Chief Steward

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Boston Daily Globe LATTIMER MOURNED
Titanic's Chief Steward Well Known in Boston Prince of Entertainers and a Most Competent Officer Andrew Lattimer, senior chief steward of the Titanic, who was drowned, was well known in maritime and...
20th April 1912
New York Times 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
New York Times JOHN HARDY RETIRING
John Hardy Retiring --- John Hardy, chief steward of the American Farmer, will sail tomorrow on his last official trip at sea.  He has been retired by the International Mercantile ...
20th September 1936
Barking Chronicle THE TITANIC DISASTER. EAST HAM RESIDENTS MISSING
There is another East Ham resident amongst the crew in the person of Mrs Pritchard, a stewardess, of 9 Masterman Road. Her husband is Chief Steward on a Atlantic Transport liner....
19th April 1912
New York Times [PAID DEATH NOTICE OF BROOK WEBB]
WEBB---Brook H., chief smoke room steward of steamship Titanic, who perished in the disaster, age 49.  Served the White Star Line continuously for thirty-seven years....
28th April 1912
Southern Evening Echo UNTITLED
A Former White Star man who was a survivor of the Titanic disaster in April, 1912, 81-years-old Mr. John Hardy, left Southampton for New York last night in U.S. Lines America after his first home visit in 18 years. Mr. Hardy, who is now living...
14th May 1952
Newark Evening News 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
STEWARD'S BADGE   STEWARD'S BADGE
Steward's Badge...
Hayle Weekly Mail HAYLE MAN ONE OF THE STEWARDS
On enquiring at Hayle we find that no passengers from this town have sailed in the ill-fated vessel, but that Mr. Samuel Rule, of Hayle, occupied the position of chief bathroom steward. Mr. Rule, who formerly lived at Clifton-terrace, is a bro...
18th April 1912
Washington Times 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 LOVE FOR SEA PREVAILS
--- Chief Barber on the Titanic Obtains Post on the Lusitania --- Special to The New York Times --- PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 5---Unable to resist traveling over the sea, August F. Weikman of Palmyra, N. J., who was the ch...
6th August 1912
Cornishman SAFETY OF A HAYLE MAN - MR. SAMUEL RULE
Capt. Rule of Hayle, has received a telegram from his niece announcing the safety of his brother, Mr. Samuel Rule, chief steward of the Titanic. The telegram reads as follows:- ‘Anfield, Liverpool,-To Rule, Carnsew, Hayle. Fath...
18th April 1912
STEWARD'S PREMONITION : THOMAS WHITELEY Daily Sketch STEWARD'S PREMONITION : THOMAS WHITELEY
Mr. Thomas Whiteley, a steward on the Titanic, who was saved.  He states that the two men in the crow's nest, who were rescued, were very indignant, and said that their warnings concerning the presence of an iceberg ...
April 1912
Worcester Telegram 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
  MICHAEL ROGERS - 'STEWARD TO THE MARCONI DEPARTMENT'
Michael Rogers was a 27 year old steward from Dublin, generally resident between voyages at the family home of Mr Thomas Harris at 13, Greenhill Avenue, Winchester. Mrs Harris had been a close friend of Michael's mother, and ...
New York Times LINER CEDRIC IN PORT
The largest steamship ever constructed slowly made her way, last evening between 6 and 8 o'clock, up New York Bay and the North River to the White Star piers at the foot of Banks Street. The huge vessel was the new transatlant...
21st February 1903
New York Times MINIA REPORTS TWO BODIES
Ship Returning to Halifax---Patrick O'Keefe's Story of Rescue --- The White Star Line agent at Halifax wired the New York office yesterday that the Captain of the steamship Minia had sent the following message: ["]Returne...
4th May 1912
New York Times REWARD CARPATHIA'S CREW
White Star Line Makes Gifts---Cunard to Claim No Damages --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- LONDON, June 10---The White Star Line has announced that the Cunard Company has acceded to ...
11th June 1912
Exeter Flying Post DEVONIANS ON BOARD
F. Allsop (sic) 41, steward....
20th April 1912
Exeter Flying Post DEVONIANS ON BOARD
John P. Penrose, 49, steward....
20th April 1912
The Evening Telegram HAD LETTER LAST FRIDAY
Newspaper article...
16th April 1912
Washington Herald 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
TITANIC CONNECTIONS WITH LIVERPOOL   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. ...
Chicago Examiner SEEK WORD OF STEWARD
Mrs. William J. Stroud, 217 East Thirty-first street, besought news of her husband's brother, Harry Stroud, yesterday at the White Star office.  His name does not appear among those saved. "Harry Stroud lived in Southampton with ...
19th April 1912
MONTAGUE DONALD THALER   MONTAGUE DONALD THALER
Victualling Steward, 3rd Class...
20th May 1912
  TITANIC DISCHARGED CREW
Crew members, most of whom had "signed-on" but, for one reason or another, failed to board the ship or were not aboard when the accident occurred. ...
The New York Times MOST OF THE CREW SAIL
Sent Home on the Lapland---How Many Were Saved --- All of the crew of the Titanic, except the saved officers and about twenty of the crew who are to be witnesses, sailed for their homes yesterday morning on the R...
21st April 1912
Rockford Register Gazette COUSIN OF DR. O'LOUGHLIN
Myron McSweeney of the Rockford Life Insurance Company office force was a near relative of Dr. W. F. N. O'Loughlin, chief surgeon of the Titanic.  Dr. O'Loughlin was the dean of the medical staff of the White Star Line.  As he...
16th April 1912
Nottingham Daily Express DERBYSHIRE VICTIM
Among the missing is George Henry Hickley, a Derby man, who was a steward on board the ill-fated liner. He was well known in the Rowditch district of the town, as he often visited his sister, Mrs. Knowles, wife of Mr. Knowles, of the Lonsdate Dairy,...
22nd April 1912
Manchester Evening News MANCHESTER VICTIMS: CHIEF ELECTRICAL ENGINEER ON THE TITANIC
Mr. Alfred S. Allsop, the chief electrical engineer of the Titanic, who, it is feared, has gone down in the ill-fated ship, was a Manchester man. He was about 35 years of age, and was born in Brunswick Street, C.-on-M., but he has not lived in the ci...
18th April 1912
CHARLES LYDIATT The Evening Telegram CHARLES LYDIATT
Steward on Board Titanic, and Brother of Sergeant Lydiatt of Toronto Police Force....
