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Quad City Times	TITANIC EXHIBIT SAILING INTO PUTNAM IN MARCH He grew up in Rock Island. He even attended some of the public schools there. But Charles Melville Hays was destined for fortune and fame far from his hometown....	21st December 2010
New York Times	HAYS HEADS GRAND TRUNK Directors of Canadian Line Elect Rock Island, Ill., Man Present [sic] --- LONDON, Jan. 7---At a meeting to-day of the Directors of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada, Charles M. Hays was elected President. ...	8th January 1910
Chicago Tribune	WIRELESS STORMS ISLAND Sable Island, so long the terror of transatlantic seamen, is tonight, through the agency of the wireless, the storm center of a great battle for news of the missing passengers and crew of the Titanic. The wireless sta...	18th April 1912
Worcester Telegram	STORM STOPS NEWS: SABLE ISLAND COMMUNICATES BRIEFLY WITH THE CARPATHIA. Article...	18th April 1912
Jersey Journal	THOS. MCCORMACK OF BAYONNE AT ELLIS ISLAND After hours of anxious searching relatives to-day learned that Thomas McCormack, the young Bayonne man who was on the Titanic, was at Ellis Island where he is being detained prior to his readmission to this country. ...	19th April 1912
Brooklyn Daily Times	L. I. YACHTSMEN WILL MISS FREDERICK M. HOYT Frederick M. Hoyt, broker and yachtsman, was one of the passengers who is believed to have gone down with the ship. His offices are at 45 Broadway and his city home at 112 East Seventy-third street, Manhattan. He has a beautiful summe...	17th April 1912
	BEECHWOOD The Astor's Home in Newport, Rhode Island....
Halifax News Net	HISTORIAN TO TALK ABOUT TITANIC SINKING, OAK ISLAND LEGENDS Author and historian Dave Drummond will give lectures on Oak Island and the Titanic at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in August. Drummond, author of The Shipyard: Will It Float?, is a retired shipbuilder, born into a shipbuilding family that spanned three generations. His anecdotal writings, narrations, and discussions are factual, often surprising, and sprinkled with humour....
YourNabe.com	TITANIC RELICS TAKE ANCHOR AT ASTORIA HISTORY GROUP Were you ever curious about that home on 11th Street in Long Island City festooned with memorabilia from the doomed ocean liner Titanic? The opportunity to see it there has passed, but the collection of memorabilia, once curated by lifelong Long Island City resident Joe Colletti, is now in the hands of the Greater Astoria Historical Society....	13th February 2010
Newark Evening News	WORD RECEIVED HERE OF C. M. HAYS'S RESCUE Among those well known in this city and suburbs whose name has been flashed as among the rescued from the Titanic, is Charles Melville Hays, president of the Grand Trunk and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway companies, of Canada, of Canada, a nephew of...	16th April 1912
Daily Telegraph	TITANIC FOR MONTAUK, LONG ISLAND - 1910 VISION Passengers to take railway connection to New York...	27th October 1910
Brooklyn Daily Times	JAMES CLINCH SMITH WAS NOTED CLUBMAN James Clinch Smith is one of the best-known clubmen of Long Island, and a member of one of the oldest Long Island families. He was one of the principal heirs of the late A. T. Stewart, and is said to have received a legacy of $3,000,000 from the Ste...	16th April 1912
Chicago Journal	A GREAT DEAL OF WRECKAGE FROM THE TITANIC BULLETIN: [Associated Press Telegram] Halifax, April 16--The Sable island cableship Minia reported this afternoon that it had sighted a great deal of wreckage from the Titanic, but no boats or rafts. This dispo...	16th April 1912
New York Times	FIERMONTE ASSIGNED TO CLEANING OF JAIL Settles Down to Serving Rest of 5-Day Term on Rikers Island for Traffic Violation --- Enzo Fiermonte, former boxer, automobile racer and husband of Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, was transferred yesterday from the Queens City...	8th July 1937
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
	MEMORIAL There is a large rock with attached anchor in the Common Cemetery, Southampton: In loving memory of Ernest William Hamblyn who was lost at sea through the foundering of the S.S. Titanic on April 15th 1912. Aged 46 years. ''We cannot bend before his g...
