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The Times LEGAL APPOINTMENTS
PEERAGE FOR SIR JOHN BIGHAM --- The King has been pleased to approve the appointment of Sir Samuel Thomas Evans, K.C., to be President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice, ...
   
  SINKING OF THE TITANIC
   
  (2007) THE GENERAL SLOCUM : THE HORROR OF FIRE AT SEA
21st June 2007  
Scarborough Mercury (1912) MR. J. P. MOODY
Son of Mr. J. Moody We understand that Mr. J. P. Moody, one of the officers concerning whom no news has been received, is a son of Mr. J. Moody, solicitor, once in practice in Scarborough, and for some years a member of the Scarborough...
19th April 1912  
  BLACK SUNDAY: THE TRAGEDY OF RMS TITANIC
   
  TITANIC SINKING THE BREAK-UP NEW THEORY
   
Southern Evening Echo (1952) UNTITLED
GOING through the contents of a war damaged safe after returning from his recent Australian tour Mr. Hector Young, O.B.E., former Southampton Mayor, came across a tattered postcard and a letter which brought back memories of the ill-fated White Star ...
9th December 1952  
The Times (1919) CONTROLLER-GENERAL'S RETIREMENT
MERCHANT SHIPBUILDING --- CONTROLLER-GENERAL'S RETlREMENT --- The Prime Minister and the Shipping Controller have consented to the release from the end of the present month of the Right Hon. Lord Pirrie, ...
23rd December 1919  
New York Times (1907) IRISH M. P.'S PROTEST
Want White Star Liners to Continue Calling at Queenstown --- LONDON, March 7---The Postmaster General, Mr. Buxton, to-day received an influential deputation of Irish members of Parliament and representatives of the com...
8th March 1907  
Torquay Times (1922) DEATH OF AN ESTEEMED RESIDENT.
Torquay has lost an old and respected inhabitant in the death of Mrs. Rebecca Parsons, of Bronshill Road. Originally of Torrington, she had for many years resided at Torquay and took a very active interest in the work of the United Methodist Church ...
1st December 1922  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Booking Agent:- Mr. Jolliffe, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Escorted by family friend William J. Downton. Insurance claim B75. Property $2017. Later became Mrs. Black. ...
   
New York Times (1907) SEAMEN'S STRIKE ABROAD
LIVERPOOL, May 22---The projected move of the White Star Line to Southampton is responsible for a dispute between seamen and firemen and the company which threatens to spread. A hundred men belonging to the Oceanic refused to sai...
23rd May 1907  
  (1901) CENSUS
In 1901 Nellie Wallcroft (born in Steventon, Berkshire) was aged 24 years. She worked as a General Domestic Servant in Abingdon, Berkshire. Her last name was spelled as Walcroft....
  1901  
  TITANIC TRAGEDY
Titanic Slide show of Titanic. The interior include some photos inside the Olympic...
   
ET Research (2001) JOHN EDWARD HART: DUBIOUS HERO
1 In Walter Lord’s seminal A Night to Remember (1955), and the host of other books and films on the Titanic that have followed in its wake, only a few figures have emerged as heroes who provided aid ...
26th January 2001  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Sivic, Mr. Husein. Missing. From Batic, Bosnien, Austria. Labourer. Aged 40 years. Fare paid 285 Swiss Francs. Agent: Viktor Klaus-Wildi, Buchs (Kanton St. Gallen)....
   
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Bess Waldo Daniels was the daughter of Arville F Daniels and Sarah J McCully. she had an older sister born in August 1883 called Mabel H Daniels....
   
The Times (1960) THE RT. REV. ALOYSIUS SMITH
The Rt. Rev. Aloysius Smith was the eldest brother of Reginald George Smith, one of the saloon stewards on Titanic. This is his obituary- FIRST ABBOT OF BODMIN The Rt. Rev. Abbot Aloysius Smith, C.R.L., First Abbot of Bo...
23rd August 1960  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
He was a First Class passenger registered on the ships passenger list under the assumed name of Mr. George Thorne, travelling with his mistress, Mrs. Gertrude Thorne, a survivor....
   
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Kantor, Mr. Sehua. Missing. Aged 34 years. Of Moscow Russia, en route to 1735 Madison Avenue, New York. To study medicine. Was also a commission agent and was importing several trunks of valuable furs, he was a university graduate....
   
New York Times (1926) MAURETANIA'S CAPTAIN IS HONORED BY KING
Roston [sic]Is Made a K. B. E. in Delayed Birthday List---48 Other Knights Created --- Copyright, 1926, by The New York Times Company --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, July 2---The King's Bi...
3rd July 1926  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
KANTOR, MRS. MARTIN. Saved in Lifeboat number 10. c/o City Office. Wife of Sinai Kantor. A University graduate in dentistry. Lived with cousins in New York City....
   
