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| New York Times | TITANIC AUTHOR "DUPED" OVER HIROSHIMA TALE Titanic author Charles Pellegrino admits he was probably duped over the claims of one, Joseph Fuoco, who claimed he substituted as crew on one of the two observation planes that escorted the Enola Gay...... |
26th February 2010 | |||
| Nomadic Preservation Society | CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLAN AUTHOR RESIGNS WITH CONCERNS OVER TRUST FAILINGS Fred Aldsworth, the author of the NCT commissioned Conservation Management Plan (CMP) and of over 20 other CMP's, has resigned from the Frazer Nash project team over grave concerns that the entire restoration project is not being handled correctly by the NCT.... |
29th September 2009 | |||
| Halifax News Net | HISTORIAN TO TALK ABOUT TITANIC SINKING, OAK ISLAND LEGENDS Author and historian Dave Drummond will give lectures on Oak Island and the Titanic at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in August. Drummond, author of The Shipyard: Will It Float?, is a retired shipbuilder, born into a shipbuilding family that spanned three generations. His anecdotal writings, narrations, and discussions are factual, often surprising, and sprinkled with humour.... |
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| kcstar.com | LOCAL AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK OFFERS NEW LOOK AT TITANIC DISASTER A new book re-tells the story from the perspective of the R.M.S. Olympic, Titanic's nearly identical sister ship. Racing Through the Night is written by first-time author Wade Sisson, a long-time Kansas City resident. The book is scheduled for release in June 2011 from Amberley Publishing in the United Kingdom.... |
11th May 2011 | |||
| THOMAS HUGHES 1822-1896 (FATHER OF MRS. LILIAN CARTER) Lilian's father, Thomas Hughes was educated at Oriel College, Oxford. He was a Liberal MP and barrister and spent much time promoting Working Men's Education and the Co-operative movement. He is most well known as author of 'Tom Brown's School... |
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| Chicago Tribune | AUTHOR'S DEATH KILLS MOTHER Parent of Jacques Futrelle Who Went Down with Titanic Succumbs to Grief Grief over the death of her so... |
30th July 1912 | |||
| Aberdeen Daily Journal | MR. F. D. MILLET In modern times at any rate the life of a successful artist is unusually placid and uneventful; few have crowded into it such variety as Mr. F. D. Millet, whose loss in the disaster which has befallen the Titanic will be deeply felt by many, both ... |
20th April 1912 | |||
| guardian.co.uk | SCOTT'S POLAR DISASTER LIVES ON - THE GUARDIAN The explorer's death sparked a frenzy of mourning, but he was later viewed as a buffoon. A century on, author Carol Birch asks: is he a hero or not?... |
31st December 2011 | |||
| WEAU-TV 13 | REMEMBERING THE TITANIC Imagine seeing the Titanic, in person, deep under the waves in the north Atlantic. An author from Los Angeles with local roots is teaching kids about the disaster, with unique insight.... |
22nd April 2009 | |||
| Falmouth Penryn Packet | FALMOUTH REVEALS MORE TITANIC MEMORABILIA The National Maritime Museum Cornwall has been lent two more fascinating artefacts with a Cornish connection. Local historian and author Ernie Warmington has come forward with a Christmas card and memorial postcard.... |
2nd June 2009 | |||
| King's Notable New Yorkers | FRANK DAVIS MILLET FRANCIS DAVIS MILLET Artist, war correspondent and author Director of decoration, Colombian exposition (1893)... |
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| Irish Independent | A STORY THAT WAS NEARLY LOST IN THE ICY ATLANTIC Martina Devlin, author of Ship of Dreams, had a family connection with the Titanic, which sank shortly before midnight on April 14, 1912 when it hit an iceberg. The largest steamer in the world took with her the lives of 1,500 people. But what was to happen to those who escaped?... |
