Maine Central Railroad

120 items found relating to : Maine Central Railroad


Chicago Daily News	MELLEN IN TITANIC STATEMENT Offers Evidence as to Time Officials Knew the Vessel Was Lost [by The Associated Pres.] New Haven, Conn., April 23—In connection with the question at the time at which the White S...	23rd April 1912
New York Times	CHARLES MELVILLE HAYS Grand Trunk President Planned Great Canadian Transcontinental --- Charles Melville Hays, President of the Grand Trunk and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Companies, has been considered one of the most brilliant and successful of railroad of...	16th April 1912
New York Times	ASTOR BEQUESTS HAVE ALL BEEN PAID Cost of Administering Estate to Date, with Transfer Tax, Foots Up $3,305,480 --- $24,715,478 DISTRIBUTED --- The Four Executors File Their First Judicial Accounting, Covering Personal Property Only --- The fi...	29th April 1914
	MRS. ASTOR ON HER MORNING TROT THROUGH CENTRAL PARK	1915
	MADELEINE FORCE ASTOR RIDING IN CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK CITY	1914
The Toronto World	C. M. HAYS' CAREER When the White Star Liner Titanic struck an iceberg, it is feared Charles Melville Hays, president and general manager of the Grand Trunk Railway and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad was carried down with the doomed steamer. Mr. Hays had been in ...	17th April 1912
	MRS. ASTOR RIDING IN CENTRAL PARK	1914
Sarasota Herald-Tribune	EXPERT ON THE TITANIC WILL SPEAK AT LIBRARY Kenneyth Chamberlin, a member of the Titanic Historical Society, will present a talk about the 1912 sinking of the luxury ocean linear."The Titanic: A Night to Remember" will be at 1 p.m., Oct. 18, at the Manatee County Central Library, 1301 Barcarrota Blvd. W., Bradenton. Admission is free. The Friends of the Central Library are sponsoring the program....	6th October 2008
Chicago Journal	SHIP TOWED TO HALIFAX New Haven, Conn., April 15--The operating officers of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad company have been notified that the passengers of the Titanic will be landed at Halifax. There will be about 600 passengers requiring tr...	15th April 1912
New York Times	OBITUARY NOTES ROBERT DOUGLAS SPEDDEN, son of Frederic O. and Mrs. Margaretta C. Stone Spedden of "Wee Wah Ladge," Tuxedo Park, N. Y., died yesterday at the family Summer home at Winter Harbor, Maine. ...	9th August 1915
New York Times	A. A. STEWART LEFT $276,974 Titanic Victim's Estate Goes to His Widow and Daughter --- An appraisal of the estate of Albert A. Stewart, who perished on the Titanic, was transmitted yesterday to the Surrogates' Court under transfer tax proceedings. Mr. Stewart was f...	1st February 1913
liveauctioneers.com	RELATIVES OF TITANIC OFFICER SEEK RETURN OF HIS LAST LETTER - AUCTION CENTRAL NEWS Relatives of Titanic officer seek return of his last letterAuction Central NewsA two-page note John Edward Simpson wrote to his mother days before the ship sank in April 1912 is to expected to fetch at least $50000 at the auction later this week in Long Island, New York. Simpson's great-nephew John Martin said Sunday that the ......	27th February 2012
Chicago Examiner	LAKE SHIP FLAGS LOWERED Placed at Half-Mast in Memory of President J. B. Thayer Duluth, April 20--Flags were placed at half-mast on all ships of the Anchor Line in the harbor here today, out of respect for President J. B. Thayer of that lin...
