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JOHN BOURKE - SCHOOL REGISTER ENTRY   JOHN BOURKE - SCHOOL REGISTER ENTRY
John Bourke attended Rathkell School in Addergoole Parish. He was one of fourteen people from the parish who boarded RMS Titanic in Steerage...
24th September 1878
  MURDOCH MEMORIAL PRIZE
STEWARTRY OF KIRKCUDBRIGHT COUNTY COUNCIL EDUCATION COMMITTEE DALBEATTIE HIGH SCHOOL Dalbeattie District School Management Committee hereby certify that CHARLES CONNOR has been the Winner of a Prize of FOUR POUN...
  WILLIAM NEAL THOMAS FORD
William Neal Thomas Ford was born in Five Ashes, near Mayfield, East sussex on the 20th August 1897. He was the fourth child of Margaret Ann Watson and Edward Ford. He was enrolled at Rotherfield Council School on the 30th May 1904 aged 6. He con...
MARY CANAVAN - SCHOOL REGISTER ENTRY   MARY CANAVAN - SCHOOL REGISTER ENTRY
Mary Canavan attended Massbrook School in Addergoole Parish. She was one of fourteen people from the parish who boarded RMS Titanic in Steerage at Queenstown (now Cobh).  ...
MARY BOURKE - SCHOOL REGISTER ENTRY   MARY BOURKE - SCHOOL REGISTER ENTRY
Mary Bourke attended Rathkell School in the Parish of Addergoole. She was one of fourteen people from the parish who boarded RMS Titanic in Steerage...
29th May 1879
  TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTE BOOK, NUMBER 2, SOUTHAMPTON AREA
Case number C557. Reference to the application for payment of one years school fees at Skerrys College at the rate of £2 2s 0d per term in respect of Dorothy Penrose (daughter). The Committee suggests that she should attend Evening School and that fo...
19th June 1914
Staffordshire Advertiser STAFFORDSHIRE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER
Captain E. J. Smith, the commander of the ill-fated vessel, was a native of Hanley, the son of Mr. E. J. Smith. He was educated at the British School, then under the mastership of the late Mr....
20th April 1912
  GOODWIN FAMILY 1911 CENSUS
Name Relationship To Head of Household ...
2nd April 1911
New York Times JEAN SCHARIN ENGAGED
Chicago Girl Will Be Married to Edward Cudahy Spalding ---- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- CHICAGO, Feb. 21---Announce has been made by Mrs. J. Hippach Unander Scharin of this city of the eengagement [sic] of her daught...
22nd February 1946
Newark Evening News FORMER SECRETARY OF PATERSON Y. W. C. A. LOST
PATERSON, April 22---Returning from India, where she was engaged in missionary work, Miss Annie Funk, for several years secretary of the Young Women’s Christian Association, was one of those lost on the Titanic. This was her first furlough in five y...
22nd April 1912
PITMAN'S MBE   PITMAN'S MBE
I Have the honour to send to you herewith the warrant under The King's Sign Manual granting you the dignity of a member of the Civil Division, of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, and to inform you that the insignia has been sent ...
13th March 1948
ANNIE MCGOWAN - SCHOOL REGISTER ENTRY   ANNIE MCGOWAN - SCHOOL REGISTER ENTRY
Annie McGowan attended ...
BYLES AT ROSSALL SCHOOL (C.1889)   BYLES AT ROSSALL SCHOOL (C.1889)
New York Times MAURETANIA'S CAPTAIN IS HONORED BY KING
Roston [sic]Is Made a K. B. E. in Delayed Birthday List---48 Other Knights Created --- Copyright, 1926, by The New York Times Company --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, July 2---The King's Bi...
3rd July 1926
  FILLBROOK FAMILY INFORMATION
Joseph Charles Fillbrook (k/a as Charles) was born in Truro, Cornwall in 1894. He was the son of William Fillbrook, a mason by occupation and Kate (nee Vincent). He had five siblings, Edward John, William Arthur, George, Rose Hetta (k/a Rosetta) and...
  THE ROSSENDALE BARD FROM ADDERGOOLE
Andrew Houston was born in Doonbreedia in the parish of Addergoole, Lahardane, Co Mayo, Irish Republic on 1st May 1849, and would have attended Rathkell National School w...
Godalming and District News POST OFFICE MEMORIAL
At the Godalming Post Office, where Phillips was employed as a telegraphist for three years before leaving to enter the Marconi School at Liverpool, the Postmaster (Mr. W. R. Williams), and his staff have provided a suitable memorial to their ...
4th May 1912
Stirling Observer IN MEMORIAM WILLIAM YOUNG MOYES
The news received last week of the awful wreck of the Titanic seems to have stupefied the British and American nations - indeed, has cast a gloom over the whole world - and while the loss of every life is deplored, and every act of heroism and self-s...
23rd April 1912
New York Times 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 MRS. LOUISE U.-S. JONES IS ENGAGED TO MARRY
Mrs. J. Hippach Unander-Scharin of Wianno, Mass., formerly of Chicago and Lake Forest, Ill., has announced here the engagement of her daughter, Mrs. Louise Unander-Scharin Jones, to John Maclay Mirkil, son of William I. Mirkil of Meadowlane Farm, New...
26th August 1953
The Times £25,000 FOR BRITISH MERCHANTMEN
The Times, 2 January 1919 MR. ISMAY'S MUNIFICENT GIFT --- Mr. J. Bruce Ismay, son of the founder of the White Star Line, has given £25,000 in War Loan stock to the Mercanti...
2nd January 1919
  AMERICAN RED CROSS EMERGENCY AND RELIEF BOOKLET
No. 81 (English). Theological student, 25 years of age, coming to finish his studies, lost his books and baggage and suffered from exposure. He is obliged to work his way through school. ($300)....
1913
The Guardian OBITUARY OF BARBARA DAINTON
Barbara Dainton, who has died aged 96, was one of the last surviving passengers from the Titanic, though her family were brought up never to mention it. She was well into her 80s before she spoke in public about the tragedy. Barbara's pare...