4th February 2008 | |||
| New York Times Book Review | THE AUTHOR OF "AN OKLAHOMA ROMANCE" The author of "An Oklahoma Romance," the story of a love affair complicated with a land claim, which the Century Company are publishing, is Mrs. Helen Churchill Candee. She is a New Yorker of a family that has been well known in the metropolis for... |
19th October 1901 | |||
| bbc.co.uk | 'BEARING LOST HONOUR' ON THE TITANIC A new book has cast some light on the story of J Bruce Ismay, the owner of the Titanic who sailed to safety with women and children when it hit an iceberg, leaving other men to go down with the ship. Frances Wilson, author of How to Survive the Titanic ...... |
2nd August 2011 | |||
| Gazette and Bulletin | WOMEN'S VARIED INTEREST Ann Ross short item... |
15th June 1928 | |||
| scotsman.com | BOOK REVIEWS: RMS TITANIC, THE FIRST VIOLIN This deeply moving book centres on the story of the author's great uncle, John Law Hume. Patiently, it pieces together the Titanic story, showing how its narrative tragically ...... |
22nd May 2011 | |||
| New York Times | JACQUES FUTRELLE, WRITER The Author of "The Thinking Machine" and Many Short Stories --- Jacques Futrell is well known as a writer of fiction, having contributed many long and short stories to magazines. He was born in Pike County, Georgia, April 9, 1875, and ... |
16th April 1912 | |||
| L'Excelsior | MRS STRAUS WOULD NOT LEAVE HER HUSBAND From L'Excelsior, 20 April 1912... |
20th April 1912 | |||
| HINDENBURG KITCHEN. The Hindenburg's famed all-electric kitchen. It is unfortunate that the author of Sky Cruise neglected to expand on his dismissal of the Hindenburg cuisine as being mundane. View originally stereoscopic.... |
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| stv.tv | NIECE OF SCOTS TITANIC VIOLINIST RELEASES COOK BOOK IN HIS MEMORY The shock story of the sinking of the luxury cruise liner The Titanic is something that still sends a chill down the spine today but for the author of a new book based on the tragedy the story is one that truly strikes a personal note.... |
1st May 2010 | |||
| Branson Courier | TITANIC AUTHOR VISITS BRANSON History happens a moment at a time and is perhaps remembered most accurately that way. In terms of what happened to the Titanic at 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the memory of a mother, shared eight years later with the nine week old baby she carried into the lifeboat that fateful night just before the mighty behemoth slipped to her watery grave, might not add much to determining the cause of the tragic event.... |
14th July 2008 | |||
| ELSIE BOWERMAN PLAQUE Helena Wojtczak The author managed to persuade Hastings Borough Council to erect a plaque to survivor Elsie Bowerman at 23 Silchester Road, St Leonards-on-Sea in November 2005.... |
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| Baltimore Sun | BACKSTORY AUTHORS LECTURE STUDENTS ON AUTHOR WALTER LORD Two New York authors Jenny Lawrence and John Maxtone-Graham shook off the rain and chill of a dreary fall Thursday in Baltimore and quietly stood in the well of the Gilman School auditorium waiting for 255 sixth- seventh- and eighth-grade students to take their seats.... |
10th November 2010 | |||
| PRLog.Org | IUNIVERSE WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF TITANIC: RELATIVE FATE BY V.C. KING. Author V. C. King's epic novel, Titanic: Relative Fate, recently received iUniverse's prestigious Star Nomination after seeing continual editorial and bookselling success. ... |
11th December 2009 | |||
