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thespec.com	CHURCH TO PLACE MARKER ON GRAVE OF TITANIC SURVIVOR FROM PORT DOVER - HAMILTON SPECTATOR Plans are in the works for a survivor of the Titanic who was born in Port Dover, Ont., to have a marker placed on his burial spot near London, England. William Edwy Ryerson was born in Port Dover in 1878 and served as a 2nd class steward on the luxury passenger liner. He has been lying in an unmarked grave for more than 60 years....	13th December 2011
wirralglobe.co.uk	WIRRAL ARTIST'S TRIBUTE TO TITANIC DISASTER A STATUE commemorating Port Sunlight's links with the Titanic will be unveiled next month on the centenary of the ship's sinking. Designed and built by Claire Blakeborough, the steel model will be unveiled in The Dell, Port Sunlight' on Saturday, April 14, nearly one hundred years to the day that this great ship met its tragic fate. Claire was commissioned by Port Sunlight Village Trust, in partnership with Arts Council England to design the model. The Salford-born artist, who has lived in the historic village for more than eight years, told the Globe: "I am influenced by the light and colour of Port Sunlight Village. ...	28th March 2012
Irish Independent	TITANIC'S LAST PORT OF CALL HONOURS VICTIMS THE 97TH anniversary of the sinking of the legendary liner Titanic will be commemorated at a special ceremony in the Irish town that was the doomed ship's last port of call....	11th April 2009
	BOARDING THE PRINCESS SOPHIA An Ohio family travelling to the Yukon in June 1916 took this view of the Princess Sophia's port side....	1916
New York Times	THE GERMANIC AGAIN IN PORT The White Star steamer Germanic, from Liverpool, arrived at this port late yesterday afternoon. This is the first trip the vessel has made since she sank alongside her pier on the North River last Winter from the weight of sno...	16th June 1899
	NORMANDIE - PORT SIDE BOAT DECK AT SEA	May 1935
Western Morning News	WESTCOUNTRY CONNECTIONS A representative called at the residence of Mr. J. A. Pascoe, Crownhill, whose brother, Mr. C. H. Pascoe, is believed to be the only Westcountry member of the crew saved in the Titanic disaster, and had the pleasure of an interesting conversation wit...	29th April 1912
Daily Telegraph	FIRE ABOARD THE "CALIFORNIAN" A telegram from Vera Cruz reports that the Leyland liner "Californian" took fire in that port and that the outbreak was not extinguished until much damage had been done to the cargo by fire and water. The fire originated in holds number four...	3rd July 1913
BBC News Online	TITANIC FERRY TO BE AUCTIONED OFF Titanic ferry to be auctioned offThe SS Nomadic is being auctioned in Paris for 250,000 euros (?170,000), the French Titanic Society said.At least three buyers - from Belfast, Monaco and France - are expected to bid for the derelict vessel.The 67-metre (221-foot) ship is docked in the port of Le Havre after finishing its life as a floating restaurant.The ship is up for auction as the Port of Paris authorities try to recover unpaid mooring fees.A company from Northern Ireland is hoping to take the Nomadic back to Belfast - where she was built - for a full restoration, as part of a permanent Titanic memorial. ...	25th January 2006
Chicago Daily Journal	FIRST VESSEL EVER LOST ON ITS MAIDEN VOYAGE New York, April 16,---In the melancholy roll of marine tragedies that which overtook the Titanic is the first on record wherein a conspicuous vessel has met disaster on her maiden voyage. The nearest approach to such an unfortunate f...	16th April 1912
New York Times	AIDS FIGHT FOR LONGER PIERS Isidor Straus Points Out Their Commercial Advantage to New York --- Isidor Straus, in an interview yesterday, urged that the Government permit the lengthening of the existing piers of the Port of New York, in order to accommodate the ne...	9th January 1911
Progress - the Journal of Lever Brothers	PORT SUNLIGHT DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY ASSOCIATED Port Sunlight was directly and indirectly associated with the great suspense, and subsequent sorrow, which thrilled this country and the world when the new and gigantic White Star Liner Titanic heir of all the ages of constructive ...	July 1912
Guardian	REPORTED PORT ISAAC VICTIM It is greatly feared that Mr. Frank Couch, registered in the Titanic as 28, A.B., of Port Isaac, is among the victims of that terrible disaster. On Saturday last there was a ray of hope, the name of Church appearing among the survivors, but a wire ar...	26th April 1912
Titanic Research	TITANIC'S FINAL MANOEUVRE Captain Lewis Marmaduke Collins She never was under a port helm? - She did not come on the port helm, Sir - on the starboard helm. ------Titanic’s QM Robert Hitchens to the British enquiry At both inquiries it was adduced that, at the time of the look...	8th February 2003
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Progress	PORT SUNLIGHT Progress : the Journal of Lever Brothers Port Sunlight was directly and indirectly associated with the great suspense, and subsequent sorrow, which thrilled this country and the world when the new and gigantic White Star Liner Tit...	July 1912
	AFT ON THE BOAT DECK Looking forward from an area to the port side of the first class terrace....	May 1935
New-York Tribune	GET GIANTS OF THE SEA Captains Smith and Haddock for Olympic and Titanic --- Captain Herbert J. Haddock of the White Star liner Oceanic, which left port on Wednesday for Southampton, was congratulated by wireless yesterday on his appo...	2nd December 1910
Daily Telegraph	TITANIC FOR MONTAUK, LONG ISLAND - 1910 VISION Passengers to take railway connection to New York...	27th October 1910
Voyage	BLUE JACKET (Owner: P. Kavanagh) Departed St. John’s, Newfoundland 12 March 1912 with a capacity 86 ton cargo of codfish for Oporto, Portugal. Encountering high winds, heavy seas and ice, she had to put into another Newfoundland port for several days...