14th November 2007
HERBERT PITMAN AND CHARLES LIGHTOLLER AT THE BRITISH INQUIRY Daily Graphic HERBERT PITMAN AND CHARLES LIGHTOLLER AT THE BRITISH INQUIRY
May 1912
QUARTERMASTER ROBERT HICHENS GIVES EVIDENCE AT THE BRITISH INQUIRY The Shere QUARTERMASTER ROBERT HICHENS GIVES EVIDENCE AT THE BRITISH INQUIRY
10th May 1912
Daily Sketch TEDDY SMITH HERO: BOYHOOD RECOLLECTIONS OF THE TITANIC'S CAPTAIN
A Genial Schoolfellow "Teddy Smith has gone down with his ship, and out of the six of us lads who used to be schoolmates together only one is now left - myself." From every corner of England, Mrs. Smith, the widow of the...
25th April 1912
  CENSUS
in the 1900 census, Bess is living with her father Arville, mother Sarah and elder sister Mabel H. it says she was white, female, born in 1886 and was 13 years old, and she was at school....
11th June 1900
Worcester Evening Gazette BE BRITISH, MY MEN CAPT. SMITH'S ORDER
WASHINGTON, April 19- But for the unparalled self-sacrifice and heroism of Capt. Smith and the Titanic's officers, the sea would have claimed an even greater toll when the gigantic ship went down. From the bridge, Capt. Smith called through his megap...
20th April 1912
New York Times G. H. CLARKE JR. KILLED
Lieutenant in Army Air Forces Was Completing Training --- Lieutenant George Hyde Clarke Jr., Army Air Forces, eldest son of Mrs. S. Beach Cooke of 530 Park Avenue and Cooperstown, N. Y. and of George Hyde Clarke of Hyde Hall, Cooperstow...
13th June 1943
New York Times P. A. B. WIDENER GIVES $4,000,000 TO SCHOOL
Endowment Is Announced Coincident with the Filing of His Son’s and Grandson’s Wills --- TO AID CRIPPLED CHILDREN --- George Widener, Lost on the Titanic, Left His Estate to Family---Harry’s Rare Books for Harvard --...
21st May 1912
New York Herald MR. W. ROEBLING, 2D, AMONG PASSENGERS
TRENTON, N.J. Monday - Washington Roebling, II a son of Charles G. Roebling, president of the John A. Roebling Sons Company, the Roebling Construction Company and the New Jersey Wire Cloth Company, who was a passenger on board the Titanic, togethe...
17th April 1912
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Sofia was a maid. She was born in the village of Riistavesi, near Kuopio, in 1874. She moved to Helsinki in 1905, where she worked at the School For The Blind for three years. After this job she worked for some time at the Missionary House, and then ...
SIR COSMO EDMUND DUFF GORDON (AT RIGHT) WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH FENCING TEAM AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN LONDON   SIR COSMO EDMUND DUFF GORDON (AT RIGHT) WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH FENCING TEAM AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN LONDON
1908
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Has a fine memorial in Dalbeattie County, Dumfries. also there is a stone to him in the Dalbeattie Cemetery. also a Prize at the local school in Dalbeattie, Dumfries is awarded in his honour every year....
GUS COHEN, 1975   GUS COHEN, 1975
From publicity handout for 1970s TV documentary. See this interview at the British Pathé website [Film ID 3478.01]...
1975
  MEMORIALS TO CAPTAIN SMITH
At Beacon Park, Lichfield, Staffordshire there is a fine statue to Captain Smith. The statue was sculptured by Kathleen, Lady Scott, C.V.O and unveiled by the Captain's daughter Helen on 29th July 1914.There is a stained glass window to ...
The Times MR. ISMAY AND THE WHITE STAR LINE
IMPENDING RESIGNATION OF THE CHAIRMANSHIP --- It is now officially announced that Mr. J. Bruce Ismay will retire from the presidency of the International Mercantile Marine Company as from June 30 next, and that he wil...
1st January 1913
New York Times CONSOLE PHILLIPS'S PARENTS
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21st April 1912
The Evening Telegram J. BOREBANK KNOWN HERE
Newspaper article...
16th April 1912
DIE DREILINDEN, ESTATE OF THE SPENCERS   DIE DREILINDEN, ESTATE OF THE SPENCERS
The Dreilinden estate in Lucerne, Switzerland, was the property of the Spencer family. Also known as the 'Villa Vicovaro, it now houses the City's School of Music (Conservatoire). Miss Elise Lurette used to stay at the Dreilinden when she was working...
Paterson Morning Call MISS FUNK ONE OF THE DEAD
Former House Secretary of the Local Y. W. C. A. Was on Titanic ---------- COMING FROM INDIA ---------- Was Missionary There and Intended Spending Part of Furlough in Paterson ---------- A large number...
22nd April 1912
  TITANIC RELIEF FUND
(From the Minute Book of the White Star Company) The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay...
New York Times WM. K. DICK MARRIES MRS. VIRGINIA CONNER
Chairman of the National Sugar Refining Co. Weds in Akron --- Word has been received here of the marriage of Mrs. Virginia Keniston Conner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Conner of this city, to William K. Dick of this city and Al...
25th December 1941
Staffordshire Advertiser STAFFORDSHIRE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER
Mr. Leonard Hodgkinson, the fourth senior engineer, was a Stoke man, and has many relatives and friends in the district. As a boy he received his education at St. Thomas's School, Stoke. He served an apprenticeship with Messrs. Hartley and Arnoux, wh...
20th April 1912
EDITH [ROSENBAUM] RUSSELL, 1975   EDITH [ROSENBAUM] RUSSELL, 1975
Pictured at a TV studio...
EDITH [ROSENBAUM] RUSSELL'S PIG   EDITH [ROSENBAUM] RUSSELL'S PIG
The Musical Toy That Played 'The Maxixe'...
1975
  1891 CENSUS, CHARLTON, LONDON
At the time of the 1891 census, Reginald G Smith, aged 11, was a school boarder at Park House, Cresswell Park, Charlton, London. ...
