430 items found relating to : Cunard 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 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... |
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| 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 ... |
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| Crosby Herald | SHIPPING LINES REMEMBER THE TITANIC RESCUER READERS and regular Cunard cruisers Anne and John Edwards of Newton-le-Willows are making it their business to revive the reputation of Captain Arthur Rostron master of RMS Carpathia the Cunard liner which saved every one of the 706 survivors of the Titanic tragedy.... |
30th December 2010 | |||
| 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 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 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| BBC | LUSITANIA REMEMBERED AT MERSEYSIDE MARITIME MUSEUM A memorial service to mark the 96th anniversary of the sinking of the Liverpool liner, Lusitania, has taken place at Merseyside Maritime Museum. A German submarine torpedo sank the Cunard vessel off Kinsale, Ireland, on 7 May 1915, killing 1,200 people.... |
7th May 2011 | |||
| 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. 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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 | |||
| Unidentified Newspaper | WOMAN RELATES THRILLING RACE OF CARPATHIA Article... |
20th April 1912 | |||
| Liverpool Echo | TITANIC'S SUPER HERO The sinking of the Titanic in 1912 continues to fascinate people and one man is remembered as the shining hero of the rescue operation Captain Arthur Henry Rostron of the Cunard liner Carpathia.... |
28th January 2008 | |||
| New York Times | 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 from W. H. Hubbard... |
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| 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 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.... |
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| 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... |
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| 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 | |||
| Cape Cod Today | 1912: CAPE LISTENS AS TITANIC SINKS Shortly after midnight on this day in 1912, on the 13,600-ton Cunard liner Carpathia approximately 1,100 miles east of Cape Cod, wireless operator H.T. Cottam was preparing for bed after a long night of sending and receiving messages.Three hours earlier, the Carpathia's captain, Arthur H. Rostrom, alarmed by warnings from other ships of ice in the vicinity, asked Cottam what other vessels were within range of the wireless.... |
16th April 2009 | |||
| dailyecho.co.uk | GRANDDAUGHTER OF CARPATHIA MASTER SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON VISITS SOUTHAMPTON THE granddaughter of the Southampton sea captain who saved the lives of more than 700 survivors of the Titanic disaster, visited the city’s port today.Rosemary Pettet’s grandfather was Sir Arthur Rostron, master of the Cunard liner, Carpathia, who answered the SOS from Titanic as she was sinking in the Atlantic. ... |
10th January 2012 | |||
| Gare Maritime | THE UNLUCKY STATENDAM Jim Kalafus Views of the elegant ocean liner... |
18th December 2006 | |||
| 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 Article... |
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 | ||||
| THOMAS ISMAY'S DAWPOOL RESIDENCE Thomas Henry Ismay, chairman of the White Star Line, moved into this grand new house with his wife Margaret in 1884. It was designed for them by Richard Norman Shaw, who was also responsible for the White Star Line offices in James Street, Liverpool. Mr and Mrs Ismay were both closely involved in the design and furnishing of Dawpool. They visited other houses to collect ideas, shopped together for antique furniture and deliberated with the decorator J Aldam Heaton over the treatment of the interior. The house survived for less than fifty years, it was demolished in 1927. ... |
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| 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 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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| 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 "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 |
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| WHITE STAR LINE KNIFE AND FORK A knife and fork stamped with the White Star Line motif similar to ones used on the Titanic... |
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| 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 | |||
| 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 White Star Line cast brass five pointed star removed from the White Star office in Liverpool. 26ins.... |
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| Gare Maritime | MAURETANIA HISTORY COMES ALIVE IN BRISTOL Gavin Murphy Relics of the Cunard four-stacker now grace a Bristol bar... |
8th November 2001 | |||
| 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 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 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 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 Postcard... |
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| 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.... |
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| 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 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 | ||||
| Liverpool Echo | THE FAMOUS WHITE STAR LINE WHICH LATER INCLUDED THE TITANIC AMONG ITS FLEET WAS FOUNDED IN LIVERPOOL IN 1869 BY SHIPPING MOGUL THOMAS HENRY ISMAY. Known also as the Ocean Steam Navigation Company, White Star eventually led the way in building prestigious luxury liners such as Titanic and her almost identical sisters Olympic and Britannic.When Ismay died in 1899 his elaborate tomb can still be seen in Thurstaston churchyard, Wirral White Star was the most successful transatlantic passenger line.... |
