Engine Room

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THE HEROIC ENGINEERS Daily Sketch THE HEROIC ENGINEERS
Mr. Arthur Ward, one of the Titanic's engineers. In all the messages received no mention is made of what happened in the engine-room, of the gallant engineers sticking to their post with the water pouring into the bowels of the ship. That not one was...
22nd 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
  PROBATE REPORT
LOBB William Arthur of Bugle St Austell Cornwall engine driver died 14 April 1912 at sea Administration Bodmin 3 August 1912 to George Lobb clay labourer Effects Ł50 NB. Engine driver in this sense is a mine engine rather than conventional r...
Hampshire Independent IN MEMORIAM: WILLIAM FARQUHARSON
In loving memory of my ever dear husband, Will, who sacrificed his life in the engine-room, R.M.S. Titanic. Fondly remembered....
17th April 1912
GRILL ROOM STAIR DOWN TO SMOKE ROOM   GRILL ROOM STAIR DOWN TO SMOKE ROOM
1935 Gare Maritime
  MEMORIALS
Remembered on: the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO GEORGE FOX HOSKING
Remembered on: the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial also remembered on ...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO JAMES FRASER
Remembered on: the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial also remembered on ...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO WILLIAM FARQUHARSON
Is remembered on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial also remembered o...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS: HUGH FITZPATRICK
Remembered on: the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial a...
  MEMORIALS TO GEORGE ALEXANDER CHISNALL
Remembered on: the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
  MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial also remembered on the Institut...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. a...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered ...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent - Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the L...
  MEMORIALS TO WILLIAM KELLY
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO FANK PARSONS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
Western Morning News LEAP OF 75 FEET
A fireman named Walter Hurst, of Southampton, said he was off watch at the time, and made his way to the boat deck. He was, of course, told to stand back and about five minutes before the liner sank he jumped the 75 feet to the sea, having a lifebel...
29th April 1912
  MEMORIALS TO ALFRED MIDDLETON
Assistant Electrician. Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memori...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO JOHN HENRY HESKETH
Named on the magnificent Engineer's Memorial in East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembere...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO EDWARD DODD
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also ...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO RENNY DODDS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also ...
  MEMORIALS TO ALBERT GEORGE ERVINE
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial....
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO ARTHUR WARD
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO HENRY DYER
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also ...
HINDENBURG SMOKING ROOM   HINDENBURG SMOKING ROOM
A corner of the Smoking Room, the most elaborately fireprotected public room aboard the ship....
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Chicago Daily News CLAIMED TO BE THE OLDEST SURVIVNG MEMBER OF THE CREW OF THE TITANIC
Deaths Elsewhere Jacob Gibbons, 89, who claimed to be the oldest survivng member of the crew of the Titanic; an engine room worker who was one of the last to leave it when it sank; in Studland, England....
2nd March 1965
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS DINING ROOM. ARCHITECT'S RENDERING. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS DINING ROOM. ARCHITECT'S RENDERING. 1938.
THIRD CLASS DINING ROOM: The only Third class public room to survive the 1961 refit, the dining room was located on B Deck, directly below the First and Second class dining rooms. To reach the room, Third class passengers descended a staircase from A...
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  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also r...
  MEMORIALS: ARTHUR ROUS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also r...
SMOKE ROOM   SMOKE ROOM
1935 Gare Maritime
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS: WILLIAM DUFFY
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial....
MEXICO CRUISE BROCHURE (PAGE 2)   MEXICO CRUISE BROCHURE (PAGE 2)
This page contains a rare view of the Morro Castle's dining room as seen from the balcony. Most other views show the rear of the room with its large sideboard - this view shows the passenger entrances to the room and also the landscape painting that hung between the doors....
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POSTWAR 3. THE SMOKING ROOM.   POSTWAR 3. THE SMOKING ROOM.
THE SMOKING ROOM: Favorite rendez-vous of many Nieuw Amsterdam passengers is the handsome First Class Smoking Room with its rich Circassian walnut paneling and deep, luxurious armchairs and settees. Flanked by two enclosed sun verandahs exte...
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POSTWAR 15. TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM.   POSTWAR 15. TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM.
TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM: The air conditioned comfort of the “Tourist” Dining Room will add extra zest to your enjoyment of the famed Holland-America cuisine. Menus offer a tempting array of the same fine food served in “First” and “Cab...
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  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO JAMES SMITH
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on...
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers memorial, East Park. also named on a grave in the Anfield Cemetery, Liverpool. The inscription reads: Also Peter Only Son of the Above Who Lost His Life With Other Brave Of...
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS SMOKING ROOM STATUE. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS SMOKING ROOM STATUE. 1938.
Suriname Negro. This statue, and its mate, Suriname Negress, stood in the Tourist Class Smoking Room, prewar. The room, which served as the liner's Music Room on one-class cruises, was replaced by a new Cabin Class theatre postwar....
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HAROLD BRIDE IN THE WIRELESS ROOM   HAROLD BRIDE IN THE WIRELESS ROOM
Harold Bride photographed by Fr Francis Browne in  the Wireless Room of the Titanic.  The ghosted image being due to a double exposure....
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO NORMAN HARRISON
Named on the magnificent Engineer's Memorial in East Park, Southampton. also named on a grave in Knotty Ash Parish Church Cemetery, Knotty Ash, Liverpool. also mentioned on a grave in Kirkdale Cemetery, Longmoor Lane, Liverpool....
Worcestershire Chronicle FIRE UP HARD
''Down in the engine-room,'' said John Thompson, one of the surviving firemen, in New York, ''we understood that they wanted the Titanic to make a record run. The orders to us were to fire up as hard as we could. At time the liner made 77 revolutions...
27th April 1912
NORMANDIE: GRILL ROOM STAIRCASE LOOKING INTO SMOKING ROOM 1935   NORMANDIE: GRILL ROOM STAIRCASE LOOKING INTO SMOKING ROOM 1935
1935 Gare Maritime
TITANIC CONNECTIONS WITH LIVERPOOL   TITANIC CONNECTIONS WITH LIVERPOOL
Titanic, Carpathia, Californian were all Liverpool registered ships. The Titanic was scheduled to visit the port on the voyage from Belfast to Southampton but this was cancelled almost at the last minute. ...