31st March 1891
New York Times COMES FOR $250,000 HE RISKED IN WAR
Fighting Kept Captain Douglas From Earning $2,500 a Year Prescribed by Will --- BROTHER GETS HIS SHARE --- British Officer on Way to Minneapolis to Lay His Case Before Father's Executor...
19th August 1922
New York Times GUGGENHEIM LEGACY UNCLAIMED
An application in the Surrogates' Court yesterday for the settlement of the estate of Benjamin Guggenheim revealed the fact that no owner can be found for a legacy of $5,000 to the Union Home and School for Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans. The executo...
29th October 1919
1911 Census THE SAGE FAMILY IN THE 1911 CENSUS
The Sage family in 1911 were living at 246 Gladstone Street, Peterborough. The house had 5 rooms. Name:  John G. Sage Relationship to ...
2nd April 1911
DIE DREILINDEN, PROPERTY OF THE SPENCERS   DIE DREILINDEN, PROPERTY OF THE SPENCERS
The Gardeners' Cottage...
Primitive Methodist Leader OUR BOYS ON THE 'TITANIC'
April 1912 There were three of them sailed with her - Percy (Bailey), Harry (Cotterill) and George (Hocking). The first named we knew well, for although all were brought up in our Sunday school the latter two had ceased attending regu...
1912
S.S. CHICAGO   S.S. CHICAGO
As she could not stand the idea of sailing again on a British liner, Mme Laroche decided that she would return in France on a French ship. She chose the French Line S.S. Chicago. She and her two daughters landed in Le Havre on 1 May 1912....
New York Times MRS. LOUISE JONES WED IN BAY STATE
Church in Barnstable Is Scene of Marriage to John Maclay Mirkil, Marine Ex-Officer --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- BARNSTABLE, Mass., Sept. 19---Mrs. Louise Unander-Scharin Jones, daughter of Mrs. J. Hippach Unander...
20th September 1952
CALEDONIA Voyage CALEDONIA
John P. Eaton
Anchor Line On 9 April at 2:55 p.m. Caledonia, eastbound New York-Glasgow, relayed to Bulgaria an ice warning received earlier from Cassandra. Port of Registry: Glasgow Flag of ...
11th June 2005
The Times TITANIAN - ECHO OF TITANIC
Cargo vessel's encounter with ice...
27th April 1935
  MANSION HOUSE REPORT
Case number 550. Parsons Clara, Widow. Parsons, Chas. Edward, child. Parsons, Elsie, child. (From the Titanic Relief Fund Minute Book number 2, Southampton Area) Date December 22nd 1913. Case number C550. That payments of Secondary Scho...
22nd December 1913
Royal Cornwall Gazette ST. AUSTELL
The most impressive gathering was that at the Baptist Sunday School, with which the family of the late Mr. W. H. Nancarrow, one of the Mount Charles victims, was connected. As the children were being dismissed the members of the adult classes lined u...
25th April 1912
Concord Journal CAROLINE LAMSON BROWN
The death of Mrs. John Murray Brown on Tuesday, June 26th, at the Emerson Hospital in Concord, removed from the scene a type of the handsome, accomplished woman who so well represented old New York in the late sixties and seventies of the last centur...
28th June 1928
The Times 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
  THOMAS HUGHES 1822-1896 (FATHER OF MRS. LILIAN CARTER)
Lilian's father, Thomas Hughes was educated at Oriel College, Oxford. He was a Liberal MP and barrister and spent much time promoting Working Men's Education and the Co-operative movement. He is most well known as author of 'Tom Brown's School...
E.J. THE STORY OF EDWARD J. SMITH. CAPTAIN OF THE TITANIC Titanic Review E.J. THE STORY OF EDWARD J. SMITH. CAPTAIN OF THE TITANIC
Brian J. Ticehurst
THIS is Gary Coopers second book on the RMS Titanic's Captain. His first book The Man Wh...
5th May 2009
MUNCHEN 1908 (BACK)   MUNCHEN 1908 (BACK)
Munchen. August 1908. Lee Schwabacher sends Herman Praetorius a friendly card, in which his apparent joke about Henry is obscured by a word I cannot decipher. "Munchen. Aug. 22, 1908. Your letter to ahnd, and we wre very much plased with same, and to learn that you were promoted and doing so (?) with your music. And I hope you play so well that Uncle Henry will not ruin it with his (?) Soon you will start back to school~ guess before we get home. Remember me to all at home. With lots of love which Uncle Henry joins me. Uncle Henry and Lee."...
Gare Maritime
THE CAP ARCONA : GALLERY OF A LOVELY - DOOMED LINER Gare Maritime THE CAP ARCONA : GALLERY OF A LOVELY - DOOMED LINER
Jim Kalafus
Recalling the loveliest of the 'forgotten' liners...
14th July 2007 Gare Maritime
The Times DAVID BLAIR DECORATED
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, FEB. 13--- The King held an Investiture of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire at 10.30 o'clock this morning. The following were severally introduced into the presence o...
14th February 1918
Hopewell Herald MRS. EMILY THOMAS BLACKWELL
Mrs. Emily Thomas Blackwell wife of Stephen Weart Blackwell of New York City was buried in the Old School Baptist Churchyard in this place saturday afternoon. The funeral was held from the residents of ex-Senator...
19th December 1906
Chicago Tribune SIGHT BODY OF TITANIC VICTIM
Philadelphia, Pa., July 20—The body of a man lashed to a spar was sighted about seventeen miles from the scene of the Titanic disaster by the British steamship Hudson, which just arrived here. The body was unrecognizable. ...
21st July 1912
New York Times TRIBUTE TO TITANIC DEAD
East Side Children Honor Memory of Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus --- On the eve of the second anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, in which Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus perished, 1,000 children, mostly public school boys and girls, gat...
15th April 1914
New York Times OPPOSE LONDON RADIO PROGRAM ON SINKING OF THE TITANIC
By The Associated Press --- LONDON, Feb. 24---Many protests have been made against the proposal of the British Broadcasting Corporation to present a radio representation of the sinking of the Titanic. "That borrible scene...
