Personal Account

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Liverpool Daily Post	SALE OF RARE ACCOUNT OF TITANIC SINKING A RARE account of the night the Titanic sank is being sold alongside the hero's medal given to the seaman who wrote it.The Carpathia bronze medal presented to Liverpool able-seaman George Gardner is being auctioned today with his handwritten account of that fateful night in 1912....	8th July 2008
	1934 CHARTER HANDWRITTEN ACCOUNT Handwritten account, by an unknown Philco employee, of the early stages of the voyage....	1934
Telegraph.co.uk	FIRST CLASS PASSENGER'S ACCOUNT OF TITANIC DISASTER FINALLY PUBLISHED A first class passenger's account of the sinking of the Titanic has been published for the first time nearly 100 years after the disaster. ...	27th October 2010
syracuse.com	OSWEGO HISTORIAN TO TALK ABOUT PERSONALITIES OF THE TITANIC George DeMass, of Oswego, chaplain to the Titanic Historical Society, will present a talk titled “Titanic: 100 Years Later, A Personal Perspective: from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday Oct. 23 at the H. Lee White Marine Museum on West First Street Pier in Oswego. He will reflect on his experiences as chaplain of the Titanic Historical Society. DeMass spent time developing close ties to a number of survivors and the families of those who perished with the ship. During his presentation, he will speak about their personal stories. ...	18th October 2011
Press Association	TITANIC SURVIVOR'S ACCOUNT FETCHES £20,000 A woman's account of escaping the sinking Titanic in 1912 sold for £20,000 at auction. Laura Francatelli from London said she heard an "awful rumbling" as the liner went down and "then came screams and cries&...	20th October 2010
	JOSEF PERUSCITZ PERSONAL FILE
ET Comment	HUGH WOOLNER'S US EVIDENCE IS HIGHLY UNRELIABLE. Senan Molony The US evidence of Hugh Woolner is highly unreliable. He claims that he and Hakan Bjornstrom Steffanson saw Boat D "about to lower", then went across to the starboard side, and saw an officer fire two shots to get men out of a collapsible...	6th November 2006
The South Bend Tribune	MRS FATIMA MOUSSELMANI Michael D. Lacopo (transcriber) TITANIC SURVIVOR WEDS Michigan City Woman Brings Word of Drowning of South Bend Men Michigan City, Ind., May 8 -- Mohammed Mustafa Ajamy and Miss Fatima Muselmanie, the latter a Titanic survivor and the woman who brought word of the...	8th May 1912
Camden Post-Telegram	MR. SUTTON'S WILL PROBATED TO-DAY Victim of Titanic Left Estate to His Wife and Daughter and Latter's Children --- RELATIVE AT HALIFAX TO CLAIM THE BODY --- Through Attorneys Gaskill & Gaskill the will of Frederick Sutton, a former resident of Haddonfield,...	29th April 1912
Henry Aldridge & Son	TITANIC LETTER MAY FETCH £15000 An eyewitness account of the sinking of the Titanic will be the highlight of an auction of Titanic related artefacts this weekend. Laura Francatelli a servatn of Lucile Duff Gordon and Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon wrote the harrowing account for the 1912 British enquiry into the disaster presided over by Lord Mersey. Andrew Aldrifdge auctioneer was quoted "You see a lot of documents that talk briefly about the incident but this affidavit goes into strong details it talks about Lady Duff being sick the whole time about the lifeboat bobbing up and down about the screams" Aldridge suggests the letter may fetch £10000 to £15000 pounds. ...	11th October 2010
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
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	WILLS FOR PROBATE MANHATTAN *** WHITE, ELLA HOLMES (Jan. 31). Estate,more than $10,000. To C. Helene Berkeley, 509 W. 122d St., $10,000 and personalty; Ella B. Putnam, 10 Beekman Pl., $10,,000; Marie G. Young, Plaza Hotel, personal effects and life esta...	6th February 1942
New York Times	CLASSIFIED AD [Classification:]Personal *** Mr. Gustave Lesueur, from Titanic, is requested to communicate with the French Consulate, 35 South William Street. ...	20th April 1912
Chicago Tribune	SEAMAN TELLS OF CAPTAIN'S DEATH G. A. Hogg, able seaman, told tonight of the fate of Capt. Smith. Hogg says that, as the Titanic sank, a big wave washed him over the side and he landed on a raft carrying thirty-five persons. "The next moment I saw Capt. ...	20th April 1912
Titanic Research	I WAS SAVED FROM THE TITANIC Lady Duff Gordon A vivid eyewitness account of the legendary shipwreck and its aftermath. Edited by Randy Bryan Bigham...	15th November 2010
