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THE TITANIC & THE BATTLE FOR THE HIGH SEAS: CUNARD V. WHITE STAR LINE Titanic Stories THE TITANIC & THE BATTLE FOR THE HIGH SEAS: CUNARD V. WHITE STAR LINE
White Star Line and Cunard compete for passenger trade across the Atlantic....
16th May 2011
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
ALFRED NOURNEY : TITANIC TELEGRAM   ALFRED NOURNEY : TITANIC TELEGRAM
Wolff Cöln Sachsenring Titanic gesunken! Gerettet an Bord von Carpathia. Cunard Line. Vollständig mittel und kleiderlos. Alfred (Titanic sunk! Saved on board Cunard Line Carpathia. Completely dest...
New York Times 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
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 ...
New York Times 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 WHITE STAR LINE AFTER CONTINENTAL TRAFFIC
Service to Channel Ports Also to be Installed by Cunard Line --- WILL RIVAL GERMAN BOATS --- Mails to Two-thirds of England and All Scotland and Ireland Will Be Delayed by This Action --- The announcem...
8th January 1907
SILVA LETTER FROM CUNARD LINE   SILVA LETTER FROM CUNARD LINE
Dear Madam,In reply to yours of the 26th- inst. we beg to say that we greatly regret being unable to give you any information in reference to Mr Silva and can only state that up to the present time there has been no indication that any of t...
29th May 1915 Gare Maritime
New York Times 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
New York Times 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
New York Times 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
New York Times 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
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
Washington Herald ISMAY OUTLINES VIEW OF WRECK
Head of White Star Line, Under Guard, Makes First Statement --- New York, April 18---Mr. J. Bruce Ismay left the ship at about 11:15 o’clock to-night and went to the rear of the dock where the offices of the Cunard Line are located. He...
19th April 1912
New York Times BIGGER THAN THE LUSITANIA
White Star Line Decides to Build Vessel---Speed to be 22 Knots --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, Sept. 11---A Belfast correspondent telegraphs that Harland & Wolff have officially admitted that the...
12th September 1907
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
The Times 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
OLYMPIC POSTCARD (CIRCA 1934, POST-MERGER)   OLYMPIC POSTCARD (CIRCA 1934, POST-MERGER)
The Times SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON
Captain Sir Arthur Rostron, K.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., for many years Commodore of the Cunard Fleet and one of the most famous of the commanders of the Mauretania, died at the Cottage Hospital, Chippenham, on Monday, after a ...
6th November 1940
OLYMPIC POSTCARD (CIRCA 1934, PRE-MERGER)   OLYMPIC POSTCARD (CIRCA 1934, PRE-MERGER)
QUEEN MARY SEA TRIALS Gare Maritime QUEEN MARY SEA TRIALS
The Cunard Liner RMS Queen Mary is shown standing off Gourock, Scotland on the Clyde for anchor trials, adjustment of the magnetic compasses and fitment of her lifeboats....
6th December 2006 Gare Maritime
Unidentified Newspaper WOMAN RELATES THRILLING RACE OF CARPATHIA
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20th April 1912
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
New York Times MARY C. WELLMAN DIES AT 80; WAS A SURVIVOR OF THE TITANIC
TOPSFIELD, Mass., Nov. 25 (AP)---Mary C. Wellman, a survivor of the liner Titanic, died Sunday at her home. She was 80 years old. When Mrs. Wellamn was 16 and studying in Paris, her father booked passage for her and her mother on the ...
26th November 1975
TELEGRAM TO MRS SILVA   TELEGRAM TO MRS SILVA
from W. H. Hubbard...
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WHITE STAR LINE OFFICES IN PARIS   WHITE STAR LINE OFFICES IN PARIS
9, rue Scribe...
17th January 1912
Worcester Telegram BOSTON MAN ON FRANCONIA REPORTS COMMUNICATING WITH CARPATHIA
Article...
18th April 1912
Worcester Evening Gazette LANDING MOST PATHETIC SIGHT
New York, April 19. Worcester Evening Gazette. Worcester, Mass. Have just left Cunard docks after witnessing arrival of Titanic's rescued passengers on the Carpathia. It was the most pathetic and tr...
20th April 1912
  J. BRUCE ISMAY RETURNS TO ENGLAND
J. Bruce Ismay, one of the owners of the White Star Line of steamships, and Hon. W. J. Pirrie of the shipbuilding firm of Harland & Wolff of Belfast, the builders of the White Star steamers, who recently came over on the C...
19th September 1901
WARD LINE CIGARETTE LIGHTER   WARD LINE CIGARETTE LIGHTER
A souvenir lighter, engraved with the Ward Line house flag that would have been available to passengers aboard the Morro Castle and Oriente....
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New York Times 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
  SS NOMADIC THE LAST WHITE STAR LINE SHIP
Telling the story of the White Star Line tender SS Nomadic as she is brought to Belfast for restoration....
Chicago Examiner LAKE SHIP FLAGS LOWERED
Placed at Half-Mast in Memory of President J. B. Thayer Duluth, April 20--Flags were placed at half-mast on all ships of the Anchor Line in the harbor here today, out of respect for President J. B. Thayer of that lin...
New York Times 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
THE UNLUCKY STATENDAM Gare Maritime THE UNLUCKY STATENDAM
Jim Kalafus
Views of the elegant ocean liner...
