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	THE LOST CHORD Enrico Caruso the famous tenor was born in Naples in 1873 and made his debut there in 1895. His last performance was at the Metropolitan Opera House on Christmas Eve 1920 and he died the following year. On Monday, 29 April 1912 Caruso recorded thi...	29th April 1912
	DER ROSENKAVALIER This popular waltz by Strauss appears on repertoires for White Star Line Orchestras (#115). It is one of the pieces that musicians on ships like the Titanic would be expected to know by heart. This recording features bass violins. ...	1912
	WILLIAM GREENFIELD AND HIS WIFE FLORA GREENFIELD. Flora Greenfield was a Well known New York City opera singer....
Toledo Blade	CROSWELL'S 'TITANIC' PREPARES TO SET SAIL Director Mark DiPietro is expecting his show to sink this weekend.If it doesn't, something major is going wrong.DiPietro is in charge of Titanic, which opens the three-musical summer season tomorrow in the Croswell Opera House....	13th June 2008
Toledo Blade	CROSWELL'S 'TITANIC' PREPARES TO SET SAIL Director Mark DiPietro is expecting his show to sink this weekend.If it doesn't, something major is going wrong.DiPietro is in charge of Titanic, which opens the three-musical summer season tomorrow in the Croswell Opera House....	13th June 2008
The Times	THE TITANIC BAND MEMORIAL CONCERT THE TITANIC BAND MEMORIAL CONCERT Under the auspices of the Orchestral Association a concert was given yesterday at the Albert Hall in honour of the musicians who peris...	25th May 1912
New York Times	BOSTON BANKS TO MERGE H. K. Hallett to Head Combined Atlantic and Fourth National --- Special to The New York Times --- BOSTON, July 21---The death of Arthur W. Newell, President of the Fourth National Bank, who was lost on the Titanic, is abou...	22nd July 1912
New York Times	UNDERWOOD BUYS MAJOR BUTT'S HOUSE WASHINGTON, Nov. 22---Representative Oscar Underwood of Alabama, Democratic leader of the House, completed to-day his purchase of the residence of Major Archibald D. [sic] Butt, former Military Aid under Presidents Roosevelt and Taft at the White Hou...	23rd November 1912
Totnes Times & Devon News	UGBOROUGH MAN'S GRAPHIC STORY OF THE GREAT OCEAN TRAGEDY This item was almost word for word the same as that reported in the Western Morning News of 29 April 1912. However, in addition the article stated that his father was in the Metropolitan Police at Devonport. ...	4th May 1912
The Virginian-Pilot	TRAGIC TALE'S MUSIC SCORES A TRIUMPH Against the odds, Virginia Musical Theatre has maneuvered the awesome complexities of the choral opera "Titanic... The Musical" into the most professional outing yet in its initial year at Sandler Center for the Performing Arts....	1st April 2008
Bromley Times	LOOKS LIKE A SPLASH HIT SHOW AMATEUR opera singers will sail into Bromley's Churchill Theatre next week to perform the London premiere of a Broadway musical. The West Wickham Operatic Society limbered up for their production of Titanic - The Musical by soaking actor Kevin Gauntlett, who plays the role of the ship's owner, Bruce Ismay....	16th November 2006
newtownabbeytoday.co.uk	JOSH TO COOK UP A TITANIC FEAST A JORDANSTOWN student and his team of cooks are preparing to rustle up a Titanic feast in an exclusive competition. Josh Maxwell is head chef in the team from Belfast Metropolitan College which will be travelling to the Nestle Toque d'Or Grand Finals ......	9th May 2011
Hudson Observer	MILLET, THE ARTIST, IS REPORTED AMONG THE MANY DROWNED Francis David Millet, the famous artist and author, who is said to have been among those lost in the wreck of the Titanic, painted the two large mural American Indian scenes at the Hudson C...	17th April 1912
New York Times	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
Washington Herald	FIRST CLAIM PAID Buffalo, N. Y., April 19---What is declared to be the first claim paid for the loss of a life in the Titanic disaster was recorded to-day, when the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, in this city, paid $1,000 to a brother of Henry Sutehill, [sic] o...	20th April 1912
New York Times	VICTOR SALVATORE, SCULPTOR, IS DEAD Victor Salvatore, a sculptor, died Saturday at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. He was 80 years old. Mr. Salvatore is represented in the collections of a number of museums and galleries, including the Metropolitan Museum of Ar...	12th April 1965
Atlantic City Daily Press	2 SURVIVORS OF TITANIC ARRIVE Major Hayes Entertains Mr. and Mrs. E. Z. Taylor at Apollo Theatre. ---------- ‘NAUGHTY MARIETTA’ HELPS THEM FORGET ---------- Mr. and Mrs. E. Z. Taylor, of London, two of the survivors of the Ti...	3rd May 1912
	DOWNSHIRE HOUSE This is the house where in the summer of 1907, the Olympic & Titanic were conceived by Lord William Pirrie and J. Bruce Ismay....
