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Toronto Daily Star	T. EATON STORE CLOSES SATURDAY AFTERNOON Newspaper article...	19th April 1912
New York Times	A. D. BRANDEIS DIES; ILL ONLY A WEEK Former Vice President of Stern Brothers Suffered Attack of Appendicitis --- MADE FORTUNE IN WEST --- Built Largest Department Store in Omaha--Erected Three Theatres and a Hotel --- Arthur D. Brandeis, Preside...	11th June 1916
New York Times	SPENCER V. SILVERTHONE DIES; MERCHANT, 88, WAS ON TITANIC Special to The New York Times --- SCARSDALE, N. Y., May 17---Spencer V. Silverthorne, a survivor of the Titanic sinking, died today at his home, 7 Colvin Road. He was 88 years old. Mr. Silverthorne had been a vice presid...	18th May 1964
Globe and Mail	LETTER WRITTEN BY CANADIAN ABOARD TITANIC EXPECTED TO FETCH $10,000 For those who follow the lore of Eaton's department store, one tragedy stands out among others: the loss, in 1915, of the founder's granddaughter Iris Burnside in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. But three years before that, another member of the extended Eaton family, employee George Graham, had perished in an even more famous disaster, as a first-class passenger aboard the Titanic during his return from a buying trip in Europe....	12th January 2009
Newark Daily Advociate	HAD COUSIN ON TITANIC Mrs. Cassebeer...	23rd April 1912
The Globe	EATON'S DAILY STORE NEWS THE STORE WILL CLOSE AT 1 P.M. TO-DAY AS A TOKEN OF OUR SORROW and sympathy with the widow, family and friends of the late Mr. George E. Graham, and as a mark of honor [sic] and respect for his heroic end on...	20th April 1912
World Records Academy	MOST EXPENSIVE LETTER FROM TITANIC-WORLD RECORD SET BY SPINK SMYTHE letter, dated April 10, 1912, from a first class passenger onboard the Titanic (written by passenger George Graham of Harriston of Canada, a sales manager for the Eaton's department store company, to a business colleague in Berlin, Germany) was sold at auction by Spink Smythe in New York City for $16,100-setting the world record for the Most expensive letter from Titanic....	24th February 2009
New York Herald	EDWARD A. KENT Edward A. Kent, who is a well-known architect at Buffalo, N. Y. and whose brother, William Kent, is an architect in New York city, was a passenger on board the Titanic who is not reported among the rescued. Mr. Kent, who is fifty-eight years old, is...	17th April 1912
King's Notable New Yorkers	ISIDOR AND NATHAN STRAUS ISIDOR STRAUS (left) Memb. 53d U.S. congress. L. Straus & Sons, China & Glass. R. H. Macy & Co. and Abraham & Straus, Dept. Stores. NATHAN STRAUS (right) L. Straus &...
The Daily Banner	CUPID WINS OUT English Girl, Saved From Titanic, Weds In Hospital....	23rd April 1912
New York Times	NOW ABRAHAM & STRAUS BIG CHANGE IN A BIG STORE WHICH ALL BROOKLYN KNOWS --- One of the most interesting business changes of the year went into effect yesterday, when the retail dry goods firm of Wechsler & Abraham became the firm of Abraham & Straus, the ne...	2nd April 1893
The Evening Telegram	AGONIZED WAITING IN TORONTO FOR THE SHIP THAT PASSED IN THE NIGHT Newspaper article...	16th April 1912
New York Times	STRAUS A FAMOUS MERCHANT Member Both of R. H. Macy & Co. and Abraham & Straus --- Isidor Straus, who, with Mrs. Straus, was aboard the Titanic, was born in Rhenish Bavaria on Feb. 6, 1845. His father's family came to this country in 1852, and settled at Talbott...	16th April 1912
	MEMORIAL PLAQUE Plaque at Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo...