18th December 2006 Gare Maritime
New York Times 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
Jersey Journal MRS. BRIDGET LYNCH; SURVIVOR OF TITANIC
Was Young Girl on Way to U. S. --- Arrangements were completed today for the funeral of Mrs. Bridget Lynch of Jersey City who, as a girl of 18, survived the iceberg crash of the Cunard White Star liner Titanic in 1912. Mr...
4th November 1959
Worcester Evening Gazette CARPATHIA'S CAPT. ALL WORN OUT
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20th April 1912
  MARCONIGRAMS
Marconigram dated 18th April 1912 to: Mr. J. Rosenshine, 1 W. 92nd Street, New York City. ''Am safe - Pray God George was rescued by another boat with rest of men. Arrive Carpathia. Mabelle Thorne.'' Marconigram sent 18th April 1912 to: Mrs. J. Co...
18th April 1912
MOHAWK BROCHURE 5   MOHAWK BROCHURE 5
Wander where you will, Clyde Line steamers are always inviting. Broad staircases connect the decks and public rooms." "The SS Seneca is a fast and popular coastwise steamer."...
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WARD LINE BUILDING   WARD LINE BUILDING
Three separate views of the former AGWI building at 545 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The Starbucks Coffee shop in the left hand view was, in 1934, the Ward Line ticketing office....
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WALTER BELFORD L'Illustré, revue Hebdomadaire Suisse WALTER BELFORD
Walter Belford did not appear on the Titanic's crew lists. In fact, he never was a Titanic crewman, he just told Walter Lord he was, and became famous as a "fake" Titanic survivor. At the time when this picture was published in Switzerland, in Septem...
20th September 1956
Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping (1908) ISMAY, JAMES [SIC] BRUCE
Ismay, James [sic] Bruce (b. Liverpool, 1862). President and Managing Director of the International Mercantile Marine Co. Educated Harrow, and on leaving school entered the office of Messrs. Ismay, Imrie and Co. (White Star Line). After se...
1908
New York Times J. BRUCE ISMAY ARRIVES HERE
J. Bruce Ismay, President of the International Mercantile Marine Company, arrived yesterday on the Cunard liner Mauretania.  With him was Vice President Harold A. Sanderson and E. C. Grenfell, the latter a Director of ...
27th February 1910
MOHAWK BROCHURE 4   MOHAWK BROCHURE 4
"Appetizing menus are just another link in the chain that makes "Clyde Line Service" famous." "The traditional "Ship Shape" of sea-going vessels is well exemplified in these kitchens." "On the highly polished dancing deck where hap...
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New York Times A CUNARD COMMODORE
HOME FROM THE SEA. By Arthur H. Rostron. Illustrated. 259 pp. New York: The Macmillan Company. $3.50. --- Sir Arthur was commodore of the Cunard fleet when recently he retired from active service. For four years and more he commanded t...
8th November 1931
WARD LINE POSTER  - 1920S   WARD LINE POSTER - 1920S
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WHITE STAR LINE KNIFE AND FORK   WHITE STAR LINE KNIFE AND FORK
A knife and fork stamped with the White Star Line motif similar to ones used on the Titanic...
Chicago American MAN ON MAURETANIA LEAPS TO HIS DEATH
A suicide at sea was reported by the Cunard Liner Mauretania when she arrived here today.  The victim was Stoughton Walker of New York, who jumped overboard last Sunday night.  The steamer was stopped, but no trace could be found of t...
20th April 1912
TRAFFIC Voyage TRAFFIC
John P. Eaton
On 10 April 1912 Titanic arrived at Cherbourg from Southampton at 6:35 p.m. after a voyage of little more than five hours. After taking aboard mail and pasengers she departed at 8:10 p.m. Boarding were 274 passengers: 142 first class, 30 second...
22nd September 2005
THE WHITE STAR   THE WHITE STAR
White Star Line cast brass five pointed star removed from the White Star office in Liverpool. 26ins....
MAURETANIA HISTORY COMES ALIVE IN BRISTOL Gare Maritime MAURETANIA HISTORY COMES ALIVE IN BRISTOL
Gavin Murphy
Relics of the Cunard four-stacker now grace a Bristol bar...
8th November 2001 Gare Maritime
ORIZABA AND SIBONEY   ORIZABA AND SIBONEY
Steamships "ORIZABA and SIBONEY" 14,000 Tons — Length 443 Feet — Beam 60 Feet — Depth 35 Feet. The Ward Line Flagships from 1920 through 1930, 0rizaba and Siboney were larger and more comfortable than anything else on the New York to Havana run until the threatened introduction of the Caronia to that route....
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WHITE STAR LINE TENDER GALLIC, CHERBOURG   WHITE STAR LINE TENDER GALLIC, CHERBOURG
The GALLIC was the White Star Line's first tender in Cherbourg. It was replaced in 1911 by the NOMADIC and the TRAFFIC, which better fitted the new giant liners OLYMPIC and TITANIC...
1910
Chicago Inter Ocean CHICAGOAN CREATES SCENE IN OFFICES OF THE WHITE STAR LINE
Special Dispatch to the Inter Ocean New York, April 18—Late this afternoon John Gillespie of Chicago, accompanied by a friend, entered the offices of the White Star line. His voice rang through the big rooms as he demanded informati...
19th 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
BROCHURE SAVED FROM THE TITANIC BY MME LAROCHE   BROCHURE SAVED FROM THE TITANIC BY MME LAROCHE
Mme Laroche saved a White Star Line brochure from the sinking. This 32 page document contained many pieces of information for second class passengers. From the notes on the cover: 'Nicholas Martin, 9, rue Scribe, Paris', it seems that this brochure w...