| walesonline.co.uk | TITANIC VALOUR OF HAROLD LOWE- THE WELSHMAN WHO ROWED BACK TO SAVE DROWNING ... - WALESONLINE He has been cast as one of the few courageous figures to emerge on a night best remembered for cowardice and folly. But the author of a new book on the Titanic’s fifth officer Harold Lowe says the received wisdom that paints him as the one seaman brave enough to attempt a rescue tells only half the story, as Darren Devine finds out. ... |
21st January 2012 | |||
| New York Times Book Review | BOOKS AND MEN Elinor Glyn, author of "The Visits of Elizabeth" and the recently published "Reflections of Ambrosine," is Mrs. Clayton Glyn, a sister of Lady Duff Gordon. She is an intimate friend of Lady Warwick. Lady Gordon is one of the well-known titled En... |
15th November 1902 | |||
| Hudson Observer | MILLET, THE ARTIST, IS REPORTED AMONG THE MANY DROWNED Francis David Millet, the famous artist and author, who is said to have been among those lost in the wreck of the Titanic, painted the two large mural American Indian scenes at the Hudson C... |
17th 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 | |||
| GRAF ZEPPELIN.INTERIORS. CABIN. The Graf Zeppelin cabins, with their patterned wall coverings, comfortable furniture, and arched window frames, suggested compact First Class cabins on a pre-Deco ocean liner. In this respect, the Hindenburg represented a distinct step backwards. ... |
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| bclocalnews.com | AUTHOR ENGAGES STUDENTS IN CANADA'S HISTORY Exploring the Titanic with his new-found friends, 14-year-old Jamie Laidlaw, has no idea that his world is about to turn upside down, until he finds himself in the icy waters of the north Atlantic watching the “unsinkable” ship go down. Hugh Brewster captures the tragedy of the Titanic in his latest historical novel, The Deadly Voyage, with historical accuracy and real-life drama. He uses his extensive knowledge of the Titanic, which he gathered while writing Inside the Titanic and 882 1/2 Amazing Answers To Your Questions About the Titanic, to create the novel.... |
30th August 2011 | |||
| PR-CANADA.net | IUNIVERSE WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF TITANIC: RELATIVE FATE BY V.C. KING Nearly one hundred years after the catastrophe, people around the world are still intrigued by the events leading up to the ultimate destruction and sinking of the historic ship, Titanic. Wanting to engage readers in a present-day story fabricated from the legendary ship, author V.C. King put her research skills, interest in the topic and natural story-telling abilities together to create her second published book, Titanic: Relative Fate.... |
20th May 2008 | |||
| SECTION OF TITANIC HULL OFFERED BY HERITAGE AUCTIONS An actual 7 x 4 inch section from the hull of the doomed ship R.M.S. Titanic, modern history’s most famous shipwreck – consigned by famous author, Hollywood consultant and deep sea archeologist Charles Pellegrino – is expected to bring $4,000+ as part of Heritage Auctions’ May 21 Americana & Political Memorabilia event. A minimum of 10% from proceeds will be donated to the Firefighter's Burn Center.... |
9th May 2011 | ||||
| New York Times | LATEST ITEMS ABOUT THE DOINGS OF AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES [Copyright 1902.] London, Sept. 12---George Meredith is to write the introduction to the revised edition of Lady Duff-Gordon's "Letters from Egypt." It will be recalled that one series appeared ... |
13th September 1902 | |||
| NewDesignWorld | DAVID G. BROWN AUTHOR AND TV DOCUMENTARY PRODUCER TO JOIN HISTORIC TITANIC GREAT LAKES DINNER CRUISE It's 'full steam ahead' as local Marine City businesses, The Pearl's Water Street Boutique and Titanic Movie Museum, Ahead Turner Designs, and The Heather House Bed and Breakfast continue making history on this first ever Great Lakes Titanic Dinner Cruise to be held on the beautiful Detroit Princess in downtown Detroit April 25th, 2009.... |
