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Philadelphia Inquirer	LOIS THAYER OF ROSEMONT; ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS Lois Thayer, 82, a member of a prominent Philadelphia family, died Saturday a the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She lived at 103 Airdale Rd., Rosemont, PA. The former Lois Buchanan Cassatt, she was a great-great-niece of Jame...	26th June 1977
New York Times	PEACE MEN MOURN THEIR LOSS Andrew Carnegie Signs Resolutions of Regret for Five Members --- The National Committee for the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of peace among English-speaking peoples in 1914-1915 sent out yesterday this resolution passed ...	21st April 1912
Worcester City Directory	WORCESTER CITY DIRECTORY 1908 Porter PORTER, SAMUEL & CO. (W.C.Porter and W.E.Biglow), last manufs. 25 Union Walter C. (S.Porter & Co.), 25 Union, house 10 Lenox ...	1908
	AMALGAMATED MUSICIANS' UNION ON ROGER BRICOUX Letter sent by the Amalgamated Musicians' Union to Bricoux' father...	25th June 1912
	POSTWAR 4. ELEVATORS. ELEVATORS: Numerous elevators, conveniently located are at your service throughout every class in the Nieuw Amsterdam, supplementing the numerous broad stairways which link the passenger decks. Tastefully decorated and lighted, they are of t...
Camden Post-Telegram	FEAR FRED. SUTTON SANK WITH TITANIC Name of Haddonfield Resident Does Not Appear on List of Survivors --- BUDGET OF GOSSIP FROM THE BOROUGH --- The offices of Sutton & Vansant, No. 120 South Front street, Philadelphia, are busy in an endeavor to obtain some ...	18th April 1912
Worcester Evening Gazette	PRAISES HEROISM OF THE SAILORS NEW YORK, April 19- Heroism of the English sailors who went down with the ill-fated Titanic was the one thing which most impressed Paul Cheveret, the Canadian sculptor, who left the steamship in one of the first boats lowered. He said that there was...	20th April 1912
The Times	LIVERPOOL AWARDS TO CARPATHIA CREW Page 3Engineers of the Carpathia honoured The Lord Mayor of Liverpool has made various presentations to the engineers and electricians of the Carpathia who gave service on the night of the Titanic disaster. Mr A. Johnsto...	16th December 1912
	AMERICAN RED CROSS EMERGENCY AND RELIEF No. 76. (English). A dairy man, 29 years old, was drowned. He was accompanied by his wife, who was saved, and intended to settle in California. There are no children. The widow estimated the property loss at $1,200; from other relief funds in this co...	1913
Unidentified Newspaper	SAMUEL L. GOLDENBERG, TITANIC SURVIVOR, DIES This article was published at the time of Sam Goldenberg's death, in October 1936. The paper is unidentified, it could be The Herald Tribune, a paper published in Paris in English, for the English speaking community in France. ...	1936
New York Times	WILLIAM T. STEAD English Editor and Author of "If Christ Came to Chicago." --- William T. Stead is the editor of the English Review of Reviews. He is known as an advocate of international peace and an investigator of psychical phenomena. He was born in...	16th April 1912
	AMERICAN RED CROSS EMERGENCY AND RELIEF BOOKLET No. 205. (English). The husband, a fireman on the Titanic was drowned. He is survived by his wife living in Canada and earning a living for her two children as a charwoman. Her eldest boy, fourteen years of age, works in an office, earning five dolla...	1913
The Evening Telegram	J. BOREBANK KNOWN HERE Newspaper article...	16th April 1912
guardian.co.tt	THE UNHEARD STORY OF AMY AND THE TITANIC - TRINIDAD GUARDIAN Amy Pollard was a Guyanese infant who lost her English mother Elizabeth, in Guyana, at the age of one. The year was 1872. Her father William Branch Pollard, was from Demerara, but his ancestors had migrated to, and lived continuously in Barbados from the early 1600’s. William’s father was Barbadian. The Pollards’ ancient origins were Cornwall, England. Amy’s maternal English aunt was Hannah, nee Blackley, the barren wife of the “prince of shipbuilders,” illustrious William Imrie. Along with his partner, a Belfast Irishman—Robert Ismay, many famous sea vessels, including the Titanic, came into being. ...	8th October 2011
	AMERICAN RED CROSS RELIEF BOOKLET [Case no 286] (English). An aged English woman was drowned while coming to this country, after the recent death of her husband, to make her home with her only daughter. The daughter's husband, a waiter, at the time of the disaster was recoveri...
