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  GENERAL INFORMATION
AGED thirty-four years, was born in Manchester. His apprenticeship was served with Messrs. H. H. Hall & Co., of Liverpool after which he was employed by Messrs. Campbell and Isherwood, Ltd., Bootle, Hame Electric Company, Liverpool and the Northern E...
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS SMOKING ROOM- 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS SMOKING ROOM- 1938.
THIRD CLASS SMOKING ROOM: Main Deck. Has a brightly decorated cocktail bar just inside its entrance. The room is extremely cozy and luxurious. The walls are watered teakwood, finished with transparent lacquer. The color scheme is light brown and gree...
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Haddonfield News HADDONFIELD HOMES: RESIDENCE OF FREDERICK SUTTON
Frederick Sutton was born June 15, 1850, in County Suffolk, England, and educated in private schools of Cambridgeshire. He came to Philadelphia in 1870 and began business with White Bros. & Co., Coffee Importers, at No. 27 South Water Street. In 1877...
10th June 1893
LIGHT STREET TAVERN-CAFE   LIGHT STREET TAVERN-CAFE
The Sonneborn Cafe on Light Street, Baltimore. In 1900, the Sonneborn family was living in rooms over the care, along with boarder Leo Schwabacher. Herman Praetorius, Henry's nephew, was born in the house next door in 1895....
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Camden Post-Telegram MANY MOURN FOR MR. FRED. SUTTON
Haddonfield Man Who Went Down With Titanic in Numerous Corporations --- BUDGET OF GOSSIP FROM THE BOROUGH --- As no word has been received concerning Frederick Sutton, of Haddonfield, it seems certain that he perish...
20th April 1912
TITANIC CHANDELIER   TITANIC CHANDELIER
A light fitting from the Olympic, identical to ones fitted in the Grand Staircase of the Titanic ...
POSTWAR 5. FIRST CLASS CABIN.   POSTWAR 5. FIRST CLASS CABIN.
CABINS: First class accommodations on the Nieuw Amsterdam are unusually attractive, ranging in size from cozy singles to elaborate cabins De Luxe. But no matter what type of cabin you occupy, you are assured of every convenience that make...
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Camden Daily Courier SURE SUTTON HAS PERISHED AT SEA
Relatives Return From New York Feeling Sure He Went Down on Titanic --- A DAY'S EVENTS AT HADDONFIELD --- Haddonfield, N. J., April 20---No word has yet been received concerning the whereabouts of Frederick Sutton, and it ...
20th April 1912
  LETTER TO HIS OLD FRIEND ALFRED PARSONS
''On board R.M.S. Titanic April 11, 1912. Dear Alfred I got yours this morning and was glad to hear from you. I thought I told you my ship was the Titanic. She has everything but taxicabs and theatres., Table D' Hote, Restau...
11th April 1912
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : STUYVESANT CAFE VERANDAH. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : STUYVESANT CAFE VERANDAH. 1938.
CAFÉ VERANDAH: As an added attraction, the Stuyvesant Café features this sunny adjoining verandah with picture windows overlooking the Cabin Class Sports Deck and, beyond it, the creamy wake of the ship streaming back towards the horizon. The ver...
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : STUYVESANT CAFE, TOURIST CLASS. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : STUYVESANT CAFE, TOURIST CLASS. 1938.
STUYVESANT CAFÉ AND VERANDAH: Tourist Class. Overlooks the Sports Deck; has a dance floor and a large coriander bar upholster in artificial beige leather. Ceilings lacquered in Naples yellow; walls light pale green; pillars polished gold leaf; carp...
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New York Times TWO MEN HURT ON OLYMPIC
President Ismay Sails on Her to Return on New Titanic...
25th January 1912
  EVERY THING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE TITANIC
Dimensions and Statistics: Length - 882 feet 6 inches. Beam - 92 feet 6 inches. Draft - 34 feet 6 inches. Height - 175 feet from keel to stack (the boat deck was 60 feet above the waterline). Dec...
