Captain S Table

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Washington Herald THOMAS WHITELEY : DESCRIBES LAST MEAL ON TITANIC
“It Was the Gayest Night of Trip Among Diners,” Says Assistant Steward --- New York, N. Y., April 20---Propped up on pillows in a bed in St. Vincent's Hospital this afternoon, Thomas Whitely, an assistant steward in the f...
21st April 1912
FILM OF CAPTAIN SMITH   FILM OF CAPTAIN SMITH
These shots were taken in New York on board the Olympic probably on the occasion of her first arrival in 1911.  The photographer is unknown. ...
May 1911
WRECK OF THE PRINCESS SOPHIA   WRECK OF THE PRINCESS SOPHIA
A 1919 postcard view, taken from either shore or Vanderbilt Reef (in an uncropped version of this photo, a rocky strip of land is visible in the lower left corner) which shows the Sophia wreck site soon after the disaster. The mast was not visible...
1919 Gare Maritime
  PASSPORT GRANT
Nr Name Age Marital Status Knows how to read ? Birthplace ...
30th March 1912
LEADBELLY : THE TITANIC   LEADBELLY : THE TITANIC
Huddie Ledbetter - Leadbelly
Blues singer/songwriter Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Leadbelly, was born in Mooringsport, Louisiana in 1885. Leadbelly remarked in th...
15th October 1948
Highland News CAPTAIN GOES DOWN WITH SHIP
Captain Smith - all honour to him - made absolutely no attempt to leave the ship, and insisted on going down with the vessel. The report that he committed suicide is discredited. As one of the passengers said, ''He stuck to the bridge like a hero'', ...
20th April 1912
  PASSPORT GRANT
Nr Name Age Marital Status ...
20th March 1912
  LETTER FROM THOMAS COOK AND SON.
Forms 31 Tourist and Excursion Offices. 49 Corns St. Reference Slip. Bristol B. 880 ...
CAPTAIN AND CREW   CAPTAIN AND CREW
Captain Smith seen aboard the Olympic...
May 1911
CAPTAIN LUDWIG STULPING OF THE S.S. BIRMA   CAPTAIN LUDWIG STULPING OF THE S.S. BIRMA
Senan Molony
CAPTAIN Ludwig Stulping (Liudvikas Stulpinas) was born on December 4, 1871 in Zarenai parish, Jomantai, Lithuania. He would be 40 at the time of the Titanic disaster. ...
28th December 2006
The Argus (Melbourne) NERVIEST MAN IN SERVICE
Captain E. J. Smith, who is reported by one passenger from the Titanic to have committed suicide, was commodore of the White Star line. He it was who was selected for the initial trips of the Adriati...
20th April 1912
FILM OF CARPATHIA RETURNING SURVIVORS TO NEW YORK   FILM OF CARPATHIA RETURNING SURVIVORS TO NEW YORK
The Carpathia arrived in New York on the evening of 18 April 1912. ...
18th April 1912
FUNERAL OF A TITANIC VICTIM IN CORNWALL Daily Mirror FUNERAL OF A TITANIC VICTIM IN CORNWALL
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31st May 1912
The Mercury (Hobart) THE TITANIC'S COMMANDER
BRISBANE, April 24 For some time past there has been in Brisbane Captain Anning, who at one time was commander of the White Star liner Persic, trading to Australia. He said, in...
25th April 1912
  CAPTAIN SMITH WAS TUSSAUDS EXHIBIT
1919 Madame Tussaud & Sons Catalogue entry 27. Commander Edward J. Smith, R.N.R., born 1853. Commander Smith was Captain of the White Star liner ''Titanic'' which went down in the Atlantic on 14 April, 1912, during her maiden voyage t...
LAST KNOWN PHOTOGRAPH OF CAPTAIN SMITH   LAST KNOWN PHOTOGRAPH OF CAPTAIN SMITH
11th April 1912
  BIRTH CERTIFICATE
1. STATO: ITALIA 2. SERVIZIO DELLO STATO CIVILE CANELLI - Asti - 3. ESTRATTO DELL'ATTO DI...
1881
CUBA TO AMERICA ON THE ORIZABA Gare Maritime CUBA TO AMERICA ON THE ORIZABA
A cruise from Cuba and along the East Coast in the 1920s taking in an excursion to Kensico Dam....
9th September 2006 Gare Maritime
  PASSPORT APPLICATION
Nr Name Age ...
1912
  HAROLD VICTOR GOODWIN BAPTISM
When Baptised Child's Christian Name Parent...
29th May 1904
  CAPTAIN LORD 1961 INTERVIEWS TRANSCRIPT
Leslie Harrison - Senan Molony
Transcript of a recorded conversation between Leslie Harrison and Captain Stanley Lord, held at 13 Kirkway, Wallasey, [Lord’s Merseyside home] in February 1961 [6-8.30pm], and a further discussion recorded on 19 August 1961....
1961
  WILLIAM FREDERICK GOODWIN BAPTISM
When Baptised Child's Christian Name Parents Christian Names...
29th May 1904
GOD MOVES ON THE WATER   GOD MOVES ON THE WATER
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson was born in Marlin, Texas c.1902. A Gospel singer and guitarist, he recorded just 30 pieces at a variety of locations between 1927 and 1930. He was accompanied on some songs by his wife Angeline. During the depression rever...
11th December 1929
  JESSIE ALLIS MARY GOODWIN BAPTISM
When Baptised Child's Christian Name Parents Christian Names...
29th May 1904
  LETTER FROM SARAH GILL TO THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY, HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA
Stamp: RECEIVED Mrs. J. Gill AUG 3 1912 3 Griffin Road Provincial Secretary's Clevedon Office Somerset E...
Newton Abbot Western Guardian 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
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
Western Morning News FROM THE WESTCOUNTRY
Captain and Mrs. T. Hoskings (sic), 17, The Green, Shaldon, received a telegram yesterday from Mr. Bock (the former’s cousin), now in America, to the effect that he had travelled down to New York, 300 miles from his home, hoping to meet their son amo...
