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| AP Wire | (2006) | CAMERON PLANS 'TITANIC' RESTAURANT-SLASH-NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE LAS VEGAS - Harrah's Entertainment Inc., the world's largest casino operator, unveiled its vision Monday for a high-tech theme park called "iPort" that will anchor its bid to build a casino megaresort in Singapore.The project's executive producer is Hollywood director James Cameron, who will contribute the rights and oversight to develop interactive rides based on his hit movies."We've been discussing already an 'Aliens' attraction and there's a discussion of a 'Titanic' attraction, what I call the 'Titanic' restaurant-slash-near-death experience," Cameron told reporters at an unveiling in Las Vegas.... | 14th March 2006 | |||
| The Atlantic | (2010) | TITANIC IN 3D : WHY IT WON'T WORK As if re-releasing Avatar this summer weren't a questionable enough move for James Cameron, he's also announced a new plan to convert his other epically popular film Titanic into a 3-D experience. It's not hard to imagine why Cameron made this decision : thanks to Avatar, critics are crowing about 3-D as the future of cinema but it is hard to think of a worse movie to be rendered into the third-dimension.... | 17th March 2010 | |||
| Digital Spy | JAMES CAMERON CONFIRMS 3D 'TITANIC' James Cameron has confirmed that his 1997 blockbuster Titanic will be converted into 3D. Speaking at last week's Comic-Con convention in San Diego, th... | |||||
| New York Times | (1906) | HUGE WAVE SWEEPS OCEANIC Captain Thrown from the Bridge and Left Unconscious --- While plowing her way through the worst weather met with on the North Atlantic lane in many months, the White Star liner Oceanic, in last night from Liverpool, was boarded... | 29th November 1906 | |||
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(1912) | LAST KNOWN PHOTOGRAPH OF CAPTAIN SMITH | 11th April 1912 | |||
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CAPTAIN SMITH AND BOY ON BRIDGE | |||||
| Daily Express | (1912) | 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 | |||
| The Times | (1913) | CAPTAIN E. J. SMITH MEMORIAL 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 pro... | 27th September 1913 | |||
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(1911) | CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC Famous portrait of Captain Smith taken on the Olympic in 1911 and published in 1912 in 'Sinking of the Titanic: the World's Greatest Sea Disaster - official edition - By Thomas H. Russell'.... | May 1911 | |||
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(1911) | CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC Another famous portrait of Captain Smith taken on the Olympic in 1911 and published in 1912 in 'Sinking of the Titanic: the World's Greatest Sea Disaster - official edition - By Thomas H. Russell'.... | May 1911 | |||
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(1912) | CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH From 'Le Petit Journal'... | 17th April 1912 | |||
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(1912) | EDWARD JOHN SMITH WITH DOG | 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1926) | 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 | |||
| Monsters and Critics.com | (2008) | NAT GEO'S BOB BALLARD TAKES US ON TWO DEEP SEA ADVENTURES JUNE 2 AND 3 Explorer Bob Ballard loves the sea and all its secrets and history. He was the man who first gave us intimate glimpses of the Titanic years ago, working in tandem with filmmaker James Cameron.... | 2nd June 2008 | |||
| Highland News | (1912) | 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 | |||
| Hollyscoop | (2009) | TITANIC TO BE RE-RELEASED IN 3D Ten years after Titanic sailed its way into our hearts forever, the movie is getting re-released! The James Cameron hit will be released in theaters in 3D.... | 24th September 2009 | |||
| 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 ... | ||||||
| msnbc.com | (2009) | "TITANIC" STARS HELP SHIPWRECK'S LAST SURVIVOR LOS ANGELES - The last survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 is getting a hand from Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.The 'Titanic' stars, along with director James Cameron, have contributed to a $30,000 fund for Millvina Dean, ... | 11th May 2009 | |||
| New York Times | (1939) | 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 | |||
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(1911) | CAPTAIN AND CREW Captain Smith seen aboard the Olympic... | May 1911 | |||
| The Evening Post, Wellington, New Zealand | (1890) | ARRIVAL OF THE R.M.S. COPTIC [AT WELLINGTON WITH E.J. SMITH IN COMMAND] The S.S. & A. Company's R.M.S. Coptic anchored in the harbour at 8.40 this morning. She left London on 12th December, Plymouth 14th, and reached Teneriffe on 19th; left again on the following morning, crossed the Equator o... | 31st January 1890 | |||
| Washington Times | (1912) | 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 | (1899) | 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 | |||
| 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... | ||||||
| Washington Times | (1912) | 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 which... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| Newton Abbot Western Guardian | (1912) | UNTITLED Captain and Mrs. Hosking of Shaldon have received a telegram from Mr. Bock, Captain Hosking’s cousin in America, who had travelled about 300 miles to meet Mr. George Fox Hosking, the Senior Third Engineer on the ‘Titanic’ who he was hoping would be a... | 25th April 1912 | |||
| (1926) | RADIOS FROM NOTABLE PASSENGERS "The next day, which was Sunday, we passed the Titanic, receiving many friendly radios from our friends on board. Personally, I exchanged messages with Mr. Isadore Strauss ( sp ) and Mr. John Jacob Astor. Captain Barr received a wirele... | 1926 | ||||
| Western Morning News | (1912) | 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 | |||
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(1912) | 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 | |||
| Seattle Post Intelligencer | (2008) | TROUBLING NEW EVIDENCE LEADS LOCAL AUTHOR TO REWRITE TITANIC'S FINAL CHAPTER Somebody had better call James Cameron and tell him his movie needs to be revised. The big finish in "Titanic" -- in which characters Rose and Jack cling to the stern of the ship before it slips into the sea -- is wrong.The 1997 film depicted the prevailing theory at the time to explain Titanic's sinking. After striking an iceberg, the ship sank bow-first, the stern bobbing up at a 45-degree angle and the ship breaking in half under the pressure.... | 10th October 2008 | |||
| New York Times | (1931) | 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 | (1930) | 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 | |||
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CAPTAIN LORD WITH OFFICERS OF A LATER COMMAND. Captain Stanley Lord (centre) of the Californian pictured with officers of a later command.... | |||||
| The Times | LEGAL APPOINTMENTS PEERAGE FOR SIR JOHN BIGHAM --- The King has been pleased to approve the appointment of Sir Samuel Thomas Evans, K.C., to be President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice, ... | |||||
| Channel 4 - Tuesday - 9:00pm - 10:30pm | (2005) | TONY ROBINSON TITANIC TRIP PREMIERES TUESDAY NULL... | 31st December 2005 | |||
| Western Daily Mercury | (1912) | 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 | |||
| Town and Country | (1902) | MASTERS OF THE SEA 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 | |||
| NBC Los Angeles | (2009) | TITANIC WEEKEND HELD ABOARD ANOTHER HISTORIC SHIP The fates of RMS Titanic, the colossal ocean liner that tragically met with an iceberg in April of 1912, and then proceeded to sail on into the myths and legends of history (and a little James Cameron film, of course), and the Queen Mary, another ocean liner built much later and now permanently docked, seem forever entwined. In fact, we've never been at the Long Beach landmark without the subject of the Titanic coming up among our party, if only because strolling along one of the Queen's wood-lined decks, in the historic, seafaring setting, always brings that legendary, and sadly lost, ship to mind.... | 3rd April 2009 | |||
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CAPTAIN SMITH PLAQUE Plaque erected to the memory of Captain Smith... | |||||
| New York Times | (1922) | 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1929) | ROSTRON'S CAT LEFT HERE Berengaria Master Sails Alone Because of British Quarantine --- Captain Sir Arthur Rostron, master of the Cunarder Berengaria, sailed early yesterday morning for the first time in many years without his pet Persian cat Abdul. The animal... | 6th January 1929 | |||
| New York Times | (1924) | 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 | |||
| Newark Star | (1912) | 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 | |||
| 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... | ||||||
| Daily Sketch | (1912) | 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 | |||
| Washington Times | (1912) | 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 | (1926) | 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 | |||
| ET Reviews | (2009) | E.J. THE STORY OF EDWARD J. SMITH. CAPTAIN OF THE TITANIC THIS is Gary Coopers second book on the RMS Titanic's Captain. His first book The Man Wh... | 5th May 2009 | |||
| 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 ... | ||||||
| Irish Independent | (2009) | BABY OF THE TITANIC By ALISON O'RIORDAN Sunday June 07 2009 "An intelligent woman who had a great childlike quality and sense of fun. From the moment I met her it was the start of a beautiful friendship from which I have some great memories," said Irish author and... | 7th June 2009 | |||
| 1976 LETTER FROM MRS. SNYDER ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE ON TITANIC 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. ... | ||||||
| MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER JOHN WEIR Col John Weir was my Great Great Grandfather. He was born on May 14th 1852 to parents John Weir and Jane Gillies. He had two brothers and two sisters: James b. 28/5/1856, Sarah b. 16/2/1858, George b. 29/1/1862 and Jane b. 30/7/1864. John marri... | ||||||
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JOHN COTTER, HARBOR PILOT FOR QUEENSTOWN To all who are interested in John Cotter, Harbor Pilot for Queenstown My name is Peter Gauthier and I am the Great, Great Grandson of said John Cotter. Specifically, one of his daughters Maggie or Margaret, who my mother is named ... | |||||
| (1901) | HOLSWORTHY, DEVON - 1901 CENSUS John Adams, under his actual name, Richard May was at home with his family at the time of the 1901 Census. They were living at 'Burnard's House', a dwelling a few miles west of Holsworthy, Devon. The family present were - John M... | 31st March 1901 | ||||
| New York Times | (1922) | 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 Hi... | 19th August 1922 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | CAPT. ROSTRON GUEST OF MRS. J. J. ASTOR Rescuer of Titanic Survivors Meets Again Mrs. Thayer and Mrs. Cumings --- GOES TO SEE MRS. WIDENER --- With the Crew of the Carpathia He Will Attend Concert for Musicians' Families --- Capt. Arthur Henry Ros... | 1st June 1912 | |||
| (2004) | KURA 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 | ||||
| New York Times | (1897) | DEATH NOTICE OF JOHN STUART WHITE DIED *** WHITE---Wednesday, May 19, John Stuart White, beloved husband of Ella Holmes White, and only son of the late William White. Funeral at the residence of his mother, Mrs. William White, 55 West 48th St., Friday mor... | 20th May 1897 | |||
| Belfast Telegraph | (2006) | TITANIC : A NICE LITTLE EARNER NULL... | 26th January 2006 | |||
| (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 | ||||
| St. Paul Pioneer Press | (1959) | JOHN P. SNYDER, 71, DIES ON GOLF COURSE John Pillsbury Snyder, 71, longtime Minneapolis automotive firm owner, died of a heart attack while playing golf Wednesday at Woodhill Country club. He owned and operated Snyder Garage, Inc., in Minneapolis for 43 years before retiring in ... | 23rd July 1959 | |||
| The Times | (1935) | LAST VOYAGE OF THE OLYMPIC CIVIC RECEPTION ON BOARD AT JARROW The liner Olympic (45,439 tons gross) sailed from Southampton last evening on her last voyage to Jarrow, where she is to be broken up. Among the hundred people who waved the liner farewell were a ... | 12th October 1935 | |||
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(1890) | CAPTAIN SMITH IN THE 1890S | 1890 | |||
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Le Matin | (1912) | CAPTAIN SMITH AND BARZOI | 17th April 1912 | ||
| New York Times | (1930) | SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON TO RETIRE FROM SEA Commodore of Cunard Fleet and Captain of Berengaria 35 Years in Line's Service --- SAVED 706 FROM TITANIC --- Rescue by Carpathia Won for Him American Decoration and Plaudits of World --- Wireless to THE NEW ... | 1st November 1930 | |||
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(1903) | CAPTAIN SMITH ON BOARD THE MAJESTIC | 29th May 1903 | |||
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L'Echo du Nord | (1912) | MRS SMITH, CAPTAIN SMITH'S WIDOW | 29th April 1912 | ||
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White Star Magazine | (1924) | CAPTAIN DAVID BLAIR, 1924 | February 1924 | ||
| WILLIAM MCMASTER MURDOCH William McMaster Murdoch was born 28th February 1873 in Dalbeattie, Scotland. He was the fourth of seven children of Captain Samuel Murdoch and his wife Jeanie. The Murdochs had been a se... | ||||||
| Philadelphia Inquirer | (1944) | MRS. JOHN B. THAYER Mrs. John B. Thayer, widow of John B. Thayer, prominent Philadelphian and Pennsylvania Railroad official, died yesterday on the 32nd anniversary of her husband's death in the Titanic disaster. She was 72. When the Titanic sunk on April 14,... | 15th April 1944 | |||
| Washington Times | (1912) | SMITH VOUCHED FOR BRAVERY OF CREW Told Shipbuilder His Men Would Die Like Those on Birkenhead --- LONDON, April 22---Manager Director Kemster, of the shipbuilding firm which constructed the Titanic, while speaking to a meeting at Belfast today, said that just before the... | 22nd April 1912 | |||
| CAPTAIN ROSTRON'S CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL | ||||||
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(1906) | CAPTAIN SMITH'S SIGNATURE From an RMS Baltic menu.... | 18th February 1906 | |||
| New York Times | (1946) | 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 | |||
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CAPTAIN STANLEY LORD | |||||
| New York Times | (1958) | SCREEN: SINKING OF THE TITANIC 'A Night to Remember' Opens at Criterion --- By BOSLEY CROWTHER --- EVEN though the tragic story of the sinking of the Titanic is an old and oft-repeated one, it still makes for tense, exciting and supremely awesome drama ... | 17th December 1958 | |||
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(1912) | CAPTAIN SMITH AND JACK PHILLIPS From an unidentified French paper... | 1912 | |||
| Western Morning News | (1912) | FROM WESTCOUNTRY - FURTHER PERSONAL DETAILS It was reported yesterday at Okehampton that amongst the missing passengers in the third class list of the Titanic was John Lovell, son of John Lovell (farmer) of Northlew.... | 18th April 1912 | |||
| 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... | ||||||
| FAMILY INFORMATION John Harper was born on 29th May 1872, in Houston Renfrewshire Scotland. he was the fifth child of George Harper and his wife, Rachel (nee Spears) his siblings were: 1) Rose 2) George 3) Caroline 4) ... | ||||||
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(1912) | MRS. J.J. (MARGARET "MOLLY") BROWN PRESENTING LOVING CUP TO CAPTAIN ARTHUR ROSTRON | 1912 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | 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 | (1912) | MISS HILDA SLAYTER Miss Hilda Slayter, one of the first class passengers saved from the Titanic was coming back to Canada on the Titanic to marry Mr Reginald Lacon, one of the big ranch owners of British Colombia, and son of the late Hon. Mr. Lacon. Miss Slater, wh... | 18th April 1912 | |||
| Unidentified Encyclopædia | JOHN HARPER [Extract] John Harper, the newly called pastor of Moody Church in the early 1900's, manifested his Christian character in the sinking of the Titanic. Dr. W. B. Riley related the death of Harper. "We have the history of John Harper's en... | |||||
| The Times | (1910) | SIR JOHN BIGHAM Sir John Bigham will take his farewell leave of the Bar on Monday in the first Court of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division. All the Comnmon Law Judges who are in town will attend, and the ... | 12th March 1910 | |||
| West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser | (1912) | MR. AND MRS. CHAPMAN Mr. and Mrs. Chapman, Liskeard, were also among the lost. Mrs. Chapman declining to go without her husband. Mrs. Hocking tells of how Mrs. Chapman was behind her when they were getting into the lifeboat. But when Sarah found that her husband J... | April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1894) | MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT MARRIED *** WHITE-HOLMES---On Wednesday, Dec. 12, 1894, by the Rev. John Hall, D. D., at the residence of the bride's parents, Ella B., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Holmes, to John Stuart Holmes.... | 13th December 1894 | |||