8th December 2005
HINDENBURG KITCHEN.   HINDENBURG KITCHEN.
The Hindenburg's famed all-electric kitchen.  It is unfortunate that the author of Sky Cruise neglected to expand on his dismissal of the Hindenburg cuisine as being mundane. View originally stereoscopic....
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SIBONEY LIFEBOAT RESCUE 2   SIBONEY LIFEBOAT RESCUE 2
"On the afternoon of June 20th we entered the American War Zone and on the afternoon of the 21st a red light followed by a column of smoke which was believed to be the torching of an oil burning vessel was seen. Drawing nearer it was found to be t...
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR WHITE STAR LINE LIVESTOCK TRANSPORTS Breeders Gazette ADVERTISEMENT FOR WHITE STAR LINE LIVESTOCK TRANSPORTS
White Star Line! LIVE-STOCK andCARGO STEAMERS. Liverpool and New York, REGULAR WEEKLY SAILIN...
25th January 1893
Chicago Tribune FILM STORY OF TITANIC SINKING GETS THE GREEN LIGHT
LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD by Hedda Hopper Film Story of Titanic Sinking Gets the Green Light Hollywood, Feb. 22--Darryl Zanuck has given the green light to Charlie Brac...
22nd February 1952
New York Times FIERMONTE OUT 'FOREVER'
Announces Permanent Retirement From Boxing Activities --- WESTHAMPTON BEACH, L. I., June 22---Enzo Fiermonte, light- heavyweight boxer and husband of Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Fiermonte, today announced his retirement from the ring "f...
22nd June 1934
  FRIENDS FOR LIFE
Randy Bryan Bigham
Fifty-five year old Ella White, the wealthy widow of a Manhattan businessman, was short and stout with an outspoken, often brash personality. Her companion, Marie Grice Young, 36, tall, slim and soft-spoken, was a music teacher from Washington. The p...
Newark Evening News WILDWOOD MAN THOUGHT LOST
WILDWOOD, April 18---Friends of Frederick Sutton, of this place, president of the West Jersey Electric Company, say that he is among those who perished in the Titanic disaster. His name [does not appear?] in the list of the saved. N...
18th April 1912
Voyage LUCIGEN
John P. Eaton
Lucigen – Lucigen Steamship Co., (H.E. Moss & Co.) Departed Bremen, Germany 8 March for New York. On 24 March at 46 degrees N, 46 degrees West, encountered heavy pack ice with numerous bergs...
2nd January 2005
MOHAWK BROCHURE 2   MOHAWK BROCHURE 2
"Handy reading lights, electric fans, hot and cold running water - you will look in vain for a stateroom that has more comforts than these." "Charting a course on the trackless sea call for a fine skill and accuracy." "The ship's o...
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FIRST USE OF MORSE CODE   FIRST USE OF MORSE CODE
Drawing...
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NIGHT AND A TITAN Titanic Research NIGHT AND A TITAN
Senan Molony
What did Titanic look like at night?...
10th August 2011
Elmer Times MARINE DISASTER
[The following paragraph is the only passenger-specific one in a longer article.] Among the Titanics passengers reportedly was Frederick Sutton, whose home was at Haddonfield, but who had large business interests in Wildwood. He was ...
19th April 1912
Voyage GLENDUN
John P. Eaton
GLENDUN (Antrim Iron Ore Co., LTD.) On Sunday, December 10th, 1909, the immense stern framing of Titanic was transported from Darlington Forge Companys works at Darlington by the North Eastern Railway...
26th October 2004
Philadelphia Inquirer WILDWOOD BUSINESS MAN AMONG MISSING
Special to The Inquirer --- WILDWOOD, N. J., April 17---Never was so much sympathy expressed by the residents of Five Mile Beach as over the tidings that Frederick Sutton, the well-known business man, is listed among the missing probabl...
18th April 1912
ARMENIAN Voyage ARMENIAN
John P. Eaton
Cestrian, sister ship to the Armenian, seen here at Harland and Wolff's Belfast yard following completion. (courtesy Lawrence Dunn, Famous Liner...