20th April 1912
  CERTIFICATO DI NASCITA (BIRTH CERTIFICATE OF SALVATA DEL CARLO)
CERTIFICATO di NASCITA  COMUNE DI MONTECARLO  PROVINCIA DI LUCCA  UFFICIO DELLO STATO CI...
1912
CAPTAIN SMITH ON THE BRIDGE OF THE TITANIC   CAPTAIN SMITH ON THE BRIDGE OF THE TITANIC
Captain Smith photographed by a newspaper photographer on the bridge of the Titanic. Southampton, April 1912. A Engine Telegraph is visible in the background....
April 1912
CAPTAIN SMITH AND BOY ON BRIDGE   CAPTAIN SMITH AND BOY ON BRIDGE
  CHARLES EDWARD GOODWIN BAPTISM
When Baptised Child's Christian Name Parents Christian Names...
29th May 1904
New York Times WIDOW OF TITANIC'S COMMANDER IS DEAD
Husband Was Captain E. J. Smith, Who Went Down in Sea Tragedy of 1912 --- Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, April 29---The Titanic disaster was recalled today with the death of Mrs. Sarah Eleanor Smith, widow of C...
30th April 1931
New York Times CUNARD EMPLOYEES TO HONOR ROSTRON
Fleet Is Taking Up Subscription for Testimonial to the Retiring Commodore --- DIGGLE HIS SUCCESSOR --- Captain Edgar T. Brltten Will Command Berengaria When She Returns In February --- Officers of the Scythi...
3rd November 1930
  ESTRATTO PER RIASSUNTO DAL REGISTRO DEGLI ATTI DI NASCITA [BIRTH CERTIFICATE]
COMUNE DI CARAVAGGIO PROVINCIA DI BERGAMO Servizo Demografici ...
1887
CAPTAIN LORD WITH OFFICERS OF A LATER COMMAND.   CAPTAIN LORD WITH OFFICERS OF A LATER COMMAND.
Captain Stanley Lord (centre) of the Californian pictured with officers of a later command....
  ESTRATTO PER RIASSUNTO DAI REGISTRO DEGLI ATTI DI NASCITA (BIRTH CERTIFICATE)
COMUNE DI TRIORA PROVINCIA DI IMPERIA UFFICIO DELLO STATO CIVILE ...
1889
  LILIAN AUGUSTA GOODWIN BAPTISM
    When Baptised Child's...
29th May 1904
CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC   CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...
May 1911
CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC   CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...
May 1911
MOLLY BROWN AND CAPTAIN ROSTRON   MOLLY BROWN AND CAPTAIN ROSTRON
Mrs. J.J. (Margaret 'Molly')  Brown presenting a loving cup to Captain Arthur Rostron ...
1912
  ESTRATTO PER RIASSUNTO DAL REGISTRO DEGLI ATTI DI NASCITA [BIRTH CERTIFICATE]
COMUNE DI CERIANO LAGHETTO  PROVINCIA DI MILANO    Estratto pe...
1885
TITANIC LAUNCH TICKET   TITANIC LAUNCH TICKET
An extremely rare example of a ticket to the launch of the Titanic Launch of t...
31st May 1911
  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 ...
New-York Tribune GET GIANTS OF THE SEA
Captains Smith and Haddock for Olympic and Titanic --- Captain Herbert J. Haddock of the White Star liner Oceanic, which left port on Wednesday for Southampton, was congratulated by wireless yesterday on his appo...
2nd December 1910
MOHAWK - GRAVE OF JULIUS PALMER   MOHAWK - GRAVE OF JULIUS PALMER
Palmer family memorial, Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island....
Gare Maritime
Western Daily Mercury ARTICLE
Frederick Harris, 57, Melville-Road, Mill-lane, Gosport, had also a graphic story to tell. When the last moment came, and it was found that all the boat[sic] were gone and the vessel was going to sink, there was wild confusion. Deck chairs, and anyth...
29th April 1912
CAPTAIN SMITH PLAQUE   CAPTAIN SMITH PLAQUE
Plaque erected to the memory of Captain Smith...
New York Times DINE CAPT. ROSTRON ON THE MAURETANIA
156 Guests of Sir Ashley Sparks Pay Tribute to Commander's War Aid --- HE PRAISES HIS VESSEL --- Is Fastest and Finest Merchant Ship Afloat, He Says--Many Captains Present --- One hundred and fifty-six guests...
4th April 1922
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
  ESTRATTO PER RIASSUNTO DAL REGISTRO DEGLI ATTI DI MORTE [DEATH CERTIFICATE]
COMUNE DI SAINT-PIERRE  PROVINCIA DI VALL D'AOSTA    UFFICIO DELLO STATO CIVILE &n...
1914
  LETTER FROM RICHARD GILL TO THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY, HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA
To The Provincial Secretary Halifax. Nova Scotia July 24 1912 I Richard Gill of Joy House Cougresbury In the County of Somers...
24th July 1912
  DEATH CERTIFICATE
COMUNE DI MONTALTO PAVESE PROVINCIA DI PAVIA UFFICIO DELLO STATO CIVILE ...
1913
Southampton Times and Hampshire Express 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
  MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
Page 77 (Coat of Arms) Certificate...
14th February 1912
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 Daily Journal SIPPED HIGHBALL AT CRASH
C. H. Romacue of Georgetown, Ky, one of the first cabin passengers had just stepped from the deck to the smoking room and stood at a table with a highball in front of him when the crash came. “We had been crunching through ice...
19th April 1912
New York Times CAPT. ROSTRON RECEIVES ROYAL HONOR
Copyright, 1924, by The New York Times Company --- By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, Feb. 25---Captain Arthur H. Rostron, commander of the Cunard liner Mauretania, who, as captain of the Carpathia, rescued the ...
26th February 1924
THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC   THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC
William Baltzell
A Descriptive Composition for Piano Solo By William Baltzell Published 1912 by Aubrey Stauffer & Co., Chicago, USA Listen to this Piece [Midi] ...