The Sun	IT'S RETURN OF TITANIC A REPLICA of sunk liner Titanic is to be built in its home port as a tourist attraction.Southampton council hopes to finish the £15million project in time for the 100th anniversary of the disaster in April 2012. ...	9th October 2008
TravelVideo.tv	TRAVEL NEWS FROM QUEBEC CITY INCLUDES NEWS OF A TITANIC EXHIBIT As part of its international tour the Titanic The Artifact Exhibition will be held in the Espace 400 Pavilion at the Port of Qubec....	25th May 2010
standard.net.au	CELEBRATING AN ILL-FATED SHIP TO REMEMBER PORT Fairy will commemorate 100 years since the launch of the Titanic with a nautical-themed weekend next month. Visitor Information Centre's tourism officer Andrea Lowenthal said the town had some unusual links to the vessel, which led to the decision ......	13th April 2011
WVLT	TITANIC ALREADY MAKING PIGEON FORGE PORT-OF-CALL If you've driven through Pigeon Forge lately, you can't help but notice the large ship taking shape. It isn't just any vessel that is on the verge of setting sail in the Smokies, it happens to be the flagship of the White Star Line....	8th December 2009
Port Huron Times Herald	BERT JOHNS, SURVIVOR OF 1912 TITANIC DISASTER, DIES Page 1, columns 6-7 Bert Johns, 66, survivor of the Titanic disaster in 1912, operator of Bert's Tavern, 622 Water Street, for 15 years, Port Huron resident 32 years, died Saturday in his home, 216 Broad Street, after an illness of on...	3rd February 1952
	HINDENBURG FOYER. Stereoview showing the Hindenburg's staircase and port-to-starboard corridor. This area managed to be functional yet, at the same time, fairly elegant. The bust of Hindenburg hangs to the right....
Liverpool Echo	TITANIC'S LINKS TO LIVERPOOL TITANIC had strong links with Liverpool although she never visited her home port â€“ by 1912 the White Star Line's largest and fastest Atlantic steamers were sailing from Southampton....	31st October 2009
The Associated Press	LAST TITANIC SURVIVOR'S ASHES SCATTERED IN ENGLAND The ashes of the last Titanic survivor have been scattered at the English port where the ship began its ill-fated maiden voyage in 1912....	24th October 2009
Liverpool Daily Post	TITANIC HAD MANY LIVERPOOL LINKS, REPORTS PETER ELSON ALTHOUGH she never visited Liverpool, Titanic had strong links with her home port....	29th April 2009
falmouthpacket.co.uk	PLAQUE WILL HONOUR TITANIC VICTIMS - FALMOUTH PACKET Two Porthleven men who lost their lives on the sinking Titanic are to be remembered with a plaque in the port. Brothers Edgar and Fred Giles were sailing to America to “start a new life” according to mayor Mark Berryman, who has been researching the history of their lives tragically cut short almost a century ago. ...	15th December 2011
Camden Post-Telegram	MR. SUTTON'S BODY TO BE SENT HOME Dr. Tomlin, of Haddonfield, in Halifax to Care for Corpse of Titanic Victim -- WIDENER'S BODY IS BURIED AT SEA --- Dr. F. H. Tomlin, of Haddonfield, is in Halifax, N. S., to receive the body of Frederick Sutt...	27th April 1912
Voyage	VULCAN John P. Eaton Vulcan struggling to pull the stern of the New York (left) away from Titanic's port side (Eaton-Haas Collection)...	13th February 2005
Irish Times	COBH SAILOR RECOLLECTED AT 'TITANIC' CEREMONY A NATIVE of Cobh, Co Cork, who died in the sinking of the Titanic was remembered at a special ceremony yesterday, 98 years after the Titanic stopped at on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. All of those who died when the ship sank were recalled at the commemoration in her last port of call....	13th April 2010
Irish Times	COBH SAILOR RECOLLECTED AT 'TITANIC' CEREMONY A NATIVE of Cobh, Co Cork, who died in the sinking of the Titanic was remembered at a special ceremony yesterday, 98 years after the Titanic stopped at on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. All of those who died when the ship sank were recalled at the commemoration in her last port of call....	13th April 2010
San Diego Union Tribune	TRAVEL TITANIC A DISASTER TO REMEMBER Its never too late to board the Titanic. The irrepressible story of the worlds most famous ship is coming to the forefront once again in places ranging from Cobh Queenstown Ireland where Titanic made its last port call to cities in the United States. All this leads up to April 15 2012 the 100th anniversary of the sinking of what was then the worlds most elegant and largest ocean liner....	25th March 2011
eventmagazine.co.uk	LIVERPOOL TO COMMEMORATE TITANIC WITH GIANT STREET THEATRE PERFORMANCE - EVENT MAGAZINE Gigantic puppets will roam the centre of Liverpool next April as the city commemorates the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. The Titanic was registered in Liverpool making the city its home port, and at least 90 members of its crew were from Merseyside, or had close links to the area....	14th December 2011
