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The Times	OLYMPIC BERTHED AT JARROW FAREWELL SALUTE FROM SIRENS The Olympic, which is to be broken up by Messrs.T.W.Ward and Co at Jarrow to provide employment, was safely berthed alongside Palmers shipyard today. The coming of the liner to the Tyne attracted many thousa...	14th October 1935
The Times	LAST VOYAGE OF THE OLYMPIC CIVIC RECEPTION ON BOARD AT JARROW The liner Olympic (45,439 tons gross) sailed from Southampton last evening on her last voyage to Jarrow, where she is to be broken up. Among the hundred people who waved the liner farewell were a ...	12th October 1935
Sphere	INVENTOR OF THE LIFEBOAT The Lukin Grave in England...	21st December 1912
The Times	THE CUNARD STEAMER CARPATHIA From Wednesday morning until that of Saturday of last week a party of visitors, which included Sir William White (late Director of Naval Construction), Messrs Moorhouse and Maxwell (General Manager and a director of the Cunard Company), were carri...	27th April 1903
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 Examiner	HOPE FOR THE SAFETY OF MISSING PASSENGERS BULLETIN New York, April 17 (Wednesday), 1:30 A.M.---A vague hope for the safety of some of the missing passengers was given last night by the captain of the tramp steamer Ultonia, whic...	17th April 1912
	NORMANDIE POSTFIRE VIEW #2 A second view taken from the river boat....	1942
BBC News	QE2 BACK ON CLYDE AFTER 40 YEARS The QE2 has marked the 40th anniversary of its launch by returning to the stretch of river where it was built.The liner, which has been on a celebratory tour, will be given a gala reception at Greenock, on the Clyde. ...	20th September 2007
Wall Street Journal	FANS OF WORLD'S FASTEST OCEAN LINER PUT OUT A DISTRESS CALL Admirers call her the "Big U." Today, she could be in big trouble. The once-proud ship is rusting away in the Delaware River, across from an Ikea. Its owner, cruise line NCL Group, has put her up for sale....	29th September 2009
	KONSTANZ 1908 (BACK) Konstanz, 1908. "July 27/08. We are staying at this hotel. It is an old Kloster built in the 12th Century. it is very interesting (?) and situated on the Rhine River & Bodensee. (?) is very beautiful. love to your apretns and all. Uncle Henry and Lee."...
	TITANIC LEAVING BELFAST Harley Crossley — Titanic leaving Belfast (Acrylic on Canvas)...
liverpoolecho.co.uk	TITANIC TIES THAT BOUND TRAGIC LINER TO LIVERPOOL Liverpool is inextricably linked with the Titanic. After all, it was the city with its name on the bow. Although the great liner sailed from Southampton and was born in Belfast, it was conceived and registered here, within sight of the River Mersey....	11th February 2012
	NEW YORK CITY : ARRIVAL The New York Financial District Skyline looms up in the distance as a Moran tug and Playland Line's Americana escort the Normandie toward the North River....	3rd June 1935
	MOHAWK BROCHURE 3 "Glass-enclosed promenades provide comfort in all weather." "When darkness shrouds the ocean or when the falling temperatureÂ emphasizes the comfort of indoors, then the many social halls and lounges become the center of attraction." ...
The Times	HARLAND, SIR EDWARD J. OBITUARY --- SIR EDWARD HARLAND, M.P. Sir Edward James Harland, Bart., M. P. for North Belfast, died suddenly yesterday morning at his residence, Glenfarne-hall, Enniskillen. He was found dead in bed. Except for a chill...	25th December 1895
BBC Northern Ireland	NOMADIC DOCKS AT THE ODYSSEY The SS Nomadic has been towed up the River Lagan and has been docked beside the Odyssey in Belfast harbour. Nomadic, which arrived in Belfast on Saturday, was used to ferry passengers to the ill-fated Titanic. A welcome home ceremony which had been planned for the ship at the Odyssey for Monday had to be cancelled after a man working onboard the vessel died. The ship will remain at the Odyssey for the next two days before it is taken away for restoration. ...	19th July 2006
guardian.co.uk	TITANIC LAUNCH MARKED 100 YEARS ON efore he left Belfast on board the Titanic, deck engineer Thomas Millar, 33, gave both his sons two new pennies, telling them: "Don't spend those until I see you again." He never came back. His younger son kept those pennies and passed them on to his daughter, Susie Millar, who was present at a ceremony to mark the centenary of the launch of the luxury liner into the river Lagan in Belfast, where the ship had been built....	31st May 2011
BBC News	MAN'S DEATH DELAYS NOMADIC HOMECOMING The homecoming ceremony for the SS Nomadic has been delayed after a man working on the boat at the Harland and Wolff shipyard collapsed and died. Nomadic, which arrived in Belfast on Saturday, was used to ferry passengers to the ill-fated Titanic. It had been planned that the boat would be towed up the River Lagan on Monday evening for a ceremony at the Odyssey complex. NIO Minister David Hanson said the event would now be held on Tuesday. ...	18th July 2006
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
	THREE GRACES, SHANGHAI The Three Graces on the Bund in Shanghai, China, were modelled on the originals on the waterfront in Liverpool by wealthy Western businessmen and developers who began to commercialise China from the late 1880s onwards. The m...