  HOW DID TITANIC SINK? NEW EVIDENCE!
A top-secret expedition by The History Channel to the Titanic wreck site, conducted in August, 2005, produced never-before-seen footage that could completely rewrite the final moments of the world's most famous sunken vessel....
   
  TITANIC 97 YEARS UNDER
Today marks the day of titanic's 97th anniversary of hitting the iceberg and sinking in the cold waters of the north Atlantic with a loss of 1517 lives. So I made this 7 min video to think about the lives that where lost on that horrific night. ...
   
  TITANIC
This video contains a lot of (very old) pictures on Titanic, and even two short (original) films. It also contains pictures from the famous movie "Titanic" with Kate and Leonardo as actors. It's a monochrome film. ...
   
  HEADSTONE
HERO OF S.S. TITANIC SUNK APRIL 15, 1912 ARCHIBALD GRACIE IV BORN JAN. 15, 1858 DIED DEC. 4 1912 SON OF JOSEPHINE MAYO AND GENERAL ARCHIBALD GRACIE...
   
Camden Post-Telegram (1912) MR. SUTTON'S WILL PROBATED TO-DAY
Victim of Titanic Left Estate to His Wife and Daughter and Latter's Children --- RELATIVE AT HALIFAX TO CLAIM THE BODY --- Through Attorneys Gaskill & Gaskill the will of Frederick Sutton, a former resident of Haddonfield,...
29th April 1912  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Rood, Mr. Hugh Roscoe. Missing. Ritz Hotel, London, W. Black Moore & Co., 5 East India House, London, E.C. Hotel Regina, Paris. Seattle. Travelling to USA. Vice president of The Pacific Creosoting Company. Cabin A32....
   
New York Times (1912) CHARLES MELVILLE HAYS
Grand Trunk President Planned Great Canadian Transcontinental --- Charles Melville Hays, President of the Grand Trunk and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Companies, has been considered one of the most brilliant and successful of railroad of...
16th April 1912  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Thomas Mudd, a letter from his nephew says that the lad was just sixteen years old and one of a family of thirteen children. In order to give him a chance of a better life he was sent to American to join his brothers George and James who were already...
   
  GENERAL INFORMATION
En route to daughter 446 West Street, New York City. Ticket E77. Had been recently widowed. Mary Mack was the daughter of George Lacy and Mary Evory, and that she was first married to John Arber, second to Edward Mack....
   
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Harper, Reverend John. Missing. Lived at 3, Claude Villas, Denmark Hill, London. UK. Born in Houston, Renfrewshire in 1872. In 1911 had a three month mission in Moody Church, Chicago and was travelling there when the ship sank. ...
   
Rutherford Republican (1912) MAIL CLERKS DIED BRAVELY
Worked in Two Feet of Water to Save Registered Mail on Titanic ---------- The families of the three sea postal clerks who died like heroes on the Titanic will each received $2,000 if Congress complies with a recommendation made this wee...
20th April 1912  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
LEITCH, MISS JESSIE WILLS. Saved in Lifeboat number 11. 3, Claud Villa, Denmark Hill, London, SE. UK. Niece of Reverend J. Harper. Returned to England per SS Celtic 25th April 1912. Aged 30 years. Later became Mrs. Anderson. Died 6th February...
   
New York Times (1907) ISMAY UPHOLDS STRIKE POLICY
President of Mercantile Marine Says His Company Will Not Advance Pay --- SAILORS DELAY A LINER --- Refuse to Sail on La Touraine Until Paid Full Wages for Loading and Unloading Cargo --- If the stri...
17th May 1907  
New York Times (1929) LORD MERSEY DIES IN HIS 90TH YEAR
Regarded as the Grand Old Man of the English Legal Profession --- HEADED SHIPPING INQUIRIES --- Presided at Investigation into the Lusitania, Titanic and Other Disasters --- Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES...
4th September 1929  
The Times (1926) BELFAST SHIPBUILDER'S ESTATE
The RIGHT HON. ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY CARLISLE, of Orme-square, W., for some years general mannager and chairman of Messrs. Harland and Wolff, shipbuilders and engineers, of Belfast, and lately a director ...
10th April 1926  
Beneath This Stone BOOKLET ABOUT CLEWER CHURCHYARD
OWEN GEORGE ALLUM was a passenger on the "unsinkable" White Star Liner, Titanic which struck an ice berg and sank on her maiden voyage. Owen Allum was one of the 1,489 whose lives were lost. He had lived at Gerald Villas, Vansittart Road, Wind...
   
