Nearer My God To Thee

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	NEARER MY GOD TO THEE This is a well recorded vocal version of Nearer My God to Thee to the tune Bethany (Mason). Listen to this 1902 recording of Nearer My God to Thee (Real Audio&...	1902
	NEARER MY GOD TO THEE The Hymn Nearer My God to Thee has often been suggested as the last tune played by the Musicians on the Titanic. There are different versions of the hymn, all are set to verses, written in 1841, by the English poet Sarah Full...
Schenectady Gazette	BACK IN TIME: CHURCHGOERS PRAYED IN 1912 FOR VICTIMS OF TITANIC SINKING The men and women at Schenectady's Union Presbyterian Church sang 'Nearer My God to Thee' on Sunday, April 21, 1912.The hymn's verses, always solemn, seemed sadder this day: 'Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down, darkness be over me, my rest a stone. Yet in my dreams I'd be nearer, my God to Thee . . .'...	22nd April 2008
	IN MEMORY OF THE TITANIC CATASTROPHE Henry Tiedemann Grand Memorial Fantasie Words and Music by Henry Tiedemann Published 1912 by the Southern Music Company, Dallas, Texas Listen to this Piece...	1912
	TITANIC HYMN, 1912 This is another french hymn in honour of the band of the Titanic. 'Plus près de toi, mon dieu' is the translation of 'Nearer my god to thee'...	1912
	GRAVE Here Rest In Christ Owen George Allum Shipwrecked on the Titanic and Drowned At Sea April 14th, 1912, Aged 17 years. Nearer My God To Thee [In the Winter 1989 issue of the Atlantic Daily Bulletin it was repo...
	LEADBELLY : THE TITANIC Huddie Ledbetter - Leadbelly Blues singer/songwriter Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Leadbelly, was born in Mooringsport, Louisiana in 1885. Leadbelly remarked in th...	15th October 1948
Chicago Tribune	LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD Hedda Hopper “THE TITLE “Nearer My God To Thee” is now definitely “Titanic.” It should have been all along, but 20th Century had to clear it, and that cost a pretty penny. . .” Chicag...	22nd December 1952
	FAMILY GRAVESTONE In loving memory of Richard Fynney (of Wetton Staffordshire) the beloved husband of Frances Fynney who died July 16th 1894 aged 66 years "Gone but not forgotten" also Joseph, son of the above who was lost on...
Royal Cornwall Gazette	ST. AUSTELL The most impressive gathering was that at the Baptist Sunday School, with which the family of the late Mr. W. H. Nancarrow, one of the Mount Charles victims, was connected. As the children were being dismissed the members of the adult classes lined u...	25th April 1912
	FAMILY GRAVE Also Edward James William son of the above aged 38 years Also Edward Henry Bagley Nephew of the above Who Lost Their Lives in the Titanic Disaster April 15th 1912 Out of the Deep I Call To Thee ...
	THE BAND PLAYED NEARER MY GOD TO THEE AS THE SHIP WENT DOWN In Memory of the Heroes of the Ill-Fated Titanic Words by Mark Bean Music by Harold Jones Published 1912 by Joe Morris Music Co., New York, USA ...	1912
	MEMORIAL ON GRAVESTONE In Loving Memory of RICHARD ALLSOP died 30 November 1829 Aged 35 and of JAMES ALLSOP son of the above born 1 September 1827 died 6 April 1917 also of FRANK RICHARD ALLSOP so...
	VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO JOHN WESLEY WOODWARD Named on the Musicians Memorial at the Old Library site, London Road, Southampton. also named on the St Marys Church Musicians Memorial, St Marys, Southampton. also he is mentioned on a plaque in the lobby of the Boston ...