Washington Herald	MAJ. BUTT' S PLACE NOT YET FILLED President Taft Has Not Asked War Department to Fill Vacancy as Chief Aid --- President Taft has not yet asked the War Department to detail a chief White House aid to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Maj. Butt. The War Department ...	21st April 1912
BBC News	TITANIC KEY IS SOLD FOR £90,000 A tiny key that might have helped prevent the Belfast-built Titanic sinking has fetched £90,000 at auction. The key, with the tag "Crows Nest Telephone Titanic" opened the binoculars store, but was not on the ship when it sailed from Southampton. ...	23rd September 2007
	THOMAS MULLIN WATCH Thomas Mullin's pocket watch pictured in an East Grinstead jewellery store....	29th November 2011
	MICHAEL ROGERS - 'STEWARD TO THE MARCONI DEPARTMENT' Michael Rogers was a 27 year old steward from Dublin, generally resident between voyages at the family home of Mr Thomas Harris at 13, Greenhill Avenue, Winchester. Mrs Harris had been a close friend of Michael's mother, and ...
BBC Northern Ireland	TITANIC SHOE BOX SALE HITS £100,000 A treasure store of Titanic memorabilia, kept in a shoe box by a woman who survived the 1912 disaster, has sold at auction for £100,000.Among Lillian Asplund's shoe box treasures was one of the last four remaining tickets for the Titanic's doomed maiden voyage. ...	20th April 2008
Chicago Evening Post	LAPLAND WILL REPLACE TITANIC AS MAIL SHIP The Post office Department has made arrangements for the substitution of the steamer Lapland for the Titanic, in carrying mails to Europe from New York City....	17th April 1912
	LAST KNOWN PHOTOGRAPH OF CAPTAIN SMITH	11th April 1912
SouthCoastToday.com	TITANIC DISCOVERER TO BE HONORED IN R.I. The man who discovered the wreck of the Titanic will be honored by the Smithfield School Department....	6th December 2007
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC Â£97M PLAN ON COURSE FOR 2012 FINISH The Â£97m Titanic Signature Project is "on course" to be ready for the centenary of the doomed liner after the Executive finalised its financial commitment, according to the government department leading the project....	3rd November 2009
The Toronto World	WIRELESS WORK ON A YACHT NOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME --------------------- J. G. Phillips, Who Flashed the Signals of Distress From the Titanic, Talked Several Times to Two Local Wireless Operators While Working on the Great Lakes Boat and Told of His Am...	17th April 1912
Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC'S "LITTLE SISTER" MAY MISS ANNIVERSARY REFIT DATE The £7m restoration of a tender ship that ferried passengers on board the doomed Titanic may not be finished in time for the centenary of its launch, an official report warns today....	24th June 2009
Ormskirk Advertiser	WALTER JAMES BROWN WALTER JAMES BROWN was 39 [sic] years old when he joined the crew of the Titanic as a First Class Saloon Steward. Before joining The White Star Lines, Brown worked for his older brother, William, in his grocery store on Moor Street in Ormskirk. Walte...	5th February 1998
	CAPTAIN SMITH AND BOY ON BRIDGE
	EDWARD JOHN SMITH WITH DOG	1912
The Times	CONTROLLER-GENERAL'S RETIREMENT MERCHANT SHIPBUILDING --- CONTROLLER-GENERAL'S RETlREMENT --- The Prime Minister and the Shipping Controller have consented to the release from the end of the present month of the Right Hon. Lord Pirrie, ...	23rd December 1919
Fort Scott Tribune	'TITANIC' PRODUCTION OPENS THURSDAY The multitudinous human aspects of one of the worst maritime tragedies in history the 1912 sinking of the Titanic will be portrayed in the Nevada High School Drama Department's production of "Titanic Tragedy and Trial" at 7 p.m. Thursday Friday and Saturday....	10th November 2010
herald.ie	TITANIC SISTER SHIP MARKS 100 YEARS The ship was launched from Hamilton Dock on April 25, 1911. It was luxuriously equipped and was the tender ship for the Olympic class transatlantic liners. In January 2006, the Department for Social Development purchased the SS Nomadic at a Paris auction. The vessel was brought back to it's home city and it is being restored to its former glory in Hamilton Dock, Belfast....	25th April 2011
Port Huron Times Herald	BERT JOHNS, SURVIVOR OF 1912 TITANIC DISASTER, DIES Page 1, columns 6-7 Bert Johns, 66, survivor of the Titanic disaster in 1912, operator of Bert's Tavern, 622 Water Street, for 15 years, Port Huron resident 32 years, died Saturday in his home, 216 Broad Street, after an illness of on...	3rd February 1952
