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Shore News Today (2009) IN-DEPTH EXPLORATION OF TITANIC AT NEXT HISTORICAL SOCIETY TALK
The next historical society meeting will be a Titanic event. Tom Maddox of Estell Manor, the owner of East Coast Diving in Northfield, will share his experience of being one of the last divers to see the Titanic during a Greate Egg Harbour Historical Society presentation 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22 at the Egg Harbor Township Community Center....
20th October 2009  
Isle of Man Today (2008) OPERATIC SOCIETY TO PERFORM TITANIC THE MUSICAL
THE Manx Operatic Society has announced it will perform Titanic The Musical in March 2009. It will be another Island premier by the society which believes in trying to bring the best in musical theatre to the Isle of Man and constantly challenging its members new and old with the diversity of its productions....
12th March 2008  
New York Times (1908) SOCIETY AT HOME AND ABROAD
Mrs. Elinor Glyn and her sister, Lady Duff Gordon, have been visiting in Washington.  Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce entertained at luncheon for them one day this week. [This paragraph appeared in a long society column, the balance of which is ...
12th January 1908  
  NOMADIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY
Created to bring together people committed to the resotration of the last floating White Star Line vessel...
   
Practical Boat Owner Magazine (2008) TITANIC'S 'LITTLE SISTER' IN NEED OF HELP
The SS Nomadic, a tender vessel for the Titanic and the last White Star Line vessel in existence (The Company that Owned the Titanic) is in need of restoration work, according to the Nomadic Preservation Society. 'She is in a very poor state,' according to Nigel Hampson, an official at the Society. 'We desperately need to get the word out to people that help is urgently needed.'...
22nd August 2008  
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press (2008) 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  
New York Times (1912) HONORS W. T. STEAD
Peace Society Adopts Minute In Memory of Titanic Victim --- At the annual meeting of the New York Peace Society yesterday the following minute concerning the death of William T. Stead was adopted: The New York Peace So...
7th June 1912  
Norwich Evening News (2008) TITANIC: THE MUSICAL - NORFOLK AND NORWICH OPERATIC SOCIETY
What a brave and ambitious production Norfolk & Norwich Operatic Society have undertaken with Titanic, The Musical, being staged all week at the Theatre Royal in Norwich....
30th January 2008  
BBC News (2009) POLICE CALLED IN OVER NOMADIC ROW
The police were called to look into the removal of artefacts from the historic White Star vessel SS Nomadic, it has emerged. The artefacts - two ornate doors - were taken by the Nomadic Preservation Society which said it bought them in Par...
23rd September 2009  
Ireland Online (2006) LAST CHANCE FOR NOMADIC
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25th January 2006  
The Republican (2009) LAST TITANIC SURVIVOR, MILLVINA DEAN, WILL BE MISSED BY SPRINGFIELD-BASED TITANIC HISTORICAL SOCIETY
By RAY KELLY rkelly@repub.com SPRINGFIELD - Millvina Dean kept a low profile about her connection to one of the world's most well known disasters until she was urged into the media spotlight by the Indian Orchard-based Titanic Historical Society....
3rd June 2009  
Washington Times (1912) SOCIETY IS SHOCKED AT NEWS OF DEATH
Washington society was shocked when news that the name of James C. Smith, of Chicago, was not included in the list of those saved from death when the Titanic sank in the icy waters of the North Atlantic. Mr. Smith was well known in Washington, where...
19th April 1912  
Belfast Telegraph (2006) NOMADIC : FRENCH BACKING FOR BELFAST BID TO RETURN TITANIC TENDER
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16th January 2006  
New York Times (1912) THREATENED BANKER BELL
Mrs. H. C. Gage Arrested---Said He Kept Her Out of Washington Society --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, March 11---Through the instrumentality of Charles J. Bell, a banker, and a cousin of Alexander Graham ...
12th March 1912  
New York Times (1904) BETWEEN SIPS OF TEA
Lady Duff-Gordon is one of the English titled women who are "in trade," as it is termed in England. She started a dress-making establishment some years since in London, and, having energy and taste, it has proved most successful. She is a Canadian...
11th December 1904  
Southern Star (2009) CORK TITANIC SOCIETY PLANNING TO ERECT "LOST AT SEA" MEMORIAL
By Leo MCMahonSaturday April 25th, 2009[Photo] The Lord Mayor Cllr. Brian Bermingham making a presentation to Frank O'Sullivan, Commander of Staff, in recognition of his work with the Cork Titanic Society. Also included are T...
29th April 2009  
  FRED FLEET'S GRAVE
Arranged and paid by the Titanic Historical Society...
   
Belfast Telegraph (2009) TITANIC FANS WANT BELFAST MEMORIAL TO BE RELOCATED
The Belfast Titanic Society has hit out at plans for the Belfast wheel to remain at its current location because it obscures a memorial to the victims of the sea disaster.Currently the big wheel structure sits around and on top of the mem...
5th June 2009  
New York Times (1907) SOCIETY---HOME AND ABROAD
Personal and Otherwise --- Miss Esmé  Wallace, who is to marry Viscount Tiverton, son of the Earl of Halsbury, is a daughter of Lady Duff-Gordon by her first husband, and is a niece of Eleanor Glyn, the novelist.  Her mother marrie...
4th August 1907  
AP (2009) LAST TITANIC SURVIVOR DIES AT AGE 97
LONDON (AP) -- The Titanic International Society says Millvina Dean, the last survivor of the sinking of the Titanic, has died.The society's president, Charles Haas, tells The Associated Press that Dean died Sunday at age 97. He said she ...
31st May 2009  
The Times (1870) CALLS TO THE BAR
The undermentioned gentlemen were yesterday called to the degree of the Utter Bar:--- By the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple. John Charles Bigham, Esq., of the University of Lodon...
11th June 1870  
Calgary Herald (1912) ANOTHER ADDED TO LIST OF LOST IS ALBERT MALLET, A TRAVELLER
MONTREAL, April 20.- The disaster to the Titanic was brought poignantly home to Montrealers today by the arrival in the city of some of the Montreal survivors. At ten o'clock yesterday morning a special train pulled into the Grand Trunk st...
20th April 1912  
Belfast Telegraph (2006) KATE DRESSES UP TITANIC GALA NIGHT
Two of kates dresses on display in aid of The Nomadic preservation Society...
25th November 2006  
Jerseyman (1921) MRS. PATTERSON IS CALLED BY DEATH
(Morristown, New Jersey) Page 1 Wife of Editor of Jerseyman Dies in Memorial Hospital Mrs. Susan Ryerson Patterson, daughter of Mrs. Arthur Ryerson of Chicago, and wife of George W. Patterson, Jr., editor of THE J...