27th March 2005
Wells Journal LADY'S PRAISE OF A TITANIC SEAMAN
One of the able seamen on the Titanic, Thomas Jones, a native of Anglesey has received the following letter from New York:- ''I feel I must write and tell you how splendidly you took charge of our boat on the fatal night. There were on...
30th May 1912
  LEAD KINDLY LIGHT
The Hymn "Lead Kindly Light" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. Verses 1-3 were written in 1833 by John Henry Newman (1801-1890). While traveling in Italy as a young priest...
The New York Times KILLED AT COL. ASTOR'S HOME
Electrician, Installing Telephones, Struck by Current from Feed Wire --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I., July 1---Eugene McCrohan, aged 25 years, employed by the Providence Telephone Com...
2nd July 1910
CAP ARCONA STAIRWAY   CAP ARCONA STAIRWAY
The stairway, like most of the other first class areas, emphasised light and space....
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FILM OF THE OLYMPIC   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
Voyage ROSALIND
John P. Eaton
New York, Newfoundland and Halifax Steam Ship Co., Ltd. (C.T. Bowring & Co., Ltd. Managers) Departed St. Johns, Newfoundland 6 April for New York.   On 7 April at 45 degrees 10 N. by 56 degrees 40 W. encountered a str...
CAFE GRILL   CAFE GRILL
The Café Grill on the Boat Deck is a pleasantly sunny room by day, and by night is softly illuminated by shafts of iridescent light....
1937 Gare Maritime
CAP ARCONA BALLROOM   CAP ARCONA BALLROOM
The Cap Arcona's ballroom was finished in light varnish, with details picked out in gold. It was identical in size to the lounge/vestibule it adjoined, 75.5' x 52.6' x 13.9' and, in common with the other public rooms, appeared to be almos...
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Christian Science Monitor WOMAN SURVIVOR OF TITANIC TELLS OF THE LAST HOURS OF SHIP
Miss Caroline Bonnell Says Great Vessel Stood Still in Tracks and Then Gave a Great Shiver SAW NO CONFUSION (Written for the United Press by Miss Caroline Bonnell) (Copyright 1912 by the United Press) M...
19th April 1912
Daily Home News LOST HIS BROTHER ON TITANIC
James Van Billings, of South Wales, Pa., and Two Children Lose Lives in Disaster---Brother Here Receives the Sad News ---------- Monroe Van Billings, of this city, this morning received the sad news that his brother, James, and his two ...
22nd April 1912
POSTWAR 6. CABIN DE LUXE.   POSTWAR 6. CABIN DE LUXE.
CABIN DE LUXE: As gracious and inviting as the living room of your own home is this colorful cabin de luxe. There are twelve such apartments, each distinctively different in color scheme and furnishings, and each consisting of bedroom, sitting roo...
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Cambridge Chronicle A CAMBRIDGE VICTIM
Mr. A. W. Barringer [photo] The greatest sympathy is felt with the relatives of Mr. A. W Barringer, whom as reported in last week's issue, was amongst those who lost their lives in the terrible Titanic disaster. The dece...
26th April 1912
TITANIC'S CARGO GEAR Titanic Research TITANIC'S CARGO GEAR
Captain Charles B. Weeks
Because of my experience on cargo ships and the fact that I teach Dry Cargo Operations to students at Maine Maritime Academy, I have long been fascinated with Titanic’s cargo gear. Chronologically she came d...
11th January 2005
The New York Times SUE COL. ASTOR FOR $30,000
Relatives of Electrician, Killed at Beechwood, Assert Negligence --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I., Oct. 2---When Col. John Jacob Astor came to Newport last month aboard his steam yacht...
3rd October 1911
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : RITZ-CARLTON ROOM MURAL   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : RITZ-CARLTON ROOM MURAL
To the right and left of the entrance to the Ritz-Carlton, two large fresco panels by Han Hulsbergen symbolize the coming and passing of day with excellently drawn classical figures. These paintings interpret the susceptibility of the room to chan...
