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William McMaster Murdoch
 
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Bridgwater Mercury (1912) WEST COUNTRY PEOPLE IN THE TITANIC
Melksham Among the passengers was a Melksham family of eight persons - Mr. and Mrs. F. Goodwin, Watson's Court, High Street, Melksham, and their six children, whose ages range from 17 months to 16 years. Goodwin, M...
20th April 1912  
Newark Star (1912) MASONIC SERVICES FOR TITANIC VICTIM
Brief but impressive memorial services for W. Anderson Walker, who lost his life in the Titanic disaster, were held last night by Hope Lodge No. 124, F. and A. M. of East Orange, of which Mr. Walker was master. Acting Master John A. Gilbert was in ch...
2nd May 1912  
Newark Evening News (1912) HOPE LODGE TO MOURN DEATH OF ITS MASTER
A special meeting of Hope Lodge No. 124, F. and A. M., of East Orange, which, arranged some time ago, was to have been in the nature of a red-letter day for the master, W. Anderson Walker, will take the form of a lodge of sorrow. The meeting is to b...
19th April 1912  
New York Times (1929) ROSTRON'S CAT LEFT HERE
Berengaria Master Sails Alone Because of British Quarantine --- Captain Sir Arthur Rostron, master of the Cunarder Berengaria, sailed early yesterday morning for the first time in many years without his pet Persian cat Abdul. The animal...
6th January 1929  
The Times SWEARING-IN OF MR. JUSTICE BIGHAM
QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION (Before MR. JUSTICE MATHEW, MR. JUSTICE WILLS, MR. JUSTICE LAWRANCE, MR. JUSTICE WRIGHT, MR. JUSTICE BRUCE, and MR. JUSTICE KENNEDY.) In the absence of the Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justic...
   
  JACQUES FUTRELLE'S "THE DIAMOND MASTER" ON PROJECT GUTENBERG
   
  CAPTAIN SMITH'S EXTRA MASTER CERTIFICATE
   
  (1912) JAMES CLAYTON BARR (MASTER - SS CARONIA) - BRITISH ENQUIRY TESTIMONY
17th May 1912  
Daily Mail (1912) MR. BEESLEY THOUGHT MISSING
Mr. LAWRENCE BEESLEY. - Son of the late Mr. H. Beesley, bank manager, Wirkshire [sic], Derbyshire, late science master at Dulwich College....
18th April 1912  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
Smith Edward John. of 17 Marine Crescent, Waterloo, Liverpool. Master Mariner. Probate issued: London 15th November 1912 to Sarah Eleanor Smith, widow. Effects £3,186.4.6d....
15th November 1912  
  (2006) TITANIC RELIEF FUND – CREW “MASTER LIST” CASE NUMBERS
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29th April 2006  
The Sun (2008) POSSESSIONS OF TITANIC LIFESAVER
THIS is the first picture of Titanic hero Edmund Stone - and the possessions recovered from his body.Steward Edmund, 33, used the master key to enter first-class cabins and alert sleeping passengers as the ship began to sink....
9th October 2008  
Bristol Times and Mirror (1912) TITANIC'S THIRD OFFICER AN OLD MERCHANT VENTURER
Mr. H. J. Pitman, third officer on the Titanic, who was one of the four officers saved from the wreck is an West Countryman, being born at Castle Cary, in Somerset. His age is 34, and he received the shore part of his nautical training in the navigat...
27th April 1912  
  (1901) 1901 CENSUS, POOLE, DORSET
Frank Couch, aged 16, born Port Isaac, Cornwall is shown as a ships cook on board a vessel named 'Deveron'. Moored at Poole Quay, Dorset at the time of the census the Master was shown as Charles Couch, aged 24, born in Plymouth, Devon ...
  1901  
Western Morning News (1912) FROM WESTCOUNTRY - FURTHER PERSONAL DETAILS
Mr. James Drew and family and Mr. James Veale (sic) were from Constantine, Cornwall. Mr. and Mrs. Drew and nephew (Master Marshall Drew) had been home on a visit to his mother (who is 84 years of age, and still ignorant of anything having happened)....
18th April 1912  
Lakeshore Weekly News (Minnetonka, MN) (2009) DEEPHAVEN'S TITANIC TIES
April 15, 1912.Arthur Rostron, master of the liner Carpathia, stood on his bridge watching a green flare flickering in the darkness ahead.At first he had hoped it meant the vessel he had driven 58 miles in response to her distress call was still afloat. Now he knew such hopes were in vain.He carefully maneuvred his vessel around an iceberg to take alongside the lifeboat the flare had come from.Then the night was suddenly marked by a woman's voice. A desperate, anguished voice cried "The Titanic has gone down with everyone on board!"That woman was Mahala Douglas of Deephaven....
14th April 2009  
Lakeshore Weekly News (Minnetonka, MN) (2009) DEEPHAVENS TITANIC TIES
April 15, 1912. Arthur Rostron, master of the liner Carpathia, stood on his bridge watching a green flare flickering in the darkness ahead. At first he had hoped it meant the vessel he had driven 58 miles in response to her distress call was still afloat. Now he knew such hopes were in vain. He carefully maneuvred his vessel around an iceberg to take alongside the lifeboat the flare had come from. Then the night was suddenly marked by a woman\\\'s voice. A desperate, anguished voice cried \\\"The Titanic has gone down with everyone on board!\\\" That woman was Mahala Douglas of Deephaven....
17th April 2009  
New York Times (1912) WILL OF A TITANIC VICTIM FILED
Special to The New York Times --- EAST ORANGE, N. J., April 27--- The will of W. Anderson Walker, which, was flied to-day by his widow, Mrs. Frances Moorehouse Walker, is believed to be the first one of a Titanic victim offered for prob...
28th April 1912  
Unidentified Newspaper (1912) ASTOR'S OLD BUTLER A HERO
Special to the Star by a staff reporter New York, April 20. --- In the register of the Titanic's heroes the name of Robbins should appear.  He was Colonel Astor's old butler, and like the Colonel's valet, always travelled wi...
20th April 1912  
The Times (1930) FILM "ATLANTIC" - ACTRESS INJURED IN RECREATION OF "TITANIC" SCENES
Court of Appeal Actress's claim under Workmen's Compensation Act Armour v. British International Pictures Ltd. (Before the Master of the Rolls, Lord Justice Slesser and Lord Justice...
30th July 1930  
New York Times (1931) RECITES CLOSE CALL OF TITANIC RESCUE
Sir Arthur Rostron Tells How Radio Man Got S 0 S as He Prepared to Quit Post --- RECALLS 46 YEARS AT SEA --- Carpathia's Former Master, in New Autobiography, Describes "Most Memorable Night" of Career --- If ...
27th October 1931  
  HELEN MELVILLE SMITH
The daughter of master mariner Edward John Smith and Sarah Eleanor Pennington, was born on Saturday 2nd April 1898 at 20 Alexandra Road, Waterloo, Litherland, near Liverpool. The birth was registered by Edward John Smith on 3rd May 1898. Helen Melvi...
   
