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The Times (1925) 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  
  (2006) GERBAULT AND THE FIRECREST
Having abandoned his profession as a civil engineer, Alain Gerbault sailed a 39-ft. yacht round the world. Though several times death all but claimed this fearless adventurer, he achieved an astonishing triumph....
21st July 2006  
Chicago Tribune (1915) ROUND ABOUT THE SOCIETY WORLD.
Page 15 A number of Chicago relatives and friends will leave for the east Oct. 20 to attend the wedding of Miss Emily Ryerson and George Hyde Clark, which will take place on Oct. 23 at Ringwood, near Cooperstown, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Edw...
7th October 1915  
The Times (1984) HAROLD COTTAM
Wireless operator in rescue of Titanic survivors page 18 Mr Harold Cottam, who died yesterday in Nottingham at the age of 93, was the wireless operator on he Carpathia on the night of April 12 (sic) 1912, when the Titani...
31st May 1984  
Torquay Directory (1912) A FULFILLED DREAM. ECHO OF THE LOSS OF THE TITANIC
One of the stewards on board the Titanic was a son of the late organist and choirmaster of a church in Torquay. He leaves an aged widowed mother, who was dependent upon him. His sister narrates a strange dream. She says that for several nights pri...
15th May 1912  
The East Oregonian (2008) IN THE WAKE OF THE RMS TITANIC
Among the list of movers and shakers who perished during the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic's maiden voyage was filmmaker William Harbek, who filmed the 1911 Round-Up and reportedly had the original copy with him on the ship. ...
22nd April 2008  
Broadway World (2007) PHOTO PREVIEW: TITANIC THE MUSICAL AT TOBYS
When they built the RMS Titanic in 1912, it made history. The largest floating object in the world (at the time) they said was unsinkable, but it was. Thousands lost their lives in the icy North Atlantic. But the memory of those lost and tributes to those who survived have captured the hearts and minds of mankind the world over....
5th September 2007  
Los Angeles Times (2008) THE TITANIC DOCKS AT THE LUXOR
AFTER midnight on a recent Tuesday, a crowd has gathered behind velvet ropes in front of the Luxor on the Las Vegas Strip, as if waiting for the Hilton sisters to arrive. Instead, they're watching a flatbed truck with a huge piece of jagged, round steel that looks like a postmodern sculpture....
3rd September 2008  
Ilford Graphic (1912) ILFORD PASSENGERS ON THE TITANIC
Ilford has her part to play in the latest tragedy of the ocean. On April 2nd last, Mr and Mrs Ben Hart were present at the "Cauliflower" in their honour prior to their departure for Canada. During the evening they were the recipients of a beautiful I...
19th April 1912  
The Daily Banner (1912) VICTIM SENDS A MESSAGE FROM SPIRIT WORLD
Paris, May 14      William T. Stead, the famous writer and delver into the psychic, who went down in the wreck of the Titanic, is said to have sent a message from the spirit world saying that his death was painless and perfectly calm. ...
14th May 1912  
Mirror (2007) 'TITANIC' LOSES TO SPICE WORLD AS WORST FILM EVER!
SPICE World The Movie is the worst film of all time, a survey of cinemagoers has found. The Spice Girls' flop was surprisingly followed by Oscar-winner Titanic - the highest-grossing movie in history. ...
19th January 2007  
New York Times (1934) FELDMAN SIGNS FOR BOUT
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 4 (AP)---Abe Feldman, Brooklyn heavyweight, and Petri Georgi, Buffalo, were signed today to meeet in a ten-round bout at the Legion Stadium here Sept. 14.  Enzo Fiermonte, husband of Mrs. Madeline [sic] F...
5th September 1934  
  (1912) THE ENGLISHMAN
(A poem written on board the RMS Olympic, April 18, 1912, following the disaster to her sister ship) He slams his door in the face of the world If he thinks the world too bold: He will even curse; but he opens his purse...
18th April 1912  
Bristol Times and Mirror (1912) UNTITLED
Of Miss Bentham it is related that she was sleeping soundly when the stewards came for her. She arose, dressed herself warmly and was handed into a boat. This was very crowded; so much so that one sailor had to sit with his feet dangling in the icy-c...
27th April 1912  
World Records Academy (2009) MOST EXPENSIVE LETTER FROM TITANIC-WORLD RECORD SET BY SPINK SMYTHE
letter, dated April 10, 1912, from a first class passenger onboard the Titanic (written by passenger George Graham of Harriston of Canada, a sales manager for the Eaton's department store company, to a business colleague in Berlin, Germany) was sold at auction by Spink Smythe in New York City for $16,100-setting the world record for the Most expensive letter from Titanic....
24th February 2009  
Times of India (2006) TITANIC GAVE A VALUABLE LESSON TO SHIP-MAKERS
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6th January 2006  
New York Times (1954) TITANIC SURVIVOR DIES
Mrs. Lilly Potter, 98, Was ‘Grand Old Lady’ of Red Cross --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2---Mrs. Lilly A. Wilson Potter, a descendant of the Mayflower Pilgrims who was known as the “Grand Old Lady...