14th January 1921  
Salisbury Journal (2007) CAN YOU SING FOR TITANIC?
ARE you an enthusiastic singer?Salisbury Amateur Operatic Society is looking for two men to fill small singing parts that have still not been cast for its next production of Titanic - The Musical....
5th October 2007  
Evening Bulletin (1912) MRS. BREWE COLLAPSES
Widow 0f Physician Lost on Titanic in Serious Condition at Her Home Here --- Crushed under the news of the death of her husband, Dr. Arthur Jackson Brewe, on board the Titanic, Mrs. Brewe is in se...
20th April 1912  
Washington Post (1912) SOCIETY: MRS. CHURCHILL CANDEE
Mrs. Churchill Candee sailed from New York yesterday on the Adriatic to spend the rest of the winter in Spain and on the Riviera....
11th January 1912  
Southern Daily Echo (2009) TITANIC DISASTER'S LAST SURVIVOR MEETS ENTHUSIASTS
ALL eyes were on Millvina Dean when hundreds of enthusiasts from all over the world descended on Southamp-ton for the annual British Titanic Society convention....
7th April 2009  
Perthshire Advertiser (2007) TITANIC IS LAUNCHED
THE Titanic sails into Perth Theatre in April when Perth Amateur Operatic Society embark on a fabulous voyage with the Tony Award-winning musical of that name....
24th December 2007  
Mega Yacht News (2007) SS NOMADIC SOON OPENED TO THE PUBLIC
The Members of the Nomadic Preservation Society, in collaboration with Titanic Conventions, have the pleasure to invite you to the ¢€ËœTITANIC & NOMADIC CONVENTION' to be held in Belfast (Northern Ireland) next 6th, 7th and 8th April 2007....
13th February 2007  
  IRISH TITANIC HISTORICAL SOCIETY
   
Fleetwood Today (2008) TITANIC TALK PLANNED
A TALK on the legendary sunken liner, Titanic, is to be given tomorrow (Thursday March 6) by Poulton woman Jill Marr. The talk will be given at a meeting of Fleetwood and District Historical Society....
5th March 2008  
Philadelphia Inquirer (1958) CROLIUS
April 21, 1958. OLIVE POTTER, wife of the late Allen Crolius, of Alden Park Manor, services Wed., 1 P.M., Kirk & Nice, 6301 Germantown Ave. Interment private. In lieu of flowers kindly make contributions to American Cancer Society....
23rd April 1958  
The Republican (2007) TITANIC SOCIETY STUDIES MOVIES
CHICOPEE - From "The Night to Remember," filmed in 1958, to "Titanic," filmed in 1997, the saga of the legendary "unsinkable" ocean liner has been studied over and over again at the movies. ...
9th October 2007  
Isle of Man Today (2008) A BOAT IN THE EVENING AT THE GAIETY
THE Manx Operatic Society is working on one of the most expensive and challenging productions of its 60-year history. Titanic the Musical will be hitting the stage of the Gaiety Theatre in March, complete with custom sets and computer graphics to make the audience feel as if they are really on board the ship....
30th September 2008  
Liverpool Daily Post (2008) TITANIC CONVENTION HELD IN LIVERPOOL
THE annual convention of the British Titanic Society begins today in Liverpool.More than 100 delegates from the UK, Europe and the United States will meet in the city for a weekend of events marking the 96th anniversary of the tragedy....
14th April 2008  
Isle of Man Today (2009) THE TRAGIC TALE OF THE TITANIC ARRIVES IN DOUGLAS
THE Manx Operatic Society will be taking theatre-goers on a week-long journey on board the Titanic. Titanic the Musical docks at the Gaiety Theatre, Douglas, this Saturday until March 28....
20th March 2009  
  ADDERGOOLE'S ANNUAL RINGING OF THE TIMONEY BELL
The Timoney Bell was erected by the renowned Addergoole Irish scholar, Míchéal Ó Tiomanaidhe (Michael Timoney) in the 1930’s in St Patrick’s Church grounds, Lahardane. In days past...
   
The Mayo News (2007) ¢€ËœTITANIC' SAILS FOR BALLINROBE
BALLINROBE Musical Society are preparing to take on their biggest challenge to date, with the staging of the Irish premiere of the epic musical ¢€ËœTitanic' this February....
3rd October 2007  
Liverpool Echo (2008) EXHIBITION MODEL IS A PERFECT MATCH FOR DOOMED TITANIC
A GIANT model of the Titanic made entirely from matches will be launched at a special convention to commemorate the ship next week.The British Titanic Society convention is being held at Liverpool's Liner hotel....
7th April 2008  
Chicago Tribune (1913) NEWS OF THE SOCIETY WORLD : MRS. RYERSON RETURNING
One of the many evidences of Mrs. Marshall Field’s loyalty to Chicago, in spite of nearly a decade spent away from here, is that she has always kept her box for the symphony concerts and has never failed to fill it with friends at each after...
13th October 1913  
Bromley Times (2006) LOOKS LIKE A SPLASH HIT SHOW
AMATEUR opera singers will sail into Bromley's Churchill Theatre next week to perform the London premiere of a Broadway musical. The West Wickham Operatic Society limbered up for their production of Titanic - The Musical by soaking actor Kevin Gauntlett, who plays the role of the ship's owner, Bruce Ismay....
16th November 2006  
Brighton Argus (2005) CAR BOOT BARGAIN HUNT FINDS TITANIC TREASURE
 A rare item of memorabilia from the Titanic worth thousands of pounds has turned up at a car boot sale. Amateur historian Trevor Bailey, of Kings Road, Brighton, and his daughter Rachel paid just £10 for the bundle...
2nd April 2005  
The Triton (2008) NEW EXCLUSIVE NOMADIC BOOK NOMADIC TO RETURN HER ORIGINAL DOCK
The NOMADIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY is proud to announce the publication of the first ever English language book dedicated entirely to SS Nomadic ¢€ËœThe Belfast Child SS Nomadic'. Written by Committee Member Mervyn Pritchard during his term as the ship's Maintenance Officer....
7th July 2008  
The Mayo News (2008) TITANIC FOR BALLINROBE
WITH 42 main parts, a financial investment of €100,000, a set that was 1,000 hours in the making, music of epic quality and a tragic storyline that captured the imagination of the world like no other single event in the 20th century, Ballinrobe Musical Society promise audiences a 'night to remember' when 'Titanic The Musical' takes to the stage next week....