| The Times | (1912) | MOURNING IN BELFAST : CAPTAIN SMITH'S PREDICTION The shipbuilding works of Messrs Harland and Wolff (Limited) at Queen’s Island were closed on Saturday, which was regarded as a day of mourning for the members of the staff lost in the Titanic. With one exception all the me... | 22nd April 1912 | |||
| Elizabeth Daily Journal | (1912) | RECOVER MARCH’S BODY On board the cable ship Mackay-Bennett, whicn [sic] is due in Halifax to-morrow with the bodies of nearly 200 dead recovered from the wreckage of the Titanic are the remains of John S. Marsh, of Newark, father of Mrs. John A. Corwin, of 261 Stiles st... | 29th April 1912 | |||
| Chicago Record-Herald | (1912) | MEEHAN KIN ESCAPE Mrs. John Worthington, 4458 Drexel boulevard, sister of John Meehan, who was reported to have had relatives on board the Titanic, denied there was any truth in the report. Chicago Record-Herald, Saturday, April 20, 1912, p. 4, c. 7... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| The Times | (1937) | FUNERALS---MR. BRUCE ISMAY The funeral service of Mr. Bruce Ismay was held yesterday at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge. The Rev. E. K. C. Hamilton officiated. Members of the family and others present included:--- Mrs. Bruce Ismay, Mr. and Mrs. ... | 22nd October 1937 | |||
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JOHN STARR MARCH HEADSTONE, EVERGREEN CEMETERY John Starr March grave marker... | |||||
| (2005) | LORD CROMER Departed Stockton-on Tees, England 14 March, 1912 on her maiden voyage bound for Louisburg, Nova Scotia, in ballast. During her crossing she was badly damaged by ice and after 19 days of a voyage which should have taken no mor... | 9th January 2005 | ||||
| (1912) | PROBATE INFORMATION SMITH John Richard Jago of 45 Atherley Road Southampton sorting clerk died 15 April 1912 at sea Administration Winchester 10 August 1912 to John Smith farmer. Effects £556 12s 1d. ... | 1912 | ||||
| (1901) | NORTHLEW, DEVON -1901 CENSUS John Hall Lovell was born at Pynda Farm in the parish of Hatherleigh, mid-Devon in early 1892. He remained at that address until 1897 when he and the family moved to Lower Gorhuish Farm in the parish of Northlew. The 1901 censu... | 31st March 1901 | ||||
| REV. JOHN HARPER Rev. John Harper was minister at Paisley Road Baptist Church, in Plantation area of Glasgow, near Govan, (now the Harper Memorial Baptist Church) before moving to London. He had completed a Mission time at the Moody Church in Chicago, in 1911,... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1940) | MRS. DICK’S ESTATE LEFT TO 2 OF SONS William F. and John H. to Get Principal at Age of 28 --- Mrs. Madeleine T. Dick, who died at Palm Beach, Fla., on March 27, left her estate in trust for the benefit of two of her sons, William Force Dick and John Henry Dick of Islip, L.... | 10th April 1940 | |||
| New York Times | (1930) | 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 | |||
| Washington Herald | (1912) | MAJ. BUTT' S PLACE NOT YET FILLED President Taft Has Not Asked War Department to Fill Vacancy as Chief Aid --- President Taft has not yet asked the War Department to detail a chief White House aid to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Maj. Butt. The War Department ... | 21st April 1912 | |||
| Unidentified Newspaper | (1998) | ELEANOR I. SHUMAN, 87, TITANIC SURVIVOR ELGIN, Ill. -- Eleanor I. Shuman, one of the last survivors of the Titanic, has died at age 87. After suddenly taking ill, Mrs. Shuman died Saturday in Elgin's Sherman Hospital. Mrs. Shuman, who was less than 2 years old when the... | 10th March 1998 | |||
| Chicago Daily Tribune | (1912) | 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 | (1912) | 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 | |||
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Unidentified Newspaper | (1912) | CAPTAIN SMITH AND LAUNCH OF TITANIC From an unidentified French paper... | 1912 | ||
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CAPTAIN ARTHUR ROSTRON'S GRAVE Pictured in 1998... | |||||
| The Greenwich News | (1912) | GREENWICH PEOPLE SAVED MRS. WILLIAM T. GRAHAM AND MISS MARGARET AMONG RESCUED FROM TITANIC. RELATIVES OF OTHER GREENWICH PEOPLE ON STRICKEN SHIP ALL REACH PORT - TALES OF THE DISASTER FROM MISS GRAHAM AND MR. CARTER'S ... | 19th April 1912 | |||
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Sentinel | (1953) | 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 | ||
| The Times | (1895) | NEW MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT BlGHAM, JOHN CHARLES, Q.C. (Liverpool, Exchange) (L.U.), of 19, Palace-gate, Kensington, second s. of the late Mr. John Bigham, a merchant, of Liverpool, b. 1840, and educated at the Liverpool Institute and the Gym... | 23rd July 1895 | |||
| (1912) | TITANIC LEAVES BELFAST FOR SOUTHAMPTON Titanic departs commanded by Captain Bartlett, later to command the Britannic on her final voyage.... | 2nd April 1912 | ||||
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| (1912) | PROBATE REPORT: REVD JOHN HARPER Harper, Reverend John, of 3 Claude Villas, Love Walk, Denmark Hill, Surrey. Probate registered London 4th July 1912, to Jessie Wills spinster, Charles Livingstone sett maker and Harry Meikle, Baptist Minister. Effects £902.0.5.d... | 4th July 1912 | ||||
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CHARLES JOHN HURST This a photo of my great grandfather Charles John Hurst (Jack). On the back of the photo is written Hurst, 3 Laundry Road, Shirley, paid 8/6.... | |||||
| Redditch Advertiser | FORGE MILL'S TITANIC EXHIBITION REDDITCH residents are being taken on a dramatic trip back in time at the Titanic Honour and Glory exhibition at Forge Mill Needle Museum. The award-winning exhibition will be on at the Redditch Council-run museum in Needle Mill Lane, Rive... | |||||
| Exeter Flying Post | (1912) | DEVONIANS ON BOARD George Fox Hosking, 36, senior third engineer, eldest son of Captain Hosking, The Green, Shaldon, leaves a wife and three children.... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| The Times | (1883) | JOHN CHARLES BIGHAM MADE QUEEN'S COUNSEL From the LONDON GAZETTE, Tuesday, Oct 30 CROWN OFFICE, OCT. 27 The Queen has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal to constitute and appoint Richard Henn Collins, Esq., and John C... | 31st October 1883 | |||
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Limerick Leader | (1912) | JOHN KENNEDY John Kennedy, of Limerick, Ireland, who survived the wreck of the Titanic, only to die of deadly Anthrax poisoning while training to serve his adopted country in the Great War.... | 1912 | ||
| New York Times | (1934) | EILEEN S. S. GILLESPIE TO BE WED ON FEB. 6 Her Marriage to John Jacob Astor Will Take Place in St. Thomas Church --- The marriage of Miss Eileen S. S. Gillespie, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lewis Gillespie, to John Jacob Astor, son of the late Colonel John Jacob As... | 3rd January 1934 | |||
| Khaleej Times | (2009) | THE TITANIC AND THE SINKING OF HEARTS Like most people of my generation - and I suspect many people of generations before and after me - the sinking of the RMS Titanic on 15 April 1912 was etched definitively on my mind thanks largely to director James Cameron.When Titanic re... | 4th June 2009 | |||
| (2006) | CAPTAIN LUDWIG STULPING OF THE S.S. BIRMA 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 | ||||
| San Francisco Bulletin | (1912) | 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 | |||
| (1911) | 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 | ||||
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Je Sais Tout | (1913) | JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN Caricature of John Pierpont Morgan, owner of the International Mercantile Marine Company (and of the White Star Line) published by the French satiric magazine 'Rire' and reproduced at the time of his death by another magazine, 'Je Sais Tout'.... | 15th April 1913 | ||
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JOHN PILLSBURY SNYDER HEASTONE John Pillsbury Snyder Headstone... | |||||
| Chicago Record-Herald | (1912) | 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 | |||
| The Witney Gazette | (1912) | 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1926) | 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 | |||
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(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 | |||
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(1878) | 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 | |||
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REDWOOD : THE HOME OF JOHN B. THAYER "Redwood" the Estate of John B. Thayer, Vice President, Pennsylvania Railroad. This was located on Cheswold Lane, Haverford, Pennsylvania. ... | |||||
| Washington Times | (1912) | 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1933) | MRS. DICK GOES TO RENO Her Secretary Refuses to Comment on Divorce Report --- Mrs. William K. Dick, widow of the late John Jacob Astor, who was lost in the Titanic disaster, left last night for Reno. At her home at 7 East Eighty-fourth Street M... | 5th June 1933 | |||
| Liverpool Echo | (2008) | TITANIC'S SUPER HERO The sinking of the Titanic in 1912 continues to fascinate people and one man is remembered as the shining hero of the rescue operation Captain Arthur Henry Rostron of the Cunard liner Carpathia.... | 28th January 2008 | |||
| Daily Telegraph | (1962) | 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 | |||
| HELEN MELVILLE SMITH The daughter of master mariner Edward John Smith and Sarah Eleanor Pennington, was born on Saturday 2nd April 1898 at 20 Alexandra Road, Waterloo, Litherland, near Liverpool. The birth was registered by Edward John Smith on 3rd May 1898. Helen Melvi... | ||||||
| The Times | (1916) | LORD MERSEY - NEW VISCOUNT His Majesty has been pleased to confer the dignity of a viscounty of the United Kingdom upon:--- THE RIGHT HON. LORD MERSEY Lord Mersey's reputation as a Judge and as an authority on inte... | 1st January 1916 | |||
| New York Times | (1940) | CAPTAIN ROSTRON, TITANIC RESCUER Raced Carpathia Through Icy Waters to Save 700 Persons---Dies in England at 71 --- WITH CUNARD 36 YEARS --- Commodore of Line, 1928-31, Commanded Mauretania and Berengaria During Career --- By Cable to The NE... | 6th November 1940 | |||
| Washington Herald | (1912) | 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 | |||
| Times Online | (2007) | TITANIC KEY TO A POSTMAN'S BRAVERY The band played on, engineers fought to maintain power and the captain remained at his post as the Titanic went down on the night of April 14, 1912. To these stubborn acts of courage can be be added those of the ship's five postmen.... | 13th April 2007 | |||
| (1877) | BAPTISM REGISTER, ST KEVERNE CHURCH, CORNWALL The Baptism Register of St. Keverne Church shows that John Richard Jago Smith was baptised at the parish church on 31 December 1877. His father was John Smith, farmer of Trevithian and his mother was Mary Augusta Smith.... | 1877 | ||||
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(1912) | CAPTAIN ARTHUR ROSTRON This portrait of Carpathia's commander was published in the 1912 book 'Sinking of the Titanic: the World's Greatest Sea Disaster - official edition - By Thomas H. Russell'... | 1912 | |||
| Cumberland News | (1912) | 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1935) | MRS. JOHN J. ASTOR 3D GIVES BIRTH TO SON The Former Ellen Tuck French Becomes a Mother at the Doctors Hospital --- A son was born at 5:04 P. M. yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor 3d in Doctors Hospital, 174 East End Avenue. The baby weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces. The con... | 20th July 1935 | |||
| Elizabeth Daily Journal | (1912) | COMPLAIN OF CONDITION OF BODY OF JOHN MARCH The body of John S. March, one of the five mail clerks of the steamship Titanic and father of Mrs. John A. Corwin, of 261 Stiles street, reached Newark yesterday from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was taken charge of immediately by the undertaking firm o... | 8th May 1912 | |||
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(1912) | THOMAS WHITELEY, JOHN THOMPSON AND OTHER SURVIVORS IN NEW YORK John William Thompson, Thomas Whiteley, William McIntyre, Emilio Pallas y Castillo are shown in New York after the sinking. Whiteley was being treated at St. Vincent's Hospital... | April 1912 | |||
| ET Research | (2002) | ICE ON DECK My first article about the newly discovered Bremen Iceberg that appeared in Encyclopedia Titanica in July 2001 (The Iceberg — resurfaced?) was about the photograph itself. This second article ... | 12th February 2002 | |||
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(1912) | CAPTAIN SMITH WITH LORD PIRRIE OF HARLAND AND WOLFF | 1912 | |||
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TITANIC CONNECTIONS WITH LIVERPOOL Titanic, Carpathia, Californian were all Liverpool registered ships. The Titanic was scheduled to visit the port on the voyage from Belfast to Southampton but this was cancelled almost at the last minute. ... | |||||
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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.... | |||||
| Cult news | (2007) | DOCTOR WHO : CHRISTMAS ON THE TITANIC? Sitcom star Geoffrey Palmer is reportedly the latest actor to have signed up for the Doctor Who Christmas Special, playing the captain of the Titanic. ... | 10th July 2007 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | 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 | |||
| JOHN QUINN: A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY John Quinn was born in Belfast on 3rd March 1876 the son of a shoemaker, he was one of ... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1912) | JOHN BRADLEY CUMINGS John Bradley Cumings, a member of the brokerage firm of Cumings & Marckwald, 30 Wall Street, came to this city ten years ago from Boston, where he was brought up and where he held a position with Estabrook & Co. Mrs. Cumings, who is with him, was Fl... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| Southport Visiter | (2007) | LOCAL MAN WAS TITANIC CAPTAIN The human cost of three sea disasters involving ships captained by men from Crosby, Blundellsands and Waterloo is on show in Liverpool.Titanic, Lusitania and the Forgotten Empress, at the Merseyside Maritime Museum, looks at the trio of catastrophes that shook the world between 1912 and 1915.... | 14th September 2007 | |||
| Washington Times | (2010) | BOOKS: 'TITANIC AND THE CALIFORNIAN' According to reviewer Martin Rubin "The evidence Williams has marshaled in defense of Captain Lord is compelling, and so he has succeeded in his primary mission. But he has also provided an excellent and succinct tour d'horizon of the Titanic catastrophe in all its aspects, and so this book is doubly worthy of attention."... | 20th February 2010 | |||
| (1875) | BIRTH CERTIFICATE : WILLIAM DUFFY Diocese of Tuam Parish of Castlebar. Postal Address: Main Street Castlebar. I certify that according to the Register of Baptisms kept in this parish. William L. Duffy was born on 8th of October 1875 and was bap... | 8th October 1875 | ||||
| New York Times | (1936) | ASTOR INFANT CHRISTENED Virginia French and Vincent Astor Are William's Godparents --- The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor was christened yesterday afternoon at a ceremony in the presence of a few relatives and friends in the Astor residence, 7 Eas... | 15th January 1936 | |||
| Staffordshire Advertiser | (1912) | 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 | |||
| (1948) | THE TITANIC Blues singer/songwriter Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Leadbelly, was born in Mooringsport, Louisiana in 1885. Leadbelly remarked in th... | 15th October 1948 | ||||
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| New York Times | (1992) | 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 | |||
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| 9NEWS.com | (2009) | TITANIC TREASURES ON VIEW FOR FREE BROOMFIELD‚ - Two metro area shopping malls, along with Country Financial have teamed up to offer a free historic exhibit for the public.Titanic, Treasures of the Deep is a traveling exhibit that is in the Denver area for the next two wee... | 29th April 2009 | |||
| RTE | (2009) | FUNERAL FOR TITANIC'S LAST SURVIVOR The funeral has taken place in England of the last survivor of the Titanic disaster, Millvina Dean. The private service, attended by family and friends, took place at Southampton Crematorium, the funeral directors confirmed. ... | 16th June 2009 | |||
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GEORGE WRIGHT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, HALIFAX NS According to Eaton and Haas, Captain DeCarteret of the recovery ship Minia lived in this development.... | |||||
| Elizabeth Daily Journal | (1912) | FUNERAL OF TITANIC VICTIM The body of John F. Marsh, superintendent of mails on the steamer Titanic and the father of Mrs. John A. Corwin, of 261 Stiles street, this city, will be taken to the home of his daughter, Miss Nettie Marsh, of 50 Emmett street, Newark, when it arriv... | 30th April 1912 | |||
| Somerset Standard | (1912) | JOHN GILL The John Gill, one of the Titanic victims, whose body was recovered the other day, was late chauffeur to the Rev. C R Braithwaite, vicar of Hewish St Ann, near Puxton. He met his death exactly two months after his wedding day. He left his bride with ... | 1912 | |||