16th April 1912
  CONTEMPORARY OBITUARY : HENRY WILDE
THE appalling disaster to the Titanic has taken away, in the person of Lieut, H. T. Wilde, RNR, one of the most promising officers serving with the White Star Line. Lieut. Wilde, who was chief officer of the Titanic, commenced his sea career in the s...
1912
Cambridge Chronicle CAMBRIDGE MAN ABOARD
It is feared that a Cambridge man was among those who lost their lives, and great anxiety is felt by his parents, who live in Cambridge, and relatives and close friends, as to his safety. We refer to Mr. A. W. Barringer, a native of Cambridge, who we...
19th April 1912
LETTER FROM WILLIAM J. MELLORS TO HIS MOTHER - QUEENSTOWN   LETTER FROM WILLIAM J. MELLORS TO HIS MOTHER - QUEENSTOWN
Letter written on RMS Titanic notepaper from second class passenger William J. Mellors to his mother...
11th April 1912
Oxford Times 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
  DATE OF MARRIAGE
Marriage...
21st October 1909
Cumberland News LOCAL VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER
Carlisle and Border men among the Crew Mr. Joseph Bell left the district when a youth to serve his apprenticeship as an engineer at the works of Mr. Robert Stephenson, on Tyneside, which were founded by the famous engineer of that name who inv...
20th April 1912
  TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTES : LIVERPOOL COMMITTEE : WILDE
C.23. Wilde. Read letter dated 28th May, 1914, received from Mr. O. Jones Williams (one of the Guardians of the children of the late Chief Officer Wilde). The Hon. Secretary reported that he had requested Mr. Williams to attend at the ...
8th June 1914
New York Times J. P. MORGAN SAILS; IS GOING TO EGYPT
No Worry in Washington, Where He Is to Testify Some Time About Steel and Money --- NOT ON PASSENGER LIST --- Lords Deceis [sic; should be "Decies"] and Camoys, with Their American Brides, Also on th...
31st December 1911
Chicago Record-Herald MRS. BENJAMIN GUGGENHEIM RECEIVES HUSBAND' LAST MESSAGE FROM TITANIC SURVIVOR
 GETS ADIEU FROM SEA Mrs. Benjamin Guggenheim Receives Husband’ Last Message From Titanic Survivor ‘I’ve Done My Duty,” Word  ...
21st April 1912
  OBITUARY
WAS born on the 31st March, 1880, at Whitehaven, Cumberland. When quite young his parents moved to Blackburn, where he passed his apprenticeship days with the firm of James Davenport, of the Canal Works. From this firm he went to Messrs Howar...
Worcester Telegram 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
BOXING PRACTICE IN OLYMPIC'S GYMNASIUM   BOXING PRACTICE IN OLYMPIC'S GYMNASIUM
A photograph taken aboard the Olympic by Titanic Saloon Steward Edward Wheelton...
Chicago Daily News CHICAGOAN'S KIN TITANIC STEWARD
A brother of William J. Stroud, 217 East 31st street, was a steward on the ill fated Titanic. Today Mrs. Stroud, sobbing tearfully, begged for news of her brother-in-law, Harry Stroud, of Southampton, England. “If Harry is dead,...
18th April 1912
Exeter Flying Post DEVONIANS ON BOARD
Edward Parsons, chief storekeeper, son of Mrs. Parsons, Torquay, leaves a widow and five children....
20th April 1912
DISCHARGE BOOK   DISCHARGE BOOK
Bath Steward Frank Herbert Morris' Discharge Book. A continuous record of the ships he worked on and his conduct....
  PROBATE REPORT
Hamblyn Ernest William, of 2 Norman Villas, Dyer Road, Shirley Southampton. Ships Steward. Probate registered London 3rd June 1912 to Henry Archibald Jamieson, journalist. Effects £320.0.0....
3rd June 1912
TITANIC BROOCH   TITANIC BROOCH
Enamel brooch, probably bought in the Titanic's barber's shop, reputedly given to 1st class maid Roberta Maioni by an admiring Steward who lost his life....
Surrey Advertiser and County Times OTHER PASSENGERS
Among others on board the vessel, and who, it is feared, has been drowned, was Mr. E. W. Hamblyn, of Southampton, elder brother of Mrs. H. A. Jamieson, of Portesbury Road, Camberley, Surrey. He was a steward on the liner, having been promoted from th...
20th April 1912
Gettysburg Complier RESCUE OF MRS BECKER
Dr L. B. Wolf Secretary of Foreign Missionary Board of The General Synod Lutheran Church, tells that he met Mrs Becker, a Lutheran missionary from India, returning on the ill-fated Titanic, at New York when the Carpathia docked with the Titani...
15th May 1912
CARD CASE   CARD CASE
Silver plated card case from the Titanic. The case was reputedly pilfered from the ship by a steward — a member of the delivery crew from Belfast — because of his disappointment at being transferred to the Olympic prior to the maid...
New York Times ACCUSE WIRELESS OPERATOR
PHILADELPHIA, April 20---Charges were made to-day by the chief electrician of the United States scout cruiser Chester, which was sent to the aid of the Carpathia, having on board the survivors of the Titanic, that the wireless operators on board the ...
21st April 1912
THOMAS MULLIN WATCH   THOMAS MULLIN WATCH
Thomas Mullin's pocket watch pictured in an East Grinstead jewellery store....
29th November 2011
Unidentified Newspaper DIGBY COUNTY AND THE TITANIC DISASTER...
Question: What do the sinking of the Titanic and Digby County have in common? Answer: The rescue ship, Carpathia's Chief Officer was Thomas W. Hankinson. Thomas William Hankinson, born 1857, was ...
Cumberland News MR. WILLIAM MURDOCH
The first officer of the ill-fated ship was Mr. William Murdoch, son of Captain Samuel Murdoch, Oakland, Dalbeattie, who was transferred from the Olympic, on which he was one of the chief officers....
20th April 1912
Southend Standard TITANIC VICTIM'S FUNERAL
Pathetic Ceremony at Liverpool. Impressive Scenes at the Funeral of Steward Lawrence. A funeral unique in the history of Liverpool was solemnised at the West Derby Cemetery, on Monday, when the body of Arthur Lawrence, ...
16th May 1912
  PROBATE REPORT
Calendar of Probate 1912:LATIMER, Andrew of Glenwyllin Road, Waterloo,Lancashire, ship steward, died 15th April 1912at sea. Probate, Liverpool 7th October to JennieLatimer, widow. Effects £3082 9s 3d....