6th February 2008  
New York Times (1911) SOCIETY---HOME AND ABROAD
Mr. and Mrs. J. Bruce Ismay of London, England, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Margaret Ismay, to Capt. Ronald Cheape of the First Dragoon Guards of the English Army.  Mrs. Ismay was Miss Florence Schieffelin of this city.  ...
26th November 1911  
Boston Globe (2007) FAMILY BATTLES MUSEUM OVER TITANIC LEGACY
In 1987, five years after Goldsmith's death, his widow found among his personal papers a manuscript in which he put down his memories of the fateful day. Now, 20 years later, Goldsmith's family is battling the Springfield-based Titanic Historical Society, over the rights to the manuscript....
8th May 2007  
Washington Post (1916) SOCIETY: MISS MARIE GRICE YOUNG
Miss Marie Grice Young, of this city, who spends most of her time in New York with Mrs. J. Stuart White, is touring New England with Mrs. White. The ladies have recently been at Bretton Woods in the White Mountains of New Hampshire....
17th August 1916  
Exeter Flying Post (1912) THE TITANIC DISASTER
At a special meeting of the St. David’s (Exeter) District Committee of the National Deposit Friendly Society a vote of condolence was passed with Mr. and Mrs. Dyer in the loss of their son in the Titanic disaster. The deceased was a member of the St...
27th April 1912  
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (2008) 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  
New York Times (1912) STRAUS MEMORIAL MEETING
Mayor Gaynor, Bishop Gailor, and Andrew Carnegie Will Take Part in It --- A civic memorial meeting for Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus will be held in Carnegie Hall Sunday afternoon, May 12, at 4 o'clock. Justice Samuel Greenbaum, President ...
4th May 1912  
New York Times (1934) FIERMONTE THREATENS DIVORCE
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug. 9---Enzo Fiermonte, husband of Madeleine Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, today took a screen test at Fox Movie Studio. Discussing the status of his marriage with the wealthy New Yor...
10th August 1934  
New York Times (1912) TO PROVE MRS. GAGE DESCENDANT OF KINGS
Defense Introduces Family Tree in Proceedings Brought by Banker C. J. Bell --- ROOSEVELT'S ROYAL ORIGIN --- Miss Gage Testifies That an Ancestor of Colonel Was a Scottish King—--Threaten Mrs. Gracie with Arrest ---...
12th April 1912  
New York Times (1912) BELIEVE MRS. GAGE HAS SOCIAL DELUSION
Her Threats Against C. J. Bell, Alienists Testify, Were Due to Form of Paranoia --- DAUGHTER NAMES INFORMANT --- Says Mrs. Archibald Gracie Told That Banker Blocked Mother's Plans---Belva Lockwood Defends Her ---...
5th April 1912  
Daily Sketch (1912) THE SADDEST OF MANY SAD STORIES
One of the saddest of the many sad stories which has to be told concerns the fate of Mr. Daniel W. Marvin, a young American who was returning with his wife from the honeymoon trip spent in Europe. Mr Marvin is missing, but M...
17th April 1912  
New York Times (1912) SOCIETY NOTES FROM ABROAD
*** Miss Gladys Cherry, who was one of the passengers rescued from the Titanic, is a cousin of the Earl of Rothes, being a daughter of the late J. F. Cherry and Lady Emily Cherry. Miss Cherry was on her way to New York with Lady Rothes. She an...
12th May 1912  
Daily Telegraph (1962) ESTATE OF HERBERT JOHN PITMAN
Mr Herbert John Pitman, of Pitcombe, Somerset, retired purser, a survivor of the Titanic disaster, left estate in Great Britain valued at pounds 21,158 gross, pounds 21,116 net. He left the residue of his estate to his niece [name withheld] for life,...
9th April 1962  
Chicago Tribune (1915) ROUND ABOUT THE SOCIETY WORLD.
Page 15 A number of Chicago relatives and friends will leave for the east Oct. 20 to attend the wedding of Miss Emily Ryerson and George Hyde Clark, which will take place on Oct. 23 at Ringwood, near Cooperstown, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Edw...
7th October 1915  
  GREAT LAKES TITANIC SOCIETY
GLTS is an informal association of Titanic enthusiasts which got its start in the Great Lakes region. The website highlights the maritime connections of the region to the Titanic and other White Star Line ships. Great Lakes and North Atlantic maritime history are also explored....
   
Belfast Telegraph (2009) CENTENARY TRIBUTE TO TITANIC BUILDERS
The centenary of work beginning on RMS Titanic has been marked by a symbolic keel laying ceremony at Titanic Quarter. John M Andrews, great-nephew of Titanic designer Thomas Andrews and president of Belfast Titanic Society, unveiled a memorial plaque on a replica keel plate which has been erected on the exact spot on the Titanic slipway where construction began in 1909....
1st April 2009  
Berrows Journal (2009) GROUP'S TITANIC MUSICAL IS UP FOR AN AWARD
A WORCESTER drama group is hoping it will be third time lucky after being nominated for an award for its performance of the musical Titanic. Worcester Operatic and Dramatic Society (WODS) is among the nominees aiming to win the award for best musical staged during 2008 in the National Operatic and Dramatic Association's West Midland's region....
9th March 2009  
Arlington Advocate (1912) MRS. J. MURRAY BROWN
Mrs. J. Murray Brown, formerly of Belmont, who, with her two sisters escaped from the wrecked Titanic, is well known to some of our readers. Her sons used to be quite prominent in Arlington society. Mrs. Brown has furnished some of the most clear and...
27th April 1912  
NI Dept. for Social Development (2006) HANSON ANNOUNCES MEMBERS OF NOMADIC TRUST
The members of the proposed charitable trust, tasked to oversee the restoration and fundraising for the SS Nomadic, have been announced.Minister for Social Development David Hanson MP said: "My Department, Belfast City Council, Belfast Harbour Commissioners and Belfast Industrial Heritage Society have all proposed representatives to form the trust. "...
13th October 2006  
New York Times (1913) SIR WILLIAM ARROL
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, Feb. 20.-Sir William Arrol, biggest of British bridge builders, is dead. He constructed the present bridge over the Tay and that crossing the Firth of Forth. He was made a knight in 1890 a...
21st February 1913  
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press (2008) TITANIC MUSICAL AT NORWICH THEATRE ROYAL
One of the major stories of the 20th century is about to make a big splash in Norwich as the Theatre Royal stages Titanic the Musical sailing from Monday January 28 to Saturday February 2 in a lavish production by the Norfolk and Norwich Operatic Society. Performances are nightly at 7.30pm with a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm. ...