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Western Morning News TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW
A Truro passenger, Charles P Fillbrook, resided at Charles Street, with his parents, was on his way to join an uncle at Howder County, Michigan, with the intention of becoming a miner, or of following his trade as a painter. He had not long finished...
18th April 1912
GIANT SHIPS SOON TO JOIN THE ATLANTIC FLEET New York Times GIANT SHIPS SOON TO JOIN THE ATLANTIC FLEET
Olympic and Titanic, Carrying 5,000 People---12,000 Tons Heavier, 50 Feet Longer Than Any Ship Afloat VISITORS to the commercial capital of Ireland by way of the Victoria Channel through Belfast Lough for the first time ca...
12th December 1909
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : RITZ-CARLTON ROOM. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : RITZ-CARLTON ROOM. 1938.
RITZ-CARLTON ROOM: The Ritz-Carlton room is located on the Upper Promenade deck, immediately above the Smoking Room and is reached by an impressive ebony and bronze Y-shaped stairway. On either side of the stairs where they divide port from starb...
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New York Evening Journal ASTOR TO DYNAMITE TITANIC
A plan to blow up the wreckage of the Titanic with a powerful explosive in order to recover the body of John Jacob Astor, one of the passengers who was carried down, is being seriously considered to-day by Vincent Astor, son of the late Colonel....
20th April 1912
New York Times POMPEII CHARMS MR. MORGAN
He Is Especially Captivated by the Frescoes in New Excavations --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- NAPLES, March 17---When J. Pierpont Morgan went to Pompeii Friday he was a...
18th March 1912
  RED CROSS COMMITTEE REPORT
Bracken, Mr. James. H. Missing. American. Home New Mexico. (From The Emergency and Relief booklet by the American Red Cross, 1913). No. 51. (American). Husband, travelling alone, was drowned. He was carrying with hi...
Providence Journal STEAD'S BROTHER INDIGNANT-ASKS WHAT RIGHT ISMAY SAVED FROM WRECK
London, April 20, 1912- Alfred Stead, brother of William T. Stead who went down with the Titanic is thoroughly aroused over the circumstances under which so many persons went to their doom in the waters of the north Atlantic. He said yesterday: "Spe...
20th April 1912
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS PLAYROOM. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS PLAYROOM. 1938.
THE PLAYROOM: A playroom, where the real children may also have a good time, is on the same deck. Designed by Fritz Spanjaard, it is decorated with leaded glass windows and a humorous frieze, by Ruscha Wijdeveld. An electric train, a juvenile stage...
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RIO CRUISE BROCHURE - MAP AND ITINERARY   RIO CRUISE BROCHURE - MAP AND ITINERARY
CRUISE PROGRAM New York . . . . Sail on Feb. 5, 1 p.m. Nassau, Bahamas . . . Feb. 7 A forenoon to see the island, its fashionable hotels and splendid bathing beaches. Port of Spain, Trinidad. . . Feb. 9 & 10 An afterno...
1937 Gare Maritime
Unidentified Newspaper MRS. PETERSEN JAMES CORRIGAN WED IN TORRANCE
In a quiet ceremony attended by only the immediate members of the two families, Mrs. Edwina C. Petersen, 1021 Sixth St., Hermosa Beach, and James Corrigan, 323 Ave. C, Redondo Beach, were united in marriage Saturday, July 23. Rev. P...
July 1955
Washington Times NO ALARM FELT WHEN STEAMER FIRST STRUCK
MISS CAROLINE BONNELL
Passengers Came on Deck to Get View of Big Berg --- TERRIBLE SUFFERING IN THE LIFEBOATS --- Carpathia Gave Tenderest Care To the Rescued---Four Buried At Sea --- BY MISS CAROLINE BONNELL (Copyrighted, ...