3rd January 1954  
National Roll of the Great War WALTER FRANCIS FREDERICKS WAR SERVICE RECORD
FREDERICK, W., Fireman, Merchant Service. He volunteered in 1914, and during the war served in many ships, included among which was H.M.H.S. " Western Australia." He was engaged on important transport and hospital...
   
Rahway Daily Record (1912) WITH FLAGS AT HALF STAFF RAHWAY SHOWS HER SORROW
Honor to the dead who went down in the ill-fated Titanic is being is being paid in this city today. The flags on the police station and on all the public schools were half-staffed by order of Councilman-at-Large John Farrell. Rahway has felt the fo...
18th April 1912  
Metro (2006) TITANIC FASCINATION GETS SOME STICK
Friday, June 2, 2006 It may be called Titanic, but Mark Colling never had a sinking feeling about his 7m model of the ship after building it out of more than 5million matchsticks. The father-of-four has just smashed the world ...
2nd June 2006  
Unidentified Newspaper (1950) UNTITLED
Joseph Duquemin of 47 Tormuck La., a veteran of World Ward I, died this morning at Stamford Hospital after a lingering illness. Born in England on November 24th 1892 Mr. Duquemin was a resident of Stamford, for 24 years. he was formerl...
6th January 1950  
  H. M. T. OLYMPIC LEAVING SOUTHAMPTON
The Ship that Brought me home Left Southampton June 7th - Arrived halifax June 132th 1919 1914 - Canadian Expeditionary Force - 1918 Mons   St Eloi   Neuve Chapelle   Y...
   
News of the World (1912) LOST IN THE TITANIC
From 'News of the World'...
21st April 1912  
The Times (1935) LADY PIRRIE
WIDOW OF THE GREAT SHIPBUILDER --- Viscountess Pirrie, widow of the famous Belfast shipbuilder and shipowner, died yesterday at her home in Carlos Place, W., at the age of 78. She was Margaret Montgomer...
20th June 1935  
  ADOLPHE SAALFELD POST-DISASTER
Saalfeld was in the First Class Smoking Room when the collision occurred; he was advised by a steward to go to the boat deck. In his cabin he had left samples of perfume that he was taking to America, but managed to pocket a menu card....
   
The Times (1912) STORIES OF THE WRECK : CAPTAIN SMITH’S HEROISM
After the men had had dinner the taking of their statements was rapidly proceeded with, and it was soon announced that a number of them were at liberty to leave the dock premises if they wished to do so. Most of them availed themselves of this per...
29th April 1912  
  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...
   
Peoria Journal Star (2009) TITANIC EMOTIONS
More people have been to outer space than have journeyed 2.5 miles below the ocean surface to view one of the most famous shipwrecks in history. Even so, when Lowell Lytle got the opportunity to tag along on a salvage mission to the Titanic in 2000, ...
25th May 2009  
New York Times (1912) PEACE MEN MOURN THEIR LOSS
Andrew Carnegie Signs Resolutions of Regret for Five Members --- The National Committee for the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of peace among English-speaking peoples in 1914-1915 sent out yesterday this resolution passed ...
21st April 1912  
Titanic Heritage Trust (2006) TITANIC 95TH ANNIVERSARY STAMPS
As 2007 approaches plans are well underway all over the world to commemorate the 95th Anniversary of the tragic loss of R.M.S. Titanic and over 1500 lives on 15 April 1912.As part of the 95th Anniversary Commemorations, Titanic Heritage Trust will be issuing a Commemoration Royal Mail Stamp Sheet plus two First Day Covers, one with a Belfast Postmark and one with a Southampton Postmark. For further details: 95th Anniversary Stamps www.titanicheritagetrust.org.uk/95th_stamps.htm As a society, organization or individual you are invited to join any of our events, in particular our inaugural Convention in April. All Titanic Societies are welcome.If you are organizing an Titanic event for 2007 the we would like to hear about it. Whatever part of the world you are located. Please send details and we will include them in our calendar of events for 2007. enquiries@titanicheritagetrust.org.uk...
21st November 2006  
New York Times (1955) EDWARD MAYER IS DEAD
World War I Air Veteran Had Been Investment Broker --- Special to The New York Times --- SCRANTON, Pa., June 10---Edward B. Mayer of Dalton, a veteran of World War I and a retired New York investment broker, died today in ...
11th June 1955  
Encyclopedia Titanica (2008) BULLETS RECOVERED FROM LUSITANIA'S "EMPTY" HOLD
by Senan Molony - RIFLE ammunition bound for the Western Front during World War One has been raised from the wreck of the doomed Cunard liner RMS Lusitania.......