28th January 2008  
Toronto Daily Star (1961) ETHEL FLORA FORTUNE GORDON
Page 36, column 6 On Tues., March 21, 1961, at her home, 1 Clarendon Ave., Toronto, Ethel F. Fortune, widow of Crawford Gordon, mother of Crawford Gordon and William Fortune Gordon. A private service was held at the funeral chapel of ...
22nd March 1961  
Perthshire Advertiser (2008) PERTH'S TITANIC: THE MUSICAL STARTS WITH NEW CREW
PERTH Amateur Operatic Society's most exciting and challenging production to date, ¢€ËœTitanic: the Musical', sets sail in Perth Theatre tonight, with a new and exciting production team at the helm.Wielding the baton as musical director will be local music teacher Allan Kelman, while Ewan Campbell, who is already known to the society as co-owner of Utopia Costumes, takes over as director....
7th April 2008  
New York Times (1919) MISS BENITA R. GUGGENHEIM MARRIES LIEUT. E. B. MAYER
The marriage of Miss Benita Rosalind Guggenheim, daughter of Mrs. Benjamin M. Guggenheim, and First Lieutenant Edward B. Mayer, United States Air Servive, which took place on Thursday at the homeof the bride, 270 Park Avenue. Lieutenant Mayer comes ...
18th May 1919  
Washington Post (1912) SOCIETY: MRS. CANDEE
Mrs. Churchill Candee, who was among those rescued from the Titanic, is still in New York, where she is visiting Mrs. Matthews, at 43 Fifth Avenue. Mrs. Candee, who had an apartment in Paris for the winter, returned home in response to a cablegram i...
30th April 1912  
New York Times (1912) MEMORIAL NOTICE
STRAUS-Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society (Orphan Asylum,) passed at a meeting specially called for the purpose of considering the tragic and untimely death of Isidor Straus: Isidor Straus t...
4th May 1912  
Washington Times (1912) HEARTFELT SYMPATHY OF FRIENDS HERE GOES TO MRS. L. P. SMITH
Of the many soul-wringing sad pathetic partings that took place as the Titanic, with its precious burden, awaited the inrush of the waters that were to lower it to a grave two miles beneath the surface of the Atlantic, that between Mrs. Lucien P. Smi...
17th April 1912  
BBC News (2009) MONEY WORRIES FOR NOMADIC PROJECT
The project to restore the Nomadic has received a £500,000 grant from the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, bringing the total pledged to £4m. However, less than £8,000 has been raised from corporate donors and a 'Sponsor a...
16th September 2009  
New York Times (1933) MRS. W. K. DICK IN RENO
Former Madeleine Force Astor Will Ask Divorce --- RENO, Nev., June 9 (AP)---Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick, New York society woman, is in Reno to file suit for divorce for William K. Dick. She arrived last night. It was...
10th June 1933  
  A NAME TO REMEMBER
Not many of Titanic's 'black gang' are remembered in the towns in which they once lived, but residents of West End on the outskirts of Southampton now have good reason to know the name of greaser Jim Jukes. For several years ...
   
Newark Star (1912) MEMORIAL SERVICES ARE PLANNED FOR TITANIC DEAD
ELIZABETH, April 22---Memorial services for Peter Reniff and Thomas Gavey, of 21B Florida street, and Clifford and Ernest Jefferies, who were lost while on their way to this city in the Titanic disaster, will be held by the local lodges of Sons and D...
23rd April 1912  
New York Times (1939) MRS. J. W. CARDEZA, TITANIC SURVIVOR
Noted Yachtswoman and a Big Game Hunter of Early 90's Dies in Germantown ACTIVE IN PHILANTHROPY Twice Circumnavigated World in Own Yacht--Daughter of Late Thomas Drake PHIDADELPHIA, Aug. 1 ...
2nd August 1939  
New York American (1935) DEATH CLOSES CAREER OF LADY DUFF GORDON
Modiste Who "Dressed the Women of Three Generations" Once Had Shop in New York LONDON, April 21. - Lady Duff Gordon, for many years world celebrated as an arbiter of fashion, and a survivor of the sinking of the Titanic,...
22nd April 1935  
  (1913) AMERICAN RED CROSS EMERGENCY AND RELIEF BOOKLET
Case number 302. (English). A mother, sixty-three years of age, was drowned, while coming to this country to make her home with her daughter, whose husband had recently died, leaving two children aged six and two years. These children were to have be...
  1913  
Washington Post (1914) SEAT IN U.S. SENATE CHIEF AMBITION OF NOTED SOCIETY WOMAN FROM COLORADO
Mrs. J.J. Brown, a Favorite in Smart Set and Politics Mrs. J.J. Brown of Denver, a possible candidate for the United States Senate, is shown above with her niece, Miss Helen Tobin, who recently created a sensation in her J...
26th July 1914  
New York Times (1914) WILLIAM E. CARTER DIVORCED
Wife Gets Decree at Philadelphia--Both Titanic Survivors --- Special to The New York Times --- PHILADELPHIA, June 15---Mrs. Lucille Polk Carter, daughter of Mrs. Stewart Polk of Baltimore, widely known in society circles i...
16th June 1914  
New York Times (1923) MRS. ELOISE HUGHES SMITH REWEDS
HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Apr. 10---Mrs. Eloise Hughes Smith, a survivor of the Titanic disaster, to whom a divorce was granted a month ago from Robert P. Daniel of Philadelphia, another survivor of the same disaster, was married Saturday at Ironton, Ohio,...
11th April 1923  
BBC News Online (2006) TITANIC FERRY TO BE AUCTIONED OFF
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25th January 2006  
New York Times (1912) DEATH NOTICE OF EDITH EVANS
EVANS---At sea, on the Titanic, Edith Corse Evans, daughter of the late Cadwalader and Angeline B. C. Evans and granddaughter of the late Israel Corse. A memorial service will be held at Grace Church, Broadway and 10th St., on Monday morning ,April 2...
21st April 1912  
New York Times (1956) ALEXANDER RICE, EXPLORER, WAS 80
Physician and Author Dies---Made Trips on the Amazon and Taught Navigation --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I, July 23---Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice, explorer of the Amazon, author and member of the summe...
24th July 1956  
North American (1912) NORTH WALES VICTIMS OF THE TITANIC ARRIVE
NORTH WALES, Pa., May 7---The bodies of Austin Van Billiard and one of his children, lost on the Titanic, which were picked up at sea by the Mackay-Bennett, reached here today and will be buried on Wednesday from the residence of his father, Burgess ...