1911
Worcester Telegram REPORT FUTRELLE SAFE
By The Associated Press
London Hears Boston Author Is on Board Carpathia. London, April 17.-The list of survivors of the Titanic disaster as given out by the White Star line offices, contains the names of both Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Futrelle, Boston. Previous l...
18th April 1912
IROQUOIS GROUNDING   IROQUOIS GROUNDING
One of the most photographed liner mishaps of the pre-World War 2 years was the July 1927 stranding of the Clyde-Mallory Line's flagship Iroquois.  She and her sister Shawnee proved to be the largest vessels Clyde-Mallory ever produced, ...
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WHITE STAR LINE, LIVERPOOL   WHITE STAR LINE, LIVERPOOL
Postcard...
  1920S WHITE STAR LINE FILM
1920s White Star Line promotional film. VIews include, the reading and writing room; the bugler calling diners to dinner; dinner in the first class dining room; relaxing in the reception room; a passenger in a first class stateroom receives visitors....
Town and Country MASTERS OF THE SEA
A. I. M.
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
GENUINE WHITE STAR LINE ENVELOPE SAVED BY MME LAROCHE   GENUINE WHITE STAR LINE ENVELOPE SAVED BY MME LAROCHE
Mme Laroche saved this 'second class' envelope in a pocket of the coat her husband Joseph put on her shoulders minutes before leaving the Titanic. This envelope had contained the passage tickets bought at the Paris offices of the White Star Line, at ...
1912
Trenton Evening Times 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
Le Petit Journal AN ANGUISHED SISTER
Melle Leroy, a maid from Bouvigny-Boyefles (Pas-de-Calais), recently received from her sister who is a chambermaid to the Douglases, a postcard telling her that she was sailing with her employers for New-York. Two days after she received the p...
20th April 1912
MORRO CASTLE : FIRST CLASS LOUNGE   MORRO CASTLE : FIRST CLASS LOUNGE
The lounge was, perhaps, the most Cunard-like room aboard the ships. The walls were paneled in medium-toned wood, with details picked out by gilt. Both levels of the lounge well were defined by gilt-topped Corinthian columns, and all four corners ...
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OLYMPIC FIND AT PITY ME Gare Maritime OLYMPIC FIND AT PITY ME
Gavin Murphy
RMS Olympic's cocktail bar in a Durham public house...
22nd January 2003 Gare Maritime
RMS TITANIC AUCTION ANNOUNCED FOR APRIL 2010 Henry Aldridge and Son RMS TITANIC AUCTION ANNOUNCED FOR APRIL 2010
Titanic and White Star Line specialists Henry Aldrige and Son have announced their next auction of Titanic, White Star Line and Ocean Liner Memorabilia. Selected lots will be available to view at the Titanic Made in Belfast Exhibition in Belfast April 3rd to April 11th....
16th March 2010
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
Le Journal de Genève THE KINK FAMILY
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21st April 1912
Dowagiac Daily News CARPATHIA LANDS IN NEW YORK CITY AND THE BISHOPS WIRE THEY'RE SAFE
Mrs. Bishop Is First Lady to Leave the Wrecked Ocean Liner SEND A WIRELESS First Direct Tidings Came Last Night, and Again This Morning They Send a Message Home --------------- Mr. and Mr...
19th April 1912
Toronto Daily Star JUST BEFORE SMASH HAYS SAID DISASTER
Canadian Press Despatch New York, April 19.---Col Gracie, U. S. A. who was the sole survivor of those who went down with the Titanic, and was rescued, gave this remarkable statement last night:...
19th April 1912
NOMADIC Voyage NOMADIC
John P. Eaton
One of the two tenders built especially to serve the needs of Olympic and Titanic at Cherbourg. Nomadic and Traffic were registered under the French flag and managed by A. Laniece, later by George A. Laniece. On 10 ...
22nd August 2005
  RADIOS FROM NOTABLE PASSENGERS
Charles Spedding
"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
Worcester Telegram STORM STOPS NEWS: SABLE ISLAND COMMUNICATES BRIEFLY WITH THE CARPATHIA.
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18th April 1912
Chicago Daily Journal "I'M STARVED!" WAS ISMAY'S FIRST WORD
"For God's sake get me something to eat. I'm starved. I don't care what it costs or what it is, bring it to me." This was the first statement made by J. Bruce Ismay, directing head of the White Star line, o...
19th April 1912
New York Times GRISCOM IS NO LONGER HEAD OF SHIP COMBINE
J. Bruce Ismay is Chosen for Its President --- FREE HAND FOR THE NEW MAN --- His Predecessor Remains in the Company as Chairman of the Board of Directors---Ismay to Live in New York --- Clement A. Griscom ...
24th February 1904
FORCED TO SIGN, SHE SAYS Toronto Daily Star FORCED TO SIGN, SHE SAYS
newspaper cutting...
25th April 1912
Newark Evening News TWO SURVIVORS WERE TO VISIT IN ARLINGTON
Among those reported saved from the wreck of the Titanic are Mrs. Bessie Watt and her daughter, Miss Bertha Watt, of London, England, who were expected to visit Arlington as guests of Mrs. Etta Moore, of 58 Pavonia avenue. They left home to join Mrs...
17th April 1912
OLYMPIC'S MAIDEN STOP IN CHERBOURG   OLYMPIC'S MAIDEN STOP IN CHERBOURG
Note handwritten date: 14 June 1911 (1st stop)...