27th September 2008  
New York Times (1912) KARL H. BEHR
Karl H. Behr, one of the foremost tennis players in this country, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Behr of 777 Madison Avenue. He is a lawyer at 40 Wall Street, having been admitted to the bar soon after his graduation from Yale in 1905. Mr. Behr wh...
16th April 1912  
New York Times (1912) COMFORT FOR OSCAR STRAUS
Messages of Sympathy from Every Part of the World --- Oscar S. Straus has been deeply touched by the scores of cablegrams, telegrams, and letters which he has received, each bearing its message of sympathy and paying warm tribute to the...
21st April 1912  
New York Times (1952) C. H. LIGHTOLLER,78, OFFICER ON TITANIC
Sole Ranking Member of Crew to Survive Disaster Dies---Aided Dunkerque Evacuation --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, Dec. 8 --- Comdr. Charles Herbert Lightoller, the only officer of the White Star liner Titanic...
9th December 1952  
New York Times (1900) OUTING IN NEW HANDS
The Publication Purchased by Caspar Whitney and Ten Other Men --- Caspar Whitney, for many years connected with the Harpers as writer on sporting topics, announces that he and ten other men have bought the publication known as Outing, ...
15th February 1900  
UTV (2007) TITANIC TRAGEDY IS REMEMBERED
A service has been held in Belfast to commemorate the sinking of the Titanic 95 years ago. The world`s most famous maritime disaster happened when the vessel hit an iceberg in April 1912....
30th April 2007  
  (1912) TITANIC HYMN, 1912
As every other country in the world, France published many hymns celebrating the band of the Titanic....
  1912  
New York Times (1907) STEAD'S FAREWELL TALK
We're So Busy, He Thinks, We Don't Realize What Our Mission is --- William T. Stead, editor of The London Review of Reviews, made his last address on his present visit to this country before the Young Men's Christia...
6th May 1907  
Washington Times (1912) ACTOR IS WORRIED OVER FATE OF MAN ON UNFORTUNATE SHIP
"Rene is safe; am uncertain about Harry; will wire you definite information as soon as received." This is the only comforting word received by Frank McIntyre, now appearing at the National Theater in “Snobs” and his company, which is a...
17th April 1912  
Southern Daily Echo (2009) TITANIC DISASTER'S LAST SURVIVOR MEETS ENTHUSIASTS
ALL eyes were on Millvina Dean when hundreds of enthusiasts from all over the world descended on Southamp-ton for the annual British Titanic Society convention....
7th April 2009  
Irish Independent (2008) A STORY THAT WAS NEARLY LOST IN THE ICY ATLANTIC
Martina Devlin, author of Ship of Dreams, had a family connection with the Titanic, which sank shortly before midnight on April 14, 1912 when it hit an iceberg. The largest steamer in the world took with her the lives of 1,500 people. But what was to happen to those who escaped?...
4th February 2008  
Santa Barbara News-Press (1956) MRS. BERTHE BOURLARD, WORLD TRAVELER, PLANS ANOTHER EUROPEAN TRIP
Mrs. Berthe Leroy Bourlard, who survived the sinking of the “Titanic” with her patroness, Mrs. Walter Douglas, keeps her picture and the volume of her verses, which contains a poem entitled “Titanic” among her souvenirs of 35 years as traveling compa...
27th May 1956  
BBC News (2007) RECOGNITION FOR LANCASTRIA DEAD
Victims of Britain's worst maritime disaster are to be officially recognised for their wartime sacrifice after a long campaign.An estimated 4,000 people died when the Clyde-built liner the Lancastria sank during World War II....
6th December 2007  
Chicago Inter Ocean (1912) JAY YATES, GAMBLER, ONE OF THE HEROES
Goes to His Death With Sinking Titanic After Helping Women and Children to Safety—Sends Good-By to Mother Special Dispatch to The Inter Ocean New York, April 20—That Jay Yates, gambler, confidence man...
21st April 1912  
  (1912) TITANIC IN CHERBOURG
This rare postcard shows the Titanic ablaze with lights heading out of Cherbourg harbour on 10 April 1912, at about 8 PM. Another image of the same series is known all over the world, but this one is totally different....
10th April 1912  
The Sydney Morning Herald (2007) HAUNTING HALIFAX
IF IT'S the Titanic you're thinking of, forget Leonardo DiCaprio.The name you need to know is Arthur Gordon McCrae. A second-class passenger on the ill-fated ship, McCrae was the only Australian passenger killed in the disaster that shook the world....
1st August 2007  
  (2009) THE WORLD OF THE TITANIC
A mosaic of pictures making up the story of the Titanic....
10th September 2009  
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (2009) RMS TITANIC EXHIBIT TO HAVE THREE-MONTH RUN
The world-renowned "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" surfaces for a three-month run Oct. 1 at the Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Ave. Experience the legendary story of this famous ship and its ill-fated maiden voyage across the North Atlantic....
