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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
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
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	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...
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
	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	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
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	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
	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)
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	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
	TELEGRAM TO MRS SILVA from W. H. Hubbard...
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
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
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
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
	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
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
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
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
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
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	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
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
	CAPTAIN ROSTRON'S HANDWRITTEN ACCOUNT OF THE DISASTER. RMS Carpathia Cunard SS Co. Ltd., At Sea April 27th, 1912 At 12.35 am (ship's time) April 15th (Monday), 1912, I was called by the 1st Officer in company with Marconi operator and informed that the White St...	27th April 1912
New York Times	JOHN HARDY Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NEW PROVIDENCE, N. J., Oct. 9---John Hardy of 71 Gales Drive, who was chief steward of second class accommodations on the Titanic, died on Wednesday at the home of his son, Ronald M. Hardy, in Maplewood...	10th October 1953
New York Times	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
	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 ...
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
	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
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
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
	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
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 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
Worcester Telegram	BOSTON MAN ON FRANCONIA REPORTS COMMUNICATING WITH CARPATHIA Article...	18th April 1912
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
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
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
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
Gare Maritime	THE UNLUCKY STATENDAM Jim Kalafus Views of the elegant ocean liner...	18th December 2006
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
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
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 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
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
Gare Maritime	MAURETANIA HISTORY COMES ALIVE IN BRISTOL Gavin Murphy Relics of the Cunard four-stacker now grace a Bristol bar...	8th November 2001
	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
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
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
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
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
Gare Maritime	OLYMPIC FIND AT PITY ME Gavin Murphy RMS Olympic's cocktail bar in a Durham public house...	22nd January 2003
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
Gare Maritime	THE LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL A family sets sail for Canada in the 1930s....	10th July 2007
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
	OLYMPIC'S MAIDEN STOP IN CHERBOURG Note handwritten date: 14 June 1911 (1st stop)...	14th June 1911
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
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
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
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
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
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
Gare Maritime	QUEEN MARY AND FAT RASCALS ON OFFER IN YORKSHIRE Gavin Murphy 1930s Art Deco in a York tea shop...	19th September 2002
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
Titanic Research	1914: MURDOCH SAVES LINER FROM ICEBERG Senan Molony Murdoch, in death, re-wrote the seamanship manual for best practice....	6th February 2004
The Times	FUNERAL OF MR. ISMAY In the presence of a large and representative gathering the remains of Mr. Ismay were buried yesterday in the churchyard at Thurstaston, Cheshire. The road along which the funeral cortége passed w...	28th November 1899
Titanic Research	MOUNT TEMPLE TEMP'S MEMORIES Senan Molony THE replacement Fourth Officer of the Mount Temple on her homeward voyage in April 1912 was ...	8th October 2009