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  (1912) WILLIAM DAVID ARCHER (PRINCIPAL SHIP SURVEYOR - BOARD OF TRADE) TESTIMONY (BRITISH ENQUIRY)
17th June 1912  
The Washington Post (1912) BLAME FOR TITANIC HORROR
President of British Board of Trade Arraigned in Commons He Retorts That Parliament is Equally at Fault for Failure to Enforce Steamship Regulations London May 21 – The attack on Sydney Buxton, president of the...
22nd May 1912  
  (1912) BOXHALL LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE
A letter from Titanic Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall to the President of the Board of Trade, Sydney Buxton, written in July 1912 while Boxhall was serving aboard the Adriatic. Boxhall complained about the fees paid to...
11th July 1912  
The Scotsman (1912) STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER
In the House of Commons yesterday Lord Charles Beresford (U, Portsmouth) asked the President of the Board of Trade whether there was any later news as to the Titanic. The Prime Minister, who replied, said the news received by th...
17th April 1912  
The Times (1888) LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES COMMITTEE, 1888
MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1888.-The first meeting of the comnmittee appointed under the provisions of the "Merchant Shippng (Life-Saving Appliances) Act, 1888," took place at the Board of Trade...
19th November 1888  
  TITANIC INQUIRY PROJECT
The site contains the complete transcripts of both the US Senate and British Board of Trade inquiries into the disaster, along with their final reports....
   
  TITANIC BISCUIT
A biscuit with an impressed image of the Titanic measuring 2 ½ in. diameter, made by Carr, Carlisle. Removed from the ship by Board of Trade official Captain Morris Harvey Clarke, Southampton 1912....
   
New York Herald (1912) EDWARD A. KENT
Edward A. Kent, who is a well-known architect at Buffalo, N. Y. and whose brother, William Kent, is an architect in New York city, was a passenger on board the Titanic who is not reported among the rescued. Mr. Kent, who is fifty-eight years old, is...
17th April 1912  
The Times (1913) LIFE-SAVING AT SEA
AWARD OF THE KING'S MEDALS The King has been pleased, on the recommendation of the President of the Board of Trade, to award medals for gallantry in saving life at sea to the folowing persons: A silver medal t...
12th July 1913  
The Times (1913) PRESENTATION OF MEDALS FOR GALLANTRY
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, DEC. 16---The King this morning decorated the following with medals for acts of gallantry on land and at sea as stated against their names:--- BOARD OF TRADE MEDALS Lieutenant ...
17th December 1913  
The Evening Telegram (1912) HUGO ROSS WAS ABOARD
NO NEWS YET OF TORONTO MAN Prominent Winnipeg Mining Man and Formerly of Toronto--Was Returning from European Trip. "News of Hugo Ross, broker of Winnipeg, and formerly of Toronto, is eagerly watch...
16th April 1912  
  BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
He was saved in Lifeboat Englehardt C. His home address was Fanners Lane, Lymington, Hants. His official occupation was - Fireman's Messman and he was 39 years old . (He was originally born in Hampshire). Last ship before the Titanic was the RMS ...
   
Connaught Telegraph (1912) THE TITANIC DISASTER, DUE TO EXCESSIVE SPEED
Lord Mersey, the specially appointed Commissioner of Wrecks to enquire into the loss of the White Star Liner Titanic, on Tuesday delivered the finding of the Court. The attendance at the London-Scottish Hall, Westminster, where the in...
3rd August 1912  
Brighton Argus (1912) MR. PITMAN
Mr. Pitman, the third officer, who confirmed the statement that only two boats were lowered at the Board of Trade inspection. He did not see any ice before the disaster, but knew a wireless warning had been received. After the receipt of the w...
24th April 1912  
New York Times (1930) SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON TO RETIRE FROM SEA
Commodore of Cunard Fleet and Captain of Berengaria 35 Years in Line's Service --- SAVED 706 FROM TITANIC --- Rescue by Carpathia Won for Him American Decoration and Plaudits of World --- Wireless to THE NEW ...
1st November 1930  
Belfast Newsletter (2007) A TASTE OF ULSTER WHETS US APPETITES
THE arrival of Ulster's sizeable contingent of Government ministers, representatives of trade and industry, culture, tourism and leisure is the culmination of a four-month appetiser being served up in Washington DC. ...
28th June 2007  
  LIFEBOAT SPECIFICATIONS
The design of Titanic's lifeboats was supervised by Chief Ships Draughtsman Roderick Chisholm and the bopats were constructed at the Harland and Wo...
   
Camden Post-Telegram (1912) HADDONFIELD MAN ON BOARD TITANIC
Nothing Yet Heard from Frederick W. Sutton Whose Name is on Passenger List --- BUDGET OF GOSSIP FROM THE BOROUGH --- Fredrich [sic] W. Sutton, a highly esteemed wealthy resident of Haddonfield is said to have been on board...
17th April 1912  
Guernsey Weekly Press (1912) 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  
Western Morning News (1912) WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS
Mr. Frank Andrew, a young married man, 25 years of age, of Pencoys, Four Lanes, about 3 miles from Redruth en route to America to seek his fortune - his first trip across the seas - by the ill-fated Titanic. Mr. Andrew has a wife and one child, age ...
17th April 1912  
  (1912) TITANIC ICEBERG PICTURED FROM SS AMERIKA
This nice postcard was produced on board the SS Amerika, a Hamburg Amerika Linie liner. The caption reads, in bad French, which should prove that the item was produced on board the liner in many languages: TERRE NEUVE. Eisberg r...
8th May 1912  
New York Times (1937) J. BRUCE ISMAY, 74, TITANIC SURVIVOR
Ex-Head of White Star Line Who Retired After Sea Tragedy Dies in London --- LONDON, Oct. 18 (AP)---Joseph Bruce Ismay, former chairman of the White Star Line and a survivor of the Titanic disaster in 1912, died here last night. He was 7...
19th October 1937  
Atlantic Daily Bulletin (1992) THE STORY OF TITANIC SURVIVOR MR. THOMAS KNOWLES
SOME of you who were on the Titanic's re-enactment voyage on the Waterfront Ferry Hotspur VI, out of Southampton docks back at the Convention in April, may remember that the Captain of the Ferry we were aboard passed me a note sa...
  1992  
New York Times Book Review (1902) 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  
  CHINESE SAILORS ON THE TITANIC
Eight men, all Sailors from Hong Kong, boarded the Titanic together at Southampton with third class ticket #1601 at a cost of £56 9s 11d. Six of the men: Lee Bing, ...
   
The Times (1912) SURVIVORS OF THE CREW AT PLYMOUTH
DETENTION FOR THE TAKING OF EVIDENCE A strange welcome awaited the surviving members of the crew of the Titanic on their arrival at Plymouth today. Instead of a popular demonstration of sympathy and b...
29th April 1912  
Daily Mirror (2006) FAULTY RIVETS SANK TITANIC
FAULTY rivets were to blame for the Titanic disaster, a 9/11 scientist says. Metal pins that should have held the hull together snapped after the liner hit an iceberg. They allowed it to open up like a zip when it sank off Newfoundland in 1912, leaving 1,523 dead. US forensic expert Tim Foecke, who probed the World Trade Centre terror attack, said the rivets were made from sub-standard wrought iron which snapped under pressure....
1st November 2006  
Worcester Magazine (1912) WALTER C. PORTER, 46 YEARS, 11 MO. AND 2 DAYS OLD OF S. PORTER & CO., DROWNED AT SEA.
Worcester's Toll in Titanic Disaster Walter C. Porter, of the Samuel Porter Company, a Member of this Board on Ill-fated Ship, Returning from European Business Trip. His Body Found by Crew of Mackay-Bennett after the Mighty Ocean Liner...
  May 1912  
New York Times (1911) CHANGE IN COMMODORES
Capt. Haddock to Head White Star Line at Increased Pay --- Capt. E. J. Smith, R. N. R., the Commodore of the White Star Line, who is to command the new mammoth liner Olympic, will retire at the end of the present year, it is understoo...
6th June 1911  
New York Times (1912) HOW THE HARRISES PARTED
"Of Course, Ladies First," Said Mr. Harris, and Stayed on Board --- George Brayton, an asphalt manufacturer of Los Angeles, who was on the Titanic, last night gave an account of the parting of Henry B. Harris and his wife. He said:...
19th April 1912  
New York Times (1899) 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  
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  
Western Morning News (1912) TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW
A Truro passenger, Charles P Fillbrook, resided at Charles Street, with his parents, was on his way to join an uncle at Howder County, Michigan, with the intention of becoming a miner, or of following his trade as a painter. He had not long finished...
18th April 1912  
L'Illustré, revue Hebdomadaire Suisse (1956) UNIDENTIFIED TITANIC SURVIVORS ON BOARD THE CARPATHIA
This picture, supposedly of unidentified Titanic survivors on board the Carpathia, was published in Switzerland in 1956....
27th September 1956  
Graphic (1912) A TRADE THAT HAS BEEN BOOMING SINCE THE TITANIC DISASTER
‘ILL BLOWS THE WIND THAT PROFITS NOBODY’ The Titanic disaster has created an unprecedented demand for lifeboats, and we now seem to be in danger of placing too much reliance on this system of life-saving. Meanwhile these are busy times...
18th May 1912  
Western Morning News (1912) TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW
There were four persons on board well known at St. Keverne, Cornwall, their names being Jago Smith, a Post office official employed on board, who was to have been married shortly, and who is a son of Mr. John Smith, farmer, Trebarveth, St. Keverne; M...
18th April 1912  
Liverpool Echo (1912) THE BRAVE BANDSMEN - A BELGIAN MEMORIAL
A movement has been started at Liege to commemorate, by a suitable and picturesque monument, the heroic behaviour of the band on board the Titanic. Of the eight members of the band, one, George Krins, was a young and most promising musician, born at ...
25th April 1912  
Hudson Observer (1912) HOBOKEN MAN LOSES BROTHER IN DISASTER
In a little flat at 509 Willow avenue, Hoboken, John Moore is grievingto-day over the loss of his nineteen year-old brother, Leonard, who wasone of the victims of the Titanic disaster.The boy came to America last April an...
20th April 1912  
The Times (1899) 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  
The Evening Post (1912) BRITISH INQUIRY INTO TITANIC TRAGEDY BEGINS
Based on 26 Questions and Much Like That of Our Senate LONDON, May 2 – Lord Mersey in his capacity as wreck commissioner and five assessors who ...
2nd May 1912  
  (1911) INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
Norman Harrison (1873-1912) AMIMechE Elected: Associate Member of the Inst...
17th November 1911  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
MBE awarded March 1946. Purser SS Mataroa of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company Ltd. Awarded for long and meritorious service at sea and in dangerous waters during the war. He served as a Purser for the company for 20 years, tr...
   
