St Louis And Pacific Railway Company

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The Toronto World 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
New York Times 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
The Times MR. CHARLES M. HAYS MISSING
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) --- MONTREAL, APRIL 18 --- A message by wireless telegraphy from the Carpatlhia was received at the offices of the Grand Trunk Railway Company in Montreal this morning signed ...
19th April 1912
Newark Evening News WORD RECEIVED HERE OF C. M. HAYS'S RESCUE
Among those well known in this city and suburbs whose name has been flashed as among the rescued from the Titanic, is Charles Melville Hays, president of the Grand Trunk and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway companies, of Canada, of Canada, a nephew of...
16th April 1912
New York Times A. A. STEWART LEFT $276,974
Titanic Victim's Estate Goes to His Widow and Daughter --- An appraisal of the estate of Albert A. Stewart, who perished on the Titanic, was transmitted yesterday to the Surrogates' Court under transfer tax proceedings. Mr. Stewart was f...
1st February 1913
New York Times ISMAY IS TO QUIT
Will Retire June 30---Harold Sanderson to Take His Place --- by Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- LONDON, Dec. 31.---J. Bruce Ismay will retire from the Presidency of the International ...
1st January 1913
LOUIS, DAVID, AND ELIEZER GILINSKY   LOUIS, DAVID, AND ELIEZER GILINSKY
(left to right) Louis, David, and Eliezer Gilinsky...
1912
New York Times 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
DOROTHY GIBSON IN 'HANDS ACROSS THE SEA'   DOROTHY GIBSON IN 'HANDS ACROSS THE SEA'
A scene from "Hands Across the Sea," produced by Éclair-America, the company’s debut film and Dorothy Gibson’s first starring role. She actually took several parts in this movie, which was an historical tableau enacting events of the American Revolut...
1911
LOUIS GARRETT'S TESTIMONY   LOUIS GARRETT'S TESTIMONY
From the French edition of the Witnesses of Jehovah's journal...
22nd January 1982
  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....
  FAMILY INFORMATION
Elizabeth Walton Allen was born on 1st October 1882 in St. Louis, Missouri. She was the daughter of George Washington Allen (1853-1917)a Judge from St. Louis and Lydia Jeanette McMillen (b. 1853)from Indiana. They married on 21st June 1876 in St. Lou...
The San Francisco Call SEATTLE MAN ON LINER
SEATTLE, April 15 - Hugh R. Rood, vice president and general manager of the Pacific Creosoting company, whose name appears in the list of the Titanic's passengers, is a wealthy Seattle man who had been spending the winter on the continent w...
16th April 1912
  CONTEMPORARY OBITUARY
WAS born in Southampton forty-three years ago. He served his apprenticeship in the works of the London and South-Western Railway Co., and after other appointments sailed in vessels owned by the company as second engineer. Four years were spent with t...
1912
Daily Telegraph TITANIC FOR MONTAUK, LONG ISLAND - 1910 VISION
Passengers to take railway connection to New York...
27th October 1910
LOUIS GARRETT (ELIAS NICOLA-YARRED) Réveillez-vous! LOUIS GARRETT (ELIAS NICOLA-YARRED)
From 'Réveillez-vous !', 1982...
22nd January 1982
BOHEMIA 1908 (BACK)   BOHEMIA 1908 (BACK)
Marienbad, August 1908. Letters cross in the mail. Just as Henry's mildly reproachful card arrives in the US, Herman's apparently delayed letter arrives in Marienbad. Henry sends a second card. "August 15, 1908. Mariendbad, Bohemia. Wr received your letter and was very glad to receive same. Hope you went to Atlantic City. Love to you and brother and Elsa. Love, Uncle Henry." Elsa was the young daughter of Henry's brother, Louis Sonneborn. Louis, his wife, daughter and son were living at the Battery Ave, address when the 1910 census was taken. Residing with Wilelmina Sonneborn were Herman Praetorius and his parents, Louis Sonneborn and his family, Henry Sonneborn, Lee Schwabacher and Hay Becker, Wilhemina's unmarried brother....
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Chicago Tribune MRS. IDA HIPPACH LEAVES $85,000 ESTATE TO DAUGHTER
The will of Mrs. Ida S. Hippach, leaving an estate estimated at $85,000 to a daughter, Mrs. Jean Unander-Scharin of Lake Forest, was filed for probate yesterday.  Mrs. Hippach died a month ago at the age of 74 in her home at 2808 Evanston.&nb...
22nd October 1940
PRINCESS SOPHIA OFF TAKU GLACIER   PRINCESS SOPHIA OFF TAKU GLACIER
Canadian Pacific's liner Princess Sophia is seen off Taku Glacier in this 1913 photograph....
1913 Gare Maritime
San Francisco Examiner HERMAN KLABER ON BOARD THE TITANIC
Native of San Francisco, in Business in Portland, Titanic Passenger Herman Klaber of Portland, one of the biggest hop merchants on the Pacific Coast, was a passenger on the Titanic. Klaber was born in San Francisco, went throu...
16th April 1912
Unidentified Newspaper MATTEI-MADILL
[Report of the marriage of Titanic survivor Georgette Madill]...
San Francisco Chronicle DR. DODGE AND HIS FAMILY ARE SAFE
Page 1 Assessor Sends Two Messages From Carpathia to His Son Here-- Mayor Wires Reply Relieving the deep anxiety of his relatives and thousands of friends in this city, Dr. Washington Dodge, Assessor of San Francisco, ...
18th April 1912
A TITANIC COINCIDENCE Titanic Research A TITANIC COINCIDENCE
Gavin Murphy
How the gala opening of two hotels was disrupted two maritime disasters....
9th July 2002
New York Times CREW BEHAVED ADMIRABLY
Miss Elizabeth Allen of St. Louis was one of the first women passengers to leave the Carpathia. She was accompanied by Mrs Edward Roberts and Miss E A Mardell, also of St Louis. The three women appeared to be cool. Miss Allen who is a young woman of ...
19th April 1912
Chicago Tribune THIRD OF FAMILY TO MEET TRAGIC END
Nineteen year old Howard Hippach is the last of the three sons of Louis A. Hippach, wealthy plate glass and window glass manufacturer, to meet a tragic death.  Howrd Hippach was killed Thursday afternoon when a motor car which he was driving ...
31st October 1914
San Francisco Bulletin LOCAL MINING MAN IS ON TITANIC'S DEATH LIST
Colonel John Weir, a well known mining man of the Pacific Coast, was one of the victims of the Titanic horror. It has been learned by his friends that he took passage on the ill fated steamer on an unexpected trip to California, probably on urgent bu...
20th April 1912
Brooklyn Daily Times BROTHER OF BROOKLYNITE, A PRIEST, WAS ON TITANIC
Two of the visitors to the White Star line offices were Laurence M. Byles, Vice President of the W. E. Byles Company, Ltd., of 90 Wall street, Manhattan, and his brother, W. Hunter Byles, of Omaha. They went to inquire as to the safety of another bro...
17th April 1912
New York Times HAYS HEADS GRAND TRUNK
Directors of Canadian Line Elect Rock Island, Ill., Man Present [sic] --- LONDON, Jan. 7---At a meeting to-day of the Directors of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada, Charles M. Hays was elected President. ...
8th January 1910
New York Times ANOTHER MYTH OF SMART
Titanic Victim Not Only Had No Children, but No Fortune --- It was disclosed recently that the Smart children, heirs of a wealthy lawyer who perished on the Titanic, were a myth, and yesterday it was developed that the supposedly wealth...