CAP ARCONA SMOKING ROOM   CAP ARCONA SMOKING ROOM
The Cap Arcona's smoking room was perhaps her most North Atlantic liner-like interior. The 62' x 52 x 13.9' space was paneled in dark walnut, and featured a marble fireplalce set into a marble wall. This was as close to Moderne as any ...
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MORRO CASTLE - SMOKING ROOM   MORRO CASTLE - SMOKING ROOM
Aft of the lounge, and beyond the second casing, was the First Class smoking room. Again, the paneling was a medium-toned wood with gilt detailing. Along the forward bulkhead was a fireplace as elaborate as that in the lounge, and overhead the cei...
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West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser UNTITLED
Mr. W. H. Nancarrow, an engine driver, who had previously been abroad, was returning to some friends. His wife and nine young children reside at Mount Charles, St Austell....
18th April 1912
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO BERTIE WILSON
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on...
NIEUW AMSTERDAM CARD ROOM. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM CARD ROOM. 1938.
LIBRARY and CARD ROOM: Abaft the Grand Hall are the Library and Card Room, which flank the connecting glass paneled corridor leading to the Smoking and Ritz-Carlton rooms. Decorated in black and silver, with a note of maroon here and there, Wijdevel...
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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....
TITANIC'S PRIME MOVER - AN EXAMINATION OF PROPULSION AND POWER Titanic Research TITANIC'S PRIME MOVER - AN EXAMINATION OF PROPULSION AND POWER
Samuel Halpern
9th July 2007
  THE LAURENTIC/MEGANTIC EXPERIMENT
The Olympic-class liners were fitted with two triple expansion engines, which powered the port and starboard propellers, and a low-pressure turbine, which powered the center propeller. This propulsion system was first tested on the White Star sister...
  MEMORIALS TO WILLIAM DICKSON MACKIE
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also r...
POSTWAR 8. FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM.   POSTWAR 8. FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM.
DINING ROOM: Every detail of the First Class Dining Room is calculated to enhance your enjoyment of the lavish meals served aboard ship. The golden, padded ceiling, tinted mirrors and soft, diffused lighting lend an air of quiet distinction. On cruis...
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HINDENBURG RADIO ROOM   HINDENBURG RADIO ROOM
A 1936 view of the Radio Room, from a stereoscopic photo....
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM. 1938   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM. 1938
TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM: Located on A Deck, air conditioned and connected with the First Class Dining Room by doors, enabling both rooms to be used as one when required. Seating capacity 292. Carpeted in grey in large squares of alternating nap. Wa...
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Lloyds Weekly News LORD CHARLES BERESFORD TRIBUTE TO THE BLACK SQUAD
A fine tribute to the engineers and boiler room staff of the ‘Titanic’, the ’Black Squad’, who stood their posts in the bowels of the ship, to the last, was paid by Lord Charles Beresford in a letter to the Times. He Wrote: - “In the lat...
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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DINING ROOM   DINING ROOM
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM
First Class Dining Room: The Dining Room on A Deck is an exquisitely delicate setting of ivory walls, pale gold ceiling, gold leaf columns, tinted mirrors, satinwood furniture, two toned blue carpet and handmade frosty Murano glass lighting fixtures....
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Daily Northwestern SAW THE ICEBERG
Silverthorne account...
17th April 1912
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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SUN DECK SUITES   SUN DECK SUITES
The Living Room and the Dining Room in the Trouville Suite reflect the luxuriousness of the Sun Deck Suites...
1937 Gare Maritime
Chicago Examiner NOT LOCKED IN CABIN ON CARPATHIA, SAYS ISMAY
I know that my personal conduct has been made the subject of a lot of unfavorable comment, and I court the fullest inquiry at the hands of your committee or any one else who has the right to ask such questions.  So far as the Carpathia is ...
1st May 1912
MORRO CASTLE - DINING ROOM   MORRO CASTLE - DINING ROOM
The First Class Dining Saloon was similar in layout and design to those aboard the Siboney and Orizaba, but while those rooms were austere almost to the point of being minimalist, those of the new ships were elaborate. The domina...
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HINDENBURG LOUNGE   HINDENBURG LOUNGE
1936 stereoview of the Hindenburg's lounge. This room, although simple, reflected shoreside (or perhaps 'earthbound' is a better term in this context) taste in what constituted good design better than the almost comical garishness of the Normandie...
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New York Times THE OLYMPIC LIKE A CITY
Carries 3,346 Persons Turkish and Swimming Baths and Racket Court. LONDON, June 10.—Engineering gives details In regard to the Olympic and Titanic, the sister ships of t...
18th June 1911
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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MOHAWK (1908) DINING ROOM   MOHAWK (1908) DINING ROOM
The Mohawk of 1908 was a considerably more elaborate liner than her 1920's replacement....
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  ALFRED NOURNEY OBITUARY
Arne Mjĺland
Translated from German language by Arne Mjaland: He died 60 years after the Titanic. Tennis club lost honour member . On the April 15 1912 he experienced the most terrible night in his  life. In  February this ye...
18th November 1972
TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM ARTIST'S CONCEPTION   TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM ARTIST'S CONCEPTION
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM. 1938   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM. 1938
FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM: In the Dining Room, a very satisfactory sense of balance has been achieved by the architect, Jac. F. Semey, between the blue, gold and ivory color scheme, and the lighting and mural decorations. Ornamented gold shaded M...