New York Times	CHICAGO'S GLAZERS ACCUSED ON PRICES Federal Indictments Charge Industry Joined in Fixing a Common Schedule --- UNION AS THE ENFORCER --- Fifth Action in Investigation of Building Trades Cites Seven Corporations --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES...	11th May 1940
The Evening Telegram	A GLAD HOMECOMING Newspaper photo...	22nd April 1912
The Times	THE OLYMPIAN GAMES The English team for the Olympian games in Athens next April has not yet been definitely chosen. In consequence of Mr C. Leaf Daniel's having been asked to be Captain of the Amateur Fencing Association's team to Paris he cannot go to Athens, and h...	28th February 1906
New York Times	SEAMEN'S STRIKE ABROAD LIVERPOOL, May 22---The projected move of the White Star Line to Southampton is responsible for a dispute between seamen and firemen and the company which threatens to spread. A hundred men belonging to the Oceanic refused to sai...	23rd May 1907
	HELEN CHURCHILL CANDEE IN THE GARDEN OF HER ENGLISH VACATION HOUSE	1934
Independent Press - NJ.com	HAAS TALKS OF LATEST CHAPTERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE TITANIC AT WARREN TOWNSHIP LIBRARY Charles Haas, an expert on all things Titanic and one of the few who has been to the sunken ship, will be speaking at the library at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 10....	10th April 2010
Jersey Journal	MOTHER AND CHILD SAVED AT VERY LAST Mrs. Elizabeth Dowdell of 215 Park Avenue, Union Hill, who was rescued with her 7-year-old daughter Esther [sic], said: "I had been abroad and was returning to my home in Jersey. I was taken aboard the life boats with my little girl almost at the las...	19th April 1912
The Times	MOURNING IN BELFAST : CAPTAIN SMITH'S PREDICTION The shipbuilding works of Messrs Harland and Wolff (Limited) at Queen’s Island were closed on Saturday, which was regarded as a day of mourning for the members of the staff lost in the Titanic. With one exception all the me...	22nd April 1912
Chicago Examiner	'MESSAGE' FROM STEAD RECITED BY MEDIUM Narrative Said to Be From Other World, Told in Church of Soul ____________ &...	29th April 1912
	AMERICAN RED CROSS EMERGENCY AND RELIEF BOOKLET No. 128. (English). Paving cutter, 24 years old. ($50). Accompanied by Mr. H. Williams....	1913
MinnPost.com	AUTHORS HOPE FOR TITANIC INTEREST FROM LOCAL READERS Remember the Titanic? The movie, sure, who doesn't? But how about the big Titanic exhibit that came to St. Paul's Union Depot in the winter of 1999? (Big Titanic exhibit. How's that for a redundant phrase?)...	27th February 2008
	AMERICAN RED CROSS EMERGENCY AND RELIEF BOOKLET No. 55. (English.). Housemaid, 21 years old. ($100). Insurance claim B108. Property $283.61 cents....	1913
	AMERICAN RED CROSS EMERGENCY AND RELIEF BOOKLET Case number 309. (English). Youth, 19 years of age, lost clothing and $200 in cash. ($100)....	1913
Newark Evening News	WRITES OF NEGLIGENCE “MORE THAN CRIMINAL” Two survivors from the wreck of the Titanic, Mrs. Bessie Watt and her daughter, Miss Bertha Watt, of London, who are expected to arrive at Arlington Thursday and spend a week with Mrs. Rita Moore, of 58 Pavonia avenue, are temporarily at 204 West 128...	20th April 1912
Winnipeg Free Press	TIED TO THE TITANIC Like something out of a romantic movie the gold locket opens to reveal sepia-toned portraits of two young English sweethearts Charles and Adelaide....	15th February 2011
Elizabeth Daily Journal	ELIZABETHANS ON BOARD BIG LINER TITANIC News of Relatives Anxiously Awaited by Families In This City ---------- William E. Carter, 37 years old, of Philadelphia, a nephew of Joseph W. Carter, of 43 South Broad street, a well-known Elizabeth resident, is one of the pas...	16th April 1912
New York Times	14 IN GLASS TRADE FINED IN TRUST CASE They Plead Nolo Contendere at Chicago on Price-Fixing --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- CHICAGO, Jan. 22---Fourteen corporate and individual defendants in the glazing industry, accused of fixing prices of glass...	23rd January 1941
MinnPost.com	NEW TITANIC EXHIBIT COMING TO SCIENCE MUSEUM Nearly 10 years ago, Minnesotans streamed into St. Paul's Union Depot to see some long-lost pieces of history - artifacts from the Titanic. More than 400,000 people lined up to see clothing and personal items that went down with the ship, along with a 20-ton chunk of the ocean liner's hull. Not to mention the ship's whistle.Well, it's coming back....	20th November 2008
	AMERICAN RED CROSS EMERGENCY AND RELIEF BOOKLET No. 81 (English). Theological student, 25 years of age, coming to finish his studies, lost his books and baggage and suffered from exposure. He is obliged to work his way through school. ($300)....	1913
Schenectady Gazette	BACK IN TIME: CHURCHGOERS PRAYED IN 1912 FOR VICTIMS OF TITANIC SINKING The men and women at Schenectady's Union Presbyterian Church sang 'Nearer My God to Thee' on Sunday, April 21, 1912.The hymn's verses, always solemn, seemed sadder this day: 'Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down, darkness be over me, my rest a stone. Yet in my dreams I'd be nearer, my God to Thee . . .'...	22nd April 2008
	BARNES : MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 52. Barnes, Amelia, widow. Alice, Rose, William, Ann and Henry children. All class G dependants. (From the Titanic Relief Fund Minute Book number 2, Southam...