25th February 1932
Daily Telegraph ESTATE OF HERBERT JOHN PITMAN
Mr Herbert John Pitman, of Pitcombe, Somerset, retired purser, a survivor of the Titanic disaster, left estate in Great Britain valued at pounds 21,158 gross, pounds 21,116 net. He left the residue of his estate to his niece [name withheld] for life,...
9th April 1962
Atlantic Daily Bulletin SOS : TITANIC NOT THE FIRST USER
Brian J. Ticehurst
OVER the years many myths and fallacies have grown up around the Titanic. Not least the myth that the Titanic was the first vessel to use the International Distress Call 'SOS'. This is not so - the facts are these:- ...
22nd November 2005
The New York Times OPPOSE LONDON RADIO PROGRAM ON SINKING OF THE TITANIC
By The Associated Press --- LONDON, Feb. 24---Many protests have been made against the proposal of the British Broadcasting Corporation to present a radio representation of the sinking of the Titanic. ...
25th February 1932
New York Times BOY WIRELESS SAVED THEM
Rescues Resulted from Coltain's [sic] Untiring Devotion to Duty --- Harold Thomas Cottam, the wireless operator of the Carpathia, through whose efforts more than to any one [sic] else the saving of a part of the Titanic's passengers wa...
19th April 1912
Chicago Tribune FRONT VIEWS AND PROFILES
June Provines
Ernest Byfield brought back a story from New York told him by both Margalo Gillmore and Myra Hampton that certainly shows that the wags have been cudgeling their brains for stories.  This one is hung on the sinking of the Titanic.  It...
17th November 1934
New York Times CAPT. BOWER ISMAY DIES
British Shipping and Racing Man Succumbs to Sleeping Sickness --- LONDON, May 25---Captain Bower Ismay, the shipowner and racehorse fancier, died today at Hazel Beech Hall, Northamptonshire. He had been ill since Feb. 8 with sleeping ...
26th May 1924
Voyage BLUE JACKET
(Owner: P. Kavanagh) Departed St. John’s, Newfoundland 12 March 1912 with a capacity 86 ton cargo of codfish for Oporto, Portugal. Encountering high winds, heavy seas and ice, she had to put into another Newfoundland port for several days...
Philadelphia Inquirer LOIS THAYER OF ROSEMONT; ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Lois Thayer, 82, a member of a prominent Philadelphia family, died Saturday a the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She lived at 103 Airdale Rd., Rosemont, PA. The former Lois Buchanan Cassatt, she was a great-great-niece of Jame...
26th June 1977
New York Times SIR WILLIAM ARROL
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, Feb. 20.-Sir William Arrol, biggest of British bridge builders, is dead. He constructed the present bridge over the Tay and that crossing the Firth of Forth. He was made a knight in 1890 a...
21st February 1913
  LETTER FROM CAPTAIN SMITH'S WIDOW
Woodhead Winn Road Southampton Telephone 1400 Dear Frank, I'm sorry to be so long in answering your letter and picture of your family which I am pleased to have. What a lovely outlook from your home. By the "Olympi...
6th June 1912
Paterson Morning Call BROTHER OF MISS FUNK STILL HOPES
Newton, April 23---Persevering in the hope that Miss Annie Funk, formerly of Paterson, did not go down with the Titanic, Horace Funk, her brother, a teacher of the eleventh grade of the high school here, went to New York today to see if further infor...
24th April 1912
New York Times TITANIC VICTIM'S ESTATE
C. F. Gregory Asks for Letters---Smart's Children Not Found --- Clarence F. Gregory of 3,675 Broadway asked the Surrogate yesterday to grant him letters testamentary upon the estate of J. Montgomery Smart, who perished in the Titanic d...
13th May 1914
North American FEAR BOYERTOWN GIRL, MISSIONARY, WAS LOST
READING, Pa., April 21---Mr. and Mrs. James B. Funk, parents of Miss Annie C. Funk, a missionary to Janjgir, Central Province, India, have given up hope of seeing their daughter alive. The mother is seriously ill and the entire family is grief-stric...
22nd April 1912
CHEROKEE   CHEROKEE
1930s snapshot of the Mohawk's sister ship Cherokee. She proved to be the least lucky of the Clyde-Mallory sisters. She  collided with a  sailing vessel, the Bright in 1927, and rammed and sank the British vessel Welcombe off Jacksonville Florid...
Gare Maritime
  RED CROSS REPORT AND MEMORIAL
McGowan, Annie, Miss (later Mrs. Straube). Saved in Lifeboat number 14. Born 5th July 1895, died 30th January 1990 and was buried in the All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois. (From The Emergency and Relief booklet by the ...
Gloucester Citizen HODGES HENRY P. : GLOUCESTERIAN'S BROTHER UNLISTED WITH THE SAVED
[Photo] Among the Titanic victims was Mr. H. P. Hodges, of The Cotswolds, Highfield Lane, Southampton, who is an elder brother of Mr. R. Hodges, of Melcombe, Vicarage Road, Gloucester, one of the staff at Hatherley Road Council Schools...
17th April 1912
Salford Reporter 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
Daily Express TITAN HAS SUNK - JANUARY 1912
Article...
2nd January 1912
Free Press 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
  EDWARD HARRIS, PANTRYMAN
Edward Harris was the 4th son of Thomas Harris, a part-time prison warder who lived at 13, Greenhill Avenue, Winchester. After leaving school Edward worked for several years at the town's railway station. His employers were S...
New York Times SEEK THE CHILDREN OF TITANIC VICTIM
John M. Smart's Son and Daughter at School in Europe, Ignorant of Father's Fate --- HE HAD JUST VISITED THEM --- But Said Nothing of His Personal Affairs to His New York Business Associates --- By Marconi Tra...