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FIRST CLASS WRITING ROOM   FIRST CLASS WRITING ROOM
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THIRD CLASS SMOKING ROOM   THIRD CLASS SMOKING ROOM
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MORRO CASTLE - DINING ROOM   MORRO CASTLE - DINING ROOM
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ORIZABA AND SIBONEY DINING ROOM   ORIZABA AND SIBONEY DINING ROOM
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CAPTAIN SMITH ON THE BRIDGE OF THE TITANIC   CAPTAIN SMITH ON THE BRIDGE OF THE TITANIC
Captain Smith photographed by a newspaper photographer on the bridge of the Titanic. Southampton, April 1912. A Engine Telegraph is visible in the background....
April 1912
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM. ARTWORK   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM. ARTWORK
First Class Dining Room. Artwork: The room is dominated by the work of Joep Nicolas. Arcadian scenes adorn the huge burned glass panels just within the entrance, and eight smaller ones with fishing, hunting, agriculture and kindred themes are placed ...
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS SMOKE ROOM- 1938   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS SMOKE ROOM- 1938
THIRD CLASS SMOKING ROOM: Features walls of watered teakwood with green leather upholstery and matching curtains. Nearby, the intimate “Tourist” bar serves the needs of thirsty passengers. ...
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : LIBRARY. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : LIBRARY. 1938.
LIBRARY and CARD ROOM: Abaft the Grand Hall are the Library and Card Room, which flank the connecting glass paneled corridor leading to the Smoking and Ritz-Carlton rooms. Decorated in black and silver, with a note of maroon here and there, Wijdevel...
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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......
TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM   TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM
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TITANIC'S HIDDEN DECK Titanic Research TITANIC'S HIDDEN DECK
Samuel Halpern
An examination of Titanic's double bottom...
8th April 2005
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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THE GRAND STAIRWAY   THE GRAND STAIRWAY
The Grand Stairway, sweeping upward from the Smoking Room, is regal in its proportions and dazzling in its decoration....
1937 Gare Maritime
  COPY OF LETTER SENT BY MR. KNOWLES'S DAUGHTER
Dear Cousin, What a pleasant surprise to receive your letter on November 22nd. I am Thomas Knowles's daughter. My father would have been 104 years old last May, therefore he would, I presume, be the ninth generation. I myse...
28th November 1973
VESTRIS : SMOKING ROOM   VESTRIS : SMOKING ROOM
November 1928 Gare Maritime
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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CAP ARCONA SUITE DELUXE   CAP ARCONA SUITE DELUXE
One of the Cap Arcona's eight suites deluxe on D Deck.  These suites consisted of sitting room, bedroom, bathroom, water closet, and trunk room.   The suites were finished in cherry wood, walnut, birch, mahogany, East Indian satinwo...
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : SMOKING ROOM FOYER.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : SMOKING ROOM FOYER.
SMOKING ROOM FOYER: Piet van der Wilt is responsible for a fine tapestry-like painting on wood, which traces, in a well balanced composition, the development of shipping from early times. Commencing at the upper left, it shows the coracles of the ...
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St James Parish Magazine VICAR'S LETTER
The awful tragedy of the Titanic is so much in the minds of us all that I cannot help referring to it in my letter, if only to say how widespread and sincere is the sympathy felt for Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Mountain. Their nephew was Sixth officer of the i...
May 1912
TITANIC'S FINAL MANOEUVRE Titanic Research TITANIC'S FINAL MANOEUVRE
Captain Lewis Marmaduke Collins
She never was under a port helm? - She did not come on the port helm, Sir - on the starboard helm. ------Titanic’s QM Robert Hitchens to the British enquiry At both inquiries it was adduced that, at the time of the look...
8th February 2003
  PROBATE REPORT: JOHN HENRY HESKETH
Probate Report: Hesketh, John Henry of Garnett Avenue, Kirkdale, Liverpool. Ships engineer. Administration, Liverpool 8th July 1912 to Henry Hesketh, engine driver. Effects. Ł447.10.0d....
8th July 1912
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS LIBRARY   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS LIBRARY
THIRD CLASS WRITING ROOM and LIBRARY: A quiet and distinguished room on the Main Deck. Walls are of gray ash, and floor covered with speckled gray carpet. The furniture is gray ash with brown and white upholstery, and the curtains are of deep blue ha...
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SITTING ROOM   SITTING ROOM
1935 Gare Maritime
SITTING ROOM   SITTING ROOM
1935 Gare Maritime
Chicago Tribune UNCONFIRMED STORY OF HORROR
A report is current here which is said to have emanated from the trading vessel Bruce, which is on the way to Sydney, C. B., giving a version of the Titanic disaster which the trader obtained from various ships. This is to...
17th April 1912
ANDREA DORIA : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM   ANDREA DORIA : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM
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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
Daily Home News DR. SHANNON LOST FRIEND ON TITANIC
John George Phillips, the young Englishman who was in charge of the wireless room on the ill-fated Titanic, and who paid with his life the price of his faithfulness to duty, was to have been a visitor in this city while in this country, of Dr. P. A. ...
22nd April 1912
St Ives Times HAYLE MAN'S NARRATIVE
TRIBUTE TO A KIND HEARTED CAPTAIN...
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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ANDREA DORIA : CABIN CLASS DINING ROOM   ANDREA DORIA : CABIN CLASS DINING ROOM
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ANDREA DORIA : TOURIST CLAS DINING ROOM   ANDREA DORIA : TOURIST CLAS DINING ROOM
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STATENDAM 1929. CA. 1923 BROCHURE.  DINING ROOM.   STATENDAM 1929. CA. 1923 BROCHURE. DINING ROOM.
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FIRST CLASS LOUNGE   FIRST CLASS LOUNGE
1935 Gare Maritime
LOUNGE COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH   LOUNGE COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH
1935 Gare Maritime
STATENDAM 1929. CA. 1923 BROCHURE.  SECOND CLASS DINING ROOM.   STATENDAM 1929. CA. 1923 BROCHURE. SECOND CLASS DINING ROOM.
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STATENDAM 1929. CA. 1923 BROCHURE. SECOND CLASS SMOKING  ROOM.   STATENDAM 1929. CA. 1923 BROCHURE. SECOND CLASS SMOKING ROOM.