| (1912) | A POSTCARD FROM TITANIC On 11 April 1912, John Adams (real name Richard May) posted a card to his sister in Holsworthy, Devon. It read - "Dear Ethel, Just a few lines to tell you that I have found Jack and we are going on all right. We are having it fairly c... | 11th April 1912 | ||||
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CAPTAIN STANLEY LORD AND HIS WIFE IN THEIR CAR Stanley Lord at the wheel of a car accompanied by his wife Mabel... | |||||
| Cornwall & Devon Post | (1936) | AT SEA IN A BLIZZARD: BUDE SEAMAN FOUND WRAPPED IN THE MAINSAIL Adventure recalled by death of Mr. J. Jewell The passing of Mr. John Jewell early Sunday morning at 8, King Street, Bude, at the age of 79 years, recalls the old days of Bude shipping, consisting of small coasters of 35 to 80 tons, whi... | 24th January 1936 | |||
| Paterson Morning Call | (1912) | 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 | (1929) | 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 | (1999) | 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 | |||
| Andover Townsman | (2007) | ALL HANDS ON DECK: "TITANIC" SAILS IN ONE WEEK AT AHS Next week, 55 Andover High School students will become distinguished aristocrats, a ship captain, crewmen and third-class passengers aboard the ill-fated ocean liner Titanic. Opening night of the AHS fall musical, "Titanic," is Thursday, Nov. 15.... | 9th November 2007 | |||
| Daily Enterprise | (1912) | LINER'S LAST MOMENTS GRAPHICALLY DESCRIBED ---------- Palmyra Resident, Titantic's [sic] Barber, Tells of Thrilling Experience; Shock on Striking Iceberg was Slight; Saw Officer Shoot Man Who Tried to Climb Into Life Boat; Two Explosions Occurred ---------- August... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| ET Research | (2005) | A CAPTAIN'S CAREER “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 | |||
| New York Times | (1933) | JOHN JACOB ASTOR 3D, 21, COMES INFO VAST FORTUNE Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 14---John Jacob Astor, whose father lost his life in the Titanic disaster twenty-one years ago, reached his majority today and came into possession of the fortune left by his father... | 15th August 1933 | |||
| Shoreham Herald | (2009) | SHOREHAM MAN WAS TITANIC HERO A COOK on board the Titanic, who reportedly saved a baby from Captain Smith's arms, as the liner was sinking, was from Shoreham. Isaac Maynard was born in Shoreham on October 8, 1880. The son of Shoreham lifeboat coxswain Hiram Mayn... | 15th July 2009 | |||
| Toronto Daily Star | (1959) | BLISS, EMMA Page 32 At the Nevers Nursing home, on Wednesday, June 17, 1959, Emma Junod, beloved wife of the late Ernest John Bliss, loving mother of Mrs. Amy Armstrong, Henry and Ernest Bliss, dear grandmother of Jack Armstrong and great-grandmo... | 19th June 1959 | |||
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L'Excelsior | (1912) | CAPTAIN SMITH COMMITTED SUICIDE From the French paper L'Excelsior, 20 April 1912, drawing by Paul Thiriat.... | 20th April 1912 | ||
| Chicago Tribune | (1923) | SHOTGUN ENDS STUDENT’S LIFE; JILTED, THEORY “Frat” Brothers Scout Talk of Suicide. While police and University of Chicago authorities yesterday wavered between a theory of accident and suicide in explanation of the shooting to death of John B. Min... | 3rd February 1923 | |||
| Chicago Record-Herald | (1912) | 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 | |||
| PENROSE FAMILY INFORMATION John Poole Penrose was actually born in Mary Tavy near Tavistock, Devon in 1863. The 1881 census has John at home (aged 17) in Mary Tavy with his mother Betsy, step-father Mathew Northey, brother Matthew and various step- brothers and sisters.... | ||||||
| Evening Bulletin | (1912) | POSTPONE RYERSON FUNERAL Services for Youth Killed by Motor Deferred Pending Arrival of Relatives Rescued From Titanic --- The funeral of young Arthur L. Ryerson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ryerson, of Haverford, who was killed in a motor car accident with John... | 18th April 1912 | |||
| GENERAL INFORMATION Previous to his Titanic trip he had made at least two other sea voyages, both times on the Lucania, once in 1907 and again the following year. He was 5' 4 1/2" tall, with dark brown hair and brown eyes and, by 1901, at age of 36, was married with a f... | ||||||
| Washington Times | (1912) | TITANIC’S CAPTAIN HAD LONG RECORD ON THE HIGH SEAS As Captain of Olympic Smith's Vessel Hit British Cruiser Last Fall --- If the twentieth century retained a belief in the power of malignant spirits and the human passions of natural forces, the termination of the career of Capt. E. J. S... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1943) | ROBERT J. HOPKINS Member of Titanic Crew Aided in Rescue of Mrs. John J. Astor --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- HOBOKEN, N. J., Nov. 18---Robert J. Hopkins, who was a member of the crew of the ill-fated liner Titanic when it struck an ... | 19th November 1943 | |||
| Dowagiac Daily News | (1912) | BISHOPS GO BEFORE SENATE BOARD OF INQUIRY TO GIVE STORY OF TITANIC DISASTER Both Are Called to Stand At Washington on Tuesday PUSHED TO SAFETY Mrs. Bishop Tells How They Were Hurried Aboard the Lifers When the Titanic Struck Huge Berg --------------- Mr. and Mrs.... | 26th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1925) | LORD RIBBLESDALE DEAD; LINE EXTINCT Widow Was the First Wife of the Late John Jacob Astor, Formerly Miss Willing --- BARON LOST SONS IN WAR --- Aristocratic Appearance Drew Compliment From King Edward---Lady Oxford Kin by Marriage --- Copyright... | 22nd October 1925 | |||
| New York Times | (1928) | 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 | |||
| Examiner.com | TITANIC MEMORIAL IN DC Admit it, you've done it too. You and a significant other have probably stood at some point at or near the bow of a boat and imitated the doubleheaded flying figurehead pose from the 1997 film "Titanic" (If you haven't, you surely know s... | |||||
| Daily Post and Mercury | (1912) | TITANIC VICTIM'S FUNERAL LATE MR. A. ROWE'S BODY INTERRED IN LIVERPOOL Sorrowful scenes were witnessed at Smithdown road Cemetery, yesterday afternoon, when there were interred the remains of Mr. Alfred Rowe, a first class passenger who went d... | 15th May 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | 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 | (1912) | 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 | |||
| ET Reviews | (2009) | THE OTHER SIDE OF THE NIGHT The Carpathia, the Californian, and the Night the Titanic Was Lost The “Californian Incident”, as it has become known, has probably generated more debate, destro... | 16th June 2009 | |||
| New York Times | (1986) | JOHN RYERSON John Ryerson, an amateur golfer and one of last survivors of the sinking of the Titanic, died Tuesday at a nursing home in West Palm Beach, Fla. He was 87 years old. Mr. Ryerson was born in Chicago, a scion of the Ryerson steel fortune... | 24th January 1986 | |||
| New York Times | (1937) | FIERMONTE APOLOGIZES Photographer Then Withdraws His Charge of Assault --- A charge of third-degree assault against Enzo Fiermonte, former prizefighter and husband of Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, was withdrawn yesterday in Flushing Court after... | 16th July 1937 | |||
| State-Journal.com | (2008) | "TITANIC' EXPERT TO REVEAL ARTIFACTS FROM SUNKEN SHIP When Frankfort's Titanic authority Roland Herzel travels across the ocean and a storm hits, his mind immediately goes to the night that ill-fated ship sank."There was no moon. There were no waves to allow them to see the iceberg," that night in 1912, Herzel says. The captain, overconfident in his impeccable sailing record, failed to ask for help right away.... | 7th October 2008 | |||
| (1912) | CHICAGOANS SEEK SURVIVORS At the local White Star office inquiries were made today for Katherine McCarthy by her brother, John McCarthy, 4634 Wallace street, who is certain she was a passenger on the Titanic and was coming to Chicago. Information regarding Nora Cummin... | 19th April 1912 | ||||
| Western Morning News | (1912) | 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 | |||
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(2004) | DUKE OF ALBANY (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 | |||
| Irish Independent | (2009) | STARS TO THE RESCUE AS LAST TITANIC SURVIVOR STRUGGLES TO STAY AFLOAT By ALISON O'RIORDAN ExclusiveSunday May 10 2009After a moving appeal by photographer Don Mullan in the Sunday Independent a number of Hollywood stars have come to the aid of the last survivor of the Titanic.The dir... | 9th May 2009 | |||
| New York Times | (1940) | 1,500 ARE AT FUNERAL FOR MRS. FIERMONTE 500 Wait in the Street During Rites at St. Bartholomew's --- Funeral services for Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, who died suddenly on Wednesday in Palm Beach, Fla., were held yesterday in St. Bartholomew's Church. About 1,50... | 2nd April 1940 | |||
| Chronicle | (1912) | BOUND BROOK INTEREST IN THE WRECK Aside from the deep interest in the loss of the Titanic, Bound Brook had a special anxiety to know the fate of the Ryerson family, of Philadelphia, Mrs. Arthur Ryerson being a daughter of Mrs. John J. Borie and a sister of Adolph E. Borie, of Piedmon... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1909) | JUDGMENT FOR $266,249 LOAN Judgment for $266,249 was entered by default yesterday against John D. Baumann & Co., a New York corporation, in favor of Charles G., Hugh L., Herbert R., and William R. Arbuthnot, merchants of London. The judgment was entered for amounts claimed as ... | 4th February 1909 | |||
| Trenton Evening Times | (1912) | TRENTON MEN ABOARD GIANT TITANIC WHICH MEETS DISASTER IN ICE Washington A. Roebling II, and Stephen W. Blackwell among Hundreds of Passengers who are taken Off in Lifeboats when Maiden Voyage Seemed Likely to End in Sinking of World’s Biggest Vessel Returning to their homes in Trenton after a t... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1929) | R. W. DANIEL MARRIES MRS. C. B. CHRISTIAN President of Liberty National Bank Weds as Third Wife Distant Relative in Virginia --- Special to The New York Times --- RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 10---Robert W. Daniel, president of the Liberty National Bank of New York, and Mr... | 11th October 1929 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | LORD PIRRIE TO RETIRE His Harland & Wolff Interests Sold to Brown & Co., Report Says --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, March 13---It is reported from Belfast on good authority that Lord Pirrie has intimated his intention not o... | 14th March 1912 | |||
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Washington Times | (1912) | MRS. JOHN JACOB ASTOR | 15th April 1912 | ||
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Le Petit Journal | (1912) | JOHN JACOB ASTOR IV | 17th April 1912 | ||
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Washington Times | (1912) | MRS. JOHN JACOB ASTOR | 18th April 1912 | ||
| BBC News | (2009) | LAST TITANIC SURVIVOR DIES AT 97 Millvina Dean was nine weeks old when the liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the early hours of 15 April 1912, on its maiden voyage from Southampton.The disaster resulted in the deaths of 1,517 people in the north Atlantic, largely du... | 31st May 2009 | |||
| (2005) | SAMARA Samara Steam Ship Samara Co., Ltd. (Maclay & MacIntyre, Managers) Westbound Cardiff to Philadelphia on April 1st at 43 degrees 12’ N. by 45 degrees 14”W. southeast off Newfoundland’s Grand Banks, rescued t... | 23rd January 2005 | ||||
| Washington Times | (1912) | J. J. ASTOR ACTED BRAVELY, DECLARE MANY WHO SAW HIM Millionaire Kissed His Bride Good-by, Saluted, and Then Stepped Back to Allow Women to Get Into Boats --- NEW YORK, April 19---Col. John Jacob Astor kissed his bride good-by as he placed her in the waiting lifeboat. Then he drew himself... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| Bergen Record | (1961) | ANNA JOSEPHSON Titanic Survivor, Resident of Haworth, Dies At 71 Mrs. Anna J. E. Josephson, 71, a survivor of the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912, died yesterday at her home, 3 Seneca Place. Born in Worcester, Mass., Mrs. Josephs... | 20th February 1961 | |||
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| Hudson Observer | (1912) | WEST HOBOKEN MAN'S RELATIVES HAVE NOT ABANDONED ALL HOPE Nothing has been heard of John Ashby, listed as second cabin passenger aboard the ill-fated Titanic, and the family, in West Hoboken, with the Rev. Edmund J. Cleveland, would be pleased for any information. No satisfaction can be obtained at the Whit... | 22nd April 1912 | |||
| Worcester Telegram | (1912) | STEAD AND ASTOR CLING TO RAFT New York, April 19- One version of the deaths of John Jacob Astor and William T. Stead was told by Philip Mock, who, with his sister, Mrs.Paul Schabert, were among the survivors. "Many men were hanging on to rafts in the sea," said Mr.... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1934) | WEDDING PLANNED BY ELLEN FRENCH Invitations Are Sent Out for Marriage to John Jacob Astor 3d on June 30 --- BRIDAL TO BE IN NEWPORT --- Rev. S. C. Hughes Will Officiate at Rites in Trinity Church---Reception at Mapleshade --- Special to THE... | 16th June 1934 | |||
| Southampton Times and Hampshire Express | (1912) | TOUCHING MESSAGE FROM CAPTAIN'S WIFE Shortly before three on Thursday afternoon the following message from Mrs. E. J. Smith, the wife of the Captain of the lost liner, was posted on the notice-board at the White Star office, Canute Road, Southampton. TO MY POOR FELLOW SUF... | 20th April 1912 | |||
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(1909) | LORD SURROUNDED BY GRINNING PASSENGERS Captain Stanley Lord surrounded by grinning passengers, c. 1909... | 1909 | |||
| New York Times | (1953) | JOHN HARDY Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NEW PROVIDENCE, N. J., Oct. 9---John Hardy of 71 Gales Drive, who was chief steward of second class accommodations on the Titanic, died on Wednesday at the home of his son, Ronald M. Hardy, in Maplewood... | 10th October 1953 | |||
| Exeter Flying Post | (1912) | DEVONIANS ON BOARD John P. Penrose, 49, steward.... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | VINCENT ASTOR'S GRIEF Vincent Astor's Grief Pitiable ___________ Son of John Jacob offers a fortune for word of his father ___________ Vincent Astor, son of Col. John Jacob Astor, who is believed to have g... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| Cape Cod Today | (2009) | 1912: CAPE LISTENS AS TITANIC SINKS Shortly after midnight on this day in 1912, on the 13,600-ton Cunard liner Carpathia approximately 1,100 miles east of Cape Cod, wireless operator H.T. Cottam was preparing for bed after a long night of sending and receiving messages.Three hours earlier, the Carpathia's captain, Arthur H. Rostrom, alarmed by warnings from other ships of ice in the vicinity, asked Cottam what other vessels were within range of the wireless.... | 16th April 2009 | |||
| Daily Mining Gazette | (1951) | JOHN M. DAVIS, 45, FORMER C.C. MAN, PASSES IN DETROIT Page 2 John M. Davis, 45, a former Copper Country man, died suddenly in Detroit Sunday morning, according to word received here. Born in England, he came to the United States with his mother, being one of the survivors of th... | 17th December 1951 | |||
| The Times | (1912) | 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 | |||
| ET Research | (2005) | WHITE STAR LINE OFFICER'S UNIFORM CIRCA 1912 By and large the various British steamship company's officer's uniforms of the Edwardia... | 15th February 2005 | |||
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Unidentified Newspaper | (1912) | JOHN JACOB ASTOR IV From an unidentified French paper... | 17th April 1912 | ||
| Southern Daily Echo | (2009) | MILLVINA DEAN, LAST SURVIVOR OF TITANIC, DIES By Jon Reeve MILLVINA Dean, the last survivor of Titanic, died today at the age of 97.Miss Dean was just nine weeks old when the historic liner sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg on her maiden transatlantic voyage from Sou... | 31st May 2009 | |||
| New York Times | (1933) | MRS. DICK GETS DIVORCE Former Mrs. John Jacob Astor Silent About Future Plans --- MINDEN, Nev., July 21 (AP)---The former Mrs. John Jacob Astor was divorced here today from William K. Dick of New York City, remaining silent meanwhile on reported plans for a ... | 22nd July 1933 | |||
| New York Times | (1924) | 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 | |||
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HMS HECATE'S ROLE IN DISCOVERY OF TITANIC WRECK I read with interest on this site regarding HMS Hecate's apparent role in the discovery of Titanic in 1977. Actually this is a mistake. I served on board HMS HECATE between 1980 and 1982... | |||||
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(1911) | JOHN JACOB ASTOR WALKING HIS AIREDALE, KITTY, ON FIFTH AVENUE | 1911 | |||
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CARPATHIA MEDAL Captain Rostron, the officers and crew of the Carpathia each received a medal in recognition of their efforts on the night ... | |||||
| Daily Sketch | (1912) | 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 | |||
| 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... | ||||||
| Worcestershire Chronicle | (1912) | FIRE UP HARD ''Down in the engine-room,'' said John Thompson, one of the surviving firemen, in New York, ''we understood that they wanted the Titanic to make a record run. The orders to us were to fire up as hard as we could. At time the liner made 77 revolutions... | 27th April 1912 | |||