5th June 1912
Santa Barbara News-Press RUTH BLANCHARD DIES, WAS SURVIVOR OF TITANIC
Ruth Becker Blanchard, a survivor of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, died Friday at home in Santa Barbara. She was 90. Mrs. Blanchard died of complications of a stomach ulcer and old age, said Don Lynch, spokesman for the Titanic Hist...
8th July 1990
New York Times MARSHALL DREW
Marshall Drew, a survivor of the Titanic, died Friday at Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport, L. I. He was 82 years old and lived in Westerly, L. I. Mr. Drew, who was born in Greenport, taught fine arts at Grover Cleveland High S...
11th June 1986
  FAMILY INFORMATION
Percy Andrew Bailey was born in Penzance, Cornwall in 1894, he was the eldest child of Joseph Bailey (butcher) and Edith Bailey. The 1901 British Census shows the family at 25 Gwavas Street, Penzance along with Percy's younger siblings, Ada (b...
The Washington Post 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
Washington Herald 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
New York Times MISS EVELYN BAYNE TO WED H. M. BLANK
Junior League Girl's Betrothal Announced by Grandmother, Mrs. Lockwood --- Mrs. Williston D. Lockwood of 40 East Sixty-second Street has announced the engagement of her granddaughter, Miss Evelyn Bayne, to Henry M. Blank, son of Mr. and...
16th March 1929
  ANNIE MCGOWAN'S AGE
The purpose of this note is to clarify Annie McGowan's age in the absence of a birth certificate. It was put together after reading several pieces of information on this site and other sources that can easily be construed from the t...
1911 Census WILLIAM EDWARD BESSANT IN 1911 CENSUS
Tracey Wellard
William Bessant was residing at 36 Henry Road, FREEMANTLE, Southampton at the time of the 1911 census.  He was recorded as being a labourer. He was arried to Emily Ellen for 17 years.  They had five children  Char...
The Times LAWN TENNIS: THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Page 12 Keen interest was shown yesterday in the Doubles match at Wimbledon between Australasia and America, for had the former succeeded in adding another win to their dual win of Saturday, they would have qualified to play the holder...
16th July 1907
The Times B.B.C. AND THE TITANIC DISASTER
The following statement contradicting the reports published in some newspapers (not in The Times) to the effect that the B.B.C. intended to broadcast a play based on the Titanic disaster has been issued by the B...
15th February 1932
  INFORMATION FROM THE WILLIAM SALT LIBRARY, STAFFORD
Hodgkinson, Leonard. Engineer. Stoke man educated at St. Thomas's School, Stoke. With White Star for several years. WAS forty-six years of age and his birthplace Liverpool. His apprenticeship was served with Messrs. Hartley, Armour and Fanning...
Chicago Examiner PASTOR AND WIFE MISSING
Thomas Hughes' Daughter is Believed Among Titanic Dead. Topeka, Kan., April 17--The Rev. Ernest Carter and his wife of London were booked for the Titanic's first sailing on their way to Topeka to spend the Summer with Mrs....
18th April 1912
New York Times MISS EMILY R. CLARKE A PROSPECTIVE BRIDE
Cooperstown Girl Betrothed to Danilo Machado of Havana --- Announcement has been made here by Mrs. S. Beach Cooke of Cooperstown, N. Y., of the engagement of her second daughter, Miss Emily Ryerson Hyde Clarke, to Danilo Machado, son of...
4th October 1939
New York Times ISMAY AIDS SAILORS' WIDOWS
Will Provide Pensions for Those Who Lose Husbands at Sea --- By Marconi Wireless Transatlantic Telegraph to The New York Times --- LONDON, May 14---Exact information was obtained to-day as to J. Bruce Ismay's intentions in...
15th May 1912
New York Times 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
Washington Times WILLIAM T. STEAD KNOWN AS FAMOUS NEWSPAPER MAN
William Thomas Stead, an English newspaper man, attained wide notoriety as the man who introduced the methods of American journalism into England. Before his day the interview, illustrations, and extra editions were unknown to British journalism. Tho...
16th April 1912
The Times FIRST CLASS PASSENGER NUMBERS
21,600 carried First Class by White Star in 1911...
26th January 1912
STAND TO YOUR POST / BE BRITISH   STAND TO YOUR POST / BE BRITISH
Recorded in London May or June 1912 "Stand To Your Post" by Bennett Scott "Be British" by Lawrence Wright and Paul Pelham ...
June 1912
Daily Mail FATE OF A FAMILY
Parents and Nine Children in Titanic Page 6 On board the Titanic were eleven residents of Peterborough, Mr. and Mrs. John Sage, of Gladstone-street, and their nine children, whose ages range from twenty-two to five years. M...
18th April 1912
Elizabeth Daily Journal ELIZABETHANS ON BOARD BIG LINER TITANIC
News of Relatives Anxiously Awaited by Families In This City ---------- SCHOOL FLAGS ORDERED AT HALF-MAST ---------- Fred Jefferies, of 21B Florida street, is anxiously awaiting word of his sister, two brothers and...
16th April 1912
New York Times MRS. DEAN MATHEY, TITANIC SURVIVOR, 72
Special to The New York Times --- PRINCETON, N. J., Sept. 7---Mrs. Helen Newsom Mathey, a survivor of the liner Titanic, sunk in 1912 by an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean, with the loss of more than 1,500 lives, died today in Princeton H...
8th September 1965
Voyage NEPTUNE
John P. Eaton
Port of Registry: Southampton Flag of Registry: British Funnel: Red, black top Company flag: Divided by crossed lines into four equal...
6th March 2005
The Times THE OLYMPIAN GAMES
The English team for the Olympian games in Athens next April has not yet been definitely chosen. In consequence of Mr C. Leaf Daniel's having been asked to be Captain of the Amateur Fencing Association's team to Paris he cannot go to Athens, and h...
28th February 1906
Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping (1908) ISMAY, JAMES [SIC] BRUCE
Ismay, James [sic] Bruce (b. Liverpool, 1862). President and Managing Director of the International Mercantile Marine Co. Educated Harrow, and on leaving school entered the office of Messrs. Ismay, Imrie and Co. (White Star Line). After se...