16th January 1913
THE PUBLIC BE DAMNED: ONE BLACK WEEK IN 1875 Gare Maritime THE PUBLIC BE DAMNED: ONE BLACK WEEK IN 1875
Jim Kalafus
The double tragedy of the Pacific and the City of Waco...
28th June 2007 Gare Maritime
Voyage GLENDUN
John P. Eaton
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
New York Times $340 FOR 4 PERIOD CHAIRS
Parke-Bernet Begins Selling Items of Spedden Estate --- In the first sale of the new sea­son at the Parke-Bernet Galleries, 984 Madison Avenue, a set of four carved and bilded [soc] chairs in the style of Louis XVI was sold y...
23rd September 1950
New York Times GRISCOM IS NO LONGER HEAD OF SHIP COMBINE
J. Bruce Ismay is Chosen for Its President --- FREE HAND FOR THE NEW MAN --- His Predecessor Remains in the Company as Chairman of the Board of Directors---Ismay to Live in New York --- Clement A. Griscom ...
24th February 1904
New York Times TO HONOR WIRELESS HEROES
To Dedicate Jack Philips Titanic Memorial Fountain May 12 --- At a meeting yesterday afternoon in the Maritime Exchange, 78 Broad Street, plans were completed for the dedication of the Jack Philips Titanic memorial fountain at the base ...
1st May 1915
New York Times MEMORIAL NOTICE
HAYS---At a special meeting of the Board of Directors of the United States Mortgage and Trust Company held April 25, 1912, it was resolved that the following minutes be adopted and transmitted to the family of Mr. Charles M. Hays: CHAR...
28th April 1912
  EDWARD HARRIS, PANTRYMAN
Edward Harris was the 4th son of Thomas Harris, a part-time prison warder who lived at 13, Greenhill Avenue, Winchester. After leaving school Edward worked for several years at the town's railway station. His employers were S...
The Times ISMAY RESIGNS CHAIRMANSHIPS
The Asiatic Steam Navigation Company announce the resignation of Mr. J. Bruce Ismay , chairman of the company and its associated company, the Delta Insurance Company.  Mr. Ismay has been a director of these companies for nearly 35 years....
30th July 1934
Washington Times 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
New York Times LOUIS BUTT DIES HERE
Brother of Roosevelt’s Aid Was a Cotton Buyer of Georgia --- Louis Butt of Augusta, Ga., a cotton buyer and cotton exporter, died at 11:05 last night in Roosevelt Hospital of intestinal hemorrhages caused by an intestinal abscess.&...
1st August 1924
Chicago Examiner WIDOW AND DAUGHTERS OF HAYS SPEED HOME
New York, April 18---Mrs. Charles M. Hays and her two daughters, Miss Margaret Hays and Mrs. Thornton Davidson, survivors of the Titanic wreck, were met at the pier by a large party of friends.  Mr. Hays, president of the Grand Trunk Railw...
19th April 1912
New York Times WILL PAY A BET TO MORGAN
Gen. Gill to Give Him a Fine Maryland Dinner To-night --- Special to The New York Times --- BALTIMORE, Md., Jan 14---Gen. John Gill, while returning from Eur...
15th January 1910
New York Times TO UNVEIL STRAUS FOUNTAIN
Dedication of Memorial to Philanthropist and His Wife Tomorrow --- The Isidor and Ida Straus Memorial in Straus Park will be dedicated tomorrow afternoon with impressive ceremonies. The beautiful granite and bronze fountain, which form...
14th April 1915
New York Times OLYMPIC CARRIES PIRRIE'S BODY HOME
White Star Liner Was Biggest Ship Ever Built in Viscount’s Yards --- DIED ON WAY FROM TROPICS --- Great Shipbuilder, Near Death, Insisted on Being Carried Out to See Panama Canal --- The body of Viscount Pirr...
14th June 1924
New York Times DEATH NOTICE
RANGER---Leila Saks, on Nov. 27, beloved wife of Louis Ranger, loving mother of Jane Meyer Stern, grandmother of June Iseman and Faith Stern. Funeral private....
28th November 1957
  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...
FOR THE CHILDREN The Daily Banner FOR THE CHILDREN
Two Baby Waifs Rescued From the Sunken Titanic. When the steamship...
9th May 1912
The Times MR. ISMAY AND THE WHITE STAR LINE
IMPENDING RESIGNATION OF THE CHAIRMANSHIP --- It is now officially announced that Mr. J. Bruce Ismay will retire from the presidency of the International Mercantile Marine Company as from June 30 next, and that he wil...
1st January 1913
TOTS SAVED FROM THE SEA The Evening Telegram TOTS SAVED FROM THE SEA
These two handsome little boys, who are at the home of Miss Margaret Hays, are one of the mysteries of the Titanic disaster.  These small boys were rescued as the big liner was foundering.  They speak French fluently, and they know what their firs...
22nd April 1912
DUKE OF ALBANY Voyage DUKE OF ALBANY
John P. Eaton
(F. Kemp & Company) The center anchor of the Titanic weighs 15 ½ tons and was fabricated by Messrs. N. Hingley & Sons, Ltd. Of Netherton, Dudley, Worcestershire. Typical of the manner by which the m...
31st October 2004
New York Times MRS. GUGGENHEIM'S DANCE
Debutante, Miss Benita Guggenheim, Receives with Mother at St. Regis --- Mrs. Benjamin Guggenheim of 763 Fifth Avenue gave a dance last night at the St. Regis for her débutante daughter, Miss Benita Guggenheim. Mrs. Gugge...
25th December 1911
New York Times GUGGENHEIM IN MINING CO.
Holthoff and Loomis-Pettibone Corporations Are Merged --- Special to The New York Times --- MILWAUKEE, Dec. 31---The Holthoff Machinery Company of Cudahy has issued a circular announcing a change i...
1st January 1904
SOUTHAMPTON TERMINUS   SOUTHAMPTON TERMINUS
A panoramic view of  Southampton Terminus railway station, circa 1912, at which time it was known as Southampton Town & Dock....
New York Times $5,000,000 STERILIZED AIR COMPANY
TRENTON, N. J., Aug. 4---The American Sterilized Air and Transportation Company, with a capital of $5,000,000, filed papers of incorporation with the Secretary of State to-day. The company is formed to develop a patented system of sterilizing, dehyd...
5th August 1899
New York Times $126,250 APARTMENT HOUSE LEASE
Mrs. Nella Goldenberg of Savoy, France, has leased to Louis Schlechter 316 West Ninety-seventh Street, a six-story elevator apartment house, for a term of ten years at an aggregate rental of $126.250. H. N. Kohn, in conjunction with Z. F. Hall, ...
22nd June 1916
  PROBATE REPORT: ARTHUR WARD
Ward Arthur of Manor House, Palmerston Street, Romsey, Hants. Administration London 6th June 1912 to Alfred Ward, Railway Agent. Effects £193.12s.1d. ...
6th June 1912
The Times FUNERAL OF MR. ISMAY
In the presence of a large and representative gathering the remains of Mr. Ismay were buried yesterday in the churchyard at Thurstaston, Cheshire. The road along which the funeral cortége passed w...
28th November 1899
Chicago Examiner JOHN HUGO ROSS AMONG THOSE NOT RESCUED
J. H. ROSS EXPECTED.      One of the Titanic victims was to visit Dr. Hugh H. Perry, 9515 Commercial avenue, the latter part of this week.  He was J. Hugo Ross, cousin of Dr. Perry and a wealthy re...
