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Daily Telegraph	FIRE ABOARD THE "CALIFORNIAN" A telegram from Vera Cruz reports that the Leyland liner "Californian" took fire in that port and that the outbreak was not extinguished until much damage had been done to the cargo by fire and water. The fire originated in holds number four...	3rd July 1913
	HORSE TRANSPORTATION Comfortable quarters with feed boxes were a new feature of the White Star livestock carriers....
Titanic Research	TITANIC'S CARGO GEAR Captain Charles B. Weeks Because of my experience on cargo ships and the fact that I teach Dry Cargo Operations to students at Maine Maritime Academy, I have long been fascinated with Titanic’s cargo gear. Chronologically she came d...	11th January 2005
	NARONIC So far as can be determined, no photographs of the vanished Naronic exist, likely due to her very short lifespan. This woodcut engraving illustrates her appearance....
mirror.co.uk	PAINTINGS THAT NEARLY SANK ON THE TITANIC SOLD FOR £7M TWO Russian paintings that narrowly avoided being sent to a watery grave on the Titanic have sold for nearly Â£7million. The early-20th century works by Vasili Polenov were booked on the ship for exhibition in the US. But the cargo was delayed and missed the doomed linerâ€™s maiden voyage in April 1912. ...	2nd December 2011
The Star, Christchurch, New Zealand	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. ...	24th February 1885
Breeder’s Gazette	CONTENTED COWS This 1891 illustration from the Breeder’s Gazette shows how cattle were carried aboard the White Star freighters as truly contented cows....	1891
Breeder’s Gazette	RACEHORSES TRANSPORTED BY WHITE STAR STEAMER Thoroughbred racehorses were frequently passengers aboard the White Star livestock carriers. This illustration, “from a photograph taken on board a White Star steamship,” appeared in the Breeder’s Gazette in March 1893....	March 1893
Voyage	BLUE JACKET (Owner: P. Kavanagh) Departed St. John’s, Newfoundland 12 March 1912 with a capacity 86 ton cargo of codfish for Oporto, Portugal. Encountering high winds, heavy seas and ice, she had to put into another Newfoundland port for several days...
Voyage	ARGENTINE TRANSPORT John P. Eaton Empire Transport Co., Ltd. (Houlder Brothers, Managers) Westbound, Narvik, Norway to Philadelphia. Left Narvik 3 April 1912 with a cargo of iron ore. On arrival at the intermediate stop of Louisburg, Nova Scotia, her captain reporte...	20th March 2005
kristv.com	ODYSSEY MARINE FINDS MORE SUNKEN TREASURE OFF FLORIDA COAST The Garisoppa does not hold the same place in history that the Titanic holds, but it is of interest to Odyssey Marine and the British government. "It was a cargo ship, it was carrying lots of interesting things of, most interest to us and probably our shareholders, it was carrying a lot of silver, potentially seven million ounces of silver," Gordon says. Seven million ounces of silver worth an estimated $220-million....	28th September 2011
Times of India	TITANIC GAVE A VALUABLE LESSON TO SHIP-MAKERS The sinking of luxury passenger liner Titanic on April 14, 1912 gave an important lesson to ship builders world over - that a ship, merely by being double-bottomed, does not become unsinkable.Since then, all large cargo vessels carrying oil the world over have become double-hulled rather than just being double-bottomed as was the case with Titanic, a senior official of Gujarat Adani Port Ltd said. ...	6th January 2006
royalgazette.com	MARIE CELESTIA WRECK OFFERS UP CARGO OF PERFUME - ROYAL GAZETTE Perfume bottles are the latest treasure to have been recovered from Bermuda wreck Marie Celestia. Phillippe Rouja, conservator of historic wrecks, announced the discovery of the bottles this week. Five unopened bottles of wine were found stashed in the bow of the Marie Celestia this past June. UK perfume historian David Pybus, who has uncovered perfume from the Titanic, has begun his analysis on the bottle's contents. Early research has revealed that the bottle contains a sample from a posh London perfumery that has since gone out of business......	22nd August 2011