1912
THE PORTRUSH LETTER Titanic Research THE PORTRUSH LETTER
Senan Molony
THE LETTER fell onto the hall floor in the house at Main Street, Portrush, Co Antrim, in late April 1912. Hugh Smith, descending the stair, noticed it and picked it up. The American stamp...
31st January 2006
St Ives Times HAYLE MAN'S NARRATIVE
TRIBUTE TO A KIND HEARTED CAPTAIN...
Chicago Daily Journal HARRY STROUD
Harry Stroud, boarded steamer in Southampton, a steward on the Titanic, was expected to visit his brother, who lives at 217 East Thirty-First street; name missing from list of survivors.   Chicago...
19th April 1912
Southern Daily Echo HUMAN TRAGEDY OF THE TITANIC
Neil Hotson
Mrs Saunders, a widow, was walking down Bridge Street in the direction of Southampton Docks railway station. She was carrying her handbag, which contained six shillings. John Dixon was also walking in Bridge Street. He had arrive...
16th February 2002
New York Times GUGGENHEIM, DYING, SENT WIFE MESSAGE
Tried to Do His Duty, He Asked Steward to Tell Her --- “GO DOWN LIKE GENTLEMEN” --- He and His Secretary, Facing Death, Wore Full Evening Dress---Brother Bitter Against Company --- James Etches, assistant ste...
20th April 1912
Southern Daily Echo DEATH NOTICE: PARSONS
Parsons, Edward. Aged 37 years. Chief Storekeeper of the Titanic, and Dearly beloved Husband of Clarsia Parsons, 26, Roberts Road, Plymouth. Liverpool and London papers please copy. [Also Hampshire Independent 27th April 1912]...
22nd April 1912
Western Morning News THE FEARS OF RELATIVES
Three inhabitants of Bodmin had relatives on board the Titanic. Mrs. George Pidwell, of Robartes-road, had a sister (Mrs.Lobb), who was going out to America with her husband, and Fathers Smith and McElroy, of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Priory, had br...
19th April 1912
Western Morning News THE FEARS OF RELATIVES
Three inhabitants of Bodmin had relatives on board the Titanic. Mrs. George Pidwell, of Robartes-road, had a sister (Mrs.Lobb), who was going out to America with her husband, and Fathers Smith and McElroy, of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Priory, had bro...
19th April 1912
JOSEPH BELL   JOSEPH BELL
Titanic Chief Engineer Joseph Bell...
HENRY WILDE AND CAPTAIN SMITH   HENRY WILDE AND CAPTAIN SMITH
  MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported...
23rd July 1912
  MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reporte...
23rd July 1912
  MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were report...
23rd July 1912
  MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported togeth...
23rd July 1912
HENRY T. WILDE   HENRY T. WILDE
  MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY: PENNY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported to...
23rd July 1912
Worcester Evening Gazette SAVES DOGS WHILE PASSENGERS PERISH
Article...
20th April 1912
New York Times ESTATES APPRAISED
*** MANDELBAUM, HERMAN (April 19, 1933). Gross assets,, $159,224; net, $142,897. To Sarah Dessauer, daughter, life estate in $58,643; Tillie M. Samuel, daughter, $15,000; Selma Molendo, not related, $10,000; estate of Blanche M. Lang, one-half...
20th October 1933
  PARSONS FAMILY INFORMATION
Edward Parsons (Chief Storekeeper) was born in Barnstaple, North Devon in 1875. He was the son of James Hill Parsons and Rebecca. One of 6 children his siblings were Edith (b.1865 Bradworthy, Devon), Richard (b.1868 Exeter, Devon), James (b. ...
  MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were...
23rd July 1912
Mid Cumberland and Westmoreland Herald 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
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Charles John Joughin, Titanic's chief baker was born in Patten Street, West Float, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, on August 3, 1878, went to sea at age 11, later becoming chief baker on various White Star Line steamships. After surviving ...
Cambridge Chronicle A CAMBRIDGE VICTIM
Mr. A. W. Barringer [photo] The greatest sympathy is felt with the relatives of Mr. A. W Barringer, whom as reported in last week's issue, was amongst those who lost their lives in the terrible Titanic disaster. The dece...
26th April 1912
New York Times F. J. MCCARTY
Marlene Tromp
Michael McCarty, father of Frederick J. McCarty, was also a steward.  He arrived in New York on the Allan Line steamer Victoria on April 23, 1912, seeking information about his son.  Michael's ship passed through the same ice field that ...
23rd April 1912
Asbury Park Evening Press MRS. GWINN IS NOT AT POINT OF DEATH
Wife of Titanic’s Mail Chief Feels Loss Keenly but is Not Ill ---------- Metropolitan newspapers this morning all published stories to the effect that Mrs. William Logan Gwinn, wife of the chief mail clerk of the lost Titanic, w...
26th April 1912
Titanic Crew Biography CHARLES S. REED, 2ND CLASS BEDROOM STEWARD
Peter Northover
New research reveals the identity of a Titanic steward....
10th December 2011
Unidentified Newspaper UNTITLED
Article in Unidentified Wexford Newspaper...
1912
Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate, and Cheriton Herald MR. WILLIAM PENNY
We regret to hear that Mr. William Penny, eldest son of Mrs. A. Penny, of 4, Waverley Villas, Cheriton Road, was among the victims in the catastrophe to the Titanic. Mr. Penny had been a medical steward in the service of the White Star Lin...
25th April 1912
Washington Post TITANIC'S WIRELESS CHIEF DIED ON A LIFERAFT
New York. April 19.—Philips [sic], the first Marconi operator aboard the Titanic, stuck to his post till the last, jumped from the sinking ship, was taken aboard the life raft, and died before rescuers reached him, according to th...
20th April 1912
Ormskirk Advertiser WALTER JAMES BROWN
WALTER JAMES BROWN was 39 [sic] years old when he joined the crew of the Titanic as a First Class Saloon Steward. Before joining The White Star Lines, Brown worked for his older brother, William, in his grocery store on Moor Street in Ormskirk. Walte...
5th February 1998
Chicago Inter Ocean CHICAGO GIRL LAST TO LEAVE TITANIC
Miss Annie Kelly Reaches Home Here and Tells of Her Thrilling Experiences White Escaping From the Sinking Liner The last woman to leave the sinking Titanic was Miss Annie Kelly, 17 years old, sister of Miss Beatrice Kelly,...