19th April 1912
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : ENGRAVED GLASS PANELS   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : ENGRAVED GLASS PANELS
Vestibule and A Deck Foyer: Elevator shafts are embellished in a new and exciting manner with panels of engraved glass created by Andreas D. Copier in collaboration with Jaap Gidding. Softly diffused with turquoise blue light, the various undersea m...
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  MY MAIDEN VOYAGE
Roberta Maioni
When I say that I am a survivor of the Titanic you will know at once that my story is to be one of great tragedy, for even after fourteen years, the name of that ill-fated vessel brings a shudder of horror to those who remember it's wr...
1926
The Times A FIREMAN'S ADVENTURES
The remarkable adventures of a young fireman have been brought to light through the sinking of the "Donegal." John Priest, who lives in Southampton, is only 29 years of age. He has been on the sea since his youth, and has served in many wat...
23rd April 1917
  THE WHITE STAR LINE
George Henry Preble
THE WHITE STAR LINE, 1870.-The White Star Line was originally composed of a fleet of fast-sailing American clipper-ships, by the "Champion of the Seas," "Blue Jacket," "White Star,"...
The Sydney Morning Herald TITANIC SURVIVOR MR THOMAS TAVERNER
Mario J. Borg
Hi there all, it is me Mario J. Borg from Sydney Australia writing about the TITANIC Survivor Mr Thomas Taverner again and you you all can read this article: TITANIC Survivor Mr Thomas Taverner was invited to a special meeting in George Street at The Flying Angel Mission to Seaman in 1962 ...
7th April 1962
New York Times STEAM YACHT ELEANOR SOLD
J. J. Hill Is the Purchaser of Mrs. Cardeza's Famous Pleasure Craft --- The rumored purchase of Mrs. James W. Martinez-Cardeza'a steam yacht Eleanor by President J. J. Hill of the Great Northern Railroad has been confirme...
26th June 1900
  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
CAP ARCONA DINING ROOM   CAP ARCONA DINING ROOM
The principal feature of the Cap Arcona's dining room was ten pairs of large windows, arranged five per side, which allowed natural light into the room and gave it a less confined feel was achieved in the (mostly) enclosed dining rooms ab...
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Voyage TUNISIAN
John P. Eaton
Eastbound, St. John, New Brunswick to Liverpool. On 10 April reported heavy ice in the vicinity of an area that was later the disaster site. Port of Registry: Glasgow ...
12th November 2005
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : GRAND HALL, 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : GRAND HALL, 1938.
The Grand Hall has been intelligently decorated in tones of gray to enhance fully the glamorous effect of exquisitely gowned women and their escorts in evening dress. It extends two decks high and measuring seventy three feet long and fifty two feet ...
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New York Times FASHIONS AT THE PALACE
Lady Duff-Gordon and Her Models Back---Effective War Play ---The changing season, with its accompanying change in feminine fashions, brought Lady Duff-Gordon and her gorgeously clad models back to the Palace Theatre yesterday a...
28th May 1918
New York Herald TITANIC : THE COUNTESS OF ROTHES AND THE PHANTOM LIGHT
LADY ROTHES DESCRIBES THE HORROR OF SURVIVORS' CHASE OF PHANTOM LIGHT ...
21st April 1912
THE BROWNS PREPARE TO ABANDON SHIP Titanic Research THE BROWNS PREPARE TO ABANDON SHIP
David Haisman
Her father stood in the doorway of their cabin and said, ''There's talk that the ship has hit an iceberg.'' It was those fateful words that were to change their lives forever. Edith, along with her mother Elizabeth, were sharing a Secon...
3rd August 2003
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
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS LOUNGE, 1938   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS LOUNGE, 1938
THIRD CLASS LOUNGE: Main Deck. A striking room of reds, whites and blues. Walls, partly satinwood, partly of Hasco-relief. Ceiling white, with dropped sides. Floor covered with soft, speckled, light gray carpet. Chairs satinwood, some upholstered in ...