8th May 1912  
New York Times (1913) MISS KORNELIA T. ANDREWS
Miss Kornelia T. Andrews, eldest daughter of the late Robert E. Andrews of Hudson, N. Y., died of pneumonia at her home in that city yesterday. Miss Andrews was graduated from Oberlin College and had been for many years a leader in society and chari...
5th December 1913  
New York Times (1912) MRS. MARY GAGE SANE
Must Now Answer Charge of Threatening Charles J. Bell. --- WASHINGTON, April 22---Mrs. Mary E. Gage of this city was adjudged of sound mind to-day, and to-morrow she mst [sic] face a police charge of making dangerous threats. Mrs. Gage...
23rd April 1912  
The Daily Banner (1912) VICTIM SENDS A MESSAGE FROM SPIRIT WORLD
Paris, May 14      William T. Stead, the famous writer and delver into the psychic, who went down in the wreck of the Titanic, is said to have sent a message from the spirit world saying that his death was painless and perfectly calm. ...
14th May 1912  
  RED CROSS REPORT AND MEMORIAL
McGowan, Annie, Miss (later Mrs. Straube). Saved in Lifeboat number 14. Born 5th July 1895, died 30th January 1990 and was buried in the All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois. (From The Emergency and Relief booklet by the ...
   
Centerville Daily Citizen (1912) FRANK LEFEVRE BEREAVED MINER CALLED ELOPER - MRS. DUPONT SAYS HE FLED FROM FRANCE WITH HER BOTH MAY BE DEPORTED - EMIGRANT INSPECTOR WHITEFIELD INVESTIGATES CASE AT MYSTIC - WOMAN SAYS HE GOT $2,000 FROM HER
In Appanoose county’s foreign colony there lurks, in all probability, many a romance and as romances go, frequently there are sombre sides to them. The Citizen’s readers will recall having read some time ago of the loss of the wife and four childr...
13th July 1912  
Belfast Telegraph (2006) TITANIC ACHIEVEMENT: NOMADIC SAILS INTO BELFAST
Fans of the SS Nomadic will be dressing up in period costume to welcome her as she makes a triumphant return to Belfast's docks this evening.The ship has already made an appearance in Belfast Lough as she arrived on Saturday morning but her official homecoming will take place this evening.As the Titanic's 'little sister' proceeds up the Lagan to dock next to the Odyssey Arena, she will receive a chorus from a brass band as supporters dressed in Edwardian fashion cheer her.A party of members of the French Titanic Society (AFT) who worked closely with Belfast Industrial Heritage in the hard-fought campaign to save Nomadic from the scrapyard will be present this evening to welcome her home.The 95-year-old vessel was bought by the Department of Social Development in January at auction in Paris....
17th July 2006  
New York Times (1912) MRS. GAGE BLAMES ALL ON MRS. GRACIE
Court Adjourns to Give District Attorney Time to Find Missing Witness --- C. J. BELL STILL NERVOUS --- Banker Insists Upon Mrs. Gage Being Returned to the Asylum for Fear of a Tragedy --- Special to The New Y...
13th April 1912  
New York Times (1953) MRS. HOKAN STEFFANSON
Page 31, column 2 Mrs. Mary Eno Steffanson died last night at her home, 56 East Fifty-seventh Street, after an illness of several months. She was 71 years old. Mrs. Steffanson, daughter of the late John Chester Eno, was the...
14th December 1953  
  (2005) BRAVERY AWARD
I have in my possession (recently discovered) a rare illuminated accommodation awarded to the Purser (Ernest G F Brown RNR) of the RMS Carpathia, the first ship to rescue the survivors from the “Titanic” sinking.  Ernest Brown was originally from ...
1st April 2005  
New York Times (1913) HORSEWOMEN IN PARADE
Mrs. Burleson, Wife of Army Officer In Command of Suffrage Pageant --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, Jan. 10---A cavalcade of horsewomen is to lead the woman's suffrage parade, or p...
11th April 1913  
Trenton Evening Times (1912) SKETCH OF BLACKWELL
Mr. Blackwell was the eldest son of former Senator and Mrs. Jonathan H. Blackwell of 167 West State Street. He was a widower and associated with his father in the wholesale grocery business. Besides his parents, Mr. Blackwell is survived by a sister,...
19th April 1912  
Peoria Journal Star (1975) RICHARD BECKER
Page E-8 Richard F. Becker, 65, 2139 N. Wellington, died at 5:10 A.M. yesterday in Proctor Hospital, where he was admitted Aug. 26. He was a retired safety supervisor for Caterpillar Tractor Co. Born in I...
7th September 1975  
New York Times (1913) STRAUS FOUNTAIN AWARD TO LUKEMAN
With Evarts Tracy, Architect, Sculptor Wins in Contest Including 59 Designs --- HE'LL GET $10,000 FOR WORK --- Four Other "Next Best" Designs Get Prize Money from $500 Down to $100 Each --- From a collection of fift...
21st March 1913  
New York Times (1912) JAMES CLINCH SMITH
Brother-in-Law of Stanford White---Well-Known Sportsman --- James Clinch Smith, a brother-in-law of the late Stanford White, is well known as a sportsman and in society circles both in this city and in Paris. Until May, 1911, when he r...
16th April 1912  
The Times (1984) HAROLD COTTAM
Wireless operator in rescue of Titanic survivors page 18 Mr Harold Cottam, who died yesterday in Nottingham at the age of 93, was the wireless operator on he Carpathia on the night of April 12 (sic) 1912, when the Titani...
31st May 1984  
New York Times (1936) ASTOR INFANT CHRISTENED
Virginia French and Vincent Astor Are William's Godparents --- The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor was christened yesterday afternoon at a ceremony in the presence of a few relatives and friends in the Astor residence, 7 Eas...
15th January 1936  
Shrewsbury Chronicle (2006) TITANIC SURVIVOR IN SHREWSBURY
Hollywood's romantic version of the tragedy that occurred on April 14, 1912, aboard the "ship God couldn't sink," the SS Titanic, probably isn't the way one Shrewsbury resident remembers it. Her story does have a real hero - a man who sacrificed...
9th February 2006  
  (2004) MUSGRAVE
On October 1911, when Titanic was moved from the deep water wharf to the Alexandra Wharf to clear a convenient mooring for the incoming Olympic, the move was accomplished with the assistance of the ...