Titanic Research	WHY THE TITANIC DID NOT LIST Eqab S. Al-Otaibi Eqab S Al-Otaibi NS 415 Titanic Supervised by Captain C. Weeks The list of any ship is due to either a negative initial stability (GM, metacentric height) or off center weight. So the list is due to internal force. Off center weight i...	30th April 2003
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Chicago Record-Herald	LLOYDS NEAR TO PANIC Exciting scenes were witnessed at Lloyds underwriting rooms yesterday. Insurance losses in the last six months have been unparalleled in the history of Lloyds in liners of the biggest class. Since the Olympic collision, both the Del...	16th April 1912
The Times	TITANIAN - ECHO OF TITANIC Cargo vessel's encounter with ice...	27th April 1935
New York Times	AMAZON TRAFFIC HINDERED Booth Line Says Disturbances Make Deliveries Uncertain --- Political disturbances at Manaos, State of Amazonas, have interrupted navigation on the River Amazon. The Booth American Shipping Corporation, 17 Battery Place, announced yester...	22nd August 1924
Cornwall & Devon Post	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
Voyage	COLLINGWOOD John P. Eaton (Akties Collingwood) (Zernichow & O. Gotaas) Arrived at Belfast ( Musgrave Channel) 16 October 1908 from Bangkok via the Azores carrying a cargo of teak wood logs which in a finished sta...	28th November 2004
Voyage	HERCULES John P. Eaton One of the tugs that got lines aboard New York and kept her from striking Titanic as the latter was leaving her Southampton dock. Port of Registry: South...	20th February 2005
Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping (1908)	SHAW, SAVILL AND ALBION CO., LTD. Shaw, Savill and Albion Co., Ltd. Successors to Messrs. Shaw, Savill and Co. and the Albion Co. Established 50 years ago. This company maintain a regular service of passenger and cargo steamers between London and New Zealand, and...
Voyage	CASSANDRA John P. Eaton (Donaldson Brothers) On 9 April, while eastbound St. John, New Brunswick to Glasgow, Cassandra transmitted a warning of ice at 43 degrees 38’ N. by 49 degrees 16’ W. which was relayed at 2:55 p.m. by the Caledonia to the Bul...	23rd May 2005
The Times	CONTROLLER-GENERAL'S RETIREMENT MERCHANT SHIPBUILDING --- CONTROLLER-GENERAL'S RETlREMENT --- The Prime Minister and the Shipping Controller have consented to the release from the end of the present month of the Right Hon. Lord Pirrie, ...	23rd December 1919
Voyage	VULCAN John P. Eaton Vulcan struggling to pull the stern of the New York (left) away from Titanic's port side (Eaton-Haas Collection)...	13th February 2005
New York Times	CUBA REFUSED HIS PEANUTS And as Baumann Lost Over the Deal He is Suing His Partner --- John D. Baumann, a jute and gum merchant at 120 Maiden Lane, is seeking damages in the Supreme Court against Salvador Comas on the charge of alleged conversion, the basis of ...	7th August 1909
New York Times	ISMAY UPHOLDS STRIKE POLICY President of Mercantile Marine Says His Company Will Not Advance Pay --- SAILORS DELAY A LINER --- Refuse to Sail on La Touraine Until Paid Full Wages for Loading and Unloading Cargo --- If the stri...	17th May 1907
Breeder’s Gazette	ADVERTISEMENT FOR WHITE STAR LINE LIVESTOCK TRANSPORTS White Star Line! LIVE-STOCK and CARGO STEAMERS. Liverpool and New York, REGULAR WEEKLY SAILIN...	25th January 1893
The Times	WHITE STAR OFFICERS' PAY AND CONDITIONS IMPROVED Article...	4th April 1913
The Times	THE CUNARD STEAMER CARPATHIA From Wednesday morning until that of Saturday of last week a party of visitors, which included Sir William White (late Director of Naval Construction), Messrs Moorhouse and Maxwell (General Manager and a director of the Cunard Company), were carri...	27th April 1903
Voyage	ARMENIAN John P. Eaton Cestrian, sister ship to the Armenian, seen here at Harland and Wolff's Belfast yard following completion. (courtesy Lawrence Dunn, Famous Liner...	27th March 2005
Titanic Research	WAS THE TITANIC'S RUDDER LARGE ENOUGH? Captain Charles B. Weeks There have been several times when the question has been raised about whether the Titanic’s rudder was large enough. It has been suggested that if the rudder had been larger she would have turned more quickly and t...	29th September 2002