14th June 1911
Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette TITANIC OWNERS OFFER TO SETTLE FOR $664,000
New York, Dec 17 – The White Star line has agreed to pay $664,000 in settlement of all claims arising for the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912, when more than 1,5000 persons were drowned, the line announced here to-day. Of this amo...
18th December 1915
Camden Post-Telegram MR. SUTTON'S BODY SURELY ON THE MORGUE SHIP
White Star Line Confirms Report That Mackay-Bennett Has Corpse of Haddonfield Resident --- WRECKAGE SEEN BY ANOTHER STEAMER --- By United Press Wire NEW YORK, April 29---The White Star Line announced to-day that it ...
29th April 1912
New York Times THE WIDENERS
Another of the morning inquiries (at the White Star Line office) was a long distance one from Philadelphia. It was for the news of Mr. and Mrs. George D. Widener and their son, Harry Elkins Widener, who are of the well-known Philadelphia family of th...
17th April 1912
The Times ECHO OF THE TITANIC DISASTER
Action in the French courts Nice, February 9th (1914). An action against the White Star Line arising out of the loss of the Titanic began today before the Civil Court here. The Plaintiff, Mme Navr...
10th February 1914
  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
New York Times RECITES CLOSE CALL OF TITANIC RESCUE
Sir Arthur Rostron Tells How Radio Man Got S 0 S as He Prepared to Quit Post --- RECALLS 46 YEARS AT SEA --- Carpathia's Former Master, in New Autobiography, Describes "Most Memorable Night" of Career --- If ...
27th October 1931
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
New York Times NOT BOATS ENOUGH (SAYS MRS. GUGGENHEIM)
Many inquiries were made at the (White Star Line)office during the day about Benjamin Guggenheim, but no hopeful reply could be given as Mr. Guggenheim's name was not included in any of the lists of survivors received. About 10 o'clock...
17th April 1912
The Times THE CARPATHIA TORPEDOED
The Cunard steamer Carpathia was sunk by an enemy torpedo in the Atlantic, west of Ireland, last Wednesday while on the outward voyage. Survivors state that the vessel was sunk by a German submarine at about 9:15 on Wednesday morning....
20th July 1918
NEW YORK Voyage NEW YORK
(American Line) ex-City of New York, Inman Line As Titanic left Southampton 10 April 1912, the suction and wave action of her propellers and huge bulk tore New York loose from her mooring in tandem with Oceanic...
20th July 2005
New York Times MARGARET MOORE, 83, SURVIVOR OF TITANIC
Margaret Graham Moore of Greenwich, Conn., a passenger on the Titanic when the ship sank on her maiden voyage in April 1912, died in Greenwich Hospital yesterday. She was 83 years old. The 882-foot luxury liner, crowded with celebriti...
27th April 1976
Washington Post OWNER WHO FLED STRICKEN TITANIC DIES AS RECLUSE
London, Oct. 18 (Monday).—Joseph Bruce Ismay, 74 years old, former owner of the White Star Line and former president of the International Mercantile Marine Co., who survived the Titanic disaster, d...
18th October 1937
New York Times MORE TITANIC CLAIMS FILED
Belgian Consul Asks $46,250 for Lost Natives of His Country --- More claims against the White Star Line for damages inflicted by the wreck of the Titanic were received yesterday in the Federal District Court here. Pierre Mali, Belgian C...
13th September 1913
New York Times JOSEPH BRUCE ISMAY
Chairman and Managing Director of the White Star Line --- Joseph Bruce Ismay has been considered one of the most prominent ship owners in the world. As chairman and managing director of the White Star line he took passage on the Titani...
16th April 1912
New York Times THOMAS HENRY ISMAY DEAD
Founder and Chairman of Board of Directors of White Star Line---Gave £20,000 for Poor Sailors --- LIVERPOOL, Nov. 23---Thomas Henry Ismay, the founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the White Star Line Steamship Company, died...
24th November 1899
New York Times J. BRUCE ISMAY, 74, TITANIC SURVIVOR
Ex-Head of White Star Line Who Retired After Sea Tragedy Dies in London --- LONDON, Oct. 18 (AP)---Joseph Bruce Ismay, former chairman of the White Star Line and a survivor of the Titanic disaster in 1912, died here last night. He was 7...
19th October 1937
New York Times CHANGE IN COMMODORES
Capt. Haddock to Head White Star Line at Increased Pay --- Capt. E. J. Smith, R. N. R., the Commodore of the White Star Line, who is to command the new mammoth liner Olympic, will retire at the end of the present year, it is understoo...
6th June 1911
New York Times 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
Falmouth Packet FALMOUTH MAN DROWNED
The name of Mr. H. Creece (sic), deck engineer, does not appear amongst the survivors and he has been given up as lost. The deepest sympathy is felt for the widow and her two children in their great sorrow. Obituary WAS born at ...
26th April 1912
  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...
New York Times ROUSED BY WHITE STAR LINE
Liverpool and Queenstown Protest Against Change to Southampton --- LIVERPOOL, Jan. 9---Because of the strong feeling aroused locally by the statement that the White Star Line purposed to divert its steamers to Southampt...
10th January 1907
The Evening Telegram HAD SIXTEEN LIFEBOATS
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16th April 1912
Southport Visitor MR. JAMES WALPOLE
As stated in Tuesdays Visitor among the crew of the ill fated liner was Mr. James Walpole, brother of Mr. Horace Walpole, of 17 Line-street, Southport and brother-in-law of the late Mr. W. E. Browne. A native of Southport...