  (1912) 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  
New York Times (1922) LUCILE'S CREDITORS FORCE RECEIVERSHIP
Dressmakers Established by Lady Duff Gordon Owe $175,000, Have $75,000 --- HER $200 A WEEK UNPAID --- General Business Blamed and Report Is Denied of Bad Bills Among Patrons --- Lucile, Ltd., dressmakers, 19 East Fifty-f...
21st March 1922  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Stokes, Mr. Phillip Joseph. Missing. c/o Thomas Cook & Son, Ludgate Circus, London, UK. Lived at 91 Hawstead Road, Catford, S.E. c/o Thomas Cook & Son, Paris, France. Bricklayer. En route to uncle Mr. Phillip O'Grady, Kewanee, Illinois. Aged 25 yea...
   
New York Times (1926) LOVE LIFTS JAIL SENTENCE OF LAWRENCE VAIL WHEN FRENCHMAN HE STRUCK WINS HIS SISTER
PARIS, Dec. 29 (AP)---Love has found a way to make a new, Franco-American match---a blow over the head with a champagne bottle. The Frenchman who was hit, Captain Allain Lemerdy, son of a General, is going to marry Clothilde Vail, sister of the Ameri...
30th December 1926  
New York Times (1914) DISPUTE J. M. SMART'S WILL
Many Claimants Now for Estate of Titanic Victim --- Surrogate Fowler reserved decision yesterday on the contested will of James Montgomery Smart, a victim of the Titanic disaster. The authenticity of the will which bears the date of Jul...
4th February 1914  
Chicago Record Herald (1912) NONE PICKED UP CELTIC
General Passenger Agent Jeffries of the White Star Line today denied the report that an officer and woman steerage passenger of the Titanic were picked up by the Celtic, which arrived in this city on Saturday morning, as related in a dispatch last...
23rd April 1912  
The Times (1912) PARTNER DEPARTED
Stockbroker Lost in the Titanic Disaster It is observed with great regret in the Stock Exchange that the name of Mr Austin Partner is not among the list of those saved from the Titanic. Mr Partner was making one of his annual...
26th April 1912  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
AGED thirty-four years, was born in Manchester. His apprenticeship was served with Messrs. H. H. Hall & Co., of Liverpool after which he was employed by Messrs. Campbell and Isherwood, Ltd., Bootle, Hame Electric Company, Liverpool and the Northern E...
   
The Times (1910) SIR JOHN BIGHAM
Sir John Bigham will take his farewell leave of the Bar on Monday in the first Court of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division. All the Comnmon Law Judges who are in town will attend, and the ...
12th March 1910  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
He was born in the Parish of Jacob, City of Stockholm and married to Anna Johanssonon on December 7,1907 they had 2 children. He was traveling with his sister, Elna Strom and her daughter and were going to East Chicago, Indiana. His s...
   
Corriere della Sera (1912) STILL MISSING A COMPLETE LIST OF THE ITALIAN'S SHIPWREKED
Page B07 [Translation] The enrolment of the waiters for the "Titanic" London, 17 April, night Till midnight no one new list of the survivors has reached, so except for Portaluppi and Pera...
18th April 1912  
National Roll of the Great War WALTER FRANCIS FREDERICKS WAR SERVICE RECORD
FREDERICK, W., Fireman, Merchant Service. He volunteered in 1914, and during the war served in many ships, included among which was H.M.H.S. " Western Australia." He was engaged on important transport and hospital...
   
Geneva Times (1976) MRS BERTHA CHRISTENSEN DIES - TITANIC SURVIVOR
Mrs. Bertha Christensen. 82  of 88 White Springs Rd., one of the few remaining survivors of the Titanic, which went down  April 14 1912 in the Atlantic Ocean, died this morning  at  Geneva General Hospital. The Bennett Funeral Home is in charge of...
30th September 1976  
New York Times (1922) DINE CAPT. ROSTRON ON THE MAURETANIA
156 Guests of Sir Ashley Sparks Pay Tribute to Commander's War Aid --- HE PRAISES HIS VESSEL --- Is Fastest and Finest Merchant Ship Afloat, He Says--Many Captains Present --- One hundred and fifty-six guests...
4th April 1922  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Previous to his Titanic trip he had made at least two other sea voyages, both times on the Lucania, once in 1907 and again the following year. He was 5' 4 1/2" tall, with dark brown hair and brown eyes and, by 1901, at age of 36, was married with a f...
   
  GENERAL INFORMATION ON MR. WILLER (WELLER)
Weller, Mr. Aaron. (also listed as Harry Willer). Missing. En route to his wife at 1330 South Halstead Street, Chicago, Illinois. From Russia. Tailor aged 37 years (Aaron Weller). Had lived in America for several years but returned to London after fa...
   