2nd February 2009 | |||
| Evening News | FRANK MILLET Frank Millet, 65, a distinguished artist, author and war correspondent who had lived the last 25 years of his life in Broadway, and was widely popular in the picturesque Cotswold village. He was born in America, served as a drummer boy w... |
24th January 1988 | |||
| Titanic Review | A RARE TITANIC FAMILY: THE CALDWELLS' STORY OF SURVIVAL Mike Poirier Families are often the guardians of history. Who would have imagined that a new, amateur photo taken aboard Titanic on the day she sailed would grace the cover of a book? Julie Hedgepeth Williams, a journalism professor, has gone throu... |
11th February 2012 | |||
| Worcester Telegram | STEAD AND ASTOR CLING TO RAFT New York, April 19- One version of the deaths of John Jacob Astor and William T. Stead was told by Philip Mock, who, with his sister, Mrs.Paul Schabert, were among the survivors. "Many men were hanging on to rafts in the sea," said Mr.... |
20th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | ALEXANDER RICE, EXPLORER, WAS 80 Physician and Author Dies---Made Trips on the Amazon and Taught Navigation --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I, July 23---Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice, explorer of the Amazon, author and member of the summe... |
24th July 1956 | |||
| Dorset Echo | AUTHOR TELLS OF MEETING WITH LAST TITANIC SURVIVOR Roger Hardingham, of Osmington Mills, met with Millvina Dean, 97, two weeks ago after finishing her biography and was planning a dinner event with her as the guest of honour. ... |
5th June 2009 | |||
| The Times | COMMANDER C. H. LIGHTOLLER Commander C. H. Lightoller died at his home at Twickenham yesterday at the age of 78. He was for many years with the White Star Line and was second officer in the Titanic when on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic in 1912 she struck and iceb... |
9th December 1952 | |||
| New York Times | MRS. MARY GAGE SANE Must Now Answer Charge of Threatening Charles J. Bell. --- WASHINGTON, April 22---Mrs. Mary E. Gage of this city was adjudged of sound mind to-day, and to-morrow she mst [sic] face a police charge of making dangerous threats. Mrs. Gage... |
23rd April 1912 | |||
| Evening News | MILLET ''Drowned, too was a famous man from Broadway - 65-years-old F. D. Millet, a distinguished artist, author and war correspondent who lived at Russell House on the main approach from Evesham into the picturesque Worcestershire village. ... |
5th August 1986 | |||
| Daily Express | BBC DENY TITANIC RADIO PLAY TO BE BROADCAST BBC and the Titanic Disaster A formal statement contradicting the reports published in some newspapers (not the Daily Express) to the effect that the BBC intended to broadcast a play based on the Titanic disaster has been issued by the... |
25th February 1932 | |||
| New York Times | FUTRELLE'S MOTHER IS DEAD Sinks from Grief Following Loss of Son on the Titanic --- Special to The New York Times --- ADRIAN, Ga., July 29---Grief over the death of her son, Jacques Futrelle, the author, who went down in the Titanic disaster, is be... |
30th July 1912 | |||
| Titanic Review | LOST VOICES OF THE TITANIC : THE DEFINITIVE ORAL HISTORY Dave Bryceson Reviewed by Dave Bryceson... |
21st October 2009 | |||
| The Evening Post (Wellington, New Zealand) | GENERAL PROTEST---BROADCAST PLAY DROPPED GENERAL PROTEST --- BROADCAST PLAY DROPPED --- LONDON, 10th March. --- "The whole thing should be forgotten. There is no excuse for reminding the survivors of the horrors, which will ... |