New York Times (1909) JUDGMENT FOR $266,249 LOAN
Judgment for $266,249 was entered by default yesterday against John D. Baumann & Co., a New York corporation, in favor of Charles G., Hugh L., Herbert R., and William R. Arbuthnot, merchants of London. The judgment was entered for amounts claimed as ...
4th February 1909  
Worcester Telegram (1912) 3500 SACKS OF MAIL ON TITANIC
NEW YORK, April 16- Postmaster Edward M. Morgan stated today that the White Star liner Titanic had on board 3500 sacks of mail. It is not likely, he said that the mails were saved because during the few hours that the vessel floated after running int...
17th April 1912  
New York Times (1931) RED CROSS BOARD FILLS VACANCIES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (AP)---Chief Justice Hughes presided today as the incorporators of the American Red Cross elected five new members to fill vacancies caused by deaths. Those named were Newton D. Baker, Frank T. Heffelfinger of Minneapolis, J. Fran...
10th December 1931  
Washington Herald (1912) ISMAY OUTLINES VIEW OF WRECK
Head of White Star Line, Under Guard, Makes First Statement --- New York, April 18---Mr. J. Bruce Ismay left the ship at about 11:15 o’clock to-night and went to the rear of the dock where the offices of the Cunard Line are located. He...
19th April 1912  
Newton Abbot Western Guardian (1912) UNTITLED
Captain and Mrs. Hosking of Shaldon have received a telegram from Mr. Bock, Captain Hosking’s cousin in America, who had travelled about 300 miles to meet Mr. George Fox Hosking, the Senior Third Engineer on the ‘Titanic’ who he was hoping would be a...
25th April 1912  
New York Times (1899) THOMAS HENRY ISMAY [LETTER TO THE EDITOR]
To The Editor of The New York Times: The death of Thomas Henry Ismay deserves more than a passing notice. In the extraordinary development of the commercial marine of Great Britain during the last quarter of a century he had been one o...
25th November 1899  
Camden Post-Telegram (1912) DIRECTORS OF BANK MOURN FOR SUTTON
Collingswood Board May Elect Successor to President Who Was Titanic Victim --- BUDGET OF GOSSIP FROM THE BOROUGH The Titanic disaster is the cause of a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Collingswood National Bank t...
25th April 1912  
Liverpool Echo (2009) MARITIME TALES: CARPATHIA RESCUE MISSON TO THE TITANIC RELIVED
IT STARTED out as a routine voyage between New York and the Adriatic and ended as one of the greatest rescues in the history of the sea. The Cunard liner was not long on her journey when her radio operator contacted another ship with a sta...
10th October 2009  
  (1903) CAPTAIN SMITH ON BOARD THE MAJESTIC
29th May 1903  
Exeter Flying Post (1912) DEVONIANS ON BOARD
F. Allsop (sic) 41, steward....
20th April 1912  
Hudson Observer (1912) WEST HOBOKEN MAN'S RELATIVES HAVE NOT ABANDONED ALL HOPE
Nothing has been heard of John Ashby, listed as second cabin passenger aboard the ill-fated Titanic, and the family, in West Hoboken, with the Rev. Edmund J. Cleveland, would be pleased for any information. No satisfaction can be obtained at the Whit...
22nd April 1912  
New York Times (1904) BETWEEN SIPS OF TEA
Lady Duff-Gordon is one of the English titled women who are "in trade," as it is termed in England. She started a dress-making establishment some years since in London, and, having energy and taste, it has proved most successful. She is a Canadian...
11th December 1904  
Exeter Flying Post (1912) DEVONIANS ON BOARD
John P. Penrose, 49, steward....
20th April 1912  
Associated Press (1912) PROFOUND GRIEF FELT OVER PARIS - LADY DUFF GORDON AND HER HUSBAND PROBABLY AMONG THE DEAD
By Associated Press. Paris, April 16. - The American colony in Paris was plunged into profound grief by definite news of the stupendous loss of life caused by the wreck of the Titanic. Hundreds of prominent American residents and Ameri...
16th April 1912  
New York Times (1940) 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  
Exeter Flying Post (1912) DEVONIANS ON BOARD
Walter Jarvis, 37, of Dartmouth, fireman....
20th April 1912  
Exeter Flying Post (1912) DEVONIANS ON BOARD
C. Hodge, 28, senior assistant third engineer....
20th April 1912  
Toronto Daily Star (1912) E.Z. TAYLOR'S ACCOUNT
E. Z. Taylor of Philadelphia, one of the survivors, jumped into the sea just three minutes before the boat sank, He told a graphic story as he came from the Carpathia. "I was eating when the boat struck the iceberg," he maid. "There was an...
18th April 1912  
  (1912) THE FIRST MEAL ON BOARD
This menu was owned by Fifth Officer Lowe....
2nd April 1912  
Exeter Flying Post (1912) DEVONIANS ON BOARD
Passengers: Plymouth: Mrs. Quick and two children (saved). ...
20th April 1912  
Jersey Journal (1912) BROTHER CLAIMS DISTRACTED SON OF WRECK VICTIM
Frederick Myles of 256 Grove Street, the young man who was picked up for safe keeping Wednesday night by Patrolman May of the City Hall station, grief-stricken because of the loss of his father, Thomas F. Myles, in the Titanic...
19th April 1912  
The Evening Telegram (1912) WON'T AFFECT STOCK MARKET
Even J. J. Astor is Not a Power in Financial World From Our Own Correspondent. New York, April 16.---The stock exchange is not at al...
16th April 1912  
New York Times (1929) ROSTRON'S CAT LEFT HERE
Berengaria Master Sails Alone Because of British Quarantine --- Captain Sir Arthur Rostron, master of the Cunarder Berengaria, sailed early yesterday morning for the first time in many years without his pet Persian cat Abdul. The animal...
6th January 1929  
New York Times (1907) SOCIETY---HOME AND ABROAD
Personal and Otherwise --- Miss Esmé  Wallace, who is to marry Viscount Tiverton, son of the Earl of Halsbury, is a daughter of Lady Duff-Gordon by her first husband, and is a niece of Eleanor Glyn, the novelist.  Her mother marrie...
4th August 1907  
  LETTER FROM CATERINA GILARDINO, NIECE OF VINCENZO GILARDINO
I do not know the year Vincenzo Gilardino came to England but it must have been in the last years of the 1800s because in 1901 my father (Paulo) Gustavo, Vincenzo's brother, was sent to England by their father to try + persuade Vincenzo to return to ...
   
ET Research (2004) OF RATS AND MEN: TITANIC SURVIVOR "SLEEPING ROUGH"
YESTERDAY IN PARLIAMENT ...
10th June 2004  
New York Times (1912) JOSEPH BRUCE ISMAY
Chairman and Managing Director of the White Star Line --- Joseph Bruce Ismay has been considered one of the most prominent ship owners in the world. As chairman and managing director of the White Star line he took passage on the Titani...
16th April 1912  
  (1937) MUTINY ON TITANIC RESCUE VESSEL - 1937
TROUBLE ON SOUTH AFRICAN VESSEL 'Mutiny' on Titanic Rescue Ship The Admiralty was informed last night that a wireless message had been received by HMS Resolution from the Sherard Osborn, bound from Table Bay to Rotterdam, which ...
  1937  
Nottingham Daily Express (1912) DERBYSHIRE VICTIM
Among the missing is George Henry Hickley, a Derby man, who was a steward on board the ill-fated liner. He was well known in the Rowditch district of the town, as he often visited his sister, Mrs. Knowles, wife of Mr. Knowles, of the Lonsdate Dairy,...
22nd April 1912  
ET Research (2004) PITMAN'S OWN PRIVATE ICEBERG
...
19th July 2004  
ET Research (2008) COULD YOU MAKE IT TO EXTRA MASTER?
If I doubted my reckoning after a long time at sea I verified it by reading the clock aloft made by the Great Architect, and it was right. Captain Joshua Slocum, navigating by Lunar Distances. ...
28th February 2008  
New York Times (1912) SAYS ISMAY TOOK FIRST BOAT
Titanic Fireman Declares He Got in "with Millionaires" --- Harry Senior, a fireman on the Titanic, said last night: "I was in my bunk when I felt a bump. One man said. 'Hello, she has been struck.' I went...
19th April 1912  
Grimsby Evening News (1912) UNTITLED
As a lad Mr. Moody served two years in HMS Conway a sail training vessel moored on the river Mersey, after that time he gained the Extra Certificate showing that he was bright. He joined the sailing vessel Boadicea on leaving, and would have served t...
  April 1912  
New York Times (1915) SUBMARINES SINK FOUR MORE SHIPS
Three British and a French Steamer Destroyed, All Probably in Mediterranean --- 2 U-BOATS REPORTED LOST -- And a Third Is Said to Have Been Captured and Taken to Port by British Warships --- LONDON, Nov...
11th November 1915  
New York Times (1907) 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  
Dictionary of National Biography (1901) ISMAY, THOMAS HENRY
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 (...
   