19th April 1912
New York Times DEATH NOTICE OF GEORGE ROSENSHINE
ROSENSHINE---At sea, on April 15, 1912, steamer Titanic, George Rosenshine, beloved brother of Albert A. and Max Rosenshine and Mrs. Bertha Frank, in the 46th year of his age. Funeral services will be held at the Hotel Ansonia on Sunday morning, Ma...
4th May 1912
PRINCESS SOPHIA'S MAST MARKS HER GRAVE   PRINCESS SOPHIA'S MAST MARKS HER GRAVE
For a few weeks after the disaster, the Princess Sophia's mast marked her grave near Vanderbilt Reef. Some accounts claim that a winter storm toppled the last visible trace of the liner,...
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Brooklyn Daily Times STILL REFUSE TO BELIEVE WYCKOFF VON DERHOEF HAS PERISHED
President Frederick H. Way, of the Williamsburgh City Fire Insurance Company, was not inclined to discuss the fate of Wyckoff Von Derhoef, the Secretary of the company, who is reported to be among the missing of the Titanic passengers. Mr. Way is st...
19th April 1912
New York Dramatic Mirror GOSSIP OF THE STUDIOS
Dorothy Gibson has been engaged as leading woman for the New American stock of the Éclair Company. Her portrait appears on another page. She had gained some attention on the stage before going into pictures and had also posed for Harrison Fisher, the...
9th August 1911
New York Times PRAYER SERVICE NOTICE FOR GEORGE ROSENSHINE
ROSENSHINE---AT SEA, Steamer Titanic, on April 15, 1912, George Rosenshine, in the 46th year of his age. Prayers will be held at the residence of his brother, Albert Rosenshine, Hotel Ansonia, on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday evenings, April 21,...
21st April 1912
The Times FUNERALS---MR. BRUCE ISMAY
The funeral service of Mr. Bruce Ismay was held yesterday at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge. The Rev. E. K. C. Hamilton officiated. Members of the family and others present included:---   Mrs. Bruce Ismay, Mr. and Mrs. ...
22nd October 1937
  EDWARD DODD
The William Salt Library, Stafford Dodd, Edward C. Son of Mr. Dodd former electrical engineer and contractor of Crewe. Formerly in Crewe railway Works, was 3rd engineer on the Titanic....
Newark Daily Advociate HAD COUSIN ON TITANIC
Mrs. Cassebeer...
23rd April 1912
RIO CRUISE BROCHURE - MAP AND ITINERARY   RIO CRUISE BROCHURE - MAP AND ITINERARY
CRUISE PROGRAM New York . . . . Sail on Feb. 5, 1 p.m. Nassau, Bahamas . . . Feb. 7 A forenoon to see the island, its fashionable hotels and splendid bathing beaches. Port of Spain, Trinidad. . . Feb. 9 & 10 An afterno...
1937 Gare Maritime
  PROBATE REPORT
LOBB William Arthur of Bugle St Austell Cornwall engine driver died 14 April 1912 at sea Administration Bodmin 3 August 1912 to George Lobb clay labourer Effects £50 NB. Engine driver in this sense is a mine engine rather than conventional r...
Chicago Record-Herald BUYER FOR NUGENT BROTHERS ON TITANIC
Spencer V. Silverthorne, whose name appears among the Titanic passengers on the Carpathia, is a buyer for Nugent Brothers of St. Louis and a brother of Mrs. H. H. Harris, 820 Foster street, Evanston, whose husband is assistant pastor of the First ...
18th April 1912
Daily Telegraph FIRE ABOARD THE "CALIFORNIAN"
A telegram from Vera Cruz reports that the Leyland liner "Californian" took fire in that port and that the outbreak was not extinguished until much damage had been done to the cargo by fire and water. The fire originated in holds number four...
3rd July 1913
New York Times THOMAS HENRY ISMAY DEAD
Founder and Chairman of Board of Directors of White Star Line---Gave £20,000 for Poor Sailors --- LIVERPOOL, Nov. 23---Thomas Henry Ismay, the founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the White Star Line Steamship Company, died...
24th November 1899
New York Times THOSE WHO SAW THE RESCUE
Carpathia's Passengers, Who Were Bound for Mediterranean, Back. The passengers on the Carpathia, whose trip to the Mediterranean was interrupted to aid those saved from the Titanic, are: Rev. R. B. Anderson, Baltimore,...
19th April 1912
Cork Examiner UNTITLED
A list of survivors published today contains no reference to the names of Mr. Patrick Colbert, Kilconlea, Abbeyfeale (Not Limerick as given) Mr. James Scanlon, Rathkeale, nor of other young men said to have been on board from East and North Kerry. Pa...
22nd April 1912
New York Times BOOK NOTES
Macmillan has obtained what are believed to be the only pictures of the rescue of the Titanic’s survivors and these will be used to illustrate Sir Arthur Rostron's forthcoming autobiography, "'Home From the Sea." Sir Arthur, in command of the Ca...
22nd July 1931
  MEMORIAL
In Memory of William Stone, late Inspector of L & S W Railway, died November 13th 1909 aged 64. Also of Agnes Mary Jane, wife of the above, died March 3rd 1929 aged 85. Also of Edmund Stone, son of the above, who was lost ...
New York Times J. BRUCE ISMAY ARRIVES HERE
J. Bruce Ismay, President of the International Mercantile Marine Company, arrived yesterday on the Cunard liner Mauretania.  With him was Vice President Harold A. Sanderson and E. C. Grenfell, the latter a Director of ...
27th February 1910
New York Times 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
QUEEN MARY AT SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS   QUEEN MARY AT SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS
A panoramic view of Southampton Docks circa 1956, with RMS Queen Mary alongside. The small shunting locomotive visible in the centre of  the picture was a former USA Transportation Corps "switcher", one of several that had been sold...
1956
Cambridge Independent Press ARTHUR WILLIAM BARRINGER
Mr. Arthur William Barringer, son of Mr. William Barringer, of 15 Thoday Street, Cambridge, was a Steward on the Titanic. It is hoped that he may be among those of the crew who were rescued, but his name has not appeared among the survivors. Mr. Barr...
19th April 1912
The Times INSURANCE DIRECTOR'S RETIREMENT
Mr. J. Bruce Ismay, who has for many years been a director of the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company and also for some time past a director of the Royal Insurance Company and of the Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Company, has ...
29th January 1930
Washington Herald E. N. KIMBALL SAVED
Boston, April 18---A wireless message was received at the Hall & Kimball Piano Company here saying that Edwin Nelson Kimball, jr., president of the company, had been saved and is aboard the Carpathia....
19th April 1912
Worcester Telegram REPORT FUTRELLE SAFE
By The Associated Press
London Hears Boston Author Is on Board Carpathia. London, April 17.-The list of survivors of the Titanic disaster as given out by the White Star line offices, contains the names of both Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Futrelle, Boston. Previous l...
18th April 1912
New York Times 14 IN GLASS TRADE FINED IN TRUST CASE
They Plead Nolo Contendere at Chicago on Price-Fixing --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- CHICAGO, Jan. 22---Fourteen corporate and individual defendants in the glazing industry, accused of fixing prices of glass...
23rd January 1941
  FAMILY INFORMATION
Constance's father, David H. Willard (1852-1916) was originally from Wisconsin but when he married to Miss Cora Day (1856-1916), he moved to Minnesota and was employed by his father-in-law at Minneapolis in the lumber business. David W...