Denver Business Journal	TITANIC EXHIBIT COMING TO DENVER Dressed in its best artifacts, the exhibit "Titanic -- The Artifact Exhibition" will hit the Denver Museum of Nature and Science full throttle within the next month or so. On April 10 -- the 92nd anniversary of when the Titanic left port -- the museum will make an official announcement of when the exhibit will arrive here and how long it will stay....	30th March 2007
	AMERICANA AND NORMANDIE MAIDEN ARRIVAL NYC. The Playland Line's Americana lists to port as her passengers gather at her rails to view the Normandie's arrival off Battery Park...	3rd June 1935
Guernsey Evening Press	UNTITLED April/May 1912 In the boat with Mrs. Renouf were the Misses Lillian Bentham (of Jersey) and Miss Emily Rugg. When the boat left the ship's side there were 30 on board, but later 30 men were taken from a raft, of whom one...	1912
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Electronic Theatre	TITANIC MYSTERY COMING TO NINTENDO WII NEXT MONTH Easy Interactive has announced Titanic Mystery for Nintendo Wii an incredibly popular Purple Hills title that combines hidden object and logic puzzles previously only available on Nintendo DS and PC. Titanic Mystery takes players aboard the luxurious craft exactly 100 years after the original ill-fated ocean liner left port....	2nd November 2010
BBC News	NOMADIC ARRIVES IN BELFAST The SS Nomadic, one of the last remaining links to the Titanic, has reached Belfast after a four-day trip from the French port of Le Havre.The boat completed its historic home-coming after being towed on a barge up Belfast Lough on Saturday.The Nomadic, which was built in the city, once ferried first class passengers to the doomed liner.It will remain at Belfast docks until Monday when it will go on show near the Odyssey Centre for a few days.It will then be removed again for restoration. ...	16th July 2006
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
	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
dailyecho.co.uk	GRANDDAUGHTER OF CARPATHIA MASTER SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON VISITS SOUTHAMPTON THE granddaughter of the Southampton sea captain who saved the lives of more than 700 survivors of the Titanic disaster, visited the city’s port today.Rosemary Pettet’s grandfather was Sir Arthur Rostron, master of the Cunard liner, Carpathia, who answered the SOS from Titanic as she was sinking in the Atlantic. ...	10th January 2012
Irish Independent	COBH JOINS IN PLANS FOR TITANIC CENTENARY AN Irish town is to play a major role in the 100th anniversary commemorations of the sinking of the Titanic. Titanic left Belfast's renowned shipyard in 1912 hailed as the new wonder of the world. It was the largest and most luxurious ship at that time, and Cobh in Co Cork was the liner's last port of call before its fatal voyage. A total of 1,513 people died when the ship hit an iceberg off Newfoundland in April 1912....	15th August 2007
St Petersburg Times	TITANIC OWNERS KEEP TOES IN LOCAL WATER RMS Titanic Inc. moved its headquarters from Clear- water to Atlanta nearly six years ago. But the bay area remains a key port of call for the company, which owns exclusive rights to the Titanic shipwreck.The company hired International Advantage Inc. of Tampa last year to run a Titanic exhibit in Greece. And under its new moniker, Premier Exhibitions, it chose Tampa's MOSI as the inaugural site for its Bodies ... The Exhibition show. ...	4th September 2006
Scottish Field	THE FIRST OFFICER OF THE TITANIC Graham Kirkpatrick Captain William MacMaster Murdoch joined the Titanic from her sister ship the Olympic, of which he had also been First Officer. His family had been seafarers for generations. His father left his native Isle of Lewis and settled in Dalbeattie, Kirkcud...	April 1985
Chicago Tribune	UNCONFIRMED STORY OF HORROR A report is current here which is said to have emanated from the trading vessel Bruce, which is on the way to Sydney, C. B., giving a version of the Titanic disaster which the trader obtained from various ships. This is to...	17th April 1912
bbc.co.uk	SS NOMADIC The Titanic's tender ship, the SS Nomadic has celebrated its centenary. The ship, which is undergoing restoration at the Hamilton Dock in Titanic quarter in Belfast was used to transport first and second class passengers to Titanic at the French port of Cherbourg. The Nomadic, like the Titanic was built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast. ...	25th April 2011

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