24th September 2009  
Southport Visiter (2007) LOCAL MAN WAS TITANIC CAPTAIN
The human cost of three sea disasters involving ships captained by men from Crosby, Blundellsands and Waterloo is on show in Liverpool.Titanic, Lusitania and the Forgotten Empress, at the Merseyside Maritime Museum, looks at the trio of catastrophes that shook the world between 1912 and 1915....
14th September 2007  
Reuters (2008) NEW FILM EXPLORES FATE OF NAZI GERMANY'S "TITANIC"
A new television film about the sinking of a Nazi ship carrying thousands of German refugees at the end of World War Two has lifted the lid on one of Germany's most painful memories....
3rd March 2008  
Southern Evening Echo (1952) UNTITLED
GOING through the contents of a war damaged safe after returning from his recent Australian tour Mr. Hector Young, O.B.E., former Southampton Mayor, came across a tattered postcard and a letter which brought back memories of the ill-fated White Star ...
9th December 1952  
  BRITANNIC POSTCARD (AS HOSPITAL SHIP)
   
Baltimore Sun (2007) AN ABSORBING, OFTEN GRIPPING LOOK AT HISTORY
People who go to musicals are usually looking for an amusing and tuneful evening, a show with a happy ending. Obviously you won't find those things in Titanic: The Musical.The Titanic, the largest ship in the world when it was launched in 1912, struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage and sank with the loss of more than 1,200 lives....
15th September 2007  
Anchorage Daily News (2008) BRUSH WITH TITANIC GRAVE SITES A MOST SOBERING EXPERIENCE
Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, attracts visitors from all over the world. They come for one reason. Fairview Lawn is home to 121 victims of the sinking of the Titanic. ...
2nd June 2008  
The Times (1912) ON BOARD THE CARPATHIA
HOW THE PASSENGERS WERE RECEIVED A passenger on board the Carpathia made the following statement:- I was awakened at 12.30 in the morning by a commotion on the decks which seemed unus...
20th April 1912  
New York Evening Journal (1912) MAYOR HAS TRIBUTE FOR ISIDOR STRAUS
HEROISM OF NOTED AMERICAN AND HIS WIFE PRAISED IN LETTER TO OSCAR STRAUS Praise for the heroism of Isidor Straus and Mrs. Straus was expressed yesterday by Mayor Gaynor in a letter to Oscar Straus of No. 5 West Seventy-sixth Street. ...
21st April 1912  
NOW (2007) APRIL 14, 1912 BRINGS A PHYSICAL KICK TO THE TITANIC TRAGEDY
Theatre Rusticle's latest show, April 14, 1912, may commemorate the 95th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, but don't expect any of its characters to shout that they're the king of the world....
20th September 2007  
Today's TMJ4 (2008) RAW VIDEO: TITANIC EXHIBIT COMING TO PUBLIC MUSEUM
One of the most popular exhibits in the world is coming to Milwaukee. "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" shows hundreds of relics from the sunken ship. There will also be information about people from Milwaukee who were on board....
19th April 2008  
Washington Times (1912) WILLIAM T. STEAD KNOWN AS FAMOUS NEWSPAPER MAN
William Thomas Stead, an English newspaper man, attained wide notoriety as the man who introduced the methods of American journalism into England. Before his day the interview, illustrations, and extra editions were unknown to British journalism. Tho...
16th April 1912  
New York Times (1939) MRS. J. W. CARDEZA, TITANIC SURVIVOR
Noted Yachtswoman and a Big Game Hunter of Early 90's Dies in Germantown ACTIVE IN PHILANTHROPY Twice Circumnavigated World in Own Yacht--Daughter of Late Thomas Drake PHIDADELPHIA, Aug. 1 ...
2nd August 1939  
Worksop Today (2006) TITANIC SURVIVOR BELIEVED TO BE BURIED IN CRESWELL CHURCHYARD
22 June 2006 AN AFTERNOON surfing on the internet led a Creswell woman to the discovery that a Titanic survivor, who died in the First World War, is believed to be buried in the village.Rita Williams, 63, of Wood Avenue, spott...
22nd June 2006  
deseretnews.com (2007) 'TITANIC' MUSICAL AT LAYTON HIGH
The ill-fated "ship of dreams," Titanic, will set sail on the Layton High School stage starting Thursday. The story of the rise and fall of "the largest floating object in the world" has been told many times in books, TV specials and in three different movies....
5th March 2007  
New York Times (1913) SMART HEIRS SEEM NOW TO BE A MYTH
No Mention of Widely Sought Children in Will of Wealthy Man Lost on Titanic --- HE NEVER SPOKE OF THEM --- His Friends Recall Now After World Search That They Merely Thought That He Had Two --- Two children,...