18th April 1912
New York Times IRISH M. P.'S PROTEST
Want White Star Liners to Continue Calling at Queenstown --- LONDON, March 7---The Postmaster General, Mr. Buxton, to-day received an influential deputation of Irish members of Parliament and representatives of the com...
8th March 1907
Santa Barbara News-Press RUTH BLANCHARD DIES, WAS SURVIVOR OF TITANIC
Ruth Becker Blanchard, a survivor of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, died Friday at home in Santa Barbara. She was 90. Mrs. Blanchard died of complications of a stomach ulcer and old age, said Don Lynch, spokesman for the Titanic Hist...
8th July 1990
Chicago Daily News ICE KEPT AID FROM TITANIC
Ice Kept Aid from Titanic [By The Associated Press] Maasluis, Holland, April 23—Masses of ice prevented the Russian steamer Birma, which left New York for Rotterdam and Libau April 11, from reaching the Titanic in repl...
23rd April 1912
The Shipwrecked Mariner Quarterly Maritime Magazine (1882) SHIPBUILDING IN IRELAND
SHIPBUILDING IN IRELAND.-Whatever may be said of other branches of Irish industry, its shipbuilding may, it would appear, compare not unfavourably with that of any other part of the kingdom. The Clyde claims pre-eminence, but Mes...
The Times T. ISMAY CONTRIBUTES TO PIRRIE HOSPITAL FUND
BELFAST, DEC 16 Much gratification is expressed in Belfast with regard to a letter received by the Lord Mayor, who is a partner in the large shipbuilding firm of Harland and Wolff, from Mr. Thom...
17th December 1896
ARTISITS IMPRESSION, FROM FRENCH LINE PUBLICITY MATERIAL   ARTISITS IMPRESSION, FROM FRENCH LINE PUBLICITY MATERIAL
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  LIGHTOLLER RESIGNS
Lightoller officially resigned from the White Star Line on 14 February 1920. ...
14th February 1920
Atlantic City Daily Press 2 SURVIVORS OF TITANIC ARRIVE
Major Hayes Entertains Mr. and Mrs. E. Z. Taylor at Apollo Theatre. ---------- ‘NAUGHTY MARIETTA’ HELPS THEM FORGET ---------- Mr. and Mrs. E. Z. Taylor, of London, two of the survivors of the Ti...
3rd May 1912
RIO CRUISE - BACK COVER   RIO CRUISE - BACK COVER
GENERAL CONDITIONS The NORMANDIE sails under the command and control of the French line, and passengers are subject to the rules and regulations of that company and to the terms of the ticket for ocean carriage issued by t...
1937 Gare Maritime
The Times WHITE STAR OFFICERS' PAY AND CONDITIONS IMPROVED
Article...
4th April 1913
BUTTER PAT   BUTTER PAT
White Star Line Butter Pat...
MOHAWK POSTCARD   MOHAWK POSTCARD
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The Evening Telegram HAD LETTER LAST FRIDAY
Newspaper article...
16th April 1912
Brooklyn Daily Times LONG ISLANDERS WHO WERE ON TITANIC
Some Whose Names Are Not on the List of the Saved --- GREENPORT, April 17---All Greenport is fearful that James V. Drew and Marshall, the 5-year-old son of William J. Drew, brother and partner of James Drew, are among the Titanic’s dead...
17th April 1912
Chicago Inter Ocean TITANIC MEN FORCE GIRL TO SIGN PAPER
Rescued Chicagoan Declares When She Was Dazed in New YorkHospital, Line’s Agents Made Her Attest Exonerating Document That agents for the White Star line forced her to sign an exonerating statement ...
25th April 1912
Worcester Telegram NAME NOT ON LIST BUT WOMAN IS SAFE
The Associated Press
Mrs. Edgar Meyer Wires New York That She Is Returning on Carpathia and That Her Husband Is Missing NEW YORK, April 17.- A wireless message was received today by relatives of Mrs Edgar Meyer, daughter of the late Andrew Saks, reporting ...
18th April 1912
Salford City Reporter MR. ARTHUR GEE
A wireless message from the Mackay Bennett published by the White Star Line in New York shows that among the bodies recovered and identified is that of Mr. Arthur Gee (who is well known at the Height) of St Annes....
16th May 1912
New York Times CAPT ROSTRON AT CONCERT
For the Benefit of Titanic's Musicians---Receives $10,000 To-day --- Capt. Arthur Henry Rostron of the Cunard liner Carpathia returned last night to the Carpathia after his trip to Philadelphia, where he had been the guest of Mrs. John ...
3rd June 1912
MEDICAL KIT   MEDICAL KIT
White Star Line medical instruments, in a leather case....
Oak Leaves MEETS CARPATHIA
George P. Baldwin Relates Experience When Titanic Survivors Reach New York on Cunard Ship George P. Baldwin of 309 Linden, who went to New York to meet the survivors of the Titanic on the ...
27th April 1912
Chicago Record-Herald 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
ORIZABA 1918   ORIZABA 1918
Ward Line's brand new flagship, requisitioned before her maiden voyage for war service,as seen in 1918...
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CAPTAIN LORD IN SUMMER WHITES ABOARD A LEYLAND LINER   CAPTAIN LORD IN SUMMER WHITES ABOARD A LEYLAND LINER
The Times MR. BRUCE ISMAY
AN ABLE SHIPOWNER --- Mr. Bruce Ismay, who died yesterday at his residence, 15, Hill Street, Mayfair, at the age of 74, was well known, particularly in Liverpool, as an able shipowner. His grandfather, Joseph Ismay, was a...