The Evening Telegram (1912) CHARLES LYDIATT
Steward on Board Titanic, and Brother of Sergeant Lydiatt of Toronto Police Force....
16th April 1912  
Exeter Flying Post (1912) DEVONIANS ON BOARD
Edward Parsons, chief storekeeper, son of Mrs. Parsons, Torquay, leaves a widow and five children....
20th April 1912  
  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...
   
Elizabeth Daily Journal (1912) ELIZABETHANS ON BOARD BIG LINER TITANIC
[Links to the earlier parts of this article can be found on the summary pages for the members of the Renouf/Jefferys family and the Carter family.] Among those who visited the White Star steamship offices in New York to-day in an endea...
16th April 1912  
Excelsior (1912) LE CHICAGO A RAMENé HIER AU HAVRE DES SURVIVANTS DU TITANIC
Mme Laroche, survivante du terrible naufrage du Titanic, est arrivée, hier, au Havre, à bord du Chicago. Elle était sur le paquebot géant au moment de la catastrophe, ainsi que son mari, qui, malheureusement, disparut dans le desastre, et ses deux...
2nd May 1912  
  PINCUSHION
A pin cushion bought on board the Titanic. Probably in the barber's shop which stocked toys and novelty items for sale as souveniers....
   
Exeter Flying Post (1912) DEVONIANS ON BOARD
George Fox Hosking, 36, senior third engineer, eldest son of Captain Hosking, The Green, Shaldon, leaves a wife and three children....
20th April 1912  
St. Ives Times & Express (1988) UNKNOWN TITLE
Died January 9th 1988. RICHARDS, William (Willie) Rowe Richards of Carbis Bay whose death at the age of 78 is reported on page 7 was one of the few survivors remaining of the Titanic disaster in which in April 1912 claimed 1,500 lives....
22nd January 1988  
Wiltshire Times (1912) 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  
Reading Observer (1912) DODD
Much sympathy is felt with Mr. Dodd, the meat inspector of Reading, whose brother, Mr. E. C. Dodd, was an assistant engineer on board. His name does not appear among the survivors. [Page 5]...
20th April 1912  
The Times (1953) LIGHTOLLER'S 'SUNDOWNER' IN LIFEBOAT EMERGENCY
Search for 60ft Cabin Cruiser Shipping asked to keep look-out All shipping in the Channel and North Sea has been asked to keep a look-out for the 60ft cabin cruiser "Sundowner," with eight people on board, which Margate ...
23rd September 1953  
The ChronicleHerald.ca (Halifax Herald) (2007) EMOTIONAL STORY FOR VICTIM'S COUSIN
Interview with Edith Benoit, of Halifax, NS, whose cousin, George Wright, a self-made millionaire businessman, perished on board Titanic. His body was never recovered....
15th April 2007  
Boston Globe (1912) OTHERS OF REPUTED WEALTH
Among the others of reputed wealth who were on board are Christopher Head a London barrister and one of the senior member of Lloyds, underwriters, was among the passengers....
16th April 1912  
La Science et la Vie (1913) WATERTIGHT DOORS ON BOARD A WHITE STAR LINER
From 'La Science et la Vie', June 1913...
  1913  
Elizabeth Daily Journal (1912) ELIZABETHANS ON BOARD BIG LINER TITANIC
News of Relatives Anxiously Awaited by Families In This City ---------- William E. Carter, 37 years old, of Philadelphia, a nephew of Joseph W. Carter, of 43 South Broad street, a well-known Elizabeth resident, is one of the pas...
16th April 1912  
  LETTER POSTED BY BERTHE LEROY FROM THE LUSITANIA
One of Berthe's 19 transatlantic voyages was on the Lusitania sometime between 1912 and 1915. She wrote to her brother Samuel: "Another couple of days on board this ship. It is not too bad a trip but I cannot help feeling a little ang...
   
Western Morning News (1912) TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW
An Exonian on board was Mr Harry Dyer, second son of Q.M.S. Dyer and Mrs Dyer of Mount Pleasant Road, Exeter. A smart young fellow, 25 years of age, he was fourth engineer, having transferred from the Olympic. He was in Exeter for a short holiday a...
  1912  
Bridgwater Mercury (1912) NOTABLE PEOPLE ON BOARD
Mr. Christopher Head, former mayor of Chelsea. Much interested in art matters, and the donor of one of the panels to be placed in Chelsea Town hall. Took a prominent part in the discussions at the Mansion House on the King Edward Memorial. ...
20th April 1912  
ET Research (2006) TITANIC'S SUPREME SURVIVOR
Sydney Buxton as a new MP SYDNEY BUXTON, President of the Board of Trade...
13th December 2006  
Washington Times (1912) DUE TO CARELESSNESS, SURVIVOR DECLARES
NEW YORK, April 19---C. H. Stengle, one of the first passengers off the vessel, said that the collision of the Titanic with the iceberg was the result of "criminal carelessness." "The ship was going 22 knots an hour when she struck," h...
19th April 1912  
ET Research (2002) A TITANIC COINCIDENCE
Most steamship researchers/scholars/enthusiasts know the many similarities between the Canadian Pacific ocean liner Empress of Ireland and the famous White Star Line leviathan Titanic. Both ships were express line...
9th July 2002  
Brockton Daily Enterprise (1912) BROCKTON AND STOUGHTON MEN ABOARD TITANIC
Among the passengers of the Titanic are Frank D. Millet, the distinguished artist, once of East Bridgewater, and a brother of Dr. Charles S. Millett of Brockton; George Q. Clifford, of the Belcher Last Co. of Stoughton and widely known among the shoe...
15th April 1912  
Unidentified Newspaper (1912) WOMAN RELATES THRILLING RACE OF CARPATHIA
New York, April 19.- Mrs. C.F. Crane of Fort Sheridan, Ill, a passenger on the Carpathia, today gave this graphic account of the Carpathia's thrilling race with death. She said that news of the disaster had become known to the passengers on board the...
20th April 1912  
Surrey Advertiser and County Times (1912) OTHER PASSENGERS
Among others on board the vessel, and who, it is feared, has been drowned, was Mr. E. W. Hamblyn, of Southampton, elder brother of Mrs. H. A. Jamieson, of Portesbury Road, Camberley, Surrey. He was a steward on the liner, having been promoted from th...
20th April 1912  
Gettysburg Complier (1912) RESCUE OF MRS BECKER
Dr L. B. Wolf Secretary of Foreign Missionary Board of The General Synod Lutheran Church, tells that he met Mrs Becker, a Lutheran missionary from India, returning on the ill-fated Titanic, at New York when the Carpathia docked with the Titani...
15th May 1912  
New York Times (1912) MEMORIAL NOTICE
STRAUS-Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society (Orphan Asylum,) passed at a meeting specially called for the purpose of considering the tragic and untimely death of Isidor Straus: Isidor Straus t...
4th May 1912  
  CARPATHIA MENU
Menu for the last dinner served to Titanic survivors on board Carpathia, April 18th, 1912...
   
Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping (1908) (1908) HARLAND AND WOLFF, LTD.
Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Belfast. Shipbuilding in Belfast as a progressive industry is of comparatively recent growth, and yet there is probably no commertial [sic] centre more prominently identified with the trade to-day than th...
  1908  
Elizabeth Daily Journal (1912) RECOVER MARCH’S BODY
On board the cable ship Mackay-Bennett, whicn [sic] is due in Halifax to-morrow with the bodies of nearly 200 dead recovered from the wreckage of the Titanic are the remains of John S. Marsh, of Newark, father of Mrs. John A. Corwin, of 261 Stiles st...
29th April 1912  
Chicago Record-Herald (1912) MEEHAN KIN ESCAPE
Mrs. John Worthington, 4458 Drexel boulevard, sister of John Meehan, who was reported to have had relatives on board the Titanic, denied there was any truth in the report. Chicago Record-Herald, Saturday, April 20, 1912, p. 4, c. 7...
20th April 1912  
New York Times (1918) CARPATHIA SUNK; 5 OF CREW KILLED
215 Saved from Cunard Liner, Which Is Sent Down Off the Coast of Ireland --- HIT BY THREE TORPEDOES --- Was Bound for an American Port to Take Some More Soldiers to the Other Side --- Copyight, 1918, by The N...
20th July 1918  
BBC News (2007) NEW TITANIC LINK TO THE PAST
The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum says it has launched the most wide-ranging website ever dedicated to the Titanic and its place in Belfast's history. The site is backed by the NI Tourist Board and is expected to attract hundreds of thousands of virtual visitors. ...
5th March 2007  
Western Morning News (1912) THE FEARS OF RELATIVES
Three inhabitants of Bodmin had relatives on board the Titanic. Mrs. George Pidwell, of Robartes-road, had a sister (Mrs.Lobb), who was going out to America with her husband, and Fathers Smith and McElroy, of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Priory, had br...
19th April 1912  
Western Morning News (1912) THE FEARS OF RELATIVES
Three inhabitants of Bodmin had relatives on board the Titanic. Mrs. George Pidwell, of Robartes-road, had a sister (Mrs.Lobb), who was going out to America with her husband, and Fathers Smith and McElroy, of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Priory, had bro...
19th April 1912  
KIDK (2009) TITANIC DOCKS AT THE MUSEUM OF IDAHO
"Seeing the real artifacts and seeing these items that somebody actually carried onto the ship is pretty exciting to see," says Shelly Smede.Come aboard the Titanic for a voyage of a lifetime. The moment captured in time, taking visitors on a journey through the tales and legends from the life on board to the depths of the sea....
5th March 2009  
Craig Daily Press (2007) A STORY OF THE PIG AND THE TITANIC
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24th October 2007  
Broadway World (2007) TITANIC, THE MUSICAL: EPIC TRAGEDY, EPIC THEATRE
J. Bruce Ismay, owner of the White Star Line was oft quoted as saying he wanted the RMS Titanic to become a legend in trans-Atlantic travel. In fact, he was on board for the maiden voyage to make sure that happened. ...
11th September 2007  
Isle of Man Today (2008) A BOAT IN THE EVENING AT THE GAIETY
THE Manx Operatic Society is working on one of the most expensive and challenging productions of its 60-year history. Titanic the Musical will be hitting the stage of the Gaiety Theatre in March, complete with custom sets and computer graphics to make the audience feel as if they are really on board the ship....
30th September 2008  
New York Times (1941) 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  
Worcester News (2008) JUMP ON BOARD FOR FUN TITANIC PARTY
THE 10-course meal enjoyed by passengers aboard the ill-fated Titanic will be recreated for an end-of-summer party at a Worcestershire pub. Staff from the Swan in Birlingham, near Pershore, have turned a copy of the original menu from the evening the ship went down into a buffet-style spread....
4th September 2008  
Today's TMJ4 (2008) RAW VIDEO: TITANIC EXHIBIT COMING TO PUBLIC MUSEUM
One of the most popular exhibits in the world is coming to Milwaukee. "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" shows hundreds of relics from the sunken ship. There will also be information about people from Milwaukee who were on board....
19th April 2008  
New York Times (1912) DEATH NOTICE OF TYRELL CAVENDISH
CAVENDISH---At sea, on April 15, Tyrelll William Cavendish, only son of the late Charles T. Cavendish of Crakemarsh Hall, Uttoxeter, England, and son-in-law of Mr. Henry Siegel of New York. Funeral services private. "I will not leave the ship while...
4th May 1912  
New York Times (1935) LADY DUFF GORDON, STYLE EXPERT, DIES
Pioneer in Bringing Freedom to Women's Fashions Headed Chain of Garment Shops --- COINED DRESS TERM 'CHIC' --- First Split Skirt and Manikin Show Credited to Her---She Had Stores in Three Countries --- Wirele...
22nd April 1935  
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  
  (1912) MARCONIGRAM FROM ALGERNON BARKWORTH
Recd. 2.28 p.m. reads. Barkworth, Whites, Belmont, Scarborough. All well Algy. === Marconigram dated April 18th 1912 to Barkworth, Hessle, England. ''Am safe on board Carpathia - Algy''....
13th April 1912  
New York Times (1949) HENRY BLANK
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NEWARK, N. J., March 17---Henry Blank, chairman of the board of Henry Blank & Co., manufacturing jewelers here, died today at his home, 138 Ridgewood Avenue, Glen Ridge, N. J., after a brief illness, at...
18th March 1949  
The Times (1912) MOURNING IN BELFAST : CAPTAIN SMITH'S PREDICTION
The shipbuilding works of Messrs Harland and Wolff (Limited) at Queen’s Island were closed on Saturday, which was regarded as a day of mourning for the members of the staff lost in the Titanic. With one exception all the me...
22nd April 1912  
Isle of Man Today (2009) THE TRAGIC TALE OF THE TITANIC ARRIVES IN DOUGLAS
THE Manx Operatic Society will be taking theatre-goers on a week-long journey on board the Titanic. Titanic the Musical docks at the Gaiety Theatre, Douglas, this Saturday until March 28....
20th March 2009  
BBC News (2008) TITANIC LETTER COULD FETCH £9,000
A letter penned by a passenger of the doomed Titanic which sank in 1912, killing 1,522 people on board, is expected to raise £9,000 at auction.Charles Jones, who worked for the Colgate firm in New York, was returning to the US after a UK trip to buy sheep from Dorset farmer James Foot....
18th March 2008  
Camden Daily Courier (1912) NOTHING HEARD OF FREDERICK SUTTON
Relatives and friends of Frederick Sutton, of Haddonfield, who was on board the Titanic when she sank on Sunday night after colliding with a huge iceberg, have given up all hope of his survival. Mr. Sutton was president of the Collingswood National B...
18th April 1912  
The Times (1912) THE TITANIC: MR ISMAY’S RETURN
The Adriatic arrived at Liverpool on Saturday with Mr Bruce Ismay and other survivors of the disaster to the Titanic on board. A large crowd had assembled at the landing stage to meet the vessel. One of the White Star Company&rsq...
13th May 1912  
New York Times (1912) GIRL SURVIVOR HAS PRAISE FOR ISMAY
Miss Rosenbaum Declares She Owes Her Life to White Star Head --- FORCED HER INTO LIFEBOAT --- Declares He Was Among Last to Leave Sinking Titanic, Calling "Any More Women?" --- Out of al...
23rd April 1912  
The Times (1935) LAST VOYAGE OF THE OLYMPIC
 CIVIC RECEPTION ON BOARD AT JARROW The liner Olympic (45,439 tons gross) sailed from Southampton last evening on her last voyage to Jarrow, where she is to be broken up. Among the hundred people who waved the liner farewell were a ...
12th October 1935  
The Times (1935) OLYMPIC BERTHED AT JARROW
FAREWELL SALUTE FROM SIRENS The Olympic, which is to be broken up by Messrs.T.W.Ward and Co at Jarrow to provide employment, was safely berthed alongside Palmers shipyard today. The coming of the liner to the Tyne attracted many thousa...
14th October 1935  
L'Illustré, revue Hebdomadaire Suisse (1956) TITANIC LIFEBOAT HOISTED ON BOARD THE CARPATHIA
Picture of a Titanic lifeboat being hoisted aboard the Carpathia in the early hours of 15 April 1912....
20th September 1956  
Event Magazine (2008) £11M TITANIC EXHIBITION TO OPEN IN BELFAST
Belfast is to host an £11m Titanic-themed visitor attraction, to open for the centenary of the 1912 sinking of the famous vessel.Event Communications is creating the exhibition, after winning a competitive pitch tendered by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board....
12th December 2008  
Brooklyn Daily Times (1912) SORROW AT HARDER HOME DESPITE HOPEFUL MESSAGES
Word was received at the home of Victor A. Harder, at 117 Eighth avenue, that his son George A. Harder and the latter’s young bride, who was Mrs. Dorothy Annan, of Manhattan, daughter of the late Edward Annan, of Brooklyn, who were passengers on the ...
16th April 1912  
New York Times (1911) 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  
The Lindsay Daily Post (2008) LINDSAY'S TITANIC CONNECTION; NEW EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS LINDSAY MAN'S BELONGINGS
A Lindsay native's personal belongings lost at sea are one of the main focal points of a Titanic Exhibit currently on display in Toronto. The irony is that although Harold Irwin's luggage was on board the Titanic, he wasn't....
28th January 2008  
New York Times (1912) WOMEN REVEALED AS HEROINES BY WRECK
*** --- COUNTESS ROTHES BRAVE --- Took Charge in Her Boat-Mrs. Cornell Among Those Who Worked at the Oars --- *** --- COUNTESS IN CHARGE OF BOAT --- Sat at Tiller Five Hours--Survi...
20th April 1912  
Unidentified Newspaper (1912) UNTITLED
In many cases reference was made to the disaster in the sermons, and the Dead March in ''Saul'' or another of the classic funeral marches was played. Memorial services were conducted in Maxwelltown Parish Church, of which Mr. Thomas Mullins, one of t...
  1912  
  (1911) SHIP MANIFEST
on 15th April 1911, Hudson arrived at New York from Liverpool, England. He was on board the S.S Campania, 29 years old, married his occupation was a broker, he could read and write, his residence was Montreal, Canada. he had no nearby freinds or rela...
15th April 1911  
Western Morning News (1912) TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW
Among the Cornish passengers on board the Titanic were Mr & Mrs Chapman, of Carpuan Farm, St Neot, returned home about six months ago from the United States, where he had been engaged in mining. While at home he had married a Miss Lawry, of St Neot,...
17th April 1912  
New York Times (1940) CAPTAIN ROSTRON, TITANIC RESCUER
Raced Carpathia Through Icy Waters to Save 700 Persons---Dies in England at 71 --- WITH CUNARD 36 YEARS --- Commodore of Line, 1928-31, Commanded Mauretania and Berengaria During Career --- By Cable to The NE...
6th November 1940  
Western Morning News (1912) TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW
Mr Forbes Julian of Redholme, Braddons Road, Torquay, was a passenger on the Titanic. It is known that Mr Julian was on board when the liner left Southampton last Wednesday, it being his intention to spend several weeks in the United States. Up to ...
17th April 1912  
Examiner.com TITANIC ARTIFACTS ON VIEW IN ROCHESTER MUSEUM AND SCIENCE CENTER BEGINNING OCTOBER 1
Almost a century ago on a calm April night in 1912 the "unsinkable" Titantic went down after colliding with an iceberg. More than 1,500 of the 2280 passengers on board the maiden voyage of the world's largest ship perished that night including business tycoons, artists and film stars, government dignitaries and immigrants dreaming of a new life in America.....
   