Philadelphia Inquirer	MRS. JOHN B. THAYER Mrs. John B. Thayer, widow of John B. Thayer, prominent Philadelphian and Pennsylvania Railroad official, died yesterday on the 32nd anniversary of her husband's death in the Titanic disaster. She was 72. When the Titanic sunk on April 14,...	15th April 1944
	MEMORIAL
Daily Telegraph	TITANIC FOR MONTAUK, LONG ISLAND - 1910 VISION Passengers to take railway connection to New York...	27th October 1910
New York Times	PRAISE ASTOR AND BUTT Women Compare Their Conduct to That of "Miserable Specimens" --- Special to The New York Times --- EAST ORANGE, N. J., April 19---High praise was given to-day to John Jacob Astor, Maj. Butt, Vice President Thayer of the P...	20th April 1912
New York Times	HOW J. B. THAYER DIED Swept from Raft to Which His Son Managed to Cling --- The manner in which John B. Thayer, Second Vice President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, met his death along with eighteen or twenty other men was described last night by Mrs. W. C. ...	19th April 1912
New York Times	COL. ASTOR AT FERNCLIFF Will Entertain Miss Force and Her Family Over Labor Day --- Special to The New York Times --- KINGSTON, N. Y., Sept. 2---The announced plan of Col. John Jacob Astor and Miss Madeleine T. Force to remain at Col. Astor's Sum...	3rd September 1911
New York Times	MRS. FREDERIC SPEDDEN Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- TUXEDO PARK, N. Y., Feb. 10---Mrs. Margaretta C. Spedden died in her home here today after a brief illness. She was 78 years old. Mrs. Spedden was the widow of Frederic O. Spedden, who died two y...	11th February 1950
Chicago Examiner	WIDOW AND DAUGHTERS OF HAYS SPEED HOME New York, April 18---Mrs. Charles M. Hays and her two daughters, Miss Margaret Hays and Mrs. Thornton Davidson, survivors of the Titanic wreck, were met at the pier by a large party of friends. Mr. Hays, president of the Grand Trunk Railw...	19th April 1912
New York Times	WILL PAY A BET TO MORGAN Gen. Gill to Give Him a Fine Maryland Dinner To-night --- Special to The New York Times --- BALTIMORE, Md., Jan 14---Gen. John Gill, while returning from Eur...	15th January 1910
	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...
Chicago Record-Herald	RUSE SCENTED TO AVOID CLAIM Titanic Survivor Says She Signed Paper Thinking It Railroad Tickets Alleged unfair tactics used by the owners of the steamship Titanic to avoid damage claims from survivors were explained yesterday by Miss Annie Kelly, one of...	25th April 1912
10TV	COSI EXHIBIT OFFERS HISTORICAL, SCIENTIFIC LOOK AT TITANIC The Titanic exhibit returns to central Ohio on Saturday for an encore, bringing pieces of history never before seen....	26th March 2010
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
	REDWOOD : THE HOME OF JOHN B. THAYER "Redwood" the Estate of John B. Thayer, Vice President, Pennsylvania Railroad. This was located on Cheswold Lane, Haverford, Pennsylvania. ...
	VARIOUS MEMORIALS Has a grave in East Bridgwater, Central Cemetery Massachusetts, USA. also there are some lovely Lych Gates in his memory at Broadway Churchyard, Worcestershire. also water fountain in memory of Archibald Butt and Mr. Frank M...
Herkimer Evening Telegram	'TITANIC, THE MUSICAL' OPENS THURSDAY The Ilion Central School production of 'Titanic, the Musical' will kick off Music in Our Schools Month this weekend, getting a jump start on the national celebration of music in education which runs throughout March....	27th February 2008
Daily Mining Gazette	MRS. AGNES EDWARDS SUMMONED BY DEATH Mrs. Agnes Edwards, 69 years old, well known Hancock matron, died at St. Joseph's hospital last evening at 5 o'clock. She had been a resident of the Copper Country for 21 years, residing on Railroad Avenue. Mrs. Edwards was a survivor of th...	5th August 1933
Newark Evening News	WIRELESS FROM THE STENGELS First Direct Personal Message Received from Jersey Folk in the Disaster ---------- BOTH ON THE CARPATHIA ---------- Direct intelligence from Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Henry Stengel, of this city, now on the rescue ship Carpathia, was received h...	17th April 1912
New York Times	DEATH NOTICE OF CONSTANCE JULIE GRACIE DIED ... GRACIE---Constance Julie, in Paris, on June 7, aged 12 years, beloved daughter of Archibald Gracie and Constance Shack [sic] Gracie. Interment at Woodlawn on Wednesday, Oct. 14. Special car leaves Grand Central ...	13th October 1903
Voyage	TITANIC (1888) John P. Eaton Smith & Service (1888-1903) Port of Registry: Belfast , Ireland Flag of Registry: British Funnel: Black ...	22nd November 2004
Newark Evening News	W. HULL BOTSFORD, OF ORANGE, MAY BE LOST W. Hull Botsford. of Orange, is believed to be among the second cabin passengers on the Titanic who were lost. Mr. Botsford has been touring in Europe since early in February, and although he was not expected home before the end of the month, the nam...	17th April 1912
liveauctioneers.com	HERITAGE PULLS 3 TITANIC ITEMS FROM AUCTION Heritage pulls 3 Titanic items from auctionAuction Central NewsThe items, commonly called "rusticles," are biological formations that developed over the decades on wreckage of the RMS Titanic, but were not originally part of the ship. Heritage is returning the lots to the consignor, Charles Pellegrino. ......	18th May 2011
	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. ...