18th October 1937
Daily Home News ROEBLING WENT DOWN IN TITANIC
TRENTON, April 19---Ferdinand W. Roebling, jr., of 216 West Statestreet, late last night telephoned from New York to this city saying that neither Washington A. Roebling, 2d, nor Stephen W. Blackwell was among the rescued passengers on the Carpathia ...
19th April 1912
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
OLYMPIC POSTCARD (CIRCA 1920)   OLYMPIC POSTCARD (CIRCA 1920)
White Star Line Triple Screw S.S. "Olympic" 46,439 tons Largest oil burning steamer 882½ feet long...
ANDREA DORIA : ITALIA LINES LOGO   ANDREA DORIA : ITALIA LINES LOGO
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ANDREA DORIA : MENU JULY 1956   ANDREA DORIA : MENU JULY 1956
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ANDREA DORIA : PASSENGER LIST COVER   ANDREA DORIA : PASSENGER LIST COVER
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  MEXICO MENU
A souvenir of the final Ward Line vessel....
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S.S. CHICAGO   S.S. CHICAGO
As she could not stand the idea of sailing again on a British liner, Mme Laroche decided that she would return in France on a French ship. She chose the French Line S.S. Chicago. She and her two daughters landed in Le Havre on 1 May 1912....
L'Eclaireur de Nice et du Sud-Ouest MRS. SCHABERT, MR. MOCK, MR. AND MRS. L.P. SMITH, MR. STEWART
FROM NICE On board the Titanic were Mrs. Paul Schabert (American) and Mr. Phil E. Mock, who bought their tickets from the White Star Line agency in Nice and Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Smith who booked their passage from Monte-Carlo. Mr....
18th April 1912
The Times THOMAS ISMAY HONORED BY CITY OF BELFAST
BELFAST, July 20---Mr. Thomas H. Ismay, chairman of the White Star Line, was to-day presented with the freedom of the city in recognition of his services to Belfast ...
22nd July 1899
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
ANDREA DORIA : MASQUERADE DANCE   ANDREA DORIA : MASQUERADE DANCE
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ANDREA DORIA : MENU COVER   ANDREA DORIA : MENU COVER
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Chicago Daily Journal ISMAY TIRED TO ESCAPE ON CEDRIC, WIRELESS SHOWS
Explanation of why Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan, chairman of the senate committee named to investigate the Titanic disaster, hurried to New York Thursday night to begin the inquiry was made today when it  became known that a wir...
20th April 1912
Guernsey Evening Press MR. J. DUQUEMIN
The relations of Mr. Joseph Duquemin, reported to be one of the survivors of the Titanic Disaster, have not yet heard from him direct, but yesterday a letter was received from the White Star line's Southampton Office, confirming the telegram sent on ...
20th April 1912
Worcester Telegram FOUR OF THE ASPLUNDS ARE TITANIC VICTIMS
Searching dilligently in New York Thursday night and all day yesterday at the pier where the rescued passengers of the ill-fated Titanic were delivered Thursday night by the Cunard liner, Carpathia, John Carlson, 193 Vernon Street, a brother-in-law o...
20th April 1912
NIEUW AMSTERDAM ARTWORK   NIEUW AMSTERDAM ARTWORK
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM ARTWORK   NIEUW AMSTERDAM ARTWORK
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM ARTWORK   NIEUW AMSTERDAM ARTWORK
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM ARTWORK   NIEUW AMSTERDAM ARTWORK
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE   NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE
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NOMADIC RETURNS   NOMADIC RETURNS
Kathleen Neill
The SS Nomadic is the last White Star Line vessel still afloat and the last real maritime link with Titanic.  Built on No.1 Slip by Harland & Wolff Shipyard, Belfast, and fitted out in the Abercorn Basin, Nomadic attended ...
3rd January 2007
1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. PLAYROOM.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. PLAYROOM.
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : LIBRARY MURAL   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : LIBRARY MURAL
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : PALM COURT   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : PALM COURT
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM DECK VIEW   NIEUW AMSTERDAM DECK VIEW
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Atlantic Daily Bulletin SOS : TITANIC NOT THE FIRST USER
Brian J. Ticehurst
OVER the years many myths and fallacies have grown up around the Titanic. Not least the myth that the Titanic was the first vessel to use the International Distress Call 'SOS'. This is not so - the facts are these:- ...
22nd November 2005
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
New York Times BOY WIRELESS SAVED THEM
Rescues Resulted from Coltain's [sic] Untiring Devotion to Duty --- Harold Thomas Cottam, the wireless operator of the Carpathia, through whose efforts more than to any one [sic] else the saving of a part of the Titanic's passengers wa...
19th April 1912
1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. FIRST CLASS CABIN.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. FIRST CLASS CABIN.
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1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. GRAND HALL.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. GRAND HALL.
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1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. SPORTS DECK.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. SPORTS DECK.
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1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. THIRD CLASS CABIN.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. THIRD CLASS CABIN.
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1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. THIRD CLASS COCKTAIL BAR.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. THIRD CLASS COCKTAIL BAR.
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DOWNSHIRE HOUSE   DOWNSHIRE HOUSE
This is the house where in the summer of 1907, the Olympic & Titanic were conceived by Lord William Pirrie and J. Bruce Ismay....
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : GRAND HALL PANELS. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : GRAND HALL PANELS. 1938.
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM CARD ROOM MURAL   NIEUW AMSTERDAM CARD ROOM MURAL
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The Daily Banner RESCUED FROM THE SINKING TITANIC WAS CHARLES BURGESS
Nephew of Mrs. Brining Of This City A Telegram Received Here from White Star Line The following telegram was received from New York shortly before noon today: ...
