Black Gang

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	A NAME TO REMEMBER Not many of Titanic's 'black gang' are remembered in the towns in which they once lived, but residents of West End on the outskirts of Southampton now have good reason to know the name of greaser Jim Jukes. For several years ...
LiveScience.com	TITANIC EXPLORER TO SEARCH FOR SHIPWRECKS IN BLACK SEA The explorer who discovered the Titanic shipwreck now plans a robotic expedition to look for sunken ships on the floor of the Black Sea as well as clues to its geologic history. ...	20th August 2007
Birmingham Mail	TITANIC ANCHOR DOCKS AT BLACK COUNTRY LIVING MUSEUM A FULL-size replica of the Titanic 16 ton anchor has docked at the Black County Living Museum....	30th October 2010
	LETTER WRITTEN BY MISS BRIDGET DELIA HENERY TO MRS. M. S. CURLEY, HER AUNT IN USA Clonown, Athlone, Ireland. Friday 5th My Dear Aunt, Just a line to let you know that I am to leave Athlone on Wednesday 10th April. I hope to God that we will get there all right. The ship...	5th April 1912
	HUSBAND OF HELEN ALICE WILSON Axel Johannas Rosenquist was the husband of Helen Alice Wilson who survived the sinking of the Titanic, the following information gives brief details of how their lives continued after the disaste...
expressandstar.com	TITANIC ANCHOR REPLICA TO RETURN HOME AT LAST A replica of the Titanic anchor, forged in the Black Country almost a century ago, will take pride of place in its home town after councillors agreed to create a permanent monument to recognise the connection. Campaigners had fought to ensure that the 16-ton anchor would return from its temporary base at the Black Country Living Museum to Netherton. And members of Dudley Council’s development control committee voted to approve the plans for its return....	31st August 2011
	BLACK SUNDAY: THE TRAGEDY OF RMS TITANIC
Times-Tribune	50 YEARS AFTER: A MEMORY OF THE TITANIC Rosemary Mossien BY ROSEMARY MOSSIEN Vivid memories of the horror of the sinking of the "unsinkable" ocean liner Titanic 50 years ago April 15 are recalled by Mrs. John Black, 11 Kay Terrace, only Rochesterian who is a survivor of the tragedy....	1962
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
Evening Bulletin	BRIDE BEING TAKEN FROM CARPATHIA Second Wireless Operator of the Titanic...	20th April 1912
televisual.com	BBC REVEALS DETAILS OF TITANIC ANNIVERSARY PROGRAMMING To mark the 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in April 2012, the BBC will broadcast a special range of programmes exploring the people, history craftsmanship and legends surrounding the events of that night. BBC Northern Ireland has been responsible for specially-commissioned documentaries, drama and events. A major new drama, starring Paul McGann is being produced by Hole In The Wall Gang for BBC Northern Ireland. Whizz Kid Entertainment is producing the broadcast of the live commemoration of the event on April 14. 360 productions is behind a three-part documentary fronted by Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman which talks to the descendants of those who travelled and worked on the Titanic....	9th March 2012
	NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THEATRE, ARTWORK. In front of the theatre, forward, there is a striking panel, 25 feet long, by Reyer Stolk. It is executed in solid masses of gold, black, red and maroon, and its theme the spread of the theatreâ€™s influence over the world by ships. Greek and Dutch E...
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
	GENERAL INFORMATION Booking Agent:- Mr. Jolliffe, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Escorted by family friend William J. Downton. Insurance claim B75. Property $2017. Later became Mrs. Black. ...
Los Angeles Times	RACE SWINDLER SUSPECTS HELD Victim Spends Year on Trail of Asserted Fleecers ---------- SAN JOSE, July 4. (AP) - Charged with swindling J. T. Taylor, retired New Yorker, out of $27,000 in a fake horse race deal, C. W. Coleman 55 years of age, and...	5th July 1933
expressandstar.com	TITANIC ANCHOR HAS NEW HOME A 16ft replica of the Titanic anchor has taken pride of place at the Black Country Living Museum....	27th October 2010
Chicago Tribune	SHIES BOATS UNDER CAPT. SMITH F. Harrison Powers of New York and Paris, a guest at the Congress hotel has been a passenger several times on White Star boats commanded by Capt. E. J. Smith of the Titanic. “But I only sailed with him once after the collision of the...	16th April 1912
expressandstar.com	TITANIC ANCHOR PROCESSION TO BE REPLAYED Twenty shire horses will tow a replica of the Titanic anchor into the Black Country town where the original was made 99 years ago....	17th July 2010
Worcester Evening Gazette	GAZETTE STAFF MAN ON CARPATHIA'S PIER Gives Description of Scenes on Pier Silence Most Oppressive Even Crowd and City Hushed By Homer J. Wheaton Gazette Staff Reporter New York, April 19- News of the Titanics wreck was flashed to the wor...	19th April 1912
BBC News	IN PICTURES TITANIC ANCHOR HISTORY REMEMBERED A piece of history was re-created in the Black Country when a replica of the Titanic's anchor was pulled through Dudley and Netherton....	19th August 2010
Voyage	HORNBY John P. Eaton May 31, 1911 Assisted following the launch of Titanic April 2, 1912 Assisted Titanic on her sea trials Port of Registry Liverpool Flag of Registry British Funnel B...	5th December 2004
	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....