23rd April 1912
Newark Star JERSEY WOMAN LOST FORTUNE ON TITANIC
--- NEW YORK, April 24---Mrs. Jane Herman, of Bernardsville, N. J., who was saved, with her daughters, when the Titanic foundered, but whose husband, Samuel Herman, was drowned, lost all she had in the world in that disaster. He...
25th April 1912
Atlantic Daily Bulletin JACK BUTTERWORTH
Brian J. Ticehurst
Butterworth, Jack. Lived at 270 Priory Road, St Denys, Southampton. Was 23 years old. Occupation on board the Titanic - Saloon Steward. (Born in Manchester). (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913). Number 326. Butterwort...
2002
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser BODMIN PRIESTS BEREAVED
At Mass at St. Piran’s Roman Catholic Church, Truro on Sunday morning, prayers were offered for those who went down in the Titanic, and special mention was made of Mr. Hugh McElroy, the chief purser, brother of the present Prior of Bodmin, and Mr. Re...
20th April 1912
Berkshire Chronicle DETAINED AT WASHINGTON
Detained at Washington. Among those who were expected to have arrived home on the Lapland was Mr, Frederick Dent Ray, of 'Akbar' 56 palmer Park Avenue, Reading. Mr Ray, who was a steward on the Titanic, cabled home to his relatives informing them...
29th April 1912
Newark Evening News TELLS OF HER FINANCIAL LOSS
Special Service of the NEWS BERNARDSVILLE, April 24---Mrs. Jane Herman, wife of Samuel Herman, who lost his life in the Titanic disaster, said yesterday that her husband had with him a check for a large sum, a gold watch and chain belo...
24th April 1912
Cambridge Independent Press 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
  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...
New York Herald TITANIC : THE COUNTESS OF ROTHES AND THE PHANTOM LIGHT
LADY ROTHES DESCRIBES THE HORROR OF SURVIVORS' CHASE OF PHANTOM LIGHT ...
21st April 1912
HENRY WILDE IN WHITE UNIFORM   HENRY WILDE IN WHITE UNIFORM
Henry Tingle Wilde pictured in Summer White uniform...
Coventry Standard IRISH PRIESTS LOST
Newspaper article...
26th April 1912
Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate, and Cheriton Herald HYTHE MOURNERS
Page 11 There are at least two Hythe residents mourning the loss of relatives who were on the ill-fated Titanic. One is Mr. W. R. Wood, the popular Postmaster, whose brother, Mr. J. T. Wood, aged 49 years went down with the great major...
25th April 1912
New York Herald BRAVERY OF TITANIC SURGEON DR. WILLIAM FRANCIS NORMAN O'LOUGHLIN
In accounts printed about the Titanic and the bravery of her officers little has been said of one who probably was the most widely known and best beloved of all classes....
22nd April 1912
WILLIAM FARR PENNY   WILLIAM FARR PENNY
Tony Evans
My great uncle...
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser BODMIN PRIESTS BEREAVED
At Mass at St. Piran’s Roman Catholic Church, Truro on Sunday morning, prayers were offered for those who went down in the Titanic, and special mention was made of Mr. Hugh McElroy, the chief purser, brother of the present Prior of Bodmin (Fr. Richar...
20th April 1912
New York Times FIREMEN OVERCOME BY SMOKE
Stubborn Fire in the Cellar of 679 Broadway---One Man in the Hospital --- For two hours last evening firemen fought a fire in the sub-cellar of the five-story building 679 Broadway, adjoining the Broadway Central Hotel. Dense, stifling ...
7th November 1893
Unidentified Newspaper 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
  ACCOUNT BY MARSHALL DREW
'When the 'Titanic' struck the iceberg at 11.40 pm, I was in bed. However, for whatever reason I was awake and remember the jolt and cessation of motion. A steward knocked on the stateroom door and directed us to get dressed, put on life preservers a...
  REGINALD GEORGE SMITH & HUGH WALTER MCELROY
It is quite likely that Hugh Walter McElroy (purser) and Reginald George Smith (saloon steward) were acquainted as they both had brothers who were Roman Catholic Priests. Father Richard McElroy and Father Aloysius Smith both served to...
North Berks Herald REVD. CARTER
Page 7, Column 1 Amongst those who went down with the Titanic were the Rev. Ernest Courtney [sic] Carter and his wife. Mr Carter was a St John's man, who later than usual in life became ordained and did some wonderfully good work, espe...
4th May 1912
New York Times GUGGENHEIM HEIRESS WED TO CORPORAL
Mrs. Hazel McKinley Bride of Larry Leonard in Denver --- DENVER, Col., Sept. 30 (AP)---Mrs. Hazel Guggenheim McKinley, mining-family heiress, and Larry Leonard, an Army corporal, were married tonight at the home of Charles Ginsburg, Mrs...
1st October 1943
LOADING THE REAR BOATS Titanic Research LOADING THE REAR BOATS
George Jacub
While working on a major project involving the Titanic, I ran into a snag. I thought I could unravel the problem by examining the order the rear boats were loaded and lowered. The answer helped, though less than I had hoped. But I was sti...
29th May 2008
Western Morning News TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW
Among those on board the Titanic was a son of Mrs Parsons of Bronshill Road, Torquay. Mr Edward Parsons had been in the service of the White Star Line practically all his life and has a wife and five children at Southampton. He was visiting his mot...
17th April 1912
  MEMORIALS
Remembered on: the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
New York Times MR. GOLDENBERG EXPLAINS IT
Says His "Titanic Baggage" Was Purchased on Board Carpathia --- Samuel L Goldenberg of the lace importing house of Goldenberg Bros. & Co.,108 Fifth Avenue, who is among the survivors of the Titanic disaster, explained to THE TIMES ye...
25th April 1912
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO GEORGE FOX HOSKING
Remembered on: the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial also remembered on ...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO JAMES FRASER
Remembered on: the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial also remembered on ...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO WILLIAM FARQUHARSON
Is remembered on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial also remembered o...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS: HUGH FITZPATRICK
Remembered on: the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial a...
  MEMORIALS TO GEORGE ALEXANDER CHISNALL
Remembered on: the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
The Times THOMAS WHITELEY : ANOTHER TITANIC CASE
In Mr Justice Darling's court yesterday Mr [W. Norman] Raeburn on behalf of the defendants in Whiteley v. Oceanic Steam Navigation Company (Limited), asked that a date should be fixed for the hearing. He said that the plaintiff, who was a ...
17th January 1914
  MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial also remembered on the Institut...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. a...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered ...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent - Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the L...