19th April 1912
ANDREA DORIA : LETTERHEAD   ANDREA DORIA : LETTERHEAD
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ANDREA DORIA : POSTCARD   ANDREA DORIA : POSTCARD
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1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM.
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1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. FIRST CLASS SINGLE CABIN.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. FIRST CLASS SINGLE CABIN.
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1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. NEW YORK HARBOR VIEW.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. NEW YORK HARBOR VIEW.
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1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. TOURIST CLASS CABIN.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. TOURIST CLASS CABIN.
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1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. TOURIST CLASS LOUNGE.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. TOURIST CLASS LOUNGE.
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM PANELS. 1938   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM PANELS. 1938
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : PLAYROOM: STAINED GLASS PANEL.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : PLAYROOM: STAINED GLASS PANEL.
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : SMOKING ROOM BAR. ARCHITECT'S RENDERING.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : SMOKING ROOM BAR. ARCHITECT'S RENDERING.
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM CABIN DE LUXE ARCHITECT'S RENDERING. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM CABIN DE LUXE ARCHITECT'S RENDERING. 1938.
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM CABIN DE LUXE. ARCHITECT'S RENDERING.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM CABIN DE LUXE. ARCHITECT'S RENDERING.
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM CABIN DE LUXE. SURINAME SUITE. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM CABIN DE LUXE. SURINAME SUITE. 1938.
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1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. THIRD CLASS LIBRARY AND WRITING ROOM   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. THIRD CLASS LIBRARY AND WRITING ROOM
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1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM.
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM ARTWORK. 2.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM ARTWORK. 2.
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM. ARTWORK.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM. ARTWORK.
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM. RELIEIF. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM. RELIEIF. 1938.
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  THE VIEW FROM THE CARONIA
Charles Spedding
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
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS SMOKING ROOM AND COCKTAIL BAR. ARCHITECT'S RENDERING.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS SMOKING ROOM AND COCKTAIL BAR. ARCHITECT'S RENDERING.
 ...
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NEW YORK CITY : ARRIVAL   NEW YORK CITY : ARRIVAL
The New York Financial District Skyline looms up in the distance as a Moran tug and Playland Line's Americana escort the Normandie toward the North River....
3rd June 1935 Gare Maritime
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
New York Times NEW WHITE STAR SERVICE TO TAP CHERBOURG TRADE
Adriatic, Biggest Ship Yet Built, to Start It in May --- SHE WILL CARRY 3,000 SOULS --- And Have a Turkish Bath, Plunge, and Orchestra Aboard---Line to Liverpool to Stay. --- With the putting in commis...
7th January 1907
BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF TRAFALGAR SQUARE AND ENVIRONS   BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF TRAFALGAR SQUARE AND ENVIRONS
Postcard...
STANDING ROOM ONLY FOR OCEAN LINER AUCTION Swann Galleries STANDING ROOM ONLY FOR OCEAN LINER AUCTION
New York—It was standing room only at Swann Galleries on March 4 for the two-part sale of The Christopher Bou Collec...
15th March 2010
MOHAWK BROCHURE   MOHAWK BROCHURE
Ca. 1915 Clyde Line brochure, featuring their popular liner Mohawk in this fold out....
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PIER 13   PIER 13
The remnants of Pier 13, as they looked in January 2006. Sandwiched between the bustling New Jersey Ferries Pier just to the South, and the Seaport complex piers just to the North, the former Ward Line slip sits quietly. At sunset, when o...
January 2006 Gare Maritime
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...
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Thomas Mudd, a letter from his nephew says that the lad was just sixteen years old and one of a family of thirteen children. In order to give him a chance of a better life he was sent to American to join his brothers George and James who were already...
THE MORRO CASTLE, THE MOHAWK AND THE END OF THE WARD LINE Gare Maritime THE MORRO CASTLE, THE MOHAWK AND THE END OF THE WARD LINE
Jim Kalafus
It has been almost 72 years since the Morro Castle, gutted, afire, and carrying the bodies of at least six luckless passengers and crew members was driven ashore, with visual impact worthy of a Hollywood production, just to the north of the new Convention Center at Asbury Park, New Jersey. ...
21st July 2006 Gare Maritime
Washington Herald CAPT. ROSTRON TELLS OF RESCUE
CAPT. R. [sic] H. ROSTRON
The Chief Officer of Carpathia Relates His Thrilling Experiences --- SIGHTED AT DAYLIGHT --- By CAPT. R. [sic] H. ROSTRON --- Statement by the captain of the Cunard steamship Carpathia, rescuer of the Titanic...
19th 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
New York Times THE NIGHTMARE OF APRIL 14, 1912
Review...
20th November 1955
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM ARTWORK, 1938   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM ARTWORK, 1938
This 1965 view shows the Joep Nicolas panels intact....
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  GENERAL INFORMATION
Hodge, Charles. WAS twenty-nine years of age, and held a second engineer's certificate. His birthplace was Devonport. He served his apprenticeship with Messrs. Davey, Sleep & Co., of Plymouth. He had been in the service of the White St...
  LAST CONTACT WITH TITANIC?
Pete Morrall
Was Jack Mew the last man to have contact with Titanic before she left Southampton?...
Chicago Daily Journal PITIFUL APPEALS FOR NEWS AT OFFICE HERE UNGRATIFIED
Heartrending appeals for information concerning the dead or rescued from the Titanic poured into the Chicago offices of the White Stair line, throughout the day. Men, Women and children telephoned the offices at LaSalle and Washington stre...