New York Times (1912) MEMORIAL NOTICE
STRAUS--- A Special Meeting of the Board Of Directors of Montefiore Home, held April 21, 1912. The President, Jacob H. Schiff, announced the melancholy death of the Honorable Isidor Straus and his devoted wife in the dis...
22nd April 1912  
Toronto Sun (2008) SAIL THE TITANIC - AND LIVE
A travelling exhibit showcasing hundreds of salvaged artifacts from the Titanic is drawing crowds here.The show, which runs until April 2009, incorporates artifacts from the vessel and replicates sections of the ship.Viewers can admire the grand staircase, peer into first- and third-class quarters, walk down the halls and discover the personal stories of passengers on board the doomed ship....
22nd December 2008  
Breeder’s Gazette (1893) RACEHORSES TRANSPORTED BY WHITE STAR STEAMER
Thoroughbred racehorses were frequently passengers aboard the White Star livestock carriers. This illustration, “from a photograph taken on board a White Star steamship,” appeared in the Breeder’s Gazette in March 1893....
  March 1893  
New York Times (1912) DISASTER AT LAST BEFALLS CAPT. SMITH
Veteran Commander of Titanic Went Forty Years Without Accident of Any Kind --- WHITE STAR'S BEST OFFICER --- Declared Only Recently That He Did Not Believe Modern Ships Could Be Sunk --- Capt. E. J. Smith, i...
16th April 1912  
Hampshire Chronicle (1912) SURVIVOR FROM “TITANIC”
A Newhaven A.B. Who Has Faced Many Perils of the Deep Mr Will Clifford Weller, who was an able-seaman abo...
27th April 1912  
  (1909) STEPHEN & ANNIE HOLD
Newly married at St. Keverne, Cornwall on 18 October 1909, Annie's first trip to America with her husband Stephen Hold was on board Teutonic. They arrived at New York on 24 November 1909 having departed from Southampton. The ship's manifest sh...
  1909  
Guernsey Evening Press (1912) UNTITLED
April/May 1912 In the boat with Mrs. Renouf were the Misses Lillian Bentham (of Jersey) and Miss Emily Rugg. When the boat left the ship's side there were 30 on board, but later 30 men were taken from a raft, of whom one...
  1912  
Newark Evening News (1949) HENRY BLANK, 76, GLEN RIDGE, DIES
Head of Newark Jewelry Concern Was Titanic Disaster Survivor --- Henry Blank, board chairman of Henry Blank Co., Newark jewelry manufacturing concern, died today at his home, 138 Ridgewood avenue, Glen Ridge, after a short illness. He ...
17th March 1949  
  ALFRED NOURNEY : TITANIC TELEGRAM
Wolff Cöln Sachsenring Titanic gesunken! Gerettet an Bord von Carpathia. Cunard Line. Vollständig mittel und kleiderlos. Alfred (Titanic sunk! Saved on board Cunard Line Carpathia. Completely dest...
   
Southampton Times and Hampshire Express (1912) TOUCHING MESSAGE FROM CAPTAIN'S WIFE
Shortly before three on Thursday afternoon the following message from Mrs. E. J. Smith, the wife of the Captain of the lost liner, was posted on the notice-board at the White Star office, Canute Road, Southampton. TO MY POOR FELLOW SUF...
20th April 1912  
Cork Examiner (1912) 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  
Southampton Times and Hampshire Express (1913) DEATH NOTICE: KIRBY & MCMULLEN
In loving and honoured memory of our dear cousin THOMAS KIRBY also our dearest friend JACK McMULLEN who both laid down their lives at Duty's call on board the SS Titanic, April 15, 1912. Greatly missed but never forgotten by all of us at Sholi...
19th April 1913  
Evening Bulletin (1912) TITANIC SURVIVOR WRITES OF HORROR TO FRIEND HERE
“Like Scene on Stage," Says Dr. Alice Leeder in Letter to Mrs. Sarah Babcock --- One of the most interesting accounts of the Titanic disaster which has come to light is in a letter written on board the Carpathia by Dr. Alice Leeder, New...
20th April 1912  
Daily Home News (1912) JERSEY PEOPLE WHO HAD RELATIVES ON BOARD
PERTH AMBOY, April 17---Great anxiety in [sic] felt in this city by the members of the Parker, Jaudon, Marsh and Hechheimer families, who had near and distant relatives among the passengers on the ill-fated Titanic. Owner of Local Plan...
17th April 1912  
Metro (2008) TITANIC REAL LIFE LOVE STORY?
A true story of love and self sacrifice on board the Titanic was the inspiration behind the Hollywood film, a relative of a survivor said today. Joanna Wood said the blockbuster film starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio was based on a real love story that took place on the doomed ship. ...
20th August 2008  
Worksop Today (2006) TITANIC SURVIVOR BELIEVED TO BE BURIED IN CRESWELL CHURCHYARD
22 June 2006 AN AFTERNOON surfing on the internet led a Creswell woman to the discovery that a Titanic survivor, who died in the First World War, is believed to be buried in the village.Rita Williams, 63, of Wood Avenue, spott...
22nd June 2006  
Women's Wear Daily (1911) EDITH L. ROSENBAUM REPORTED HURT IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
A number of the daily papers this morning have the following press dispatch from Rouen, France: "Rouen, Monday: – Miss Edith Rosenbaum, an American, was seriously injured today in an automobile accident while on her way to this city from Paris. A Ger...
22nd August 1911  
Cambridge Chronicle (1912) A CAMBRIDGE VICTIM
Mr. A. W. Barringer [photo] The greatest sympathy is felt with the relatives of Mr. A. W Barringer, whom as reported in last week's issue, was amongst those who lost their lives in the terrible Titanic disaster. The dece...
26th April 1912  
  BASIC STATISTICS OF THE DISASTER
324 1st class passengers, 201 survived. 277 2nd class passengers, 118 survived. 708 3rd class passengers, 181 survived 885 crewmembers, 212 survived 13 postmen/musicians, none lived. Grand total: 2,207 on board, 712 s...
   
Clare Journal (1912) THE TITANIC DISASTER
A telegram received in Ennis during the week confirmed the worst fears that had been entertained as to the safety of a young man named Martin McMahon, from the Craigbrien district, about five miles from Ennis. It was known...
29th April 1912  
  (1901) 1901 CENSUS, POOLE, DORSET
Frank Couch, aged 16, born Port Isaac, Cornwall is shown as a ships cook on board a vessel named 'Deveron'. Moored at Poole Quay, Dorset at the time of the census the Master was shown as Charles Couch, aged 24, born in Plymouth, Devon ...
  1901  
Castle Carey Visitor (1912) CARYITES ON BOARD
The loss of the Titanic has been keenly felt in Castle Cary: as apart from its being a National Disaster, there were a number of Caryites on board. Mr. Sam Herman, for many years a butcher in the town, and for some years proprietor of the Britannia H...
  April 1912  
New York Times (1912) 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  
  HMS HECATE'S ROLE IN DISCOVERY OF TITANIC WRECK
I read with interest on this site regarding HMS Hecate's apparent role in the discovery of Titanic in 1977. Actually this is a mistake. I served on board HMS HECATE between 1980 and 1982...
   
Worcester Telegram (1912) REPORT FUTRELLE SAFE
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  
The Times (1912) THE TITANIC'S WIRELESS OPERATORS
It has been decided to erect a memorial fountain at Godalming in memory of Mr Jack Phillips, the senior wireless operator on board the Titanic, who was a native of the town. The Mayor (Alderman E Bridger) has received letters from all par...
20th May 1912  
Hudson Observer (1912) CRAZED WITH GRIEF BY FATHER'S DEATH
Jersey City Man Whose Father was Aboard the Titanic Taken Into Custody---Driven to the verge of insanity by the thought that his father in allprobability went down with the ill-fated Titanic, Frank Myles, 29 yearsold, liv...
18th April 1912  
Scotsman (2008) IN HIS OWN WORDS MAN WHO SURVIVED TITANIC AND SINKING OF HER SISTER SHIP
LETTERS written by a seaman who survived the sinking of the Titanic and its sister ship the Britannic four years later only to die in a German torpedo attack are expected to raise up to £20,000 at auction.Archie Jewell was on board the Titanic on the night of 14 April, 1912, and his writings describe the horror of watching the great ship sink and hearing the cries of passengers drowning in the icy seas....
23rd November 2008  
New York Times (1907) WHITE STAR LINE AFTER CONTINENTAL TRAFFIC
Service to Channel Ports Also to be Installed by Cunard Line --- WILL RIVAL GERMAN BOATS --- Mails to Two-thirds of England and All Scotland and Ireland Will Be Delayed by This Action --- The announcem...
8th January 1907  
  (1912) LETTER FROM WILLIAM BYLES TO HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW
Bernards' Inn Bernardsville, N.J. April 21, 1912 My dear Mamma, Here we are at Bernardsville...went to St. Vincent's Hospital, when we met first some young boys and afterwards some girls who had been on the...
21st April 1912  
  WONNACOTT FAMILY INFORMATION
Dorothy Wonnacott was born in Plymouth in 1885. She was a daughter of Arscott and Mary Jane Wonnacott. Her parents, both originally from the Holsworthy area of mid-Devon had married in about 1878 and were living in Plymouth from that time....
   
  (1912) THE ENGLISHMAN
(A poem written on board the RMS Olympic, April 18, 1912, following the disaster to her sister ship) He slams his door in the face of the world If he thinks the world too bold: He will even curse; but he opens his purse...
18th 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...
   