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(1911) | JOHN JACOB AND MADELEINE ASTOR SHORTLY BEFORE LEAVING NEW YORK ON THEIR HONEYMOON | 1911 | |||
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(1911) | NEWS PHOTO OF JOHN JACOB AND MADELEINE ASTOR IN NEWPORT, TAKEN SOON AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE | 1911 | |||
| (1926) | THE VIEW FROM THE CARONIA 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 | ||||
| Scottish Field | (1985) | THE FIRST OFFICER OF THE TITANIC 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 | (1912) | HOW J. B. THAYER DIED Swept from Raft to Which His Son Managed to Cling --- The manner in which John B. Thayer, Second Vice President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, met his death along with eighteen or twenty other men was described last night by Mrs. W. C. ... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| Washington Times | (1912) | TELL THEM NO WOMAN DIED BECAUSE I WAS COWARD ---GUGGENHEIM NEW YORK, April 20---"This is a man's game and I will play it to the end," was the word that Benjamin Guggenheim, the millionaire smelter magnate, sent to his wife from the ill-fated Titanic. The message was delivered to the stricken widow by John Jo... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | 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 | |||
| (1901) | HOLSWORTHY, DEVON - 1901 CENSUS At the time of the 1901 census John Henry Perkin, aged 12, was living at the family butcher shop at Lower Square in the town of Holsworthy, Devon. Those present on census day were - William Perkin Head 49 Butcher/Shopkeeper Eli... | 31st March 1901 | ||||
| Washington Times | (1912) | ARCHIBALD BUTT, MILITARY AIDE TO PRESIDENT TAFT Major Archibald de Grafenreid Willingham Butt, who was on the Titanic, was returning to Washington on sick leave, and expected to resume his duties as military aide to President Taft at once. Suffering from that mild poisoning which follows an unendi... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| ET Research | (2006) | A PV SOLVES A PUZZLE THE devil is in the detail... and nowhere is that phrase more true than in particular areas of Titanic study. There has been controversy, for instance, over an impression given - to some - by remarks made by Captain James... | 13th October 2006 | |||
| 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... | ||||||
| The Times | (1888) | LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES COMMITTEE, 1888 MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1888.-The first meeting of the comnmittee appointed under the provisions of the "Merchant Shippng (Life-Saving Appliances) Act, 1888," took place at the Board of Trade... | 19th November 1888 | |||
| (1912) | LETTER SENT BY JOHN HARPER FROM THE TITANIC A letter written on board on company notepaper exists it reads: My Dear Brother Young, I am penning you this line just before we get in to Queenstown to assure you that I have not forgotten you and especially all your kindness while w... | 11th April 1912 | ||||
| New York Times | (1907) | MUST PRODUCE MINE STOCK John Weir Held In Contempt for Dodging Sheriff's Attachment --- The Appellate Division yesterday reversed an order of the Supreme Court denying a motion made on behalf of Sheriff Hayes to compel John Weir to produce 42,000 shares of sto... | 17th July 1907 | |||
| Chicago Tribune | (1912) | OCEAN WRECK SURVIVOR DEAD John Conley, Last of Passengers on the Steamer Arctic, Succumbs at Age of 80 John Conley, last of the survivors of the Arctic, which sank on Sept. 20, 1854, near t... | 24th December 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1928) | 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 | (1912) | 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 | |||
| TURPIN FAMILY INFORMATION William John Robert Turpin was born in Plymouth, Devon in 1883. He was the son of John R Turpin (general labourer) and Mary Jane. They had married in about 1880 and were living in Commercial Street, Plymouth at the time of the 1881 census. Both wer... | ||||||
| Cambridge Independent Press | (1912) | ARTHUR WILLIAM BARRINGER Mr. Arthur William Barringer, son of Mr. William Barringer, of 15 Thoday Street, Cambridge, was a Steward on the Titanic. It is hoped that he may be among those of the crew who were rescued, but his name has not appeared among the survivors. Mr. Barr... | 19th April 1912 | |||
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J.P. MORGANS HEADSTONE. IN CEDAR HILL CEMETARY HARTFORD,CT John Pierpont Morgan 1837 - 1913... | |||||
| New York Times | (1913) | GRAND DUKE AT NEWPORT Czar's Brother-in-Law the Guest of Mrs. John Astor --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I., Aug.21---Grand Duke Alexander Mikailovitch, the Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, arrived to-night from New York to v... | 30th August 1913 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | STATEMENT BY HAROLD BRIDE The following thrilling statement was dictated today by Mr. Bride, the assistant Marconi operator on board the Titanic, to the New York Times representative, in the presence of Mr. Marconi, who is now staying in Ne... | 19th April 1912 | |||
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La Chronique de Bayonne | (1912) | S.S. NIAGARA HITS AN ICEBERG « New York. Le transatlantique « Niagara » est arrivé. Il rapporte que dans la nuit de mercredi, presque à l’endroit où le « Titanic » a coulé, le « Niagara » est venu donner dans un banc de glace. Le choc fut si violent qu’aussitôt le commandant fit... | 17th April 1912 | ||
| (2005) | TUNISIAN Eastbound, St. John, New Brunswick to Liverpool. On 10 April reported heavy ice in the vicinity of an area that was later the disaster site. Port of Registry: Glasgow ... | 12th November 2005 | ||||
| New York Times | (1959) | RITES FOR ASTOR ATTENDED BY 400 Realty Leader's Funeral Is Held at St. James Church---Honor Guard Present --- More than 400 friends and business associates attended a funeral service yesterday for Vincent Astor. The real estate owner and descendant of John Jacob Astor... | 7th February 1959 | |||
| (1912) | 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 | ||||
| New York Times | (1919) | TITANIC SURVIVOR DIES Mrs. Edith Temple Gracie Adams, wife of Captain Dunbar Adams, and daughter of the late Colonel Archibald Gracie of Washington, died Tuesday of pneumonia, following influenza, at the Nursery and Child's Hospital. Mrs. Adams was a survivor of the Tita... | 2nd January 1919 | |||
| Chicago Daily News | (1912) | GIRL TITANIC SURVIVOR IS HERE Miss Annie Kelley Last Woman to Leave Sinking Ship, She Says Miss Annie Kelley, 17 years old, a sister of Miss Beatrice Kelley, 303 Eugenie street, arrived in Chicago last night and told of her escape from the sinking Tit... | 23rd April 1912 | |||
| The Times | (1870) | CALLS TO THE BAR The undermentioned gentlemen were yesterday called to the degree of the Utter Bar:--- By the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple. John Charles Bigham, Esq., of the University of Lodon... | 11th June 1870 | |||
| (1912) | MISS EARNSHAW'S MYSTERIOUS SECOND CLASS LIST A member of the Association Francaise du Titanic owns a very strange document, which he inherited from Miss Earnshaw. At the time she gave him it, he did not thought that it would be the source of many questions and just accepted it. Miss Earn... | 1912 | ||||
| (2004) | MARCONIGRAM FROM SS BALTIC The MARCONI INTERNATIONAL MARINE COMMUNICATION COMPANY, Ltd. Office of origin: S.S. Baltic 14 Apr 1912 Office sent to: MGY ... | 23rd July 2004 | ||||
| Philadelphia Inquirer | (1945) | J.B. THAYER, 3D, ENDS LIFE IN AUTO John B. Thayer, 3d, financial vice president of the University of Pennsylvania and a member of an old Philadelphia family, who had been reported missing since Wednesday, was found dead, his wrists and throat cut, in a parked automobile near the P.... | 23rd September 1945 | |||
| Philadelphia Inquirer | (1945) | JOHN B. "JACK" THAYER III:OBITUARY J.B. THAYER, 3D, ENDS LIFE IN AUTO John B. Thayer, 3d, financial vice president of the University of Pennsylvania and a member of an old Philadelphia family, who had been reported missing since Wednesday, was found d... | 23rd September 1945 | |||
| Free Press | (1912) | WEST BROMWICH MEN MISSING Among the passengers were the following West Bromwich people, who were on their way to America: Alfred Davies (24), of Harwood Street, West Bromwich: John Davies (22), of the same address; Joseph Davies (17) of the same address; James Lester (39) ... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| 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... | ||||||
| Unidentified Newspaper | (1912) | SEEKS LIEN ON ESTATE OF A TITANIC VICTIM John S.Fanning, of East Orange, N.J., applied yesterday to Surrogate Fowler, for letters of administration for the estate of John D. Baumann, a promoter of South American rubber and timber companies, who was lost on the Titanic. Mr Fanning said th... | 7th September 1912 | |||
| (1913) | MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND March 1913 Number 511. Mullen, John, brother. Nellie; Annie and Eva sisters. All class F dependants.... | 1913 | ||||
| REPORT TO MARCONI TRAFFIC MANAGER [EXTRACT] Harold Bride, Junior Marconi operator in his Report of April 27th to W. B. Cross, Traffic Manager, Marconi Co. says: Just at this moment the Captain said: ''You cannot do any more; save yourselves.'' Leaving the Captain we climbed on top of th... | ||||||
| Hampshire Independent | (1915) | IN MEMORIAM In ever loving memory of John Poole Penrose, the beloved husband of F. A. Penrose.... | 17th April 1915 | |||
| FAMILY INFORMATION ABOUT ARTHUR PAINTIN, HIS WIFE AND CHILD Alice and Arthur courted for four years before they married. Arthur had intended to come out of the merchant Navy in 1912 because Alice was pregnant, Titanic being his last planned voyage. He and Alice wanted to buy a small hotel in Ox... | ||||||
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VAN BILLIARD MONUMENT, SIDE VIEW Shows names of James Walter and Walter John... | |||||
| Washington Times | (1912) | NATION MAY RAISE GREAT MEMORIAL TO DISASTER’S HERO Whole Country Likely to Be Asked to Contribute to Fund for Monument to Major Butt, Who Gave Life for Others --- An agitation has been started at the White House among the friends of Major Archibald Butt for the erection of a memorial mo... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | VINCENT ASTOR AS HEAD OF HIS FAMILY Would Probably Share $100,000,000 Estate With Stepmother in Event of His Father's Death --- IS NOT YET 21 YEARS OF AGE --- Settlement of $10,000,000 Upon Col. Astor's First Wife Believed to Comprise His Daughter's Share... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| JOHN JACOB ASTOR'S "A JOURNEY IN OTHER WORLDS" | ||||||
| JOHN PHILLIPS ON "FIND A GRAVE" WEB SITE | ||||||
| New York Times | (1912) | MEDALS FOR RESCUING CREW Bill Introduced in House to Decorate Men on the Carpathia --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, April 22---Representative Francis of Ohio to-day introduced a resolution calling for Federal recognition and deco... | 23rd April 1912 | |||
| The Witney Gazette | (1912) | TITANIC SURVIVORS' STORIES ON ARRIVAL AT PLYMOUTH One hundred and sixty-seven survivors of the crew of the Titanic landed at Plymouth on Sunday from the Red Star liner Lapland. They told a large number of full and graphic stories of the disaster. One of the chief facts brought to light i... | 4th May 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | SENATORS GREET ROSTRON Hero of Titanic Disaster Warmly Welcomed in Congress --- WASHINGTON, Dec. 9---Capt. Arthur S. [sic] Rostron, who drove the steamship Carpathia at full speed through a sea of icebergs to the rescue of the survivors of the Titanic disaste... | 10th December 1912 | |||
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JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN Portrait of the great financier, industrialist and shipowner.... | |||||
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GRAVE MARKER ETTA T. HARDY NOV. 9, 1880 JUNE 23, 1941 JOHN HARDY AUG. 10, 1871 OCT. 7, 1953 'TIS NOT DEATH. 'TIS IMMORTALITY.... | |||||
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MARCH MEMORIAL MARKER (On top) JOHN STARR MARCH DIED APRIL 15, 1912 225 (On face) U. S. SEA POST SERVICE R. M. S. TITANIC... | |||||
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(1905) | COL. JOHN JACOB ASTOR IV ... | 1905 | |||
| (1915) | LETTER RE OFFICER WILDE PUBLIC TRUSTEE OFFICE 3 & 4 CLEMENTS INN, STRAND, LONDON W.C. 4th June 1915. Titanic Relief Fund Dear Mr. Corkhill, Mr. Allen had a personal interview with Mrs. Smith, the widow of Captain Smith, yesterday ... | 4th June 1915 | ||||
| HUSBAND OF HELEN ALICE WILSON Axel Johannas Rosenquist was the husband of Helen Alice Wilson who survived the sinking of the Titanic, the following information gives brief details of how their lives continued after the disaste... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1918) | CHARLES G. ROEBLING, BRIDGE BUILDER., DIES Engineer and Philanthropist, Head of John A. Roebling's Sons Co. Expires in Trenton at 69 --- Charles Gustavus Roebling, millionaire philanthropist and engineer, who, with his brother, Washington Augustus Roebling, completed the constru... | 6th October 1918 | |||
| Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens | JONATHAN H. BLACKWELL JONATHAN H. BLACKWELL---Born at Hopewell, Mercer County, December 20. 1841; son of Stephen and Francenia (Hunt) Blackwell; married at Hopewell, N. J., on October 5, 1865, to Susan Weart, daughter of Spencer Weart of Hopewell.... | |||||
| The Times | (1912) | MR. A. H. BARKWORTH Mr. A. H. Barkworth, of Tranby House, East Yorkshire, said he was sitting in the smoking-room when the boat struck the iceberg. He saw Mr. W. T. Stead on deck. He described how the forecastle was full of powdered ice. He noted the foremast was listin... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| Brighton Argus | (1912) | MR. A. H. BARKWORTH Mr. A. H. Barkworth, of Tranby House, East Yorkshire, said he was sitting in the smoking room when the boat struck the iceberg. He saw Mr. W. T. Stead on the deck. he described how the forecastle was full of powdered ice. He noted that the foremast w... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1913) | OBITUARY NOTES *** Mrs. JOHN J. BORIE of Philadelphia, died Wednesday while visiting her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Reyerson, at Boston, Mass. Mrs. Borrie was born in Perth Amboy seventy-nine years ago. ***... | 21st February 1913 | |||
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(1912) | IN MEMORIAM SS TITANIC, 1912 This splendid document was published just days after the sinking of the Titanic. Its title is 'Souvenir in affectionate remembrance of the Captain, Mates, Crew and Passengers who lost their lives by the foundering of the world's biggest liner S. S. T... | 1912 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | GOVERNMENT TO SHIP BODY OF MARCH HERE The government authorities are making arrangements to bring the body of John S. March, one of the three United States mail clerks who lost their lives on the Titanic, from Halifax to Newark, according to information received by Miss Antoinette A. Mar... | 29th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1940) | ACCEPT OFFER BY DICK Mrs. Fiermonte's Executors Agree to Compromise on Claims --- The executors of the estate of Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick Fiermonte were authorized by Surrogate James A. Foley, it was learned yesterday, to accept a compromise offer of... | 17th December 1940 | |||
| BRISTOW FAMILY INFORMATION Harry Bristow was a son of John Bristow and Mary Ann (nee Barnes). He was born in 1873 at the south Cornwall coastal town of East Looe in the part of the town known as Shutta. His father, John Bristow worked for British Railways and was born... | ||||||
| (2004) | ROYAL STANDARD White Star Line The White Star Line was founded in 1845 by two Liverpool ship brokers, Henry Threlfall Wilson and... | 14th November 2004 | ||||
| Southern Evening Echo | (1958) | TITANIC MEN FOR PREMIERE OF NEW FILM A HANDFUL of survivors from the Titanic disaster in 1912, some of whom have not seen each other since, will be at the Odeon, Leicester Square, tonight, to see the premiere of the new Rank Organisation film, A Night To Remember. The fil... | 3rd July 1958 | |||
| New York Times | (1891) | A MAGNIFICENT WEDDING JOHN JACOB ASTOR MARRIED TO MISS AVA L. WILLING --- THE CEREMONY TAKES PLACE AT THE HOME OF THE BRIDE'S FATHER IN PHILADELPHIA--HUNDREDS OF NOTABLE NEW-YORKERS PRESENT --- PHILADELPHIA, Penn., Feb. 17---New-York practicall... | 18th February 1891 | |||
| New York Times | (1907) | FINANCIAL NOTES *** George E. Learnard of Hooley, Learnard & Co. has been elected to the Presidency of the Nevada-Utah Corporation to succeed John Weir, who has resigned on account of ill-health. ***... | 22nd May 1907 | |||
| The Times | (1906) | 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1934) | RECTORS FOR ASTOR RITES Rev. E. S. Travers to Assist Rev. H. St. G. Burrill at Wedding --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NEWPORT, R. I., June 26---The Rev. Edward S. Travers, rector of the Episcopal Church at Rhinebeck, N. Y., will be the ass... | 27th June 1934 | |||
| New York Times | (1941) | MRS. FIERMONTE'S ESTATE She Left a Gross of $1,149,142 and Net of $983,637 --- Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, who died on March 27, 1940, left a gross estate of $1,149,142, according to an accounting filed in Surrogate's Court yesterday by P. Lyndo... | 3rd May 1941 | |||