  FAMILY GRAVESTONE
IN LOVING MEMORY OF MARY CATHERINE (POLLY) THE DEARLY BELOVED WIFE OF LIEUT. HENRY T WILDE RNR. WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 24th DECR. 1910 AGED 38 YEARS. ALSO THE TWIN SONS OF THE ABOVE, ARCHIE AND RICHARD WHO DIED IN INFANCY DECEMBER 1910 "A LOVI...
  MEMORIALS TO WILLIAM KELLY
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO FANK PARSONS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
  PENROSE: PROBATE INFORMATION
PENROSE John Poole of 13 Southview Road Southampton steward merchant service died 15 April 1912 at sea Administration Winchester 2 August 1912 to Florence Annie Penrose widow. Effects £131 3s 4d. === PENROSE Florence Ann of Crosby Clock House...
2nd August 1912
  MEMORIALS TO ALFRED MIDDLETON
Assistant Electrician. Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memori...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO JOHN HENRY HESKETH
Named on the magnificent Engineer's Memorial in East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembere...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO EDWARD DODD
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also ...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO RENNY DODDS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also ...
New York Times 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
  MEMORIALS TO ALBERT GEORGE ERVINE
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial....
Western Morning News THE FEARS OF RELATIVES
In connection with the Women’s Missionary Auxiliary at the Zion United Methodist Church, St. Austell, on Wednesday evening, Mr. W. J. Nicholls, who presided, referred to the loss of the Titanic. There were those in their own neighbourhood who had be...
19th April 1912
Chicago Examiner NOT LOCKED IN CABIN ON CARPATHIA, SAYS ISMAY
I know that my personal conduct has been made the subject of a lot of unfavorable comment, and I court the fullest inquiry at the hands of your committee or any one else who has the right to ask such questions.  So far as the Carpathia is ...
1st May 1912
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO ARTHUR WARD
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on...
Paterson Morning Call 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
New-York Tribune MAJESTIC IN WITH CHIEF OFFICER A HERO
Passengers Cheer David Blair, Who Risked Life in Fog to Save Fireman --- DIVED IN MIDOCEAN --- Women Weep as Gallant Sailor and Man for Whom He Jumped Are Helped Over Side ---...
9th May 1913
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO HENRY DYER
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also ...
Washington Herald THOMAS WHITELEY : DESCRIBES LAST MEAL ON TITANIC
“It Was the Gayest Night of Trip Among Diners,” Says Assistant Steward --- New York, N. Y., April 20---Propped up on pillows in a bed in St. Vincent's Hospital this afternoon, Thomas Whitely, an assistant steward in the f...
21st April 1912
The Witney Gazette 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
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
Bucks Free Press SAVED FROM THE TITANIC - MISS M. SLOAN
The news of the disaster caused grave anxiety to the relatives....
26th April 1912
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also r...
  MEMORIALS: ARTHUR ROUS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also r...
Washington Post SEAT IN U.S. SENATE CHIEF AMBITION OF NOTED SOCIETY WOMAN FROM COLORADO
Mrs. J.J. Brown, a Favorite in Smart Set and Politics Mrs. J.J. Brown of Denver, a possible candidate for the United States Senate, is shown above with her niece, Miss Helen Tobin, who recently created a sensation in her J...
26th July 1914
  60 OF TITANIC DEAD TO BE BURIED TO-DAY
Speedy Interment of Many Unidentified Bodies in Halifax Becomes Necessary --- SEARCH IN MORGUE KEEPS UP --- Funeral Ship Minia, Which Picks Up 15, Ordered to Report No...
1912
  EDWARD HARRIS, PANTRYMAN
Edward Harris was the 4th son of Thomas Harris, a part-time prison warder who lived at 13, Greenhill Avenue, Winchester. After leaving school Edward worked for several years at the town's railway station. His employers were S...
NOTES ON LIFEBOAT LISTS Titanic Research NOTES ON LIFEBOAT LISTS
Peter Engberg
Explore the difficulties in producing a credible list of lifeboat placements....
11th July 1999
CAPTAIN ROSTRON'S HANDWRITTEN ACCOUNT OF THE DISASTER.   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
New York Times PAINTING FOR BUTT FUND
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14---Col. Spencer Cosby, chief aid to President Taft, received to-day a painting depicting the sinking of the Titanic and the rescue of some of her passengers. Gilbert Gaul, a New York artist, offered it as a contribut...
15th December 1912
The Times LIVERPOOL AWARDS TO CARPATHIA CREW
Page 3Engineers of the Carpathia honoured The Lord Mayor of Liverpool has made various presentations to the engineers and electricians of the Carpathia who gave service on the night of the Titanic disaster. Mr A. Johnsto...
16th December 1912
  ADOLPHE SAALFELD POST-DISASTER
Saalfeld was in the First Class Smoking Room when the collision occurred; he was advised by a steward to go to the boat deck. In his cabin he had left samples of perfume that he was taking to America, but managed to pocket a menu card....
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS: WILLIAM DUFFY
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial....
INFORMATION FOR CRUISE MEMBERS   INFORMATION FOR CRUISE MEMBERS
An outside double room with bath. Rooms decorated in this fashion may be found on the Main, B and C Decks. INFORMATION FOR CRUISE-MEMBERS Membership in the Cruise includes accommodations in the Normandie from New Y...
1937 Gare Maritime
Washington Times MRS. MOORE AWAITS WORD OF HUSBAND
W. B. Hibbs, Who Went To New York, Not Yet Heard From --- No word from W. B. Hibbs was received at the residence of Clarence Moore this morning. Mr. Hibbs went to New York yesterday to obtain all possible information about Mr. Moore, w...
18th April 1912
POSTWAR 12. JUNGLE BAR. CABIN CLASS.   POSTWAR 12. JUNGLE BAR. CABIN CLASS.
JUNGLE BAR: One of the most delightful spots on the entire ship is the exquisitely appointed Jungle Bar. Its dark walls, sophisticated decorations and subdued lighting provide the intimate charm of your favorite rendez-vous at home. Here you will ...
Gare Maritime
The Times PIRRIE BECOMES FIRST HONORARY BURGESS OF BELFAST
BELFAST, JULY 24 Mr. W. J. Pirrie, High Sheriff of county Antrim, and ex-Lord Mayor of the city, entertained at Ormiston on Thursday the Judges of Assize, Lord Chief Baron Palles and Lord Justice...