	IN MEMORIAM SS TITANIC, 1912 Memorial document published in Great Britain in April 1912...	1912
The Times	FUNERAL OF THE TITANIC'S BANDMASTER The funeral of Mr Wallace Hartley, the bandmaster of the Titanic, took place on Saturday at Colne Cemetery. Thousands of visitors from all parts of the surrounding country were present. The funeral was attended by the Mayor and members of...	20th May 1912
"The Independent" newspaper of London, UK	ROBERT FISK: IN THE TITANIC CEMETERY, A DAY TO REMEMBER It comes as a shock to walk through the Titanic cemetery. A Canadian cable ship brought back dozens of bodies from the Atlantic. To walk past the headstones in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is a deeply moving experience; they were "restored" some years ago and do not look as old as they should. Many of the Titanic dead in Halifax have no name. Others do....	25th June 2006
Ilford Graphic	ILFORD PASSENGERS ON THE TITANIC Ilford has her part to play in the latest tragedy of the ocean. On April 2nd last, Mr and Mrs Ben Hart were present at the "Cauliflower" in their honour prior to their departure for Canada. During the evening they were the recipients of a beautiful I...	19th April 1912
Newark Evening News	SURVIVOR VISITS MONTCLAIR One of the survivors of the Titanic, Miss Edwina Trout, of Bath, England, is the guest of Miss Jennie Holwell, of 209 Bellevue avenue, Upper Montclair. “I can never forget the experience,” said Miss Trout today. “As we pulled away fro...	20th April 1912
Chicago Tribune	FILM STORY OF TITANIC SINKING GETS THE GREEN LIGHT LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD by Hedda Hopper Film Story of Titanic Sinking Gets the Green Light Hollywood, Feb. 22--Darryl Zanuck has given the green light to Charlie Brac...	22nd February 1952
Western Morning News	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
	JOHN FREDERICK PRESTON CLARKE Brian J. Ticehurst Clarke, John Frederick Preston. 22 Tunstall Street, Smithdown Road, Liverpool. Orchestra (Bass). (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) ...
Birkenhead News	AN ARGYLE THEATRE'S BANDSMAN AMONG THE TITANIC ORCHESTRA One of those on board the Titanic and who it is feared is amongst those who have perished, is Mr. J. F. P. Clarke, formerly a member of the orchestra of the Argyle Theatre of Varieties. Mr. Clarke in his short time he played...	20th April 1912
	ETERNAL FATHER, STRONG TO SAVE The Hymn "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. William Whiting (1825-1878) wrote the lyrics, in 1860, as a poem for a student about to sail for America. T...
Cleveland Plain Dealer	SAYS MUSICIANS KNELT AS THEY PLAYED HYMN Mrs Ada M Clarke, one of the survivors, went to the White Star offices today to arrange for her passage back home to Southampton, England. Her husband, Charles S. Clarke, with whom she was on her way to California to make her...	20th April 1912
Standard Union	COL. ASTOR BURIED IN GRAVE BESIDE MOTHER Body Brought to Manhattan After Funeral Services at Rhinecliff --- The body of John Jacob Astor was buried this afternoon beside the grave of his mother in Trinity Cemetery, on Washington Heights. The funeral services were held at Rhin...	4th May 1912
Bournemouth Echo	A SWANAGE MAN'S STORY OF THE DISASTER Iceberg mistaken for a cloud The Two Swanage survivors of the ill-fated Titanic messers J W. Gibbons of Studland and Charles Burgess arrived in England on Sunday in the "Lapland". They both arrived in Swanage on Tuesday afternoon and e...	1912
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
Camden Post-Telegram	SURVIVOR HERE IN ROLLER CHAIR Titanic’s Barber Tells of His Terrible Experience on Sinking Liner --- SAVED BY RAFT OF CAMP STOOLS --- Augustus H. Whiteman, [sic] whose rescue from the Titanic was told of in yesterday’s Post-Telegram, passed through Cam...	19th April 1912
Unidentified Newspaper	DUMFRIES TITANIC VICTIMS Memorial unveiled on Dock Park. A very impressive ceremony, and one which attracted much public attention, took place on Saturday afternoon when the handsome memorial which has been erected on the Dock Park in honour of John Law Hume, ...	1912
The Witney Gazette	TITANIC SURVIVORS' STORIES ON ARRIVAL AT PLYMOUTH One hundred and sixty-seven survivors of the crew of the Titanic landed at Plymouth on Sunday from the Red Star liner Lapland. They told a large number of full and graphic stories of the disaster. One of the chief facts brought to light i...	4th May 1912
Vineland Times Journal	SURVIVOR OF TITANIC DISASTER TELLS OF GRIM EXPERIENCES Stan Sloame 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
	NOW THE DAY IS OVER The Hymn "Now the Day is Over" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. Sabine Baring-Gould (1825-1878) wrote the lyrics, in 1865, and the tune “Merrial” was composed by Sir Joseph Barnby (1838-1896)...
	THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC Jeanette Forrest A Descriptive Piano Composition Word and Music by Jeanette Forrest Published 1912 by Frank K. Root & Co. Chicago : New York Listen to this Piece [Midi] ...	1912
The New York Times	SINKING SHIP'S BAND CHOSE FITTING HYMN "Hold Me Up in Mighty Waters," a Suggestive Line in "Autumn" WERE NOTED MUSICIANS Friends of the Titanic's Bandmaster Say He Believed In Music's Power t...	21st April 1912
Chicago Tribune	SURVIVOR, 74, OF SINKING OF TITANIC DIES Services for Mrs. Vivian Forsander, 74, a survivor of the Titanic which sank April 15, 1912, drowning more than 1,500 persons, will be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow in the chapel at 10001 Western av. Mrs. Forsander, who was born in Sweden, died ...	21st November 1966
Lancashire Telegraph	TITANIC BANDMASTER'S VIOLIN MAY BE SOLD Peter Magill Tests are being carried out on a violin thought to have belonged to Wallace Hartley, who famously played on as the White Star Liner sank in April 1912. And if the instrument turns out to be genuine experts believe it could break the £100,000 record for an artefact from the wreck. ...	2nd April 2011
Washington Herald	STEERAGE SURVIVOR TELLS STORY OF WRECK Miss Mary Glynn, Visiting Relatives in Washington, Praises Heroism of Passengers on Titanic---Women Tried to Save Men --- The heroic deeds of some of the first and second cabin passengers, as the giant Titanic was preparing for her fina...	22nd April 1912
	GRAVESTONE In Ever Loving Memory of Evelyn Louisa Lammin Moody Born December 26th 1857 Died December 17th 1898 "Be Thou Faithful Unto Death And I will Give Thee A Crown of Life" Also In Lovi...
	STAND TO YOUR POST / BE BRITISH Recorded in London May or June 1912 "Stand To Your Post" by Bennett Scott "Be British" by Lawrence Wright and Paul Pelham ...	June 1912
New York Times Book Review	THE LEGENDS STAY AFLOAT DOWN TO ETERNITY. By Richard O'Connor. 191 pp. New York:Gold Medal Books. 35 cents. --- By BURKE WILKINSON --- Anyone interested in the Titanic disaster will want to read this book, if only to com...	19th February 1956
	MEMORIALS Named on Millbrook Church Memorial. Named on St Mary's Church, Eling, nr. Southampton Memorial. The memorial is situated just inside the church on the right. ''To The Memory of'' Frederick Walter Godwin, 34 years old. Will...
	SIBONEY LIFEBOAT RESCUE 2 "On the afternoon of June 20th we entered the American War Zone and on the afternoon of the 21st a red light followed by a column of smoke which was believed to be the torching of an oil burning vessel was seen. Drawing nearer it was found to be t...
	LEAD KINDLY LIGHT The Hymn "Lead Kindly Light" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. Verses 1-3 were written in 1833 by John Henry Newman (1801-1890). While traveling in Italy as a young priest...
	VIOLIN PLAYED AS TITANIC SUNK IN 1912 FINALLY DISCOVERED! A new book to be published this week, The Band that Played On: The Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went Down with the Titanic by Steve Turner, claims that the violin which band leader Wallace Hartley played as the Titanic sank in April 1912 survived, and may be offered for sale at the time of next year's centenary....	28th March 2011
Leatherhead, Advertiser, Epsom District Times and County Post	WRECK OF THE TITANIC LITTLE GIRLS ACCOUNT Mrs. Tate, of Elm Villas, Leatherhead, has just received from her daughter (Mrs. Collyer) a copy of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, containing an account of the wreck of the Titanic, as depicted by her daughter Margery, eight years of age. It will be remem...	18th May 1912