  FAMILY INFORMATION
Harry Cotterill's father, Thomas Cotterill died in November 1898, aged 45. He was buried in Penzance Cemetery. Harry's mother died on 6 June 1940, aged 81 and was buried with her husband, there is no gravestone marker. Her administration repo...
Dictionary of National Biography (1901) ISMAY, THOMAS HENRY
Prof. Sir John Knox Laughton, Litt.D.
ISMAY, THOMAS HENRY (1837-1899), shipowner, eldest son of Joseph Ismay, of Marypoint, [sic; should be "Maryport], Cumberland, was born there on 7 Jan. 1837. At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to a firm of shipbrokers (...
New York Times 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
  MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported toget...
New York Times EXTENDING PUMP CO. PLANTS
On Inspection Tour President Guggenheim Finds Orders Beyond Capacity --- President Benjamin Guggenheim of the International Steam Pump Company, who has just returned from a tour of inspection of the company's Eastern plants, issued a sta...
21st October 1909
WALTER C. PORTER'S LAST MANUF. COMPANY Worcester City Directory WALTER C. PORTER'S LAST MANUF. COMPANY
S.Porter Directory Ad 1907...
1909
New York Times LADY PIRRIE DEAD; HEADED SHIP FIRM
Widow of Belfast Builder of Many Vessels Succeeded Him in Control of Concern --- ADVISED HIM FOR YEARS --- He Had Often Publicly Paid High Tribute to Her Assistance---Daughter of Professor --- LONDON, June 19...
20th June 1935
Daily Northwestern SAW THE ICEBERG
Silverthorne account...
17th April 1912
Chicago Record Herald CHICAGOANS SAVED BY ASTOR
Mrs. Hippach and Daughter, at Home, Tell of Rescue From Titanic How Colonel John Jacob Astor saved the lives of Mrs. Ida S. Hippach and her daughter, Jean Hippach, when the Titanic was sinking was told w...
22nd April 1912
  MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported...
23rd July 1912
  MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported toget...
  MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reporte...
23rd July 1912
  MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported toget...
23rd July 1912
  MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reporte...
23rd July 1912
New York Times 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
New York Times DYING MAN'S SON FOUND
Potter Coming from Alaska to Atlantic City to See His Father --- ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Oct. 28---For more than a month the family of Col. Thomas Potter, who is dying at his seaside home here, has been searching for his favorite ...
29th October 1910
Voyage TUNISIAN
John P. Eaton
Eastbound, St. John, New Brunswick to Liverpool. On 10 April reported heavy ice in the vicinity of an area that was later the disaster site. Port of Registry: Glasgow ...
12th November 2005
  MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were report...
23rd July 1912
  MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported togeth...
23rd July 1912
Washington Herald FIRST CLAIM PAID
Buffalo, N. Y., April 19---What is declared to be the first claim paid for the loss of a life in the Titanic disaster was recorded to-day, when the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, in this city, paid $1,000 to a brother of Henry Sutehill, [sic] o...
20th April 1912
St. Ives Times & Express MR. CARBINES INTERRED
Through the courtesy of Mr. Carbines — brother of the late Mr. William Carbines, a passenger on the "Titanic" and who has only just arrived in St. Ives from America — we are able to give some information from a letter which Mr. William Cogar, loca...
10th May 1912
Asbury Park Evening Press LAKEWOOD WOMEN ARE AMONG SAVED
In the list of survivors of the Titanic this morning, there is no mention of A. J. Compton, jr., one of the largest stockholders of the Laurel House company at Lakewood, and of the Waumbeck Hotel company of Jefferson, N. H. Mr. Compton’s mother, Mrs....
19th April 1912
New York Times SILENT TOAST TO MAJOR BUTT.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 23.---A silent toast to Major Archibald Butt was drunk last night by the Second Company Governor's Foot Guard, one of the historic military organizations of the State, at its annual observance of the anniversary of the depa...
24th April 1912
  MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY: PENNY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported to...
23rd July 1912
New York Times THOMAS D. M. CARDEZA
Thomas D. M. Cardeza, explorer and art collector, died today in his home at the age of 77. Mr. Cardeza served on the board of directors of the old Fidelity Trust Company and its successor, the Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company, fro...
7th June 1952
Toronto Daily Star JUST BEFORE SMASH HAYS SAID DISASTER
Canadian Press Despatch New York, April 19.---Col Gracie, U. S. A. who was the sole survivor of those who went down with the Titanic, and was rescued, gave this remarkable statement last night:...
19th April 1912
  MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported toget...
23rd July 1912
  MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY: GEORGE FOX HOSKING
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported t...
23rd July 1912
  MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY: JAMES FRASER
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported togethe...
23rd July 1912
  MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY: JAMES SMITH
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported t...
23rd July 1912
Evanston Daily News LOCAL WOMAN'S KIN SAVED FROM TITANIC
Spencer V. Silverthorne, a brother of Mrs. H. H. Harris, 820 Foster street, is among the Titanic passengers that were rescued by the Carpathia. Word to this effect was received today. Mr. Silverthorne who lives in St. Louis, is a buyer fo...
18th April 1912
Toronto Daily Star T. EATON STORE CLOSES SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Newspaper article...
19th April 1912
Worcester Evening Gazette PRES. HAYS WIDOW LEAVES FOR HOME
New York, April 19- Upon the arrival of the Carpathia, Mrs. Charles M. Hays, wife of the president of the Grand Trunk railway, who went down with the ill-fated Titanic and her two daughters, Mrs. Thornton Davidson and Miss. Margaret Hays, were met by...
20th April 1912
  MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were...
23rd July 1912
Billboard Magazine HENRY B. HARRIS
Loses Life When Ill-Fated Titanic Sinks – Other Victims Of Disaster Connected With Amusement Field Include Albert A. Stewart, Emil Brandeis and Franz Addelmann – Dorothy Gibson Saved New York, April 20 (Special to Billb...
27th April 1912
St. Annes on the Sea Express LOCAL PASSENGERS
There were at least three local residents on board the Titanic' Amongst the passengers was Mr. Arthur Gee, who resided at Morningside, Riley Avenue, St. Annes. Mr. Gee represented Messrs. Whitehead, Summer, Harker, and Company, machinery exporters, o...
19th April 1912
New York Times S. MARSHALL KEMPNER DEAD; LONGTIME INVESTMENT BANKER
S. Marshall Kempner, an investment banker, died of congestive heart failure Saturday at his home in San Francisco. He was 88 years old. Mr. Kempner was a native of New York, where he began his career after graduating Phi Beta Kappa fro...
4th August 1987
New York Times FUNERAL OF ISIDOR STRAUS
The funeral of Isidor Straus, who died in the wreck of the Titanic, was held at noon yesterday at the family residence, an old frame house at 105th Street and Broadway, which is one of the landmarks of early New York. In order to avoid a great outpou...
9th May 1912
New York Times MORGAN TO ENTERTAIN QUEEN
He Sails To-day to Show His Art Objects to Alexandra --- J. P. Morgan sails on the Adriatic today for his usual holiday in Europe. He will go directly to London. In response to a desire on the part of Queen Alexandra t...
26th February 1908
Southern Daily Echo HUMAN TRAGEDY OF THE TITANIC
Neil Hotson
Mrs Saunders, a widow, was walking down Bridge Street in the direction of Southampton Docks railway station. She was carrying her handbag, which contained six shillings. John Dixon was also walking in Bridge Street. He had arrive...