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| New York Times | FOR BUTT-MILLET MEMORIAL Fountain to Titanic Victims to be Erected Near White House --- WASHINGTON, Oct. 23---Plans will be completed in the near future for the dedication of a fountain erected south of the White House in honor of the memories ... |
24th October 1913 | |||
| Chicago Examiner | PASTOR AND WIFE MISSING Thomas Hughes' Daughter is Believed Among Titanic Dead. Topeka, Kan., April 17--The Rev. Ernest Carter and his wife of London were booked for the Titanic's first sailing on their way to Topeka to spend the Summer with Mrs.... |
18th April 1912 | |||
| Chicago Record-Herald | SLUMS MOURN STEAD : OLD-TIMERS IN CHICAGO'S CHINATOWN REMEMBER SLUMS MOURN STEAD Old-Timers in Chicago’s Chinatown Remember English Author as “Billy, the Bum” Cleaned Streets in Chicago ... |
18th 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 | |||
| New York Times | MRS. HELEN C. CANDEE SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES Page 25, column 2 YORK HARBOR, ME., Aug 23 Mrs. Helen Churchill Candee, author and lecturer, of this place and Washington, D.C., died here today after a brief illness. She was 90 years old. Mrs. Candee, an authority on tapes... |
24th August 1949 | |||
| White Plains Daily Argus | TALKED WITH STEAD'S SPIRIT, WOMAN SAYS TELLS SPIRITUALISTS LOST EDITOR APPEARED TO HER Pittsburgh, April 24 - "Happy, but preparing to be with us in the spirit," was the way Mrs. Mary L. Feldman of Carrick, a delegate to the fifth annual convention of the Pennsylvania... |
24th April 1912 | |||
| The Nation | STEAD AND FUTRELLE article... |
25th April 1912 | |||
| The Times | 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 | |||
| FRANCIS DAVIS MILLET - A TITANIC LIFE - PETER ENGSTROM After many publications, writings, mentions, manuscripts, articles and even a dissertation we introduce the biography of Francis Davis Millet. 465 pages of history, common knowledge and eye-witness accounts have been collected and compiled by A... |
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| NEW BOOK ABOUT TITANIC Margarita Campuzano An interesting and amazing research has just... |
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| Irish Independent | 'TITANIC' DIRECTOR AND CAST ARE ASKED TO HELP SHIP'S LAST SURVIVOR An Irish author and photographer, Don Mullan, is challenging the director and cast of the 1997 film Titanic to take care of the last living link to the 1912 maritime tragedy.... |
29th April 2009 | |||
| The Washington Post | TITANIC CLAIMS $10,000,000 Mrs Irene Harris Asks $1,000,000 for Loss of Husband New York, Jan 12 – A flood of petitions for damages through the loss of the steamer Titanic, filed today; included one Mrs Irene Wallach Harris, who claims $1,000,000... |
16th January 1913 | |||
| Denver Post | LADY DUFF-GORDON AND HUSBAND AMONG THOSE ON TITANIC New York, April 17--When the first passenger list of the Titanic was published in Monday's papers there was much curiosity over the identity of "Mr. and Mrs. Morgan," who were named as among those on board. The reporters on duty at the offices of the... |
17th April 1912 | |||
| Titanic Review | TITANIC SCANDAL: THE TRIAL OF THE MOUNT TEMPLE Charles A. Haas ... |
5th February 2010 | |||
| Irish Independent | BABY OF THE TITANIC Millvina was a beautiful person and anybody who met her thought so. It wasn't being the baby of the Titanic which made her special, it was Millvina... |
7th June 2009 | |||
| Irish Independent | 'TITANIC' DIRECTOR AND CAST ARE ASKED TO HELP SHIP'S LAST SURVIVOR An Irish author and photographer, Don Mullan, is challenging the director and cast of the 1997 film Titanic to take care of the last living link to the 1912 maritime tragedy. Millvina Dean, at just nine weeks old, was the youngest passenger to be carried into the third class accommodation on the ship. Her father perished after saving his wife, young son and baby daughter and his body was never recovered. ... |