12th December 2004  
  (2004) COLLINGWOOD
(Akties Collingwood) (Zernichow & O. Gotaas) Arrived at Belfast ( Musgrave Channel) 16 October 1908 from Bangkok via the Azores carrying a cargo of teak wood logs which in a finished sta...
28th November 2004  
  (2005) AJAX
Call letters: S P G B Port of Registry: Southampton Flag of Registry: British Funnel: Red, black top Company flag:...
27th February 2005  
Titanic Heritage Trust (2006) TITANIC 95TH ANNIVERSARY STAMPS
As 2007 approaches plans are well underway all over the world to commemorate the 95th Anniversary of the tragic loss of R.M.S. Titanic and over 1500 lives on 15 April 1912.As part of the 95th Anniversary Commemorations, Titanic Heritage Trust will be issuing a Commemoration Royal Mail Stamp Sheet plus two First Day Covers, one with a Belfast Postmark and one with a Southampton Postmark. For further details: 95th Anniversary Stamps www.titanicheritagetrust.org.uk/95th_stamps.htm As a society, organization or individual you are invited to join any of our events, in particular our inaugural Convention in April. All Titanic Societies are welcome.If you are organizing an Titanic event for 2007 the we would like to hear about it. Whatever part of the world you are located. Please send details and we will include them in our calendar of events for 2007. enquiries@titanicheritagetrust.org.uk...
21st November 2006  
New York Times (1916) GUGGENHEIM ESTATE VALUED AT $3,551,994
Victim of Titanic Disaster Left Widow $785,199---Daughters Get About $500,000 Each --- MANY CHARITABLE BEQUESTS --- Sisters Receive Incomes from Trust Funds of $75,000 and Sisters-in-Law from $25,000 --- Benj...
18th January 1916  
New York Times (1912) AUTEUIL SOUNDS THE PANNIER'S DOOM
Smart Display of Summer Fashions at Paris Race Course Shows Radical Style Changes --- NOVEL ROBESPIERRE GOWNS --- Immense Crowd Out to See the French Grand National---Americans Less Numerous Than Usual...
24th June 1912  
Port Jefferson Echo (1912) A FRIGHTFUL DISASTER
J. CLINCH SMITH NOT SAVED James Clinch Smith, of Smithtown, one of the passengers of the steamship Titanic, whose name is not reported among the survivors, was well known on Long Island as a sportsman and society man. ...
20th April 1912  
New York Times (1912) ST. LOUIS PASSENGERS
Theophile Papin, Jr., and Wealthy Miss Madill Among the Missourians --- Special to The New York Times --- ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 15---Among the St. Louis folk on the Titanic were Mrs. Edward Robert of 4,140 Lindell Avenue, ...
16th April 1912  
Hudson Dispatch (1959) 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  
  (1996) JOYCE A. ROSENFELD
Joyce Aks Rosenfeld, 62, of the 1800 block of Banning Road, died August 13, 1996, in her home. Mrs. Rosenfeld was a native of Portsmouth. She was member of Ohef Sholom Temple in Norfolk and had worked at Antell's Women's Clothing Stor...
14th August 1996  
New York Times (1941) VIRGINIA M. FRENCH HAS TWELVE ATTENDANTS AT HER MARRIAGE HERE TO WILLIAM F. DICK
A marriage uniting two families of prominence in society here and in Newport, R. I., took place in the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest yesterday afternoon when Miss Virginia Middleton French, daughter of Mrs. James Lenox Banks Jr. of 15 East Ni...
19th December 1941  
New York Times (1912) ARCHIBALD GRACIE
Prominent in Washington---His Wife's Whereabouts Not Known --- WASHINGTON , April 15---Archibald Gracie, one of the Titanic's passengers, is well known in Washington and New York society. His wife has recently attracted attention by le...
16th April 1912  
  ADDERGOOLE TITANIC MEMORIAL
The Addergoole Titanic Society erected this memorial in St Patrick’s Church, Lahardane, Addergoole, Co Mayo, Irish Republic on...
   
New York Times (1936) LORRAINE GRAVES ENGAGED TO MARRY
Daughter of Mrs. Kiliaen Van Rensselaer to Be Bride of Clarence Moore --- Announcement was made at a dinner party given on Thursday evening by Mrs. Helene van Nostrand at her home, 45 East Eighty-first Street, of the engagement of Miss ...
7th November 1936  
New York Times (1937) MRS. A. H. RICE DIES IN A PARIS STORE
New York and Newport Society Woman, Wife of Explorer, Noted for Philanthropy --- A SURVIVOR OF TITANIC --- Lost First Husband and Son in Disaster---Gave Library to Harvard University --- Special Cable to THE ...
14th July 1937  
Atlantic Daily Bulletin (1993) MEMORIAL TO JAMES MOODY
From Rev'd Anthony Stratford, SCARBOROUGH. British Titanic Society Member Rev'd Tony Stafford a lifetime lover of ships, the sea and the Titanic has recently retired to Dulverton Hall, St. Martin's Square, Scarborough. O...
  1993  
  (2005) ALEXANDRA
Det Forenede Dampskibs Selsk (United Steamship Co.)Departed Emden, Germany for Boston, 13 March. On 3 April at 45 degrees 04’N. by 56 degrees 38’ W. saw drifting ice and ice fields. Arrived ...
16th January 2005  
Denver Times (1912) DENVER MEN AND WOMEN AMONG TITANIC PASSENGERS
Hugh R. Rood's name appears among those taken from the ship and a letter received by Mrs. Crawford Hill a few days ago from Mrs. Rood indicated that she, also, would be a passenger. Mrs. Rood was in London when she wrote Mrs. Hill. She...
15th April 1912  
Unidentified Newspaper (1998) ELEANOR I. SHUMAN, 87, TITANIC SURVIVOR
ELGIN, Ill. -- Eleanor I. Shuman, one of the last survivors of the Titanic, has died at age 87. After suddenly taking ill, Mrs. Shuman died Saturday in Elgin's Sherman Hospital. Mrs. Shuman, who was less than 2 years old when the...
10th March 1998  
Chicago Daily Tribune (1912) ANXIETY FOR MISSING ONES
page. 3 Miss A. E. Isham, Formerly of Chicago, Probably Lost GUGGENHEIM GIVES UP HOPE Senator Convinced His Brother Perished When Titanic Sank Miss Anne Elizabeth Isham, a passenger on t...
18th April 1912  
  (2004) HORNBY
May 31, 1911 Assisted following the launch of Titanic April 2, 1912 Assisted Titanic on her sea trials Port of Registry Liverpool Flag of Registry British Funnel B...