25th July 1898
Hackney And Kingsland Gazette CLAPTON WIDOW'S APPLICATION
Mrs Sarah Wood, the widow of the second-class steward of the ill-fated “Titanic,” – the late James Thomas Wood, of 7, Narford-road, Upper Clapton – applied at Shoreditch County Court yesterday with regard to the disposal of a sum of £286 19s. 6d. pai...
7th July 1912
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO JAMES SMITH
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers memorial, East Park. also named on a grave in the Anfield Cemetery, Liverpool. The inscription reads: Also Peter Only Son of the Above Who Lost His Life With Other Brave Of...
  BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Article...
  EDWARD THOMAS STONE FAMILY INFORMATION
Edward Thomas Stone was born in 1882/83 in Shirley, Southampton. He himself quotes his birthplace as Cornwall when signing on Titanic but this appears to be erroneous. (It is currently assumed that he lived there for a while when young). He was the ...
  FAMILY GRAVE
[The Church was demolished in 1860 but the churchyard still exists. The gravestones are next to the Storrow obelisk near the churchyards north-west gate.] Joseph Bell who departed this life on 8 December 1836, aged 69 years. Mar...
New York Times INSIST TORPEDO SANK HER
Hospital Ship Britannic Survivors Say Propellers Killed 45 Men --- Several survivors of the hospital ship Britannic, which was sunk in the Aegean Sea, were among the crew of the Adriatic, which arrived here...
28th January 1917
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO NORMAN HARRISON
Named on the magnificent Engineer's Memorial in East Park, Southampton. also named on a grave in Knotty Ash Parish Church Cemetery, Knotty Ash, Liverpool. also mentioned on a grave in Kirkdale Cemetery, Longmoor Lane, Liverpool....
A VOYAGE ON THE SS PARIS Gare Maritime A VOYAGE ON THE SS PARIS
A cruise along the East Coast around 1932...
2nd August 2006 Gare Maritime
POSTWAR 16. TOURIST CLASS COCKTAIL BAR.   POSTWAR 16. TOURIST CLASS COCKTAIL BAR.
COCKTAIL BAR: The gay canary yellow and buff décor of the Nieuw Amsterdam’s Tourist Class Bar is designed to give spirits a lift…even without the benefits of alcohol. But there’s no denying that the fine liquors and smooth mixed dr...
Gare Maritime
Barking Chronicle THE TITANIC DISASTER. EAST HAM RESIDENTS MISSING
We learn that Mr and Mrs R.J. Rogers, of 11 Southchurch Gardens, East Ham, have a son and a nephew amongst the crew of the Titanic, the deplorable sinking of which has created such widespread consternation...
19th April 1912
Chicago American TITANIC VICTIM IN CHICAGO TELLS OF SELF-DEATH
TITANIC VICTIM IN CHICAGO TELLS OF OFFICER’S SELF-DEATH Remarkable strength of Carl Janson, another of the surviving passengers of the Titanic, kept him alive in the frigid ocean for six hour...
25th April 1912
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO BERTIE WILSON
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on...
  INFORMATION FROM THE WILLIAM SALT LIBRARY, STAFFORD
Hodgkinson, Leonard. Engineer. Stoke man educated at St. Thomas's School, Stoke. With White Star for several years. WAS forty-six years of age and his birthplace Liverpool. His apprenticeship was served with Messrs. Hartley, Armour and Fanning...
The Evening Post, Wellington, New Zealand 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
Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette CLAIM TITANIC NOT SEAWORTHY
FIRST TIME SUGGESTION IS MADE SINCE DISASTER Plea Advanced by Injured Employee of Liner Which Went Down After Collision With Iceberg - Assert Negligence Also By Associated P...
16th January 1914
Whitehaven News LOCAL CONNECTION WITH TITANIC DISASTER
The Blackburn Times of the 20th inst. contains the following account of an interview with Mr. James Shepherd, son of the late Mr. Jonathan Shepherd, formerly of Whitehaven, and now residing at Blackburn, whose son, Mr. Jonathan Shepherd, was one of t...
2nd May 1912
New York Times TAFT'S TRIBUTE TO BUTT
WASHINGTON, April 19---President Taft was notified as soon as the Carpathia docked and the corrected list of survivors was made public that Major Butt was not on board. With all hope for the rescue of his aid abandoned, the President to-day issued...
20th April 1912
Torquay Directory TORQUAY RESIDENT LOSES HER SON
Mrs. Parsons, of Hardene, Bronshill Road, has lost her son. Mr. Edward Parsons, who was chief storekeeper on the Titanic. He had been in connected with the White Star Line for many years, and had previously served on the Oceanic, Teutonic, and Maje...
24th April 1912
Times-Tribune 50 YEARS AFTER: A MEMORY OF THE TITANIC
Rosemary Mossien
BY ROSEMARY MOSSIEN Vivid memories of the horror of the sinking of the "unsinkable" ocean liner Titanic 50 years ago April 15 are recalled by Mrs. John Black, 11 Kay Terrace, only Rochesterian who is a survivor of the tragedy....
1962
Unidentified Newspaper UNKNOWN TITLE
Eleanor, her brother; Harold, and her mother; Alice were in Finland visiting her mother's dying father. They were on their way back to the U.S. The three stopped in England only to find out their tickets on the ship to take them back to America had b...
1997
New York Times PATOIS AND FAUVETTE WIN
Get Chief Honors In Puppy Division at French Bulldog Show --- After two days of keen competition, the eighth annual show of the French Bulldog Club of America at the Hotel McAlpin closed yesterday. The attendance was not as good as at pr...
14th May 1916
Newark Evening News 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
New York Times THOSE WHO SAW THE RESCUE
Carpathia's Passengers, Who Were Bound for Mediterranean, Back. The passengers on the Carpathia, whose trip to the Mediterranean was interrupted to aid those saved from the Titanic, are: Rev. R. B. Anderson, Baltimore,...
19th April 1912
The Times SWEARING-IN OF MR. JUSTICE BIGHAM
QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION (Before MR. JUSTICE MATHEW, MR. JUSTICE WILLS, MR. JUSTICE LAWRANCE, MR. JUSTICE WRIGHT, MR. JUSTICE BRUCE, and MR. JUSTICE KENNEDY.) In the absence of the Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justic...
  HAMBLYN FAMILY INFORMATION
Ernest William Hamblyn was born in Plymouth, Devon and his birth was registered there in the December Quarter of 1865. He remains elusive in early life but has been traced to Shirley, Southampton in the England & Wales 1901 census. It h...