16th February 2002
  GENERAL INFORMATION
ALLEN, Miss Elisabeth Walton. Saved. Cabin B5. (Saved in Lifeboat number 2). (Niece of Mrs. E. S. Roberts and cousin of Miss Georgette Madill, which see). Home address: Tunbridge Wells, England. (Mrs. J. B. Mennell). Insurance c...
Brooklyn Daily Times WYCOFF VAN DERHOEF HAD BIG CIRCLE OF FRIENDS
Wycoff Van Derhoef, of 109 Joralemon street, was one of the wealthiest and best known residents of the Eastern District and Secretary of the Williamsburgh City Fire Insurance Company. Mr. Van Derhoef was on his way from a visit to his sister in Euro...
16th April 1912
Peoria Journal Star 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 DR. ALEXANDER H. RICE GETS WIFE'S MILLIONS
Will of Former Eleanor Elkins Leaves All to Two Children After His Death --- NEWPORT, R. I, Aug. 16 (AP)--The will of Eleanor Elkins Rice, leaving an estate estimated variously at from $5,000,000 to $50,000,000, was filed today in Proba...
17th August 1937
New York Times STEAM PUMP HAS GOOD YEAR
Two-thirds of the Business Was Done in Last Half of the Period --- President Benjamin Guggenheim of the International Steam Pump Company in his annual report to the stockholders says that abou...
12th May 1910
  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...
Moving Picture News DOROTHY GIBSON
It was the pleasure of one of our staff recently to meet and converse with Miss Dorothy Gibson of the Éclair Company of America. The accompanying reproduction of a photograph of Miss Gibson, and which is true to life, speaks for itself of the almost ...
18th November 1911
The Mercury (Hobart) THE TITANIC'S COMMANDER
BRISBANE, April 24 For some time past there has been in Brisbane Captain Anning, who at one time was commander of the White Star liner Persic, trading to Australia. He said, in...
25th April 1912
Torquay Times ECHO OF THE TITANIC DISASTER : STRANGE STORY OF MAN WITH TWO NAMES
There was an echo of the Titanic disaster at the Torquay County Court on Saturday, when Mr E Hutchings made an application under the Workmen’s Compensation Act on behalf of George Barnhouse, an old age pensioner, residing at Arch Row, Stenti...
25th April 1913
New York Times OUTING IN NEW HANDS
The Publication Purchased by Caspar Whitney and Ten Other Men --- Caspar Whitney, for many years connected with the Harpers as writer on sporting topics, announces that he and ten other men have bought the publication known as Outing, ...
15th February 1900
New York Times INCORPORATED IN NEW JERSEY
TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 31---These companies were incorporated here to-day: The Central Sugar Company, to manufacture beet sugar; capital, $1,500,000. The incorporators are T. L. Bragaw, Jr., M. L. Bonden, J. J. Treacy, all of Jersey City...
1st February 1901
Camden Post-Telegram MANY MOURN FOR MR. FRED. SUTTON
Haddonfield Man Who Went Down With Titanic in Numerous Corporations --- BUDGET OF GOSSIP FROM THE BOROUGH --- As no word has been received concerning Frederick Sutton, of Haddonfield, it seems certain that he perish...
20th April 1912
The Gazette (Montreal) LAURENTIC'S RECEPTION
The first of the official receptions on the White Star-Dominion R. M. S. Laurentic takes place today, when a luncheon will be provided, to which the following, amongst others, are the invited guests: Sir Wilfred Laurier, ...
11th May 1909
Unidentified Newspaper TITANIC SURVIVOR DIES IN DANVILLE
Mrs. Helen Walton Bishop Passed Away While Guest of Mrs. O. W. Cannon TAKEN ILL FRIDAY Had Arrived Here on Previous Day For Visit With Her Companion on Long Trip Mrs. Helen Walton Bishop, one of the surv...
1916
New York Times JEAN SCHARIN ENGAGED
Chicago Girl Will Be Married to Edward Cudahy Spalding ---- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- CHICAGO, Feb. 21---Announce has been made by Mrs. J. Hippach Unander Scharin of this city of the eengagement [sic] of her daught...
22nd February 1946
San Francisco Examiner DOCTOR DODGE IS OPERATED ON; CONDITION SERIOUS
Page 13, column 7 Former Broker and Assessor Very Low After Attempted Suicide With Pistol Following an operation at the St. Francis Hospital yesterday, the condition of Dr. Washington Dodge, former banker and Assessor ...
23rd June 1919
Western Morning News FROM THE WESTCOUNTRY
Captain and Mrs. T. Hoskings (sic), 17, The Green, Shaldon, received a telegram yesterday from Mr. Bock (the former’s cousin), now in America, to the effect that he had travelled down to New York, 300 miles from his home, hoping to meet their son amo...
20th April 1912
Atlantic City Daily Press AN ATLANTIC MAN FINDS EVIDENCE FAVORING ISMAY
D. W. McMillan’s Sister, Titanic Survivor, Says He and Astor Helped Women ---------- DESCRIBES DEATH OF DOUGHTY CAPTAIN ---------- In a letter to his wife, D. W. McMillan, of Pleasantville, who visited New Yor...
23rd April 1912
Unidentified Newspaper THE SAGE FAMILY LOST
In the appalling calamity which befell the Titanic on Monday - (pages 7 and 8) - a toll of eleven lives was exacted from Peterborough, and remarkable to say, all in one family. These were Mr. and Mrs. John Sage, of Gladstone Street, an...
April 1912
TITANIC ICEBERG PICTURED FROM SS AMERIKA   TITANIC ICEBERG PICTURED FROM SS AMERIKA
Postcard sold on board SS Amerika...
8th May 1912
  STONE FAMILY INFORMATION
Edmund Stone was born in Southampton in 1879. He was the son of William Stone (Railway Inspector) and Agnes Mary Jane Stone. In 1881 the UK Census has the family at 7 Brinton's Terrace, Southampton. With William and Agnes Stone were their 4 ...
Chicago Daily Journal CHICAGOANS SEEKING KIN
Oak Park Woman and Others Have Missing Relatives on the Sunken Titanic Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Kenyon of New York, who were listed among the passengers on the Titanic, are relatives of Chicago people and have many friends...
The Times MR. BRUCE ISMAY
AN ABLE SHIPOWNER --- Mr. Bruce Ismay, who died yesterday at his residence, 15, Hill Street, Mayfair, at the age of 74, was well known, particularly in Liverpool, as an able shipowner. His grandfather, Joseph Ismay, was a...
18th October 1937
Centerville Daily Citizen FEDERAL WARRANT FOR MYSTIC COUPLE FRANK LEFEBRE AND MARY DUPONT TO BE GIVEN A HEARING
A federal warrant to hold the Mystic couple, Frank Lefebre and Mary Dupont and children pending a hearing on charges looking toward their deportation to France, their native country, has been received by Sheriff Dowis. The warrant alleges...
17th July 1912
Chicago Daily Tribune SAILED IN '70S WITH TITANIC'S CAPTAIN
Page 6 [Photo] Capt. J. R. Mullet Capt. J. R. Mullet, a veteran seaman, retired ten years ago on a pension from the White Star lines after thirty-five years of faithful service, yesterday recalled the days when he and C...
17th April 1912
Totnes Times & Devon News THE LOCAL PASSENGERS
The Countess of Rothes, who was on board the Titanic, which has sunk in the North Atlantic, is among the passengers reported as safe. She is a daughter-in-law of Mrs. Leslie-Leslie, of Adelphi Terrace, Paignton. Definite information on the su...