5th December 2004  
  (2005) HERCULES
One of the tugs that got lines aboard New York and kept her from striking Titanic as the latter was leaving her Southampton dock. Port of Registry: South...
20th February 2005  
Philadelphia Inquirer (1945) J.B. THAYER, 3D, ENDS LIFE IN AUTO
John B. Thayer, 3d, financial vice president of the University of Pennsylvania and a member of an old Philadelphia family, who had been reported missing since Wednesday, was found dead, his wrists and throat cut, in a parked automobile near the P....
23rd September 1945  
  (2004) JACKAL
While Titanic was outfitting, Jackal served as an auxiliary vessel moored alongside, her generator providing light and power aboard the ship for the outfitting workers. Also used as a yard tug. ...
5th December 2004  
New York Times (1913) MRS. J. CLINCH SMITH DIES
Widow of Titanic Victim Never Recovered from Shock of His Death --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- PARIS, Aug. 20---Mrs. James Clinch Smith, a well known American resident of Paris, died to-day at Leysin, Switzerl...
21st August 1913  
Philadelphia Inquirer (1945) JOHN B. "JACK" THAYER III:OBITUARY
J.B. THAYER, 3D, ENDS LIFE IN AUTO John B. Thayer, 3d, financial vice president of the University of Pennsylvania and a member of an old Philadelphia family, who had been reported missing since Wednesday, was found d...
23rd September 1945  
  (2004) WALLASEY
Wallasey assisted during Titanic’s sea trials and launch on May 31, 1911 and stood by on her sea trials out of Belfast on 2 April, 1912. Port of Registry: Liverpool Flag of Regi...
30th October 2004  
  (2004) ALEXANDRA
Alexandra Towing Co., Ltd. Alexandra assisted during Titanic’s launch on 31 May, 1911 and during her sea trails Port of R...
14th November 2004  
New York Times (1941) WM. K. DICK MARRIES MRS. VIRGINIA CONNER
Chairman of the National Sugar Refining Co. Weds in Akron --- Word has been received here of the marriage of Mrs. Virginia Keniston Conner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Conner of this city, to William K. Dick of this city and Al...
25th December 1941  
  (2005) VULCAN
One of two tugs that threw lines aboard New York, keeping her from striking Titanic as the latter, while leaving the dock at Southampton, pulled the New York toward her. ...
13th February 2005  
New York Times (1914) MRS. CARTER WEDS AGAIN
Back from London, She Announces Her Marriage to George Brooke --- Special to The New York Times --- PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 31--The announcement today of the marriage of Mrs. Lucile Polk Carter, prominent in Philadelphia, New ...
1st September 1914  
examiner.com (2009) 'TITANIC' TO DROP ANCHOR IN TENNESSEE
There have been maritime disasters that have taken more lives, and larger ships have sank since, but none have held the fascination like the RMS Titanic. Numerous books, movies, and even a musical have been written about her; there is a Titanic Hi...
8th July 2009  
Progress (1912) PORT SUNLIGHT
Progress : the Journal of Lever Brothers Port Sunlight was directly and indirectly associated with the great suspense, and subsequent sorrow, which thrilled this country and the world when the new and gigantic White Star Liner Tit...
  July 1912  
  (2005) SAMARA
Samara Steam Ship Samara Co., Ltd. (Maclay & MacIntyre, Managers) Westbound Cardiff to Philadelphia on April 1st at 43 degrees 12’ N. by 45 degrees 14”W. southeast off Newfoundland’s Grand Banks, rescued t...
23rd January 2005  
New York Times (1915) MRS. G. D. WIDENER TO MARRY DR. RICE
South American Explorer to Wed Widow of Titanic Victim in Boston on Oct. 14 --- HER MEMORIAL GIFTS --- Philadelphia Society Woman Noted for Her Beauty and Jewels---Dr. Rice's Scientific Achievements --- Speci...
6th October 1915  
Unidentified Newspaper (2001) LAST MALE SURVIVOR OF TITANIC DIES
One of the last known survivors of the Titanic, Michel Navratil, has died in southern France at the age of 92. He was just three years old when the ship hit an iceberg in the north Atlantic and sank shortly before midnight on 14 April 1912. ...
2nd February 2001  
  (2005) LUCIGEN
Lucigen – Lucigen Steamship Co., (H.E. Moss & Co.) Departed Bremen, Germany 8 March for New York. On 24 March at 46 degrees N, 46 degrees West, encountered heavy pack ice with numerous bergs...
2nd January 2005  
  NEBRASKAN SURVIVOR RARELY SPOKE OF TRAGEDY
Einar Gervasius Carlson, formerly Karlsson was born in Oakarshamn, Sweden on June 19, 1890. He was 21 years old when he and a friend, Johan Charles Asplund boarded the Titanic for the United States. They were originally booked on the ship Adriatic...
   
New York Times (1915) GUGGENHEIM HEIRESS LOST
Twelve-Year-Old Hazel Found In Grounds of Deserted Mansion --- Special to The New York Times --- WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., June 23---After being lost for seven hours to-day, Miss Hazel Barbara Guggenheim, daughter of Mrs. Benjamin Gu...
24th June 1915  
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (2007) 'TITANIC' DINNER TO BENEFIT WAR STREETS EFFORT
Thursday, March 22, 2007By Nancy Anderson, Pittsburgh Post-GazetteIt's been 95 years since the unsinkable luxury liner Titanic went to the bottom of the ocean.To commemorate the occasion, Titanic historian Dave McMunn and chef Douglas Ferraro at the Acanthus Restaurant, North Side, will make it a \"A Night to Remember\" by recreating the sumptuous dinner served to first-class passengers that night.The elegant seven-course menu features Consomme Olga, Roasted Salmon with Mousseline Sauce, Filet Mignon Lili with Foie Gras, Chateau Potatoes, Punch Romaine (palate cleanser), Watercress Salad with Asparagus Vinaigrette, Waldorf Pudding, Peaches in Chartreuse Jelly and Chef Ferraro\'s specialty, Oysters Acanthus.To add authenticity, Mr. McMunn includes tables of historic documents, photos, posters and other memorabilia, plus, piped in period music and a retelling of the fateful night\'s events. Period dress is encouraged; Mr. McMunn will be in tie and tails.Dates are April 13 and 14, with a March 30 deadline for reservations. Cocktails are at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets are $105; proceeds benefit the Mexican War Street Society\'s Street Tree plan. The restaurant is located at the Inn on the Mexican War Streets, 604 W. North Ave. Dinner details: 412-231-1316. Directions: 412-231-6544. The Titanic menu will be offered every Thursday, Friday and Saturday in April....