The Witney Gazette GAMBLERS ON TITANIC ESCAPE BY DRESSING AS WOMEN
An extraordinary story is reported in New York of the escape from the sinking Titanic of two well-known gamblers who, for some years, have frequented the Atlantic liners, and against whose card-sharking tricks notices have been posted on ...
11th May 1912
  REMINISCENCES OF TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS
Charles Spedding
There are a great many fallacies in connection with the loss of the Titanic, the chief one being that she was trying to break the record. As a matter of fact, she had not averaged twenty-one knots up to the time she struck, three knots le...
1926
  MEMORIALS TO WILLIAM DICKSON MACKIE
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also r...
Asbury Park Evening Press MAIL CLERK GWINN DIED AT HIS POST
MAIL CLERK GWINN DIED AT HIS POST ---------- Continued to Work Till Explosion Rent Titanic---Wife is Critically Ill ---------- Among the five postal clerks who stuck to their mail to the last and sank with it when ...
22nd April 1912
New York Times MRS. B. GUGGENHEIM SUCCUMBS HERE AT 66
Her Husband, Member of Family Noted in Mining Industry, Perished on Titanic --- Mrs. Florette Guggenheim, widow of Benjamin Guggenheim, who perished on the Titanic, died yesterday in her apartment in the Hotel Plaza, after a brief illne...
16th November 1937
Southern Daily Echo LINK WITH THE TITANIC: DEATH OF LOOK-OUT MAN AT SOUTHAMPTON
A notable figure among the survivors of the Titanic has been removed by death at the Sailors' Home at Southampton on Tuesday of Reginald Robinson Lee, on whom an inquest was held by the Borough Coroner (Mr. H. K. Pope) yesterday afternoon. Le...
8th August 1913
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HUGH WALTER MCELROY : CHIEF PURSER OF R.M.S. TITANIC Titanic Research THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HUGH WALTER MCELROY : CHIEF PURSER OF R.M.S. TITANIC
Frank McElroy
Coat of Arms...
19th June 2009
George Jacub AN EXPERIMENT UNVEILS THE TIMING OF THE AFT PORT BOATS
I didn't know whether to cheer or to cringe. Having completed my research into the timing of the first lifeboats to leave the sinking Titanic, plus the last boats and half...
15th July 2011
Chicago Inter Ocean 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 BUTT-MILLET MEMORIAL
President Taft and Washington Friends Raise Funds for a Tablet --- WASHINGTON, May 30---President Taft, members of the Diplomatic Corps in Washington, and many high Government officials have contributed to a fund of several thousand dol...
31st May 1912
New York Times TITANIC SURVIVORS HONOR CAPT. ROSTRON
They Present Silver Loving Cup to Him and Medals to His Officers and Men --- GIVES CREDIT TO HIS CREW --- Modest Skipper Praises and Thanks His Men for Them Loyalty and Committee for Its Gifts --- When the Cu...
30th May 1912
  ARTEMIS OF VERSAILLES
The Artemis of Versailles, a small copy of the classical statue, lay on the mantle piece above the fireplace in the Titanic's first class lounge. The statue was one of the artefacts photographed when Dr Robert Ballard and ...
  EDWARD HENRY BAGLEY (RESEARCH ABOUT HIS LIFE)
Edward Henry Bagley was born to Edward Bagley and his wife Lucy Bagley (nee Longhurst) on the 4th March 1879. The family lived at 17 Wightman Street, Plaistow, London. His father worked as a labourer at a soap works, and by the time of the boy's bapt...
2003
New York Times MRS. THOMAS CARDEZA
Page 21, column 1 Wife of Philadelphia Explorer, Kin of Racine, Red Cross Aide PHILADELPHIA, Nov 11 Mrs. Mary Racine Cardeza, wife of Thomas Drake Martinez Cardeza, Philadelphia sportsman and explorer, ...
12th November 1943
Newark Evening News SAY LIFEBOAT COULD HAVE HELD TEN MORE
Special Service of the NEWS BERNARDSVILLE, April 20---That the lifeboat which bore them from the Titanic might easily have contained ten more passengers, is the statement of Mrs. Jane Herman and her twin daughters, the Misses Kate and ...
20th April 1912
THOMAS WHITELEY : APPEARING AT THE MERRIMACK SQUARE THEATRE Lowell Sun THOMAS WHITELEY : APPEARING AT THE MERRIMACK SQUARE THEATRE
The attendance at both perfomances at the Merrimack Square theatre yesterday was extraordinarily large, and the many patrons seemed well satisfied with the bill as presented, for practically each number was received with loud applause.  ...
28th May 1912
Hampshire Advertiser LINK WITH TITANIC - DEATH OF THE LOOK-OUT MAN AT SOUTHAMPTON
A noticeable figure among the survivors of the Titanic has been removed by the death at the Sailors’ Home Southampton on Tuesday of Reginald Robinson Lee, on whom an inquest was held by the Borough Coroner (Mr. H. K. Pope) on Friday afternoo...
9th August 1913
New York Times FIND HEADQUARTERS OF CHICAGO GUNMEN
Police Locate Saloon Where They Got Arms and Waited, It is Said, for Murphy's Orders --- RAID JOHN MILLER'S HOME --- Seize Quantity of Dynamite There---Paper Giving List Used Last Tuesday Is Found --- Special...
16th May 1922
San Francisco Bulletin SAN FRANCISCO'S ASSESSOR TELLS STORY OF THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC
From Which He Escapes After Thrilling Experience NEW YORK, April 19.-Dr. Washington Dodge of San Francisco, at the Hotel Wolcott here, gave the following account of the wreck: "We had retired to our stateroom, and the ...
19th April 1912
Washington Times WIDENER WAS HEROIC TO END, SAYS FRIEND
Traction Magnate Kissed Wife Good-By, Then Went Back To Die --- NEW YORK, April 19---Rushed to Philadelphia in a special train that had been sidetracked at the Communipaw station of the Pennsylvania railroad, in Jersey City, were the su...
19th April 1912
Connaught Telegraph LOSS OF THE TITANIC.
Flower of Mayo's Youth Sank with Hands Joined on The Titanic Of Fifteen Merry Lads and Colleens Seeking Fortune only Two Arrive The Chicago "Evening World" says:- Of twelve young Irishwomen and girls, two young men and a boy c...
25th May 1912
Daily Enterprise 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
JOHN EDWARD HART: DUBIOUS HERO Titanic Research JOHN EDWARD HART: DUBIOUS HERO
David Gleicher
Was Hart really a hero?...