17th April 1912
RESTAURANT à LA CARTE COUPON (BACK)   RESTAURANT à LA CARTE COUPON (BACK)
This is the back of the coupon that was to be found inside the brochure the White Star Line handed to 1st and 2nd class passengers, presenting the Restaurant à la Carte. This one was saved by Mme Laroche....
1911
Virginia Pilot MRS. CELINEY DECKER, 69, SURVIVOR OF LINER 'TITANIC'
NORFOLK--Mrs. Celiney Alexander Decker, 69, of 1158 Larchmont Crescent, who as a 15-year-old immigrant bride from Lebanon survived the sinking of the passenger liner Titanic in 1912, died Thursday at 5:30 P.M. in a hospital. Only one other ...
11th March 1966
MOHAWK PAINTING   MOHAWK PAINTING
Artistic license was heavily utilised in this ca 1930 painting of a Mohawk-class CLyde Mallory liner....
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  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 ...
CONTENTED COWS 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
  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
New York Times HAROLD SANDERSON, SHIPPING MAN, DIES
Former Head of International Merchant Marine Stricken While in North of Italy --- DIRECTED WHITE STAR LINE --- Came From a Family of Leaders in Maritime Matters Both Here and in England --- Special Cable to T...
27th February 1932
Evening Telegraph STEAMSHIP DIRECTOR A VICTIM
New York, April 23. - It was learned today that Jonkheer J. G. Reuchlin,managing director of the Holland-American Steamship Line, had gone down with the Titanic. Mr. Reuchlin was coming to this country to arrange business relative to the opening of t...
23rd April 1912
New York Times MRS. ASTOR
William H. Force, father of Mrs. John Jacob Astor, remained up all night in hopes of getting news of his daughter and her husband. When he saw that Mrs. Astor's name was on the list of rescued he was overcome with joy. He lost no time...
17th April 1912
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
Antioch News DEATH OF ELSBURY POSITIVE
Dispatch From the White Star Line Says That Elsbury is Not a Survivor ALL HOPE IS ABANDONED Gurnee Man on Titanic Not Among Survivors--Family Now Compelled to Give up Hope. The last hope of the James El...
2nd May 1912
ADVERTISEMENT FOR WHITE STAR LINE LIVESTOCK TRANSPORTS 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
MOHAWK BROCHURE 1   MOHAWK BROCHURE 1
"Attractive furnishings and bright interiors add to the popularity of salons and music rooms." "Day and night the keen eyes of the ship's officers are alert and watchful on the bridge."...
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MEXICO CRUISE POST-DISASTER BROCHURE COVER   MEXICO CRUISE POST-DISASTER BROCHURE COVER
A 1937 graphic, promoting the Oriente's service to Mexico. Legend has it that the Ward Line funnel markings have been painted out, as a sign of "mourning" for the Morro Castle and the Mohawk....
1937 Gare Maritime
RESTAURANT à LA CARTE COUPON (FRONT)   RESTAURANT à LA CARTE COUPON (FRONT)
This is the front of the coupon that was to be found inside the brochure the White Star Line handed to 1st and 2nd class passengers, presenting the Restaurant à la Carte. The original illustration was pink, as well as the text at the back of the coup...
1911
  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
Washington Times CAPITAL RESIDENTS IN NEW YORK FOR CARPATHIA'S COMING
Anxious for News From Friends Aboard the Titanic --- With barely one thread of hope that three of the Washingtonians who sailed from Southampton on the ill-fated Titanic a week ago yesterday are still alive, a party of Washingtonians to...
18th April 1912
NEW YORK CITY : ARRIVAL   NEW YORK CITY : ARRIVAL
The Normandie draws abreast of Battery Park, still escorted by the Americana and joined by an inflatable Mickey Mouse. Among the landmarks visible along the shore are the White Star Line offices, the Produce Exchange and the NY Cust...
3rd June 1935 Gare Maritime
AMERICANA AND NORMANDIE MAIDEN ARRIVAL NYC.   AMERICANA AND NORMANDIE MAIDEN ARRIVAL NYC.
The Playland Line's Americana lists to port as her passengers gather at her rails to view the Normandie's arrival off Battery Park...
3rd June 1935 Gare Maritime
MOHAWK BROCHURE 3   MOHAWK BROCHURE 3
"Glass-enclosed promenades provide comfort in all weather." "When darkness shrouds the ocean or when the falling temperature emphasizes the comfort of indoors, then the many social halls and lounges become the center of attraction." ...
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A LINER TO ECLIPSE THE OLYMPIC Weekly Irish Times A LINER TO ECLIPSE THE OLYMPIC
A New Leviathan The new Atlantic liner which Messrs Harland and Wolff Limited are building for the White Star Line will eclipse in size and tonnage the Olympic and the ill-fated Titanic. The new vessel will be called the Britannic in ...
21st September 1912
Chicago Daily News MELLEN IN TITANIC STATEMENT
Offers Evidence as to Time Officials Knew the Vessel Was Lost [by The Associated Pres.]   New Haven, Conn., April 23—In connection with the question at the time at which the White S...
23rd April 1912
New York Times 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
Washington Times WOMAN FAINTS WHEN TOLD BUTT IS AMONG MISSING
NEW YORK, April 18---A woman claiming to be the second cousin of Major Archibald Butt, military aide to President Taft, from Plymouth, Mass., called at the White Star line office this morning to inquire whether anything had been heard of her missing ...
18th April 1912
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