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		TITANIC'S FUEL The Titanic left Southampton with 5892 tons of coal.Some of the coal, including this fragment, was salvaged from the wrecksite and broken up for sale....
	Pall Mall Gazette	COAL STRIKE NEWS BILLBOARD Advert for the Pall Mall Gazette in March 1912, suggesting that miners are "blackmailing the nation" (with obvious pun intended) by failing to work pits in their demand for better pay. If the coal strike had continued a few days longer, the...	23rd March 1912
	The Stevens Point Journal	FATED SHIPS HOLD AFIRE Fireman Details How Flames Broke Out In Coal Bunkers After Leaving Southampton and Steamship Was Rushed Westward So That Blaze Might Be Extinguished in New York Port. ...	27th April 1912
	Titanic Stories	TITANIC MEMORABILIA Titanic Stories A scratched and pitted piece of wood from a staircase. A china-faced doll with a tattered dress. A piece of coal lifted from two miles below the ocean surface. All these are highly desirable items if they are connected with one source… the Titanic....
	New York Times	LEAPED FROM LINER AT SEA TO SAVE MAN Majestic's First Officer Dived Overboard after Coal Trimmer Who Attempted Suicide --- BUT LIFEBOAT MADE RESCUE --- Gift from Passengers for Officer's Deed--Another of Crew who Sought Death Successful --- The ...	9th May 1913
	Belfast Newsletter	THE LADY PALMIST AND TITANIC PASSENGER Page 9The Central News says - Of the second class passengers of the Titanic, Walter Harris, of Enfield Highway and Percy Thomas Oxenham, of Ponders End, were booked on the "Philadelphia" for New York. Owing to the coal strik...	19th April 1912
	Western Morning News	TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW Two residents of Ilfracombe, Devon were in the Titanic, viz., Mr. Robert Phillips, aged about 45 years, and his daughter, Alice, a young woman about 19 or 20. For some time he was barman in the Royal Clarence Tap, and subsequently was in the employ ...	17th April 1912
		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
		TITANIC ON ICE James Tennant The Titanic sideswiped an iceberg and disappeared into history. What we haven’t heard about is the ice that broke her apart as she sank. The latest clue to this ice was the discovery of two intact pieces of double hull far from...	11th March 2011
	Gloucester Citizen	HODGES HENRY P. : GLOUCESTERIAN'S BROTHER UNLISTED WITH THE SAVED [Photo] Among the Titanic victims was Mr. H. P. Hodges, of The Cotswolds, Highfield Lane, Southampton, who is an elder brother of Mr. R. Hodges, of Melcombe, Vicarage Road, Gloucester, one of the staff at Hatherley Road Council Schools...	17th April 1912
	Bucks Free Press	CHARLES E. JUDD [BUCKINGHAMSHIRE TITANIC SURVIVOR] Fireman Judd was formerly on the Olympic but owing to that vessel being laid up, owing to the coal strike, he signed on for the Titanic....	26th April 1912
	Daily Mail	THE MAY FAMILY Mrs May, across the way, lost her husband and eldest son. The son was married a year ago and his wife had a baby six weeks ago... Crossing the road I had a talk with the elder Mrs May, a slight, pale woman with dark sorrowful eyes. She ask...	18th April 1912
	Western Morning News	TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW Henry Rogers, of Tavistock, a second class passenger, was the son of the late Mr J G Rogers, stone mason, and grandson of Mr J S Rogers, who carries on the business at Tavistock. The young man was 18 years of age and had been in service with Rev. Ma...	18th April 1912
		ARCHIE JEWELL, BUDE BOY Bill Headdon King Street was owned by the Blanchminster of Charity, rent c2 old shillings a week. Our house was built of cob ...	28th May 2008
	Totnes Times & Devon News	THE LOCAL PASSENGERS The Countess of Rothes, who was on board the Titanic, which has sunk in the North Atlantic, is among the passengers reported as safe. She is a daughter-in-law of Mrs. Leslie-Leslie, of Adelphi Terrace, Paignton. Definite information on the su...	20th April 1912
	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
	New York Times	MRS. MADELEINE DICK LOSES HOME BY FIRE $50,000 Winter House Destroyed---$100,800 Jewelry Stolen --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- CHARLESTON, S. C., Dec. 4---Mrs. Madeleine F. Dick’s Winter residence at Dixie Plantation, twenty miles from here on the Stono ...	5th December 1939
	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
	Semi Weekly Iowegian	FRENCH CHILDREN MAY BE HIS - FRANK LEFEBRE GOES TO NEW YORK FROM MYSTIC TO IDENTIFY TWO UNKNOWN FRENCH CHILDREN Believing that two unknown French children saved from the Titanic are his, Frank Lefebre has started from Mystic for New York to identify them. The two little tots are in the hands of Miss Margaret Hays, a survivor of the Titanic, who took them in...	23rd April 1912
	Croydon Times	THORNTON HEATH FAMILY AMONG THE MISSING The loss of the Titanc has affected Croydon in at least one case, and that case a particularly pathectic one, it is believed that a whole Thornton Heath family has been lost, together with some relations who saild with them. Mr. and Mr...	20th April 1912
		TURPIN FAMILY INFORMATION William John Robert Turpin was born in Plymouth, Devon in 1883. He was the son of John R Turpin (general labourer) and Mary Jane. They had married in about 1880 and were living in Commercial Street, Plymouth at the time of the 1881 census. Both wer...