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STATENDAM 1929. CA. 1923 BROCHURE.  SECOND CLASS DINING ROOM ARTIST'S RENDERING.   STATENDAM 1929. CA. 1923 BROCHURE. SECOND CLASS DINING ROOM ARTIST'S RENDERING.
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MORRO CASTLE : FIRST CLASS LOUNGE   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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  RMS OLYMPIC ARCHIVE FILM (3)
Taking the elevators; the grand staircase; dancing in the saloon; smoking room; at Cherbourg; Nomadic comes alongside; passengers disembark...
  MR WILLIAM TAGGART – DELIVERY CREW TRIMMER
Mr William Taggart was born in Belfast in 1889 and began work with the Harland & Wolff yard as an apprentice. He was one of the workers who helped to build Titanic from day one. He had also been a crewmember of the Olympic. When the Titanic was deli...
NIEUW AMSTERDAM CABIN DE LUXE 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM CABIN DE LUXE 1938.
CABINS DE LUXE: The cabins De Luxe, located on the Lower Promenade Deck, were #49; Groningen; 51: Friesland; 59: Drenthe; 61: Overijssel; 71: Geldeland and 73; Utrecht (Port) and #50: Holland; 52:Zeeland; 60 Noordbrabant; 62: Limburg; 72: Anti...
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM CABIN DE LUXE 1938. 2.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM CABIN DE LUXE 1938. 2.
CABINS DE LUXE: The cabins De Luxe, located on the Lower Promenade Deck, were #49; Groningen; 51: Friesland; 59: Drenthe; 61: Overijssel; 71: Geldeland and 73; Utrecht (Port) and #50: Holland; 52:Zeeland; 60 Noordbrabant; 62: Limburg; 72: Anti...
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM CABIN DE LUXE 1938. 3.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM CABIN DE LUXE 1938. 3.
CABINS DE LUXE: The cabins De Luxe, located on the Lower Promenade Deck, were #49; Groningen; 51: Friesland; 59: Drenthe; 61: Overijssel; 71: Geldeland and 73; Utrecht (Port) and #50: Holland; 52:Zeeland; 60 Noordbrabant; 62: Limburg; 72: Anti...
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THE MAIL SORTING ROOM ABOARD RMS TITANIC   THE MAIL SORTING ROOM ABOARD RMS TITANIC
April 1912
SMOKING ROOM DECORATIVE PANEL   SMOKING ROOM DECORATIVE PANEL
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : GRAND HALL CEILING, 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : GRAND HALL CEILING, 1938.
WHAT BECAME OF THE GRAND HALL: The Grand Hall was destined to become the only room in First class to be entirely remodeled after the war. Evidently the daring , predominantly gray, color scheme worked better on paper as a means of “feminine enhan...
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LUCIEN P. SMITH'S DECEMBER BABY Sphere LUCIEN P. SMITH'S DECEMBER BABY
Mary Eloise Smith pregnant on Titanic...
28th December 1912
Cumberland News LOCAL VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER
Carlisle and Border men among the Crew Mr. Joseph Bell left the district when a youth to serve his apprenticeship as an engineer at the works of Mr. Robert Stephenson, on Tyneside, which were founded by the famous engineer of that name who inv...
20th April 1912
North American BARBER THROWN FROM TITANIC AS IT SANK
Charles Weikman, of Palmyra, N. J., to Quit Sea After 750 Voyages --- HE CLUNG TO WRECKAGE --- A graphic account of the sinking of the Titanic was told yesterday by Charles Weikman, chief barber on the liner, at his home i...
20th April 1912
The Times NEW KNIGHT OF ST. PATRICK
The King has been pleased to confer the honour of Knight of the Order of St. Patrick upon Lord Pirrie in the room of the Earl of Rosse, deceased....
9th October 1908
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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Titanic Commutator FATE DEALS A HAND
Artist Frank Millet, and a fourth gentleman unknown to Gracie. They seem oblivious to the happenings on the deck outside, preferring to sit alone in the room where they had spent many enjoyable hours during the last few evenings. [THS Comm...
1982
A LAST BRIGHT SHINING LIE Titanic Research A LAST BRIGHT SHINING LIE
Senan Molony
THEY died, to a man, at their posts; fighting to give the opportunity of life to others until walls of water overcame them. Bunkum. The last lie of Titanic's extensiv...
24th August 2004
  LOBB FAMILY INFORMATION
The correct origins of William Arthur Lobb, third class passenger on Titanic have now been established. The 1891 Cornwall Census shows that William Arthur Lobb was born in the parish of Luxulyan (5 miles NE of St. Austell) in 1881 and that he was th...
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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MONTREUX 1908 (BACK)   MONTREUX 1908 (BACK)
Montreaux. August 8/1908. "This is a fine view here from our room. The water in the lake is just this color and we can see these snow caped mountains from our window. We would like to stay here a couple of weeks but must leave tomorrow. Lots of love to you all, Uncle Henry and Lee....
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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
  PROUDFOOT FAMILY INFORMATION
Richard Royston Proudfoot, signed on as a trimmer for the Titanic engine department in April 1912. His birth was registered at Plymouth, Devon in the September Quarter of 1890. He was the son of Royston Jesse Proudfoot and Jane Gendle (nee W...
ROYAL STANDARD Voyage ROYAL STANDARD
John P. Eaton
White Star Line The White Star Line was founded in 1845 by two Liverpool ship brokers, Henry Threlfall Wilson and...
14th November 2004
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....
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FAMILY PHOTO OF REV. ROBERT J. BATEMAN   FAMILY PHOTO OF REV. ROBERT J. BATEMAN
Family Photo of Rev. Robert J. Bateman...
NIEUW AMSTERDAM CARD ROOM MURAL   NIEUW AMSTERDAM CARD ROOM MURAL
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1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM.
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM PANELS. 1938   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM PANELS. 1938
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : SMOKING ROOM BAR. ARCHITECT'S RENDERING.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : SMOKING ROOM BAR. ARCHITECT'S RENDERING.