New York Times	CUNARD EMPLOYEES TO HONOR ROSTRON Fleet Is Taking Up Subscription for Testimonial to the Retiring Commodore --- DIGGLE HIS SUCCESSOR --- Captain Edgar T. Brltten Will Command Berengaria When She Returns In February --- Officers of the Scythi...	3rd November 1930
	CAPTAIN ROSTRON'S HANDWRITTEN ACCOUNT OF THE DISASTER. RMS Carpathia Cunard SS Co. Ltd., At Sea April 27th, 1912 At 12.35 am (ship's time) April 15th (Monday), 1912, I was called by the 1st Officer in company with Marconi operator and informed that the White St...	27th April 1912
Belfast Today	EVERY DAY IS A POTENTIAL ANNIVERSARY ON THE RIVER LAGAN Una Reilly, Chairman of the Belfast Titanic Society mobilised our memories and organised a simple ceremony on the river. "This anniversary marks a reclaiming by Belfast of her very important part in the worldwide Titanic story," Una explained as she planned the boat trip on the MV Joyce Too. "Contrary to popular belief, Titanic was not launched by a notable lady wearing a big hat and smashing a bottle on her bow," she reminded me. "She was simply pushed into the water by hydraulic rams when a signal was given and a whistle was blown at 12.13 pm on May 31, 1911, and 62 seconds later Titanic was afloat for the first time. ...	5th June 2006
Voyage	KURA John P. Eaton Kura Steamship Co., Ltd. (Stephens, Sutton & Stephens, Managers.) (Westbound, Bremerhaven to New York via St. John’s Newfoundland) On 18 March encountered ice at 42 degrees N. 47 degrees ...	19th December 2004
	CARGO MANIFEST SS Titanic: Commercial Cargo Manifest: Net worth of total cargo: $420,0...
New York Times	ADRIATIC TO SAIL TO-DAY Biggest Liner's Cabins Full on Her First Voyage Eastward --- With her saloon apartments filled, the White Star liner Adriatic, biggest and newest of transatlantic liners at present in commission, will sail for Southampton ...	22nd May 1907
Chicago American	3 VICTIMS LAUD TITANIC FILM Ann Marsters 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
The Times	TRAGEDY AT SEA - FILM RECORD OF THE TITANIC The sinking of the Titanic has been dramatized on several occasions, and the subject has been examined from different aspects - as one of the greatest disasters in marine history, as an essay in human courage, as an event that symbolized the passi...	2nd July 1958
	FILM OF THE OLYMPIC These pictures were retouched after the Titanic disaster to eliminate American company flags visible on the other vessels in harbour so that, when re-shown in April 1912, the pictures might represent Titanic at her berth in Southampt...	1911
Niles Daily News	SURVIVOR FROM TITANIC ARRIVES IN NILES Philip Zanni Tells a Tragic Story of His Rescue - Assisted in Rowing Lifeboat Away from Sinking Ship --------------- The first survivor of the ill fated ship the "Titanic" that has reached Niles is Philip Zanni [sic],...	25th April 1912
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle	SINKING OF TITANIC STILL HORROR TO COUPLE HONEYMOONING ON SHIP Margaret Frawley MRS. EDWARD BEANE, THEN BRIDE OF 17, SAW SHIP SINK AS SHE CRUISED NEARBY IN BOAT; HUSBAND SWAM AROUND TILL PICKED UP; NOW HAVE 2 CHILDREN It was a strange honeymoon for Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beane of 44 Michigan Street when on April 14, ...	15th April 1931
Manitoba Free Press	FORTUNE FAMILY PARTED IN BOAT IN GOOD CHEER (Special Staff Correspondent) Women Had No Idea of Serious Condition of the Titanic Gave Their Money to Charlie For Safe-Keeping Until They Met Hugo Ross Was Ill in Bed When Disaster Occurred—Rescued Loathe to Talk...	20th April 1912
Gare Maritime	ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN ON THE NIEUW AMSTERDAM 16mm film records a tour encompassing: Peurto Rice, Curacoa, Havana, Cartagena, Colombia, Panama Canal, Kingston Jamaica ending with the ship docking in New York City....	21st December 2006
New York Times	A PLAN TO FEED ENGLAND Cold Storage and Shipping Company's Plants in English Cities --- They Will Contain Products Worth Hundreds of Millions---Americans Conceive the Scheme --- J. M. Smart, who is connected with the Southampton Cold Storage Com...	26th May 1901
Calgary Herald	THESE TWO MEN JUMPED OVERBOARD JUST BEFORE TITANIC SANK; ALL LIGHTS LIT WHEN SHE FOUNDERED Special Dispatch to the Herald...	21st April 1912