Liverpool Daily Post (2009) LIVERPOOL GETS READY FOR TITANIC 2012 CENTENARY
by Peter ElsonApr 24 2009Today, Liverpool starts planning the centenary of Titanic's sinking in three years' time. Peter Elson reportsIT ALL started with an innocent game of billiards in one of Liverpool's great me...
29th April 2009  
Southern Daily Echo (2009) MILLVINA DEAN TO BE BURIED TODAY
Mourners are due to gather in Southampton to say a final farewell to Millvina Dean, the last remaining survivor of the Titanic disaster, today. Millvina, who died aged 97, was the youngest passenger on board the illfated White Star liner w...
16th June 2009  
New York Times (1907) MORGAN ON THE OCEAN
Sailed Yesterday on the Baltic to be Gone Until July --- J. Pierpont Morgan sailed for Liverpool yesterday on the White Star Line steamer Baltic. On account of the tide the Baltic sailed at 5 o'clock in the morning. M...
14th March 1907  
New York Times (1899) THE GERMANIC AGAIN IN PORT
The White Star steamer Germanic, from Liverpool, arrived at this port late yesterday afternoon. This is the first trip the vessel has made since she sank alongside her pier on the North River last Winter from the weight of sno...
16th June 1899  
Villages Daily Sun (2008) FIRST BAPTIST OF OXFORD USING STORY OF THE TITANIC TO ILLUSTRATE BIBLICAL MESSAGE
When the Titanic set sail on April 10, 1912, the ship was deemed the biggest, fastest ship in the world, and most importantly, it was called unsinkable. Tragically, five days later, the ship struck an iceberg and sank, taking with it 1,523 lives out of the 2,228 passengers on board.The story of the Titanic is probably one of the most well-known tragedies in history. In the eyes of the Rev. Don Manley, of First Baptist Church of Oxford, it is also an event that illustrates the uncertainty of life and the need to be spiritually prepared for whatever might come....
15th September 2008  
AP (2006) TITANIC LOCKET FETCHES $100,000
A locket that went down with the Titanic and a survivor's handwritten account of the 1912 disaster fetched tens of thousands of dollars at auction Saturday.American passenger Helen Churchill Candee's 36–page description of the ship's sinking, which fetched US$85,000 in the sale, describes how she gave her locket to Edward Kent, a friend on board the ship, for safekeeping after the Titanic hit the iceberg that destroyed it.The locket, which sold for US$100,000, was found in the drowned Kent's jacket pocket when his body was recovered soon after his death....
4th May 2006  
Chicago Daily News (1912) LEARNS OF RELATIVE'S RESCUE
Daniel Tobin of Denver, Col, now in Chicago and a guest at the Palmer house, passed most of the morning in the offices of the White Star line seeking information in regard to his sister, Mrs. J. G. Brown, also of Denver. When finally a report...
16th April 1912  
Western Morning News (1912) TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW
Among those on board the Titanic was a son of Mrs Parsons of Bronshill Road, Torquay. Mr Edward Parsons had been in the service of the White Star Line practically all his life and has a wife and five children at Southampton. He was visiting his mot...
17th April 1912  
Washington Times (1912) 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  
  (1912) LETTER TO HIS SON FRANK, WRITTEN ON BOARD AND POSTED AT QUEENSTOWN
Dear Frank, I hope that you got to Belfast all right and started work on time, I got your wire from Liverpool. We have made a good run from Southampton everything working A1, we nearly had a collision with the New York and Oceanic when ...
11th April 1912  
St. Annes on the Sea Express (1912) 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  
Arizona Republic (2007) TITANIC EXHIBITION IS MORE THAN DISPLAY OF ARTIFACTS
The artifacts alone would be reason enough to welcome Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition's return engagement to the Arizona Science Center. There's the massive steel door that first-class passengers entered to board the "unsinkable" ship that fateful night in 1912, the ruins of a chandelier that hung above their heads in the exclusive first-class restaurant, personal items ranging from hair-tonic bottles to jewelry to toothpaste containers, and dishes arranged as divers found them on the ocean floor, like dominoes in the sand....
7th November 2007  
New York Times (1912) LINER DID NOT SPEED, ISMAY DECLARES
Not the Custom of the White Star Line to Try to Break Records --- TOOK LAST BOAT, HE SAYS --- Awakened by Crash --- Doesn't Know About Bulkheads --- Ship Sank in 2 Hours and 25 Minutes --- ...
19th April 1912  
Atlantic Daily Bulletin (2002) JACK BUTTERWORTH
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  
Cork Examiner (1912) BANSHA LADY'S ESCAPE
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11th May 1912  
Hampshire Observer (1912) WINCHESTER'S MELANCHOLY INTEREST
April 1912 Although there were no Winchester people so far as we have ascertained among the passengers on the Titanic, yet Winchester has a melancholy interest in the disaster, especially as it affects the ill-fated crew. Among the sec...
  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  
Daily Telegraph (2006) CHILD OF LOVERS WHO INSPIRED TITANIC HAS ASHES SPREAD AT SEA
A surviver of the Titanic, whose story was said to have inspired the Oscar-winning film, has had her ashes scattered at sea in Cornwall. One of Ellen Walker's last wishes was to have her ashes scattered at sea. She was conceived on board the Titanic by her runaway parents, whose story was said to have inspired the Oscar-winning film....
4th November 2006  
Lakeshore Weekly News (Minnetonka, MN) (2009) DEEPHAVEN'S TITANIC TIES
April 15, 1912.Arthur Rostron, master of the liner Carpathia, stood on his bridge watching a green flare flickering in the darkness ahead.At first he had hoped it meant the vessel he had driven 58 miles in response to her distress call was still afloat. Now he knew such hopes were in vain.He carefully maneuvred his vessel around an iceberg to take alongside the lifeboat the flare had come from.Then the night was suddenly marked by a woman's voice. A desperate, anguished voice cried "The Titanic has gone down with everyone on board!"That woman was Mahala Douglas of Deephaven....
14th April 2009  
Lakeshore Weekly News (Minnetonka, MN) (2009) DEEPHAVENS TITANIC TIES
April 15, 1912. Arthur Rostron, master of the liner Carpathia, stood on his bridge watching a green flare flickering in the darkness ahead. At first he had hoped it meant the vessel he had driven 58 miles in response to her distress call was still afloat. Now he knew such hopes were in vain. He carefully maneuvred his vessel around an iceberg to take alongside the lifeboat the flare had come from. Then the night was suddenly marked by a woman\\\'s voice. A desperate, anguished voice cried \\\"The Titanic has gone down with everyone on board!\\\" That woman was Mahala Douglas of Deephaven....
17th April 2009  
The Times (1897) PIRRIE HONOURED FOR SERVICE AS LORD MAYOR
BELFAST, DEC. 14.To-night a banquet was given to the Right Hon. W. J. Pirrie, J.P., Lord Mayor of Belfast, and Mrs. Pirrie by the citizens on the occasion of the approaching termination of the second year of Mr. Pirri...
15th December 1897  
Guernsey Evening Press (1912) JACK POINGDESTRE
Jack Poingdestre, whose parents lived at 28, Old St. John's Road Jersey, also had his home in Southampton. A month earlier he had been on the crew of the Oceana when it sank of Newhaven. That had been on March 16th. He at least was used to shipwrecks...
  April 1912  
Belfast Telegraph (2009) TITANIC'S "LITTLE SISTER" MAY MISS ANNIVERSARY REFIT DATE
The £7m restoration of a tender ship that ferried passengers on board the doomed Titanic may not be finished in time for the centenary of its launch, an official report warns today. The charitable trust responsible for refitting the derelict...
24th June 2009  
BBC News (2009) MONEY WORRIES FOR NOMADIC PROJECT
The project to restore the Nomadic has received a £500,000 grant from the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, bringing the total pledged to £4m. However, less than £8,000 has been raised from corporate donors and a 'Sponsor a...
16th September 2009  
Le Journal de Genève (1912) THE KINK FAMILY
The Kaiser & C° Agency received a telegram from the White Star Line stating that Mr. and Mrs. Kink, and their child, from Zurich, who were passengers on board the "Titanic", are listed among the survivors, but Kink's two sisters are drowned. ...
21st April 1912  
The Times (1930) 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  
The Cadet (1914) MOODY MEMORIAL CUP
The Cup presented by Mrs Day and other relatives of J P Mood, who was lost in the "Titanic", to perpetuate his memory on board, reached the Ship during the Easter holidays, and is a great acquisition to our collection of trophies in the way of cup...
13th June 1914  
New York Times (1893) FAVORS ISIDOR STRAUS
RICHARD CROKER SAYS HE IS NOT OPPOSED TO BUSINESS MEN --- JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 10---Richard Croker, Thomas F. Grady, John R Sexton. and John F. Carroll, well-known Tammany men, who have been in Florida since la...
11th February 1893  
Daily Home News (1912) WRECK VICTIM KNOWN HERE
Henry B. Harris, the well-known theatrical man who lost his life in the sinking of the Titanic last week, was a very intimate friend of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Tepper, of this city, and had been touring Europe in company with Mr. Tepper’s brother-in-l...
22nd April 1912  
Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate, and Cheriton Herald (1912) HYTHE MOURNERS
Page 11 There are at least two Hythe residents mourning the loss of relatives who were on the ill-fated Titanic. One is Mr. W. R. Wood, the popular Postmaster, whose brother, Mr. J. T. Wood, aged 49 years went down with the great major...
25th April 1912  
The Washington Post (1912) RESCUED WOMAN PAYS TRIBUTE TO HEROIC MEN ON TITANIC
From the lips of the woman who was saved from the Titanic came today one of the most glowing tributes yet paid to the heroism and self-sacrifice of the brave men who gave their lives that women and children might be spared a watery grave. ...
20th April 1912  
Cleveland Plain Dealer (1912) MORGAN'S BARBER LOST
Man Who Always Shaved Financier Was on Titanic By Plain Dealer's Leased Wire New York, April 18--Arthur White, once a rich English barber and known in England as the soap wrapper king, is among those lost on the Titanic. White used to...
19th April 1912  
  (1912) ALFRED NOURNEY TITANIC POSTCARD
Liebe Mutter Ich bin so glücklich auf meiner ersten Klasse! Ich kenne schon sehr nette Leute! Einen Brillantenkönig! Mister Astor einer der reichsten A...
11th April 1912  
Cambria Daily Leader (1912) UNTITLED
Mr. Evan Davies of Ynismond, Glais, who was on board the Titanic with Mr. J. Rogers, another Swansea Valley man. It is feared that the lives of both have been lost. Our Swansea Valley reporter writes: The names of W. J....
17th April 1912  
Washington Times (1912) CAPITAL RESIDENTS IN NEW YORK FOR CARPATHIA'S COMING
Anxious for News From Friends Aboard the Titanic --- With barely one thread of hope that three of the Washingtonians who sailed from Southampton on the ill-fated Titanic a week ago yesterday are still alive, a party of Washingtonians to...
18th April 1912  
The Times (1958) TRAGEDY AT SEA - FILM RECORD OF THE TITANIC
The sinking of the Titanic has been dramatized on several occasions, and the subject has been examined from different aspects - as one of the greatest disasters in marine history, as an essay in human courage, as an event that symbolized the passi...
2nd July 1958  
The Evening Post (1912) THE SAD “MIGHT HAVE BEENS”
Out of the fragmentary and disjointed reports of the survivors of the Titanic tragedy loom the big facts that compel the action on which congress has promptly engaged not only for thorough investigation of the affair but for formulatio...
19th April 1912  
Le Journal de Genève (1912) MRS. A. S. JERWAN SAVED
From Kaiser C°: relatives of Mrs. A. S. Jerwan, from Mont-Couvet (Neuchatel), state that this lady, who was a second class passenger on board the "Titanic", wired from New-York that she was among the survivors. So far, Mrs. Jerwan was listed among th...
23rd April 1912  
  ANCESTORS ON BOARD
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New York Times (1912) THE WIDENERS
Another of the morning inquiries (at the White Star Line office) was a long distance one from Philadelphia. It was for the news of Mr. and Mrs. George D. Widener and their son, Harry Elkins Widener, who are of the well-known Philadelphia family of th...
17th April 1912  
  MR WILLIAM TAGGART – DELIVERY CREW TRIMMER
Mr William Taggart was born in Belfast in 1889 and began work with the Harland & Wolff yard as an apprentice. He was one of the workers who helped to build Titanic from day one. He had also been a crewmember of the Olympic. When the Titanic was deli...
   