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1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. THIRD CLASS LIBRARY AND WRITING ROOM   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. THIRD CLASS LIBRARY AND WRITING ROOM
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1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM.   1938 NIEUW AMSTERDAM BROCHURE. TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM.
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM ARTWORK. 2.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM ARTWORK. 2.
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM. ARTWORK.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM. ARTWORK.
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM. RELIEIF. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS DINING ROOM. RELIEIF. 1938.
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS SMOKING ROOM AND COCKTAIL BAR. ARCHITECT'S RENDERING.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : THIRD CLASS SMOKING ROOM AND COCKTAIL BAR. ARCHITECT'S RENDERING.
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HINDENBURG ALBUM 2. DINING ROOM.   HINDENBURG ALBUM 2. DINING ROOM.
An inflight snapshot showing, presumably, the owners of the photo album from which this was taken, dining....
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The Times OTHER STATEMENTS BY SURVIVORS
NEW YORK APRIL 19 The following further statements have been made by survivors:- Mr A.H.Barkworth, of Tranby House, East Yorkshire, sai...
20th April 1912
The Times TRAGEDY AT SEA - FILM RECORD OF THE TITANIC
The sinking of the Titanic has been dramatized on several occasions, and the subject has been examined from different aspects - as one of the greatest disasters in marine history, as an essay in human courage, as an event that symbolized the passi...
2nd July 1958
INTERIOR DECORATION BY HELEN CHURCHILL CANDEE   INTERIOR DECORATION BY HELEN CHURCHILL CANDEE
The drawing room of a private home, decorated in the French neoclassical style by Helen Churchill Candee....
1912
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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Western People WHITE STAR LINER TITANIC, 46,326 TONS. THE LARGEST VESSEL IN THE WORLD.
The completion of the "Titanic" at Harland and Wolf's great Belfast Ship-building yard marks a further stage in the progress of British shipping and ship building, and in the development of the White Star Line. The construction of two such notable ve...
13th April 1912
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM ARTWORK, 1938   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM ARTWORK, 1938
This 1965 view shows the Joep Nicolas panels intact....
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Godalming and District News POST OFFICE MEMORIAL
At the Godalming Post Office, where Phillips was employed as a telegraphist for three years before leaving to enter the Marconi School at Liverpool, the Postmaster (Mr. W. R. Williams), and his staff have provided a suitable memorial to their ...
4th May 1912
New York Times FIREMEN OVERCOME BY SMOKE
Stubborn Fire in the Cellar of 679 Broadway---One Man in the Hospital --- For two hours last evening firemen fought a fire in the sub-cellar of the five-story building 679 Broadway, adjoining the Broadway Central Hotel. Dense, stifling ...
7th November 1893
New York Times STATEMENT BY HAROLD BRIDE
The following thrilling statement was dictated today by Mr. Bride, the assistant Marconi operator on board the Titanic, to the New York Times representative, in the presence of Mr. Marconi, who is now staying in Ne...
19th 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
HANDSOME PUBLIC ROOMS - RIO CRUISE (PAGE 5)   HANDSOME PUBLIC ROOMS - RIO CRUISE (PAGE 5)
... it is an easy matter to meet every requirement. After these come several hundred other rooms. both single and double. Raymond-Whitcomb, however, have no intention of taking passengers to anywhere near the astounding capacity of the NORMANDIE o...
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  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,"...
GRAF ZEPPELIN. INTERIORS. DINING ROOM.   GRAF ZEPPELIN. INTERIORS. DINING ROOM.
The interiors of the Graf Zeppelin had the feel of First Class public rooms from the older generation of ocean liners, but on a  greatly reduced scale....
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The Times JOHN CHARLES BIGHAM MADE QUEEN'S BENCH JUDGE
Mr. Bigham, Q.C., the newly-appointed Judge of the Queen's Bench Division in succession to the late Mr. Justice Cave, will take the oaths and be sworn in before the Lord Chancellor in his private room at the H...
18th October 1897
HINDENBURG CABIN   HINDENBURG CABIN
1936 stereoview of a Hindenburg cabin. In this regard, the Hindenburg represented a distinct step backward. Gone were the Graf Zeppelin's cabins with their cheerful wall coverings, couch and window. In its place was a room that, for $400, replicated a Third Class cabin on a pre-War vessel....
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Guardian MOUNT CHARLES VICTIMS
It is now almost certain that Mr. W. H. Nancarrow and Mr. Alex. Robins have gone down with the ill-fated liner. Hopes were held that at least Mrs. Robins might have secured a place in the rescue boats, but now the Carpathia has reached the shore it i...
26th April 1912
Newark Evening News HENRY BLANK DECLARES CURIOSITY SAVED HIM
It was the desire of Henry Blank, a jeweler of this city, who lives in Glen Ridge, to find out what caused the shock to the Titanic when she struck the iceberg Sunday night that gave him a chance in one of the boats that saved his life. ...
19th April 1912
Vineland Times Journal SURVIVOR OF TITANIC DISASTER TELLS OF GRIM EXPERIENCES
Stan Sloame
It was around midnight on April 14, 1912. The luxury liner "titanic", the finest passenger vessel afloat was on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, To New York. The ship collided with an iceberg off Newfoundland in the fog and sank. ...
25th March 1953
  NANCARROW FAMILY INFORMATION
William Henry Nancarrow was the only son of the second marriage of Thomas Nancarrow (b1819). His mother was Maria (b1840). His birth took place in or near St. Austell, Cornwall in 1877. His father was described in the various census returns ...
New York Times HUGE WAVE SWEEPS OCEANIC
Captain Thrown from the Bridge and Left Unconscious --- While plowing her way through the worst weather met with on the North Atlantic lane in many months, the White Star liner Oceanic, in last night from Liverpool, was boarded...
29th November 1906
99TH ANNIVERSARY OF TITANIC'S SINKING COMMEMORATED IN BELFAST Titanic Stories 99TH ANNIVERSARY OF TITANIC'S SINKING COMMEMORATED IN BELFAST
15th April 2011 was the 99th anniversary of Titanic’s foundering after hitting an iceberg in mid Atlantic. In towns and cities throughout the world, the event is remembered in simple ceremonies. ...