New York Times (1910) PROFANITY AND CULTURE [LETTER TO THE EDITOR]
To the Editor of The New York Times: Owing to the extensive use of profane and blasphemous language having become so common seemingly among people in all walks of life, many people have be...
31st October 1910  
The Toronto World (1912) C. M. HAYS' CAREER
When the White Star Liner Titanic struck an iceberg, it is feared Charles Melville Hays, president and general manager of the Grand Trunk Railway and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad was carried down with the doomed steamer.  Mr. Hays had been in ...
17th April 1912  
Newark Evening News (1912) ROEBLING LAST SEEN WAVING TO LIFEBOATS
NEW YORK, April 20---The last seen of Washington A. Roebling 2d by friends among the survivors of the Titanic was as he stood waving a farewell to one of the lifeboats as it left the vessel. Trenton, N. J., relatives yesterday had an interview with ...
20th April 1912  
New York Times (1893) FAVORS ISIDOR STRAUS
RICHARD CROKER SAYS HE IS NOT OPPOSED TO BUSINESS MEN --- JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 10---Richard Croker, Thomas F. Grady, John R Sexton. and John F. Carroll, well-known Tammany men, who have been in Florida since la...
11th February 1893  
Washington Herald (1912) MAJ. BUTT IS PAID TRIBUTE BY MASONS
Scottish Rite Order Respects Memory of Aid to President Reported Drowned --- The ceremonies incident to the conferring of the thirtieth degree of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, last night upon a large class of candi...
18th April 1912  
New York Times (1908) GUGGENHEIM CHANGE OF FAITH
Reports Don't Refer to Me, Says B. Guggenheim, Nor to the Family --- Benjamin Guggenheim, who arrived here yesterday from Europe on the Mauretania, said last night at the Hotel St. Regis in regard to published reports that membe...
3rd June 1908  
New York Times (1932) HAROLD SANDERSON, SHIPPING MAN, DIES
Former Head of International Merchant Marine Stricken While in North of Italy --- DIRECTED WHITE STAR LINE --- Came From a Family of Leaders in Maritime Matters Both Here and in England --- Special Cable to T...
27th February 1932  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Jersey Address: 28 Old St. Johns Road, Jersey. In 1996 his family were still in business in Southampton - Baitdiggers and Fishing Tackle Dealers. Jack Poingdestre, whose parents lived at 28, Old St. John's Road, also had hi...
   
The Times (1913) INVENTIONS SURGE AFTER TITANIC DISASTER
page4 INVENTIONS OF 1912 The Influence of the Titanic Disaster The 20th report of the Comptroller of Patents, Designs and Trademarks was issued as a parliamentary paper last night. The loss of the Titanic was fo...
19th April 1913  
ET Research (2001) THE FATAL JOURNEY OF THIRD CLASS MEN ON THE TITANIC
1Given the well-documented practice of those in authority during the immediate aftermath of the collision to downplay its seriousness 1, how aware a Third Class passenger o...
3rd July 2001  
  THE MILLER'S SON
Albert Barker was born in the village of King's Worthy on the River Itchen in Hampshire, just a few miles upstream from the dock where Titanic would begin its voyage 19 years later. His father was a miller at nearby Abbot's W...
   
Unidentified Newspaper (1975) THOMAS MCCORMACK; TITANIC SURVIVOR, 82
Thomas J. McCormack, 82, of the John F. Kennedy Arms, 70 Westfield Ave., Elizabeth, who survived the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, died today in Elizabeth General Hospital. Mr. McCormack was returning to America from Ireland aboard t...
4th November 1975  
Washington Times (1912) WASHINGTON MAN MAIL CLERK ON THE ILL-FATED STEAMER
O. S. Woody, a former Washingtonian, and two other postoffice clerks, composed the mail crew of the Titanic. Their names were received today by the office of the Second Assistant Postmaster General. J. S. March, of the Second division of the Railway ...
16th April 1912  
  EDITH RUSSELL'S PARIS BROTHEL
Sometime in 1930s Edith Russell was considering the purchase of a new apartment in Paris. She found one that suited her taste for the original and shared her excitement about it with friends, General Sir Sidney and Lady Lawford (parents of actor Pete...
   
  MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER JOHN WEIR
Col John Weir was my Great Great Grandfather. He was born on May 14th 1852 to parents John Weir and Jane Gillies. He had two brothers and two sisters: James b. 28/5/1856, Sarah b. 16/2/1858, George b. 29/1/1862 and Jane b. 30/7/1864. John marri...
   