23rd June 2008 | |||
| 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 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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| Gare Maritime | OLYMPIC FIND AT PITY ME Gavin Murphy RMS Olympic's cocktail bar in a Durham public house... |
22nd January 2003 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Liverpool Echo | MARITIME TALES: CARPATHIA RESCUE MISSON TO THE TITANIC RELIVED Stephen Guy IT STARTED out as a routine voyage between New York and the Adriatic and ended as one of the greatest rescues in the history of the sea.... |
10th October 2009 | |||
| Le Journal de Genève | THE KINK FAMILY Newspaper article... |
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 | |||
| TITANIC CUTLERY RECREATED Arthur Price & Co. were one of the suppliers of premium quality flatware to the luxury dining sections on board the Titanic and other ships in the White Star Line fleet. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Titanic's launch, Arthur Price have recreated the Panel Reed Sterling Silver cutlery used onboard. Each knife features the ship owner, White Star Line's famous logo on its blade, as originally supplied.... |
30th August 2011 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| 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. Article... |
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 | |||
| info | PYEROY WINS TITANIC CONTRACT SS Nomadic was a steamship belonging to the White Star Line, launched on 25 April 1911 in Belfast A Gateshead-based industrial services firm has won a six-figure contract to support the refurbishment of the vessel used to ferry passengers out to RMS Titanic as she lay anchored off the port of Cherbourg on her ill-fated maiden voyage. The 1,273 ton SS Nomadic steamship, used by the White Star Line as a tender for the liners RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic, has returned to the Harland & Wolff yard in Belfast to undergo a £2 million restoration 100 years after she was constructed there.... |
26th August 2011 | |||
| 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 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... |
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| 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 | |||
| 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... |
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| 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 Newspaper article... |
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 | |||
| Liverpool Daily Post | LIVERPOOL GETS READY FOR TITANIC 2012 CENTENARY IT ALL started with an innocent game of billards in one of Liverpool's great merchant palaces.... |
29th April 2009 | |||
| 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... |
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| 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 |
1935 | ||||
| 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 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 | ||||
| The Times | WHITE STAR OFFICERS' PAY AND CONDITIONS IMPROVED Article... |
4th April 1913 | |||
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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 White Star Line medical instruments, in a leather case.... |
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| 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 Ward Line's brand new flagship, requisitioned before her maiden voyage for war service,as seen in 1918... |
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| 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 | |||
| Wall Street Journal | FANS OF WORLD'S FASTEST OCEAN LINER PUT OUT A DISTRESS CALL Admirers call her the "Big U." Today, she could be in big trouble. The once-proud ship is rusting away in the Delaware River, across from an Ikea. Its owner, cruise line NCL Group, has put her up for sale.... |
29th September 2009 | |||
| CRI English | REMEMBERING THE TITANIC Elizabeth Gladys "Millvina" Dean was just 9 weeks old when her mother carried her into a lifeboat, shortly before her father drowned in the dosaster 97 years ago.Ahead of the April 14 anniversary of the disaster, Millvina attended the Titanic Convention in Southampton (April 4, 2009).... |
8th April 2009 | |||
| 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) White Star Line Triple Screw S.S. "Olympic" 46,439 tons Largest oil burning steamer 882½ feet long... |
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| 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.... |
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| 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 | |||
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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 | |||
| WVLT | TITANIC ALREADY MAKING PIGEON FORGE PORT-OF-CALL If you've driven through Pigeon Forge lately, you can't help but notice the large ship taking shape. It isn't just any vessel that is on the verge of setting sail in the Smokies, it happens to be the flagship of the White Star Line.... |
8th December 2009 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Belfast Telegraph | GETTING A STEER ON THE NOMADIC'S HISTORY The ship's wheel once used to steer Titanic's "little sister" is about to return to Belfast. Volunteers who have been raising money to restore SS Nomadic have tracked down what they believe to be her ship's wheel and will be handing it over to the team responsible for restoring her in the next fortnight. SS Nomadic is the last remaining White Star Line vessel and once ferried first class passengers onto the Titanic at Cherbourg on the mighty liner's ill-fated maiden voyage. ... |
25th April 2009 | |||
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| 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 | ||||