1912
  BIRTH CERTIFICATE
CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF BIRTH Registration District Southam...
1881
NORMANDIE: A PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT Gare Maritime NORMANDIE: A PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT
Jim Kalafus
Spectacular views of the quintessential superliner....
1st January 2006 Gare Maritime
FILM OF THE MACKAY BENNETT RETURNING TO HALIFAX WITH BODIES OF TITANIC VICTIMS   FILM OF THE MACKAY BENNETT RETURNING TO HALIFAX WITH BODIES OF TITANIC VICTIMS
The cable ship MacKay Bennett returned to Halifax, Nova Scotia on the morning of 30 April 1912. On her deck were coffins, her crew recovered 306 bodies and brought 190 back to harbour. The rest were buried at sea. ...
30th April 1912
LETTER BY FR BYLES TO MISS FIELD   LETTER BY FR BYLES TO MISS FIELD
Dear Miss Field, On board ship one has little to do to fill up time so I start to write a letter to yo...
10th April 1912
  ESTRATTO RIASSUNTO DAL REGISTRO DEGLI ATTI DI NASCITA
n. 243 Reg. Cert.  COMUNE DI CASALMAGGIORE  PROVINCIA DI CREMONA  UFFICIO DELLO STATO CI...
1894
Daily Express CAPTAIN SMITH AND SIGNOR MARCONI DUMMIES
Madame Tussaud's Exhibition - Several additions to this exhibition have been made since Easter; and the management have made various alterations in the building. The Titanic disaster is recalled by Mr John Tussaud's model of Captain Smith, ...
27th April 1912
  ESTRATTO PER RIASSUNTO DAL REGISTRO DEGLI ATTI DI MORTE (DEATH CERTIFICATE)
Death Certificate...
1913
  DEATH CERTIFICATE
Certified Copy of an Entry of Death Registration District  ...
1913
Daily Sketch HOW CAPTAIN SMITH DIED
His Last Act was to Save a Child's Life Refused to get into a boat. Of all the wild and irresponsible messages that were sent to this country in the first hours following the sinking of the Titanic the one that caused th...
30th April 1912
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HUGH WALTER MCELROY : CHIEF PURSER OF R.M.S. TITANIC Titanic Research THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HUGH WALTER MCELROY : CHIEF PURSER OF R.M.S. TITANIC
Frank McElroy
Coat of Arms...
19th June 2009
Washington Times LIVED NOT IN VAIN, SAYS BUTT'S FRIEND
American People Can Learn Lesson From Major’s Life, Is Captain’s Opinion --- INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 22---Major Archibald Butt did not give his life in vain in the Titanic disaster, if the American people will take the lesson of his l...
22nd April 1912
The Times ROSTRON BEATS HIMSELF TO NEW YORK BY WIRELESS
Page 17 Photograph sent by Wireless London to New York The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company states that when the Mauretania arrived in New York yesterday, under Captain Rostron, he found that a copy of his photograph had...
24th April 1926
MY TITANIC DIVE Titanic Research MY TITANIC DIVE
Brigitte Saar
Brigitte Saar's dive to Titanic was won in a competition yet it sparked an enduring interest in the ship and her story....
30th November 2001
  ESTRATTO PER RIASSUNTO DAL REGISTRO DEGLI ATTI DI NASCITA (BIRTH CERTIFICATE)
COMUNE DI BUROLO    Ufficio dello Stato Civile    ESTRATTO PER RIASSU...
1888
  ESTRATTO PER RIASSUNTO DAI REGISTRO DEGLI ATTI DI NASCITA [BIRTH CERTIFICATE]
COMUNE DI MONTECARLO  PROVINCIA DI LUCCA  UFFICIO DELLO STATO CIVILE  ESTRATTO PER RIASS...
1887
  1930 CENSUS RECORD - ANNA MCGOWAN STRAUBE
Obituaries related to Anna McGowan Straube...
1930
  RMS TITANIC'S MAIDEN VOYAGE 'RUN DATA' APRIL 11 - 14, 1912.
Captain Lewis Marmaduke Collins
Date...
20th October 2007
Chicago Examiner FRIEND TELLS HOW TITANIC COMMANDER MIGHT HAVE ESCAPED
INSISTS CAPT. SMITH LIVES Friend Tells How Titanic Commander Might Have Escaped Baltimore, md., July 21---Still emphatic in his assertions that he saw Captain E. J. Smith, who is supposed ...
22nd July 1912
Washington Times ISMAY CONDEMNED FOR TAKING BOAT
Daughter of Congressman Hughes Tells of Experience In Sea Disaster --- NEW YORK, April 19---Not only did J. Bruce Ismay, managing director or the White Star line, get into one of the first lifeboats to be launched, but he was escorted a...
19th April 1912
The Times CAPTAIN E. J. SMITH MEMORIAL
A committee has been formed for the purpose of arranging for the erection of a suitable memorial to the late Commander Edward John Smith RNR, the Captain of the Titanic. It is proposed that it should take the two-fold form of ...
27th September 1913
  BIRTH CERTIFICATE
DIOCESI DI - PARROCHIA DI - Atto di Nascita e B...
1875
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
  ESTRATTO PER RIASSUNTO DAI REGISTRO DEGLI ATTI DI NASCITA [BIRTH CERTIFICATE]
COMUNE DI CAPANNORI  PROVINCIA DI LUCCA  UFFICIO DELLO STATO CIVILE  ESTRATTO PER RIASSU...
1883
  CAPTAIN SMITHS GRANDCHILDREN
Priscilla Russell-Cooke Phipps and her twin brother Simon were born June 18, 1923 to Captain E. J. Smith's only child, Helen Melville Smith Russell-Cooke. Simon died in 1944 while serving in WWII having never married. Priscilla married in 1946 to a ...
IN MEMORY OF THE TITANIC CATASTROPHE   IN MEMORY OF THE TITANIC CATASTROPHE
Henry Tiedemann
Grand Memorial Fantasie Words and Music by Henry Tiedemann Published 1912 by the Southern Music Company, Dallas, Texas Listen to this Piece...
