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The Sun	TITANIC IS A ¢&EURO;ËœBEAUTIFUL SIGHT' THE last written description of the Titanic before it sank is up for auction this week....	15th April 2008
	FILM OF THE OLYMPIC These pictures were retouched after the Titanic disaster to eliminate American company flags visible on the other vessels in harbour so that, when re-shown in April 1912, the pictures might represent Titanic at her berth in Southampt...	1911
Elizabeth Daily Journal	FAILS TO FIND BROTHER AMONG TITANIC'S DEAD (Special to the Journal) Rahway, May 11---Mrs. Margaret O’Brien, of 90 Monroe street, returned last evening from a several days’ stay in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she went to see if any trace could be found of her brother, Arthur Kee...	11th May 1912
	THEODOOR DE MULDER'S CERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA To Be Given To The Person Naturalized No. 3637076 CERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP Petition No. 71418 Personal description of holder as of date of naturalizatio...	5th December 1932
New York Times	MANY GIFTS TO CHARITY Joseph Hirsch's Will Filed---W. A. Spencer Gives $1,000 to Library --- A large number of public institutions received bequests by wills filed for probate yesterday in the Surrogates' Court. [Description of the will of Joseph Hirsch omi...	29th May 1912
AP	TITANIC LOCKET FETCHES $100,000 A locket that went down with the Titanic and a survivor's handwritten account of the 1912 disaster fetched tens of thousands of dollars at auction Saturday.American passenger Helen Churchill Candee's 36â€“page description of the ship's sinking, which fetched US$85,000 in the sale, describes how she gave her locket to Edward Kent, a friend on board the ship, for safekeeping after the Titanic hit the iceberg that destroyed it.The locket, which sold for US$100,000, was found in the drowned Kent's jacket pocket when his body was recovered soon after his death....	4th May 2006
Hudson Observer	WEST HOBOKEN MAN'S RELATIVES HAVE NOT ABANDONED ALL HOPE Nothing has been heard of John Ashby, listed as second cabin passenger aboard the ill-fated Titanic, and the family, in West Hoboken, with the Rev. Edmund J. Cleveland, would be pleased for any information. No satisfaction can be obtained at the Whit...	22nd April 1912
Daily Sketch	MAN WHO WAS PULLED BACK Says Officer Shot Two Men Who tried to Enter Boat A graphic description of the scene on the Titanic after the boats had gone is given by an Athlone survivor, Mr ...	4th May 1912
	EDITH RUSSELL'S PARIS BROTHEL How a Titanic survivor nearly bought a house of ill-repute!...
	BIRTH CERTIFICATE CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF BIRTH Registration District Southam...	1881
Channel 4	FOUR ROOMS : CHANNEL FOUR : BE A PART OF IT! Talkback Thames Channel 4’s Hit Series Four Rooms is back and looking for more extraordinary items to feature in the second series....	25th October 2011
	NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS The Los Angeles Times of April 17th 1912 stated that he was a brother of E. D. Rood of El Centro, California. The Rocky Mountain News (Denver) of April 13th 1992 stated that he was the Vice President and General Manager of the Pacific Coast Creosotin...
	DEATH CERTIFICATE Certified Copy of an Entry of Death Registration District ...	1913
Jersey Journal	JERSEY CITY MAN AND BROTHER PERISH John Kieran, who boarded with James Tierney at Grove and Second streets perished, along with his brother Phillip, in the wreck of the Titanic. John was 23 years old and was employed as a bartender at 268 Varick Street. He was a citizen of the United ...	19th April 1912
Chicago Daily Journal	THE HERO'S CHOICE—THE PLUNGE OF THE TITANIC WITH THOSE WHO STAYED BEHIND The Hero’s Choice—The Plunge of the Titanic with Those Who Stayed Behind From a Description of the Final Scene in World’s Greatest Sea Disaster by One of ...	19th April 1912
New York Times	FIERMONTES SAIL ON THE SAME SHIP Former Mrs. Astor, With Friend, Books Passage for Italy at Last Moment --- The former Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick, who was married to Enzo Fiermonte, Italian pugilist, more than a year ago, booked a last-minute passage Saturday on t...	29th January 1935
The Greenwich News	GREENWICH PEOPLE SAVED MRS. WILLIAM T. GRAHAM AND MISS MARGARET AMONG RESCUED FROM TITANIC. RELATIVES OF OTHER GREENWICH PEOPLE ON STRICKEN SHIP ALL REACH PORT - TALES OF THE DISASTER FROM MISS GRAHAM AND MR. CARTER'S ...	19th April 1912
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
Worcester Evening Gazette	BE BRITISH, MY MEN CAPT. SMITH'S ORDER WASHINGTON, April 19- But for the unparalled self-sacrifice and heroism of Capt. Smith and the Titanic's officers, the sea would have claimed an even greater toll when the gigantic ship went down. From the bridge, Capt. Smith called through his megap...	20th April 1912
Titanic Review	REPORT INTO THE LOSS OF THE SS TITANIC - A CENTENNIAL REAPPRAISAL Monica Hall A remarkable team of experts shine fresh and detailed light on a century old drama....	7th December 2011
	MME. AUBART: LUXURY LOST After her rescue from Titanic, French singer Leontine Pauline ("Ninette") Aubart, better remembered as the mistress of American millionaire Benjamin Guggenheim, wrote the following letter to the White Star Line, itemizing her lost possessions: ...	1st May 1912
Gare Maritime	DESCRIPTION OF A CORK WAISTCOAT The first lifejacket?...	1st December 2006
Connaught Telegraph	THE TITANIC DISASTER, DUE TO EXCESSIVE SPEED Lord Mersey, the specially appointed Commissioner of Wrecks to enquire into the loss of the White Star Liner Titanic, on Tuesday delivered the finding of the Court. The attendance at the London-Scottish Hall, Westminster, where the in...	3rd August 1912
	TITANIC RELIEF FUND (From the Minute Book of the White Star Company) The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay...
Daily Home News	VAN BILLIARD BOYS MAY HAVE STUCK TO FATHER Relatives, However, Hope That They May Be Among the Titanic Waifs in New York---Father Was Returning Home With Many Diamonds. ---------- Many tales of heroism displayed by men, women and children aboard the Steamer Titanic during the la...	23rd April 1912
Titanic Review	THE 'OLYMPIC' CLASS SHIPS: OLYMPIC, TITANIC, BRITANNIC (REVISED EDITION) Art Braunschweiger Review of Mark Chirnside's ‘Olympic’ Class Ships: Olympic – Titanic – Britannic...	3rd January 2012
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
Titanic Research	ICE ON DECK Henning Pfeifer Further analysis of the iceberg impact....	12th February 2002
Gare Maritime	LEST WE FORGET : THE COUGHLIN FAMILY Michael Poirier and Jim Kalafus A beautiful spring day had brought together a band of people who wanted to honor the memory of a Titanic victim, Kate Buckley. Sitting under a tent, waiting for the service to start, Shelley Dziedzic began talking to a friendly-looking...	14th September 2010
Evanston Daily News	MARY HEWLETT - SURVIVOR OF TITANIC HERE Mrs. Mary Hewlitt, of Lucknow, India, Was Rescued From the Disabled Craft, Gives Description of Disaster Was Traveling Alone Woman Stops Here At Home of J. L. Hebblet...	25th April 1912