BBC News	NOMADIC TO RETURN TO BELFAST The SS Nomadic, the last of the White Star ships and a vital link to the Titanic story, is returning to Belfast.The Northern Ireland Office bought the ship at an auction in France for 250,000 euros.Social Development Minister David Hanson said his department purchased the Nomadic at auction in Paris. ...	26th January 2006
moviefone.com	9 THINGS WE LEARNED WHILE WATCHING THE 'TITANIC' IN 3D EARLY FOOTAGE On Tuesday morning, eight separate scenes of 'Titanic' -- now converted to include the dimension of depth (scientists call this "3D") -- were screened for the press. Director James Cameron (who spoke one-on-one with Moviefone last night) was also in attendance to discuss what's in store for the public when we all head back to 'Titanic' in April. What's that? You're too cool to see 'Titanic'? Oh, come on, admit it: you're going. I'm going. We're all going to see 'Titanic' on the big screen again. Regardless, with Cameron in attendance -- and with eight finished 3D scenes to show -- here are the nine things learned while attending the 'Titanic' in 3D press conference. ...	11th October 2011
Oklahoma City Friday	TITANIC AT HERITAGE HALL Lift up the ramp, and let go the lines!' It's time once again for another spectacular performance by the Heritage Hall Performing Arts Department. On Feb. 16 and 17, the Howard Theatre will showcase Titanic the Musical. Directed by Jay Michael Ferguson, Titanic is an ensemble version of the same story shown on the big screen in 1997 (think the sinking ship without Jack and Rose.)...	7th February 2008
Newark Star	SERVICE FOR TITANIC VICTIM RAHWAY, April 23---Tomorrow morning at 8:30 o'clock a solemn requiem high mass will be celebrated in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church for Arthur Keefe, who lost his life in the wreck of the Titanic. The service will be attended by Rahway Aerie No. 1...	24th April 1912
u.tv	PUBLIC ACCESS TO TITANIC DRAWING OFFICE - U.TV The seven-year agreement between the Department of Enterprise and developers at Titanic Quarter is expected to be signed soon. It is hoped the building could be open to tourists for the centenary of the ship's sinking next April, after Titanic Belfast opens its doors to the world at the end of March. The attraction is expected to be thronged with visitors - but until recently all those enthusiasts could not have expected to get inside the historic drawing offices nearby where the vessel was designed....	12th December 2011
Bristol Times and Mirror	TITANIC'S THIRD OFFICER AN OLD MERCHANT VENTURER Mr. H. J. Pitman, third officer on the Titanic, who was one of the four officers saved from the wreck is an West Countryman, being born at Castle Cary, in Somerset. His age is 34, and he received the shore part of his nautical training in the navigat...	27th April 1912
NI Dept. for Social Development	HANSON ANNOUNCES MEMBERS OF NOMADIC TRUST The members of the proposed charitable trust, tasked to oversee the restoration and fundraising for the SS Nomadic, have been announced.Minister for Social Development David Hanson MP said: "My Department, Belfast City Council, Belfast Harbour Commissioners and Belfast Industrial Heritage Society have all proposed representatives to form the trust. "...	13th October 2006
New York Times	RICES BELIEVED SAFE Washington Not Worried About Explorers---Heard From Them Aug. 6 --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, Aug. 16---There is no uneasiness here about the safety of Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice of New York and his w...	17th August 1924
New York Times	MACY & CO. EMPLOYES GIVE STRAUS TABLET Bronze Memorial of Husband and Wife Who Died on Titanic Unveiled at the Store --- SPEAKERS PAY TRIBUTES --- Justice Greenbaum and Mrs. Sulzberger Among Those Who Praise Their Lives and Heroic Deaths --- A bro...	9th June 1913
Rahway Daily Record	SERVICES FOR ARTHUR KEEFE Solemn Requiem High Mass Is Celebrated At St. Mary's Chrch Today ---------- In memory of Arthur Keefe, who went down when the steamer Titanic foundered, a solemn requiem high mass was celebrated in St. Mary's church this morning...	24th April 1912
	THE MILLER'S SON Albert Barker was born in the village of King's Worthy on the River Itchen in Hampshire, just a few miles upstream from the dock where Titanic would begin its voyage 19 years later. His father was a miller at nearby Abbot's W...