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New York Times JACQUES FUTRELLE, WRITER
The Author of "The Thinking Machine" and Many Short Stories --- Jacques Futrell is well known as a writer of fiction, having contributed many long and short stories to magazines. He was born in Pike County, Georgia, April 9, 1875, and ...
16th April 1912
JACKAL Voyage JACKAL
John P. Eaton
While Titanic was outfitting, Jackal served as an auxiliary vessel moored alongside, her generator providing light and power aboard the ship for the outfitting workers. Also used as a yard tug. ...
5th December 2004
New York Times GIVE LIGHTHOUSE FOR TITANIC'S DEAD
Tower on Seamen's Institute Dedicated Before Those Who Created It --- TRIBUTES OF CLERGYMEN --- Light Will Shine for All Lower Harbor, and Time Ball Will Indicate Exact Noon --- With services commemorating th...
16th April 1913
East Kent Gazette A CANADIAN REFERENCE
A reference to Miss Buss is made in the Toronto Daily Star of April 20th, as the following extract will show:- ''Special to the 'Star' by a staff reporter - New York, April 20th - What happened at the regular Sunday service on board th...
4th May 1965
The Times HARLAND, SIR EDWARD J.
OBITUARY --- SIR EDWARD HARLAND, M.P. Sir Edward James Harland, Bart., M. P. for North Belfast, died suddenly yesterday morning at his residence, Glenfarne-hall, Enniskillen. He was found dead in bed. Except for a chill...
25th December 1895
New York Times GUGGENHEIM ESTATE VALUED AT $3,551,994
Victim of Titanic Disaster Left Widow $785,199---Daughters Get About $500,000 Each --- MANY CHARITABLE BEQUESTS --- Sisters Receive Incomes from Trust Funds of $75,000 and Sisters-in-Law from $25,000 --- Benj...
18th January 1916
  PICTURE STAR GIVEN RECEPTION AT WEBER'S
Dorothy Gibson Introduced, Applauded by "Movie" Crowd A distinct treat was enjoyed by a large audience of devotees of the motion pictures yesterday when Mr. White, manager of Webers New York, spied among the evenings patrons M...
1912
TRAFFIC Voyage TRAFFIC
John P. Eaton
On 10 April 1912 Titanic arrived at Cherbourg from Southampton at 6:35 p.m. after a voyage of little more than five hours. After taking aboard mail and pasengers she departed at 8:10 p.m. Boarding were 274 passengers: 142 first class, 30 second...
22nd September 2005
Voyage KURA
John P. Eaton
Kura Steamship Co., Ltd. (Stephens, Sutton & Stephens, Managers.) (Westbound, Bremerhaven to New York via St. John’s Newfoundland) On 18 March encountered ice at 42 degrees N. 47 degrees ...
19th December 2004
LIFEBOATS EXTINGUISHED THEIR LIGHTS! Titanic Research LIFEBOATS EXTINGUISHED THEIR LIGHTS!
Senan Molony

Lifeboats from the Titanic extinguished their lights in order not to become attractive beacons for swimmers after the sinking....
6th December 2011
New York Times WOMEN REVEALED AS HEROINES BY WRECK
*** --- COUNTESS ROTHES BRAVE --- Took Charge in Her Boat-Mrs. Cornell Among Those Who Worked at the Oars --- *** --- COUNTESS IN CHARGE OF BOAT --- Sat at Tiller Five Hours--Survi...
20th April 1912
Unidentified Newspaper HULL SURVIVOR OF TITANIC DISASTER DIES
A HULL SURVIVOR of the Titanic disaster has died at the age of 86. He was Irish-born Mr Edmond Ryan, formerly of Welwyn Park-road, Hull, who died in Kingston Old People's Home, Pearson Park. He leaves a daughter and a son. At the time of ...
6th November 1974
OCEANIC Voyage OCEANIC
John P. Eaton
White Star Line Not only was Oceanic operated by the same company that operated Titanic, she was also directly associated with Titanic at the beginning of her maiden voyage as well as during the first weeks following...