New York Times	FIERMONTE BUYS ESTATE Husband of Former Mrs. Astor Gets Southern Plantation --- CHARLESTON, S. C., Nov. 30 (AP)---The purchase of Dixie Plantations, a 600-acre estate on a high bluff overlooking Stono River, by Enzo Fiemonte of New York was announced here t...	1st December 1935
	LETTER TO HIS SON FRANK, WRITTEN ON BOARD AND POSTED AT QUEENSTOWN Dear Frank, I hope that you got to Belfast all right and started work on time, I got your wire from Liverpool. We have made a good run from Southampton everything working A1, we nearly had a collision with the New York and Oceanic when ...	11th April 1912
Voyage	LUCIGEN John P. Eaton Lucigen – Lucigen Steamship Co., (H.E. Moss & Co.) Departed Bremen, Germany 8 March for New York. On 24 March at 46 degrees N, 46 degrees West, encountered heavy pack ice with numerous bergs...	2nd January 2005
The Guardian	NORTHERN IRELAND LOOKS TO TITANIC FOR ECONOMIC BOOST The most famous ship to sink is being used to refloat Northern Ireland's flagging economy. On the banks of the river where the Titanic was constructed, a leisure and education project is almost complete. The Stormont government hopes it will attract 50,000 extra tourists a year. With its gleaming glass, curved shape and illuminated roof, the Titanic building resembles the Bilbao Guggenheim. Like the Basque country museum, the tourist centre on the Lagan represents a society moving on from ethnic conflict and terrorism....	10th October 2011
bbc.co.uk	TITANIC ANNIVERSARY: SEA ODYSSEY ROUTE REVEALED IN LIVERPOOL More details have been revealed about an event in Liverpool involving two giant puppets to mark the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking. As part of the three-day Sea Odyssey event, a giant puppet will emerge from the River Mersey. A second puppet - the "niece" of the first - will roam through the city's streets looking for him. The free event, by French company Royal de Luxe, will take place between 20 to 22 April. The White Star liner, registered in Liverpool, sank on its maiden voyage to New York on 15 April 1912....	29th March 2012
heraldnews.com	TITANIC SOCIETY WORRIED THAT REPLICA AT MARINE MUSEUM COULD FALL BY WAYSIDE - FALL RIVER HERALD NEWS The Titanic Historical Society Inc., which donated a 28-foot, 1-ton replica to the Marine Museum 25 years ago, recently sought assurance that its famous model would not sink into oblivion. Questions over the ship’s status, society members said, were prompted by a series of Herald News stories, including one on Oct. 27 reporting that the Internal Revenue Service revoked the Marine Museum’s nonprofit standing this year as a result of its failure to file IRS 990 forms for at least three years....	21st November 2011
Evening Bulletin	BRIDE BEING TAKEN FROM CARPATHIA Second Wireless Operator of the Titanic...	20th April 1912
New York Times	MRS. G. D. WIDENER TO MARRY DR. RICE South American Explorer to Wed Widow of Titanic Victim in Boston on Oct. 14 --- HER MEMORIAL GIFTS --- Philadelphia Society Woman Noted for Her Beauty and Jewels---Dr. Rice's Scientific Achievements --- Speci...	6th October 1915
	VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO CHARLES LIGHTOLLER Mortlake Crematorium, London SW4. Is the site of his scattered ashes. Unmarked, plot 22. also he has a Memorial brick in his name in the Woolston, Southampton, Millennium Garden known as the Feathers in Victoria Road Woolston - which ...
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
	THE MILLER'S SON Albert Barker was born in the village of King's Worthy on the River Itchen in Hampshire, just a few miles upstream from the dock where Titanic would begin its voyage 19 years later. His father was a miller at nearby Abbot's W...