The Times (1926) ALEXANDER CARLISLE OBITUARY
ALEXANDER CARLISLE  The Right Hon Alexander Montgomery Carlisle, who died yesterday in London at the age of 71, was a ...
6th March 1926  
New York Times (1924) EXPEDITION TO USE PLANES FOR SURVEY
Rice's Party, Seeking Source of Amazon and Orinoco Rivers, Adopts New Plan --- The South American expedition led by Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice, who is accompanied by Mrs. Rice, formerly Mrs. George D. Widener of Philadelphia, is equipp...
23rd August 1924  
Le Petit Journal (1912) AN ANGUISHED SISTER
Melle Leroy, a maid from Bouvigny-Boyefles (Pas-de-Calais), recently received from her sister who is a chambermaid to the Douglases, a postcard telling her that she was sailing with her employers for New-York. Two days after she received the p...
20th April 1912  
ET Research (2002) THE BREAK-UP OF THE TITANIC: VIEWPOINTS AND EVIDENCE
Introduction From very early on in the history of the Titanic, the ship’s final moments have been a subject of lively debate. Did the ship break apart? Did it explode? Did its stern rise out of the sea ...
9th July 2002  
  NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS
The Los Angeles Times of April 17th 1912 stated that he was a brother of E. D. Rood of El Centro, California. The Rocky Mountain News (Denver) of April 13th 1992 stated that he was the Vice President and General Manager of the Pacific Coast Creosotin...
   
Newark Star (1912) ORANGE CHURCH HONORS VICTIM OF TITANIC
Grace Episcopal Church, Orange, was crowded to the doors yesterday afternoon during memorial services held for the Titanic victims. W. Anderson Walker, who lost his life on the ship and who was a well-known member of the church, was remembered durin...
29th April 1912  
The Times (1912) MR H.FORBES JULIAN
The Carpathia has brought to New York no news of Mr H Forbes Julian, who was well known among metallurgical engineers. From 1886 to 1893 he was consultant for mines at Barberton, Johannesburg, and Kimberley, superintending the op...
20th April 1912  
New York Times (1934) EILEEN S. S. GILLESPIE TO BE WED ON FEB. 6
Her Marriage to John Jacob Astor Will Take Place in St. Thomas Church --- The marriage of Miss Eileen S. S. Gillespie, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lewis Gillespie, to John Jacob Astor, son of the late Colonel John Jacob As...
3rd January 1934  
Washington Times (1912) DEATH OF MAJOR BUTT MOURNED BY WASHINGTONIANS
Persons in Official and Private Life Speak Eulogistically of the President’s Military Aide Who Died---A Soldier --- Men of the United States army and navy, men who lived under the same roof---the men who knew Major Butt most intimately-...
19th April 1912  
New York Times (1903) NEW YORKER'S CHILD IS KILLED IN PARIS
Daughter of Archibald Gracie of This City Loses Her Life in an Elevator Accident --- PARIS, June 8---Constance Gracie, the young daughter of Archibald Gracie of New York, was killed in an elevator accident at the Hôtel de la Trémoïlle l...
9th June 1903  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
HARRIS, MRS. IRENE R, (NEE WALLACH). Saved in Lifeboat D. Cabin C83. European address - c/o Fraulein Woolf, Kapellenstrasse 81, Wiesbaden. Germany. (Born 15th June 1876, died 2nd September 1969). Buried in Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale...
   
Newark Evening News (1912) JOHN S. MARCH ONE OF THE HEROES
Newarker Died with Others Clerks on Titanic, After Effort to Save Mails. ---------- REPORT MADE BY HITCHCOCK ---------- Special Service of the NEWS WASHINGTON, April 20---In a report received by Postmaster-General Hitchcock today, it wa...
20th April 1912  
The Evening Post (1912) BRITISH INQUIRY INTO TITANIC TRAGEDY BEGINS
Based on 26 Questions and Much Like That of Our Senate LONDON, May 2 – Lord Mersey in his capacity as wreck commissioner and five assessors who ...
2nd May 1912  
Washington Times (1912) ACTOR IS WORRIED OVER FATE OF MAN ON UNFORTUNATE SHIP
"Rene is safe; am uncertain about Harry; will wire you definite information as soon as received." This is the only comforting word received by Frank McIntyre, now appearing at the National Theater in “Snobs” and his company, which is a...
17th April 1912  
New York Times (1893) JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AND ISIDOR STRAUS TALKED OF
Among those politicians who have been industriously at work during the last two weeks speculating as to the make-up of Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet, a new name was suggested yesterday. It was that of John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts, who was said to ...
7th February 1893  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Sofia was a maid. She was born in the village of Riistavesi, near Kuopio, in 1874. She moved to Helsinki in 1905, where she worked at the School For The Blind for three years. After this job she worked for some time at the Missionary House, and then ...
   
