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The Argus (2008) TITANIC WATCH WITHDRAWN FROM AUCTION
A collector who was selling a pocket watch found on the frozen body of the last victim to be recovered from the Titanic had a change of heart and cancelled the auction.The watch, which had belonged to Dumfries-born steward Thomas Mullin, was put up for sale on internet auction site eBay on March 13 with a starting bid of only $100 (£50)....
28th March 2008  
  WALLACE HARTLEY'S DRESSING WATCH
The four-funneled liner on the fob is the Mauretania....
   
  MARY MANGAN'S GOLD WATCH
A memorial to the Addergoole Fourteen was erected in St Patrick's Church in Lahardane in April 2002 for the ninetieth commemoration. It is sited near to where the old baptismal font stood. The marble memorial is in the background of this p...
   
Scotsman (2006) WATCH OF TITANIC VICTIM ON SALE FOR ?25,000
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5th January 2006  
BBC News (2008) TITANIC WATCH UP FOR WEB AUCTION
A pocket watch found on the body of the last victim of the Titanic to be recovered has been put up for sale.The item, which belonged to Dumfries-born steward Thomas Mullin, hopes to attract bidders on the internet auction website eBay....
19th March 2008  
Philadelphia Inquirer (1945) THAYER WATCH FOUND IN HOME
A gold watch, reported missing following the discovery of the body of John B. Thayer, 3d, financial vice president of the University of Pennsylvania , in his parked automobile last Friday, mysteriously turned up at his home yesterday. A f...
22nd September 1945  
Philadelphia Inquirer (1945) THAYER FAMILY GETS BACK MISSING WATCH
Timepiece, Gone when Body was Found, Returned Mysteriously The missing gold watch of John B. Thayer, 3d, who was found dead in his parked automobile last Friday, has turned up. The watch was missing when Thayer's...
24th September 1945  
  WATCH GIVEN BY COUNTESS OF ROTHES TO AB THOMAS JONES
   
  WATCH GIVEN BY COUNTESS OF ROTHES TO HER HUSBAND AS WEDDING GIFT
   
Liverpool Echo (2007) A TITANIC MISTAKE
FASHION is a funny thing and there's no telling what folk will pay a fortune for.But a watch made out of metal from The Titanic is a style statement too far....
5th October 2007  
Victoria News (2007) A TALE OF SURVIVAL
Sylvia MacMahon still recalls her great uncle Frank Prentice's chilling reminder of the Titanic tragedy. 'He had an old pocket-watch that he was wearing at the time. Of course, it stopped between 2:20 and 2:21 when he hit the water.'...
30th March 2007  
Bridgwater Mercury (1912) T. THRELFALL, LEADING FIREMAN
T. Threlfall, leading fireman, told a stirring tale of how his watch went down to their duty in the stokeholds after the ship had struck, how on an order from the bridge they were sent up on deck at 1.20 am by the engineers, who themselves stayed ...
  April 1912  
Telegraph.co.uk (2009) RUSTY KEY TO FETCH £50,000 AT TITANIC AUCTION
By Andrew Alderson The key and other artefacts were recovered when Mr Stone's dead body was recovered from the water Photo: Christopher Jones The key was for the door of a staff stairwell which was opened so that the crew could s...
11th April 2009  
  (1913) DOROTHY GIBSON: STAR STYLE
Model and actress Dorothy Gibson and her mother, Pauline C. Gibson, filed suit against the White Star Line for recovery of property they lost on Titanic. Their damage claims were fairly modest, compared to other female petitioners, amounting to $2,38...
31st January 1913  
  (1912) CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN HERBERT JUPE'S FATHER AND THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY, NOVA SCOTIA
July 19th 1912 74 Bullar Road Bitterne Park Southampton Dear Sir, I have been informed by Mr. F. Blake, Superintendent Engineer of the White Star Lines, Trafalgar Chambers, Southampton, that the body...
19th July 1912  
  HUTCHINSON - BODY 170 (UNIDENTIFIED)
IT IS likely that body number 170 is that of Hutchinson. It was buried at sea. The estimated age was 25, and the corpse had keys marked "Carpenter's locker", with a wood rule, silver watch and chain. The Halifax Coroner's records ...
   