	THE BLUE PLAQUE Blue Plaque on his old House...
New York Times	JOHN BRADLEY CUMINGS John Bradley Cumings, a member of the brokerage firm of Cumings & Marckwald, 30 Wall Street, came to this city ten years ago from Boston, where he was brought up and where he held a position with Estabrook & Co. Mrs. Cumings, who is with him, was Fl...	16th April 1912
	WHITE STAR OFFICES AT 9 RUE SCRIBE, PARIS The White Star offices were situated just in front of the Opera in Paris, at 9, rue Scribe. The offices now houses... Olympic Airline's offices....	1912
New York Times	$126,250 APARTMENT HOUSE LEASE Mrs. Nella Goldenberg of Savoy, France, has leased to Louis Schlechter 316 West Ninety-seventh Street, a six-story elevator apartment house, for a term of ten years at an aggregate rental of $126.250. H. N. Kohn, in conjunction with Z. F. Hall, ...	22nd June 1916
Cambridge Independent Press	MR. R. C. COLERIDGE MISSING Page 5 There seems every reason to fear that Mr. Reginald C. Coleridge, of Hartford, who was among the second-class passengers on the Titanic, has lost his life. Every day since the disaster his friends have anxiously scanned the lists...	19th April 1912
thisisstaffordshire.co.uk	UP FOR SALE: HOUSE WHERE TITANIC CAPTAIN WAS BORN THE house where Titanic captain Edward John Smith was born is up for sale. The skipper of the ill-fated liner grew up in the two-bed Victorian terrace in Well Street, Hanley, which is now on the market for £80,000....	20th March 2012
	MEMORIAL PLAQUE In September 1998 a plaque to the memory of Mr. Hodges was unveiled at the County Hotel (now the Highfield House Hotel), Highfield Lane, Portswood, Southampton. SO17 1AQ, which is the site of the large house that Mr. Hodges lived with his wife and ei...
belfasttelegraph.co.uk	US AUCTION HOUSE 'SORRY', BUT TITANIC SALE WILL GO AHEAD The auction house that sparked a transatlantic row after putting thousands of Titanic artefacts up for sale has apologised to relatives of victims of the disaster. Arlan Ettinger, president of Guernsey’s Auctioneers and Brokers in New York, also vowed to work with Northern Ireland organisations who want to bring the items back to the province....	3rd March 2012
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND : WILLIAM MCQUILLAN (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 199. McQuillan, Margaret, widow. Children: Annie and James. All class G dependants....	March 1913
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND : FAY (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 107. Fay, Frances, widow. Children: Andrew and Daniel. All class F dependants. (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number C. 4...
Bucks Free Press	REV E. C. AND MRS L. CARTER The Bishop of Stepney, who preached at St Jude’s on Sunday, paid a high tribute to the personality and the work of Mr & Mrs Carter. ...	26th April 1912
United Press International	TITANIC LETTERS UP FOR AUCTION Two rare letters from first-class passengers aboard the doomed British ocean liner Titanic will hit the auction block next month, an auction house said Tuesday.The letters on White Star Lines stationery are expected to fetch $10,000-$20,000 each when auctioned Jan. 16 at Spink Smythe in New York. There also will be online bidding, the auction house said in a news release....	2nd January 2009
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND: JAMES SMITH (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 681. Smith, John, father. Class B dependent. (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 227. Smith, Hannah Davidson, widow. Child: Ian...	March 1913
	LOLA STERN : WILLIAM GREENFIELDS MOTHER IN LAW Lola Stern was born in Belgium c. 1878 to the largest diamond distributors in the world at the time. She married William Greenfields father-inlaw after his wife died - shortly after the ...