20th April 1912
New York Times ELMER ZELBY [SIC] TAYLOR
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- EAST ORANGE, N. J., May 22---Elmer Zelby [sic; should be "Zebley"] Taylor, a pioneer in the paper container industry and a consulting engineer for the Continental Can Company, Inc., of New York, died he...
23rd May 1949
New York Herald MR. W. ROEBLING, 2D, AMONG PASSENGERS
TRENTON, N.J. Monday - Washington Roebling, II a son of Charles G. Roebling, president of the John A. Roebling Sons Company, the Roebling Construction Company and the New Jersey Wire Cloth Company, who was a passenger on board the Titanic, togethe...
17th April 1912
New York Times FILES GUGGENHEIM REPORT
Cornelius J. Sullivan, referee in the application of George J. Gillespie as guardian for Marguerite and Barbara, infant children of the late Benjamin Guggenheim, to the Surrogates' Court to determine whether the estate of their father had received th...
30th June 1918
New York Times DEFICIT IN HARRIS ESTATE
Theatrical Manager Left $365,443, but Had Large Debts --- Henry B. Harris, the theatrical manager who lost his life in the Titanic disaster of April 15, 1912, left a gross estate of $365,443, according to an appraisal filed yesterday in ...
2nd July 1914
Rockford Register Gazette COUSIN OF DR. O'LOUGHLIN
Myron McSweeney of the Rockford Life Insurance Company office force was a near relative of Dr. W. F. N. O'Loughlin, chief surgeon of the Titanic.  Dr. O'Loughlin was the dean of the medical staff of the White Star Line.  As he...
16th April 1912
New York Times REID ASKS TO REPRESENT FISK STOCKHOLDERS AT MEETING ON SALE PROPOSAL ON FRIDAY
Whitfield Reid, chairman of the stockholders' committee "in favor of a more equitable price for the assets" of the Fisk Rubber Corporation, has sent a letter to all holders of the common shares asking that his group represent them at the meeting...
26th December 1939
New York Times MORGAN HOPEFUL FOR OUR STOCKS
Tells a Doubtful Fellow-Traveler He'll Change His Mind About Them --- A BIG DECLINE YESTERDAY --- Erie Issues Lead It-Dividend on the Second Preferred May Be Passed---Gold Coming Soon --- Special Cabl...
23rd March 1907
New York Times MACY & CO. EMPLOYES GIVE STRAUS TABLET
Bronze Memorial of Husband and Wife Who Died on Titanic Unveiled at the Store --- SPEAKERS PAY TRIBUTES --- Justice Greenbaum and Mrs. Sulzberger Among Those Who Praise Their Lives and Heroic Deaths --- A bro...
9th June 1913
Chicago Tribune FIRST CLAIMS DUE TO TITANIC DISASTER TO BE SETTLED
 PAY $20,000 LEWY INSURANCE First Claims due to Titanic Disaster to Be Settled In United States, So Far as Known      ...
11th May 1912
The Times LORD PIRRIE'S ESTATE
The RIGHT HON. VISCOUNT PIRRIE, K.P., LL.D. D.Sc., of Witley Park, Godalming, and of Ormiston, Strandtown, Belfast, chairman of Harland and Wolff, Limited, shipbuilders and eng...
4th April 1925
Chicago Inter Ocean CONDITION OF TITANIC KNOWN AT OFFICE MONDAY
CONDITION OF TITANIC KNOWN AT OFFICE MONDAY ___________________ Timothy L. Woodruff Says Typewritte...
19th April 1912
New York Times A. D. BRANDEIS DIES; ILL ONLY A WEEK
Former Vice President of Stern Brothers Suffered Attack of Appendicitis --- MADE FORTUNE IN WEST --- Built Largest Department Store in Omaha--Erected Three Theatres and a Hotel --- Arthur D. Brandeis, Preside...
11th June 1916
Atlantic City Daily Press 2 SURVIVORS OF TITANIC ARRIVE
Major Hayes Entertains Mr. and Mrs. E. Z. Taylor at Apollo Theatre. ---------- ‘NAUGHTY MARIETTA’ HELPS THEM FORGET ---------- Mr. and Mrs. E. Z. Taylor, of London, two of the survivors of the Ti...
3rd May 1912
New York Times WILLIAM DICK DIES; AN INDUSTRIALIST
Director of the National Sugar Refining Co., Best Foods, Inc., and Irving Trust Was 65 --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- ISLIP, L. I., Sept. 5---William K. Dick, industrialist, banker and grandson of a pioneer in the f...
6th September 1953
Santa Barbara News-Press MRS. BERTHE BOURLARD, WORLD TRAVELER, PLANS ANOTHER EUROPEAN TRIP
Mrs. Berthe Leroy Bourlard, who survived the sinking of the “Titanic” with her patroness, Mrs. Walter Douglas, keeps her picture and the volume of her verses, which contains a poem entitled “Titanic” among her souvenirs of 35 years as traveling compa...
27th May 1956
The New York Times NEWS SUPPRESSED ON CELTIC
Loss of Titanic, Reported Monday, Told on Wednesday --- The Celtic, the first vessel of the White Star Line to reach New York from Europe since the sinking of the Titanic, arrived here yesterday. The Celtic ...
21st April 1912
New York Times 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
New York Times VICTOR SALVATORE, SCULPTOR, IS DEAD
Victor Salvatore, a sculptor, died Saturday at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. He was 80 years old. Mr. Salvatore is represented in the collections of a number of museums and galleries, including the Metropolitan Museum of Ar...
12th April 1965
Washington Herald MAJ. BUTT TOLD FRIENDS HE HAD FEAR OF MISHAP
Remarks of the President's Aid Before Going Abroad Are Recalled --- President Taft yesterday made earnest efforts to obtain news of Maj. Archibald Butt, his military aid. He communicated two or three times with the White Star offices i...
17th April 1912
The Times LORD MERSEY - NEW VISCOUNT
His Majesty has been pleased to confer the dignity of a viscounty of the United Kingdom upon:--- THE RIGHT HON. LORD MERSEY Lord Mersey's reputation as a Judge and as an authority on inte...
1st January 1916
New York Times HENRY B. HARRIS
Well-Known Theatrical Manager Who Has Won Many Successes --- Henry B. Harris, who leaped into prominence in the New York theatrical field only about half a dozen years ago as manager, and producer, was, nevertheless, a veteran of many y...
16th April 1912
The Times THE LATE MR. ISMAY'S WILL
THE LATE MR. ISMAY'S WILL---The will of the late Mr. THOMAS HENRY ISMAY, head of the White Star Line, has been proved. The value of the real and personal estate is sworn at £1,297,881 14s. 1d. g...
12th March 1900
Chicago Record-Herald MRS. CROSBY OF MILWAUKEE, ON WAY HOME, TELLS OF EXCITEMENT IN LOWERING BOATS
Mrs. E. G. Crosy, wife of Captain E. G. Crosby of the Crosby Lake Steamshipp Company, and her daughter, Miss Hattie Crosby, of Milwaukee, who were in the ill-fated ship, arrived in Chicago yesterday afternoon.  Captain Crosby was drowned.&nbs...
23rd April 1912
TITANIC SCANDAL: THE TRIAL OF THE MOUNT TEMPLE Titanic Review TITANIC SCANDAL: THE TRIAL OF THE MOUNT TEMPLE
Charles A. Haas
...