1908
Washington Times 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
WHITE STAR LINE OFFICER'S UNIFORM CIRCA 1912 Voyage WHITE STAR LINE OFFICER'S UNIFORM CIRCA 1912
John Hemmert
By and large the various British steamship company's officer's uniforms of the Edwardia...
15th February 2005
Brooklyn Daily Times FRIENDS EXPECT TO HEAR FROM MRS. SWIFT SOON
The relatives of Mrs. Margaret Swift, the widow of Fred Joel Swift, who lives at 171 Arlington avenue, are expecting momentarily to hear from her. Their hopes are based on the assurances given them at the offices of the White Star Line. ...
16th April 1912
New York Times SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON SAILS AS COMMODORE
Senior Cunard Captain Heads Fleet, Succeeding Late Sir James Charles --- HERO OF TITANIC DISASTER --- Wears Many Honors for Rescue and War Service---Berengaria Is His 13th Command --- Captain Sir Arthur Rostr...
29th July 1928
Voyage HECTOR
Port of Registry: Southampton Flag of Registry: British Funnel: Red, black top Company flag: Divided by crossed lines into four equal triangles...
13th March 2005
New York Times ROSTRON GETS MEDAL TO-DAY
Rescuer of Titanic Survivors Arrives in Washington to Receive Honor --- WASHINGTON, Feb. 28---Capt. A. H. Rostron, who, as commander of the steamship Carpathia, directed the rescue of the survivors of the Titanic disaster, arrived here ...
1st March 1913
  FREDERICK SHEATH
Brian J. Ticehurst
FREDERICK SHEATH was born in 1892 at number 12 Bell Street, Southampton, the house was a two-up, two-down terraced house with an outside toilet and no garden. Bell Street was situated in the lower, poorer part of town and not f...
Washington Times CLARENCE MOORE, WHO MAY HAVE LOST HIS LIFE, WELL KNOWN IN CAPITAL
Clarence Moore, of Washington, whose name is included in the list of first-cabin passengers on the Titanic, left Washington March 16. He was particularly interested in seeing the Liverpool steeplechase races while abroad, and if he remained to see th...
16th April 1912
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO JOHN WESLEY WOODWARD
Named on the Musicians Memorial at the Old Library site, London Road, Southampton. also named on the St Marys Church Musicians Memorial, St Marys, Southampton. also he is mentioned on a plaque in the lobby of the Boston ...
New York Times PROFANITY AMONG BOYS [EDITORIAL]
The statement made in a letter to THE TIMES this morning by Mr. GEORGE WRIGHT that blasphemous and degrading language is increasing not only among the illiterate but "among those in the higher walks of life" may be doubted. Quite possibl...
30th June 1909
  DOWN WITH THE OLD CANOE
Dorsey Murdock Dixon (14 October 1897 - 17 April 1968) - Guitar, Vocals Howard Dixon (19 June 1903 - 24 March 1961) - Steel Guitar Dorsey Dixon and his younger brother Howard were born in the South Carolina mill town of Darli...
25th January 1938
  MEMORIAL
There is a new memorial in the Lifeboat House at Scarborough which was unveiled in April 2002 and reads: HMS Conway Trust Memorial James Paul Moody O.C. 6th Officer Titanic Born Scarborough, 21 August 1887...
Evening Bulletin MRS. BREWE COLLAPSES
Widow 0f Physician Lost on Titanic in Serious Condition at Her Home Here --- Crushed under the news of the death of her husband, Dr. Arthur Jackson Brewe, on board the Titanic, Mrs. Brewe is in se...
20th April 1912
Worcester Telegram NO SIGN OF WRECK
Article...
18th April 1912
Newark Evening News MR. FUNK STILL HOPES SISTER MISSED TITANIC
Special Service of the NEWS NEWTON, April 23---Persevering in the hope that Miss Annie Funk, formerly of Paterson, did not go down with the Titanic, Horace Funk, her brother, a teacher of the eleventh grade of the High School here, wen...
23rd April 1912
  EDWARD JAMES WILLIAM ROGERS (FAMILY RESEARCH)
Edward James William Rogers was born on 9th September 1880, to Robert James Rogers and his wife Priscilla Susan (nee Bagley). His father was a bricklayer and the family lived at 3 Robert Street, North Woolwich. Edward JW was baptized on 3rd November ...
2003
Daily Express BBC DENY TITANIC RADIO PLAY TO BE BROADCAST
BBC and the Titanic Disaster A formal statement contradicting the reports published in some newspapers (not the Daily Express) to the effect that the BBC intended to broadcast a play based on the Titanic disaster has been issued by the...
25th February 1932
New York Times VIRGINIA M. FRENCH HAS TWELVE ATTENDANTS AT HER MARRIAGE HERE TO WILLIAM F. DICK
A marriage uniting two families of prominence in society here and in Newport, R. I., took place in the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest yesterday afternoon when Miss Virginia Middleton French, daughter of Mrs. James Lenox Banks Jr. of 15 East Ni...
19th December 1941
Western Morning News 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
Toronto Daily Star MISS HILDA SLAYTER
Halifax girl is sister to the Captain of Queen Victoria's yacht...
18th April 1912
The Times MR. ISMAY'S GIFT TO THE MERCANTILE MARINE
MESSAGE FROM THE KING --- The Mercantile Marine Service Association, Liverpool, having informed the King that Mr. Bruce Ismay had contributed £25,000 for the purpose of founding a ...
3rd January 1919
The Times SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON
Captain Sir Arthur Rostron, K.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., for many years Commodore of the Cunard Fleet and one of the most famous of the commanders of the Mauretania, died at the Cottage Hospital, Chippenham, on Monday, after a ...
6th November 1940
  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
The Mercury (Hobart) TITANIC TRAGEDY--BROADCAST PLAY--CAPTAIN ROSTRON'S PROTEST
TITANIC TRAGEDY --- Broadcast Play --- Captain Rostron's Protest --- LONDON, February 23. --- Captain Sir Arthur Henry Rostron who was commander of the liner Carpathla, ...