	Chicago Evening Post	CHICAGO HEARS ECHO OF NEW TITANIC WOE French Miner From Iowa Arrives Here and Learns Wife and Children Were Lost With the Liner Sons Ignorant of Wreck Passengers at Union Station Take Up Collec...	25th April 1912
		NEBRASKAN SURVIVOR RARELY SPOKE OF TRAGEDY Einar Gervasius Carlson, formerly Karlsson was born in Oakarshamn, Sweden on June 19, 1890. He was 21 years old when he and a friend, Johan Charles Asplund boarded the Titanic for the United States. They were originally booked on the ship Adriatic...
	Chicago Tribune	BATTLESHIP IN CRASH LIKE TITANIC'S; DAMAGE IS SLIGHT. BATTLESHIP IN CRASH LIKE TITANIC'S; DAMAGE IS SLIGHT. Value of Subdivision of the Hull Into Large Number of Small Compartments Demonstrated ...	5th June 1912
		FREDERICK SHEATH Brian J. Ticehurst FREDERICK SHEATH was born in 1892 at number 12 Bell Street, Southampton, the house was a two-up, two-down terraced house with an outside toilet and no garden. Bell Street was situated in the lower, poorer part of town and not f...
	Voyage	ANNIE John P. Eaton West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. Port of Registry: West Hartlepool Flag of Registry: British Signal letters: P Q N&...	24th April 2005
	Elizabeth Daily Journal	ELIZABETHANS ON BOARD BIG LINER TITANIC News of Relatives Anxiously Awaited by Families In This City ---------- William E. Carter, 37 years old, of Philadelphia, a nephew of Joseph W. Carter, of 43 South Broad street, a well-known Elizabeth resident, is one of the pas...	16th April 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
		WONNACOTT FAMILY INFORMATION Dorothy Wonnacott was born in Plymouth in 1885. She was a daughter of Arscott and Mary Jane Wonnacott. Her parents, both originally from the Holsworthy area of mid-Devon had married in about 1878 and were living in Plymouth from that time....
	Worcester Telegram	W.C.PORTERS LETTERS TO WIFE AND PARTNER W.C.Porters Letters to Wife and Partner Tells of Pleasant and Successful Trip and of His Anxiety to Hurry Home on the Titanic "I have had a fine trip, enjoyed every minute of it, and have found business prospects ...	17th April 1912
		TWO CASTLEBAR VICTIMS OF THE TITANIC Tony McDonald The story of Francis Young and William Duffy from Castlebar who were crew onboard The Titanic...	16th June 2011
	Rochester City Newspaper	REVIEW: "TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION" Ego, wealth, optimism, and opulence. RMS Titanic was the grandest symbol of all this and more. Branded as "practically unsinkable," the largest ship ever built in its time boasted a top first-class ticket price of more than $103,000 in today's currency. Filled with celebrities, dignitaries, tycoons, and immigrants, the Titanic set sail on April 10, 1912, from Southampton, UK, and sank on April 15, 1912, after hitting an iceberg during its maiden voyage....	7th October 2009
	Titanic Review	THE OLYMPIC CLASS SHIPS: OLYMPIC, TITANIC, BRITANNIC Michael Tennaro In this new book, Chirnside has done the triplets proud, with a thoroughly researched history of each of these vessels. ...	6th December 2004
	Voyage	ROSALIND John P. Eaton New York, Newfoundland and Halifax Steam Ship Co., Ltd. (C.T. Bowring & Co., Ltd. Managers) Departed St. John’s, Newfoundland 6 April for New York. On 7 April at 45 degrees 10 ‘ N. by 56 degrees 40” W. encountered a str...