| Daily Telegraph | (1961) | DEATH NOTICE: HERBERT JOHN PITMAN At Pitcombe, Bruton, Somerset, aged 84. A survivor of the Titanic disaster; was third officer on the liner, which sank in the Atlantic in 1912 after striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage.... | 18th December 1961 | |||
| (1912) | MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE Page 77 (Coat of Arms) Certificate... | 14th February 1912 | ||||
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| (1913) | MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND March 1913 Number 201. Noon, John, child [A class G dependent child would have received two shillings and sixpence per week.] ... | 1913 | ||||
| Daily Home News | (1912) | HOME NEWS GAVE CITY FIRST NEWS OF CARPATHIA’S LANDING New Brunswick received the news of the landing of the Carpathia with the rescued Titanic passengers, from the Home News last night. The details of the landing and the passengers’ stories of the disaster, were wired to this office direct, and other bu... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | BROTHER OF MONTCLAIR MAN ON MISSING LIST Henry Mitchell, one of the second-cabin passengers on the Titanic, who is among the missing, was on his way from Guernsey, England, to visit the family of his brother, John C. Mitchell, of 19 Portland place, Montclair. The brothers had pla... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| ADDITIONAL INFORMATION McCARTHY, KATIE (CATHERINE) (LATER MRS. JOHN CROKE). Saved in Lifeboat number 15. En route from Ballygartin, Bansha, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Daughter of Patrick McCarthy, farmer.... | ||||||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | JOHN S. MARCH ONE OF THE HEROES Newarker Died with Others Clerks on Titanic, After Effort to Save Mails. ---------- REPORT MADE BY HITCHCOCK ---------- Special Service of the NEWS WASHINGTON, April 20---In a report received by Postmaster-General Hitchcock today, it wa... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| Jersey Observer | (1943) | ROBERT HOPKINS, HERO OF TITANIC, DIES IN HOBOKEN The funeral of Robert J. Hopkins, 77, of 1035 Garden street, Hoboken, one of the heroes of the disastrous sinking of the Titanic in mid-Atlantic in 1912, will be held at 8 a. m. tomorrow from the Bosworth Funeral Home, 311 Willow avenue, Hoboken.... | 18th November 1943 | |||
| Chicago Tribune | (1925) | THIRD SUICIDE IN FAMILY MYSTERY Northwestern ‘U’ Student Kills Himself Two years ago Dr. John R. Minahan, wealthy and prominent surgeon of Green Bay, Wis., was summoned to Chicago. His oldest son, John Jr., had ended his life in a frat... | 20th February 1925 | |||
| New York Times | (1968) | R. NORRIS WILLIAMS 2D, TENNIS TITLIST, DEAD AT 77 Survivor of Titanic's Sinking Was on 7 Davis Cup Teams---Pennsylvania Historian --- Special to The New York Times --- PHILADELPHIA, June 3---R. Norris Williams 2d, former national tennis champion and a survivor of the sin... | 4th June 1968 | |||
| Staffordshire Advertiser | (1912) | WEST BROMWICH MEN ON TITANIC Three West Bromwich men, Alfred Davies, aged 21, John Davies, aged 22, and Joseph Davies, aged 17 years, all of Hardware Street, and a relative named James Lester, aged 39, of Wolverhampton are believed to be among the ill-fated passengers. They l... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| WILLIAMS FAMILY GRAVESTONE Arthur John, the beloved husband of Ellen Williams who was lost at sea through the foundering of the SS Titanic 14th April 1912 "Memory is the only friend that grief can call its own"... | ||||||
| West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser | (1912) | THE TRURO CHURCHES The Rev. W. F. Fenwick (vicar) referred to the disaster at St. John’s on Sunday morning and at the evening service the Rev. G. Rhys said that from that small parish two persons (Messrs. West and Fillbrook) had gone down with the doomed vessel: he tru... | 25th April 1912 | |||
| (1912) | 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 | ||||
| CHICAGO TITANIC BULLETINS BULLETINS Montreal, April 15—The local office of Horton Davidson, one of the Titanic passengers, has received the following wireless message: “All passengers are safe and Titanic taken in tow by ... | ||||||
| Milwaukee Journal | (1920) | TITANIC SURVIVOR TO BE BURIED SATURDAY Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine E. Crosby, 72, widow of Captain E. G. Crosby, founder of the Crosby Steamship line, who died Thursday at her home, 474 Marshall St., will be held Saturday, 2 PM, at the residence, with entombment at Fairview mausol... | 30th July 1920 | |||
| Chicago Daily Tribune | (1912) | HORRORS OF TITANIC HAUNT GIRL ILL AFTER HER ESCAPE Page 1 Miss Anna Kelly, with Chicago Cousins, Beset by Scenes of Wreck and Weakened by Exposure A nervous wreck as the result of her experiences on the Titanic, Miss Anna Kelly is at the home of her cousins, Anna and Ma... | 25th April 1912 | |||
| The Independent | (1875) | THE PERILS OF PASSENGERS ANOTHER very terrible wreck of an iron steamship has been reported and a loss of human lives has been the consequence, which must cause a shudder to the intending passengers to Europe this season. The unfortunate ship was the "Vicksburg"... | 24th June 1875 | |||
| Providence Journal | (1912) | STEAD'S BROTHER INDIGNANT-ASKS WHAT RIGHT ISMAY SAVED FROM WRECK London, April 20, 1912- Alfred Stead, brother of William T. Stead who went down with the Titanic is thoroughly aroused over the circumstances under which so many persons went to their doom in the waters of the north Atlantic. He said yesterday: "Spe... | 20th April 1912 | |||
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MARCH HEADSTONE MARCH JOHN S. MARCH 1862-1912 NELLIE E. HARDING HIS WIFE 1858-1911 ANTOINETTE H. MARCH 1884-1936... | |||||
| The Toronto World | (1912) | THINGS THAT ISMAY DID NOT OBSERVE Bruce Ismay on the stand before senate investigating committee: "I saw no passengers in sight when I entered the lifeboat." "I did not see what happened to the lifeboats... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| White Star Memories | (2010) | OLYMPIC ARTEFACTS TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1934! RMS Olympic's registration document has been reunited with its original leather wallet! after some 70 odd years apart! The two a were last together when the WSL was sold off and Olympic was scrapped in 1934/5. ... | 4th March 2010 | |||
| FAMILY INFORMATION Arthur Larned Ryerson was born on 12th January 1851 in Chicago, the son of Joseph Turner Ryerson (1813-1883) and Ellen Griffin Larned (1827-1881). He had three younger siblings: Edward Larned (b. 1855), Eleanor (b. 1858) and Josephine (b. 1865).... | ||||||
| ET Research | (2006) | THE PORTRUSH LETTER 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 | |||
| Peoria Journal Star | (2009) | TITANIC EMOTIONS More people have been to outer space than have journeyed 2.5 miles below the ocean surface to view one of the most famous shipwrecks in history. Even so, when Lowell Lytle got the opportunity to tag along on a salvage mission to the Titanic in 2000, ... | 25th May 2009 | |||
| (1912) | PROBATE REPORT: WOODWARD Woodward, John Wesley, of ''The Firs'' Windmill Road, Headington, Oxfordshire. Administration: London 6th June, 1912 to Martha Woodward, Widow. Effects £1195.3.5d.... | 6th June 1912 | ||||
| New York Times | (1893) | JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AND ISIDOR STRAUS TALKED OF Among those politicians who have been industriously at work during the last two weeks speculating as to the make-up of Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet, a new name was suggested yesterday. It was that of John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts, who was said to ... | 7th February 1893 | |||
| New York Dramatic Mirror | (1912) | A LIVING MEMORY A Living Memory (Drama) Released: March 26, 1912 Produced by Éclair American Distributed by Motion Picture Distribution and Sales Company Directed by Alec B. Francis S... | 3rd April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1944) | J. J. ASTOR MARRIES GERTRUDE GRETSCH Son of the Late Colonel John Jacob Astor Weds Alumna of Finch at Her Home --- The marriage of Miss Gertrude Gretsch, daughter of Mrs. Walter Gretsch of 3 East Seventy-seventh Street and the late Mr. Gretsch, to John Jacob Astor of 998 F... | 19th August 1944 | |||
| The Times | (1940) | NEW M.P. FOR EAST BELFAST Mr. Henry P. Harland, a director of Harland and Wolff, was yesterday returned as Conservative member of Parliament for East Belfast. No other candidate was nominated. The seat became vacant through the elevation to the peera... | 9th February 1940 | |||
| Newark Star | (1912) | C. E. H. STENGEL TELLS IN DETAIL OF BATTLE FOR LIVES Escapes in Separate Boat from Wife, Not Realizing Danger --- Lincoln Park Man Says Shock Was Slight, and That Supply of Lifeboats Was Inadequate; Denies That Captain Was Drinking, But Declares He Was Entertaining Ismay ... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| (1916) | PROBATE REPORT Smart, John Montgomery of F26/F27 Produce Exchange, New York, United States of America. Administration with Will limited, registered London 9th December 1916 to Samuel Peck Director attorney of Jeremiah Tivomey. Effects in England £134.17.9d.... | 9th December 1916 | ||||
| PROBATE REPORT JENKIN Stephen Curnow of Nanjivey St Ives Cornwall died 15 April 1912 at sea Administration Bodmin 21 November 1912 to John Jenkin blacksmith Effects £201 8s 2d... | ||||||
| Southern Daily Echo | (1912) | DEATH NOTICE: HURST Hurst, Charles John. Dearly Beloved Husband of Louisa Hurst, 5 Laundry Road, Shirley Warren, Aged 40. [also the Hampshire Independent 27th April and 11th May 1912].... | 27th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1934) | EILEEN GILLESPIE NOT TO WED ASTOR Canceling of Engagement Is Announced buy Her Parents, the L. L. Gillespies --- WEDDING SET FOR FEB. 6 --- Bridal Attendants and Ushers Chosen for Ceremony to Have Been at St. Thomas --- Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence ... | 22nd January 1934 | |||
| Unidentified Newspaper | (1912) | UNTITLED On Sabbath last the preacher in the Baptist Church - The Rev. D. Merrick Walker paid a high tribute to the Rev. John Harper, whose name appears among the list of missing passengers of the Titanic. A man of deep spiritual insight, and whose sole aim w... | 23rd April 1912 | |||
| Daily Northwestern | (1912) | A SAD FAREWELL William F. Bonnell, a cousin of the party, made the following statement as coming from Mrs. Wick: "When the collision occurred, Mrs. Wick and her husband were In their Stateroom. They thought that a boiler, had exploded. When they reached ... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| Jersey Journal | (1912) | JERSEY CITY MAN AND BROTHER PERISH John Kieran, who boarded with James Tierney at Grove and Second streets perished, along with his brother Phillip, in the wreck of the Titanic. John was 23 years old and was employed as a bartender at 268 Varick Street. He was a citizen of the United ... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| Chicago Tribune | (1952) | FILM STORY OF TITANIC SINKING GETS THE GREEN LIGHT LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD by Hedda Hopper Film Story of Titanic Sinking Gets the Green Light Hollywood, Feb. 22--Darryl Zanuck has given the green light to Charlie Brac... | 22nd February 1952 | |||
| The New York Times | (1910) | WILL PAY A BET TO MORGAN Gen. Gill to Give Him a Fine Maryland Dinner To-night --- Special to The New York Times --- BALTIMORE, Md., Jan 14---Gen. John Gill, while returning from Eur... | 15th January 1910 | |||
| Philadelphia Inquirer | (1912) | PARISIAN'S WIRELESS EXPERT OFF DUTY WHEN TITANIC STRUCK BERG But for This It Is Believed the Stricken Giant's Cries for Help Would Have Been Heard in Time to Save All --------- HALIFAX, N. S., April 18.--With two expeditions on the way to search for Titani... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| (1912) | PROBATE REPORT Smith Edward John. of 17 Marine Crescent, Waterloo, Liverpool. Master Mariner. Probate issued: London 15th November 1912 to Sarah Eleanor Smith, widow. Effects £3,186.4.6d.... | 15th November 1912 | ||||
| New York Times | (1933) | MRS. D. R. BENJAMIN WED TO G. H. CLARKE Ceremony by Justice P. J. McCook Soon After the License Is Obtained --- Mrs. Dorothy Rennard Benjamin of the Hotel Berkshire and George Hyde Clarke of Hyde Hall, Cooperstown, N. Y., obtained a marriage license at the Municipal Building ... | 13th December 1933 | |||
| Elizabeth Daily Journal | (1912) | SAD NEWS CAUSES COLLAPSE Owing to the great anxiety and mental anguish under which Mrs. Margaret O'Brien, of 90 Monroe street, has been laboring for the past few days since the wreck of the Titanic and the probable drowning of her brother, Arthur Keefe, were reported, she co... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1913) | WILLS FOR PROBATE *** SMART, JOHN MONTGOMERY, (died April 15, 1912;) left unknown estate; one-third to Jeremiah Twomey and two-thirds to Annie Francis Brown. The decedent took passage on the Titanic and is believed to have perished when it sank on April 15 las... | 7th January 1913 | |||
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THE ABBING FAMILY Seated left to right : Mary A. Abbing, Catharina Abbing, Louise Abbing. Standing : John J. Abbing, Katherine Abbing, Bernard G. Abbing... | |||||
| New York Times | (1929) | 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 | |||
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(2004) | HORNBY 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | GAVE LIVES FOR THE MAILS Postal Clerks Worked in Two Feet of Water---Hitchcock Aids Kinsmen --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, April 20---Postmaster General Hitchcock to-day addressed a communication to Chairman John A. Moon of the ... | 21st April 1912 | |||
| Denver Post | (1912) | ARCHIBALD C. BUTT WAS TO HAVE BEEN MARRIED THIS FALL Was Engaged to Youngest Daughter of Col. John R. Williams San Antonio, Tex., April 18:- Major Archibald C. Butt, military aide to President Taft, soon was to wed Miss Williams of Washington, sister-in-law of Joseph Leiter of Chicag... | 18th April 1912 | |||
| PROBATE REPORT CHAPMAN John Henry of St Neot Cornwall farmer died 15 April 1912 at sea Administration Bodmin 15 August 1912 to James Chapman farmer Effects £206 1s 11d... | ||||||
| Guardian | (1912) | REPORTED PORT ISAAC VICTIM It is greatly feared that Mr. Frank Couch, registered in the Titanic as 28, A.B., of Port Isaac, is among the victims of that terrible disaster. On Saturday last there was a ray of hope, the name of Church appearing among the survivors, but a wire ar... | 26th April 1912 | |||
| San Francisco Chronicle | (1912) | TITANIC CAPTAIN BLAMED FOR WRECK Senate Committee Also Scores [sic] Captain of the Steamer Californian. COULD HAVE SAVED ALL. Praise for Carpathia Crew and Gold Medal for her Captain. WASHINGTON. May 28. –The Titanic disaster of April ... | 29th May 1912 | |||
| Irish Independent | (2009) | 'TITANIC' DIRECTOR AND CAST ARE ASKED TO HELP SHIP'S LAST SURVIVOR By ALISON O'RIORDANSunday April 26 2009An Irish author and photographer, Don Mullan, is challenging the director and cast of the 1997 film Titanic to take care of the last living link to the 1912 maritime tragedy. ... | 29th April 2009 | |||
| New York Times | (1924) | EXPEDITION TO USE PLANES FOR SURVEY Rice's Party, Seeking Source of Amazon and Orinoco Rivers, Adopts New Plan --- The South American expedition led by Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice, who is accompanied by Mrs. Rice, formerly Mrs. George D. Widener of Philadelphia, is equipp... | 23rd August 1924 | |||
| Chicago Examiner | (1912) | HOPE FOR THE SAFETY OF MISSING PASSENGERS BULLETIN New York, April 17 (Wednesday), 1:30 A.M.---A vague hope for the safety of some of the missing passengers was given last night by the captain of the tramp steamer Ultonia, whic... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| GENERAL INFORMATION En route to daughter 446 West Street, New York City. Ticket E77. Had been recently widowed. Mary Mack was the daughter of George Lacy and Mary Evory, and that she was first married to John Arber, second to Edward Mack.... | ||||||
| Worcester Telegram | (1912) | CAPT ROSTRON'S TRAGIC STORY Wireless Operator Was Undressing with Receiver on His Ear When "S.O.S." Flashed New York, April 19.- Capt. Rostron of the Carpathia told the tragic story of his rescue of the Titanic survivors to the Senate committee this afternoon.... | 20th April 1912 | |||
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(1912) | FEEDING THE PIDGEONS John Hugo Ross, Unknown, McCaffry, Mark Fortune and Thomson Beattie feed pigeons in St. Mark's Square, Venice, March 1912... | March 1912 | |||
| Unidentified Newspaper | (1912) | LOCAL MAN, BRIDE, TITANIC VICTIMS John H. Chapman and Wife met Death, His Body recovered. John H. Chapman, who, with his wife, Elizabeth Chapman, lost his life in the Titanic disaster, was from more than two years a resident of Spokane and was returning here with his b... | April 1912 | |||
| Newark Star | (1912) | WILL BRING TITANIC VICTIM'S BODY HERE Arrangements were made to have the body of John S. Marsh, the Newark superintendent of mails on the Titanic, brought to the home of the daughter, Miss Nellie Marsh, 39 Emmett street. His body was recovered by the cable ship at the scen... | 30th April 1912 | |||
| Philadelphia Inquirer | (1945) | THAYER FAMILY GETS BACK MISSING WATCH Timepiece, Gone when Body was Found, Returned Mysteriously The missing gold watch of John B. Thayer, 3d, who was found dead in his parked automobile last Friday, has turned up. The watch was missing when Thayer's... | 24th September 1945 | |||
