Lusitania
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle | (1915) | LUSITANIA ICEBERG Editorial cartoon in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle following the sinking of the Lusitania by the U-20 on May 7, 1915. The comparison to the Titanic is obvious, but ghostly death in the shape of the berg now wears an Uhlan helmet.... | 11th May 1915 | ||
| LINEN KEEPER ON THE LUSITANIA My grandfather William Mitchell was a Linen Keeper on the Lusitania. He survived the sinking, only to died within a year, of pneumonia. My mother was born a few months later.He lived in Liverpool. This postcard was sent to his sister Alice, from, ... | ||||||
| SAILED ON LUSITANIA William Greenfield sailed to England on the Lusitania in March. Henry Blank was also on this voyage and this is where they most likely met, unless they were acquainted earlier.... | ||||||
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LETTER POSTED BY BERTHE LEROY FROM THE LUSITANIA One of Berthe's 19 transatlantic voyages was on the Lusitania sometime between 1912 and 1915. She wrote to her brother Samuel: "Another couple of days on board this ship. It is not too bad a trip but I cannot help feeling a little ang... | |||||
| New York Times | (1912) | CHANGE FATAL TO GUGGENHEIM Had Booked Passage on the Lusitania, Whose Sailing Was Canceled --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, April 18---A business friend of Benjamin Guggenheim says that had the Lusitania sailed as arranged on Apri... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1907) | BIGGER THAN THE LUSITANIA White Star Line Decides to Build Vessel---Speed to be 22 Knots --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, Sept. 11---A Belfast correspondent telegraphs that Harland & Wolff have officially admitted that the... | 12th September 1907 | |||
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| New York Times | (1912) | LOVE FOR SEA PREVAILS --- Chief Barber on the Titanic Obtains Post on the Lusitania --- Special to The New York Times --- PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 5---Unable to resist traveling over the sea, August F. Weikman of Palmyra, N. J., who was the ch... | 6th August 1912 | |||
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(2007) | DOUBLE JEOPARDY – LUSITANIA’S UNIQUE VICTIM | 18th December 2007 | |||
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CHELSEA PIERS The ship shown on this card is Luistania.... | |||||
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Encyclopedia Titanica | (2008) | BULLETS RECOVERED FROM LUSITANIA'S "EMPTY" HOLD by Senan Molony - RIFLE ammunition bound for the Western Front during World War One has been raised from the wreck of the doomed Cunard liner RMS Lusitania....... | 27th September 2008 | ||
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Southport Visiter | (2007) | LOCAL MAN WAS TITANIC CAPTAIN The human cost of three sea disasters involving ships captained by men from Crosby, Blundellsands and Waterloo is on show in Liverpool.Titanic, Lusitania and the Forgotten Empress, at the Merseyside Maritime Museum, looks at the trio of catastrophes that shook the world between 1912 and 1915.... | 14th September 2007 | ||
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(1915) | PARSONS STEAM TURBINE INVENTOR Sir C. A. Parsons is one of the main inventors of the 'Parsons Steam Turbine' which could be found on the Lusitania, the Mauretania, the Olympic, the Titanic and the Britannic, for instance... | 1915 | |||
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Duluth (MN) News Tribune | (2008) | DIVES TO THE FITZGERALD SHOULD BE BANNED ALTOGETHER The Titanic, Empress Of Ireland, Lusitania and Andrea Doria are ships that all share an unfortunate bond: Their wrecks have been picked over mercilessly for artifacts.That's especially true of the wreck site of the Titanic, which has become a tasteless carnival for tourist dives. (Note: Registration at site may be needed to read entire article.)... | 11th November 2008 | ||
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Globe and Mail | (2009) | LETTER WRITTEN BY CANADIAN ABOARD TITANIC EXPECTED TO FETCH $10,000 For those who follow the lore of Eaton's department store, one tragedy stands out among others: the loss, in 1915, of the founder's granddaughter Iris Burnside in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. But three years before that, another member of the extended Eaton family, employee George Graham, had perished in an even more famous disaster, as a first-class passenger aboard the Titanic during his return from a buying trip in Europe.... | 12th January 2009 | ||
| New York Times | (1929) | LORD MERSEY DIES IN HIS 90TH YEAR Regarded as the Grand Old Man of the English Legal Profession --- HEADED SHIPPING INQUIRIES --- Presided at Investigation into the Lusitania, Titanic and Other Disasters --- Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES... | 4th September 1929 | |||
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DESIGN FOR AMERICAN TITANIC MEMORIAL Part of an original design submitted in 1912 for a Titanic memorial in Washington, to be set up by women in honour of the men who gave their lives. This is a work by Mr Dana Gibson, which was ultimately rejected. Gibson places a hammer in t... | |||||
| New York Times | (1910) | LADY DUFF-GORDON SAILS Coming to Open an American Branch of Her London Costume Shop --- SpeciaI Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, Feb. 26---Lady Duff-Gordon sailed on the Lusitania to-day to put the finishing touch... | 27th February 1910 | |||