New York Times	FIERMONTE HELD ON OLD CHARGE BELLMORE, L. I., July 2---Enzo Fiermonte, former pugilist and husband of Mrs. Madaline Force Astor Dick, was arrested today at the Roosevelt Speedway on a three-year-old traffic violation charge he is said never to have answered. He is accused of spe...	3rd July 1937
Camden Post-Telegram	MR. SUTTON'S BODY TO BE SENT HOME Dr. Tomlin, of Haddonfield, in Halifax to Care for Corpse of Titanic Victim -- WIDENER'S BODY IS BURIED AT SEA --- Dr. F. H. Tomlin, of Haddonfield, is in Halifax, N. S., to receive the body of Frederick Sutt...	27th April 1912
New York Times	MME. AUBART RETURNS TO FRANCE {Note: This is an excerpt from a longer article, headlined "SEES SOCIAL CHANGES," reporting on an interview with another Adriatic passenger, unrelated to Titanic or Mme. Aubart.} Mrs. N. Aubart, a young Frenchwoman who was a survivor o...	3rd May 1912
Toronto Daily Star	MAJOR PEUCHEN AND HIS FAMILY Left to Right: Mr. Alan Peuchen, Mrs Peuchen, Major Peuchen, Miss Jessie Peuchen. When the New York Central Express was stalled a few miles outside Hamilton for two hours Saturday on account of a wreck ahead, Major Peuchen a...	23rd April 1912
Belfast Newsletter	THE LADY PALMIST AND TITANIC PASSENGER Page 9The Central News says - Of the second class passengers of the Titanic, Walter Harris, of Enfield Highway and Percy Thomas Oxenham, of Ponders End, were booked on the "Philadelphia" for New York. Owing to the coal strik...	19th April 1912
Voyage	SEARCHING FOR KIRKLAND Robert L. Bracken Charles Leonard Kirkl...	15th February 2006
Orlando Sentinel	TITANIC TO SAIL TO NEW I-DRIVE LOCALE The Titanic exhibit that sailed into Central Florida almost a decade ago is headed back to International Drive, with plans for a $2 million investment to modernize and expand the attraction.Titanic -- The Experience, which introduces visitors to the world of the ill-fated ocean liner, will end its temporary run in the Orlando Science Center on Oct. 12. It will move to a 20,000-square-foot location at 7324 International Drive, a mile north of the now-demolished Mercado shopping-and-dining complex where the attraction had spent the first eight years of its existence....	11th September 2008
New York Times	VENICE EXHIBITION OPENED Duke of Genoa Represents the King---J. P. Morgan Present --- VENICE, April 23---The International Art Exhibition was solemnly inaugurated to-day by the Duke of Genoa in the name of King Victor Emmanuel. J. P. Mo...	24th April 1912
The San Francisco Call	WALTER M. CLARK A PASSENGER Walter M. Clark of Los Angeles, son of J. Ross Clark, the railroad official of that city and a well known figure in San Francisco as well as in the southern metropolis, was a passenger on the Titanic and supposedly is among those lost. ...	16th April 1912
New York Times	RED CROSS BOARD FILLS VACANCIES WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (AP)---Chief Justice Hughes presided today as the incorporators of the American Red Cross elected five new members to fill vacancies caused by deaths. Those named were Newton D. Baker, Frank T. Heffelfinger of Minneapolis, J. Fran...	10th December 1931
New York Times	INCORPORATED IN NEW JERSEY TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 31---These companies were incorporated here to-day: The Central Sugar Company, to manufacture beet sugar; capital, $1,500,000. The incorporators are T. L. Bragaw, Jr., M. L. Bonden, J. J. Treacy, all of Jersey City...	1st February 1901
Hudson Observer	WEST HOBOKEN MAN A PASSENGER ON THE LOST STEAMER John Ashby, of Traphagen street, West Hoboken, is on the list of second cabin passengers of the ill-fated Titanic and so far his name has not appeared among those of the rescued. He was returning from England to his son-in-law and two daughters in No...	17th April 1912
Toronto Daily Star	JUST BEFORE SMASH HAYS SAID DISASTER Canadian Press Despatch New York, April 19.---Col Gracie, U. S. A. who was the sole survivor of those who went down with the Titanic, and was rescued, gave this remarkable statement last night:...	19th April 1912
	HARRISON FAMILY GRAVESTONE In loving memory of Swainston Harrison Junior, who died at Ibi, Central Africa, 16th March 1892 aged 24 years. also Norman Harrison, second engineer SS Titanic foundered off the coast of Newf...

Last