Accidents

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	IROQUOIS GROUNDING One of the most photographed liner mishaps of the pre-World War 2 years was the July 1927 stranding of the Clyde-Mallory Line's flagship Iroquois.Â She and her sister Shawnee proved to be the largest vessels Clyde-Mallory ever produced, ...
Elizabeth Daily Journal	FUNERAL OF TITANIC VICTIM The body of John F. Marsh, superintendent of mails on the steamer Titanic and the father of Mrs. John A. Corwin, of 261 Stiles street, this city, will be taken to the home of his daughter, Miss Nettie Marsh, of 50 Emmett street, Newark, when it arriv...	30th April 1912
Chicago Record-Herald	NEWS ONLY FROM AMERICA Writing under the impression that the Titanic was saved, the newspapers call attention to the absence of any dry dock on the American seaboard large enough to accommodate such a vessel....	17th April 1912
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
Chicago Examiner	VANDERBILTS ESCAPE WRECK ON THE FRANCE Liners Near Collision in Heavy Mist; Passengers Thrown About Decks New York, March 22---Mr. and Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt were among the passengers on th...	23rd March 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
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
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea News	CHRISTOPHER HEAD A former Mayor of Chelsea was among the 1,523 lost in the Titanic disaster of April 1912. Christopher Head served as Mayor between 1909 and 1911 and had been a Conservative councillor since 1906. According to contemporary accounts, Head wa...	April 1998
Washington Times	TITANIC'S CAPTAIN HAD LONG RECORD ON THE HIGH SEAS As Captain of Olympic Smith's Vessel Hit British Cruiser Last Fall --- If the twentieth century retained a belief in the power of malignant spirits and the human passions of natural forces, the termination of the career of Capt. E. J. S...	17th April 1912
Chicago Evening Post	DREAD OF LIFEBOATS BY PASSENGERS TOLD DREAD OF LIFEBOATS BY PASSENGERS TOLD Nephew of E. N. Kimball of Chicago Pictures Fear of Seventy-Five Foot Drop From the Titanic Trusted To Safety on Ship...	23rd April 1912
The Times	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
Lloyds Weekly News	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
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	WEIRD MISFORTUNES BLAMED ON MUMMY Beautiful but Malignant Priestess Is Said to Resent Touching Her Coffin Lid --- IT IS IN BRITISH MUSEUM --- Officials Call Stories Myths, but Superstitious Even Blame Her for Sinking of Titanic --- Copyright,...	7th April 1923