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| THE TITANIC The story of the most awful shipwreck of modern times may not be a pleasant subject for either the relator or the hearers but there is an interest in the details of the loss of the Titanic which warrents me in telling the story. And having been on... | ||||||
| MARCONIGRAMS SENT AND RECEIVED BY CAPTAIN SMITH ON THE TITANIC Marconigram to Commander Empress of Britain, 12 April, 1912, which read: Many thanks for your kind message from all here. Smith. Marconigram: 14th April 1912, 12.55pm. Commander Baltic. Thanks for your message and good wishes. Had fine... | ||||||
| ROSALIND New York, Newfoundland and Halifax Steam Ship Co., Ltd. (C.T. Bowring & Co., Ltd. Managers) Departed St. John’s, Newfoundland 6 April for New York. On 7 April at 45 degrees 10 ‘ N. by 56 degrees 40” W. encountered a str... | ||||||
| THE WHITE STAR LINE 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,"... | ||||||
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ANDREA DORIA : THE SINKING OF THE UNSINKABLE Excerpeted from Alive on the Andrea Doria! The Greatest Sea Rescue in History by Pierette Domenica Simpson - ... | |||||
| Town and Country | (1902) | MASTERS OF THE SEA The Personal Side of Some of the Popular Captains of Atlantic Liners "I suppose Captain V— is still in command of the A?" asked a woman, as she was about to engage her passage on one of the fleet trans... | 19th April 1902 | |||
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(1912) | THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC A Descriptive Composition for Piano Solo By William Baltzell Published 1912 by Aubrey Stauffer & Co., Chicago, USA Listen to this Piece [Midi] ... | 1912 | |||
| (1912) | THE TITANIC : OUR STORY SUNDAY morning, April 14, 1912, was a beautiful clear day, high wind and cold. Elizabeth and I wrote letters before service, remarking at the service that they did not sing the hymn "For Those in Peril On the Sea." Then read the chart an... | 1912 | ||||
| (1912) | AN ECHO OF A PAST TRAGEDY The Diary of Frederick Hamilton (Cable Engineer: MacKay Bennett) The White Star Line, owners of the SS Titanic chatered two cable-laying steamers Mackay-Bennett and Minia to locate and identify bodies, including. Two... | April 1912 | ||||
| New York Times | (1912) | DISASTER AT LAST BEFALLS CAPT. SMITH Veteran Commander of Titanic Went Forty Years Without Accident of Any Kind --- WHITE STAR'S BEST OFFICER --- Declared Only Recently That He Did Not Believe Modern Ships Could Be Sunk --- Capt. E. J. Smith, i... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| Worcester Evening Post | (1912) | NO HOPE FOR MORE SURVIVORS ST. JOHNS , N.F. April 16.- All hope that any of the passengers or members of the crew of the Titanic, other than those on the Carpathia, are alive was abandoned this afternoon. All the steamers which have been cruising in the vi... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| Rahway Daily Record | (1912) | ARTHUR KEEFE ONE OF THE PASSENGERS ABOARD THE TITANIC New York Papers This Morning Give His Name In List of Passengers Embarking at Southampton ---------- FEAR HE IS AMONG MISSING ---------- His Sister in East Rahway Feels That He Met His Fate When The Ill Starred Vessel Sank... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| Chicago Daily News | (1912) | “EARS” OF TITANIC FAIL Local Hydrographic Experts Tell of Device on Bows to Catch Vibrations. Iceberg’s Drift Noiseless Operator of Submarine Phone Probably Crushed At His Post When Prow Was Smashed A ship’... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| Elizabeth Daily Journal | (1912) | REPORT LOSS OF 5 PERSONS COMING HERE Two Women Only Ones of Reniff Party on Titanic Believed Saved ---------- FAMILY OF BENJAMIN PEACOCK UNACCOUNTED FOR ---------- There is mourning in several Elizabeth households to-day, as a result of the loss of the Titan... | 17th April 1912 | |||
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La Chronique de Bayonne | (1912) | S.S. NIAGARA HITS AN ICEBERG « New York. Le transatlantique « Niagara » est arrivé. Il rapporte que dans la nuit de mercredi, presque à l’endroit où le « Titanic » a coulé, le « Niagara » est venu donner dans un banc de glace. Le choc fut si violent qu’aussitôt le commandant fit... | 17th April 1912 | ||