	MEMORIAL CARD, 1912 This memorial card with thick black lines around it was published just days after the sinking. Somebody wrote something at the back of it with a pencil but the text was erased and cannot be read now. This image inspired another memorial document whic...	1912
BBC News	REPLICA TITANIC ANCHOR PULLED THROUGH THE BLACK COUNTRY A piece of history will be re-created when a replica of the Titanic's anchor is pulled through Dudley and Netherton on Sunday 15 August 2010....	14th August 2010
Voyage	CASSANDRA John P. Eaton (Donaldson Brothers) On 9 April, while eastbound St. John, New Brunswick to Glasgow, Cassandra transmitted a warning of ice at 43 degrees 38’ N. by 49 degrees 16’ W. which was relayed at 2:55 p.m. by the Caledonia to the Bul...	23rd May 2005
Seacoastonline	THE TITANIC MUSEUM: A MORNING REMEMBERED Briny icy air bit the pale cheeks of the 9-year-old boy as he looked up into the clear black sky studded with brilliant stars. It was after 2 a.m. in the early morning of April 15, 1912. Shivering in the crowded lifeboat bobbing on the brutal waves of the Atlantic, he huddled against his fear filled mother who shielded him from the sight of the sinking ship....	30th April 2007
Voice	FORGOTTEN TITANIC HERO WHO SAVED HIS FAMILY Haitian Joseph Phillippe Lemercier Laroche is not mentioned among the 1912 press descriptions of the Titanic disaster, but he is the only black man who was aboard the luxury ship when it hit an iceberg and went down on April 15, 1912, killing 1,500 passengers. ...	15th June 2009
	PRONUNCIATION OF "ROTHES" DEBRETT’S PEERAGE, 1915 ROTHES, EARL OF (Leslie) [Title pronounced “Roth-ez.”] Norman Evelyn Leslie, 19th Earl and a Represen...
Memphis Commercial Appeal	GET OUTTA TOWN: TITANIC SET TO DOCK SOON IN PIGEON FORGE A new attraction has set sail for Pigeon Forge and will become the world's second largest museum attraction solely about the Titanic.The 30,000-square-foot ship-shaped Titanic Tennessee will be located near the Black Bear Jamboree, just off the Parkway in Pigeon Forge....	24th November 2008
	MEXICO CRUISE BROCHURE (PAGE 3) "Church of the Black Christ - the first Spanish chapel in Vera Cruz" "A corner of Vera Cruz harbor, with one of the ancient Spanish forts that guard it.."...
Voyage	LUCIGEN John P. Eaton Lucigen – Lucigen Steamship Co., (H.E. Moss & Co.) Departed Bremen, Germany 8 March for New York. On 24 March at 46 degrees N, 46 degrees West, encountered heavy pack ice with numerous bergs...	2nd January 2005
Standard Freeholder	TITANIC COLLECTION EXHIBIT OPENS TUESDAY An exhibit of Titanic proportions will open Tuesday. Renƒ© Bergeron became enamored with the ship in the mid-1990s when he watched a black and white movie, A Night to Remember, which told of its sad tale. It didn't take long for his fascination to turn into a passion and soon he began collecting documents, objects and memorabilia surrounding the ship's history and its ill-fated voyage....	16th April 2009
Women's Wear Daily	EDITH L. ROSENBAUM'S LETTER Edith L. Rosenbaum She Describes Some of the Newest Things in Furs (Special Correspondence of Women’s Wear) Paris, July 17, 1911 – With the intensity of the present Paris heat, which is most unusual, one is really almost unable to see anyt...	25th July 1911
The Independent	LAST BRITISH 'TITANIC' SURVIVOR DISGUSTED BY SALVAGERS SELLING OFF SHIP'S TREASURES The last British survivor from the Titanic has condemned the people plundering the ship's wreckage where the bodies of hundreds, including her father, remain. Milveena Dean, 94, was shocked to learn that parts from the ship that is her father's grave are on sale on the black market as salvage companies and divers plunder the wreck....	30th October 2006
Toronto Daily Star	TITANTIC (SIC) STOOD ON END FOR MINUTES BEFORE SHE SUNK (SIC) Newspaper article...	19th April 1912
New York Times	GAMBLERS ON THE TITANIC Many Planned to Cross on the First Trip---"Doc" Owen Not Aboard --- Broadway inhabitants were discussing last night the report that a number of well-known professional gamblers had gone to their death on the Titanic. It was said that t...	18th April 1912
Democrat and Chronicle	ROCHESTER WOMAN TELLS OF TITANIC SINKING IN 1912 Mrs. John Black Barely Reached Last Boat To Leave Ship, And Tiny Craft Was Nearly Drawn Into Great Vortex by Samuel B. Covey "No, I am not averse to another ocean voyage, although I have not been on one since, for I re...	15th April 1931