New York Times	FOR BUTT-MILLET MEMORIAL Fountain to Titanic Victims to be Erected Near White House --- WASHINGTON, Oct. 23---Plans will be completed in the near future for the dedication of a fountain erected south of the White House in honor of the memories ...	24th October 1913
Buda Plain Dealer	TITANIC SURVIVOR Edward Dorking, the young man from Oglesby who survived the terrible experiences of the "Titanic" disaster, will speak in Opera Hall in Buda, Saturday evening May 18. He gave his first address in Princeton, where it was heard with intense interest, f...	17th May 1912
The Courier, Adelaide, South Australia	PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS [WITH REFERENCE TO FORT DENISON] The Budget debate was brought to a termination early this morning. The Premier then assured the House that with regard to the projected Hopetoun-avenue, it was not intended to interfere with the Botanical Gardens. The id...	12th October 1900
Newark Evening News	LAKEWOOD INQUIRIES Special Service of the NEWS LAKEWOOD, April 16---Included among the first cabin passengers on the Titanic were Mrs. A. T. Compton, her daughter, Miss S. W. Compton, and her son, A. T. Compton Jr., of Lakewood and New York. The last-na...	16th April 1912
	RMS OLYMPIC ARCHIVE FILM (3) Taking the elevators; the grand staircase; dancing in the saloon; smoking room; at Cherbourg; Nomadic comes alongside; passengers disembark...
New York Times	COL. ASTOR TO WED MADELEINE FORCE Father of 18-Year-Old Debutante in Society Announces the Engagement --- MET JUST A YEAR AGO --- Col. Astor's Marked Attentions Soon Gave Rise to Rumors of Betrothal- Wedding Plans Not Yet Made --- Formal anno...	2nd August 1911
Brooklyn Daily Times	FRIENDS EXPECT TO HEAR FROM MRS. SWIFT SOON The relatives of Mrs. Margaret Swift, the widow of Fred Joel Swift, who lives at 171 Arlington avenue, are expecting momentarily to hear from her. Their hopes are based on the assurances given them at the offices of the White Star Line. ...	16th April 1912
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND: HOLMAN (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 6. Holman L. J. Widow. Class G dependent. (From the Titanic Relief Fund Minute Book number 2, Southampton Area) Date June 30th 1913. Case number ...	March 1913
New York Times	KARL H. BEHR Karl H. Behr, one of the foremost tennis players in this country, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Behr of 777 Madison Avenue. He is a lawyer at 40 Wall Street, having been admitted to the bar soon after his graduation from Yale in 1905. Mr. Behr wh...	16th April 1912
Jersey Journal	BAYONNE MAN SAVED, HOBOKEN BOY LOST Joy and Sorrow in Hudson County Homes---Son of Victim Temporarily Insane from Grief ---------- With the latest revision of the lists of saved and lost from the Titanic disaster, joy and sorrow were brought to several ho...	18th April 1912
New York Times	BUTT-MILLET MEMORIAL President Taft and Washington Friends Raise Funds for a Tablet --- WASHINGTON, May 30---President Taft, members of the Diplomatic Corps in Washington, and many high Government officials have contributed to a fund of several thousand dol...	31st May 1912
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND From the Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913: Number 36. Bennett, Mr. Father. Bennett Mrs. Mother. From the Titanic Relief Fund Minute Book number 2, Southampton Area: Date 23rd April 1914. Case...
Newark Evening News	FAMILY OF J. S. MARCH MAY RECEIVE $10,000 WASHINGTON, April 22---Resolutions authorizing $10,000 appropriations for the families of each of the three postal clerks who lost their lives on the Titanic were introduced in the House today by Representative Reilly, of Conne...	22nd April 1912
Washington Herald	MAJ. BUTT' S PLACE NOT YET FILLED President Taft Has Not Asked War Department to Fill Vacancy as Chief Aid --- President Taft has not yet asked the War Department to detail a chief White House aid to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Maj. Butt. The War Department ...	21st April 1912
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 451. Hewett, Ada, widow. Children: Edna and Leslie. All class B dependants. (From the Minutes of Titanic Relief Fund, Liverpool Area Committee, December 1st 19...
New York Times	COL. ASTOR IMPORTS A NEW BREED OF DOG Animal, Which Society Is Expected to Take Up, Is a Cross Between a Bear and a Hound --- GROWLS AT CUSTOMS MEN --- Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont Praises Hammerstein's Productions---Duchess of Marlborough's Return Delayed --...	22nd September 1908
1911 Census	THE SAGE FAMILY IN THE 1911 CENSUS The Sage family in 1911 were living at 246 Gladstone Street, Peterborough. The house had 5 rooms. Name: John G. Sage Relationship to ...	2nd April 1911
	THOMAS ISMAY'S DAWPOOL RESIDENCE Thomas Henry Ismay, chairman of the White Star Line, moved into this grand new house with his wife Margaret in 1884. It was designed for them by Richard Norman Shaw, who was also responsible for the White Star Line offices in James Street, Liverpool. Mr and Mrs Ismay were both closely involved in the design and furnishing of Dawpool. They visited other houses to collect ideas, shopped together for antique furniture and deliberated with the decorator J Aldam Heaton over the treatment of the interior. The house survived for less than fifty years, it was demolished in 1927. ...

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