1912
QUEEN MARY SEA TRIALS Gare Maritime QUEEN MARY SEA TRIALS
The Cunard Liner RMS Queen Mary is shown standing off Gourock, Scotland on the Clyde for anchor trials, adjustment of the magnetic compasses and fitment of her lifeboats....
6th December 2006 Gare Maritime
  THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC
The Titanic was a common subject for folk and blues singers in the 1920s and '30s. Artistes such as Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Ernest V. Stoneham and Vernon Dalhart all recorded Titanic numbers. Most had a common theme and derivation ...
1927
New York Times CAPT. JOHN W. BINKS OF WHITE STAR DIES
Retired Skipper of Olympic Served in the British Navy During the World War --- SPENT 45 YEARS AT SEA --- Commander of Leviathan and Majestic on Last Voyages They Ever Made --- News was received yesterd...
6th February 1939
  ESTRATTO RIASSUNTO DAL REGISTRO DEGLI ATTI DI MORTE
COMUNE DI CASALMAGGIORE PROVINCIA DI CREMONA UFFICIO STATO CIVILE ESTRATTO - riassunto dal registro degli ATTI di MORTE ...
1912
  ESTRATTO PER RIASSUNTO DAL REGISTRO DEGLI ATTI DI MORTE [DEATH CERTIFICATE]
COMUNE DI CERIANO LAGHETTO  PROVINCIA DI MILANO    UFFICIO DELLO STATO CIVILE &nbs...
1912
  GOODWIN FAMILY 1911 CENSUS
Name Relationship To Head of Household ...
2nd April 1911
FOR THE CHILDREN The Daily Banner FOR THE CHILDREN
Two Baby Waifs Rescued From the Sunken Titanic. When the steamship...
9th May 1912
FILM OF THE OLYMPIC   FILM OF THE OLYMPIC
These pictures were retouched after the Titanic disaster to eliminate American company flags visible on the other vessels in harbour so that, when re-shown in April 1912, the pictures might represent Titanic at her berth in Southampt...
1911
Chicago Daily News LA TOURAINE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE TITANIC
Havre, France, April 16--La Touraine ws in communication with the Titanic the afternoon of April 12.  The Presse Nouvelle quotes the captain of La Touraine as saying that he sent a wireless  dispatch reporting the presence of icebergs...
16th April 1912
  BIOGRAPHY - FROM INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS MAGAZINE 1912
THE Commander of the Titanic Captain Edward J. Smith, Royal Naval Reserve, (widely know as E.J. by all passengers and crew) was very well known and was one of the most popular masters in the Atlantic service. He was in command of the Olympic, and her...
1912
CAPTAIN SMITH IN THE 1890S   CAPTAIN SMITH IN THE 1890S
1890
CAPTAIN SMITH AND BARZOI Le Matin CAPTAIN SMITH AND BARZOI
17th April 1912
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
JUST AS THE SHIP WENT DOWN - A SONG OF THE SEA   JUST AS THE SHIP WENT DOWN - A SONG OF THE SEA
A Song of the Sea Words by Edith Maida Lessing Music by Bernie Adler and Sidney Gibson Published 1912 by the Harold Rossiter Music Company, Chicago, USA Listen to this Piece [...
1912
CAPTAIN SMITH ON BOARD THE MAJESTIC   CAPTAIN SMITH ON BOARD THE MAJESTIC
29th May 1903
CAPTAIN SMITH WITH PURSER MCELROY   CAPTAIN SMITH WITH PURSER MCELROY
April 1912
CAPTAIN DAVID BLAIR, 1924 White Star Magazine CAPTAIN DAVID BLAIR, 1924
David Blair on Dec k...
February 1924
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
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
CAPTAIN SMITH'S SIGNATURE   CAPTAIN SMITH'S SIGNATURE
From an RMS Baltic menu....
18th February 1906
New York Times CAPT. HADDOCK DEAD, OLYMPIC EX-MASTER
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Oct. 5 (AP)---Capt. Herbert James Haddock, a former commodore of the old White Star Line, died today. His age was 85. During the first World War he commanded a dummy fleet of wooden dreadnoughts and battle cruise...
6th October 1946
THE BAND PLAYED NEARER MY GOD TO THEE AS THE SHIP WENT DOWN   THE BAND PLAYED NEARER MY GOD TO THEE AS THE SHIP WENT DOWN
In Memory of the Heroes of the Ill-Fated Titanic Words by Mark Bean Music by Harold Jones Published 1912 by Joe Morris Music Co., New York, USA ...
1912
CAPTAIN STANLEY LORD   CAPTAIN STANLEY LORD
CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH   CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH
From 'Le Petit Journal'...
17th April 1912
  ON THE RESURRECTION MORNING
The Hymn "On the Resurrection Morning" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. The words were written by Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) and the music "Resurrection Morn" by Ira David Sanke...
CAPTAIN SMITH AND JACK PHILLIPS   CAPTAIN SMITH AND JACK PHILLIPS
From an unidentified French paper...
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
  ESTRATTO PER RIASSUNTO DAL REGISTRO DEGLI ATTI DI NASCITA [BIRTH CERTIFICATE]
COMUNE DI SAINT-PIERRE    UFFICIO DELLO STATO CIVILE    Estratto per ...
1868
  MARCONIGRAMS SENT AND RECEIVED BY CAPTAIN SMITH ON THE TITANIC
Marconigram to Commander Empress of Britain, 12 April, 1912, which read: Many thanks for your kind message from all here. Smith. Marconigram: 14th April 1912, 12.55pm. Commander Baltic. Thanks for your message and good wishes. Had fine...
  THE ROAST BEEF OF OLD ENGLAND
Word and Music by Leveridge The Roast Beef of Old England was the tune played by the Bugler, P.W. Fletcher, to call first class passengers to meals. ...
  MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF MARRIAGE GENE...