New York Times (1924) LADY PIRRIE MAY HEAD HARLAND & WOLFF, THE GREAT BRITISH SHIPBUILDING FIRM
Copyright, 1924, by The New York Times Company --- By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, July 16---It is the general belief in shipping circles that Lady Pirrie will assume the post of President of the great shipbu...
17th July 1924  
  (2009) THE MYSTERY OF CHARLES BARNES AND ROBERT BARNHOUSE
In April 1913, an article appeared in the Torquay Times under the headline: Echo Of The Titanic Disaster : The Strange Story Of The Man With Two Names. A hearing at Torquay County Court had established the true identity of a stoke...
9th April 2009  
Gettysburg Complier (1912) RESCUE OF MRS BECKER
Dr L. B. Wolf Secretary of Foreign Missionary Board of The General Synod Lutheran Church, tells that he met Mrs Becker, a Lutheran missionary from India, returning on the ill-fated Titanic, at New York when the Carpathia docked with the Titani...
15th May 1912  
Connaught Telegraph (1912) THE TITANIC DISASTER, DUE TO EXCESSIVE SPEED
Lord Mersey, the specially appointed Commissioner of Wrecks to enquire into the loss of the White Star Liner Titanic, on Tuesday delivered the finding of the Court. The attendance at the London-Scottish Hall, Westminster, where the in...
3rd August 1912  
Weekly Irish Times (1912) BELFAST MEMORIAL DECIDED UPON
Belfast Titanic Memorial The Belfast Titanic Memorial Fund has now reached the handsome sum of £2,500 and the Lady Mayoress and the other members of the General Committee are to be congratulated on the success of their efforts. It is ...
7th September 1912  
Atlantic City Daily Press (1912) PROBATE WILL OF TITANIC VICTIM
Frederick Sutton, Coffee Importer, Leaves $50,000 and Upwards to Family ---------- The will of Frederick Sutton, of Haddonfield, N. J., who lost his life in the wreck of the steamship Titanic, was probated yesterday aftern...
30th April 1912  
New York Times (1912) GAVE LIVES FOR THE MAILS
Postal Clerks Worked in Two Feet of Water---Hitchcock Aids Kinsmen --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, April 20---Postmaster General Hitchcock to-day addressed a communication to Chairman John A. Moon of the ...
21st April 1912  
Denver Post (1912) ARCHIBALD C. BUTT WAS TO HAVE BEEN MARRIED THIS FALL
Was Engaged to Youngest Daughter of Col. John R. Williams San Antonio, Tex., April 18:- Major Archibald C. Butt, military aide to President Taft, soon was to wed Miss Williams of Washington, sister-in-law of Joseph Leiter of Chicag...
18th April 1912  
  ELOPEMENT
Mr Denis Lennon and Mary Mullin were actually eloping to the United States together, hence the shroud of secrecy and the reason why the two are listed as brother and sister. The truth is Denis found a job as barman in the Mullin family's ...
   
New York Times (1933) JOHN JACOB ASTOR TO WED DEBUTANTE
His Engagement to Miss Eileen S. S. Gillespie Announced by Her Parents --- CAME OF AGE IN AUGUST --- Fiancee, Noted in Newport as a Tennis Player, Is From an Old American Family --- Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lew...
16th December 1933  
New York Times (1912) DRESSMAKERS' QUICK FLIGHT
Patrons, Too, Leave Without Ceremony When Fire Threatens --- A small but spectacular fire at 19 and 21 West Thirty-sixth Street shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon caused considerable excitement on Fifth Avenue among...
17th February 1912  
Croydon Times (1912) THORNTON HEATH FAMILY AMONG THE MISSING
The loss of the Titanc has affected Croydon in at least one case, and that case a particularly pathectic one, it is believed that a whole Thornton Heath family has been lost, together with some relations who saild with them. Mr. and Mr...
20th April 1912  
New York Times (1937) FIERMONTE ASSIGNED TO CLEANING OF JAIL
Settles Down to Serving Rest of 5-Day Term on Rikers Island for Traffic Violation --- Enzo Fiermonte, former boxer, automobile racer and husband of Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, was transferred yesterday from the Queens City...
8th July 1937  
  TURPIN FAMILY INFORMATION
William John Robert Turpin was born in Plymouth, Devon in 1883. He was the son of John R Turpin (general labourer) and Mary Jane. They had married in about 1880 and were living in Commercial Street, Plymouth at the time of the 1881 census. Both wer...
   
ET Reviews (2004) SWITCH THEORY FOUNDERS IN A SEA OF EVIDENCE
OLYMPIC & TITANIC - The Truth Behind The Conspiracy by Steve Hall and Bruce Beveridge The Olympic–Tit...
12th July 2004  
ET Research (2006) A PV SOLVES A PUZZLE
THE devil is in the detail... and nowhere is that phrase more true than in particular areas of Titanic study. There has been controversy, for instance, over an impression given - to some - by remarks made by Captain James...
13th October 2006  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Hodge, Charles. WAS twenty-nine years of age, and held a second engineer's certificate. His birthplace was Devonport. He served his apprenticeship with Messrs. Davey, Sleep & Co., of Plymouth. He had been in the service of the White St...
   