Belfast Telegraph	NOMADIC TO RETURN TO BELFAST ON A BARGE SS Nomadic will return to Belfast on a barge brought from the other side of the world specially for the task.It will take five days to ferry the former Titanic tender from the French port of Le Havre to Belfast, where she was built 95 years ago.The Department of Social Development (DSD) has confirmed that the final remaining White Star Line vessel will return in July this year.She was saved from the scrapyard when she was bought at auction in Paris by DSD for the reserve price of €250,000.The Belfast Telegraph has spearheaded the media campaign to rescue Nomadic. ...	16th May 2006
San Francisco Chronicle	GIVES LIFE FOR LOVE OF HUSBAND Relatives Here Believe Wife of Isidor Straus Refused to Leave His Side. That her devotion to her husband, refusing to leave the ship unless he accompanied her from the ill-fated Titanic, cost the life of Mrs. Isidor...	17th April 1912
Newark Evening News	W. HULL BOTSFORD, OF ORANGE, MAY BE LOST W. Hull Botsford. of Orange, is believed to be among the second cabin passengers on the Titanic who were lost. Mr. Botsford has been touring in Europe since early in February, and although he was not expected home before the end of the month, the nam...	17th April 1912
Belfast Telegraph	95 YEARS AFTER SHE LEFT, THE SS NOMADIC FINALLY SAILS BACK HOME SS NOMADIC was due to set off from a French port at noon today on her final voyage home to the city where she was built.The Titanic's 'little sister' will be ferried by submersible barge out of Le Havre in Normandy, through the English Channel, rounding Land's End for the long trip north through the Irish Sea and into Belfast Lough.The vessel, which carried first-class passengers onto the Titanic from Cherbourg, was saved from the scrapyard in January when she was bought by the Department of Social Development at auction in Paris for €250,000.Since then, the campaigners who fought to save her have been waiting impatiently for the day she arrives at Belfast Harbour. ...	12th July 2006
New York Times	COL. ASTOR READY TO SERVE Would Willingly Go Out to the Philippines---Does Not Approve of W. W. Astor's Course --- Special to The New York Times --- RHINEBECK, N. Y., Aug. 10---Col. John J. Astor was home at Ferncliff yesterday, and the corresponde...	11th August 1899
New York Times	ANDREW SAKS DEAD AT 65 President and One of the Founders of Dry Goods House of Saks & Co. --- Andrew Saks, President and one of the founders of Saks & Co., the dry goods house, died yesterday morning in his apartment at Sherry's. Death followed a long illness...	9th April 1912
Unidentified Newspaper	FRANK GOLDSMITH, TITANIC SURVIVOR A former Detroit resident who survived the sinking of the liner Titanic in 1912 is dead at 79. Frank John William Goldsmith died Wednesday in Orlando, Fla., where he had lived since 1979 after retiring from business. The funeral will ...	1982

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