16th May 2011
ORIZABA AND SIBONEY LOUNGE   ORIZABA AND SIBONEY LOUNGE
The Lounge and Music Room aboard the Siboney and Orizaba were refreshingly airy and uncluttered and-particularly in the window treatment in the central well- prefigured Art Deco by half a decade. However, to a generation conditioned to associate elegance with period design and an overabundance of furniture, the liners appeared less than Deluxe. ...
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : RITZ-CARLTON ROOM WALL DECORATION.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : RITZ-CARLTON ROOM WALL DECORATION.
A striking wall decoration here, by Wijdeveld, shows a large red hawk making havoc in a flock of silver and golden birds. Feathers, in silhouette, fly in all directions....
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Standard Union FUNERAL OF HERO OF LOST TITANIC
Sante Reghini, Who Gave His Life for a Woman, Buried from Sister’s Home --- WAITED ON DECK FOR DEATH --- Services for George Nasser, Another Victim, To-morrow --- The funeral of one of the victims of the Tita...
4th May 1912
Atlantic Daily Bulletin THE STORY OF TITANIC SURVIVOR MR. THOMAS KNOWLES
Brian J. Ticehurst
SOME of you who were on the Titanic's re-enactment voyage on the Waterfront Ferry Hotspur VI, out of Southampton docks back at the Convention in April, may remember that the Captain of the Ferry we were aboard passed me a note sa...
1992
Worcester Telegram CAPT ROSTRON'S TRAGIC STORY
Wireless Operator Was Undressing with Receiver on His Ear When "S.O.S." Flashed New York, April 19.- Capt. Rostron of the Carpathia told the tragic story of his rescue of the Titanic survivors to the Senate committee this afternoon....
20th April 1912
Worcester Telegram LIGHTS AID BOATS KEEPING TOGETHER
New York, April 19.- G.E.H.Stengel of Newark escaped in the only life boat which carried lights. He believes that a number of persons owe their lives to the forethought of a member of the crew who was quickwitted enough to snatch up three green glass...
20th April 1912
SPEED AND REVOLUTIONS Titanic Research SPEED AND REVOLUTIONS
Samuel Halpern
"We were working out a slip table, and we had not quite finished when she went down. All of us were on, working out a slip table, how many turns of the engine it would require to do so many knots; and all this, and it tapered down." - Titanic's 5t...
18th September 2007
  THE ENGLISHMAN
Poem composed on Olympic, April 18, 1912...
18th April 1912
  LIGHTOLLER OF THE THE FORTY NINTH
Jim Currie
Recent revelations by the grand daughter of Herbert Lightoller, the most senior surviving officer of the Titanic have...
22nd October 2010
Worcester Evening Gazette ASTOR PUT BOY BY WIFE'S SIDE
A fine act of heroism by Col. John Jacob Astor was told by George A. Harder, a Brooklyn man, who survived the Titanic disaster. "When Col. Astor had assisted his tearful young wife and her maid into a life boat, he tried to put in a yo...
19th April 1912
New York Times KEMPNER-GUGGENHEIM
Sigmund M. Kempner, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Kempner of 305 West End Avenue, and Miss Barbara H. Guggenheim, a daughter of Mrs. Benjamin Guggenheim of 270 Park Avenue, were married yesterday afternoon in the Ritz-Carlton ballroom and the receptio...
21st June 1921
Cork Examiner BANSHA LADY'S ESCAPE
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11th May 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
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
Newark Evening News BURLINGTON COUNTY MAN WAS BLOWN INTO WATER
The story of his remarkable escape was told by Augustus H. Weikman, of Palmyra, Burlington County, when he alighted from the Carpathia last night. Weikman was the ship barber on the Titanic, but he assisted in the work of lowering the lifeboats from...
19th April 1912
New York Times OBITUARY: MRS. DOROTHY BRULATOR
By Wireless to THE NEW TORK TIMES --- PARIS, Feb. 20---Mrs. Dorothy Brulator, an American who was residing here, was found dead in her hotel room today. Physicians reported that she had died of a congestion, having suffered recently fr...
21st February 1946
New York Times CONSULT BURKE'S PEERAGE
For News of the Arrival Here of the Sister of Mrs. Elinor Glyn --- Lady Duff Gordon, a sister of Mrs. Elinor Glyn, arrived yesterday at the Hotel Plaza.  Lady Duff Gordon went to her room.  Presently Mrs. Glyn approached the inquir...
21st November 1907
  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
  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
New York Times MORGAN BUSY IN ROME
Wishes the Papers Would Stop Saying He Is Ill --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- ROME, April 6---This year J. Pierpont Morgan has not had his usual luck in regard to the wea...
7th April 1912
POSTWAR 2. THE  NEW GRAND HALL   POSTWAR 2. THE NEW GRAND HALL
THE GRAND HALL: Breathtaking in size and beauty, the Grand Hall boasts a dual personality. A restful lounge by day, it is equally effective as a brilliant setting for gala evening festivities. Its colors selected to form a perfect foil for exquisi...
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Washington Herald LIFEBOATS WOULD HAVE SAVED MORE
Titanic's Steward, in Giving Story, Says Great Loss of Life Was Due to Their Absence --- SHIP'S ENGINEER, CAUGHT IN DOOR, BEGS TO BE SHOT TO END AGONY --- New York, April 18---The following statement made to-day by Alfred ...
19th April 1912
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : VESTIBULE AND A DECK FOYER, OIL PAINTING.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : VESTIBULE AND A DECK FOYER, OIL PAINTING.
THE VESTIBULE AND A DECK FOYER: Two large oils of New York in the A Deck Foyer, outside the Cabin class dining room are recent works of Adriaan Lubbers, whose first hand knowledge of the city is apparent from his bold treatment of its complex topog...
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM : VESTIBULE AND A DECK FOYER. OIL PAINTING.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : VESTIBULE AND A DECK FOYER. OIL PAINTING.