7th January 1913  
KPNX-12 (2008) TITANIC EXPLORER DEBUTS NEW SCIENCE PROGRAM
With a hearty laugh, Dr. Robert Ballard, world renowned oceanographer and discoverer of the Titanic, likes what he's seeing in north Phoenix. It's Ballard's latest project, and sharing his discoveries has been worth the struggle. "I go to incredible places, but it's hard to take a lot of people with me," Ballard confided....
7th April 2008  
The Local (2009) TITANIC EXHIBITION OPENS IN STOCKHOLM
It was April 15th, 1912, when the world's first unsinkable ship sank while crossing the Atlantic Ocean on her maiden voyage.Since then, the Titanic has rested at the bottom of the sea. Her story left a legacy that has resonated around the world for nearly a century after her demise, and has now been captured in a new exhibition, Titanic, opening to the public on Friday, May 29th....
2nd June 2009  
Southern Daily Echo (2008) WORLDWIDE SUPPORT FOR TITANIC SURVIVOR
PEOPLE from all over the world have rallied behind the last remaining survivor of the Titanic disaster after it was revealed that she is selling her mementoes to pay her nursing home fees. Yesterday the Daily Echo told how Millvina Dean hopes to raise more than £3,000 from the auction of her treasured possessions, including a 100-year-old suitcase that was given to her family when they arrived in the US after being rescued....
20th October 2008  
Southern Daily Echo (2008) WORLDWIDE SUPPORT FOR TITANIC SURVIVOR
PEOPLE from all over the world have rallied behind the last remaining survivor of the Titanic disaster after it was revealed that she is selling her mementoes to pay her nursing home fees. Yesterday the Daily Echo told how Millvina Dean hopes to raise more than £3,000 from the auction of her treasured possessions, including a 100-year-old suitcase that was given to her family when they arrived in the US after being rescued....
20th October 2008  
Liverpool Echo (2007) TITANIC STEWARD'S MEDAL AUCTION
A RARE collection of medals which belonged to a Liverpool steward who helped launch lifeboats on the stricken Titanic is up for sale.The four World War I medals belonged to first class steward Ernest Wheelton who survived the disaster which claimed the lives of 1,500 passengers....
11th October 2007  
New York Times (1956) 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  
New York Times (1940) WILLIAM E. CARTER, TITANIC SURVIVOR
Member of Old Philadelphia Family, Polo Player Before World War, Dies in Florida --- KNOWN AS A SPORTSMAN --- Was Seriously Injured in 1912 While Playing for Bryn Mawr Benedicts in Local Match --- PALM BEA...
21st March 1940  
  (2005) FAMILY INFORMATION : GEORGE PELHAM
George Pelham was one of six children, having four sisters and one brother: Thomas Walter (born Jan [1867]?), Ann (born 1 April 1869), Caroline (born 26 July 1872), George was next, Elizabeth (born 26 October 1875) and Louis...
11th August 2005  
ARTINFO ARTWORK SALE TO FUND TITANIC MUSEUM OPPOSED IN ENGLAND
SOUTHAMPTON, England— The Southampton City Council’s plans to auction off two artworks to help fund a museum dedicated to the Titanic is drawing art world opposition, with some critics fearing the precedent the sale might set....
   
The Mayo News (2008) TITANIC FOR BALLINROBE
WITH 42 main parts, a financial investment of €100,000, a set that was 1,000 hours in the making, music of epic quality and a tragic storyline that captured the imagination of the world like no other single event in the 20th century, Ballinrobe Musical Society promise audiences a 'night to remember' when 'Titanic The Musical' takes to the stage next week....
6th February 2008  
The Times (1937) MR. BRUCE ISMAY
A correspondent writes:--- Will you permit me to supplement the articles concerning the late Bruce Ismay, which have already appeared in your columns, by the publication of a short personal tribute by an old frien...
23rd October 1937  
Guernsey Evening Press (1912) MR. JOSEPH DUQUEMIN
A letter was received this morning by the father of Mr. Joseph Duquemin, who was a passenger on the Titanic. He states that he has been in hospital and on his recovery proceeded to his destination, Albany, New York, where he has arrived quite well. H...
2nd May 1912  
Weekly Irish Times (1912) GIGANTIC TO EXCEED 'AQUITANIA'
Gigantic to Exceed Aquitania Two of the greatest ships are, at present, being built on the Clyde; one the Aquitania, and the other the cruiser Tiger. The Aquitania, when launched, will be the largest vessel in the world, measur...
14th December 1912  
The Times (1924) AROUND THE WORLD IN A YACHT [ADVERTISEMENT]
Commander C. H. Lightoller, DSC, RD, RNR, and Mrs Lightoller are inviting ladies and gentlemen to join in a ten months cruise on their 3,000-ton motor sailing yacht "Westward." Sailing end of October, visiting West Indies, South Sea islands an...
30th August 1924  
  (1912) IN MEMORY OF THE TITANIC CATASTROPHE
Grand Memorial Fantasie Words and Music by Henry Tiedemann Published 1912 by the Southern Music Company, Dallas, Texas Listen to this Piece...