Washington Herald	LIFEBOATS WOULD HAVE SAVED MORE Titanic's Steward, in Giving Story, Says Great Loss of Life Was Due to Their Absence --- SHIP'S ENGINEER, CAUGHT IN DOOR, BEGS TO BE SHOT TO END AGONY --- New York, April 18---The following statement made to-day by Alfred ...	19th April 1912
Manitoba Free Press	FORTUNE FAMILY PARTED IN BOAT IN GOOD CHEER (Special Staff Correspondent) Women Had No Idea of Serious Condition of the Titanic Gave Their Money to Charlie For Safe-Keeping Until They Met Hugo Ross Was Ill in Bed When Disaster Occurred—Rescued Loathe to Talk...	20th April 1912
Washington Times	CAPT. SMITH ENDED LIFE WHEN TITANIC BEGAN TO FOUNDER Stories of His Suicide Differ, One Woman Asserting He Shot Himself, and Another Describing His Drowning --- Unable to bear the terrible strain of the disaster that overtook his mighty ship, Capt. E. J. Smith killed himself and gave to t...	19th April 1912
	THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC The Titanic was a common subject for folk and blues singers in the 1920s and '30s. Artistes such as Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Ernest V. Stoneham and Vernon Dalhart all recorded Titanic numbers. Most had a common theme and derivation ...	1927
New York Herald	WOMAN SURVIVOR HEARD SHOOTING Page 4. Mrs. A. A. Dick Says She Could See Men Leaping from Ship That Was Sinking. One of the most comprehensive and connected stories of the disaster was that recounted by Mrs. A. A. Dick, wife of a merchant in Calgary...	19th April 1912
Atlantic Daily Bulletin	MEMORIAL TO JAMES MOODY Memorial...	1993
Christian Science Monitor	WOMAN SURVIVOR OF TITANIC TELLS OF THE LAST HOURS OF SHIP Miss Caroline Bonnell Says Great Vessel Stood Still in Tracks and Then Gave a Great Shiver SAW NO CONFUSION (Written for the United Press by Miss Caroline Bonnell) (Copyright 1912 by the United Press) M...	19th April 1912
Syracuse Herald-Journal	MARY WILBURN, OLDEST SURVIVOR OF TITANIC, DIES pp. B1 and B4 Mary Davis Wilburn, 104, oldest known survivor of the Titanic disaster, died peacefully Wednesday at Community-General Hospital, leaving behind unpleasant memories of death and terror in the North Atlantic. She was one o...	30th July 1987
Jersey Journal	TITANIC SINKING SURVIVOR DIES IN BERGEN HOME Mrs. O'Grady Often Told of Tragedy in Which 1,500 Lost Lives Mrs. Emily O'Grady, 52, of 553 Prospect at Ridgefield, survivor of the sinking of the White Star liner Titanic by an iceberg on April 14, 1912, when 1,500 persons lost their...	17th July 1946
New York Times	MEMORIAL NOTICE FOR ISIDOR AND IDA STRAUS STRAUS---The Directors of the Sanitarium for Hebrew Children tender their heartfelt sympathy to the family of Isidor and Ida Straus, called by Him who holds the mighty ocean in the hollow of His hand. Isidor Straus was distinguished fo...	21st April 1912
The Evening Post	THE SAD “MIGHT HAVE BEENS” Out of the fragmentary and disjointed reports of the survivors of the Titanic tragedy loom the big facts that compel the action on which congress has promptly engaged not only for thorough investigation of the affair but for formulatio...	19th April 1912
Evening Banner	RESCUED PASSENGER BRINGS WORD OF LOST SUPERINTENDENT A. H. BARKWORTH OF ENGLAND Tells of Acquaintance Made With Bennington Man on Steamship's First and Last Trip. The first information relative to Charles C. Jones, the superintendent of the J. C. Colgate estate, who lost his life in the T...	26th April 1912
Chicago Tribune	CELTIC PASSENGERS IN PANIC News of Titanic Disaster Spreads Despite Efforts of the Officers of Vessel New York, April 20--[Special]--The Celtic of the White Star line arrived in port today with the news that she had received the &qu...	21st April 1912
New York Times	THE NIGHTMARE OF APRIL 14, 1912 Review...	20th November 1955
Kenosha Telegraph-Courier	MRS. HANSON IS HOME MRS. HANSON IS HOME _____________________ ...