5th February 2010
New York Times ROUSED BY WHITE STAR LINE
Liverpool and Queenstown Protest Against Change to Southampton --- LIVERPOOL, Jan. 9---Because of the strong feeling aroused locally by the statement that the White Star Line purposed to divert its steamers to Southampt...
10th January 1907
Southport Visitor MR. JAMES WALPOLE
As stated in Tuesdays Visitor among the crew of the ill fated liner was Mr. James Walpole, brother of Mr. Horace Walpole, of 17 Line-street, Southport and brother-in-law of the late Mr. W. E. Browne. A native of Southport...
18th April 1912
The Times ROSTRON BEATS HIMSELF TO NEW YORK BY WIRELESS
Page 17 Photograph sent by Wireless London to New York The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company states that when the Mauretania arrived in New York yesterday, under Captain Rostron, he found that a copy of his photograph had...
24th April 1926
New York Times 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 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
Chicago American TITANIC SAILOR SAVED BY MOUNT TEMPLE LIFEBOAT
The Canadian Pacific steamship Mount Temple, en route from Antwerp to Boston, was so close to the sinking Titanic on the night of the disaster that the passengers heard the creaking of the chains as lifeboats were lowered, heard the cries of passe...
25th April 1912
New York Times BOSTON MAN MISSING
A. W. Newell's Two Daughters Among Survivors, but No Report of Him --- Special to The New York Times --- BOSTON, April 16---Nearly a dozen Boston men, known to have been aboard the Titanic, are unaccounted for. Some were a...
16th April 1912
PORTRAIT OF JACQUES FUTRELLE   PORTRAIT OF JACQUES FUTRELLE
Jacques Futrelle
This photo appears in the frontpiece page of the 1912 edition of his book 'My Lady's Garter' published by Rand McNally & Company...
Camden Daily Courier SURE SUTTON HAS PERISHED AT SEA
Relatives Return From New York Feeling Sure He Went Down on Titanic --- A DAY'S EVENTS AT HADDONFIELD --- Haddonfield, N. J., April 20---No word has yet been received concerning the whereabouts of Frederick Sutton, and it ...
20th April 1912
Voyage AJAX
John P. Eaton
Call letters: S P G B Port of Registry: Southampton Flag of Registry: British Funnel: Red, black top Company flag:...
27th February 2005
  MR BENJAMIN HOWARD & MRS ELLEN HOWARD
Marion James
Mr & Mrs Benjamin HOWARD On researching Benjamin Howard and his wife Ellen Howard who both perished, their bodies were never found. I have been able to locate some details about them and their family members....
New York Times REWARD CARPATHIA'S CREW
White Star Line Makes Gifts---Cunard to Claim No Damages --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- LONDON, June 10---The White Star Line has announced that the Cunard Company has acceded to ...
11th June 1912
New York Times CHARLES G. ROEBLING, BRIDGE BUILDER., DIES
Engineer and Philanthropist, Head of John A. Roebling's Sons Co. Expires in Trenton at 69 --- Charles Gustavus Roebling, millionaire philanthropist and engineer, who, with his brother, Washington Augustus Roebling, completed the constru...
6th October 1918
The Times WHITE STAR OFFICERS' PAY AND CONDITIONS IMPROVED
Article...
4th April 1913
Newark Star WILL BRING TITANIC VICTIM'S BODY HERE
Arrangements were made to have the body of John S. Marsh, the Newark superintendent of mails on the Titanic, brought to the home of the daughter, Miss Nellie Marsh, 39 Emmett street. His body was recovered by the cable ship at the scen...
30th April 1912
EDWARD DODD MEMORIAL   EDWARD DODD MEMORIAL
On the west wall of the chancel in Christ Church Crewe is a plaque to the memory of Edward Dodd. It reads "In Memory of E...
The Times A ROUND THE WORLD TRIP
The first meeting of creditors was held yesterday at Bankruptcy-buildings under a receiving order made against Maurice Allan Robinson, of 47, Victoria-street, Westminster. Mr. D. WILLIAMS, Official Receiver, reported that the ...
3rd November 1925
Standard Union FUNERAL OF HERO OF LOST TITANIC
Sante Reghini, Who Gave His Life for a Woman, Buried from Sister’s Home --- WAITED ON DECK FOR DEATH --- Services for George Nasser, Another Victim, To-morrow --- The funeral of one of the victims of the Tita...
4th May 1912
The Times JUDICIAL CHANGES
His Majesty has been pleased to approve the following appointments to take effect on the 10th inst., namely:--- The Hon. Mr. Justice Bigham to be President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of...
4th February 1909
New York Times $4,427,608 ESTIMATE OF STRAUS ESTATE
The Figures, However, Are Tentative, as Final Appraisal Has Not Been Filed --- MORE HEARINGS TO BE HELD --- Partial Schedules in the Estate of Benjamin Guggenheim Show Assets of $748,000 --- Edmond E. Wise, head of th...
11th August 1913
Worcester Evening Post ASPLUND FAMILY TITANIC PASSENGERS IT IS FEARED
Charles Asplund, a former resident of Worcester; a six year old son, Carl, and another son two years old, are believed to have been included among the victims of the Titanic disaster. Mrs.Asplund and three other children. Felix, 13 years o...
19th April 1912
New York Times CHICAGO'S GLAZERS ACCUSED ON PRICES
Federal Indictments Charge Industry Joined in Fixing a Common Schedule --- UNION AS THE ENFORCER --- Fifth Action in Investigation of Building Trades Cites Seven Corporations --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES...
11th May 1940
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
Rutherford Republican MAIL CLERKS DIED BRAVELY
Worked in Two Feet of Water to Save Registered Mail on Titanic ---------- The families of the three sea postal clerks who died like heroes on the Titanic will each received $2,000 if Congress complies with a recommendation made this wee...
20th April 1912
Chicago Tribune WIDOW SUES TITANIC OWNERS
Mrs. A. Willer of Chicago Asks $10,000 for Husband’s Death   Family Left Penniless   Red Cross Saves Them fr...
20th July 1912
La Voix du Nord MME BOURLARD, LAST FRENCH SURVIVOR OF THE TITANIC, PASSED AWAY AT 88 IN OUR CITY
Mme Bourlard who nearly met her death during two tragically famous accidents, passed away at the Sully home for elderly people in Béthune; she was going to turn 89 years old. Born in Hersin Coupigny in August 1884, the young Berthe Leroy was t...
8th July 1972
  FAMILY INFORMATION
Ernest Charles Cann was born in the village of Chapel Amble in the parish of St Kew near Wadebridge, Cornwall in 1883. He was the son of William Cann (labourer)and Sarah Jane Cann. (Sarah was 27 years younger than her husband and had been widowed sh...
Atlantic City Daily Press ALARMED COUNTY MAN FINDS SISTER WAS RESCUED
D. W. McMillan, of Pleasantville, Reassured as Carpathia Docked ---------- MRS. THOMAS POTTER TELLS ABOUT ASTORS ---------- Weikman, Titanic Barber, Saved, Known to George Lipipncott [sic] ---------- ...
20th April 1912
  PARSONS FAMILY INFORMATION
Edward Parsons (Chief Storekeeper) was born in Barnstaple, North Devon in 1875. He was the son of James Hill Parsons and Rebecca. One of 6 children his siblings were Edith (b.1865 Bradworthy, Devon), Richard (b.1868 Exeter, Devon), James (b. ...
Voyage THE TUGS AT TITANIC'S DEPARTURE
John P. Eaton
Albert Edward, Hercules, Vulcan, Ajax, Hector Neptune Registered 10 September 1861, the Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Limited Company was known during its early years...