11th July 2005
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 (1888) Voyage TITANIC (1888)
John P. Eaton
Smith & Service (1888-1903) Port of Registry: Belfast , Ireland Flag of Registry: British Funnel: Black ...
22nd November 2004
NEBRASKAN SURVIVOR RARELY SPOKE OF TRAGEDY   NEBRASKAN SURVIVOR RARELY SPOKE OF TRAGEDY
Einar Gervasius Carlson, formerly Karlsson was born in Oakarshamn, Sweden on June 19, 1890. He was 21 years old when he and a friend, Johan Charles Asplund boarded the Titanic for the United States. They were originally booked on the ship Adriatic...
Toronto Daily Star I CAN ROW, BUT LET A WOMAN GET INTO BOAT
Newspaper article...
19th April 1912
Chicago Examiner MORE SPIRIT NOTES BY STEAD REVEALED
Spirit messages from the late William T. Stead, lost in the Titanic disaster,...
7th December 1913
Toronto Daily Star TITANTIC (SIC) STOOD ON END FOR MINUTES BEFORE SHE SUNK (SIC)
Newspaper article...
19th April 1912
  JOSEPH GROVES BOXHALL - RADIO INTERVIEW
Joseph Boxhall  Radio Interview, October 1962 Transcribed by Capt. Charles B. Weeks and Cathy Akers-Jordan On that Sunday night the, 14th, of April, along with Moody who was the Si...
October 1962
NEW YORK Voyage NEW YORK
(American Line) ex-City of New York, Inman Line As Titanic left Southampton 10 April 1912, the suction and wave action of her propellers and huge bulk tore New York loose from her mooring in tandem with Oceanic...
20th July 2005
DUKE OF ALBANY Voyage DUKE OF ALBANY
John P. Eaton
(F. Kemp & Company) The center anchor of the Titanic weighs 15 ½ tons and was fabricated by Messrs. N. Hingley & Sons, Ltd. Of Netherton, Dudley, Worcestershire. Typical of the manner by which the m...
31st October 2004
R.M.S. TITANIC: UNIQUE ORIGINAL PLAN USED THROUGHOUT THE BRITISH TITANIC ENQUIRY.   R.M.S. TITANIC: UNIQUE ORIGINAL PLAN USED THROUGHOUT THE BRITISH TITANIC ENQUIRY.
A large scales plan of the Titanic used during the Titanic enquiry is offered for sale......
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : SMOKING ROOM. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : SMOKING ROOM. 1938.
SMOKING ROOM: Outstanding features of the Smoking Room, which Frits A. Eschauzier designed, are the ingenious manner in which the light and airy raised side verandahs relieve the dark panel work of the room proper. These “sun wings” are a gallant...
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New York Times MEMORIAL NOTICE
STRAUS---At the first meeting of the Board of Directors of the Hebrew Technical Institute held since the appalling disaster of the loss of the Titanic, this minute was, by unanimous vote, adopted: We cannot refrain from mingling our la...
8th May 1912
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : GRAND HALL 1938   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : GRAND HALL 1938
THE GRAND HALL: The Grand Hall is an excellent interpretation of the ship’s predominating theme. Hendrik T. Wijdeveld conceived it as a subdued setting for the play of life that is continuously enacted here. The room is a symphony in gray that pro...
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New York Times THREE BRAVE OFFICERS
In telling the story of the loss of the Titanic more light is being shed upon the conduct of the ship's officers....
23rd April 1912
  SISTER OF PLAINFIELD MAN SAVED LITTLE BOY
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wilson of Chestnut St. are home from New York where they had a meeting with Mr. Wilson's sister, Miss Helen Wilson, one of the survivors of the Titanic, who came in on the Carpathia. Miss Wilson is at the Hotel Seville, with Mr....
22nd April 1912
NO LIGHT ON THE MYSTERY HIDING THE IDENTITY OF TWO WAIFS OF THE SEA Evening World NO LIGHT ON THE MYSTERY HIDING THE IDENTITY OF TWO WAIFS OF THE SEA
Nicola Greeley-Smith
French Children Merely Answer Oui and Contentedly Play With Little Boats...