New York Times	EXPLORER RICE BACK; SAW WHITE INDIANS Rare Amazonian Tribe Spoke Language of Their Own, Doctor Declares --- DISCOVERED BY HINTON --- Naval Filer Made Perilous Flight Over 75-Mile Jungle---Party Met Many Hardships --- Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice, ...	11th July 1925
New York Times	LINER CEDRIC IN PORT The largest steamship ever constructed slowly made her way, last evening between 6 and 8 o'clock, up New York Bay and the North River to the White Star piers at the foot of Banks Street. The huge vessel was the new transatlant...	21st February 1903
Grimsby Evening News	UNTITLED As a lad Mr. Moody served two years in HMS Conway a sail training vessel moored on the river Mersey, after that time he gained the Extra Certificate showing that he was bright. He joined the sailing vessel Boadicea on leaving, and would have served t...	April 1912
Chronicles of the Cumming Club (1887)	SIR EDWARD J. HARLAND, BART. SIR EDWARD J. HARLAND, BART.; 'the sixth of a family of eight.' His father, Dr. Harland, a graduate of Edinburgh University, practised in Scarborough until nearly the period of his death, in 1866. He was a man of remarkable skill...	1887
The Times	TITANIAN - ECHO OF TITANIC Cargo vessel's encounter with ice...	27th April 1935
The Evening Post	COL. ASTORS BODY IS TAKEN THROUGH CITY The body of John Jacob Astor, one of the victims of the Titanic disaster, passed through Worcester this morning from Portland, ...	2nd May 1912
Belfast Today	EVERY DAY IS A POTENTIAL ANNIVERSARY ON THE RIVER LAGAN Una Reilly, Chairman of the Belfast Titanic Society mobilised our memories and organised a simple ceremony on the river. "This anniversary marks a reclaiming by Belfast of her very important part in the worldwide Titanic story," Una explained as she planned the boat trip on the MV Joyce Too. "Contrary to popular belief, Titanic was not launched by a notable lady wearing a big hat and smashing a bottle on her bow," she reminded me. "She was simply pushed into the water by hydraulic rams when a signal was given and a whistle was blown at 12.13 pm on May 31, 1911, and 62 seconds later Titanic was afloat for the first time. ...	5th June 2006
New York Times	MRS. MADELEINE DICK LOSES HOME BY FIRE $50,000 Winter House Destroyed---$100,800 Jewelry Stolen --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- CHARLESTON, S. C., Dec. 4---Mrs. Madeleine F. Dick’s Winter residence at Dixie Plantation, twenty miles from here on the Stono ...	5th December 1939
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
	ABOUT OLE OLSEN Ole Olsen...	9th October 2007
Titanic Research	THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF JAMES DOBBIN: SHIPWRIGHT In a second extract from In Titanic Times Frank Cox considers another of Titanic's early victims....	23rd May 2012
New York Times	CHARLES MELVILLE HAYS Grand Trunk President Planned Great Canadian Transcontinental --- Charles Melville Hays, President of the Grand Trunk and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Companies, has been considered one of the most brilliant and successful of railroad of...	16th April 1912
Gare Maritime	SWALLOWED IN 14 MINUTES Gavin Murphy Story of the Empress of Ireland whose loss resulted in the deaths of more passengers than the Titanic disaster....	20th June 2001
	THE MOODY CUP Officer Moody served on the Royal Navy training ship HMS Conway in the River Mersey for two years from 1902 to 1903. After the disaster his parents presented a cup which became known as the Moody Cup and was dedicated to his memory....
New York Times	R. W. DANIEL MARRIES MRS. C. B. CHRISTIAN President of Liberty National Bank Weds as Third Wife Distant Relative in Virginia --- Special to The New York Times --- RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 10---Robert W. Daniel, president of the Liberty National Bank of New York, and Mr...	11th October 1929
	MEMORIALS TO JACK PHILLIPS Phillips, John George (Jack). Chief Wireless Operator. Has perhaps the largest Titanic memorial, namely 'The Phillips Memorial Cloister', by the River Wey, covering some three acres, at Godalming, Surrey. Inscribed on the memorial stone is: 'The Cloi...
The Toronto World	C. M. HAYS' CAREER When the White Star Liner Titanic struck an iceberg, it is feared Charles Melville Hays, president and general manager of the Grand Trunk Railway and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad was carried down with the doomed steamer. Mr. Hays had been in ...	17th April 1912
Belfast Telegraph	GETTING A STEER ON THE NOMADIC'S HISTORY The ship's wheel once used to steer Titanic's "little sister" is about to return to Belfast. Volunteers who have been raising money to restore SS Nomadic have tracked down what they believe to be her ship's wheel and will be handing it over to the team responsible for restoring her in the next fortnight. SS Nomadic is the last remaining White Star Line vessel and once ferried first class passengers onto the Titanic at Cherbourg on the mighty liner's ill-fated maiden voyage. ...	25th April 2009
	TITANIC LIFEBOATS Roger L. Williams I have recently seen a new film about the sinking of the Titanic on the TV and have been reading about Titanic lifeboats on. http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org It seems there is no real record of what happened to those lifeboats....	1st August 2011

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