Southern Daily Echo	SELLING TITANIC ITEMS IS WRONG SAYS SURVIVOR Milvina Dean A HAMPSHIRE Titanic survivor has slammed black market dealers who are selling relics from the world-famous shipwreck.Britain's last survivor Milvina Dean, 94, of Woodlands, near Southampton, said the sale of items from the ship which sank killing more than 1,500 people in 1912, was "awfully wrong" and showed the greed of those involved....	30th October 2006
Daily Mail	TITANIC PICTURES FROM 1912: POIGNANT PHOTOS FROM THE AFTERMATH Astonishing unseen photographs of the aftermath of the Titanic disaster have emerged after 99 years. The black and white pictures show an iceberg at the site of the tragedy - and may even be the one that sunk the luxury liner. Another image shows two lifeboats packed full of survivors rowing for safety following the 1912 disaster in which 1,517 people died....	19th October 2011
Voyage	ARGENTINE TRANSPORT John P. Eaton Empire Transport Co., Ltd. (Houlder Brothers, Managers) Westbound, Narvik, Norway to Philadelphia. Left Narvik 3 April 1912 with a cargo of iron ore. On arrival at the intermediate stop of Louisburg, Nova Scotia, her captain reporte...	20th March 2005
Lethbridge Herald	FAMILY TIES TO THE TITANIC? He's always suspected the sea was in his blood, but after diving into the depths of his family history, David Blades emerged with a surprise. File folders filled with black-and-white photos, newspaper clippings, birth certificates, obituaries and pieced-together family trees are fanned out over the Stirling resident's sitting room table. At the centre of all the paperwork is a picture of a 17-year-old boy - his hair combed and parted, his tie neatly knotted, and in his eyes a calm determination. Not long after this photo was taken, the boy would die in one of the most famously tragic shipwrecks of our time....	23rd March 2012
Leicester Mercury	REMINDER OF A SEA DISASTER There's a large black stone cross in the churchyard of St. Mary Magdalene, Knighton, that serves as a permanent reminder of a sea tragedy that shook the world 70 years ago. The inscription says: Erected to the beloved memory of Denzil ...	6th April 1982
	NIEUW AMSTERDAM : RITZ-CARLTON ROOM MURAL To the right and left of the entrance to the Ritz-Carlton, two large fresco panels by Han Hulsbergen symbolize the coming and passing of day with excellently drawn classical figures. These paintings interpret the susceptibility of the room to chan...
ABC News	PLUNDERING THE TITANIC The last British survivor of the Titanic disaster condemned black-market dealers today, after it emerged that relics from the world-famous shipwreck were up for sale. Millvina Dean, 94, of Hampshire, England, who was just an infant when the ship went down, said the sale of items from the Titanic was "awfully wrong" and showed the greed of those involved. "My father [who died on the ship] is still on there," she said to ABC News. "It's awfully wrong to take things especially from a ship where so many people perished. I don't suppose these people thought of that. ¢€¦ They just thought of the money." ...	31st October 2006
Atlantic Daily Bulletin	JACK BUTTERWORTH Brian J. Ticehurst Butterworth, Jack. Lived at 270 Priory Road, St Denys, Southampton. Was 23 years old. Occupation on board the Titanic - Saloon Steward. (Born in Manchester). (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913). Number 326. Butterwort...	2002
	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
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
scientificcomputing.com	TITANIC EXPLORER DETAILS NEW DEEP-SEA JOURNEY Oceanographer Robert Ballard, best known for discovering the Titanic wreck, has new plans to plumb the depths of the seas. Ballard said on July 28, 2011 that his latest deep-sea venture will send crews combing through the Black, Aegean and Mediterranean seas for artifacts from ship wrecks and ancient civilizations. His research vessel, the E/V Nautilus, set out from a port in Turkey last week on a four-month mission that will use four remote-operated vehicles and sonar technology to explore lost cities, as well as hydrothermal vents and undersea volcanoes....	2nd August 2011
Voyage	NEW YORK (American Line) ex-City of New York, Inman Line As Titanic left Southampton 10 April 1912, the suction and wave action of her propellers and huge bulk tore New York loose from her mooring in tandem with Oceanic...	20th July 2005
	POSTWAR 7. THEATRE. THEATER: It is difficult to believe that you are at sea when you enter this air-conditioned theater seating three hundred and fifty passengers. Each of the deeply cushioned seats commands an unobstructed view of the stage, and the egg shaped contour ...

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