The Nation (1912) STEAD AND FUTRELLE
Among those who perished in the wreck of the Titanic was William Thomas Stead, who is, perhaps, best known as the editor of the "Review of Reviews," and as the founder of an American journal of that name. He was born in 1849 and received ...
25th April 1912  
Washington Times (1912) CLARENCE MOORE, WHO MAY HAVE LOST HIS LIFE, WELL KNOWN IN CAPITAL
Clarence Moore, of Washington, whose name is included in the list of first-cabin passengers on the Titanic, left Washington March 16. He was particularly interested in seeing the Liverpool steeplechase races while abroad, and if he remained to see th...
16th April 1912  
  (2006) CAPTAIN LUDWIG STULPING OF THE S.S. BIRMA
CAPTAIN Ludwig Stulping (Liudvikas Stulpinas) was born on December 4, 1871 in Zarenai parish, Jomantai, Lithuania. He would be 40 at the time of the Titanic disaster. ...
28th December 2006  
New York Times (1946) CAPT. HADDOCK DEAD, OLYMPIC EX-MASTER
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Oct. 5 (AP)---Capt. Herbert James Haddock, a former commodore of the old White Star Line, died today. His age was 85. During the first World War he commanded a dummy fleet of wooden dreadnoughts and battle cruise...
6th October 1946  
Western Morning News (1912) UGBOROUGH MAN'S STORY
J. Horswell (sic), a sailor, residing in Southampton, said though he was now lodging at Southampton, he hailed from Ugborough. He acted as bowman in one of the emergency boats, and among the passengers with them were Sir Cosmo and Lady Duff Gordon. ...
29th April 1912  
  CAPT. WILLIAM CREESE
Henry Creese's eldest brother, William Creese, was born in 1857 and was a mariner by occupation. He had married in about 1889 to Alice (formerly Smith) whom he had met whilst based in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. Their first 2 children, Hen...
   