THE VESTIBULE AND A DECK FOYER: Two large oils of New York in the A Deck Foyer, outside the Cabin class dining room are recent works of Adriaan Lubbers, whose first hand knowledge of the city is apparent from his bold treatment of its complex topog...
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The Times MR. A. H. BARKWORTH
Mr. A. H. Barkworth, of Tranby House, East Yorkshire, said he was sitting in the smoking-room when the boat struck the iceberg. He saw Mr. W. T. Stead on deck. He described how the forecastle was full of powdered ice. He noted the foremast was listin...
20th April 1912
Brighton Argus MR. A. H. BARKWORTH
Mr. A. H. Barkworth, of Tranby House, East Yorkshire, said he was sitting in the smoking room when the boat struck the iceberg. He saw Mr. W. T. Stead on the deck. he described how the forecastle was full of powdered ice. He noted that the foremast w...
19th April 1912
INFORMATION FOR CRUISE MEMBERS   INFORMATION FOR CRUISE MEMBERS
An outside double room with bath. Rooms decorated in this fashion may be found on the Main, B and C Decks. INFORMATION FOR CRUISE-MEMBERS Membership in the Cruise includes accommodations in the Normandie from New Y...
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POSTWAR 1   POSTWAR 1
EXQUISITE DÉCOR; in boldness of concept and beauty of design, the ebony and bronze stairway shown symbolizes the manner in which art and function have been blended in the Nieuw Amsterdam. Working hand-in-hand, Holland’s leading designe...
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Camden Post-Telegram SURVIVOR HERE IN ROLLER CHAIR
Titanic’s Barber Tells of His Terrible Experience on Sinking Liner --- SAVED BY RAFT OF CAMP STOOLS --- Augustus H. Whiteman, [sic] whose rescue from the Titanic was told of in yesterday’s Post-Telegram, passed through Cam...
19th April 1912
MEXICO CRUISE BROCHURE (INTERIORS)   MEXICO CRUISE BROCHURE (INTERIORS)
"Upper - The main lounges of the big Ward Liners are cool, restful, graciously inviting. Left Center - There's a rich, serene, masculine atmosphere to the smoking rooms.  Center - A Tea Room - bright, breezy, with long vistas of sea and sky throu...
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POSTWAR 13. THEATRE. CABIN CLASS.   POSTWAR 13. THEATRE. CABIN CLASS.
THEATER: If you book Cabin or Tourist class on the Nieuw Amsterdam, you’ll enjoy many a first-run film in this comfortable , air conditioned motion picture theater on the Promenade Deck. Installed since the war, this theater seats 166 p...
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  TITANIC RELIEF FUND – CREW “MASTER LIST” CASE NUMBERS
Lester Mitcham
The assignment of Case Numbers has I understand always proved to be frustratingly difficult owing to the loss of so much of the original documentation including it seems the Master List of Case ...
29th April 2006
Chicago Daily Journal LEAPS FROM THE SHIP
Charles Williams, the racquet coach at Harrow, England, who is the professional champion of the world , was coming to New York to defend his title, said he was in the smoking room when the boat struck.  He rushed out, saw the iceberg, whic...
19th April 1912
New York Times ROSTRON GETS MEDAL TO-DAY
Rescuer of Titanic Survivors Arrives in Washington to Receive Honor --- WASHINGTON, Feb. 28---Capt. A. H. Rostron, who, as commander of the steamship Carpathia, directed the rescue of the survivors of the Titanic disaster, arrived here ...
1st March 1913
  STANLICK FAMILY INFORMATION
Cordelia (Delia) Stanlick was born at Tywardreath, Cornwall in 1878. She was the daughter of Thomas and Amelia Stanlick. Her father, born in Devon in 1832 worked as a miner and in later years as a farm labourer. The 1881 Cornwall Census has t...
New York Times MRS. DICK MARRIED TO FIERMONTE, BOXER, IN CIVIL CEREMONY IN HOSPITAL ROOM HERE
Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick and Enzo Fiermonte, Italian middleweight pugilist, were married at 5:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon in Mrs. Dick's room at the Doctors Hospital, East End Avenue and Eighty-seventh Street. Mrs. Dick is 40 years old; Mr. ...
28th November 1933
Washington Herald THOMAS WHITELEY : DESCRIBES LAST MEAL ON TITANIC
“It Was the Gayest Night of Trip Among Diners,” Says Assistant Steward --- New York, N. Y., April 20---Propped up on pillows in a bed in St. Vincent's Hospital this afternoon, Thomas Whitely, an assistant steward in the f...
21st April 1912
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS LOUNGE. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS LOUNGE. 1938.
TOURIST CLASS LOUNGE: The Tourist Class Lounge is on the Lower Promenade Deck. Has a large figured red carpet, extending wall to wall with motifs of Holland and America. Walls paneled in satinwood, and furniture upholster in beige. The room has lar...
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Evening Bulletin GRETCHEN LEOPOLD, TTITANIC SURVIVOR, DIES ABOARD SHIP
Mrs. Gretchen Longley Leopold, a survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in the North Atlantic in 1912, died yesterday aboard the SS. Constitution in the Mediterranean. She was the widow of Dr. Raymond S. Leopold, former executive vice ...
12th August 1965
RECOLLECTIONS OF TITANIC SURVIVOR EDMOND RYAN Atlantic Daily Bulletin RECOLLECTIONS OF TITANIC SURVIVOR EDMOND RYAN
Edward Ryan
Notes by survivor Edward Ryan recently found and transcribed...
9th July 2002
  LETTER FROM STAGG TO HIS WIFE
Dear Bertie, Just a few lines to let you know I arrived on board all right but what a day we have had of it, it's been nothing but work all day long but I can tell you nothing as regards what people I have for nothing will be settled ...
1912
WAS THE TITANIC'S RUDDER LARGE ENOUGH? Titanic Research WAS THE TITANIC'S RUDDER LARGE ENOUGH?