  (1908) MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF MARRIAGE GENE...
  1908  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Charles John Joughin, Titanic's chief baker was born in Patten Street, West Float, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, on August 3, 1878, went to sea at age 11, later becoming chief baker on various White Star Line steamships. After surviving ...
   
New York Times (1912) WOMEN REVEALED AS HEROINES BY WRECK
*** --- COUNTESS ROTHES BRAVE --- Took Charge in Her Boat-Mrs. Cornell Among Those Who Worked at the Oars --- *** --- COUNTESS IN CHARGE OF BOAT --- Sat at Tiller Five Hours--Survi...
20th April 1912  
  (1912) LETTER FROM THE DIOCESAN VICAR GENERAL TO WILLIAM BYLES
Bishop's House My dear Mr. Byles, Last mail brought me the obituary card of your dear Rev. Brother; I have prayed for him, but to tell the truth, I am much more inclined to ask him to pray for me, to get through his inte...
28th August 1912  
  (1911) MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF MARRIAGE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE...
  1911  
The Times (1912) SURVIVORS OF THE CREW AT PLYMOUTH
DETENTION FOR THE TAKING OF EVIDENCE A strange welcome awaited the surviving members of the crew of the Titanic on their arrival at Plymouth today. Instead of a popular demonstration of sympathy and b...
29th April 1912  
ET Research (2002) ICE ON DECK
My first article about the newly discovered Bremen Iceberg that appeared in Encyclopedia Titanica in July 2001 (The Iceberg — resurfaced?) was about the photograph itself. This second article ...
12th February 2002  
Weekly Irish Times (1912) A LINER TO ECLIPSE THE OLYMPIC
A New Leviathan The new Atlantic liner which Messrs Harland and Wolff Limited are building for the White Star Line will eclipse in size and tonnage the Olympic and the ill-fated Titanic. The new vessel will be called the Britannic in ...
21st September 1912  
Chicago Daily News (1912) MELLEN IN TITANIC STATEMENT
Offers Evidence as to Time Officials Knew the Vessel Was Lost [by The Associated Pres.]   New Haven, Conn., April 23—In connection with the question at the time at which the White S...
23rd April 1912  
New York Times (1893) NOW ABRAHAM & STRAUS
BIG CHANGE IN A BIG STORE WHICH ALL BROOKLYN KNOWS --- One of the most interesting business changes of the year went into effect yesterday, when the retail dry goods firm of Wechsler & Abraham became the firm of Abraham & Straus, the ne...
2nd April 1893  
New York Times (1929) R. W. DANIEL MARRIES MRS. C. B. CHRISTIAN
President of Liberty National Bank Weds as Third Wife Distant Relative in Virginia --- Special to The New York Times --- RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 10---Robert W. Daniel, president of the Liberty National Bank of New York, and Mr...
11th October 1929  
Evening Star (1912) MAIL CLERK O. S. WOODY WAS LOYAL TO THE LAST
STROVE WITH HIS ASSOCIATES TO SAVE THE MAIL MATTER ON THE TITANIC James M Woody of Roxboro, N.C. reached here Saturday afternoon to make inquiry about the death of his brother, Oscar S. Woody, mail clerk, who was among the victims of t...
22nd April 1912  
The Times (1913) WHITE STAR OFFICERS' PAY AND CONDITIONS IMPROVED
THE WHITE STAR LINE AND ITS OFFICERS IMPROVED CONDITIONS The Imperial Merchant Service Guild is officially informed by the White Star Line of substantial improvements in the pay and general conditions of the officers of ...
4th April 1913  
Washington Times (1912) PRESIDENT AND FRIENDS OF MAJOR BUTT FEAR HE WENT DOWN WITH SHIP
"The White Stare [sic] Line Company his searched its list of survivors for the name of Major Archibald Butt. We regret to say that his name does not appear up to the present time among those known to be saved.” The above message, in e...
16th April 1912  
  ERNEST WALDRON KING : GENERAL INFORMATION
King, Ernest Waldron. Lived at Currin Rectory, Clones, Ireland. Occupation - Clerk, Pursers Assistant. 28 years old. (Born in Dublin, Ireland). Body number 321. Interred at Fairview Cemetery, Halifa...
   