6th February 2005
Worcester Telegram ASPLUND FUND TOTALS $1031.25, BUT BODY OF VICTIM OF TITANIC DISASTER FAILS TO REACH WORCESTER
The benefit fund for Mrs. Charles Asplund and her two children saved from the titanic, while her husband and three sons went to their deaths, yesterday passed the $1000 mark. The total amount subscribed last night was $1031.25, and tha...
4th May 1912
Antioch News WIFE CAN'T COLLECT DAMAGES
Mrs. Elsbury, Wife of Titanic Victim, Unable to Collect Damages for Death VICTIM LIVED AT GURNEE Attorney Finds That Amount for Which Co. is Liable is Insignificant; Will Receive only Fare Paid Mrs. Jam...
1st January 1913
Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping (1908) SOUTHAMPTON, PORT OF
Southampton, Port of. The Southampton Docks, now owned and managed by the London and South-Western Railway Co., are situated within a perfectly sheltered harbour, and have the unusual natural advantage of double tides, with pract...
1908
G.E. GRAHAM Toronto Daily Star G.E. GRAHAM
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19th April 1912
New York Times 2 GUGGENHEIM HEIRS WILL BE BURIED TODAY
Mother of Grandsons of Titanic Victim Still Suffers From Shock of Children's Fall --- Funeral services for the two children of Mr. and Mrs. Milton S. Waldman, Terence, 4, and Benjamin, fourteen months old, grandchildren of Benjamin Gugg...
21st October 1928
Newark Evening News NEWARKER IN CHARGE OF THE TITANIC'S MAILS
John S. March, a Newark man, was in charge of the mails on board the Titanic. With his daughter, Miss Nettie March, he lived at 59 Emmett street. For nine years Mr. March has been crossing the ocean in charge of the mails on many liners. ...
16th April 1912
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Story of the Empress of Ireland whose loss resulted in the deaths of more passengers than the Titanic disaster....
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New York Times LORD PIRRIE TO RETIRE
His Harland & Wolff Interests Sold to Brown & Co., Report Says --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, March 13---It is reported from Belfast on good authority that Lord Pirrie has intimated his intention not o...
14th March 1912
Newark Evening News TWO TRENTON FAMILIES FEAR FATE OF YOUNG MEN
Two prominent young Trentonians aboard the Titanic are Washington A. Roebling, second, and Stephen W. Blackwell, who were returning home from an automobile trip through Europe....
16th April 1912
Brooklyn Daily Times W L GWYN, FORMER BROOKLYN MAIL CLERK, MAY HAVE BEEN LOST
Postmaster Edward M. Morgan said yesterday that the Titanic was carrying 3,423 sacks of mail and added: "There are generally about four bags of prints---a postal term applied to all other pieces than letters---to one of letters. A bag ...
17th April 1912
New York Times A PLAN TO FEED ENGLAND
Cold Storage and Shipping Company's Plants in English Cities --- They Will Contain Products Worth Hundreds of Millions---Americans Conceive the Scheme --- J. M. Smart, who is connected with the Southampton Cold Storage Com...
26th May 1901
Wiltshire Times TITANIC WIRELESS OPERATOR
Son of Trowbridgian: Relatives in the Town The man who sent the fateful SOS wireless appeal for assistance - the Marconi Operator aboard the Titanic - is Mr. John George Phillips, son of Mr. G. A. Phillips, of Francombe, near Godalming...
20th April 1912
Evening Star 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 Shipwrecked Mariner Quarterly Maritime Magazine (1882) SHIPBUILDING IN IRELAND
SHIPBUILDING IN IRELAND.-Whatever may be said of other branches of Irish industry, its shipbuilding may, it would appear, compare not unfavourably with that of any other part of the kingdom. The Clyde claims pre-eminence, but Mes...
New York Times AIDS FIGHT FOR LONGER PIERS
Isidor Straus Points Out Their Commercial Advantage to New York --- Isidor Straus, in an interview yesterday, urged that the Government permit the lengthening of the existing piers of the Port of New York, in order to accommodate the ne...
9th January 1911
Chicago Daily Journal ISMAY TIRED TO ESCAPE ON CEDRIC, WIRELESS SHOWS
Explanation of why Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan, chairman of the senate committee named to investigate the Titanic disaster, hurried to New York Thursday night to begin the inquiry was made today when it  became known that a wir...
20th April 1912
New York Times KARL H. BEHR DIES; DILLON, READ AIDE
Page 87, column 3 Vice President of Banking Firm for 24 Years Once Known as Leading Tennis Player. Karl H. Behr, vice president of Dillon, Read & Co., bankers, 28 Nassau Street, who was one of the country's leading tenni...
16th October 1949
Newark Star MR. STENGEL SENDS WORD HE IS SAFE
Nothing Heard of Three Other Essex Men Who Were on Doomed Ship --- Friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Henry Stengel were rejoiced yesterday when a wireless message was received from Mr. Ivan Stengel stating that his father and ...
18th April 1912
New York Times MR. AND MRS. T. W. CAVENDISH
Among the passengers on the Titanic were Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Cavendish of London, and their two children. Mrs. Cavendish is a daughter of Henry Siegel, President of the Simpson-Crawford Company. She was making the trip here to visit her father at his ...
16th April 1912
Boston Daily Globe LATTIMER MOURNED
Titanic's Chief Steward Well Known in Boston Prince of Entertainers and a Most Competent Officer Andrew Lattimer, senior chief steward of the Titanic, who was drowned, was well known in maritime and...
20th April 1912
The Times DEATH OF MR. T. H. ISMAY
We regret to announce that Mr. Ismay died at his residence, Dawpool, near Birkenhead, about 6 o'clock last night, after a long illness. The immediate cause of death was collapse of the heart, following on operations performed for an internal trouble....
24th November 1899
Unidentified Newspaper WILLIAM LINDSAY
William Lindsay was one of the few saved from the Titanic on which he was a dynamo attendant. William Lindsay says he feels too upset to write much and his brother here hopes to hear more from him within a couple of weeks. The survivor of the great c...
22nd April 1912
Chicago Evening Post ANOTHER CHICAGOAN HIT IN TITANIC WRECK
Mrs. Oren E. Taft, Who's in Europe, Loses Her Father, A. A. Stewart, New York...
20th April 1912
Guernsey Weekly Press MR. H. MITCHELL
Mr. H. Mitchell, who was aged 73, was on his way to pay a visit to his brother and other relatives. He was an ex-Donzenier of Canton No. 1 and was for some years in business in the boot trade in Mill-street. He was a widower and resided with his daug...
22nd April 1912
Staffordshire Advertiser STAFFORDSHIRE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER
Captain E. J. Smith, the commander of the ill-fated vessel, was a native of Hanley, the son of Mr. E. J. Smith. He was educated at the British School, then under the mastership of the late Mr....
20th April 1912
New York Times P. A. B. WIDENER HOME; SUBPOENAED AT PIER
His Famous $500,000 Van Dykes Sent on Six Weeks Ago to Lynwood Hall --- SERVED IN TRACTION SUIT --- Dr. Holland Decorated by Kaiser and Fallieres for Gifts of Carnegie Casts of Diplodocus --- Afte...
10th July 1908
New York Evening Journal ASTOR TO DYNAMITE TITANIC
A plan to blow up the wreckage of the Titanic with a powerful explosive in order to recover the body of John Jacob Astor, one of the passengers who was carried down, is being seriously considered to-day by Vincent Astor, son of the late Colonel....
20th April 1912
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