26th January 2001
Evanston Daily News MARY HEWLETT - SURVIVOR OF TITANIC HERE
Mrs. Mary Hewlitt, of Lucknow, India, Was Rescued From the Disabled Craft, Gives Description of Disaster Was Traveling Alone Woman Stops Here At Home of J. L. Hebblet...
25th April 1912
New York Herald THOMAS WHITELEY : THREE WARNINGS WERE GIVEN TO THE OFFICER ON THE BRIDGE
Thomas Whiteley, Tells of Hearing Men Who Were in Crows Nest Express Indignation Because Mr. Murdock, the First Officer, Repeatedly Refused to Act on Their Report of Danger. ...
21st April 1912
New York Times 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
  WILLIAM GREENFIELDS ACCOUNT
William was involved in his Father's fur business and sailed to Russia once a year to purchase pelts. Blanche went with him this time to buy silk in Paris for the linings of the coats. William met his ...
Chicago Tribune THOMAS FOLEY'S BROTHER GONE
            Thomas Foley, 3157 Harrison street, a street car conductor, a well built young man, with an unspoiled Irish burr in his speech, called to ask if the ...
20th April 1912
Bournemouth Echo A SWANAGE MAN'S STORY OF THE DISASTER
Iceberg mistaken for a cloud The Two Swanage survivors of the ill-fated Titanic messers J W. Gibbons of Studland and Charles Burgess arrived in England on Sunday in the "Lapland". They both arrived in Swanage on Tuesday afternoon and e...
1912
Washington Times TAFT FEELS LOSS OF AIDE AS IF HE HAD BEEN BROTHER
President, In Statement, Praises Fidelity of Late Military Aide --- President Taft today issued another statement relative to the fate of Major Butt, in which he dwelt particularly on his incapability to indulge in “intrigue or insincer...
19th April 1912
  LETTER FROM JACK BUTTERWORTH
Prior to leaving on the Titanic, Jack had been courting his fiancee (a Miss May Hinton of Woolston, Southampton) and they had agreed to become engaged. Jack wrote the following letter (actual letter see next column) which was posted at Queenstown: (n...
1912
Chicago Daily Journal TITANIC WAS UNSAFE
 SAYS TITANIC WAS UNSAFE Steward, Suing for Injury in Wreck Says Precautions Were Disregarded [Associated Press Cablegram] London, Jan. 16—The plea that the Titanic was unseaworthy when she l...
16th January 1914
The Times 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
ANATOMY OF A BOAT DECK PORTRAIT Titanic Research ANATOMY OF A BOAT DECK PORTRAIT
Senan Molony
Mawkish sentimentality or inspired reconstruction, the Titanic art of Fortunino Matania...
3rd December 2003
Christian Science Sentinel TESTIMONIES FROM THE FIELD
It is difficult to tell from the experience which follows, but the student of the Christian Science will readily see in it that acceptance of the truth made the overcoming of fear possible, even as in the case if disease, and that divine Princi...
October 1912
WHITE STAR LINE OFFICER'S UNIFORM CIRCA 1912 Voyage WHITE STAR LINE OFFICER'S UNIFORM CIRCA 1912
John Hemmert
By and large the various British steamship company's officer's uniforms of the Edwardia...
15th February 2005
The Sun (New York) SMITH THOUGHT HIS SHIP UNSINKABLE
Titanic's Skipper Was Never in an Accident on High Seas Before This One --- LOVED OCEAN LIKE A BOY --- Grew Up With White Star Line and Had Its Confidence---Junior Officers on Board --- ...
16th April 1912
Hudson Dispatch BODY OF WEST HOBOKEN MAN, VICTIM OF TITANIC DISASTER, FOUND AT SEA
Recovered by the Mackay-Bennett Ship and Will Be Sent Home. --------------- IDENTIFIED BY MARKS --------------- Fifteen More Bodies Were Found by Same Vessel Today --------------- Greenwood Robertson, of 222...
23rd April 1912
Washington Herald LIFEBOATS WOULD HAVE SAVED MORE
Titanic's Steward, in Giving Story, Says Great Loss of Life Was Due to Their Absence --- SHIP'S ENGINEER, CAUGHT IN DOOR, BEGS TO BE SHOT TO END AGONY --- New York, April 18---The following statement made to-day by Alfred ...
19th April 1912
New York Times THE SAILORS WERE BEATEN
Morris Park Cricketers Put up a Good Game Against the Majestic Team --- The Morris Park Cricket Club was determined to defeat the team of the steamship Majestic yesterday at Morris Park, and they took no chances in t...
15th August 1893
Newark Evening News JERSEY DEATH ROLL DETAILS
Besides Residents of This State, Many Victims Had Connections Here ---------- ANGUISH OF THE RELATIVES ---------- In addition to the New Jersey residents who lost their lives in the disaster, fourteen more who met death had friends and r...
19th April 1912
ET Comment THE RECORD SPEAKS!
Tad Fitch, Sam Halpern and Bill Wormstedt
In his latest opinion piece, Senan Molony said that it is important to bear in mind that Hugh Woolner is merely a battleground for the real issue, the claim that Collapsible C “left the Titanic close to her climactic consummation.” Yet, the final ...
13th December 2006
The Times THE TITANIC BAND MEMORIAL CONCERT
THE TITANIC BAND MEMORIAL CONCERT Under the auspices of the Orchestral Association a concert was given yesterday at the Albert Hall in honour of the musicians who peris...
25th May 1912
IDENTIFYING STEWARDS Titanic Research IDENTIFYING STEWARDS
Senan Molony
WHAT ARE the chances of identifying Titanic bodies more than 90 years after they were buried at sea? Better than impossible - fair, in some cases. One of the early bodies picked up by the search ves...
13th February 2005
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : VESTIBULE AND A DECK FOYER, ARCHITECT'S RENDERING.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : VESTIBULE AND A DECK FOYER, ARCHITECT'S RENDERING.
Vestibule and A Deck Foyer: One of the most striking examples is that of the four bronze statuettes on a huge oxidized copper panel, located in the well of the Main Deck Vestibule. The work of Jan Eloy and Leo Brom, it represents the seasons f...
Gare Maritime
Paterson Evening News CHARLES JOUGHIN RITES TOMORROW; TITANIC SURVIVOR
A service for Charles Joughin, 78, of 574 E. 23rd St., who survived the sinking of the trans-Atlantic liner, Titanic, will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the R. Charles D. Legg and Sons Home for Funerals, 384 Broadway. The Rev. Wi...
10th December 1956
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