| (1912) | DEATH NOTICE: KEMP, THOMAS HULMAN Kemp, Thomas Hulman Engineer, SS Titanic. Only Son of the Late Capt. John & Mrs. Kemp, 5, Arthur Road, Shirley. [also Hampshire Independent 27th April 1912]... | 23rd April 1912 | ||||
| Chicago Tribune | (1912) | SHIES BOATS UNDER CAPT. SMITH F. Harrison Powers of New York and Paris, a guest at the Congress hotel has been a passenger several times on White Star boats commanded by Capt. E. J. Smith of the Titanic. “But I only sailed with him once after the collision of the... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| Harrison Daily Times | (2007) | TITANIC SAILS TO SECOND SEASON The Titanic Museum celebrates the beginning of their second season in Branson and has added $1 million worth of new guest experiences for 2007. The Titanic was found in 1985 and television producer John Joslyn was the second person to put a Titanic expedition together in 1987. ... | 4th April 2007 | |||
| Southern Daily Echo | (2007) | TITANIC SURVIVOR GETS MAYORAL TRIBUTE SOUTHAMPTON mayor John Slade said it with flowers when he visited Titanic survivor Millvina Dean.Millvina, 95, broke her hip in a fall at her bungalow and has spent the past few months in a nursing home at Woodlands, near Ashurst.... | 8th May 2007 | |||
| GENERAL INFORMATION Harper, Reverend John. Missing. Lived at 3, Claude Villas, Denmark Hill, London. UK. Born in Houston, Renfrewshire in 1872. In 1911 had a three month mission in Moody Church, Chicago and was travelling there when the ship sank. ... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1900) | YACHTS AND YACHTSMEN From present indications, John Jacob Astor's large steam yacht, the Nourmahal, will not be put in commission this year, at least not during the early Summer months. No orders have yet been received for her refitting, and as Mr. Astor is e... | 29th April 1900 | |||
| CRI English | (2009) | REMEMBERING THE TITANIC It's April 1912 and the Titanic's Captain, Edward John Smith, is preparing for the maiden voyage of the world's greatest liner.The ship is equipped with everything from an emergency telephone to lifeboats ...... little did they know how i... | 8th April 2009 | |||
| (1962) | JOSEPH GROVES BOXHALL - RADIO INTERVIEW Joseph Boxhall Radio Interview, October 1962 Transcribed by Capt. Charles B. Weeks and Cathy Akers-Jordan On that Sunday night the, 14th, of April, along with Moody who was the Si... | October 1962 | ||||
| The Syracuse Herald | (1912) | FIRE RAGED ON TITANIC FIVE DAYS ... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1934) | EX-WIFE GIVES UP CLAIM ON W. K. DICK Bride of Fiermonte, Boxer, and Once Widow of J. J. Astor, Rejects Dower --- GOT DIVORCE LAST JULY --- She Also Relinquished $300,000 Income From First Husband's Estate When She Wed in 1916 --- Mrs. Enzo Fierm... | 21st March 1934 | |||
| Vallejo Times-Herald | (2007) | 'TITANIC' CREW READY TO DOCK AND ROLL Capt. Edward John Smith was 62 with white beard. Joe Harney is 28 and clean-shaven. No matter. When the recent University of California, Davis graduate dons faux facial fur, jacket replete with medals and sword, he'll be the doomed skipper of the "Titanic."... | 5th October 2007 | |||
| The Times | (1909) | JUDICIAL CHANGES His Majesty has been pleased to approve the following appointments to take effect on the 10th inst., namely:--- The Hon. Mr. Justice Bigham to be President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of... | 4th February 1909 | |||
| 1901 CENSUS - LISKEARD, CORNWALL The 1901 Census reveals that John Richard Jago Smith (aged 24) was living and working in Liskeard, Cornwall as a Post Office sorting & telegraph clerk.... | ||||||
| (1901) | 1901 CENSUS - TAVISTOCK, DEVON The 1901 census has Reginald Harry Rogers, aged 7, at home with his parents, John G. & Emma J. Rogers at 2B Taylor Square, Tavistock.... | 31st March 1901 | ||||
| TC Palm | (2009) | MYSTERY ABOUT 'TITANIC' TAKES STAGE AT RIVERSIDE VERO BEACH - A 7-Eleven store in South Dakota sounds like an unlikely spot for the birth of a play about the Titanic. But that provided the inspiration for Jeffrey Hatcher, whose 'Scotland Road' opens Saturday and rounds out the Second Stage season a... | 1st May 2009 | |||
| The Evening Post | (1912) | MASSACHUSETTS VICTIMS OF THE TITANIC TRAGEDY George Q Clifford of Stoughton, president of Belcher Last company, Herbert Henry Hilliard of 42 Hichorn street, Brighton Timothy J.,... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | PRAISE ASTOR AND BUTT Women Compare Their Conduct to That of "Miserable Specimens" --- Special to The New York Times --- EAST ORANGE, N. J., April 19---High praise was given to-day to John Jacob Astor, Maj. Butt, Vice President Thayer of the P... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | SHOCK OF DISASTER KILLS WOMAN BROCKTON, Mass., April 17---Miss Katherine E. Maguire, 50 years old, heartbroken by the news that her nephew, John E. Maguire, was among those probably lost on the Titanic, was taken violently ill to-night and died within a few moments. She had been... | 18th April 1912 | |||
| MEMORIAL PLAQUE Erected by the People of Winnipeg in memory of Their Fellow Citizens Mark Fortune; John Hugo Ross; Thompson Beattie; Charles A. Fortune; George E. Graham; and J. J. Borebank Who with 1484 others lost their lives when the Steamship Titanic Founded in ... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1907) | NEW YORK INCORPORATIONS Special to The New York Times ALBANY, June 28---The following concerns were incorporated today: John D. Baumann Company (commission merchants, selling agents' business in merchandise;) capital $1,500,000. Director... | 27th June 1907 | |||
| New York Times | (1900) | OUTING IN NEW HANDS The Publication Purchased by Caspar Whitney and Ten Other Men --- Caspar Whitney, for many years connected with the Harpers as writer on sporting topics, announces that he and ten other men have bought the publication known as Outing, ... | 15th February 1900 | |||
| New York Times | (1933) | MRS. DICK RETURNS; CARRIED TO HOSPITAL Still Suffering From Effect of Broken Arm, Doctor Says---Silent on Boxer --- Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick, former widow of the late John Jacob Astor and divorced wife of William K. Dick, returned from Bermuda yesterday on the Monarch... | 4th November 1933 | |||
| (1891) | 1891 CENSUS FOR WALWORTH 1891 Census for Walworth London, shows Frederick Dent Ray, aged 11 years living at 35, Darwin Buildings, with parents Charles & Sarah, Brothers Charles, Herbert, John, William & Sister Rose.... | 1891 | ||||
| The Times | (2009) | MILLVINA DEAN, LAST LIVING SURVIVOR OF THE TITANIC, DIES AGED 97 Nearly a century after she was rescued from the decks of the sinking Titanic, the last remaining survivor of the disaster has died, aged 97.Elizabeth Gladys Dean, known as Millvina, died today at the nursing home near Southampton where he... | 31st May 2009 | |||
| New York Times | (1915) | TO UNVEIL STRAUS FOUNTAIN Dedication of Memorial to Philanthropist and His Wife Tomorrow --- The Isidor and Ida Straus Memorial in Straus Park will be dedicated tomorrow afternoon with impressive ceremonies. The beautiful granite and bronze fountain, which form... | 14th April 1915 | |||
| (1973) | 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 | ||||
| Christian Science Monitor | (1912) | WOMAN SURVIVOR OF TITANIC TELLS OF THE LAST HOURS OF SHIP Miss Caroline Bonnell Says Great Vessel Stood Still in Tracks and Then Gave a Great Shiver SAW NO CONFUSION (Written for the United Press by Miss Caroline Bonnell) (Copyright 1912 by the United Press) M... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| ET Research | (2007) | CLASSIFIED IN DEATH : RECOVERING THE TITANIC'S DEAD AFTER the Titanic sank in the early hours of the 15th April, 1912 the sea around the site was littered with the flotsam and jetsam of the liner. Among the broken decking, furniture and fittings were hundreds of bodies floating around. Eac... | 31st March 2007 | |||
| Irish Independent | (2009) | 'TITANIC' DIRECTOR AND CAST ARE ASKED TO HELP SHIP'S LAST SURVIVOR By Alison O'RiordanSunday April 26 2009An Irish author and photographer, Don Mullan, is challenging the director and cast of the 1997 film Titanic to take care of the last living link to the 1912 maritime tragedy. ... | 26th April 2009 | |||
| Bristol Herald Courier | (2007) | 9/11 OF ITS TIME LESSONS, TRAGEDY OF TITANIC DISASTER STILL RESONATE Every American generation seems to endure a moral catastrophe, an event so traumatic and terrible that it shakes the era's complacency and crushes the faith of an age, of a people, and becomes a moment where a new before and after is established. Before Sept. 11, 2001, before President John F. Kennedy's assassination, before Pearl Harbor, there was the Titanic disaster.... | 30th April 2007 | |||
| The Times | (1918) | THE LOSS OF RMS LEINSTER THE SUNK IRISH PACKET DEATH ROLL 451 STERN PROTEST BY MR BALFOUR Further details of the loss of the Royal Mail steamer Leinster, the torpedoing of which was announced yesterday, emphases the ... | 12th October 1918 | |||
| Asbury Park Evening Press | (1912) | COMPTONS TELL OF TITANIC DISASTER NEW YORK, APRIL 20---Mrs. Alexander T. Compton and her daughter, Miss Alice Compton, of Lakewood and New Orleans, two of the Titanic’s rescued, reached here completely prostrated over the loss of Mrs. Compton’s son Alexander, who went down with the... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| Surrey Advertiser and County Times | (1912) | TWO WITLEY VICTIMS Widows sad experience Among those who were serving on board the ill-fated vessel was Mrs. Lucy Violet Snape, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Leonard, of Well Lane, Sandhills, Witley, who was employed as a second class stewardess. At the ti... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| Mid Cumberland and Westmoreland Herald | (1912) | JOSEPH BELL The Chief Engineer was Joseph Bell, son of the late Mr. John Bell, who at one time farmed at Farlam, but subsequently lived for many years in retirement at Bishoptown, Carlisle, before going to Bristol, where he died a few years ago. The latter was a... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| The Times | (1897) | JOHN CHARLES BIGHAM MADE QUEEN'S BENCH JUDGE Mr. Bigham, Q.C., the newly-appointed Judge of the Queen's Bench Division in succession to the late Mr. Justice Cave, will take the oaths and be sworn in before the Lord Chancellor in his private room at the H... | 18th October 1897 | |||
| Wells Journal | (1912) | LADY'S PRAISE OF A TITANIC SEAMAN One of the able seamen on the Titanic, Thomas Jones, a native of Anglesey has received the following letter from New York:- ''I feel I must write and tell you how splendidly you took charge of our boat on the fatal night. There were on... | 30th May 1912 | |||
| (1913) | MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND C28. Bell, Maud. Widow. Bell, John Child. Bell, Marjorie Clare, Child. Bell, Eileen Maud, Child. Bell, Ralph Douglas. All Class A dependants.... | 1913 | ||||
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(1847) | BAPTISMAL RECORD OF WILLIAM PIRRIE Pirrie---J. A. Pirrie of Quebec merchant, and Eliza his wife had a son born on the thirty first day of May and baptized on the seventeenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty seven, named William by John Cook, D.D., Min'r... | 17th June 1847 | |||
| Southern Daily Echo | (1912) | DEATH NOTICE Stagg, John Henry. Late of SS New York, Age 37, Dearly Beloved Husband of Beatrice Stagg, 66 Commercial Road, Deeply Mourned by His Sorrowing Wife and Daughter. Liverpool Papers Please Copy. [Also from Southern Daily Echo 11th, ... | 10th May 1912 | |||
| Oxford Times | (1912) | STEWARD'S STATEMENT Propped up on pillows in bed at St. Vincent's Hospital, Thomas Whiteley, steward of the First Class Saloon of the Titanic, described the scene in the dining-room on the night of the disaster. ''We had made great time,... | 27th April 1912 | |||
| Daily Home News | (1912) | JERSEY WOMEN TELL THRILLING TALES EAST ORANGE, April 20---Generous praise was given yesterday to Col. John Jacob Astor, Major Butt, Vice President Thayer of the Pennsylvania Railroad, President Case of the Vacuum Oil Company, Clarence Moore, George D. Widener and other men who perish... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | MRS. ASTOR William H. Force, father of Mrs. John Jacob Astor, remained up all night in hopes of getting news of his daughter and her husband. When he saw that Mrs. Astor's name was on the list of rescued he was overcome with joy. He lost no time... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| Newark Star | (1912) | AWAIT BODY OF TITANIC VICTIM Up to late last night the body of John S. March, of 59 Emmett street, one of the five United States mail clerks who lost their lives in the recent Titanic disaster, had not reached the city and no word has received by the firm of Smith & Smith, 944 B... | 6th May 1912 | |||
| Unidentified Newspaper | (1912) | UNTITLED In many cases reference was made to the disaster in the sermons, and the Dead March in ''Saul'' or another of the classic funeral marches was played. Memorial services were conducted in Maxwelltown Parish Church, of which Mr. Thomas Mullins, one of t... | 1912 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | NEWARKER IN CHARGE OF THE TITANIC’S MAILS John S. March, a Newark man, was in charge of the mails on board the Titanic. With his daughter, Miss Nettie March, he lived at 59 Emmett street. For nine years Mr. March has been crossing the ocean in charge of the mails on many liners. ... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| ET Research | (2007) | THE UNKNOWN ADULT COUNTERFOIL number 30887 lay on the wooden surface. Money joined it for a few minutes, and then money took wing and parted from the ticket. A moment later the ticket itself was taken up. One of the opening scenes of the 19... | 26th June 2007 | |||
| Philadelphia Inquirer | (1977) | 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 | |||
| Chicago American | (1912) | CHICAGO GIRL IN LAST LIFEBOAT There was only one seat in the last lifeboat of the Titanic and had Mrs. John Burke taken it the chances are that Miss Annie Kelly, a seventeen-year-old Chicago girl, might be at the bottom of the sea, she told friends to-day who had gathered at h... | 23rd April 1912 | |||
| Newark Star | (1912) | STENGEL DENIES BRIBES WERE GIVEN TO SAILORS Newark Man Says Tale Told by Seaman as to "Money Boat" in Which He Left Titanic is Untrue --- Reports that bribes were offered the sailors who manned the boat in which C. E. Henry Stengel of Newark; Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon and Lady Duff-... | 24th April 1912 | |||
| Chicago American | (1959) | 3 VICTIMS LAUD TITANIC FILM Three Survivors of the Titanic--the only three in Illinois--watched a screening yesterday of "A Night to Remember," an enormously exciting drama of the sinking of that magnificent liner on its maiden voyage 27 y... | 25th February 1959 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | ROEBLING IS EXCUSED FROM JURY Special to The New York Times --- TRENTON, N. J., April 16---When the panel for the April term of the United States Grand Jury reported to-day, Charles G. Roebling, President of the John A. Roebling Sons Company, and father of Washingto... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| HUTCHINSON - BODY 170 (UNIDENTIFIED) IT IS likely that body number 170 is that of Hutchinson. It was buried at sea. The estimated age was 25, and the corpse had keys marked "Carpenter's locker", with a wood rule, silver watch and chain. The Halifax Coroner's records ... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1898) | NOTES OF THE YACHTSMEN The following have recently been elected members of the Atlantic Yacht Club: J. Pierpont Morgan, Alexander King, Isaac Stern, James D. Smith, John J. Slater, and Mrs. J. W. Cardeza. Mrs. Cardeza owns the steam yacht Eleanor, and is elected a flag me... | 25th December 1898 | |||
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BRAUND BROS Lewis Richard Braund (front row, left), Owen Harris Braund (back row, right), with their brothers William James Braund (back row, left) and John Morcom Braund (front row, right). ... | |||||
| (1912) | PROBATE REPORT: HESKETH Probate Report: Hesketh, John Henry of Garnett Avenue, Kirkdale, Liverpool. Ships engineer. Administration, Liverpool 8th July 1912 to Henry Hesketh, engine driver. Effects. £447.10.0d.... | 8th July 1912 | ||||
| New York Times | (1933) | MRS. DICK MARRIED TO FIERMONTE, BOXER, IN CIVIL CEREMONY IN HOSPITAL ROOM HERE Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick and Enzo Fiermonte, Italian middleweight pugilist, were married at 5:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon in Mrs. Dick's room at the Doctors Hospital, East End Avenue and Eighty-seventh Street. Mrs. Dick is 40 years old; Mr. ... | 28th November 1933 | |||
| Evening Bulletin | (1912) | HAD PREMONITION OF HARM Annie Ward, Cardeza Maid, Saved from Titanic, Didn't Want to Go Aboard --- Miss Annie Ward, maid to Mrs. J. W. M. Cardeza, of Germantown, who was saved from the wreck of the Titanic, had a premonition that something was going to happen ... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| San Francisco Bulletin | (1919) | WASHINGTON DODGE MAY RECOVER, HIS PHYSICIAN THINKS Page 10, column 3 Dr. Washington Dodge may have a chance for recovery because of the fight he is making at the St. Francis Hospital. Daily Dr. Dodge's condition is reported as "just the same, no change whatever," and the fact that the... | 27th June 1919 | |||