The Times (1912) MR. A. H. BARKWORTH
Mr. A. H. Barkworth, of Tranby House, East Yorkshire, said he was sitting in the smoking-room when the boat struck the iceberg. He saw Mr. W. T. Stead on deck. He described how the forecastle was full of powdered ice. He noted the foremast was listin...
20th April 1912  
Chicago Daily Tribune (1912) OAK PARK TITANIC SURVIVOR
(Photo: Mrs F. R. Kenyon) A letter written on board the Carpathia was received yesterday by Mrs. George P. Baldwin, 309 Linden avenue, Oak Park, announcing the death of F. R. Kenyon and the safety of Mrs. Kenyon, sister of Mrs. Baldwin...
21st April 1912  
Reading Observer (1912) UNTITLED
Inquiries made at the local shipping offices by a Reading Observer' representative elicited the fact that there were no Reading people among the passengers. Several local residents had friends and relatives on board. Mr. Stuart Collett, nephew of Mrs...
20th April 1912  
Worcester Telegram (1912) TITANIC INSURED FOR $5,000,000
LONDON, April 15- The Titanic was insured for $5,000,000. No definate information is obtainable as to the amount of valuables on board but it is generally understood that the vessel took diamonds consigned to dealers whose estimated value is as high ...
16th April 1912  
New York Times (1912) LORD ROTHES AWAITS WIFE
Was to Have Met Her at Pier When Titanic Arrived --- An intimate friend of Capt. Smith, a prominent shipping man, who was seen at the Plaza last night, said that Capt. Smith had been informed by the White Star Company that he was to ret...
16th April 1912  
Brighton Argus (1912) MR. A. H. BARKWORTH
Mr. A. H. Barkworth, of Tranby House, East Yorkshire, said he was sitting in the smoking room when the boat struck the iceberg. He saw Mr. W. T. Stead on the deck. he described how the forecastle was full of powdered ice. He noted that the foremast w...
19th April 1912  
Cork Examiner (1912) ECHO OF DISASTER : BOAT PICKED UP BODIES ON BOARD
New York, Wednesday The White Star Line has received a marconigram from the Oceanic, dated May 13th, latitude 39.56, longitude 47.01, reporting that she had picked up a collapsible boat of the Titan...
16th May 1912  
The Times (1914) ECHO OF THE TITANIC DISASTER
Action in the French courts Nice, February 9th (1914). An action against the White Star Line arising out of the loss of the Titanic began today before the Civil Court here. The Plaintiff, Mme Navratil...
10th February 1914  
ET Research (2000) A TRAGIC FRIENDSHIP
Recovered artifacts tell of a round-the-world journey of two young men. ...
15th January 2000  
Camden Post-Telegram (1912) MR. SUTTON'S BODY SURELY ON THE MORGUE SHIP
White Star Line Confirms Report That Mackay-Bennett Has Corpse of Haddonfield Resident --- WRECKAGE SEEN BY ANOTHER STEAMER --- By United Press Wire NEW YORK, April 29---The White Star Line announced to-day that it ...
29th April 1912  
Tipperary Star (1948) DEATH OF TITANIC SURVIVOR
Mrs. Catherine Croke, Ballinntemple, Dundrum, whose death has occurred is believed to have been the last survivor in Ireland of the ill-fated Titanic. She was aged 21 at the time of the disaster and it was her first experience of being aboard a ship....
20th November 1948  
Unidentified Newspaper (1912) GLOOM AT HOLSWORTHY
This disaster has cast a gloom over Holsworthy, there being no less than seven passengers from this district on board the ill-fated vessel. Mr. L. Braund, a native of Bridgerule, who had been on a visit to his native home after several years absence ...
  1912  
New York Times (1912) ACCUSE WIRELESS OPERATOR
PHILADELPHIA, April 20---Charges were made to-day by the chief electrician of the United States scout cruiser Chester, which was sent to the aid of the Carpathia, having on board the survivors of the Titanic, that the wireless operators on board the ...
21st April 1912  
Salford Reporter (1912) THE FUNERAL OF MR ARTHUR GEE AN ACCOUNT OF HIS CAREER
The remains of Mr. Arthur Gee, who was one of the passengers who lost their lives in the Titanic disaster were laid to rest on Monday afternoon in the graveyard of St. Johns Church the Height. Mr. Arthur Gee was born at the Height 47 years ago, his f...
23rd May 1912  
North American (1912) BARBER THROWN FROM TITANIC AS IT SANK
Charles Weikman, of Palmyra, N. J., to Quit Sea After 750 Voyages --- HE CLUNG TO WRECKAGE --- A graphic account of the sinking of the Titanic was told yesterday by Charles Weikman, chief barber on the liner, at his home i...
20th April 1912  
The Times (1930) FILM "ATLANTIC" - ACTRESS INJURED IN RECREATION OF "TITANIC" SCENES
Court of Appeal Actress's claim under Workmen's Compensation Act Armour v. British International Pictures Ltd. (Before the Master of the Rolls, Lord Justice Slesser and Lord Justice...
30th July 1930  
Washington Times (1912) SMITH VOUCHED FOR BRAVERY OF CREW
Told Shipbuilder His Men Would Die Like Those on Birkenhead --- LONDON, April 22---Manager Director Kemster, of the shipbuilding firm which constructed the Titanic, while speaking to a meeting at Belfast today, said that just before the...
22nd April 1912  
The Times (1912) FRENCHMEN'S ACCOUNT
PASSENGERS' FAITH IN THE SHIP We were quietly playing auction bridge with a Mr. Smith from Philadelphia, when we heard a violent noise similar to that produced by the screw racing. We were startled and looked at one another under the ...
20th April 1912  
New York Times (1907) NEW WHITE STAR SERVICE TO TAP CHERBOURG TRADE
Adriatic, Biggest Ship Yet Built, to Start It in May --- SHE WILL CARRY 3,000 SOULS --- And Have a Turkish Bath, Plunge, and Orchestra Aboard---Line to Liverpool to Stay. --- With the putting in commis...
7th January 1907  
Semi Weekly Iowegian (1912) MYSTIC MAN LOSES WIFE AND CHILDREN - MRS. FRANK LEFEBRE COMING ON TITANIC FROM FRANCE REPORTED AMONG THOSE MISSING
Frank Lefebre, of Mystic, has almost given away to despair of ever seeing his wife and four children who were on board the ill fated Titanic. They were coming from France to join him after separation of a year while he worked hard in the mines to ...
19th April 1912  
Chicago Tribune (1966) SURVIVOR, 74, OF SINKING OF TITANIC DIES
Services for Mrs. Vivian Forsander, 74, a survivor of the Titanic which sank April 15, 1912, drowning more than 1,500 persons, will be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow in the chapel at 10001 Western av. Mrs. Forsander, who was born in Sweden, died ...
21st November 1966  
Daily Home News (1912) DR. SHANNON LOST FRIEND ON TITANIC
John George Phillips, the young Englishman who was in charge of the wireless room on the ill-fated Titanic, and who paid with his life the price of his faithfulness to duty, was to have been a visitor in this city while in this country, of Dr. P. A. ...
22nd April 1912  
Worcester Evening Gazette (1912) PORTER SANK WITH TITANIC HEROES
Family and Friends of Worcester Man Now Satisfied He Is Among Those Lost Walter E. Bigelow, business associate and friend of Walter C.Porter, last of the Titanic, who made a special trip to New York yesterday in the hope of securing fa...
19th April 1912  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Jersey Address: 28 Old St. Johns Road, Jersey. In 1996 his family were still in business in Southampton - Baitdiggers and Fishing Tackle Dealers. Jack Poingdestre, whose parents lived at 28, Old St. John's Road, also had hi...
   