The Times	MR. CHARLES M. HAYS MISSING (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) --- MONTREAL, APRIL 18 --- A message by wireless telegraphy from the Carpatlhia was received at the offices of the Grand Trunk Railway Company in Montreal this morning signed ...	19th April 1912
Washington Herald	WENT TO DEATH WITH HIS HOUNDS Clarence Moore Had Pack of Prize Animals with Him on the Titanic --- That about a hundred of the finest drag hounds money could buy went to a watery grave with Clarence Moore, for many years master of hounds of the exclusive Chevy Chas...	18th April 1912
Guernsey Weekly Press	REPORTED MISSING: E. H. WHEADON Mr. E.H. Wheadon was in his 67th year. He was the head of the agricultural firm of E.H. Wheadon and Sons, Couture. He was a man of most kindly nature and charitable disposition. Among the members of the family and their very wide circle of friends hi...	22nd 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
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
North American	TITANIC DISASTER PROVES AID TO WOMAN Twice Debarred, Embarking on Fated Liner, Enters on Carpathia --- DODGES ELLIS ISLAND --- Special Dispatch to The North American --- ALLENTOWN, Pa., May 2---That it is an ill wind that blows nobody any good w...	3rd May 1912
Washington Times	MRS. CHURCHILL AMONG THE PASSENGERS RESCUED FROM TITANIC Another Washingtonian who sailed from Southampton Wednesday on the ill-fated Titantic [sic] was Mrs. Churchill Candee, prominent in Washington social circles, whose residence is at 1718 Rhode Island avenue northwest. Mrs. Candee's name appears on the...	16th 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...
Guernsey Weekly Press	MR. H. MITCHELL Mr. H. Mitchell, who was aged 73, was on his way to pay a visit to his brother and other relatives. He was an ex-Donzenier of Canton No. 1 and was for some years in business in the boot trade in Mill-street. He was a widower and resided with his daug...	22nd April 1912
Washington Times	SMITH VOUCHED FOR BRAVERY OF CREW Told Shipbuilder His Men Would Die Like Those on Birkenhead --- LONDON, April 22---Manager Director Kemster, of the shipbuilding firm which constructed the Titanic, while speaking to a meeting at Belfast today, said that just before the...	22nd April 1912
Lisburn Today	TITANIC SAILS INTO THE ISLAND ARTS CENTRE LOCAL people are invited to take a voyage into the past as a new two man production arrives in Lisburn tomorrow night Saturday which explores the aftermath of the sinking of the Titanic and particularly the role played by J. Bruce Ismay during that fateful night....	30th October 2010
	RMS TITANIC'S MAIDEN VOYAGE 'RUN DATA' APRIL 11 - 14, 1912. Captain Lewis Marmaduke Collins Date...	20th October 2007
The Evening Post (Wellington, New Zealand)	ROUND-THE-WORLD RESEARCH Nowadays there seems to be no dearth in the number of adventurers to remote parts of the earth. The latest ambitious project in the sailing line, says an Australian paper, is a cruise round the world in a 3000-ton yacht named...	25th October 1924
patch.com	SMITHTOWN, A HISTORY: THE TITANIC TAKES ONE OF OUR OWN When the Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, Smithtown residents lost one of their own. He was 56-year-old James Clinch Smith, a descendant of our town’s founder and brother-in-law of well-known architect Stanford White....	12th April 2011
	MRS WEISZ ON THE CARPATHIA Mrs Weisz could speak French and second class survivor Juliette Laroche met her on the Carpathia. Her daughter, Louise Laroche, remembered Mrs Weisz well. She was a strong character and on the Carpathia, she cried after her husband: "Mon pauvre Léopo...
Records of Grace Church, URI Archives, Special Collections	EUGENE'S BAPTISM AT GRACE CHURCH From the records of Grace Episcopal Church, Providence Rhode Island: Eugene Joseph Abbott was baptised on April 2, 1904, born March 31, 1898. Sponsors: Rhoda (Rosa) Abbott and Emil Shultey Presider: The Rev. Edmund Rousmaniere, Rector. Twenty...	1904
Isle of Man Today	OPERATIC SOCIETY TO PERFORM TITANIC THE MUSICAL THE Manx Operatic Society has announced it will perform Titanic The Musical in March 2009. It will be another Island premier by the society which believes in trying to bring the best in musical theatre to the Isle of Man and constantly challenging its members new and old with the diversity of its productions....	12th March 2008
Daily Home News	JERSEY PEOPLE WHO HAD RELATIVES ON BOARD PERTH AMBOY, April 17---Great anxiety in [sic] felt in this city by the members of the Parker, Jaudon, Marsh and Hechheimer families, who had near and distant relatives among the passengers on the ill-fated Titanic. Owner of Local Plan...	17th April 1912
	STEPHEN & ANNIE HOLD Newly married at St. Keverne, Cornwall on 18 October 1909, Annie's first trip to America with her husband Stephen Hold was on board Teutonic. They arrived at New York on 24 November 1909 having departed from Southampton. The ship's manifest sh...	1909
dnainfo.com	THE STRAY CAT WAS NAMED AFTER "THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN," A TITANIC ... - DNAINFO The stray cat that washed up on Governors Island finally has a name: Molly Brown, in honor of the Titanic passenger who saved lives as the ship was sinking. Molly Brown received the most votes of the five final name ......	13th May 2011
	BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN CERTIFICATE OF DEATH DIVISION OF RECORDS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN CERTIFICATE OF DEATH # 1...	1963
Laguna Beach Post	TITANIC SURVIVOR MEMORIAL SERVICE Lilian Minahan Obituary...	25th January 1962
	TOURISM IRELAND : TITANIC STORIES Titanic Stories is designed to direct you to the most authentic information and experiences about the Titanic on the island of Ireland. There is a wealth of undiscovered stories to find within the pages of this website and on the many Titanic tours, historical sites, towns and cities connected to RMS Titanic. ...	24th March 2011
Guernsey Press and Star	ISLAND'S TITANIC CONNECTION James Varley TITANIC'S journey and demise in 1912 is legendary. Archive film footage, news cuttings and big-budget movies mean the tragic tale of the ship dubbed 'unsinkable' will never be forgotten....	9th October 2009
	GRAVE OF MORRO CASTLE SURVIVOR FLORIDE 'FLORA' LAROCHE Grave of survivor Floride 'Flora' LaRoche, Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Providence, Rhode Island....