25th February 1932
J. BRUCE ISMAY RETREAT FOR SALE Irish Independent J. BRUCE ISMAY RETREAT FOR SALE
A Titanophile's Dream for $1.5 million...
9th July 2004
The Times FUNERAL OF MR. ISMAY
In the presence of a large and representative gathering the remains of Mr. Ismay were buried yesterday in the churchyard at Thurstaston, Cheshire. The road along which the funeral cortége passed w...
28th November 1899
New York Times GRISCOM IS NO LONGER HEAD OF SHIP COMBINE
J. Bruce Ismay is Chosen for Its President --- FREE HAND FOR THE NEW MAN --- His Predecessor Remains in the Company as Chairman of the Board of Directors---Ismay to Live in New York --- Clement A. Griscom ...
24th February 1904
New York Times 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
New York Times 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
Chicago Tribune ANN STRAUBE
Ann Straube, 92, a survivor of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, died Tuesday in her North Side home. Mrs. Straube, a homemaker, was 14 when she managed to get aboard a lifeboat when the British passenger liner s...
31st January 1990
  AMERICAN RED CROSS EMERGENCY AND RELIEF FUND: KANTOR
No. 228. (Russian). The husband, about thirty years of age, was drowned. He was travelling with his wife, who was saved. He had been a commission merchant, earning about $2,500 a year, and was bringing to this country several trunks of valuable furs ...
1913
  PROFILE FROM THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
William Edward Hipkins (1858 - 1912) MIMechE Elected: Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1898 Designation: Managing Director Business address: Soho Foundry, Smethwick, Birmingham ...
1898
New York Times MEMORIAL NOTICE
GUGGENHEIM---At the first meeting of the Board of Directors of the Hebrew Technical Institute held since the sinking of the Titanic, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: Whereas, We have learned with deep sorrow of the u...
8th May 1912
Chicago Daily Tribune SALAVAGE SHIP ACTIVE WHERE TITANIC SANK
A British salvage vessel, the Help, was reported today using heavy explosives in the north Atlantic roughly over the spot where the Titanic sank in 1912.  Nothing could be learned of the nature of the ship's activities, first reported ...
1st August 1953
New York Times JOHN J. ASTOR 5TH, 79; SON OF BUILDER OF HOTEL
John Jacob Astor 5th, a descendant of one of America's most fabled merchant princes, died yesterday at his home in Miami Beach. He was 79 years old. His death was reported by two of his cousins, R. Thornton Wilson, and Stephen Spencer,...
27th June 1992
  JOHN FREDERICK PRESTON CLARKE
Brian J. Ticehurst
Clarke, John Frederick Preston. 22 Tunstall Street, Smithdown Road, Liverpool. Orchestra (Bass). (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) ...
CROW'S NEST TELEPHONE KEY   CROW'S NEST TELEPHONE KEY
RMS Titanic: Second Officer David Blair OBE. Iron key with brass oval tag attached "Crows Nest Telephone Key". Research by Henry Aldridge and Son, and eminent Titanic historians has established that the key was either to the portable Grah...
LOADING THE REAR BOATS Titanic Research LOADING THE REAR BOATS
George Jacub
While working on a major project involving the Titanic, I ran into a snag. I thought I could unravel the problem by examining the order the rear boats were loaded and lowered. The answer helped, though less than I had hoped. But I was sti...
29th May 2008
Chorley Guardian THE TITANIC DISASTER: A NATIVE OF CHORLEY SAVED
Mr. Charles Herbert Lightoller, the second officer of the ill-fated Titanic, who is among those who were saved, is a native of Chorley. He is the son of Mr. Fred J. Lightoller, and was born in 1874, receiving his education at the Chorley Grammar S...
27th April 1912
Voyage MUSGRAVE
John P. Eaton
On October 1911, when Titanic was moved from the deep water wharf to the Alexandra Wharf to clear a convenient mooring for the incoming Olympic, the move was accomplished with the assistance of the ...
12th December 2004
Evening Bulletin MRS. A. H. RICE DIES IN PARIS AT 69
Wife of Explorer and Surgeon Was Widow of G. D. Widener --- Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice, the former Eleanor Elkins, of this city, died suddenly yesterday at her home in Paris. She was 69. Mrs. Rice's first husband was G...
14th July 1937
Voyage AJAX
John P. Eaton
Call letters: S P G B Port of Registry: Southampton Flag of Registry: British Funnel: Red, black top Company flag:...
27th February 2005
  INFORMATION ABOUT JOHN JAMES BOREBANK
Borebank, Mr. John. J. Missing. First Class Passenger. Cabin D22/1. Occupation - Horticulturist, c/o Lodges of the World, Winnipeg, Canada. Real Estate agent. Left Winnipeg in the Spring of 1911 for the Coronation of King George V. Then was re...
Croydon Times THORNTON HEATH FAMILY AMONG THE MISSING
The loss of the Titanc has affected Croydon in at least one case, and that case a particularly pathectic one, it is believed that a whole Thornton Heath family has been lost, together with some relations who saild with them. Mr. and Mr...
20th April 1912
New York Times 3 OF RICE'S PARTY BACK FROM AMAZON
Mrs. Rice, Professor and Mrs. Strong Return---Others in Expedition Go On --- STUDYING TROPICAL DISEASE --- Hope to Explore Regions in Brazil Never Before Traversed by White Men --- Among the passengers who ar...
4th October 1924
The Times MR H.FORBES JULIAN
The Carpathia has brought to New York no news of Mr H Forbes Julian, who was well known among metallurgical engineers. From 1886 to 1893 he was consultant for mines at Barberton, Johannesburg, and Kimberley, superintending the op...
20th April 1912
New York Times 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
Surrey Advertiser and County Times THE HEROIC WIRELESS OPERATOR
The wireless operator who flashed out the terrible signal SOS, and gave the first intimation to the world of the appalling disaster to the Titanic, belongs to Farncombe, where he is well known and popular. He is Mr. John George Phillips, and his pare...