Newark Star (1912) WHY WAS THE NEWS SUPPRESSED
A reporter for The Newark Star managed to get aboard the Carpathia and made his way to the bridge, where he had an interview with Captain Rostrom [sic] as to why the news of the wreck and the condition of the survivors had been withheld. The followin...
19th April 1912  
Variety (1969) MRS. HENRY B. (RENEE) HARRIS DIES
Theatre Owner-Producer Was Linked to Another Broadway Era Although she was married three times afterwards, she always remained Mrs. Henry B. Harris and when she died at Doctors Hospital, N.Y., at 93, she was press reported either as Mr...
10th September 1969  
New York Times (1912) FRANK D. MILLET'S CAREER
Noted Artist Famed as War Correspondent and Traveler --- Frank D. Millet, a noted artist and correspondent, was born at Mattapoisett, Mass., in 1846. His adventurous temperament led him to enlist as a drummer boy at the beginning of the Civ...
16th April 1912  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Mr. Smart was the president of the American Cold Storage and Shipping Co., and lived at the Victoria Hotel in New York. When he travelled to England, he simply checked out of the hotel, and took all of his personal belongings with him. Some of those ...
   
ET Research (2004) OF RATS AND MEN: TITANIC SURVIVOR "SLEEPING ROUGH"
YESTERDAY IN PARLIAMENT ...
10th June 2004  
New York Times (1914) HONOR TITANIC'S SURGEON
A new emergency ward in St. Vincent's Hospital, equipped and furnished throughout as a memorial to Dr. Francis Norman O'Loughlin, the senior ship surgeon of the White Star Line, who perished in the disaster to the Titanic, was dedicated yesterday to ...
17th February 1914  
Salt Lake Tribune (1912) FEAR PROVO WOMAN DISASTER VICTIM
Page 3 Special to The Tribune PROVO, April 1900 Up to 4 o'clock this afternoon no word had been received in this city of the fate of Mrs. Irene C. Corbett who is supposed to have been a passenger on the Titanic when it...
20th April 1912  
  (1911) INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
Norman Harrison (1873-1912) AMIMechE Elected: Associate Member of the Inst...
17th November 1911  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
MBE awarded March 1946. Purser SS Mataroa of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company Ltd. Awarded for long and meritorious service at sea and in dangerous waters during the war. He served as a Purser for the company for 20 years, tr...
   
Asbury Park Evening Press (1912) MAIL CLERK GWINN DIED AT HIS POST
MAIL CLERK GWINN DIED AT HIS POST ---------- Continued to Work Till Explosion Rent Titanic---Wife is Critically Ill ---------- Among the five postal clerks who stuck to their mail to the last and sank with it when ...
22nd April 1912  
New York Times (1912) THE SMART HEIRS FOUND?
Children of Titanic Victim Believed to be in Belgian Convent --- BRUSSELS, Aug. 29---The long-sought son and daughter of the late Montgomery Smart of New York, a Titanic victim, are believed to be in a Belgian convent. Their names are G...
30th August 1912  
New York Times (1934) EILEEN GILLESPIE NOT TO WED ASTOR
Canceling of Engagement Is Announced buy Her Parents, the L. L. Gillespies --- WEDDING SET FOR FEB. 6 --- Bridal Attendants and Ushers Chosen for Ceremony to Have Been at St. Thomas --- Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence ...
22nd January 1934  
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  
New York Times (1900) DOG SHOW OPENS TO-DAY
With more than 2,000 canine candidates for blue ribbons to be judged, the annual bench show of the Westminster Kennel Club will begin in Madison Square Garden this morning at 9 o'clock and continue until Friday. The show this year will be the largest...
20th February 1900  
The Evening Telegram (1912) AGONIZED WAITING IN TORONTO FOR THE SHIP THAT PASSED IN THE NIGHT
"SAILING ON THE TITANIC" Major Peuchen is Safe. Well Known Business and Military Man is Listed as Being Among the Survivors--Nothing Definite "Major Arthur G. Peuchen, 599 Jarvis street, wh...
16th April 1912  
New York Times (1924) LORD PIRRIE DIES ON SHIP BOUND HERE
Head of Harland & Wolff, Shipbuilders, Stricken With Pneumonia --- ON TOUR OF SOUTH AMERICA --- A Leader in the Formation of the International Mercantile Marine --- Viscount Pirrie, head of the famous firm of...
9th June 1924  
Belfast Telegraph (2009) TITANIC'S "LITTLE SISTER" MAY MISS ANNIVERSARY REFIT DATE
The £7m restoration of a tender ship that ferried passengers on board the doomed Titanic may not be finished in time for the centenary of its launch, an official report warns today. The charitable trust responsible for refitting the derelict...
24th June 2009  
  GEORGE PELHAM FAMILY RESEARCH
George Pelham (Titanic survivor) 28yrs old born Bethnal Green Occupation Potman Wife ...
   
 

 
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