1908
Newark Evening News TITANIC SURVIVOR TO THE DEFENSE OF ISMAY
Special Service of the NEWS PLAINFIELD, April 23---Miss Georgette Alexander Magill, aged sixteen years, who was among the first of those rescued from the Titanic to be put aboard the Carpathia, yesterday at Plainfield defended J. Bruce...
23rd April 1912
Toronto Daily Star MISS HILDA SLAYTER
Halifax girl is sister to the Captain of Queen Victoria's yacht...
18th April 1912
The Times 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
The Witney Gazette CAPTAIN'S SUICIDE ON THE BRIDGE
The latest news of the terrible disaster is published this (Friday) morning by The Daily Telegraph who, at 4.00 am, received the following telegram, containing a statement issued by a Committee of the Survivors:- We, the...
20th April 1912
  MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF MARRIAGE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE...
1911
  MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE: GOODWIN
1894 Marriage Solemnnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of...
25th December 1894
THE TITANIC'S DISASTER : DER NASER KEIVER   THE TITANIC'S DISASTER : DER NASER KEIVER
Words (in Yiddish) by S. Small Music by Henry A. Rusotto Listen to this Piece [...
1912
  OUR GOD, OUR HELP IN AGES PAST
(O God, Our Help in Ages Past) The Hymn "Our God, our help in ages past" was recalled by Colonel Archibald Gracie, as the last to be sung at the morning service, presided over by Ca...
  RADIOS FROM NOTABLE PASSENGERS
Charles Spedding
"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
The Sydney Morning Herald THE REPORTED GUN FIRE AT FORT DENISON
The report sent to the police the other day that someone had fired a gun at Fort Denison has not yet been cleared up. The charge of the island is in the hands of the Navigation Department. Last Saturday morning the Superintenden...
12th October 1900
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
New York Times GARDEN LURES SKIPPER OF THE BERENGARIA, SIR HENRY [SIC] ROSTRON, AFTER 45 YEARS AT SEA
Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, Nov. 7---Captain Sir Arthur Henry Rostron, commodore of the Cunard fleet, who is retiring after forty-five years at sea, took his leave of his fellow-officers at Southampton this week on relinq...
9th November 1930
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
  NOW THE DAY IS OVER
The Hymn "Now the Day is Over" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. Sabine Baring-Gould (1825-1878) wrote the lyrics, in 1865, and the tune “Merrial” was composed by Sir Joseph Barnby (1838-1896)...
  1976 LETTER FROM MRS. SNYDER ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE ON TITANIC
Dennis Foley
By letter postmarked 11/22/76, Mrs. Rawley Miller (Mrs. Snyder's daughter) was so wonderful as to send me the following typewritten letter, signed by Mrs. Snyder, with a handwritten note from Mrs. Miller. ...
Chicago Daily Tribune SAILED IN '70S WITH TITANIC'S CAPTAIN
Page 6 [Photo] Capt. J. R. Mullet Capt. J. R. Mullet, a veteran seaman, retired ten years ago on a pension from the White Star lines after thirty-five years of faithful service, yesterday recalled the days when he and C...
17th April 1912
Atlantic City Daily Press AN ATLANTIC MAN FINDS EVIDENCE FAVORING ISMAY
D. W. McMillan’s Sister, Titanic Survivor, Says He and Astor Helped Women ---------- DESCRIBES DEATH OF DOUGHTY CAPTAIN ---------- In a letter to his wife, D. W. McMillan, of Pleasantville, who visited New Yor...
23rd April 1912
  BIRTH RECORD OF JOSEPH BENEDIKT PERUSCHITZ
Joseph Benedikt Peruschitz Transcription and translation of Entry in Parish Register: St. Laurentius, Dingharting ...
  BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
DIVISION OF RECORDS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN CERTIFICATE OF DEATH # 1...
1963
CAPTAIN SMITH AND LAUNCH OF TITANIC Unidentified Newspaper CAPTAIN SMITH AND LAUNCH OF TITANIC
From an unidentified French paper...
1912
CAPTAIN ARTHUR ROSTRON'S GRAVE   CAPTAIN ARTHUR ROSTRON'S GRAVE
West End Cemetery, West End, Southampton...
CAPTAIN LORD'S CHART COMPASS   CAPTAIN LORD'S CHART COMPASS
RELATIVES OF TITANIC COMMANDER VISIT FILM Sentinel RELATIVES OF TITANIC COMMANDER VISIT FILM
Only living first cousin of Captain E.J. Smith, Sarah Harris (my great grandmother) in her 94th ...
28th August 1953
MORRO CASTLE PUBLICITY - PING-PONG WIZARDS...   MORRO CASTLE PUBLICITY - PING-PONG WIZARDS...
"Ping-pong wizards! Here's a championship you ought to enter!"...
Gare Maritime
BERTHE LEROY IN 1956   BERTHE LEROY IN 1956
From 'Santa Barbara News Press'...
1956
  THE LOST CHORD
Enrico Caruso the famous tenor was born in Naples in 1873 and made his debut there in 1895. His last performance was at the Metropolitan Opera House on Christmas Eve 1920 and he died the following year. On Monday, 29 April 1912 Caruso recorded thi...
29th April 1912
TITANIC CAPTAIN: THE LIFE OF EDWARD JOHN SMITH Titanic Review TITANIC CAPTAIN: THE LIFE OF EDWARD JOHN SMITH
Inger Sheil
Inger Sheil reviews a fully revised biography of Titanic's Captain...
18th January 2012
  TITANIC LEAVES BELFAST FOR SOUTHAMPTON
Titanic departs commanded by Captain Bartlett, later to command the Britannic on her final voyage....
2nd April 1912
CAPTAIN SMITH ON BRIDGE OF OLYMPIC OR TITANIC   CAPTAIN SMITH ON BRIDGE OF OLYMPIC OR TITANIC
CAPTAIN SMITH'S EXTRA MASTER CERTIFICATE   CAPTAIN SMITH'S EXTRA MASTER CERTIFICATE
BRIDE WHO WAS RESCUED FROM DEATH FINDS SHE IS DESTITUTE WIDOW New York Herald BRIDE WHO WAS RESCUED FROM DEATH FINDS SHE IS DESTITUTE WIDOW
MRS ARGENIA DEL CARLO AND SISTER OF SAN RAFFAELE HOME...