| Worcester Telegram | (1912) | W.C.PORTERS LETTERS TO WIFE AND PARTNER W.C.Porters Letters to Wife and Partner Tells of Pleasant and Successful Trip and of His Anxiety to Hurry Home on the Titanic "I have had a fine trip, enjoyed every minute of it, and have found business prospects ... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | 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 | |||
| Chicago Tribune | (1912) | TITANIC STRUCK ON CLEAR NIGHT Story of Parisian Operator Deepens Mystery of Disaster to White Star Line Warning Was Repeated Secrecy of Wireless Messages Pertaining to Wreck Maintained by Capt. Haines Halifax, N. S., April 17—... | 18th April 1912 | |||
| The Evening Post | (1912) | HOLDING BACK FACTS OF DISASTER STIRS CRITICISM Charges ranging from indifference to deliberate suppression of news are being made against the White Star officials on both sides of the Atlantic . As ground for these charges one needs to go back only to the rapid sequ... | 18th April 1912 | |||
| Philadelphia Inquirer | (1912) | PARISIAN'S WIRELESS EXPERT OFF DUTY WHEN TITANIC STRUCK BERG But for This It Is Believed the Stricken Giant's Cries for Help Would Have Been Heard in Time to Save All --------- HALIFAX, N. S., April 18.--With two expeditions on the way to search for Titani... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| Worcester Telegram | (1912) | FUTRELLE MET DEATH LIKE HERO SAYS WIFE New York, April 19.- Mrs. May Futrelle, whose husband, Jacques Futrelle, the short story writer and novelist, went down with the ship, was met here by her daughter, Miss. Virginia Futrelle, who was brought to New York, from the convent of Notre Dame ... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | SEALBY DEFENDS ISMAY Tribute from Republic’s Captain, Who Served Father and Son 25 Years --- Special to The New York Times ... | 22nd April 1912 | |||
| Daily Telegraph | (1912) | RUSSIANS TO THE RESCUE – ICEFIELD DESCRIBED SS. Birma (off Dover), Monday, April 22. We left New York in the Birma, of the Russian East Asiatic Company, on Thursday afternoon, the 11th inst., bound for Rotterdam and Libau (Russia), in splendid we... | 25th April 1912 | |||
| Portland Oregonian | (1912) | MRS. FRANK WARREN DESCRIBES THE TRAGEDY TO THE OREGONIAN Frank and Anna Warren were the only first class couple from Oregon on the Titanic. Mrs. Warren, who was 60 years of age at the time of the sinking, reported in great detail the horrific events of the tragedy. Her account was published in Orego... | 27th April 1912 | |||
| Portland Oregonian | (1912) | PORTLAND WOMAN DESCRIBES WRECK Mrs. Frank M. Warren Tells in Detail, "the Story of the Titanic." BOAT'S TERRIFIC SPEED Experiences, Before and After Vessel Went Down, Told in Interesting Manner -- Sho... | 27th April 1912 | |||
| Weekly Advocate | (1912) | NEWARK WOMAN PASSED OVER TITANIC COURSE THROUGH WRECKAGE Mrs Henry Buell and daughter, Miss Margaret Buell reached Newark Friday evening after spending a year in Germany and brought back with her the first lucid details following the sinking of the Titanic and scenes prevailing after the disaster. ... | 2nd May 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | MINIA REPORTS TWO BODIES Ship Returning to Halifax---Patrick O'Keefe's Story of Rescue --- The White Star Line agent at Halifax wired the New York office yesterday that the Captain of the steamship Minia had sent the following message: ["]Returne... | 4th May 1912 | |||
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The Times | (1912) | ICEBERGS IN THE ATLANTIC The Corsican's Injuries As announced in the later editions of the Times of yesterday, the Allan liner Corsican struck an iceberg at 4pm on Monday (August 12, 1912). The vessel was at the time about 120 miles east of Belle Isle, and was... | 14th August 1912 | ||
| The Times | (1913) | INVENTIONS SURGE AFTER TITANIC DISASTER page4 INVENTIONS OF 1912 The Influence of the Titanic Disaster The 20th report of the Comptroller of Patents, Designs and Trademarks was issued as a parliamentary paper last night. The loss of the Titanic was fo... | 19th April 1913 | |||