26th April 2009 | |||
| PROFILE FROM THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS William Edward Hipkins (1858 - 1912) MIMechE Elected: Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1898 Designation: Managing Director Business address: Soho Foundry, Smethwick, Birmingham ... |
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| New York Times | MRS. HARRIS GAINS STRENGTH Mrs. Henry B Harris, widow of the theatrical manager who was lost on the Titanic, was regaining strength yesterday, but she was still in a nervous condition. Her shoulder, which she injured a day before the sinking of the ship, was healing normally. ... |
20th April 1912 | |||
| Chicago Examiner | 'MESSAGE' FROM STEAD RECITED BY MEDIUM Narrative Said to Be From Other World, Told in Church of Soul ____________ &... |
29th April 1912 | |||
| Titanic Review | THE OLYMPIC CLASS SHIPS: OLYMPIC, TITANIC, BRITANNIC Michael Tennaro In this new book, Chirnside has done the triplets proud, with a thoroughly researched history of each of these vessels. ... |
6th December 2004 | |||
| Titanic Review | COMPELLING TITANIC THOUGHTS FROM THE ROCK Gavin Murphy It is often not an easy task, nor a popular enterprise, to be a revisionist of ocean liner history. Proof of this is found, for example, in Coli... |
29th September 2002 | |||
| Titanic Review | E.J. THE STORY OF EDWARD J. SMITH. CAPTAIN OF THE TITANIC Brian J. Ticehurst THIS is Gary Coopers second book on the RMS Titanic's Captain. His first book The Man Wh... |
5th May 2009 | |||
| RTE | FUNERAL FOR TITANIC'S LAST SURVIVOR The funeral has taken place in England of the last survivor of the Titanic disaster, Millvina Dean. The private service, attended by family and friends, took place at Southampton Crematorium, the funeral directors confirmed.... |
16th June 2009 | |||
| New York Times | THE TITANIC Lawrence Beesley's Admirable Description of the Disaster --- THE LOSS OF THE S. S. TITANIC. By Lawrence Beesley. Illustrated. Houghton Miffling [sic] Company. $1.20. --- No man can go dawn into the valley of the shadow ... |
28th July 1912 | |||
| New York Times | WILLIAM T. STEAD English Editor and Author of "If Christ Came to Chicago." --- William T. Stead is the editor of the English Review of Reviews. He is known as an advocate of international peace and an investigator of psychical phenomena. He was born in... |
16th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | MRS. M. S. WALDMAN WINS PARIS DIVORCE Two Other American Women Also Receive Decrees From the French Courts --- TRAGIC ACCIDENT RECALLED --- Waldman Children Fell to Death From Penthouse Apartment Here in October, 1928 --- PARIS, Feb. 25 (AP)---Th... |
26th February 1930 | |||
| NOVELIST POISED TO MAKE HISTORY WITH TITANIC BOOK W. Mae Kent June 2009 - Vineland, N.J. - In an ambitious first novel, author W. Mae Kent accomplishes a literary feat that has never been attempted before: she tells the story of the only black passenger traveling on the ill-fated Titanic. While Kent’s ... |
9th September 2009 | ||||
| Southern Daily Echo | MILLVINA DEAN, LAST SURVIVOR OF TITANIC, DIES She died this morning after being cared for at a nursing home in Woodlands, in the New Forest. ... |
31st May 2009 | |||
| TC Palm | MYSTERY ABOUT 'TITANIC' TAKES STAGE AT RIVERSIDE 'Scotland Road' will open Saturday in Vero Beach... |
1st May 2009 | |||
| New York Times | THE NIGHTMARE OF APRIL 14, 1912 Review... |
20th November 1955 | |||
| Titanic Review | THE BAND THAT PLAYED ON – REVIEW Senan Molony Senan Molony reviews Steve Turner's new book about the musicians aboard the Titanic The Band that Played On... |
3rd June 2011 | |||
| CLEAN-SHAVEN MCQUILLAN, THE MYSTERY BLADE-DONOR? Senan Molony (William McQuillan, from a family photo)... |
