Negligent Navigation

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The Times	THOMAS WHITELEY : ANOTHER TITANIC CASE In Mr Justice Darling's court yesterday Mr [W. Norman] Raeburn on behalf of the defendants in Whiteley v. Oceanic Steam Navigation Company (Limited), asked that a date should be fixed for the hearing. He said that the plaintiff, who was a ...	17th January 1914
Staffordshire Advertiser	STAFFORDSHIRE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER Captain E. J. Smith, the commander of the ill-fated vessel, was a native of Hanley, the son of Mr. E. J. Smith. He was educated at the British School, then under the mastership of the late Mr....	20th April 1912
The Sydney Morning Herald	THE REPORTED GUN FIRE AT FORT DENISON The report sent to the police the other day that someone had fired a gun at Fort Denison has not yet been cleared up. The charge of the island is in the hands of the Navigation Department. Last Saturday morning the Superintenden...	12th October 1900
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The Times	ISMAY RESIGNS CHAIRMANSHIPS The Asiatic Steam Navigation Company announce the resignation of Mr. J. Bruce Ismay , chairman of the company and its associated company, the Delta Insurance Company. Mr. Ismay has been a director of these companies for nearly 35 years....	30th July 1934
New York Times	ALEXANDER RICE, EXPLORER, WAS 80 Physician and Author Dies---Made Trips on the Amazon and Taught Navigation --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I, July 23---Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice, explorer of the Amazon, author and member of the summe...	24th July 1956
Bristol Times and Mirror	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
Liverpool Echo	THE FAMOUS WHITE STAR LINE WHICH LATER INCLUDED THE TITANIC AMONG ITS FLEET WAS FOUNDED IN LIVERPOOL IN 1869 BY SHIPPING MOGUL THOMAS HENRY ISMAY. Known also as the Ocean Steam Navigation Company, White Star eventually led the way in building prestigious luxury liners such as Titanic and her almost identical sisters Olympic and Britannic.When Ismay died in 1899 his elaborate tomb can still be seen in Thurstaston churchyard, Wirral White Star was the most successful transatlantic passenger line....	23rd June 2008
Washington Herald	PEUCHEN COMES BACK AT ISMAY Charge of Negligence Preferred by Canadian Official Is Supported by Witness --- New York, April 20---Although J. Bruce Ismay branded the story as "absurd," Maj. Arthur Godfrey Peuchen, vice commodore of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club and...	21st April 1912
The Argus (Melbourne)	UNTITLED ARTICLE DESCRIBING LIGHTOLLER'S FORT DENISON ACTIVITY SYDNEY, Thursday The antiquated piece of ordnance which surmounts Fort Denison, a short distance from Circular Quay, was charged and fired off before daybreak last Saturday morning. Who perpetrated such a ...	12th October 1900
New York Times	AMAZON TRAFFIC HINDERED Booth Line Says Disturbances Make Deliveries Uncertain --- Political disturbances at Manaos, State of Amazonas, have interrupted navigation on the River Amazon. The Booth American Shipping Corporation, 17 Battery Place, announced yester...	22nd August 1924
Hackney And Kingsland Gazette	CLAPTON WIDOW'S APPLICATION Mrs Sarah Wood, the widow of the second-class steward of the ill-fated “Titanic,” – the late James Thomas Wood, of 7, Narford-road, Upper Clapton – applied at Shoreditch County Court yesterday with regard to the disposal of a sum of £286 19s. 6d. pai...	7th July 1912
	REMINISCENCES OF TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS Charles Spedding There are a great many fallacies in connection with the loss of the Titanic, the chief one being that she was trying to break the record. As a matter of fact, she had not averaged twenty-one knots up to the time she struck, three knots le...	1926
Chicago Examiner	BLAMES WRECK ON PILOT BLAMES WRECK ON PILOT Admiralty Court Renders Decision in Olympic Collision Case Special Cable to the Examiner Sir Samuel Evans, president of the Admiralty Court, announced...	20th December 1911
New York Times	OLYMPIC CARRIES PIRRIE'S BODY HOME White Star Liner Was Biggest Ship Ever Built in Viscount’s Yards --- DIED ON WAY FROM TROPICS --- Great Shipbuilder, Near Death, Insisted on Being Carried Out to See Panama Canal --- The body of Viscount Pirr...	14th June 1924
Unidentified Newspaper	ELEANOR I. SHUMAN, 87, TITANIC SURVIVOR ELGIN, Ill. -- Eleanor I. Shuman, one of the last survivors of the Titanic, has died at age 87. After suddenly taking ill, Mrs. Shuman died Saturday in Elgin's Sherman Hospital. Mrs. Shuman, who was less than 2 years old when the...	10th March 1998
New York Times	HAROLD SANDERSON, SHIPPING MAN, DIES Former Head of International Merchant Marine Stricken While in North of Italy --- DIRECTED WHITE STAR LINE --- Came From a Family of Leaders in Maritime Matters Both Here and in England --- Special Cable to T...	27th February 1932
Titanic Research	WHY DID WHITE STAR SETTLE WITH WHITELEY? Senan Molony Steward's sensational claims were never tested in court....	26th April 2004