| Chicago Daily News | (1935) | CHARLES WILLIAMS OBITUARY Williams—Charles Williams passed away Oct. 27, beloved husband of Lois Williams, fond father of Eugene, Ninian, John, Dorothy, Jean and Hilda. Funeral services Wed., Oct. 30th, at 2 pm, from residence, 5524 Lakewood av. Interment Rosehill ce... | 29th October 1935 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1953) | JOHN HARDY DIES AT 82 New Providence Resident Survived the Sinking of Liner Titanic --- John Hardy of 71 Gales drive, New Providence, who was chief steward of the second class accommodations aboard the White Star liner Titanic when it sank in 1912, died yest... | 8th October 1953 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | PEACE MEN MOURN THEIR LOSS Andrew Carnegie Signs Resolutions of Regret for Five Members --- The National Committee for the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of peace among English-speaking peoples in 1914-1915 sent out yesterday this resolution passed ... | 21st April 1912 | |||
| Worcester Evening Gazette | (1912) | SHOCK OF LOSS PROVES FATAL Brockton Woman Dies Soon After Being Informed That Nephew Is Among Titanic's Victim's Brockton, April 17- Miss Katherine E. Maguire, aged 50, heartbroken by the news that her nephey [sic], John E. Maguire, was among those probaly lost... | 18th April 1912 | |||
| PRLog.Org | (2009) | NEW TITANIC MUSEUM IN PIGEON FORGE IS GETTING ATTENTION HALF WAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY The new Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. has people talking in Missouri. This week, Titanic Museum owner John Joslyn was featured in a Springfield Business Journal story about the famous ship that is dropping anchor in East Tennessee.... | 5th November 2009 | |||
| New York Times | (1953) | WILLIAM DICK DIES; AN INDUSTRIALIST Director of the National Sugar Refining Co., Best Foods, Inc., and Irving Trust Was 65 --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- ISLIP, L. I., Sept. 5---William K. Dick, industrialist, banker and grandson of a pioneer in the f... | 6th September 1953 | |||
| Evening Star | (1912) | MAIL CLERK O. S. WOODY WAS LOYAL TO THE LAST STROVE WITH HIS ASSOCIATES TO SAVE THE MAIL MATTER ON THE TITANIC James M Woody of Roxboro, N.C. reached here Saturday afternoon to make inquiry about the death of his brother, Oscar S. Woody, mail clerk, who was among the victims of t... | 22nd April 1912 | |||
| Unidentified Newspaper | (1912) | UNTITLED Wexfordman Chief Purser Mr John J. Ennis JP; came to reside with his two daughters at his home place in Springwood (Ballymitty, Co Wexford). Last year one of his daughters, Miss Barbara Ennis, was married to Mr Hugh McElroy, who belongs to a very goo... | 1912 | |||
| Milton Keynes Today | (2006) | NOMADIC : SAVE THE LAST LINK WITH THE TITANIC NULL... | 10th January 2006 | |||
| (1895) | PROBATE REPORT (WILLIAM BOWERMAN) Bowerman, William of Thorncliffe, 145 London-road St. Leonards-on-sea gentleman died 3 May 1895 Probate London to Edith Martha Bowerman widow George Bowerman gentleman and John Wilkie Bell butcher Effects £2851 19s 3d... | 1895 | ||||
| New York Times | (1909) | SEALED ASTOR PAPERS FILED Rockland County Sends Them to Dutchess---Everything Secret --- Special to The New York Times --- POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Nov. 10---The sealed papers in the divorce action of Ava Willing Astor against John Jacob Astor were fil... | 11th November 1909 | |||
| New York Times | (1935) | MARITAL RIFT OVER, FIERMONTE RADIOS Italian Boxer Sends Word From Ship on Which Wife Sailed Suddenly on Saturday --- A DIVORCE WAS RUMORED --- Couple Were Wed Here Late in 1933---She Is the Former Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick --- Enzo Fierm... | 31st January 1935 | |||
| ET Research | (2003) | WHY THE TITANIC DID NOT LIST 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 | |||
| The Times | (1966) | DEATH NOTICE OF HELEN ANDREWS HARLAND HARLAND. On August 22nd, 1966, HELEN REILLY HARLAND, of Phoenix Lodge, Dunmurry, co. Antrim, daughter of John Barbour, of Conway, Dunmurry, widow of Thomas Andrews, of Comber, co. Down, ... | 24th August 1966 | |||
| San Francisco Examiner | (1919) | DR. DODGE'S FATE IS STILL IN DOUBT Page 16, column 8 "Fairly satisfactory," was the announcement made yesterday by Dr. John Gallwey touching the condition of Dr. Washington Dodge, who attempted last Saturday to end his life by shooting himself in the head. D... | 24th June 1919 | |||
| 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 | (1912) | THINKS CAPT. SMITH IS ALIVE Baltimore Mariner Declares He Met Titanic Commander in Street --- Special to The New York Times --- BALTIMORE, Md., July 20---Capt. Peter Pryal, one of the oldest mariners in Baltimore and well known in shipping... | 21st July 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1952) | 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 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | MORE FROM JERSEY MAY HAVE PERISHED IN SEA PATERSON, April 20---Some residents of this city and of Hawthorne fear that several persons near to them perished on the Titanic. The supposed victims are John Mechan, of this city; Arthur Ford, formerly of th... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| Camden Post-Telegram | (1912) | ISMAY PRAISED BY TITANIC SURVIVOR Ship's Head Barber Tells Camden Elks of His Thrilling Experience. --- BLAMES DISASTER ON WIRELESS JEALOUSY --- Bruce Ismay was defended last night by Gus Weikman at the home of Camden Lodge of Elks in Mr. Weikman's recital... | 15th May 1912 | |||
| Worcester Telegram | (1912) | ASPLUND FUND TOTALS $1031.25, BUT BODY OF VICTIM OF TITANIC DISASTER FAILS TO REACH WORCESTER The benefit fund for Mrs. Charles Asplund and her two children saved from the titanic, while her husband and three sons went to their deaths, yesterday passed the $1000 mark. The total amount subscribed last night was $1031.25, and tha... | 4th May 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1941) | 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 | |||
| 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 ... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1949) | MRS. CHESTER O. SWAIN Mrs. Florence Thayer Swain, widow of Chester O. Swain, a former vice-president and director of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, died yesterday in her home at 755 Park Avenue. Her age was 75. Mrs. Swain's first husband, John Bradley C... | 3rd September 1949 | |||
| New York Times | (1918) | CARPATHIA SUNK; 5 OF CREW KILLED 215 Saved from Cunard Liner, Which Is Sent Down Off the Coast of Ireland --- HIT BY THREE TORPEDOES --- Was Bound for an American Port to Take Some More Soldiers to the Other Side --- Copyight, 1918, by The N... | 20th July 1918 | |||
| Western People | (1912) | AWFUL SHIPPING DISASTER. LOSS OF THE TITANIC WITH OVER 1200 SOULS The great White Star liner, Titanic, the largest ship in the world, which left Southampton on Friday of last week on her maiden trip to New York, collided with an iceberg off the Newfoundland coast on Tuesday last and sank in 1200 fathoms of water (o... | 20th April 1912 | |||
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Lectures pour Tous | (1912) | JOHN GEORGE PHILLIPS The monthly magazine 'Lectures pour Tous' (France) published a long article on life saving appliances in its July 1912 issue. They illustrated the article with a dramatic vision of 'Jack' Phillips sending SOS messages... | 1912 | ||
| Hudson Observer | (1912) | MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR TITANIC VICTIM Family of John Ashby of West Hoboken Abandon Hope for Him ---------- Until to-day the family of John Ashby, of West Hoboken, had some hope for his recovery, but are now convinced that there is no hope of him showing up alive, ... | 23rd April 1912 | |||
| Bristol Times and Mirror | (1912) | MISS JESSIE LEITCH Miss Jessie Leitch, of London, a second class passenger came ashore with the six-months infant of her cousin, the Rev. John Harper, of London, who was drowned. Mr. Harper handed the child to her, kissed the little one goodbye, and remained to perish.... | 27th April 1912 | |||
| Belfast Telegraph | (2009) | CENTENARY TRIBUTE TO TITANIC BUILDERS The centenary of work beginning on RMS Titanic has been marked by a symbolic keel laying ceremony at Titanic Quarter. John M Andrews, great-nephew of Titanic designer Thomas Andrews and president of Belfast Titanic Society, unveiled a memorial plaque on a replica keel plate which has been erected on the exact spot on the Titanic slipway where construction began in 1909.... | 1st April 2009 | |||
| Chicago Inter Ocean | (1912) | 50 TITANIC BELLBOYS DIED SMOKING AS WOMEN FILLED BOATS New York, April 20—Among the many hundreds of heroic souls who went bravely and quietly to their end were fifty happy-go-lucky youngsters shipped as bellboys or messengers to serve the first cabin passengers. James Humphries, a quartermaster... | 21st April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1924) | MISS ASTOR TO WED RUSSIAN NOBLEMAN He Was Recently Divorced From One of the Daughters of Czar Alexander II --- ONE OF ANCIENT LINE --- Bride-to-Be Is Daughter of the Late John Jacob Astor of New York --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES... | 4th July 1924 | |||
| New York Times | (1911) | CRITICISE PASTOR WHO MARRIED ASTOR Bought to Do a Nasty Job, Says the Rev. Mr. Richmond, and Others Join Attack --- WEDDING CALLED AN OUTRAGE --- No Conscientious Minister Could Have Performed it, Say Congregational Official---Carpenter-Parson Not Paid... | 11th September 1911 | |||
| (1992) | SALE OF ROGERS' POSTCARD In Sotheby's July 21/22 1992 Sale Lot 278: RMS Titanic postcard sent from the Titanic, written to James Day of Swansea by his friend ''W.J.R.'' in pencil . .. Just a line to show that I am alive & kicking going grand its a treat . . . '' coloured pos... | 21st July 1992 | ||||
| Connaught Telegraph | (1912) | THE TITANIC DISASTER, DUE TO EXCESSIVE SPEED Lord Mersey, the specially appointed Commissioner of Wrecks to enquire into the loss of the White Star Liner Titanic, on Tuesday delivered the finding of the Court. The attendance at the London-Scottish Hall, Westminster, where the in... | 3rd August 1912 | |||
| Chicago Record Herald | (1912) | CHICAGOANS SAVED BY ASTOR Mrs. Hippach and Daughter, at Home, Tell of Rescue From Titanic How Colonel John Jacob Astor saved the lives of Mrs. Ida S. Hippach and her daughter, Jean Hippach, when the Titanic was sinking was told w... | 22nd April 1912 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | F. K. SEWARD SAVED Included in the list of rescued is F. K. Seward, of 529 West 112th street, New York, a nephew of Dr. John L. Seward, of 416 Main street, Orange. Mrs. Seward said today that her husband’s nephew had been in Europe on a two months&rsquo... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| The Evening Post | (1912) | LEAPS FROM LINER’S DECK. Major Walker Takes His Life at Sea ... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| LETTER FROM THOMAS COOK AND SON. Forms 31 Tourist and Excursion Offices. 49 Corns St. Reference Slip. Bristol B. 880 ... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1911) | SAY ASTOR WEDDING IS NEAR AT HAND Friends Confidently Expect the Ceremony to Take Place Within a Few Days --- HIS YACHT IN READINESS --- Miss Force, the Bride-elect, Apparently Doing Her Final Shopping---Ceremony Probably in Connecticut --- There w... | 8th September 1911 | |||
| Daily Mining Gazette | (1933) | MRS. AGNES EDWARDS SUMMONED BY DEATH Mrs. Agnes Edwards, 69 years old, well known Hancock matron, died at St. Joseph's hospital last evening at 5 o'clock. She had been a resident of the Copper Country for 21 years, residing on Railroad Avenue. Mrs. Edwards was a survivor of th... | 5th August 1933 | |||
| Canada.com | (2008) | TITANIC LIFE JACKET SELLS IN NEW YORK FOR $68,500 An unused life jacket from the doomed Titanic ship sold for $68,500 in New York on Wednesday, Christie's auction house said.The cork-filled life preserver - still largely intact, but stained and torn in parts - was thought to have been found by farmer John James Dunbar on the Halifax shoreline after the passenger ship sank off Newfoundland in April, 1912.... | 27th June 2008 | |||
| ET Research | (2003) | TITANIC'S FINAL MANOEUVRE She never was under a port helm? - She did not come on the port helm, Sir - on the starboard helm. ------Titanic’s QM Robert Hitchens to the British enquiry At both inquiries it was adduced that, at the time of the look... | 8th February 2003 | |||
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NORA FLEMING PHOTOGRAPH Photograph of Irish steerage passenger Nora Fleming, one of 14 third class passengers from the village of Addergoole, Co Mayo, who boarded the Titanic at Queenstown. It was Nora's 22nd birthday on the night the vessel struck ... | |||||
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(1913) | JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN AND HIS SON IN LONDON At the time of Pierpont Morgan's death, the French magazine 'Je Sais Tout' published a long article on the famous banker. Among the pictures published, one showed him strolling in the streets of Paris with his daughter, or walking out of the thermal ... | 15th April 1913 | |||
| Stirling Observer | (1912) | 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 | |||
| The Times | (1912) | THE TITANIC INQUIRY: LADY DUFF GORDON'S EVIDENCE The inquiry into the loss of the Titanic was resumed yesterday by Lord Mersey and his Assessors. There was no diminution in the public interest taken in the proceedings. Among those present were Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein, Lady St. Helier, L... | 21st May 1912 | |||
| TDN | (2009) | TITANIC'S HISTORY LIVES ON THROUGH LOCAL MAN When John Stuart saw a newspaper article Monday about the death of the last Titanic survivor, his first thought was, 'My gosh, I talked to her. I have her signature.'The retired Castle Rock history teacher chatted with Millvina Dean at... | 5th June 2009 | |||
| Western Morning News | (1912) | UGBOROUGH MAN'S STORY J. Horswell (sic), a sailor, residing in Southampton, said though he was now lodging at Southampton, he hailed from Ugborough. He acted as bowman in one of the emergency boats, and among the passengers with them were Sir Cosmo and Lady Duff Gordon. ... | 29th April 1912 | |||
| Portsmouth Herald News | (2007) | TITANIC SITE SCUBA DIVER VISITS BERWICK ACADEMY World-renowned diver John Chatterton has been involved in many high-profile shipwrecks, but it was his work diving at the site of the Titanic that brought him to Berwick Academy.On Thursday morning, sixth-graders in Susan Morris' science class could not stop asking questions of Chatterton as he recounted his adventures diving for the famous ship.... | 11th December 2007 | |||
| Paterson Morning Call | (1912) | MET DEATH LIKE A HERO ---------- William Johnson, Nineteen-year-old Hawthorne Boy, Went Down on the Titanic ---------- NEWS CAME YESTERDAY ---------- Not Known Until Then That He Took Passage on the Ill-Fated Ship---Borough Grieved... | 3rd May 1912 | |||
| Western Morning News | (1912) | TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW There were four persons on board well known at St. Keverne, Cornwall, their names being Jago Smith, a Post office official employed on board, who was to have been married shortly, and who is a son of Mr. John Smith, farmer, Trebarveth, St. Keverne; M... | 18th April 1912 | |||
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MEMORIAL TO DENZIL JOHN JARVIS "Erected to the Beloved Memory of Denzil J. Jarvis who was lost in the wreck of the Titanic 15th April 1912 aged 47 Also of Margaret Heath the devoted wife of James Wedgwood Heath who fell asleep May 1st 1934 and is interred in this place." ... | |||||
| Worcester Evening Gazette | (1912) | ASTOR PUT BOY BY WIFE'S SIDE A fine act of heroism by Col. John Jacob Astor was told by George A. Harder, a Brooklyn man, who survived the Titanic disaster. "When Col. Astor had assisted his tearful young wife and her maid into a life boat, he tried to put in a yo... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| San Francisco Bulletin | (1919) | DR. DODGE MAY NOT RECOVER FROM WOUND Page 14, columns 3-4 Dr. Washington Dodge, who attempted suicide Saturday by shooting, is in a critical condition at the St. Francis hospital with little hope of recovery, according to Dr. John Gallwey, who is attending him. ... | 24th June 1919 | |||
| San Francisco Bulletin | (1919) | DR. DODGE STILL IN SERIOUS CONDITION Page 4, column 3 Dr. Washington Dodge, who attempted suicide on Saturday night, is still in a critical condition at the St. Francis Hospital. Dr. John Gallwey, who performed the operation, said that the bullet wound was com... | 23rd June 1919 | |||
| Chicago American | (1912) | OLYMPIC BARRED SENDING TITANIC NEWS BY WIRELESS By wireless to Glace Bay, N. S. --- Edward L. Doheny of Los Angeles, a passenger on the Olympic, says that a bulletin stating that all the Titanic passengers were safe, was po... | 24th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1930) | ORIGIN OF NAMES OF HOTELS HERE Named for Interested Families or After Well-Known European Hostelries --- ST. REGIS CALLED FOR LAKE --- Suggested to the Late John Jacob Astor by Mrs. Theodore Douglas Robinson --- So numerous are the hotels of New Yo... | 9th March 1930 | |||