| New York Times | (1913) | LEAPED FROM LINER AT SEA TO SAVE MAN Majestic's First Officer Dived Overboard after Coal Trimmer Who Attempted Suicide --- BUT LIFEBOAT MADE RESCUE --- Gift from Passengers for Officer's Deed--Another of Crew who Sought Death Successful --- The ... | 9th May 1913 | |||
| Chicago Tribune | (1913) | JUST MISSED TITANIC'S FATE: TEUTONIC VEERS OFF ICEBERG JUST MISSED TITANIC'S FATE: TEUTONIC VEERS OFF ICEBRG By Quick Reversal of Engines and with Helm Hard Aport Liner Grazes Huge... | 28th October 1913 | |||
| New York Times | (1914) | TITANIC SURVIVOR LOST Stewardess of Ill-Fated Steamer Jumps from Leyland Liner --- BOSTON, Oct. 10---Mrs. Annie Robinson of Liverpool, a survivor of the Titanic disaster, jumped from the Leyland Line steamer Devonian last night while the liner was groping ... | 11th October 1914 | |||
| Boston Daily Globe | (1914) | WOMAN LEAPS FROM DEVONIAN Formerly Stewardess on the Titanic Passengers on the Leyland Line steamship Devonian, in yesterday afternoon from Liverpool, reported that Mrs. Anna Robinson, a widow, aged 44, who was... | 11th October 1914 | |||
| (1926) | REMINISCENCES OF TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS There are a great many fallacies in connection with the loss of the Titanic, the chief one being that she was trying to break the record. As a matter of fact, she had not averaged twenty-one knots up to the time she struck, three knots le... | 1926 | ||||
| New York Times | (1939) | CAPT. JOHN W. BINKS OF WHITE STAR DIES Retired Skipper of Olympic Served in the British Navy During the World War --- SPENT 45 YEARS AT SEA --- Commander of Leviathan and Majestic on Last Voyages They Ever Made --- News was received yesterd... | 6th February 1939 | |||
| Vineland Times Journal | (1953) | SURVIVOR OF TITANIC DISASTER TELLS OF GRIM EXPERIENCES 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 | |||
| (1962) | 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 Times | (1965) | TITANIC LOOKOUT IS DEAD BY HANGING AFTER WIFE'S DEATH SOUTHAMPTON, England, Jan. 11 (Reuters)--- Authorities today ordered an inquest into the death of Fred Fleet, a lookout on the liner Titanic, who hanged himself yesterday two weeks after his wife's death. The body of Mr. Fleet, who was 76 years o... | 12th January 1965 | |||
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ET Research | (2001) | THE GROUNDING OF TITANIC Presented for consideration by the Marine Forensic Panel (SD-7) chartered by the The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers at Gibbs & Cox, Inc., Suite 700, 1235 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia... | 6th June 2001 | ||
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ET Research | (2001) | SWALLOWED IN 14 MINUTES Introduction ... | 20th June 2001 | ||
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ET Research | (2002) | ICEBERG AT THE GOLDEN GATE ... | 12th February 2002 | ||
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ET Research | (2002) | THE MORNING AFTER... WHERE WERE THE BODIES? It was April 23, 1912, at daybreak, out on the North Atlantic. The seascape looked every bit like a well-adorned graveyard, with an overcast sky, rolling fog and, as far as one could see, pieces of wreckage that bobbed in... | 20th September 2002 | ||
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ET Research | (2004) | 1914: MURDOCH SAVES LINER FROM ICEBERG WILLIAM McMaster Murdoch lost his life, in common with one and a half thousand others, in April 1912. He had tried to “port around” an iceberg, but “she was too close.” First Officer Murdoch tried to slalom the berg by orde... | 6th February 2004 | ||
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ET Research | (2004) | RYAN V. OSNC The Third Inquiry Prècis Law Report transcribed by Senan Molony THE THIRD INQUIRY into the Titanic tragedy was a legal test case brought in the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand, London, from June 20-26, ... | 15th March 2004 | ||
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ET Research | (2004) | TITANIC: THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH? THIS photograph is the last known picture of RMS Titanic on her maiden voyage. It was taken at Crosshaven... | 23rd April 2004 | ||