22nd April 1912
Exeter Flying Post 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
  INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
Norman Harrison (1873-1912) AMIMechE Elected: Associate Member of the Inst...
17th November 1911
Newark Star WHY WAS THE NEWS SUPPRESSED
A reporter for The Newark Star managed to get aboard the Carpathia and made his way to the bridge, where he had an interview with Captain Rostrom [sic] as to why the news of the wreck and the condition of the survivors had been withheld. The followin...
19th April 1912
Ilford Graphic THE TALE OF THE "TITANIC" TOLD BY A RESCUED ILFORD LADY. MRS BEN HART'S PERSONAL AND THRILLING NARRATIVE. EXCLUSIVE TO THE "ILFORD GRAPHIC"
I can honestly say that from the moment the journey to Canada was mentioned, till the time we got aboard the Titanic I never contemplated with any other feelings but those of dread and uneasiness. It was all done in a hurry. My husband of late had no...
10th May 1912
FILM OF TITANIC ENTERING THE THOMPSON GRAVING DOCK   FILM OF TITANIC ENTERING THE THOMPSON GRAVING DOCK
...
3rd February 1912
RITZ RESTAURANT  STAFF ON THE TITANIC Titanic Research RITZ RESTAURANT STAFF ON THE TITANIC
Brian J. Ticehurst
ON BOARD the Titanic was what must have been the finest Restaurant in the world. The Ritz Restaurant (as it was called) was situated on B deck and was for the exclusive use of First Class passengers only. Th...
19th September 2005
  THERE IS A GREEN HILL FAR AWAY
The Hymn "There is a Green Hill Far Away" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. The words were written by Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander (1818-1895), in 1848, for the collection Hymns for Li...
Chicago Record-Herald NIAGARA NEAR TITANIC'S FATE
French Liner Arrives Under Own Power After Striking Iceberg. New York, April 16—Close to where the Titanic sank the new French line steamer Niagara on the night of April 10 crashed into an ice field and sent out a wi...
17th April 1912
New York Times LOVE LIFTS JAIL SENTENCE OF LAWRENCE VAIL WHEN FRENCHMAN HE STRUCK WINS HIS SISTER
PARIS, Dec. 29 (AP)---Love has found a way to make a new, Franco-American match---a blow over the head with a champagne bottle. The Frenchman who was hit, Captain Allain Lemerdy, son of a General, is going to marry Clothilde Vail, sister of the Ameri...
30th December 1926
MAURETANIA PRIVATE PICTURE, 1908   MAURETANIA PRIVATE PICTURE, 1908
Roger Bricoux, Wallace Hartley, Theodore Brailey and Captain Rostron are four of the many names that link the Titanic tragedy and the Cunarder Mauretania...
24th July 1908
Washington Times CAPT. SMITH ENDED LIFE WHEN TITANIC BEGAN TO FOUNDER
Stories of His Suicide Differ, One Woman Asserting He Shot Himself, and Another Describing His Drowning --- Unable to bear the terrible strain of the disaster that overtook his mighty ship, Capt. E. J. Smith killed himself and gave to t...
19th April 1912
CAPTAIN LORD IN SUMMER WHITES ABOARD A LEYLAND LINER   CAPTAIN LORD IN SUMMER WHITES ABOARD A LEYLAND LINER
MRS SMITH, CAPTAIN SMITH'S WIDOW L'Echo du Nord MRS SMITH, CAPTAIN SMITH'S WIDOW
29th 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
WHY THE TITANIC DID NOT LIST Titanic Research WHY THE TITANIC DID NOT LIST
Eqab S. Al-Otaibi
Eqab S Al-Otaibi NS 415 Titanic Supervised by Captain C. Weeks The list of any ship is due to either a negative initial stability (GM, metacentric height) or off center weight. So the list is due to internal force. Off center weight i...
30th April 2003
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
ASTOR'S FIRST WIFE TO ATTEND FUNERAL   ASTOR'S FIRST WIFE TO ATTEND FUNERAL
New York, May 3.      The train bearing the body of John Jacob Astor reached R...
3rd May 1912
  TITANIC DISCHARGED CREW
Crew members, most of whom had "signed-on" but, for one reason or another, failed to board the ship or were not aboard when the accident occurred. ...
CAPTAIN ARTHUR ROSTRON   CAPTAIN ARTHUR ROSTRON
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...
1912
Cumberland News MR. WILLIAM MURDOCH
The first officer of the ill-fated ship was Mr. William Murdoch, son of Captain Samuel Murdoch, Oakland, Dalbeattie, who was transferred from the Olympic, on which he was one of the chief officers....
20th April 1912
CARPATHIA MEDAL   CARPATHIA MEDAL
Captain Rostron, the officers and crew of the Carpathia each received a medal in recognition of their efforts on the night of April 14th/15th 1912. ...
THE LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL Gare Maritime THE LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL
A family sets sail for Canada in the 1930s....
10th July 2007 Gare Maritime
The New York Times SEALING THE LIPS OF TITANIC'S CREW
Detained Sailors Are Herded on the Celtic Under Close Guard of Detectives. --- HAVE ORDERS NOT TO TALK --- Men Forget Instructions, However, Long Enough to Defend Escape of J. Bruce lsmay ---...
21st April 1912
ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN ON THE NIEUW AMSTERDAM Gare Maritime ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN ON THE NIEUW AMSTERDAM
16mm film records a tour encompassing: Peurto Rice, Curacoa, Havana, Cartagena, Colombia, Panama Canal, Kingston Jamaica ending with the ship docking in New York City....
21st December 2006 Gare Maritime
CAPTAIN SMITH WITH LORD PIRRIE OF HARLAND AND WOLFF   CAPTAIN SMITH WITH LORD PIRRIE OF HARLAND AND WOLFF
1912
TITANIC BISCUIT   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....