| San Francisco Bulletin | (1912) | LOCAL MINING MAN IS ON TITANIC'S DEATH LIST Colonel John Weir, a well known mining man of the Pacific Coast, was one of the victims of the Titanic horror. It has been learned by his friends that he took passage on the ill fated steamer on an unexpected trip to California, probably on urgent bu... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| (1912) | FILM OF CARPATHIA RETURNING SURVIVORS TO NEW YORK The Carpathia arrived in New York on the evening of 18 April 1912. ... | 18th April 1912 | ||||
| Unidentified Newspaper | (1912) | BAPTIST MINISTER DROWNED At the Baptist Church, Pastor Whitter said the disaster had filled two continents with sorrow, and affected in some way or other their fellows all over the world. He specially referred to the loss of a brother minister who had frequently preached in ... | 26th April 1912 | |||
| TIME | (2008) | REVEALING THE TITANIC'S SECRETS In his book, Titanic's Last Secrets, Brad Matsen tells the story of wreck divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler and their search for the truth about the Titanic's sinking in 1912. More than just a tragic iceberg crash, the story the divers uncovered is one of bad management, shoddy construction and an ocean liner that sank so quickly that most passengers didn't know what was happening until it was too late. Chatterton and Kohler talk to TIME about deep sea diving, investigating shipwrecks, and the allure of the Titanic.... | 6th October 2008 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | CAPT. ROSTRON GUEST OF MRS. J. B. THAYER Philadelphia Survivor of the Titanic Entertains Commander of the Carpathia --- NOTABLES AT THE TABLE --- Skipper and His Surgeon Go to Haverford with Hostess Following Astor Luncheon---Come Back To-day --- S... | 2nd June 1912 | |||
| Southern Reporter | (1912) | TITANIC DISASTER - WELL-KNOWN MISSIONARY AMONG THE DROWNED. The Rev. John Harper, formerly pastor of Paisley Road Baptist Church, Glasgow, who appears to be among the victims of the Titanic disaster, was known in the Newtown and St. Boswells district. A few years ago Mr. Harper conducted the closing meeting o... | 25th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1955) | THE NIGHTMARE OF APRIL 14, 1912 A NIGHT TO REMEMBER. By Walter Lord. Illustrated. 209 pp. New York: Henry Holt & Co. $3.50. By BURKE WILKINSON The night which Walter Lord reconjures for us in tense and telling detail is the night of April 14, 1912. It... | 20th November 1955 | |||
| Chicago Tribune | (1913) | JUST MISSED TITANIC'S FATE: TEUTONIC VEERS OFF ICEBERG JUST MISSED TITANIC'S FATE: TEUTONIC VEERS OFF ICEBRG By Quick Reversal of Engines and with Helm Hard Aport Liner Grazes Huge... | 28th October 1913 | |||
| (1926) | NEAR TRAGEDY ON THE SEAS FOR STRAUS FAMILY The following year both Captain Barr and myself were transferred to the Caronia for a voyage down to Alexandria from New York. Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Strauss ( sp ) were on board, and occupying one of the suites on the upper deck. ... | 1926 | ||||
| Rahway Daily Record | (1912) | SERVICES FOR ARTHUR KEEFE Solemn Requiem High Mass Is Celebrated At St. Mary's Chrch Today ---------- In memory of Arthur Keefe, who went down when the steamer Titanic foundered, a solemn requiem high mass was celebrated in St. Mary's church this morning... | 24th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1915) | HARVARD’S LARGEST CLASS GRADUATED Degrees for 1,205 Students at the University’s 274th Commencement --- LOWELL TALKS ON WAR --- Says Conflict Imposes Burden Upon Us---Widener Memorial Library Is Dedicated --- Special to The New York Times... | 25th June 1915 | |||
| DR ALFRED PAIN - IN MEMORIAM IN AFFECTION AND REMEMBRANCE OF A KIND AND A DUTIFUL SON AND NOBLE YOUNG MAN AND IN APPRECIATIVE RECOGNITION OF THE SYMPATHY OF MANY TRUE FRIENDS, THIS LITTLE BOOK IS LOVELY DEDICATED. Alfred Pain was born at Ham... | ||||||
| Southern Daily Echo | (2006) | TWINNING WILL CEMENT TITANIC LINK In a cemetery in the Canadian town of Halifax in Nova Scotia, around 150 victims of the Titanic disaster are buried. Their bodies were recovered from the freezing waters of the north Atlantic days after the sinking.Now, leisure chiefs in Southampton are planning to cement the relationship between the two cities by signing an official "twinning" accord with the Canadians.The Mayor of Southampton, Councillor John Slade, is set to visit Halifax in March next year as part of the 95th anniversary commemorations of the disaster.... | 13th November 2006 | |||
| New York Times | (2009) | FIGHT FOR ASTOR ESTATE MIRRORS BATTLE 50 YEARS AGO Don Hogan Charles[Photo] Brooke Astor in 1996 with a portrait of her husband Vincent, who died in 1959. [Photo] Vincent Astor around 1910. His will was contested by his half brother, who blamed Mrs. Astor's influence. ... | 26th April 2009 | |||
| Jersey Journal | (1912) | BAYONNE MAN SAVED, HOBOKEN BOY LOST Joy and Sorrow in Hudson County Homes---Son of Victim Temporarily Insane from Grief ---------- With the latest revision of the lists of saved and lost from the Titanic disaster, joy and sorrow were brought to several ho... | 18th April 1912 | |||
| PRIDEAUX FAMILY INFORMATION John Arthur Prideaux (k/a Jack) was born at Southampton, Hampshire on 24 April 1888 at a house in Victoria Road, Woolston. He was the son of John Davey Prideaux and Annie Elizabeth (formerly Slade). His father, originally from Teignmouth, Dev... | ||||||
| ET Research | (2007) | RMS TITANIC: THE FUNERALS, MEMORIALS AND LEGACY OF THE LOST PASSENGERS AND HER CREW Titanic, a word that conveys a history and numerous amounts of thoughts, ideas. The American Heritage Dictionary, Fourth Edition defines titanic as, “of enormous scope, power, or influence.”1 The origin of the word ... | 9th March 2007 | |||
| Brookline Chronicle | (1936) | MISS ELIZABETH M. EUSTIS Miss Elizabeth M. Eustis, granddaughter of Henry W. Dutton, founder of the Boston Evening Transcript, died suddenly Sunday at her home at 1020 Beacon Street. The deceased had resided in Brookline for many years and had been interested in civic and we... | 21st May 1936 | |||
| (1987) | CITY'S UNSUNG TITANIC HERO NO disaster of modern times has quite excited the same horror and at the same time, fascination, doubt, bravery and cowardice as the sinking of the Titanic. Fred Barrett lived in Hanley with his wife ... | 26th February 1987 | ||||
| New York Times | (1911) | ASTOR WEDDING DAY NOT SET Col. Astor Spends Day in Boston Looking Over Quarters for Son --- Col. John Jacob Astor, who arrived on the Noma Wednesday morning with his fiancée, Miss Madeleine Force, and her father, W. H. Force, spent most of yesterday in Boston lo... | 1st September 1911 | |||
| FAMILY GRAVESTONE IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND ANDREW MAXWELL, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MARCH 17th 1895 AGED 46 YEARS "NOT LOST BUT GONE BEFORE". ALSO JOHN, ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE WHO WAS DROWNED THROUGH THE FOUNDERING OF THE SS TITANIC APRIL 14th 1912 AG... | ||||||
| Washington Times | (1912) | NO ALARM FELT WHEN STEAMER FIRST STRUCK Passengers Came on Deck to Get View of Big Berg --- TERRIBLE SUFFERING IN THE LIFEBOATS --- Carpathia Gave Tenderest Care To the Rescued---Four Buried At Sea --- BY MISS CAROLINE BONNELL (Copyrighted, ... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| Chicago Daily News | (1912) | BOY FAILS TO TAKE SHIP After searching the list of survivors in vain for the name of her brother, John Meehan, Miss Mary Meehan, 4458 Drexel boulevard, was overjoyed last night when she received a cablegram from her mother in Ireland saying that the boy had no... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| Worcester Evening Gazette | (1912) | STILL PLAYING AS WATER CREEPS UP New York, April 19- Mrs. John Murray Brown of Acton, Mass, who with her sister, Mrs. Robert C. Cornell and Mrs. E.D. Appleton, was saved, was in the last life-boat to get safely away from the Titanic. "The band played marching from dec... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1931) | RED CROSS BOARD FILLS VACANCIES WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (AP)---Chief Justice Hughes presided today as the incorporators of the American Red Cross elected five new members to fill vacancies caused by deaths. Those named were Newton D. Baker, Frank T. Heffelfinger of Minneapolis, J. Fran... | 10th December 1931 | |||
| ABC News | (2006) | TITANIC SPLIT THEORY CHALLENGED "This ship didn't split apart because it sank," said John Chatterton, a co-host of the History Channel's "Deep Sea Detectives." "It sank because it split apart. And if you're the person onboard a ship, having it split apart is even scarier than having it slowly sink."Chatterton and his co-host, Richie Kohler, set out on an expedition to research the legendary ocean liner last summer. They encountered two huge sections of the bottom - 60 feet by 90 feet - from the area where the ship had split in two. That led to a new theory about how the Titanic had sunk. ... | 26th February 2006 | |||
| Hudson Observer | (1912) | HOBOKEN MAN LOSES BROTHER IN DISASTER In a little flat at 509 Willow avenue, Hoboken, John Moore is grievingto-day over the loss of his nineteen year-old brother, Leonard, who wasone of the victims of the Titanic disaster.The boy came to America last April an... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1933) | MRS. W. K. DICK IN RENO Former Madeleine Force Astor Will Ask Divorce --- RENO, Nev., June 9 (AP)---Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick, New York society woman, is in Reno to file suit for divorce for William K. Dick. She arrived last night. It was... | 10th June 1933 | |||
| New York Times | (1960) | MRS. S. BEACH COOKE Special to The New York Times --- COOPERSTOWN, N. Y., June 25---Mrs. Emily Borie Ryerson Cooke, widow of S. Beach Cooke, an artist and writer, died today of a cerebral hemorrhage at Ringwood, her home here. She was 66 years old. ... | 26th June 1960 | |||
| Unidentified Newspaper | (1912) | DUMFRIES TITANIC VICTIMS Memorial unveiled on Dock Park. A very impressive ceremony, and one which attracted much public attention, took place on Saturday afternoon when the handsome memorial which has been erected on the Dock Park in honour of John Law Hume, ... | 1912 | |||
| The Times | (1889) | SIR EDWARD HARLAND BECOMES AN M.P. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE BELFAST (NORTH DIVISION) The nomination for North Belfast took place yesterday. Six papers containing the names of Sir John Preston, Sir William Quartus Ewart, and Mr. Thomas M'Cormick (secretary of... | 13th August 1889 | |||
| Hudson Observer | (1912) | WEST HOBOKEN MAN A PASSENGER ON THE LOST STEAMER John Ashby, of Traphagen street, West Hoboken, is on the list of second cabin passengers of the ill-fated Titanic and so far his name has not appeared among those of the rescued. He was returning from England to his son-in-law and two daughters in No... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | FAMILY OF J. S. MARCH MAY RECEIVE $10,000 WASHINGTON, April 22---Resolutions authorizing $10,000 appropriations for the families of each of the three postal clerks who lost their lives on the Titanic were introduced in the House today by Representative Reilly, of Conne... | 22nd April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1934) | SOCIAL REGISTER DROPS STAGE FOLKS *** --- Elliott Roosevelt, Son of the President, Mrs. Fiermonte Are Not Listed --- The Social Register for 1935 which is now being distributed to its subscribers throughout the city, contains some startling omissions from ... | 24th November 1934 | |||
| Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters | (1912) | HENRY S. HARPER [Extract] Henry Sleeper Harper, who was among the survivors, is a grandson of John Wesley Harper, one of the founders of the Harper publishing business. H. Sleeper Harper was himself an incorporator of Harper & Brothers when the firm b... | 1912 | |||
| Chicago Examiner | (1912) | MISS ANNIE KELLY IN HOSPITAL Misses Margaret and Beatrice Kelly of 303 Eugenie street were overjoyed last night when they learned that their seventeen-year-old sister, Annie Kelly, who was a Titanic voyager, was one of the survivors picked up by the Carpathi... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1929) | LORD MERSEY DIES IN HIS 90TH YEAR Regarded as the Grand Old Man of the English Legal Profession --- HEADED SHIPPING INQUIRIES --- Presided at Investigation into the Lusitania, Titanic and Other Disasters --- Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES... | 4th September 1929 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | FLOWERS FOR OCEAN GRAVE Wife of Titanic Victim Strews Then Near Scene of Wreck --- When the Cunarder Carmania was in latitude 39.16, longitude 50.14 West, the nearest she approached to the place where the Titanic foundered, Mrs. J. H. Loring, a first-cabin pas... | 13th May 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | SAYS ISMAY TOOK FIRST BOAT Titanic Fireman Declares He Got in "with Millionaires" --- Harry Senior, a fireman on the Titanic, said last night: "I was in my bunk when I felt a bump. One man said. 'Hello, she has been struck.' I went... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| The Star, Christchurch, New Zealand | (1885) | BRUCE ISMAY ARRIVES IN NEW ZEALAND, 1885 SHIPPING TELEGRAMS --- Auckland, Feb. 23. --- The Doric, S.S., Captain Jennings, arrived this evening. Left London Jan. 5 and Plymouth Jan. 8. Had fine weather to Teneriffe, arriving at 8a.m. Jan. 13. D... | 24th February 1885 | |||
| New York Times | (1933) | FIERMONTE, BOXER, HERE Italian Heavyweight Silent on Engagement Rumor --- Enzo Fiermonte, Italian middleweight boxer, arrived yesterday on the French liner Paris. Fiermonte declared on sailing for Europe three weeks ago that he was engaged to marry Mrs. Madel... | 15th November 1933 | |||
| (1912) | PROBATE REPORT Calendar of all Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Principle Probate Registries of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice Ireland -- 1912 ANDREWS Thomas (Junior) [405] 12 August ... | 1912 | ||||
| New York Times | (1933) | BARRED FROM BERMUDA Enzo Fiermonte, Boxer, Will Return to the United States --- HAMILTON, Bermuda, Oct. 13 (AP)---Refused permission to land in Bermuda, Enzo Fiermonte, Italian boxer, who is reported to be seeking the hand of the wealthy Mrs. Madeline Dick... | 14th October 1933 | |||
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(1958) | WILLIAM MACQUITTY, BOXHALL AND PITMAN AT THE PREMIERE OF A NIGHT TO REMEMBER Taken at the "Odeon" Leicester Square London July 3rd 1958 on the occasion of the premiere of the Titanic film "A Night to Remember". Left to Right. Wm McQuitty [sic] Director of th... | 3rd July 1958 | |||
| New York Times | (1937) | SETTLES SUIT AGAINST FIERMONTE MINEOLA, L. I., Aug. 1O---Former District Attorney Elvin N. Edwards of Nassau County, attorney for John Drennan, newspaper photographer, in his civil suit for assault against Enzo Fiermonte, husband of Mrs. Madeline Astor Force Dick Fiermonte, filed ... | 11th August 1937 | |||
| ET Research | (2009) | MOUNT TEMPLE TEMP'S MEMORIES THE replacement Fourth Officer of the Mount Temple on her homeward voyage in April 1912 was a m... | 8th October 2009 | |||
| New York Times | (1908) | COL. ASTOR AT NEWPORT Will Improve Beechwood, Where He and Mrs. Astor Will Live --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I., Nov. 30---Col. John Jacob Astor is contemplating extensive improvements to Beechwood, which has become his pro... | 1st December 1908 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | DISASTER AT LAST BEFALLS CAPT. SMITH Veteran Commander of Titanic Went Forty Years Without Accident of Any Kind --- WHITE STAR'S BEST OFFICER --- Declared Only Recently That He Did Not Believe Modern Ships Could Be Sunk --- Capt. E. J. Smith, i... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1899) | COL. ASTOR READY TO SERVE Would Willingly Go Out to the Philippines---Does Not Approve of W. W. Astor's Course --- Special to The New York Times --- RHINEBECK, N. Y., Aug. 10---Col. John J. Astor was home at Ferncliff yesterday, and the corresponde... | 11th August 1899 | |||
| New York Times | (1911) | ARRANGE ASTOR SETTLEMENT Will Set Aside Separate Fortune for Miss Force in Place of Dower --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 15---Former Supreme Court Justice Henry A. Gildersleeve, representing Miss Madeleine TaImage Force... | 16th August 1911 | |||
| New York Times | (1900) | SPEDDEN-STONE Frederick Oakley Spedden of this city and Miss Margaretta Corning Stone, a daughter of the late George F. Stone, were married at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the First Presbyterian Church at Morristown, N. J. The bride's only attendant was her... | 7th June 1900 | |||
| ERNEST WALDRON KING FAMILY INFO I believe E. W. King's father, Thomas Waldron King, was my great-great-grandfather John King's brother, and that their parents were Thomas King, who was a Church of Ireland scripture reader in Selerna, County Galway, and Elizabeth. Here's ... | ||||||
| ET Research | (2002) | MOLLY BROWN: MYSTERY UNRAVELLED "At Cherbourg, a woman came aboard named Margaret Brown. We all called her &q... | 21st July 2002 | |||
| LEAD KINDLY LIGHT The Hymn "Lead Kindly Light" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. Verses 1-3 were written in 1833 by John Henry Newman (1801-1890). While traveling in Italy as a young priest... | ||||||
| MR WILLIAM TAGGART – DELIVERY CREW TRIMMER Mr William Taggart was born in Belfast in 1889 and began work with the Harland & Wolff yard as an apprentice. He was one of the workers who helped to build Titanic from day one. He had also been a crewmember of the Olympic. When the Titanic was deli... | ||||||