Newark Evening News	LOST FATHER IN SHIP; HAS MENTAL COLLAPSE JERSEY CITY, April 19---The police found it necessary yesterday to take care of Frederick Myles, of 256 Grove street, whose father, Thomas F. Myles, of Cambridge, Mass., is among the lost passengers of the Titanic. Young Miles appeared to be under s...	19th April 1912
New York Times	MINOR SPORTS NEWS The cricketeers from the White Star liner Majestic played against the Summer eleven of the Staten Island Cricket Club at Livingston yesterday afternoon. Dr. O'Loughlin and H. Todd...	18th June 1895
irishtimes.com	FLARES AND GUN SALUTE IN CORK PAY TRIBUTE TO LOST LIVES OF 'TITANIC' - IRISH TIMES ONE HUNDRED and twenty-three flares were released from Spike Island in Co Cork to commemorate the individuals who boarded the ill-fated Titanic from nearby Cobh on April 11th, 1912. When the Titanic struck an iceberg in the north Atlantic four days later, it sank with the loss of over 1,500 lives, including 79 of those who boarded in Cobh. Among those who died was a Cobh native, able seaman Lionel Leonard, who travelled as a third-class passenger....	2nd January 2012
New York Times	FINED FOR IMPORTING LABOR J. Mandelberg & Co. Must Pay $2,000 for Violating Law --- J. Mandelberg & Co., raincoat manufacturers, of 18 Twentieth Street, were ordered yesterday in the Federal District Court to pay a fine of $2,000 for violations of the...	24th November 1912
liveauctioneers.com	RELATIVES OF TITANIC OFFICER SEEK RETURN OF HIS LAST LETTER - AUCTION CENTRAL NEWS Relatives of Titanic officer seek return of his last letterAuction Central NewsA two-page note John Edward Simpson wrote to his mother days before the ship sank in April 1912 is to expected to fetch at least $50000 at the auction later this week in Long Island, New York. Simpson's great-nephew John Martin said Sunday that the ......	27th February 2012
New York Times	S. MARSHALL KEMPNER DEAD; LONGTIME INVESTMENT BANKER S. Marshall Kempner, an investment banker, died of congestive heart failure Saturday at his home in San Francisco. He was 88 years old. Mr. Kempner was a native of New York, where he began his career after graduating Phi Beta Kappa fro...	4th August 1987
	MORRO CASTLE - GRAVE OF VICTIM LOUISE TAUBERT Burial site of Morro Castle victim Louise Taubert. According to cemetery records she lies here, unmarked, in the Corcoran family plot. Nearby, also unmarked, lies Andrea Doria victim Norma DiSandro. St. Francis Cemetery, Pawtucket, Rhode Island....
Washington Times	NOTHING YET HEARD FROM MRS. CANDEE Daughter Willl Meet Her On Her Arrival On the Carpathia --- Friends of Mrs. Helen C. Candee, who lived at 1718 Rhode Island avenue until her departure for Europe, nearly a year ago, and who is reported saved from the Titanic, had heard ...	18th April 1912
Richmond Today	C. H. LIGHTOLLER AND RICHMOND SLIPWAYS At the end of the war an elderly mariner, who had rescued 130 troops from Dunkirk, moved to East Twickenham and set up a boatyard at 1 Ducks Walk, opposite the site of the old Tudor palace. Richmond Slipways as it was called, mostly repaired po...

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