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  
ET Research (2002) NAVIGATIONAL CONFIRMATION OF TITANIC'S CQD POSITION
On September 1, 1985, an expedition led by Dr. Robert Ballard located the wreckage of the Titanic on the ocean floor in position 41° 43.9’ N., 49° 56.8’ W., some thirteen miles east of where she had reportedly foundered. Shortly after t...
7th November 2002  
New York Times (1931) 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  
Click Liverpool (2008) TITANIC TRAGEDY DISPLAY AT LIVERPOOL MUSEUM
Fascinating objects salvaged from around the wreck of the liner Titanic, 2.5 miles down on the ocean floor are new attractions at the Merseyside Maritime Museum.The exhibits are a wrist watch, spectacles, a White Star Line cup, lead ventilation grill, a gold wristwatch, five tie pins and a five dollar banknote.When the RMS Titanic sank on 15 April 1912, with the loss of 1,500 lives, she broke up as she plunged down into the depths. The bow and stern sections of the wreck lie 1,970 ft apart surrounded by debris scattered far and wide....
15th December 2008  
KY3 (2008) TITANIC SURVIVOR'S TREASURED SUITCASE ARRIVES IN BRANSON
In a moving ceremony members of the news media and many of their children were invited to watch the arrival of a rare Titanic Treasure in Branson Saturday.A small wicker suitcase that once belonged to the only living survivor of the Titanic disaster arrived at the Titanic Museum Attraction for a two month showing. The suitcase filled with donated clothing was given to Millvina Dean as she arrived in New York City after being rescued with her mother and brother in 1912....
10th November 2008  
Newark Star (1912) JERSEY WOMAN LOST FORTUNE ON TITANIC
--- NEW YORK, April 24---Mrs. Jane Herman, of Bernardsville, N. J., who was saved, with her daughters, when the Titanic foundered, but whose husband, Samuel Herman, was drowned, lost all she had in the world in that disaster. He...
25th April 1912  
Western Morning News (1912) LEAP OF 75 FEET
A fireman named Walter Hurst, of Southampton, said he was off watch at the time, and made his way to the boat deck. He was, of course, told to stand back and about five minutes before the liner sank he jumped the 75 feet to the sea, having a lifebel...
29th April 1912  
Newark Evening News (1912) TELLS OF HER FINANCIAL LOSS
Special Service of the NEWS BERNARDSVILLE, April 24---Mrs. Jane Herman, wife of Samuel Herman, who lost his life in the Titanic disaster, said yesterday that her husband had with him a check for a large sum, a gold watch and chain belo...
24th April 1912  
Titanic Commutator (1982) FATE DEALS A HAND [EXCERPT]
Volume 6, Number 4, Winter 1982 Deeply engrossed in their own conversation, three men sat in nearby easy- chairs. One was Charles C. Jones, the superintendent of an estate in Vermont, while A. H. Barkworth was an English Justice of th...
  1982  
Southern Evening Echo (1967) OBITUARY
Last Titanic officer dies, 83 Last surviving officer of the Titanic, which went down in the Atlantic in 1912 has died at his home in Christchurch at the ago of 83. Commander Joseph Groves Boxhall was the fourth officer, and the only officer on watch ...
27th April 1967  
  GEORGE RHEIMS CLAIM
Pearl scarf pin, $800 Diamond & ruby cuff links, $700 3 pearl studs, $750 Gold studs and cuff links, $100 Enameled studs and cuff links, $200 Turquoise scarf pin, $500 Pearl and diamond scarf pin...
   