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ET Research | (2004) | IMPACT OF TITANIC UPON INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LAW No other shipwreck in history has left such an indelible imprint upon the public consciousness as that of the RMS Titanic. Ninety-two years after her loss, the story of that great liner continues to... | 31st August 2004 | ||
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ET Research | (2004) | THE MIDDLE WATCH WHAT follows is the complete text o... | 16th September 2004 | ||
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(2004) | ROYAL STANDARD White Star Line The White Star Line was founded in 1845 by two Liverpool ship brokers, Henry Threlfall Wilson and... | 14th November 2004 | |||
| (2004) | KURA 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 | ||||
| (2005) | ANNIE West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. Port of Registry: West Hartlepool Flag of Registry: British Signal letters: P Q N&... | 24th April 2005 | ||||
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ET Research | (2005) | LEST WE FORGET : PART 1 This May marks the 90th anniversary of one of the 20th century’s most notorious events; the sinking, by torpedo, of Cunard Line’s Lusitania off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1198 l... | 3rd May 2005 | ||
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ET Research | (2005) | A CAPTAIN'S CAREER “When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experience in nearly 40 years at sea, I merely say- uneventful. Of course there have been winter storms and gales and fog and the like, but in all ... | 23rd August 2005 | ||
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ET Research | (2005) | LEST WE FORGET PART 2 : AS THE LUSITANIA WENT DOWN AS THE LUSITANIA WENT DOWN The sun w... | 17th October 2005 | ||
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ET Research | (2006) | ICEBERG RIGHT AHEAD We all know the story how lookout Frederick Fleet had sighted an iceberg at about 11:40 PM on April 14th 1912, went to the lookout bell and struck it 3 times to indicate that something was seen ahead, and then went to the telephone and ... | 29th April 2006 | ||
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ET Research | (2006) | A MATTER OF COURSE The story of Noëlle Rothes, Titanic’s ‘Plucky Little Countess’ by Randy Bryan Bigham ... | 22nd September 2006 | ||
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ET Research | (2006) | WHEN ANIMALS TRAVELLED FIRST CLASS Today’s newscasts often feature airline passengers discussing their “being treated just like cattle.” In the late 19th Century, Britain’s White Star Line took the meaning of that phrase to new heights. While we recall the company’s beautiful passe... | 10th November 2006 | ||
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ET Research | (2006) | BIRMA'S WIRELESS BEARS WITNESS! Birma from a contemporary postcard (Courtesy of Senan Molony) JOSEPH Cannon was a newly-qualified, newlywed wi... | 28th December 2006 | ||
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(2007) | PASSPORT TO PERDITION AN EXPIRED passport could have prevented the untimely expiry of a life on the Lusitania. But instead its holder, Thomas J. Silva, moved heaven and earth to get replacement documents in order to sail on the fatal voyage th... | 18th March 2007 | |||
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ET Research | (2008) | THE WIDENERS: AN AMERICAN FAMILY Most of the early immigrants who came to the thirteen original colonies and who, through hard work and responsible citizenship, helped found the United States of America were either English or German. One such German immigrant was Johann Cristoph ... | 11th January 2008 | ||
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ET Research | (2009) | DEFENDING FLEET AND LEE The iceberg that doomed the Titanic and 1,523 people to die left a gash of about 300 feet in the ship’s side from beneath the stem of her bow to the boiler room number 6. The 1997 film that took her name as it’s title go... | 14th January 2009 | ||