  ETERNAL FATHER, STRONG TO SAVE
The Hymn "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. William Whiting (1825-1878) wrote the lyrics, in 1860, as a poem for a student about to sail for America. T...
STRATHALLAN SEA TRIALS Gare Maritime STRATHALLAN SEA TRIALS
Unique and evocative home movie of the ill fated liner passing onlookers as she departs on her sea trials....
21st July 2006 Gare Maritime
Newark Evening News MRS. COMPTON TELLS OF TITANIC DISASTER
NEW YORK, April 19---Mrs. Alexander T. Compton and her daughter, Miss Alice Compton, of Lakewood, N. J., and New Orleans, two of the Titanic’s rescued, reached here completely prostrated o...
19th April 1912
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
CAPTAIN LORD AND OFFICERS OF THE ANGLO-SAXON   CAPTAIN LORD AND OFFICERS OF THE ANGLO-SAXON
CARPATHIA CREW MEDAL ON SALE Bonhams CARPATHIA CREW MEDAL ON SALE
One of the bronze medals presented to the crew of RMS Carpathia, following their heroic rescue of 705 survivors of the stricken Titanic on April 15 1912, is to be sold at Bonhams as part of The Marine Sale on 28 September ...
21st September 2010
HENRY WILDE AND CAPTAIN SMITH   HENRY WILDE AND CAPTAIN SMITH
  LETTER TO HIS OLD FRIEND ALFRED PARSONS
''On board R.M.S. Titanic April 11, 1912. Dear Alfred I got yours this morning and was glad to hear from you. I thought I told you my ship was the Titanic. She has everything but taxicabs and theatres., Table D' Hote, Restau...
11th April 1912
GEORGE WRIGHT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, HALIFAX NS   GEORGE WRIGHT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, HALIFAX NS
George Wright built this development...
Lincoln Daily News MAJOR BUTT DESTROYED PAPERS
Mrs. Cassebeer statement...
29th April 1912
CAPTAIN STANLEY LORD AND HIS WIFE IN THEIR CAR   CAPTAIN STANLEY LORD AND HIS WIFE IN THEIR CAR
Stanley Lord at the wheel of a car accompanied by his wife Mabel...
  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 WRECK OF THE TITANIC   THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC
Jeanette Forrest
A Descriptive Piano Composition Word and Music by Jeanette Forrest Published 1912 by Frank K. Root & Co. Chicago : New York Listen to this Piece [Midi] ...
1912
Paterson Morning Call JUMPED FROM SINKING SHIP
Frederick Hoyt Sees His Wife Safely in a Boat Before His Plunge ---------- IS PICKED UP LATER ---------- And Happily Reunited With His Wife in Lifeboat---Thrilling Story of Man Known in This City ---------- ...
23rd April 1912
New York Times FRANCE HONORS ROSTRON
Cunard Commodore Receives Legion of Honor Aboard Berengaria --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- CHERBOURG, Feb. 27---France honored a life of heroism and seamanship tonight when she awarded the Legion of Honor to S...
28th February 1929
Atlantic Daily Bulletin PURSER MCELROY
Hugh Walter McElroy was born on 28th October 1874 at 3, Percy Street, Liverpool, the son of Richard McElroy, and his wife Jessie (nee Fox). On Hugh’s certificate his father’s occupation is shown as Shipbuilder, [he was a ships carpenter] and he was k...
April 1999
Washington Times TITANIC'S CAPTAIN HAD LONG RECORD ON THE HIGH SEAS
As Captain of Olympic Smith's Vessel Hit British Cruiser Last Fall --- If the twentieth century retained a belief in the power of malignant spirits and the human passions of natural forces, the termination of the career of Capt. E. J. S...
17th April 1912
EDWARD JOHN SMITH WITH DOG   EDWARD JOHN SMITH WITH DOG
1912
CAPTAIN SMITH COMMITTED SUICIDE L'Excelsior CAPTAIN SMITH COMMITTED SUICIDE
From L'Excelsior, 20 April 1912...
20th April 1912
MY SWEETHEART WENT DOWN WITH THE SHIP   MY SWEETHEART WENT DOWN WITH THE SHIP
Words by Roger Lewis Music by F. Henri Klickmann Published 1912 by Frank K. Root & Co. Chicago and New York, USA [Midi / Recording]...
1912
Chicago Record-Herald MRS. CROSBY OF MILWAUKEE, ON WAY HOME, TELLS OF EXCITEMENT IN LOWERING BOATS
Mrs. E. G. Crosy, wife of Captain E. G. Crosby of the Crosby Lake Steamshipp Company, and her daughter, Miss Hattie Crosby, of Milwaukee, who were in the ill-fated ship, arrived in Chicago yesterday afternoon.  Captain Crosby was drowned.&nbs...
23rd April 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
  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
New York Times ROSTRON NOW CUNARD COMMODORE
Captain Sir Arthur H. Rostron will succeed the late Sir James Charles as Commodore of the Cunard fleet and will hoist his flag on the Beren­garia next Saturday when she leaves Southampton for New York. The Aquitania has been the flagship of the Cu...
24th July 1928
New York Times AUDIENCE CHEERS ROSTRON
Carpathia's Captain and His Officers Get an Ovation at the Winter Garden --- New Yorkers had an opportunity last night to show the esteem in which Capt. Rostron and the other members of the ship's company of the Carpathia have been held...
31st May 1912
Asbury Park Evening Press MRS. GWINN IS NOT AT POINT OF DEATH
Wife of Titanic’s Mail Chief Feels Loss Keenly but is Not Ill ---------- Metropolitan newspapers this morning all published stories to the effect that Mrs. William Logan Gwinn, wife of the chief mail clerk of the lost Titanic, w...
26th April 1912
Western Morning News TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW
Shaldon has a particular interest in the loss. George Fox Hosking is senior third engineer on the Titanic. He is the eldest son of Captain and Mrs Hosking of The Green, Shaldon, and resides in London. He has a wife and three children. The parents...