  (1912) POSTCARD SENT BY MAN WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE TITANIC
This postcard was sent to Miss M. Liesse by a one F. Liesse. The handwriting looks like a man's, but it could have been sent by a maid who travelled with her employers in London, Paris, Baden...) The text at the back of the card reads: ...
21st April 1912  
New York Times (1912) FUNERAL OF T. W. CAVENDISH
Body of Henry Siegel's Son-in-Law to be Cremated To-day --- The body of Tyrell W. Cavendish, who lost his life when the Titanic sank, will be cremated at North Bergen, N. J., today. Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Frank F...
4th May 1912  
New York Times (1912) STRAUS A FAMOUS MERCHANT
Member Both of R. H. Macy & Co. and Abraham & Straus --- Isidor Straus, who, with Mrs. Straus, was aboard the Titanic, was born in Rhenish Bavaria on Feb. 6, 1845. His father's family came to this country in 1852, and settled at Talbott...
16th April 1912  
Chicago Daily Tribune (1912) MERCHANT FAINTS FROM JOY
page 3 Business Man Swoons on Learning Relatives Were Rescued from Titanic Wreck Aurora, Ill., April 17- [Special]- Oscar W. Johnson, 32 years old, a business man living at St. Charles, Ill., fell over in a dead faint ...
18th April 1912  
New York Sun (1935) NOTED STYLIST DIES IN LONDON
London, April 22 - Lady Duff Gordon, for thirty years directress of the noted dress firm Lucile, with branches in New York, London, Paris and Chicago, and an innovator in feminine apparel, died yesterday in a London nursing home, following an illness...
22nd April 1935  
ET Research (2005) LORD MERSEY— OBITER DICTA
HERBERT Henry Asquith, British Prime Minister, told the House of Commons at the beginning of May 1912 that the Court of Inquiry to be presided over by Lord Mersey would afford “the best means of arriving at a conclusion with...
13th March 2005  
Western Daily Mercury (1912) STEWARDESSES INTERVIEWED
Shortly before the special train steamed out of the docks, two of the stewardesses who are returning to their homes – Mrs. Gold and Mrs. Martin – granted a brief interview, in which they narrated their experiences. They were first-class stewardesses ...
30th April 1912  
Le Journal de Genève (1912) ON PASSENGERS FROM SWITZERLAND
The travel agency in Bale received a wireless message from the White Star Line, confirming that 675 passengers and crew of the "Titanic" were saved. On board the "Titanic" were a few people from Switzerland, such as the Zurich family Froelicher-Staeh...
17th April 1912  
Bath Journal (1912) FREDERICK GOODWIN AND HIS WIFE AND SIX CHILDREN
MELKSHAM Frederick Goodwin and his wife and six children were on board. They had been living in Melksham for some years. Goodwin was a machine hand at the foundry, and about 40 years of age. The eldest of the children, a g...
20th April 1912  
New York Times (1915) BUYER FINDS TRADE IN GERMANY STIFLED
E. P. Calderhead Say Factories There Are Crippled Because They Lack Materials --- ALL PRICES HAVE ADVANCED --- Berlin Streets, Cafes, and Hotels Deserted---Factory Workers in France Are Men Over 70 --- A repo...
23rd April 1915  
  (1912) LETTER FROM STAGG TO HIS WIFE
Dear Bertie, Just a few lines to let you know I arrived on board all right but what a day we have had of it, it's been nothing but work all day long but I can tell you nothing as regards what people I have for nothing will be settled ...
  1912  
Dowagiac Daily News (1912) BISHOPS GO BEFORE SENATE BOARD OF INQUIRY TO GIVE STORY OF TITANIC DISASTER
Both Are Called to Stand At Washington on Tuesday PUSHED TO SAFETY Mrs. Bishop Tells How They Were Hurried Aboard the Lifers When the Titanic Struck Huge Berg --------------- Mr. and Mrs....
26th April 1912  
Belfast Telegraph (2009) £7 MILLION RESTORATION OF TITANIC SHIP GOES AHEAD
The £7 million restoration of a tender ship which ferried first-class passengers on board the Titanic is to begin early next year after the project today secured another £500,000 cash injection. The grant from the Northern Irel...
16th September 2009  
Free Press (1912) THE TITANIC FUND
During the last week it has transpired that one of the bandsmen on board the Titanic was a man named J. W. Woodward, who was born and educated at Hill Top, West Bromwich. Woodward's father was at one time manager of the Hill Top Foundry, and W...
26th April 1912  
The Times (1937) 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  
New York Times (1953) MRS. HOKAN STEFFANSON
Page 31, column 2 Mrs. Mary Eno Steffanson died last night at her home, 56 East Fifty-seventh Street, after an illness of several months. She was 71 years old. Mrs. Steffanson, daughter of the late John Chester Eno, was the...
14th December 1953  
Western Morning News (1912) TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW
From Queenstown, Mr James Hocking, of Fore Street, Devonport, who was one of the Titanic’s second class passengers, wrote to his wife, and in the course of his letter spoke of the splendid accommodation in the great vessel, and mentioned that except ...
17th April 1912  
Washington Times (1912) TELL THEM NO WOMAN DIED BECAUSE I WAS COWARD ---GUGGENHEIM
NEW YORK, April 20---"This is a man's game and I will play it to the end," was the word that Benjamin Guggenheim, the millionaire smelter magnate, sent to his wife from the ill-fated Titanic. The message was delivered to the stricken widow by John Jo...
20th April 1912  
New York Times (1952) THOMAS D. M. CARDEZA
Page 19, column 2 PHILADELPHIA, June 6 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 ...
7th June 1952  
St. Paul Pioneer Press (1959) JOHN P. SNYDER, 71, DIES ON GOLF COURSE
John Pillsbury Snyder, 71, longtime Minneapolis automotive firm owner, died of a heart attack while playing golf Wednesday at Woodhill Country club. He owned and operated Snyder Garage, Inc., in Minneapolis for 43 years before retiring in ...
23rd July 1959  
Cornubian (1912) THE LATE MR FRANK ANDREW
On Sunday evening at St. Andrew's Church, the vicar (the Rev. R. Prior) preached an impressive and appropriate sermon to a large congregation. Taking as his text Psalm cvii., verses 23 and 24 he made special reference to the Titanic disaster. The ...
25th April 1912  
  COLERIDGE FAMILY INFORMATION
Reginald Coleridge was born in 1883 at 23 Bitton Street, Teignmouth, Devon. He was the only son of Charles Coleridge (cabinet maker) and Annie. He had a younger sister named Augusta. Reginald’s grandfather, James Coleridge (1824-1904...
   
New York Times (1907) SOUTHAMPTON EN FETE
Arrival of Adriatic Inaugurates the New White Star Service --- SOUTHAMPTON, May 30---The City of Southampton was in holiday attire to-day in honor of the arrival here of the White Star liner Adriatic, f...
31st May 1907  
Worcester Telegram (1912) WALTER PORTER AMONG THOSE ON TITANIC
Miss. Carrie Endres Sister of Worcester Man Also on Board Lost Liner When The Telegram informed Mrs. Albert J. Gifford, 9 King street last night that the 318(?) saloon passengers on the wrecked Titanic had been reported saved and would...
16th April 1912  
ET Research (2001) AN 'OLYMPIC' CLASS PROPULSION SYSTEM
The decision to incorporate a Parsons low-pressure turbine in the new vessels of the ‘Olympic’ class, was a departure for the White Star Line from the conventional system of two piston-based reciprocating engines driving twin propeller...
25th June 2001  
Chicago Inter Ocean (1912) HUMAN BUZZARDS OF SEA SINK WITH TITANIC
Special Dispatch to the Inter-Ocean New York, April 19.—Figures familiar to Forty-Second street will be missing in the cafes of the Great White Way when the lights are brightest as one of the results of the foundering o...
20th April 1912  
New York Times (1907) 3,000 ON THE ADRIATIC
Bruce Ismay, Bourke Cockran, and R. W. Perks Among the Passengers --- QUEENSTOWN, May 9---The White Star Line steamer Adriatic, which left Liverpool yesterday on her maiden voyage sailed from here to-day for New York with nearly 3,00...
10th May 1907  
ET Research (2001) SWALLOWED IN 14 MINUTES
Introduction ...
20th June 2001  
  (1926) RADIOS FROM NOTABLE PASSENGERS
"The next day, which was Sunday, we passed the Titanic, receiving many friendly radios from our friends on board. Personally, I exchanged messages with Mr. Isadore Strauss ( sp ) and Mr. John Jacob Astor. Captain Barr received a wirele...
  1926  
New York Times (1911) COL. ASTOR MAY WED ANY DAY
Leaves in Noma with Miss Force and Her Family for Astor Country Home --- LAND AT FERNCLIFF TO-DAY --- Belief That the Ceremony Will Take Place There---Labor Day Visit with Trunks --- Rumors that the wedding ...
2nd September 1911  
The Times (1912) ON BOARD THE CARPATHIA
HOW THE PASSENGERS WERE RECEIVED A passenger on board the Carpathia made the following statement:- I was awakened at 12.30 in the morning by a commotion on the decks which seemed unus...
20th April 1912  
Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping (1908) BELFAST, PORT OF
Belfast, Port of. Belfast Harbour, the premier harbour of Ireland, is at the head of Belfast Lough, in latitude 54° 36' N., 5° 56' W. The time of high water at full and change is 10 hours and 43 minutes. The ri...
   
Montreal Daily Witness (1912) YOUNGEST SURVIVOR OF THE TITANIC, GLEEFUL WITH FOSTER PARENTS
Boy, Eleven Months Old, Saved When Parents Went Down With Wreck, Becomes Centre Of Much Attention And Smiles Happily. Although Travers J.[sic] Allison, eleven months old, did not realise it yesterday, much interest was centred in his c...
22nd April 1912  
Worcester Telegram (1912) STORM STOPS NEWS: SABLE ISLAND COMMUNICATES BRIEFLY WITH THE CARPATHIA.
By the Associated Press HALIFAX. N. S., April 17.- The wireless station at Sable Island was in communication for a time this morning with the Cunarder Carpathia, bound for New York with the survivors of the Titanic on board....
18th April 1912  
Elizabeth Daily Journal (1912) ELIZABETHANS ON BOARD BIG LINER TITANIC
[The preceeding paragrpahs of this article can be found through the summary pages for the Renouf/Jefferys family, the Carter family and the Peacock family, in that order.] From early this morning when the first dispatches began to come...
16th April 1912  
Unidentified Newspaper (1949) HENRY BLANK
Henry Blank of 138 Ridgewood Avenue died last Thursday at his home after a short illness. He was 78. Board chairman of Henry Blank Co., Newark jewelry manufacturing concern, Mr. Blank was born in Providence, R.I. He lived in Philadelphia f...
  1949  
 

 
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