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| Lancashire Telegraph | TITANIC BANDMASTER'S VIOLIN MAY BE SOLD Peter Magill Tests are being carried out on a violin thought to have belonged to Wallace Hartley, who famously played on as the White Star Liner sank in April 1912. And if the instrument turns out to be genuine experts believe it could break the £100,000 record for an artefact from the wreck. ... |
2nd April 2011 | |||
| Titanic Review | RACING THROUGH THE NIGHT : OLYMPIC'S ATTEMPT TO REACH TITANIC Michael Poirier The story of Olympic's abortive 350 mile dash to save Titanic.... |
17th November 2011 | |||
| New York Sun | NOTED STYLIST DIES IN LONDON Lady Duff Gordon Designed Fashions for Royalty... |
22nd April 1935 | |||
| Titanic Review | HOW TO SURVIVE THE TITANIC. OR THE SINKING OF J. BRUCE ISMAY Senan Molony Ismay as Ecce Homo... |
11th August 2011 | |||
| New York Times | FIGHT FOR ASTOR ESTATE MIRRORS BATTLE 50 YEARS AGO The son of Brooke Astor, late widow of Vincent Astor (son of Titanic victim John Jacob Astor and his first wife), stands accused of elder abuse and theft of the Astor fortune. Fifty years ago, John Jacob Astor VI, son of JJA and survivor/2nd wife Madeline, accused Brooke Astor of undue influence over Vincent to claim the Astor fortune.... |
26th April 2009 | |||
| New York Times | THE TITANIC Col. Gracie’s Account of Last Year’s Sea Tragedy --- THE TRUTH ABOUT THE TITANIC. By Col. Archibald Gracie. Mitchell Kennerly. $1.25 --- When the Titanic went to the bottom of the Atlantic now more than a year ago it wa... |
4th May 1913 | |||
| New York Times | RENEE HARRIS, 93, FIRST WOMAN TO PRODUCE PLAYS HERE, IS DEAD p.47, col. 5 Mrs. Renee Harris, New York's first woman theatrical producer, a survivor of the sinking of the Titanic, died yesterday at Doctor's Hospital. She was 93 years old and lived at 140 West 69th Street. A former owner... |
3rd September 1969 | |||
| Titanic Review | TITANIC CAPTAIN: THE LIFE OF EDWARD JOHN SMITH Inger Sheil Inger Sheil reviews a fully revised biography of Titanic's Captain... |
18th January 2012 | |||
| Titanic Review | THE 'OLYMPIC' CLASS SHIPS: OLYMPIC, TITANIC, BRITANNIC (REVISED EDITION) Art Braunschweiger Review of Mark Chirnside's ‘Olympic’ Class Ships: Olympic – Titanic – Britannic... |
3rd January 2012 | |||
| Transactions of the Devonshire Association | HENRY FORBES JULIAN 'Mr Julian, one of the noble band of heroes who sacrificed their lives in the Titanic disaster on 14 April 1912, so that the women and children might be saved, was the son of Mr Henry Julian, of Cork and Bolton, and belonged to a mixed... |
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| Titanic Review | ON BOARD RMS TITANIC : MEMORIES OF THE MAIDEN VOYAGE Peter Engberg Peter Engberg reviews George Behe's compilation of letters written aboard RMS Titanic... |
12th February 2012 | |||
| San Francisco Chronicle | GIVES LIFE FOR LOVE OF HUSBAND Relatives Here Believe Wife of Isidor Straus Refused to Leave His Side. That her devotion to her husband, refusing to leave the ship unless he accompanied her from the ill-fated Titanic, cost the life of Mrs. Isidor... |
17th April 1912 | |||
| Voyage | CERAMIC : THE SOLE SURVIVOR By 1942, the White Star Line had merged with Cunard, and many of its ships had been sold off or sent to the scrapyard. Among the former was Ceramic, launched in 1913 and for many years the largest vessel in ... |
18th December 2006 | |||
| Washington Times | FRANCIS D. MILLET, SOLDIER, PAINTER, AND CONNOISSEUR Francis D. Millet, while comparatively unknown even to Washingtonians, despite the fact that he has made this city his home for years, and has given the best of his artistic life toward the beautification of Washington, was one of the city’s most pic... |
16th March 1912 | |||