New York Times	GUGGENHEIM LEGACY UNCLAIMED An application in the Surrogates' Court yesterday for the settlement of the estate of Benjamin Guggenheim revealed the fact that no owner can be found for a legacy of $5,000 to the Union Home and School for Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans. The executo...	29th October 1919
Daily Express	DOOMED TITANIC'S MEMORIES FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE LIFE couldn't have been better for businessman Charles Jones as he returned to the US after a successful trip to Britain.He summed up his contentment in a letter to his English friend James Foot: 'Just had lunch and a cigar and feel fine.' ...	15th March 2008
New York Times	OBITUARY NOTES J. ALPHEUS VANSANT, a member of the firm of Sutton & Vansant, coffee dealers of Philadelphia, died Friday in Pasadena, Cal. His partner, Frederick Sutton, who lived in Haddonsfield,[sic; should be "Haddonfield"] N.J., was lost in the Titanic. Mr. V...	9th February 1913
	LAWRY FAMILY INFORMATION Charity, who travelled as a third class passenger with her husband Alexander Robins was born in the parish of St. Mewan, Cornwall on 18 January 1865. At the time of the 1871 Census, aged 7, she was living at St. Austell with her parents and 8 ...
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle	BEANE Edward Beane of 44 Michigan St., Sunday, Oct. 24, 1948. Survived by his wife, Ethel Beane; two sons, Edward Jr., and George Beane; one brother, Ernest Beane of Pekin, N.Y. Also three brothers and three sisters in England; four grandchildren. He was a...	26th October 1948
Press TV	KHAYYAM PASSENGER OF TITANIC An Iranian director will make a documentary on the real story of a volume of the English translation of Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam which sank in the Titanic accident. ...	25th July 2007
mirror.co.uk	ITV AUDIENCE TO SEE THE TITANIC SINK FOUR TIMES AS JULIAN FELLOWES RECREATES ... - MIRROR.CO.UK THE Titanic is to sink FOUR times in a new £8million ITV drama to mark the centenary of the epic disaster. Emotional scenes showing the liner going down on her maiden voyage will appear in each of the four hour-long instalments – seen from the perspectives of different characters. Writer Julian Fellowes has devised plots for a huge range of passengers and crew. Speaking from the lavish set in Hungary, Fellowes said that he and producer Nigel Stafford-Clark wanted a fresh approach....	1st July 2011
Bucks Free Press	THE TITANIC DISASTER - J. BROOKS [Annual Meeting of Board of Guardians and Rural District Council, Amersham Union] Mr F Nash, the Chairman, and other members expressed the sympathy of the Board with those bereaved by the great shipping disaster. Mr Grice remarked th...	26th April 1912
Elizabeth Daily Journal	LOCAL TITANIC VICTIMS HONORED AT SERVICES In memory of Peter H. Renouf, Laurence Garvey, Clifford Jeffreys and Ernest Jeffreys, who went down on the Titanic, a special service was held in Grace Episcopal Church last night. The first two were communicants of the church and the other two were...	29th April 1912
Sarasota Herald-Tribune	AN OCEAN-FLOOR VIEW OF TITANIC'S STAIRCASE Robert Williams first heard of the Titanic when his English grandmother gave him a copy of "The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters" for his 8th birthday.The book, printed in 1912, was the first narrative of the disaster, and it made an instant impact....	6th October 2008
Telegraph.co.uk	TITANIC DRAMA WILL SHOW THAT THE ENGLISH WERE NOT ALL VILLAINS Julian Fellowes is writing a television drama about the Titanic that will show the 'human version' of the disaster....	23rd September 2010
Pittsburgh Post	MR. AND MRS. ALBERT C. CALDWELL Dr. C.S. Caldwell, 2219 Woodstock Avenue, Swissvale (suburb of Pittsburgh) fears that his cousin and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Caldwell, of near Monmouth, Illinois, are among the missing. Mr. Caldwell had been teaching English in Siam. ...	18th April 1912
Chicago Evening Post	CHICAGO HEARS ECHO OF NEW TITANIC WOE French Miner From Iowa Arrives Here and Learns Wife and Children Were Lost With the Liner Sons Ignorant of Wreck Passengers at Union Station Take Up Collec...	25th April 1912
New York Times	GEORGE B. GOLDSCHMIDT George B. Goldschmidt, lost in the sinking of the Titanic, was one of the oldest members of the Bar Association, having become a member in 1870. He was born in this city in 1840, admitted to practice in 1882, and was one of the best-known conveyancer...	20th April 1912

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