Evening Times	PAWTUCKET VISITOR AMONG THE VICTIMS Arne Mjåland One of the victims of the great wreck was Arthur E. Nicholson of London. England, a frequent visitor to this city. where he occasionally called upon his personal friends, ex senator Lyonas Delany of the firm of the Lyons Delany Company. ...	19th April 1912
New York Times	IDA STRAUS ESTATE $260,000 All Is In Personal Property and Will Be Divided Among Children --- Application for letters of administration on the estate of Mrs. Ida Straus, who perished with her husband Isidor Straus in the wreck of the Titanic on April 15, was made...	22nd June 1912
New York Times	SEEK THE CHILDREN OF TITANIC VICTIM John M. Smart's Son and Daughter at School in Europe, Ignorant of Father's Fate --- HE HAD JUST VISITED THEM --- But Said Nothing of His Personal Affairs to His New York Business Associates --- By Marconi Tra...	5th June 1912
New York Times	TRIBUTE TO J. C. SMITH Col. Gracie Tells How He and Also E. A. Kent Died Bravely --- After reading letters in the morning papers from friends of James Clinch Smith, asking why no account had been written of the part he must have taken in the heroic work of res...	25th April 1912
New York Times	TITANIC DEATH STARTS SUIT Executor of Col. Weir Seeks to Recover Alleged Brokerage Account --- Surrogate Cohalan denied yesterday as "unreasonably inquisitorial" an application by Harold M. Weir, executor of the estate of Col. John Weir, to examine Mrs. Elizabet...	4th October 1912
	WILLIAM GREENFIELDS ACCOUNT William was involved in his Father's fur business and sailed to Russia once a year to purchase pelts. Blanche went with him this time to buy silk in Paris for the linings of the coats. William met his ...
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
The Times	COLONEL ASTOR'S WILL The will has now been proved in London of COLONEL JOHN JACOB ASTOR, of Fifth Avenue, New York, who died in the wreck of the Titanic, aged 47. The personal estate in the United Kingdom has been sworn for probate as of the net value of £90,...	27th July 1912
Western Morning News	FROM WESTCOUNTRY - FURTHER PERSONAL DETAILS It was reported yesterday at Okehampton that amongst the missing passengers in the third class list of the Titanic was John Lovell, son of John Lovell (farmer) of Northlew....	18th April 1912
New York Times	FINANCIAL NOTES * George E. Learnard of Hooley, Learnard & Co. has been elected to the Presidency of the Nevada-Utah Corporation to succeed John Weir, who has resigned on account of ill-health. *...	22nd May 1907
nj.com	NEWARKER'S TITANIC ACCOUNT FOR SALE AT CHRISTIE'S The consignor is choosing to part with the keepsake because he already has shared its contents with the "encyclopedia-titanica.org" Web site and no longer feels he can properly care for and insure the historic document....	28th June 2007
	WALLACE HARTLEY'S DRESSING WATCH The four-funneled liner on the fob is the Mauretania....
The Press Association	TITANIC EXHIBITION SHOWS ARTEFACTS More than 300 personal artefacts from the ill-fated Titanic are to go on public display as part of a major new exhibition....	16th December 2009
	TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTES Book 2, Southampton Area Case number C489 That the sum of 2/6d per week for three months be paid to Mr. and Mrs. Kerley (partially dependent parents) on account of Mrs. Kerley's illness - bronchitis and lung trouble....	23rd April 1914
Mirror.co.uk	£22K TALE OF TITANIC SURVIVOR A Titanic survivor's letter giving her account of the disaster has sold for £22,000 at auction.The writer tells how her party was last off the doomed liner and nearly froze to death in a lifeboat before being rescued....	1st October 2007
Essex Echo	DRAMATIC STORY OF A TITANIC SURVIVOR WITH the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster next year a dramatic first-hand account has been unearthed among the papers of a surviving crew member who later worked on Southend Pier....	5th February 2011
New York Times	MARY GARDEN'S SIDE IN SUIT Bill for Gowns "Outrageous," Her Lawyer Wrote Lucille, Ltd. --- A statement in behalf of Mary Garden was made yesterday by her attorney, Jacob Klein, concerning the suit filed against her in the Supreme Court on Tuesday by Lucille, Ltd...	22nd May 1919
	PERSONAL INFORMATION Miss Eliina Honkanen, 27, was born in Finland. She lived in Saatrjkvi, Finland and had a family in Helsingforfs. She boarded as a third class passenger at Southampton, her ticket cost £7 18s 18d. Her destination was 16 West Street, Q...	1912