Captain Charles B. Weeks
There have been several times when the question has been raised about whether the Titanic’s rudder was large enough. It has been suggested that if the rudder had been larger she would have turned more quickly and t...
29th September 2002
Washington Times TELL THEM NO WOMAN DIED BECAUSE I WAS COWARD ---GUGGENHEIM
NEW YORK, April 20---"This is a man's game and I will play it to the end," was the word that Benjamin Guggenheim, the millionaire smelter magnate, sent to his wife from the ill-fated Titanic. The message was delivered to the stricken widow by John Jo...
20th April 1912
  ADOLPHE SAALFELD POST-DISASTER
Saalfeld was in the First Class Smoking Room when the collision occurred; he was advised by a steward to go to the boat deck. In his cabin he had left samples of perfume that he was taking to America, but managed to pocket a menu card....
New York Times MILLET MEMENTOS IN ROME
Friends Find a Pathetic Interest in Visiting the Future Academy --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- ROME, April 27---A visit to the Villa Aurelia on the top of the Janiculum, wh...
28th April 1912
New York Times DR. ALEXANDER H. RICE GETS WIFE'S MILLIONS
Will of Former Eleanor Elkins Leaves All to Two Children After His Death --- NEWPORT, R. I, Aug. 16 (AP)--The will of Eleanor Elkins Rice, leaving an estate estimated variously at from $5,000,000 to $50,000,000, was filed today in Proba...
17th August 1937
New York Times FORCED MR. ASTOR TO DISMOUNT
Cyclists Will Be Shut Out from Ferncliff as a Result --- POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., May 1---The fine roads of Ferncliff, the home of the Astors, at Rhinebeck, are closed to cyclers because of an unpleasant incident a few days ago, which resul...
2nd May 1897
New York Times DR. O'LOUGHLIN MEMORIAL
New Hospital Emergency Ward to Bear Name of Titanic's Surgeon --- An emergency ward in St. Vincent's Hospital containing seventeen beds, with a treatment room adjoining, will be dedicated on Feb. 16 to the memory of Dr. W. F. ...
6th February 1914
New York Times CHIMNEY BURGLARS ROB FEATHER STORE
Drop Down to Rosenshine's Like Santa Claus and Not a Burglar Alarm Sounded --- CARRY OFF $3,000 IN GOODS --- Insurance Companies in Despair, as Doors, Windows, and Exits Were Wired to Catch Robbers --- The be...
18th October 1911
TITANIC MISSION BRINGS TITANIC LUXURY TO LIFE PA TITANIC MISSION BRINGS TITANIC LUXURY TO LIFE
The luxurious surroundings enjoyed by some of the passengers on board the doomed Titanic can be seen for the first time in almost 100 years after a team of experts recreated parts of the ship....
27th September 2010
Chicago Daily Journal SIPPED HIGHBALL AT CRASH
C. H. Romacue of Georgetown, Ky, one of the first cabin passengers had just stepped from the deck to the smoking room and stood at a table with a highball in front of him when the crash came. “We had been crunching through ice...
19th April 1912
Galesburg Republican Register FRANK KORUN REACHES HOME
Titanic Survivor, Daughter and Austrian Friend Saved From Ocean Grave TELLS EXPERIENCES Last Man to Get in Boat — For Hours Among Ice Floes. When Frank Korun, one of the Titanic survivors, stepped from th...
23rd April 1912
POSTWAR 16. TOURIST CLASS COCKTAIL BAR.   POSTWAR 16. TOURIST CLASS COCKTAIL BAR.
COCKTAIL BAR: The gay canary yellow and buff décor of the Nieuw Amsterdam’s Tourist Class Bar is designed to give spirits a lift…even without the benefits of alcohol. But there’s no denying that the fine liquors and smooth mixed dr...
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Western Morning News WESTCOUNTRY CONNECTIONS
A representative called at the residence of Mr. J. A. Pascoe, Crownhill, whose brother, Mr. C. H. Pascoe, is believed to be the only Westcountry member of the crew saved in the Titanic disaster, and had the pleasure of an interesting conversation wit...
29th April 1912
Chicago Evening Post DREAD OF LIFEBOATS BY PASSENGERS TOLD
DREAD OF LIFEBOATS BY PASSENGERS TOLD Nephew of E. N. Kimball of Chicago Pictures Fear of Seventy-Five Foot Drop From the Titanic Trusted To Safety on Ship...
23rd April 1912
New York Times SUBMARINES SINK FOUR MORE SHIPS
Three British and a French Steamer Destroyed, All Probably in Mediterranean --- 2 U-BOATS REPORTED LOST -- And a Third Is Said to Have Been Captured and Taken to Port by British Warships --- LONDON, Nov...
11th November 1915
Oxford Times STEWARD'S STATEMENT
Propped up on pillows in bed at St. Vincent's Hospital, Thomas Whiteley, steward of the First Class Saloon of the Titanic, described the scene in the dining-room on the night of the disaster. ''We had made great time,...
27th April 1912
Washington Herald STEERAGE SURVIVOR TELLS STORY OF WRECK
Miss Mary Glynn, Visiting Relatives in Washington, Praises Heroism of Passengers on Titanic---Women Tried to Save Men --- The heroic deeds of some of the first and second cabin passengers, as the giant Titanic was preparing for her fina...
22nd April 1912
  HANNA MAMEE
Patricia Sheehi (Cameron) (Hanna Mamee's niece)...
New York Times ROBERT W. DANIEL, EX-BANKER HERE, 56
Virginia State Senator, Once Head of Liberty National, Stricken in Richmond --- OWNED HISTORIC ESTATE --- Brandon-on James Was Visited by Many Presidents---Was Survivor of the Titanic --- RICHMOND, Va., Dec. ...
21st December 1940
Cornishman CORNISH LADY'S EXPERIENCE
(courtesy of the Western Morning News) Mrs Stephen Ould (sic), of Sacamento, USA formerly of St Keverne, was in her room in the second cabin section, preparing to retire when the boat struck. "It felt as if something had tried to ...
16th May 1912
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