out to test the impact on wildlife of a plan to shoot lasers miles across the night sky. Bosses at Southampton City Council said plans for the controversial Laser Gateway project needed further investigation before they were given the go-ahead. Initially it was planned to turn on the lasers which would be visible up to 15 miles away to coincide with the 95th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking in April this year.... |
6th February 2007 | |||
| CONFUSION OVER A NAME: YROIS OR YVOIS John Lamoreau Almost since the Titanic sank there has been confusion over the name of a second class passenger. What we know for positive was that her first name was Henriette. She was traveling with film maker William Harbeck. They both lost t... |
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| windycitymediagroup.com | HISTORIC IDEAS FOR THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TITANIC Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the sailing of Titanic's maiden voyage. Several destinations, tour operators and exhibition companies are getting ready. For the real deal, visit Halifax, Nova Scotia. Halifax has a rich maritime history due to its closeness to the sea and as a safe harbor to ships coming from Europe. It may come as a surprise to many that Halifax played a significant role in the recovery effort after the sinking of the Titanic. ... |
25th August 2011 | |||
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