	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
	Centerville Daily Citizen	FRANK LEFEVRE BEREAVED MINER CALLED ELOPER - MRS. DUPONT SAYS HE FLED FROM FRANCE WITH HER BOTH MAY BE DEPORTED - EMIGRANT INSPECTOR WHITEFIELD INVESTIGATES CASE AT MYSTIC - WOMAN SAYS HE GOT $2,000 FROM HER In Appanoose county’s foreign colony there lurks, in all probability, many a romance and as romances go, frequently there are sombre sides to them. The Citizen’s readers will recall having read some time ago of the loss of the wife and four childr...	13th July 1912
	New York Times	ALARM FROM LOOKOUT IGNORED, SAILOR SAYS Officer on Titanic's Bridge Had Warning of the Iceberg from the Crow's Nest. Three warnings that an iceberg was ahead were transmitted from the crow's nest to the officers on the bridge of the doome...	21st April 1912
	Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping (1908)	SOUTHAMPTON, PORT OF Southampton, Port of. The Southampton Docks, now owned and managed by the London and South-Western Railway Co., are situated within a perfectly sheltered harbour, and have the unusual natural advantage of double tides, with pract...	1908
		LEADBELLY : THE TITANIC Huddie Ledbetter - Leadbelly Blues singer/songwriter Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Leadbelly, was born in Mooringsport, Louisiana in 1885. Leadbelly remarked in th...	15th October 1948
		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...
	Newark Evening News	TEN FROM THIS STATE ON TITANIC Four of Them Are Reported to Be Saved. ---------- STENGELS RESCUED ---------- Many Others on Liner with Relatives and Friends in This Section. ---------- ARE SEEKING INFORMATION ---------- ...	16th April 1912
		GOODWIN FAMILY UPDATED BIOGRAPHIES Goodwin, Mr. Charles Frederick. (40). Missing. Watson's Court, High Street, Melksham, Wiltshire. Ticket number CA2144 cost £46 18s 0d. There is a memorial to the whole famil...
	Titanic Research	MY TITANIC DIVE Brigitte Saar Brigitte Saar's dive to Titanic was won in a competition yet it sparked an enduring interest in the ship and her story....	30th November 2001
		CAPTAIN LUDWIG STULPING OF THE S.S. BIRMA Senan Molony CAPTAIN Ludwig Stulping (Liudvikas Stulpinas) was born on December 4, 1871 in Zarenai parish, Jomantai, Lithuania. He would be 40 at the time of the Titanic disaster. ...	28th December 2006
	Burlington Hawk Eye	SWEDE SURVIVED LINER'S SINKING DURING SEARCH FOR HIS AMERICAN DREAM There's another love story connected to the Titanic....	1st January 1998
	Titanic Research	AN 'OLYMPIC' CLASS PROPULSION SYSTEM Mark Chirnside How the White Star Line's greatest ships were propelled....	25th June 2001
	The Times	MILLVINA DEAN, LAST LIVING SURVIVOR OF THE TITANIC, DIES AGED 97 Nearly a century after she was rescued from the decks of the sinking Titanic, the last remaining survivor of the disaster has died, aged 97....	31st May 2009
	The Living Age	THE FLOATING ISLANDS Today, a floating city; tomorrow, a floating island. No other word is spacious enough for the gigantic ships now coming into existence. Next midsummer the largest ship in the World will be ploughing the Atlantic under the flag of th...	18th February 1911
	Knoxville News Sentinel	SHIPSHAPE RE-CREATED TITANIC RISES ABOVE THE LANDSCAPE IN PIGEON FORGE Half of the world's most famous ill-fated ship is being reconstructed in the Tennessee hills. A 30,000-square-foot replica of the Titanic is being built against the mountain backdrop of Pigeon Forge. The forward half of the ship will be re-created; it is half the size of the ocean liner sunk by an iceberg on its 1912 maiden voyage....	15th September 2009