  1912  
  DANIEL BUCKLEY AS US INFANTRYMAN
Titanic survivor Daniel Buckley in the uniform and puttees of the United States Army. Buckley fought and died in World War One, and is now buried in his home town of Ballydesmond, Co. Cork, Ireland. Titanic crewman Sid Daniels also fought i...
   
Milton Keynes Today (2006) NOMADIC : SAVE THE LAST LINK WITH THE TITANIC
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10th January 2006  
New York Times (1928) SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON SAILS AS COMMODORE
Senior Cunard Captain Heads Fleet, Succeeding Late Sir James Charles --- HERO OF TITANIC DISASTER --- Wears Many Honors for Rescue and War Service---Berengaria Is His 13th Command --- Captain Sir Arthur Rostr...
29th July 1928  
The Times (1937) MR BRUCE ISMAY - AN ANONYMOUS TRIBUTE
“Will you permit me to supplement the articles concerning the late Bruce Ismay, which have already appeared in your columns, by the publication of a short personal tribute by an old friend? In the world at large Bruce Ismay may possi...
23rd August 1937  
Daily Sketch (1912) HOW CAPTAIN SMITH DIED
His Last Act was to Save a Child's Life Refused to get into a boat. Of all the wild and irresponsible messages that were sent to this country in the first hours following the sinking of the Titanic the one that caused th...
30th April 1912  
New York Times (1911) THE OLYMPIC LIKE A CITY
Carries 3,346 Persons Turkish and Swimming Baths and Racket Court. LONDON, June 10.—Engineering gives details In regard to the Olympic and Titanic, the sister ships of t...
18th June 1911  
New York Times (1912) SOCIETY NOTES FROM ABROAD
*** Miss Gladys Cherry, who was one of the passengers rescued from the Titanic, is a cousin of the Earl of Rothes, being a daughter of the late J. F. Cherry and Lady Emily Cherry. Miss Cherry was on her way to New York with Lady Rothes. She an...
12th May 1912  
International Falls Daily Journal (2009) TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION
Exhibit at Science Museum bring visitors closer than ever the real TitanicOn June 12, the Science Museum of Minnesota will open the doors of Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, an exhibition that features a spectacular collection of more than 250 authentic artifacts recovered from the haunting wreckage of the world-famous ocean liner....
22nd May 2009  
Guardian Unlimited (2007) REUTERS GETS THAT SINKING FEELING
News agency Reuters has been forced to admit that footage it released last week purportedly showing Russian submersibles on the seabed of the North Pole actually came from the movie Titanic. The images were reproduced around the world - including by the Guardian and Guardian Unlimited - alongside the story of Russia planting its flag below the North Pole on Thursday last week....
11th August 2007  
BBC News (2008) GOVERNMENT TRIED TO BLOCK TITANIC PLAY
Documents from the BBC archive show how shipping firms and the government tried to block a 1947 radio play about the sinking of the Titanic.The liner's builders and shipping line were concerned it would damage the image of the industry as it tried to recover after the Second World War.Recordings of the ship's survivors and other archive material have been made public on the BBC website. ...
15th April 2008  
GlobalAtlanta.com (2008) ATLANTA COMPANY BRINGS TITANIC MYSTIQUE TO GEORGIA AQUARIUM
Atlantans might be familiar with the story of RMS Titanic, the 'unsinkable ship' that met its end on its maiden voyage, but a new exhibit at the Georgia Aquarium is drawing more than 1,000 visitors a day to get a better picture of life on the famous ocean liner.Sites all over the world pay homage to the victims of the Titanic's tragic sinking, but a partnership between two Atlanta entities made the exhibit's worldwide debut at the aquarium possible....
15th September 2008  
  BRIDGE OF LA PROVENCE
The French liner La Provence is the first ship in the world that received Titanic's distress call in the night of April 14-15, 1912...
   
  (1956) QUEEN MARY AT SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS
A panoramic view of Southampton Docks circa 1956, with RMS Queen Mary alongside. The small shunting locomotive visible in the centre of  the picture was a former USA Transportation Corps "switcher", one of several that had been sold...
  1956  
New York Times (1912) MEMORIAL NOTICE
HAYS---At a special meeting of the Board of Directors of the United States Mortgage and Trust Company held April 25, 1912, it was resolved that the following minutes be adopted and transmitted to the family of Mr. Charles M. Hays: CHAR...
28th April 1912  
Canada News Wire (2007) COUNTDOWN IS ON: ONLY 30 DAYS LEFT FOR TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION
Visitors have only thirty days left to experience the internationally acclaimed Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition at the Ontario Science Centre. The exhibition has engaged and intrigued adults and children around the world. The tragic tale of the famous ship Titanic is brought to life through photographs, sounds and stories of the passengers and crew members....