stv.tv	NIECE OF SCOTS TITANIC VIOLINIST RELEASES COOK BOOK IN HIS MEMORY The shock story of the sinking of the luxury cruise liner The Titanic is something that still sends a chill down the spine today but for the author of a new book based on the tragedy the story is one that truly strikes a personal note....	1st May 2010
dailyecho.co.uk	SOUTHAMPTON CHILDREN TO LEAD TITANIC COMMEMORATION A PERSONAL tribute to the hundreds of Southampton residents who died on board the Titanic will be led by the children of the city, as part of the centenary commemoration of the disaster. ...	16th February 2012
Baltimore Sun	TITANIC SANK 98 YEARS AGO TODAY On the anniversary of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, it's a good day to note Baltimore's literary connections to the disaster. The closest link is "A Night to Remember," Baltimorean Walter Lord's gripping account of the sinking....	16th April 2010
Gazette and Bulletin	WOMEN'S VARIED INTEREST Ann Ross short item...	15th June 1928
AFP	TITANIC SURVIVOR'S TALE OF DISASTER SOLD AT AUCTION An account of the sinking of the Titanic written by a survivor who was secretary to a controversial aristocrat has sold for 20000 pounds 23000 euros 32000 dollars auctioneers said on Sunday....	30th October 2010
Times Ledger	THE TITANIC: A STORY WORTH TELLING, AND SELLING 3 years after her death, Cribb's gripping, nine-page handwritten account of the sinking of the Titanic and its immediate aftermath was to be auctioned at Christie's in New York, one 18 lots of Titanic memorabilia offered along with more than 200 other lots of ocean liner collectibles....	28th June 2007
MinnPost.com	NEW TITANIC EXHIBIT COMING TO SCIENCE MUSEUM Nearly 10 years ago, Minnesotans streamed into St. Paul's Union Depot to see some long-lost pieces of history - artifacts from the Titanic. More than 400,000 people lined up to see clothing and personal items that went down with the ship, along with a 20-ton chunk of the ocean liner's hull. Not to mention the ship's whistle.Well, it's coming back....	20th November 2008
	TITANIC SURVIVORS: WHAT THEY SAW (1) Interview with Titanic survivor Frank Prentice...
Irish Independent	TITANIC NO LONGER SHAMEFUL SUBJECT IN CITY OF ITS BIRTH A survivor's account of the night Titanic went down with 1520 souls was sold earlier this month for stg£20000 while at the same UK auction a poster showing the doomed White Star liner and its sister vessel RMS Olympic was knocked down at £69000 to a buyer from Eastern Europe....	2nd November 2010
seenit.co.uk	TITANIC ANNIVERSARY MARKED WITH THREE AUDIO TITLES The 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic is being marked with three audio titles looking back at the moving personal stories of the passengers and crew who found themselves involved in one of the most famous disasters in history....	16th March 2012
The Lindsay Daily Post	LINDSAY'S TITANIC CONNECTION; NEW EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS LINDSAY MAN'S BELONGINGS A Lindsay native's personal belongings lost at sea are one of the main focal points of a Titanic Exhibit currently on display in Toronto. The irony is that although Harold Irwin's luggage was on board the Titanic, he wasn't....	28th January 2008
Boston Globe	FAMILY BATTLES MUSEUM OVER TITANIC LEGACY In 1987, five years after Goldsmith's death, his widow found among his personal papers a manuscript in which he put down his memories of the fateful day. Now, 20 years later, Goldsmith's family is battling the Springfield-based Titanic Historical Society, over the rights to the manuscript....	8th May 2007
The Cornishman	TITANIC LINKS SOUGHT FOR EXHIBITION THE most famous ill-fated ship in history, the Titanic, is to be the subject of a major new exhibition at the Maritime Museum in Falmouth next year and the search is on to find local people with a personal connection.Although the exhibition won't be unveiled until next March, the museum is appealing now for people with their own stories to tell to come forward....	26th November 2008
	MOHAWK - KARL OSTERHOUT Survivor Karl Osterhaut, who wrote the single best account of the Mohawk disaster....
KPVI-TV	MUSEUM OF IDAHO NEEDS VOLUNTEERS FOR TITANIC EXHIBIT In just two weeks, the Museum of Idaho unveils its latest and very exciting exhibit. In 1912 the world's largest ship, the Titanic, sank after colliding with an iceberg. Now, 96 years later, you can get up close and personal with the story from the iconic ship to the fate of its passengers....	20th February 2009
New York Times	BRIDE FIXING LIFEBELT ON PHILLIPS Two Marconi Men Worked to the Last...	28th April 1912

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