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| 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 | |||
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(1911) | CAPTAIN AND CREW Captain Smith seen aboard the Olympic... | May 1911 | |||
| 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... | ||||||
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(1912) | LAST KNOWN PHOTOGRAPH OF CAPTAIN SMITH | 11th April 1912 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
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CAPTAIN SMITH AND BOY ON BRIDGE | |||||
| 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.... | |||||
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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 | |||
| 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 | |||
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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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 ... | ||||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 ... | ||||||
| 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 | (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 | |||
| 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 | ||||
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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 | |||
| 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 | |||
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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 | ||
| 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 | |||||
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(1912) | CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH From 'Le Petit Journal'... | 17th April 1912 | |||
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(1912) | CAPTAIN SMITH AND JACK PHILLIPS From an unidentified French paper... | 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... | ||||||
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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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| (1926) | RADIOS FROM NOTABLE PASSENGERS "The next day, which was Sunday, we passed the Titanic, receiving many friendly radios from our friends on board. Personally, I exchanged messages with Mr. Isadore Strauss ( sp ) and Mr. John Jacob Astor. Captain Barr received a wirele... | 1926 | ||||
| New York Times | (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 | |||
| 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. ... | ||||||
| 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... | |||||
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CAPTAIN LORD'S CHART COMPASS | |||||
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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 | ||
| (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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CAPTAIN SMITH ON BRIDGE OF OLYMPIC OR TITANIC | |||||
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CAPTAIN SMITH'S EXTRA MASTER CERTIFICATE | |||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| (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 | ||||
| (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 | ||||
| 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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CAPTAIN LORD IN SUMMER WHITES ABOARD A LEYLAND LINER | |||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
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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 | |||
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(1912) | CAPTAIN SMITH WITH LORD PIRRIE OF HARLAND AND WOLFF | 1912 | |||
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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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
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CAPTAIN LORD AND OFFICERS OF THE ANGLO-SAXON | |||||
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HENRY WILDE AND CAPTAIN SMITH | |||||
| 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 | |||
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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.... | |||||
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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... | |||||
| 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 | |||
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(1912) | EDWARD JOHN SMITH WITH DOG | 1912 | |||
| 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 | |||
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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 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 | |||
| 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 | (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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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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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 | |||
| 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... | ||||||
| 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 | |||
| (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 | ||||
| (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) | 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |||
| (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 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| 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... | ||||||
| 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 | |||
| (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... | ||||||
| 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 | |||
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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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | (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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| (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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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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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. ... | |||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| (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 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| (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 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| (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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| (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 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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) | 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | (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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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.... | |||||
| (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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| (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 | (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 | |||
| 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 | (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 | |||