7th December 2007  
New York Times (1913) MORGAN FORTUNE NEAR $100,000,000
Financier Not Possessed of Vast Wealth of Rockefeller or Carnegie --- PUT $60,000,000 IN ART --- Lewis Cass Ledyard, His Counsel, Believed to Have Possession of His Will --- Mr. Morgan, in Wall Street's estimation, wa...
1st April 1913  
Irish Independent (2007) 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  
Daily Mirror (2006) FAULTY RIVETS SANK TITANIC
FAULTY rivets were to blame for the Titanic disaster, a 9/11 scientist says. Metal pins that should have held the hull together snapped after the liner hit an iceberg. They allowed it to open up like a zip when it sank off Newfoundland in 1912, leaving 1,523 dead. US forensic expert Tim Foecke, who probed the World Trade Centre terror attack, said the rivets were made from sub-standard wrought iron which snapped under pressure....
1st November 2006  
Unidentified Newspaper (1974) HULL SURVIVOR OF TITANIC DISASTER DIES
A HULL SURVIVOR of the Titanic disaster has died at the age of 86. He was Irish-born Mr Edmond Ryan, formerly of Welwyn Park-road, Hull, who died in Kingston Old People's Home, Pearson Park. He leaves a daughter and a son. At the time of ...
6th November 1974  
  CAPTAIN SMITH WAS TUSSAUDS EXHIBIT
1919 Madame Tussaud & Sons Catalogue entry 27. Commander Edward J. Smith, R.N.R., born 1853. Commander Smith was Captain of the White Star liner ''Titanic'' which went down in the Atlantic on 14 April, 1912, during her maiden voyage t...
   
New York Times (1935) 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  
Southern Daily Echo (2006) SELLING TITANIC ITEMS IS WRONG SAYS SURVIVOR
Milvina Dean A HAMPSHIRE Titanic survivor has slammed black market dealers who are selling relics from the world-famous shipwreck.Britain's last survivor Milvina Dean, 94, of Woodlands, near Southampton, said the sale of items from the ship which sank killing more than 1,500 people in 1912, was "awfully wrong" and showed the greed of those involved....
30th October 2006  
Southern Daily Echo SELL ART OR NO TITANIC MUSEUM SAYS COUNCIL LEADER
THE leader of Southampton City Council has laid down an ultimatum in the city's art sell-off row "we either flog some paintings or don't get a Titanic museum. Tories are planning to sell paintings worth millions to help pay for a "world class" maritime attraction, dubbed Sea City Museum. ...
   
Portsmouth Herald News (2007) TITANIC SITE SCUBA DIVER VISITS BERWICK ACADEMY
World-renowned diver John Chatterton has been involved in many high-profile shipwrecks, but it was his work diving at the site of the Titanic that brought him to Berwick Academy.On Thursday morning, sixth-graders in Susan Morris' science class could not stop asking questions of Chatterton as he recounted his adventures diving for the famous ship....
11th December 2007  
WebWire (2007) TITANIC TO REMAIN OPEN IN ORLANDO
The Experience owner G. Michael Harris and Unicorp Development owner Chuck Whittall are pleased to announce that after a private morning meeting; an amicable agreement has been reached between the two parties. The world renowned attraction, located on International Drive in Orlando since 1999, is now re-open for business and will remain open through a 'final weekend celebration' ending at close of business on Labor Day - Monday, September 3rd....
27th August 2007  
  (1912) LETTER FROM WILLIAM MELLORS TO DOROTHY OCKENDEN
Richmond County Country Club, N.Y.: ''Dear Dorothy (Ockenden), I was so pleased to receive your letter and to find you had not forgotten me. I had intended writing to you before but I was ashamed of my writing. You see ...
9th May 1912  
Liverpool Daily Post (2008) WORLD SHOULD UNITE TO COMMEMORATE THE TITANIC TRAGEDY
WITH time not dispelling the ever- growing worldwide interest in the sinking of the White Star Line's RMS Titanic, it is reassuring to know that Liverpool is already planning to commemorate the centenary of the tragic loss of this superliner, which was owned and registered in the city.A special lunch, with a menu replicating that served to first-class passengers on Titanic's final, fatal night, has already been hosted by Judith Feather, Liverpool Culture Company's head of events, to bring together the ports associated with the liner....
16th September 2008  
  (1912) LETTER FROM WILLIAM J. MELLORS TO HIS MOTHER - QUEENSTOWN
April 11th, 1912 Dear Mother, ...
11th April 1912  
  MEMORIAL TO DENZIL JOHN JARVIS
"Erected to the Beloved Memory of Denzil J. Jarvis who was lost in the wreck of the Titanic 15th April 1912 aged 47 Also of Margaret Heath the devoted wife of James Wedgwood Heath who fell asleep May 1st 1934 and is interred in this place." ...