New York World (1912) LOOKOUT CLAIMS MURDOCH SHOT HIMSELF
"As we stood there on Collapsible B, each man holding on to his neighbours shoulder fearful every moment that some lurch would send us off again into that icy water, two of the men I knew had been on watch in the crow's nest...
21st April 1912  
The Sphere (1911) OLYMPIC ENTERING THOMPSON GRAVING DOCK
THE WHITE STAR LINER "OLYMPIC" ENTERING THE NEW GRAVING DOCK AT BELFAST [For repairs after "Hawke" collision - SM] Thousands of people stood on both banks of the Boyne (sic, Lagan correct) to watch the "Olympic", the world's largest v...
30th September 1911  
Paris Presse (1959) LA RESCAPEE DU TITANIC N'A PAS PU RETENIR SES LARMES
LA RESCAPEE DU "TITANIC" N'A PAS PU RETENIR SES LARMES Stewardess à bord du Titanic, Mrs Emma Bliss fut une des rares rescapées du naufrage. Aujourd'hui âgée de 92 ans, et hospitalisée à Toronto, elle a assisté à la projection du film 'Une nui...
12th March 1959  
Bukowskis (2009) RARE COLLECTION OF R.M.S. TITANIC ARTEFACTS AT BUKOWSKIS AUCTION HOUSE
Rare Collection of R.M.S. TITANIC Artefacts at Bukowskis Auction House, Stockholm, Sweden Third class passenger Malkolm Johnson CollectionThe Titanic watch Bukowskis has the privilege of offering a piece of 20th century history at the I...
8th May 2009  
  (2008) ARCHIE JEWELL, BUDE BOY
King Street was owned by the Blanchminster of Charity, rent c2 old shillings a week. Our house was built of cob ...
28th May 2008  
Unidentified Newspaper (1912) SEEKS LIEN ON ESTATE OF A TITANIC VICTIM
John S.Fanning, of East Orange, N.J., applied yesterday to Surrogate Fowler, for letters of administration for the estate of John D. Baumann, a promoter of South American rubber and timber companies, who was lost on the Titanic. Mr Fanning said th...
7th September 1912  
New York Times (1913) LEAPED FROM LINER AT SEA TO SAVE MAN
Majestic's First Officer Dived Overboard after Coal Trimmer Who Attempted Suicide --- BUT LIFEBOAT MADE RESCUE --- Gift from Passengers for Officer's Deed--Another of Crew who Sought Death Successful --- The ...
9th May 1913  
Unidentified Newspaper (1997) UNKNOWN TITLE
Eleanor, her brother; Harold, and her mother; Alice were in Finland visiting her mother's dying father. They were on their way back to the U.S. The three stopped in England only to find out their tickets on the ship to take them back to America had b...
  1997  
Unidentified Newspaper (1998) ELEANOR I. SHUMAN, 87, TITANIC SURVIVOR
ELGIN, Ill. -- Eleanor I. Shuman, one of the last survivors of the Titanic, has died at age 87. After suddenly taking ill, Mrs. Shuman died Saturday in Elgin's Sherman Hospital. Mrs. Shuman, who was less than 2 years old when the...
10th March 1998  
New York Herald (1912) CRIPPLES TO GREET TITANIC SURVIVOR
Page 7 Dr. Frauenthal, the Founder of Joint Disease Hospital, To Be Welcomed by Sixty Patients. Sixty almost helpless cripples, twenty-six of them children, in the Hospital for Deformities and Joint Diseases, at No. 1,91...
19th April 1912  
The Times (1912) ICEBERGS IN THE ATLANTIC
The Corsican's Injuries As announced in the later editions of the Times of yesterday, the Allan liner Corsican struck an iceberg at 4pm on Monday (August 12, 1912). The vessel was at the time about 120 miles east of Belle Isle, and was...
14th August 1912  
New York Times (1909) SMUGGLERS PLAN TO OUTWIT LOEB
Collector Hears of Attempts to Take Off Dutiable Goods in Small Boats --- STRICT WATCH AT PIERS --- Hold-Up and Search of Steamship Captains Themselves Reveals Thoroughness of New Search --- Now that Collector Lo...
17th August 1909  
  PRONUNCIATION OF "ROTHES"
DEBRETT’S PEERAGE, 1915   ROTHES, EARL OF (Leslie) [Title pronounced “Roth-ez.”]   Norman Evelyn Leslie, 19th Earl and a Represen...
   
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  
Toronto Daily Star (1912) TITANTIC (SIC) STOOD ON END FOR MINUTES BEFORE SHE SUNK (SIC)
LIGHTS ALL BLAZED UNTIL SHE TOOK a VERTICAL POSITION and STOOD WITH 150 FEET OUT of WATER---SLOWLY DIVED DOWN. "As we rowed away from the Titanic we look...
19th April 1912  
Unidentified Newspaper (1997) OLDEST SURVIVOR OF TITANIC DEAD AT 100
SOUTHAMPTON, England -- Edith Haisman, the oldest survivor from the sinking of the Titanic, has died at 100. Mrs. Haisman died Monday at a nursing home in Southampton, 80 miles southwest of London, her family said. Mrs. Haisman r...
22nd January 1997  
New York Times (1912) ONE VICTIM LEGALLY DEAD
Surrogate Accepts Proof That William F. Hoyt Perished in Disaster --- The first victim of the Titanic disaster to be pronounced legally dead was William F. Hoyt.  Surrogate Cohalan accepted proof of Mr. Hoyt's death y...
27th April 1912  
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  
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Lemberopoulos, (Exact spelling should be Lymperopoulos) Mr. Peter. Missing. Greek. En route to Stamford, CT. Aged 30 years. Has a memorial in St. Johns Churchyard, Agios Sostis community, Messinia, Greece. This memorial was unveiled on 3rd Ju...
   