The New York Times	OLYMPIC CUTS HER OWN TIME Five Days, 13 Hours, 20 Minutes from Daunt's Rock to the Lightship --- The new White Star liner Olympic, which arrived in Quarantine last night and anchored, has made even better time on her second voyage th...	19th July 1911
The Times	MR. BRUCE ISMAY AN ABLE SHIPOWNER --- Mr. Bruce Ismay, who died yesterday at his residence, 15, Hill Street, Mayfair, at the age of 74, was well known, particularly in Liverpool, as an able shipowner. His grandfather, Joseph Ismay, was a...	18th October 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune	SAILED IN '70S WITH TITANIC'S CAPTAIN Page 6 [Photo] Capt. J. R. Mullet Capt. J. R. Mullet, a veteran seaman, retired ten years ago on a pension from the White Star lines after thirty-five years of faithful service, yesterday recalled the days when he and C...	17th April 1912
The Times	FUNERALS---MR. BRUCE ISMAY The funeral service of Mr. Bruce Ismay was held yesterday at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge. The Rev. E. K. C. Hamilton officiated. Members of the family and others present included:--- Mrs. Bruce Ismay, Mr. and Mrs. ...	22nd October 1937
The Times	A ROUND THE WORLD TRIP The first meeting of creditors was held yesterday at Bankruptcy-buildings under a receiving order made against Maurice Allan Robinson, of 47, Victoria-street, Westminster. Mr. D. WILLIAMS, Official Receiver, reported that the ...	3rd November 1925
Voyage	ANNIE John P. Eaton West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. Port of Registry: West Hartlepool Flag of Registry: British Signal letters: P Q N&...	24th April 2005
New York Times	LORD PIRRIE DIES ON SHIP BOUND HERE Head of Harland & Wolff, Shipbuilders, Stricken With Pneumonia --- ON TOUR OF SOUTH AMERICA --- A Leader in the Formation of the International Mercantile Marine --- Viscount Pirrie, head of the famous firm of...	9th June 1924
Titanic Research	COULD YOU MAKE IT TO EXTRA MASTER? Dave Gittins 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
The Times	MR. ISMAY AND THE WHITE STAR LINE IMPENDING RESIGNATION OF THE CHAIRMANSHIP --- It is now officially announced that Mr. J. Bruce Ismay will retire from the presidency of the International Mercantile Marine Company as from June 30 next, and that he wil...	1st January 1913
	LETTER FROM CAPTAIN SMITH'S WIDOW Woodhead Winn Road Southampton Telephone 1400 Dear Frank, I'm sorry to be so long in answering your letter and picture of your family which I am pleased to have. What a lovely outlook from your home. By the "Olympi...	6th June 1912
	RMS TITANIC'S MAIDEN VOYAGE 'RUN DATA' APRIL 11 - 14, 1912. Captain Lewis Marmaduke Collins Date...	20th October 2007
New York Times	EXPEDITION TO USE PLANES FOR SURVEY Rice's Party, Seeking Source of Amazon and Orinoco Rivers, Adopts New Plan --- The South American expedition led by Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice, who is accompanied by Mrs. Rice, formerly Mrs. George D. Widener of Philadelphia, is equipp...	23rd August 1924
Voyage	TRAFFIC John P. Eaton On 10 April 1912 Titanic arrived at Cherbourg from Southampton at 6:35 p.m. after a voyage of little more than five hours. After taking aboard mail and pasengers she departed at 8:10 p.m. Boarding were 274 passengers: 142 first class, 30 second...	22nd September 2005
New York Times	LADY PIRRIE DEAD; HEADED SHIP FIRM Widow of Belfast Builder of Many Vessels Succeeded Him in Control of Concern --- ADVISED HIM FOR YEARS --- He Had Often Publicly Paid High Tribute to Her Assistance---Daughter of Professor --- LONDON, June 19...	20th June 1935
Voyage	TITANIC (1888) John P. Eaton Smith & Service (1888-1903) Port of Registry: Belfast , Ireland Flag of Registry: British Funnel: Black ...	22nd November 2004
Titanic Research	TRUE COURSE Cathy Akers-Jordan and Captain Charles B. Weeks An explanation of the use of magnetic compasses, how to plot courses and how these procedures on the Titanic compared to their use other ships in 1912...	9th December 2003
The Evening Post	MYSTERIES OF THE TITANIC DISASTER The terrible tragedy of the Titanic, even though it is possible to hope that fuller information may mitigate it, presents several mysteries. Whence and how came the reports spread everywhere yesterday that the passengers had ...	16th April 1912
Voyage	NOMADIC John P. Eaton One of the two tenders built especially to serve the needs of Olympic and Titanic at Cherbourg. Nomadic and Traffic were registered under the French flag and managed by A. Laniece, later by George A. Laniece. On 10 ...	22nd August 2005
Voyage	NEW YORK (American Line) ex-City of New York, Inman Line As Titanic left Southampton 10 April 1912, the suction and wave action of her propellers and huge bulk tore New York loose from her mooring in tandem with Oceanic...	20th July 2005
Titanic Crew Biography	CHARLES S. REED, 2ND CLASS BEDROOM STEWARD Peter Northover New research reveals the identity of a Titanic steward....	10th December 2011
Trenton Evening Times	TRENTON MEN ABOARD GIANT TITANIC WHICH MEETS DISASTER IN ICE Washington A. Roebling II, and Stephen W. Blackwell among Hundreds of Passengers who are taken Off in Lifeboats when Maiden Voyage Seemed Likely to End in Sinking of World’s Biggest Vessel Returning to their homes in Trenton after a t...	16th April 1912