22nd March 2007  
New York Times (1912) MAJOR ARCHIBALD BUTT
President's Aid Had Gone on a Special Mission to the Pope --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, April 15.-Major Archibald Willingham Butt, President Taft’s Military Aid, [sic] was returning on the Titanic afte...
16th April 1912  
ET Reviews (2008) NOMADIC : THE BELFAST CHILD - REVIEWED
1987, on the lon...
25th June 2008  
  (1912) LETTER FROM F.D. MILLET AND THE NEW BEDFORD LIBRARY
A letter written by F.D. Millet shortly before he left on a trip to Rome early in 1912. In the letter he discusses his plans for painting murals for the New Bedford Public Library in Massachusetts that was being remodeled. In the letter he mention...
6th February 1912  
Belfast Today (2006) EVERY DAY IS A POTENTIAL ANNIVERSARY ON THE RIVER LAGAN
Published Date: 01 June 2006 Every day is a potential anniversary on the River Lagan. There are no blind dates in Belfast's maritime diary! Centuries of shipbuilding and millions of tons of ships means that the city can rendez...
5th June 2006  
New York Times (1909) COL. ASTOR’S WIFE SEEKS SEPARATION
Lawyer Appointed Referee by Justice Mills to Take Testimony in the Case --- GREAT SECRECY ABOUT IT --- Suit Comes Nearly a Year After Mrs. William Astor's Death---Col. Astor Yachting with His Son --- Mrs. Ava...
27th October 1909  
  BLUE JACKET
(Owner: P. Kavanagh) Departed St. John’s, Newfoundland 12 March 1912 with a capacity 86 ton cargo of codfish for Oporto, Portugal. Encountering high winds, heavy seas and ice, she had to put into another Newfoundland port for several days...
   
Progress - the Journal of Lever Brothers (1912) PORT SUNLIGHT DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY ASSOCIATED
Port Sunlight was directly and indirectly associated with the great suspense, and subsequent sorrow, which thrilled this country and the world when the new and gigantic White Star Liner Titanic heir of all the ages of constructive ...
  July 1912  
Jersey Journal (1959) MRS. BRIDGET LYNCH; SURVIVOR OF TITANIC
Was Young Girl on Way to U. S. --- Arrangements were completed today for the funeral of Mrs. Bridget Lynch of Jersey City who, as a girl of 18, survived the iceberg crash of the Cunard White Star liner Titanic in 1912. Mr...
4th November 1959  
New York Herald (1912) BRIDE WHO WAS RESCUED FROM DEATH FINDS SHE IS DESTITUTE WIDOW
MRS ARGENIA DEL CARLO AND SISTER OF SAN RAFFAELE HOME...
22nd April 1912  
Atlantic Daily Bulletin (2005) SOS : TITANIC NOT THE FIRST USER
OVER the years many myths and fallacies have grown up around the Titanic. Not least the myth that the Titanic was the first vessel to use the International Distress Call 'SOS'. This is not so - the facts are these:- ...
22nd November 2005  
Press Association (2009) MILLVINA DEAN : YOUNGEST PASSENGER, LAST SURVIVOR
LONDON - Millvina Dean was the youngest passenger on RMS Titanic, just nine weeks old when she was wrapped in a sack and lowered from the sinking ship into a lifeboat bobbing on the frigid North Atlantic.Dean lived to become the disaster'...
1st June 2009  
New York Times (1911) COL. ASTOR TO WED MADELEINE FORCE
Father of 18-Year-Old Debutante in Society Announces the Engagement --- MET JUST A YEAR AGO --- Col. Astor's Marked Attentions Soon Gave Rise to Rumors of Betrothal- Wedding Plans Not Yet Made --- Formal anno...
2nd August 1911  
Shepton Mallet Journal (2000) REDISCOVERED POSTCARD STRENGTHENS LINK BETWEEN TOWN AND TITANIC
Castle Cary's connection with the world's most famous shipping disaster has been strengthened still further. This is because a New Forest pensioner has discovered a postcard found on the ship, which was to be sent to the wife of a local butcher....
2nd March 2000  
New York Times (1912) THE LOSS OF JAMES CLINCH SMITH
Amid the maelstrom of mourning in connection with the recent disaster, (which was indeed "Titanic,") the city press seems to have overlooked the loss of one of our most estimable citizens. I refer to Mr. James Clinch Smith, a bro...
24th April 1912  
New York Times (1939) MRS. E. B. SHERFESEE, ONCE HOOVER AIDE
Head of the American Fund for French Wounded Won Croix de Guerre---Titanic Survivor --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- COOPERSTOWN, N. Y., Dec. 29---Mrs. Emily Borie Sherfesee, wife of Forsythe Sherfesee, former fiananc...
30th December 1939  
  (2009) NOVELIST POISED TO MAKE HISTORY WITH TITANIC BOOK
June 2009 - Vineland, N.J. - In an ambitious first novel, author W. Mae Kent accomplishes a literary feat that has never been attempted before: she tells the story of the only black passenger traveling on the ill-fated Titanic. While Kent’s ...
9th September 2009  
New York Times (1912) COL. JOHN JACOB ASTOR
Wealthy Society Man and an Author and Inventor as Well --- Col. John Jacob Astor, the American head of the Astor family, has held a prominent place in the life of this city for many years. Not alone has he been a conspicuous club member...
16th April 1912  
  (2004) HERCULANEUM
In addition to maneuvering Titanic after launch, Herculaneum also assisted during Titanic’s sea trials out of Belfast on 2 April 1912. Alexandra Towing Co.,...
2nd November 2004  
  (2004) GLENDUN
GLENDUN (Antrim Iron Ore Co., LTD.) On Sunday, December 10th, 1909, the immense stern framing of Titanic was transported from Darlington Forge Company’s works at Darlington by the North Eastern Railway...
26th October 2004  
MSNBC (2009) LAST SURVIVOR OF THE TITANIC DIES, AGED 97
LONDON - Millvina Dean, who as a baby was wrapped in a sack and lowered into a lifeboat in the frigid North Atlantic, died Sunday, having been the last survivor of the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic. She was 97 years old, and she d...
9th June 2009  
Belfast Telegraph (2009) GETTING A STEER ON THE NOMADIC'S HISTORY
By Linda McKee25 April 2009The ship's wheel once used to steer Titanic's ¢€Ëœlittle sister' is about to return to Belfast. Volunteers who have been raising money to restore SS Nomadic have tracked down what th...
25th April 2009  
 

 
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