Evening World	HEROIC PRIESTS GAVE UP LIVES TO QUIET CROWDS Went Down on Titanic With Men and Women Grouped About Them. ------------- ALL CREEDS IN PRAYER ------------- Three Girl Survivors Tell How They Chose Death to S...	22nd April 1912
Daily Herald	AFTER 72 YRS., TITANIC SURVIVOR TALKS TO PRESS ABOUT FATAL NIGHT Kris Kopp Newspaper Article...	15th April 1984
Washington Times	NO ALARM FELT WHEN STEAMER FIRST STRUCK MISS CAROLINE BONNELL Passengers Came on Deck to Get View of Big Berg --- TERRIBLE SUFFERING IN THE LIFEBOATS --- Carpathia Gave Tenderest Care To the Rescued---Four Buried At Sea --- BY MISS CAROLINE BONNELL (Copyrighted, ...	19th April 1912
Titanic Review	THE DREAM AND THEN THE NIGHTMARE George Jacub Syrians on the Titanic...	1st July 2011
The Daily Banner	STORY TOLD OF SINKING OF THE TITANIC By A Nephew Of A Mt. Vernon Man Who Was Rescued In One Of The Life Boats Charles Burgess Arrives At Home In England ...	16th May 1912
New York Times	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
	MY MAIDEN VOYAGE Roberta Maioni When I say that I am a survivor of the Titanic you will know at once that my story is to be one of great tragedy, for even after fourteen years, the name of that ill-fated vessel brings a shudder of horror to those who remember it's wr...	1926
	1976 LETTER FROM MRS. SNYDER ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE ON TITANIC Dennis Foley By letter postmarked 11/22/76, Mrs. Rawley Miller (Mrs. Snyder's daughter) was so wonderful as to send me the following typewritten letter, signed by Mrs. Snyder, with a handwritten note from Mrs. Miller. ...
	JUST AS THE SHIP WENT DOWN - A SONG OF THE SEA A Song of the Sea Words by Edith Maida Lessing Music by Bernie Adler and Sidney Gibson Published 1912 by the Harold Rossiter Music Company, Chicago, USA Listen to this Piece [...	1912
	CHRISTOPHER MILLS LETTER A letter from a relation of Chris Mills. Written in the days following the sinking it mentions the uncertainty of knowing whether or not he had survived......	20th April 1912
Hudson Observer	UNION HILL WOMAN SAYS BAND DIDN'T PLAY ON TITANIC ---------- Miss Elizabeth Dowdell Heard Only the Cries and Sobs of the Passengers as the White Star Liner Went Down at Sea ---------- Miss Elizabeth Dowdell, 30 years old, of 215 Park avenue, Union Hill, one of the Tit...	20th April 1912
Voyage	STAND UP AND WAVE! Shelley Dziedzic Ellen Mockler's Story...	2nd July 2004
Jersey Journal	RESCUED UNION HILL GIRL'S STORY A story entirely different from that of those rescued from the Titanic is told by Miss Elizabeth Dowdell of 215 Park Avenue, Union Hill. When seen at her home last night Miss Dowdell was very emphatic in telling about the treatment received on board ...	20th April 1912
Paterson Morning Call	JUMPED FROM SINKING SHIP Frederick Hoyt Sees His Wife Safely in a Boat Before His Plunge ---------- IS PICKED UP LATER ---------- And Happily Reunited With His Wife in Lifeboat---Thrilling Story of Man Known in This City ---------- ...	23rd April 1912
San Francisco Chronicle	TITANIC CAPTAIN BLAMED FOR WRECK Senate Committee Also Scores [sic] Captain of the Steamer Californian. COULD HAVE SAVED ALL. Praise for Carpathia Crew and Gold Medal for her Captain. WASHINGTON. May 28. –The Titanic disaster of April ...	29th May 1912
The Toronto World	MAJOR PEUCHEN BLAMES CAPTAIN WHO WENT DOWN WITH HIS SHIP Loss of Titanic, He Says, Was Due to Criminal Carelessness in Running at Full Speed Thru the Ice With a New Crew--Capt. Smith Was Having His Dinner When Crash Came--Major Peuchen Left in Third Boat, Which Had Only 22 People and Could Have...	20th April 1912
Worcester Telegram	WORCESTER THEATER CONCERT NETS $800 Fund For the Benefit of Mrs. Charles O. Asplund and Her Two Children Is Swelled to More Than $1900 More than 1000 persons attended the concert in Worcester theater last night from 8 o'clock until almost 11, for the benefit of Mrs. Char...	6th May 1912
Daily Telegraph	ISMAY YACHT TORPEDOED! (Photo: HM Torpedo Boat Hunter) Action against a Naval Officer The hearing was begun on Saturday before His Honour Judge Percy Gye and a jury, at the Isle of Wight County Court, of an action broug...	1908