Lloyds Weekly News (1912) LORD CHARLES BERESFORD TRIBUTE TO THE BLACK SQUAD
A fine tribute to the engineers and boiler room staff of the ‘Titanic’, the ’Black Squad’, who stood their posts in the bowels of the ship, to the last, was paid by Lord Charles Beresford in a letter to the Times. He Wrote: - “In the lat...
  1912  
ET Research (2003) LOOKOUTS
Maine Maritime Academy Titanic NS-415 Spring 2003 Captain Charles B. Weeks Task of paper This paper looks at the role of the lookouts on the Titanic from the eye of an experienced seaman. There are several question...
30th April 2003  
  (1912) CAPTAIN ROSTRON'S HANDWRITTEN ACCOUNT OF THE DISASTER.
RMS Carpathia Cunard SS Co. Ltd., At Sea April 27th, 1912 At 12.35 am (ship's time) April 15th (Monday), 1912, I was called by the 1st Officer in company with Marconi operator and informed that the White St...
27th April 1912  
Denver Post (2009) SURPRISES AND EMOTIONS SURFACE AT TITANIC EXHIBIT
By Monnie Nilsson : The Denver PostPosted:‚ 04/24/2009 12:30:00 AM MDTUpdated:‚ 04/24/2009 11:08:38 AM MDTThe story of the Titanic is a schoolhouse staple and one of the great cautionary tales of hubris....
29th April 2009  
The Stevens Point Journal (1912) FATED SHIPS HOLD AFIRE
Fireman Details How Flames Broke Out In Coal Bunkers After Leaving Southampton and Steamship Was Rushed Westward So That Blaze Might Be Extinguished in New York Port. ...
27th April 1912  
Sunday Press (1952) TITANIC STORY BY CAVAN SURVIVOR
Sunday Press:  Titanic Goes Down- But now comes a story within two stories for the local people have the firm belief that a little earth from the grave of Saint Mogue will, if carried with you, protect you from death by drowning, fire, in air or r...
21st September 1952  
New York Times (1912) J. P. MORGAN DUG INTO EGYPT'S PAST
Financier Superintended the Search for Early Christian Cemetery at Khargeh. --- BUILT A HOUSE IN DESERT --- Had Force of Man at Work Under Egyptian Engineers, and Enjoyed Himself in Flannels ---...
16th March 1912  
  (1912) MY SWEETHEART WENT DOWN WITH THE SHIP
Words by Roger Lewis Music by F. Henri Klickmann Published 1912 by Frank K. Root & Co. Chicago and New York, USA [Midi / Recording]...
  1912  
Cleveland Plain Dealer (1912) SIXTEEN OHIOANS ARE STILL MISSING
Page 1 Reports Fails to Account for All of State's Representatives on Titanic Relatives of Passengers Watch for Word of Loved Ones "Missing" still stands against the names of sixteen of the forty-four Ti...
18th April 1912  
Providence Journal (1970) R.I. WOMAN, SURVIVOR OF TITANIC, DIES AT 92
Page 26 Mrs. Lulu Thorne Opie, 92, of the Old Post Road at Dunn's Corners in Westerly, a survivor of the sinking of the British passenger liner Titanic in 1912, died Tuesday at the Watch Hill Nursing Home. One of the other ...
4th June 1970  
Worcester Telegram (1912) CAPT ROSTRON'S TRAGIC STORY
Wireless Operator Was Undressing with Receiver on His Ear When "S.O.S." Flashed New York, April 19.- Capt. Rostron of the Carpathia told the tragic story of his rescue of the Titanic survivors to the Senate committee this afternoon....
20th April 1912  
The Times (1984) HAROLD COTTAM
Wireless operator in rescue of Titanic survivors page 18 Mr Harold Cottam, who died yesterday in Nottingham at the age of 93, was the wireless operator on he Carpathia on the night of April 12 (sic) 1912, when the Titani...
31st May 1984  
Rockford Daily Register Gazette (1912) DAGMAR BRYHL TELLS OF TITANIC DISASTER
Established 1840 - Twelve Pages (EXCLUSIVE AFTERNOON FRANCHISE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) Young Woman Reaches Rockford Today, in Company of Her Uncle WOULD HAVE DIED HAD SHE REALIZED THAT SWEETHEART AND BROT...
25th April 1912  
 

 
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