New York Times (1912) JACQUES FUTRELLE, WRITER
The Author of "The Thinking Machine" and Many Short Stories --- Jacques Futrell is well known as a writer of fiction, having contributed many long and short stories to magazines. He was born in Pike County, Georgia, April 9, 1875, and ...
16th April 1912  
ET Research (2008) COULD YOU MAKE IT TO EXTRA MASTER?
If I doubted my reckoning after a long time at sea I verified it by reading the clock aloft made by the Great Architect, and it was right. Captain Joshua Slocum, navigating by Lunar Distances. ...
28th February 2008  
Liverpool Daily Post (2009) TITANIC HAD MANY LIVERPOOL LINKS, REPORTS PETER ELSON
by Peter ElsonApr 24 2009ALTHOUGH she never visited Liverpool, Titanic had strong links with her home port.Planning for her maiden voyage, including the selection of her officers, was made by Charles Bartlett, Whit...
29th April 2009  
New York Times (1912) CLARENCE MOORE
Washington Banker One of the Best-Known Sportsmen in America --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, April 15---Clarence Moore of 1,748 Massachusetts Avenue, a passenger on the Titanic, is one of the best-known s...
16th April 1912  
Newark Star (1912) WHY WAS THE NEWS SUPPRESSED
A reporter for The Newark Star managed to get aboard the Carpathia and made his way to the bridge, where he had an interview with Captain Rostrom [sic] as to why the news of the wreck and the condition of the survivors had been withheld. The followin...
19th April 1912  
New York Times (1940) CAPTAIN ROSTRON, TITANIC RESCUER
Raced Carpathia Through Icy Waters to Save 700 Persons---Dies in England at 71 --- WITH CUNARD 36 YEARS --- Commodore of Line, 1928-31, Commanded Mauretania and Berengaria During Career --- By Cable to The NE...
6th November 1940  
Southampton Echo (1965) TITANIC SURVIVOR FOUND HANGED
Mr. Frederick Fleet (76), Titanic survivor-the lookout who said at the Inquiry he could have saved the disaster-was found dead, hanged, at his home in Norman-road, Freemantle, Southampton, yesterday. His brother-in-law with whom he lived, Mr. ...
11th January 1965  
New York Times (1912) MEMORIAL NOTICE
STRAUS---At the first meeting of the Board of Directors of the Hebrew Technical Institute held since the appalling disaster of the loss of the Titanic, this minute was, by unanimous vote, adopted: We cannot refrain from mingling our la...
8th May 1912  
Washington Herald (1912) ISMAY OUTLINES VIEW OF WRECK
Head of White Star Line, Under Guard, Makes First Statement --- New York, April 18---Mr. J. Bruce Ismay left the ship at about 11:15 o’clock to-night and went to the rear of the dock where the offices of the Cunard Line are located. He...
19th April 1912  
Unidentified Local Newspaper DIGBY COUNTY AND THE TITANIC DISASTER...
Question: What do the sinking of the Titanic and Digby County have in common? Answer: The rescue ship, Carpathia's Chief Officer was Thomas W. Hankinson. Thomas William Hankinson, born 1857, was ...
   
New York Times (1915) HARVARD’S LARGEST CLASS GRADUATED
Degrees for 1,205 Students at the University’s 274th Commencement --- LOWELL TALKS ON WAR --- Says Conflict Imposes Burden Upon Us---Widener Memorial Library Is Dedicated --- Special to The New York Times...
25th June 1915  
The Times (1935) LADY PIRRIE
WIDOW OF THE GREAT SHIPBUILDER --- Viscountess Pirrie, widow of the famous Belfast shipbuilder and shipowner, died yesterday at her home in Carlos Place, W., at the age of 78. She was Margaret Montgomer...
20th June 1935  
Newark Evening News (1912) EAST ORANGE PEOPLE REPORTED SAVED
Word has been received by Colonel Henry A. Potter, of 95 Harrison street, East Orange, that Mrs. Thomas Potter Jr., his brother’s widow, is among the passengers who were rescued from the Titanic. With her was her daughter, Mrs. Boul...
16th April 1912  
New York Times (1948) MRS. FRED J. SWIFT, WAS CLUB LEADER
Ex-Head of National Council of State Garden Units Dies---Officer in Many Groups --- NYACK, N. Y., April 30---Mrs. Margaret Welles Swift, prominent club-woman and widow of Fred Joel Swift, died yesterday in her home here...
1st May 1948  
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  
Washington Herald (1912) WENT TO DEATH WITH HIS HOUNDS
Clarence Moore Had Pack of Prize Animals with Him on the Titanic --- That about a hundred of the finest drag hounds money could buy went to a watery grave with Clarence Moore, for many years master of hounds of the exclusive Chevy Chas...
18th April 1912  
  (1937) MUTINY ON TITANIC RESCUE VESSEL - 1937
TROUBLE ON SOUTH AFRICAN VESSEL 'Mutiny' on Titanic Rescue Ship The Admiralty was informed last night that a wireless message had been received by HMS Resolution from the Sherard Osborn, bound from Table Bay to Rotterdam, which ...
  1937  
ET Research (2005) THE BOXHALL LETTERS
The following five letters, written to Mr. Joe Carvalho of Massaschusetts by Commander Joseph G. Boxhall span the time period of April 1961 through July of 1962, and reveal the sentiments of the Titanic officer r...
23rd May 2005  
New York Times (1915) 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  
  THE CAVE LIST
When the body of Sal...
   
  WILLIAM MCMASTER MURDOCH
William McMaster Murdoch was born 28th February 1873 in Dalbeattie, Scotland. He was the fourth of seven children of Captain Samuel Murdoch and his wife Jeanie. The Murdochs had been a se...
   
Washington Times (1912) FRANCIS D. MILLET, SOLDIER, PAINTER, AND CONNOISSEUR
Francis D. Millet, while comparatively unknown even to Washingtonians, despite the fact that he has made this city his home for years, and has given the best of his artistic life toward the beautification of Washington, was one of the city’s most pic...
16th March 1912  
 

 
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