| The Times | (1916) | LORD MERSEY - NEW VISCOUNT His Majesty has been pleased to confer the dignity of a viscounty of the United Kingdom upon:--- THE RIGHT HON. LORD MERSEY Lord Mersey's reputation as a Judge and as an authority on inte... | 1st January 1916 | |||
| Surrey Advertiser and County Times | (1912) | THE HEROIC WIRELESS OPERATOR The wireless operator who flashed out the terrible signal SOS, and gave the first intimation to the world of the appalling disaster to the Titanic, belongs to Farncombe, where he is well known and popular. He is Mr. John George Phillips, and his pare... | April 1912 | |||
| THE MOODY CUP Officer Moody served on the Royal Navy training ship HMS Conway in the River Mersey for two years from 1902 to 1903. After the disaster his parents presented a cup which became known as the Moody Cup and was dedicated to his memory.... | ||||||
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Examiner.com | TITANIC MEMORIAL IN DC Admit it, you've done it too. You and a significant other have probably stood at some point at or near the bow of a boat and imitated the doubleheaded flying figurehead pose from the 1997 film "Titanic" (If you haven't, you surely know s... | ||||
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ET Research | (2003) | OLYMPIC FIND AT PITY ME Move over Alnwick and Haltwhistle — another location in Northeast England holds artifacts from RMS Olympic, sister-ship of the ill-fated RMS Titanic. While many ocean-liner enthusiasts know about the Olympic fittings at the White ... | 22nd January 2003 | ||
| The Greenwich News | (1914) | MOORE-GRAHAM SUMMER RESIDENTS IN LARGE NUMBERS ATTEND SOCIETY AFFAIR The wedding of Miss Margaret, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Graham of New York and Belle Haven, and Eugene Maxwell Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Moore... | 14th June 1914 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | J. P. MORGAN DUG INTO EGYPT'S PAST Financier Superintended the Search for Early Christian Cemetery at Khargeh. --- BUILT A HOUSE IN DESERT --- Had Force of Man at Work Under Egyptian Engineers, and Enjoyed Himself in Flannels ---... | 16th March 1912 | |||
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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. ... | |||||
| New York Times | (1930) | SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON TO RETIRE FROM SEA Commodore of Cunard Fleet and Captain of Berengaria 35 Years in Line's Service --- SAVED 706 FROM TITANIC --- Rescue by Carpathia Won for Him American Decoration and Plaudits of World --- Wireless to THE NEW ... | 1st November 1930 | |||
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ET Research | (2001) | MAURETANIA HISTORY COMES ALIVE IN BRISTOL There is more for ocean liner enthusiasts in the English city of Bristol than simply visiting the S. S. Great Britain. The world's first great ocean liner, the Great Britain was built by the influential engineer Isambard K... | 8th November 2001 | ||
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Liverpool Echo | (2009) | MARITIME TALES: CARPATHIA RESCUE MISSON TO THE TITANIC RELIVED IT STARTED out as a routine voyage between New York and the Adriatic and ended as one of the greatest rescues in the history of the sea. The Cunard liner was not long on her journey when her radio operator contacted another ship with a sta... | 10th October 2009 | ||
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(1911) | OLYMPIC'S MAIDEN STOP IN CHERBOURG LE RÉVEIL - Mercredi 14 juin 1911 PAQUEBOT GEANT C’est pour le moment l’ « Olympic », qui appartient à la « White Star Line ». Nous en avons parlé lors de son lancement. La Compagnie vient de l’inaugurer avec solennité par un ba... | 14th June 1911 | |||
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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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TDN | (2009) | TITANIC'S HISTORY LIVES ON THROUGH LOCAL MAN When John Stuart saw a newspaper article Monday about the death of the last Titanic survivor, his first thought was, 'My gosh, I talked to her. I have her signature.'The retired Castle Rock history teacher chatted with Millvina Dean at... | 5th June 2009 | ||
| New York Times | (1928) | SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON SAILS AS COMMODORE Senior Cunard Captain Heads Fleet, Succeeding Late Sir James Charles --- HERO OF TITANIC DISASTER --- Wears Many Honors for Rescue and War Service---Berengaria Is His 13th Command --- Captain Sir Arthur Rostr... | 29th July 1928 | |||
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Southern Star | (2009) | CORK TITANIC SOCIETY PLANNING TO ERECT "LOST AT SEA" MEMORIAL By Leo MCMahonSaturday April 25th, 2009[Photo] The Lord Mayor Cllr. Brian Bermingham making a presentation to Frank O'Sullivan, Commander of Staff, in recognition of his work with the Cork Titanic Society. Also included are T... | 29th April 2009 | ||
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ET Research | (2004) | ON THE TRAIL OF ‘LUCKY’ TOWER Is this the face of Titanic legend’s most elusive man? ’Lucky Tower’ is the moniker given... | 16th November 2004 | ||
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ET Research | (2001) | SWALLOWED IN 14 MINUTES Introduction ... | 20th June 2001 | ||