17th April 1912
THE PORTRUSH LETTER Titanic Research THE PORTRUSH LETTER
Senan Molony
THE LETTER fell onto the hall floor in the house at Main Street, Portrush, Co Antrim, in late April 1912. Hugh Smith, descending the stair, noticed it and picked it up. The American stamp...
31st January 2006
  TITANIC PASSENGERS FROM COUNTY MAYO, IRELAND AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS
John Kelly
by a great-nephew of Anna Katherine Kelly...
3rd September 2011
New York Times RELATIVES ONLY AT CEREMONY OF DOROTHY DREY AND HORACE A. SAKS
The marriage of Miss Dorothy Isabel Drey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Drey, to Horace Andrew Saks, son of Mrs. Andrew Saks and the late Mr. Saks, took place at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the home of the bride's parents, 54 East Seventy-four...
30th April 1912
LORD SURROUNDED BY GRINNING PASSENGERS   LORD SURROUNDED BY GRINNING PASSENGERS
Captain Stanley Lord surrounded by grinning passengers, c. 1909...
1909
TITANIC'S TIME ENIGMAS Titanic Research TITANIC'S TIME ENIGMAS
Markus Philipp
One of the thorniest questions about the Titanic disaster is, how her clock was changed during the journey. Several events observed by differing observers at different locations add to the confusion about the difference between Titani...
16th February 2003
A VOYAGE ON THE SS PARIS Gare Maritime A VOYAGE ON THE SS PARIS
A cruise along the East Coast around 1932...
2nd August 2006 Gare Maritime
The Times STORIES OF THE WRECK : CAPTAIN SMITH'S HEROISM
After the men had had dinner the taking of their statements was rapidly proceeded with, and it was soon announced that a number of them were at liberty to leave the dock premises if they wished to do so. Most of them availed themselves of this per...
29th April 1912
  NEARER MY GOD TO THEE
The Hymn Nearer My God to Thee has often been suggested as the last tune played by the Musicians on the Titanic. There are different versions of the hymn, all are set to verses, written in 1841, by the English poet Sarah Full...
Town and Country MASTERS OF THE SEA
A. I. M.
The Personal Side of Some of the Popular Captains of Atlantic Liners "I suppose Captain V— is still in command of the A?" asked a woman, as she was about to engage her passage on one of the fleet trans...
19th April 1902
RACING THROUGH THE NIGHT : OLYMPIC'S ATTEMPT TO REACH TITANIC Titanic Review RACING THROUGH THE NIGHT : OLYMPIC'S ATTEMPT TO REACH TITANIC
Michael Poirier
The story of Olympic's abortive 350 mile dash to save Titanic....
17th November 2011
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
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
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
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...
Voyage KURA
John P. Eaton
Kura Steamship Co., Ltd. (Stephens, Sutton & Stephens, Managers.) (Westbound, Bremerhaven to New York via St. John’s Newfoundland) On 18 March encountered ice at 42 degrees N. 47 degrees ...
19th December 2004
  THE VIEW FROM THE CARONIA
Charles Spedding
At 10:30 that night we received a message from the Titanic to say that she had struck an iceberg. She would then be about two hundred and forty miles away. We established communication with the German steamer Breslau, about fo...
1926
New York Times WIRELESS JOKER AT SEA
Passengers of the Baltic All Stirred Up by Fake Dispatches --- When the White Star liner Baltic, in yesterday from Liverpool, was two days out of Queenstown, some one who was characterized by the officers ...
13th January 1906
Chicago Examiner NIGHT CLEAR, SAYS MARINER
Boston, Mass., April 18---Captain Franz Huber of the German Freighter Trautenfels, which arrived here today, said he passed over the spot where the Titanic sunk ten hours before the accident and that the night was clear. ...
19th April 1912
Scottish Field THE FIRST OFFICER OF THE TITANIC
Graham Kirkpatrick
Captain William MacMaster Murdoch joined the Titanic from her sister ship the Olympic, of which he had also been First Officer. His family had been seafarers for generations. His father left his native Isle of Lewis and settled in Dalbeattie, Kirkcud...
April 1985
New York Times CONGRESS THANKS ROSTRON
Bill Providing for Gold Medal to Captain Goes to Taft --- WASHINGTON, July 1---The thanks of Congress are conveyed to Capt. Arthur H. Rostron and the officers and crew of the liner Carpathia, for their rescue of 704 survivors of the Tit...
2nd July 1912
  BAPTISM CERTIFICATE
Livro de Baptismos da Paróquia de São Brás, Arco da Calheta, Calheta Número 63. Aos vinte e nove dias do mez de Junho do ann...
1874
  STANLEY LORD IN CONVERSATION WITH LESLIE HARRISON
Leslie Harrison
Extracts from a conversation between Captain Stanley Lord and Leslie Harrison, held on 19 August 1961....
19th August 1961
  COPY OF LETTER SENT BY MR. KNOWLES'S DAUGHTER
Dear Cousin, What a pleasant surprise to receive your letter on November 22nd. I am Thomas Knowles's daughter. My father would have been 104 years old last May, therefore he would, I presume, be the ninth generation. I myse...
28th November 1973
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
Washington Times LIKE AWFUL DREAM, DECLARES WOMAN
Mrs. Cardeza, of Philadelphia, Tells of Her Experience In Wreck --- NEW YORK, April 19---Among the survivors were Mrs. J. R. Cardeza, her son Thomas, and maid, Annie Ward, all of Philadelphia. "We crashed into the iceberg...
19th April 1912
San Francisco Bulletin SAN FRANCISCO'S ASSESSOR TELLS STORY OF THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC
From Which He Escapes After Thrilling Experience NEW YORK, April 19.-Dr. Washington Dodge of San Francisco, at the Hotel Wolcott here, gave the following account of the wreck: "We had retired to our stateroom, and the ...
19th April 1912
NOMADIC Voyage NOMADIC
John P. Eaton
One of the two tenders built especially to serve the needs of Olympic and Titanic at Cherbourg. Nomadic and Traffic were registered under the French flag and managed by A. Laniece, later by George A. Laniece. On 10 ...
22nd August 2005
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