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| WHITE STAR MEMORIES WSM houses the largest and finest collection of White Star Line artefacts & memorabilia in Europe and specialise in the 'Olympic' class liners; "Olympic", "Titanic" & "Britannic". ... |
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| Liverpool Echo | TITANIC'S LINKS TO LIVERPOOL TITANIC had strong links with Liverpool although she never visited her home port – by 1912 the White Star Line's largest and fastest Atlantic steamers were sailing from Southampton.... |
31st October 2009 | |||
| 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 | |||
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| 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.... |
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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 | |||
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| 1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. TOURIST CLASS LOUNGE. |
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| NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM PANELS. 1938 |
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| NIEUW AMSTERDAM CABIN DE LUXE ARCHITECT'S RENDERING. 1938. |
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| 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. Â ... |
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| 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 | ||||
| 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 Postcard... |
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| 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 Ca. 1915 Clyde Line brochure, featuring their popular liner Mohawk in this fold out.... |
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| bbc.co.uk | TITANIC EXHIBITION COMES TO CHATHAM HISTORIC DOCKYARD sThe Titanic Honour & Glory exhibition opens in Chatham for the 100th anniversary of the ship's launch. It includes Titanic and White Star Line artefacts. ... |
30th June 2011 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| 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... |
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| 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... |
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| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Canada.com | JOURNEY ON THE TITANIC I am handed a White Star Line boarding pass, bearing a name - my new identity for the next hour - before I enter the Titanic exhibit at the Ontario Science Centre.My name is Mrs. William Coutts, but you can call me Winnie. I'm from Southampton, England and I'm boarding the RMS Titanic here with my two young sons. We'll be staying in the third-class cabins.... |
3rd August 2007 | |||
| New York Times | THE NIGHTMARE OF APRIL 14, 1912 Review... |
20th November 1955 | |||
| 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... |
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| LAST CONTACT WITH TITANIC? Pete Morrall Was Jack Mew the last man to have contact with Titanic before she left Southampton?... |
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| 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) 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 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 ... |
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| thisisstaffordshire.co.uk | 'TERRIBLE NEWS FROM THE ATLANTIC' THAT is how The Staffordshire Sentinel reported the sinking of the Titanic in ...Stoke & Staffordshire. The story read: 'The terribly alarming news reached us this morning that the new White Star Line Titanic, which was proceeding upon her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, has been in collision with an iceberg, and was in a sinking condition. ...... |
26th May 2011 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Practical Boat Owner Magazine | TITANIC'S 'LITTLE SISTER' IN NEED OF HELP The SS Nomadic, a tender vessel for the Titanic and the last White Star Line vessel in existence (The Company that Owned the Titanic) is in need of restoration work, according to the Nomadic Preservation Society. 'She is in a very poor state,' according to Nigel Hampson, an official at the Society. 'We desperately need to get the word out to people that help is urgently needed.'... |
22nd August 2008 | |||
| travelweekly.co.uk | ANOTHER TITANIC MEMORIAL CRUISE ANNOUNCED Miles Morgan Travel has chartered Royal Caribbean Cruise Line's Azamara Journey to launch a second Titanic memorial cruise. The 694-passenger ship will sail out of New York on April 10, 2012, on an eight-night cruise to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.... |
5th April 2011 | |||
| 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 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 | ||||
| Daily Mail | 'TITANIC SANK THIS MORNING': TELEGRAMS SENT BY SHIPPING FIRM'S HEAD TO HQ The first official announcement of the sinking of the Titanic is to go on sale. A series of telegrams from Bruce Ismay, the head of the ship's owners White Star Line, have emerged from a private collection and are set to be auctioned. The eight Marconi messages are expected to sell for £100,000.... |
9th December 2011 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Inside Smithsonian Research | OSCAR SCOTT WOODY'S KEYS Stamped "Sea Post 101/US Mail 19," the antique, flat metal key has a patina of orange rust from its immersion in salt water nearly 100 years ago-while still in its owner's pocket. The key opened locks on the 200 bags of registered mail being carried across the Atlantic to New York City aboard the White Star Line steamship R.M.S. Titanic during the ship's maiden voyage in April 1912.... |
20th November 2007 | |||
| 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 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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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| 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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