April 1912
New York Times THE TITANIC
Lawrence Beesley's Admirable Description of the Disaster --- THE LOSS OF THE S. S. TITANIC. By Lawrence Beesley. Illustrated. Houghton Miffling [sic] Company. $1.20. --- No man can go dawn into the valley of the shadow ...
28th July 1912
New York Times CAPT. ROSTRON GETS MEDAL
Taft and Bryce Both Praising the Titanic Rescuer --- WASHINGTON, March 1---President Taft presented to Capt. Arthur H. Rostron to-day the gold medal authorized by Congress for his courage and gallantry in rescuing the survivors of the T...
2nd March 1913
ICE ON DECK Titanic Research ICE ON DECK
Henning Pfeifer
Further analysis of the iceberg impact....
12th February 2002
New York Times MRS. CARTER WEDS AGAIN
Back from London, She Announces Her Marriage to George Brooke --- Special to The New York Times --- PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 31--The announcement today of the marriage of Mrs. Lucile Polk Carter, prominent in Philadelphia, New ...
1st September 1914
Chicago Examiner BLAMES WRECK ON PILOT
BLAMES WRECK ON PILOT Admiralty Court Renders Decision in Olympic Collision Case Special Cable to the Examiner Sir Samuel Evans, president of the Admiralty Court, announced...
20th December 1911
Washington Times CAPTAIN SMITH BELIEVED TITANIC TO BE UNSINKABLE
That Captain Smith believed the Titanic and the Olympic to be absolutely unsinkable is recalled by a man who had a conversation with the veteran commander on a recent voyage of the Olympic. The talk was concerning the accident in whi...
16th April 1912
New York Times YACHT ELEANOR'S LONG CRUISE
Mrs. James W. Martinez-Cardeza's steam yacht Eleanor has been prepared at Tebo's basin, South Brooklyn, for another of the many long voyages she has made during the six years of her existence, and will probably sail within a wek [sic] or ten days for...
16th June 1900
A TITANIC COINCIDENCE Titanic Research A TITANIC COINCIDENCE
Gavin Murphy
How the gala opening of two hotels was disrupted two maritime disasters....
9th July 2002
THE BOY IN THE PICTURE Titanic Research THE BOY IN THE PICTURE
Gavin Murphy
The story of Ned Parfett: newsboy, soldier and photographic icon....
28th March 2002
THE ODELL TITANIC ALBUM Titanic Research THE ODELL TITANIC ALBUM
Brian Odell
Lily Odell, Kate Odell, Jack Odell, Richard May and Stanley May were all travelling together. Jack was eleven at the time and he and Kate brought along their cameras. Kate took a large number of photos, one of which was one of the last known ph...
13th September 2011
DUKE OF ALBANY Voyage DUKE OF ALBANY
John P. Eaton
(F. Kemp & Company) The center anchor of the Titanic weighs 15 ½ tons and was fabricated by Messrs. N. Hingley & Sons, Ltd. Of Netherton, Dudley, Worcestershire. Typical of the manner by which the m...
31st October 2004
A CAPTAIN'S CAREER Voyage A CAPTAIN'S CAREER
John P. Eaton
  “When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experience in nearly 40 years at sea, I merely say- uneventful.  Of course there have been winter storms and gales and fog and the like, but in all ...
23rd August 2005
San Francisco Chronicle DR. DODGE AND FAMILY MAY HAVE MISSED TITANIC
Page 2 [Photo] Assessor Washington Dodge, Mrs. Washington Dodge Relatives of Assessor Received Word That He Would Stop Over in Paris Shortly before 2 o'clock this morning the "Chronicle" was notified by...
16th April 1912
Chicago Examiner A TITANIC HERO
Charles Brown, the English comedian now playing with "A Modern Eve" at the Garrick, lost a number of friends when the Titanic went down.  He knew most of the officers on the ill-fated ship, and the purser, McElroy, had been a com...
2nd June 1912
Atlantic Daily Bulletin MEMORIAL TO JAMES MOODY
Memorial...
1993
Philadelphia Inquirer MRS. POTTER DIES AT AGE OF 98
Mrs. Thomas Potter, Jr., honorary secretary of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the Red Cross, died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Allen Potter Crolius, the Cambridge Apartments, Wissahickon ave. and School House lane. She was 9...
2nd January 1954
THE STATISTICS OF THE DISASTER Titanic Research THE STATISTICS OF THE DISASTER
Lester Mitcham
An in-depth analysis of the number of Titanic passengers lost and saved....
14th February 2001
Chicago Inter Ocean CHICAGOAN CREATES SCENE IN OFFICES OF THE WHITE STAR LINE
Special Dispatch to the Inter Ocean New York, April 18—Late this afternoon John Gillespie of Chicago, accompanied by a friend, entered the offices of the White Star line. His voice rang through the big rooms as he demanded informati...
19th April 1912
New York Times LADY PIRRIE MAY HEAD HARLAND & WOLFF, THE GREAT BRITISH SHIPBUILDING FIRM
Copyright, 1924, by The New York Times Company --- By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, July 16---It is the general belief in shipping circles that Lady Pirrie will assume the post of President of the great shipbu...
17th July 1924
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Mr. Smart was the president of the American Cold Storage and Shipping Co., and lived at the Victoria Hotel in New York. When he travelled to England, he simply checked out of the hotel, and took all of his personal belongings with him. Some of those ...
  MEMORIALS TO JACK PHILLIPS
Phillips, John George (Jack). Chief Wireless Operator. Has perhaps the largest Titanic memorial, namely 'The Phillips Memorial Cloister', by the River Wey, covering some three acres, at Godalming, Surrey. Inscribed on the memorial stone is: 'The Cloi...
The Times 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
New York Times ACTRESS SUES DE CAMP
Horace S. De Camp, who married the widow of Daniel V. [sic] Marvin, one of the victims of the Titanic disaster, a year ago, has been sued by Miss Florence E. Clark, an actress, for $50,000 for breach of promise. Yesterday an application was made in ...
19th December 1914
HORNBY 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
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