22nd April 1912
Bernardsville News SURVIVORS OF THE GREAT DISASTER
Mrs. Harman and Daughters Interviewed---Before and after the awful Casualty---Husband and Father gone and all their Property Lost---A Trouble too Deep for Words --- Mrs. Jane Harman, widow of Samuel Harman, who met his death at sea last...
26th April 1912
The Witney Gazette TITANIC SURVIVORS' STORIES ON ARRIVAL AT PLYMOUTH
One hundred and sixty-seven survivors of the crew of the Titanic landed at Plymouth on Sunday from the Red Star liner Lapland. They told a large number of full and graphic stories of the disaster. One of the chief facts brought to light i...
4th May 1912
Dowagiac Daily News MR. AND MRS. BISHOP GIVE FIRST AUTHENTIC INTERVIEW CONCERNING TITANTIC [SIC] DISASTER
THEY RECITE A GRAPHIC TALE OF THE GREAT SEA DISASTER OF A WEEK AGO. "Ladies and Grooms First" Was Order They Obeyed and Both Left the Ship Together TELL EXPERIENCES WHILE AFLOAT German Baron Would Not A...
20th April 1912
New York Times MARCONI CHEERED FOR WIRELESS FEATS
Modestly Gives Credit to Other Inventors and Speaks of Life Saving from Titanic --- FIRST LECTURE IN AMERICA --- Prof. Pupin Childes Speaker for Praising Other Inventors for Discoveries That Were Only by Marconi ...
18th April 1912
Kenosha Telegraph-Courier MRS. HANSON IS HOME
MRS. HANSON IS HOME _____________________   ...
THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC   THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC
Jeanette Forrest
A Descriptive Piano Composition Word and Music by Jeanette Forrest Published 1912 by Frank K. Root & Co. Chicago : New York Listen to this Piece [Midi] ...
1912
New York Times COL. ASTOR WEDS MADELEINE FORCE
Early Morning Ceremony at Beechwood, the Bridegroom's Newport Home --- REJECTS CLERICAL CARPENTER --- Dr. Joseph Lambert Officiates in Place of the Rev. Mr. Straight---Colonel for Remarriage Only Once --- Spe...
10th September 1911
Unknown LEST WE FORGET
Marie G. Young
by Marie G. Young - A Survivor of the Titanic Miss Marie G. Young, Former Music Teacher at the White House, Rescued From the Titanic, Describes the Sufferings of Some of the Survivors Six months have elapsed since the ...
1912
WORLD'S LARGEST AND FASTEST LINER TO MAKE SPECIAL VOYAGE TO RIO DE JANEIRO   WORLD'S LARGEST AND FASTEST LINER TO MAKE SPECIAL VOYAGE TO RIO DE JANEIRO
S. S. "NORMANDIE" TO SAIL ON CRUISE World's largest and fastest liner to make special voyage to Rio de Janeiro FRENCH LINE AND RAYMOND-WHITCOMB ARRANGE REMARKABLE WINTER HOLIDAY If ever the announcement of a new Cruise dese...
1937 Gare Maritime
KEEPING TRACK OF A MAIDEN VOYAGE Titanic Research KEEPING TRACK OF A MAIDEN VOYAGE
Samuel Halpern
On Thursday the 11th of April 1912, the RMS Titanic departed Queenstown on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic ocean to New York. About 2:20 PM GMT, she took departure from the Daunt’s Rock light vessel, and pro...
20th February 2007
Evening Bulletin TITANIC SURVIVOR WRITES OF HORROR TO FRIEND HERE
Like Scene on Stage," Says Dr. Alice Leeder in Letter to Mrs. Sarah Babcock --- One of the most interesting accounts of the Titanic disaster which has come to light is in a letter written on board the Carpathia by Dr. Alice Leeder, New...
20th April 1912
 

 
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