   
Villages Daily Sun (2008) FIRST BAPTIST OF OXFORD USING STORY OF THE TITANIC TO ILLUSTRATE BIBLICAL MESSAGE
When the Titanic set sail on April 10, 1912, the ship was deemed the biggest, fastest ship in the world, and most importantly, it was called unsinkable. Tragically, five days later, the ship struck an iceberg and sank, taking with it 1,523 lives out of the 2,228 passengers on board.The story of the Titanic is probably one of the most well-known tragedies in history. In the eyes of the Rev. Don Manley, of First Baptist Church of Oxford, it is also an event that illustrates the uncertainty of life and the need to be spiritually prepared for whatever might come....
15th September 2008  
Leicester Mercury (1982) REMINDER OF A SEA DISASTER
There's a large black stone cross in the churchyard of St. Mary Magdalene, Knighton, that serves as a permanent reminder of a sea tragedy that shook the world 70 years ago. The inscription says: Erected to the beloved memory of Denzil ...
6th April 1982  
Examiner.com (2009) TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION NOW PLAYING IN SIX CITIES FROM LAS VEGAS TO LISBON
After 97 years, the R.M.S. Titanic has finally docked in New York City. On June 24, 2009 Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition opened at the Discovery Times Square Exposition for a limited engagement. Located in the heart of Times Square in the former printing press room of The New York Times, the 12,500 sq. ft. exhibition features the largest collection of Titanic artifacts in the world....
30th June 2009  
BBC News (2006) NOMADIC GOES ON SHOW AT ODYSSEY
A clean-up operation has begun on the SS Nomadic before it is unveiled to the public on Monday. The ship, one of the last remaining links to the Titanic, will dock at the Odyssey in Belfast at about 1830 BST. Nomadic, which arrived in Belfast on Saturday, was used to ferry passengers to the ill-fated Titanic. A reception, including a brass band, has been prepared for the ship which saw action as a troop carrier in both world wars. It arrived in Belfast at the weekend after a four-day trip from the French port of Le Havre. ...
17th July 2006  
Newark Star (1912) JERSEY WOMAN LOST FORTUNE ON TITANIC
--- NEW YORK, April 24---Mrs. Jane Herman, of Bernardsville, N. J., who was saved, with her daughters, when the Titanic foundered, but whose husband, Samuel Herman, was drowned, lost all she had in the world in that disaster. He...
25th April 1912  
Southern Daily Echo DESIGNERS UNVEILED FOR SOUTHAMPTON'S TITANIC MUSEUM
THE team that will design Southampton’s £15m Titanic museum has been appointed. In a major step forward for the world-class tourist attraction, Southampton City Council has appointed award-winning architects Wilkinson Ey...
   
New York Times (1928) STORY OF BOYS’ FALL AS TOLD BY MOTHER
Dr. Norris Makes Public the Official Record of Mrs. Waidman's Examination --- MEMORY IS FRAGMENTARY --- Unable to Recall Where She Sat or Exactly How Sons Plunged to Death From Hotel Roof --- Dr. Charles Norr...
28th October 1928  
  NOW THE DAY IS OVER
The Hymn "Now the Day is Over" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. Sabine Baring-Gould (1825-1878) wrote the lyrics, in 1865, and the tune “Merrial” was composed by Sir Joseph Barnby (1838-1896)...
   
Bridgwater Mercury (1912) T. THRELFALL, LEADING FIREMAN
T. Threlfall, leading fireman, told a stirring tale of how his watch went down to their duty in the stokeholds after the ship had struck, how on an order from the bridge they were sent up on deck at 1.20 am by the engineers, who themselves stayed ...
  April 1912  
  VIOLET JESSOP IN HER VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT UNIFORM
Violet Jessop in her V.A.D. uniform...
   
PR-CANADA.net (2008) IUNIVERSE WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF TITANIC: RELATIVE FATE BY V.C. KING
Nearly one hundred years after the catastrophe, people around the world are still intrigued by the events leading up to the ultimate destruction and sinking of the historic ship, Titanic. Wanting to engage readers in a present-day story fabricated from the legendary ship, author V.C. King put her research skills, interest in the topic and natural story-telling abilities together to create her second published book, Titanic: Relative Fate....
20th May 2008  
New York Times (1911) THE CRINOLINE QUESTION
THE CRINOLINE QUESTION --- Some Modistes Scout Idea of Suggested Revival---Others Like It --- Special Correspondence THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, Sept. 4---The question whether the crinolin...
17th September 1911  
Unidentified Newspaper (1912) BAPTIST MINISTER DROWNED
At the Baptist Church, Pastor Whitter said the disaster had filled two continents with sorrow, and affected in some way or other their fellows all over the world. He specially referred to the loss of a brother minister who had frequently preached in ...
26th April 1912  
ABC News (2006) PLUNDERING THE TITANIC
The last British survivor of the Titanic disaster condemned black-market dealers today, after it emerged that relics from the world-famous shipwreck were up for sale. Millvina Dean, 94, of Hampshire, England, who was just an infant when the ship went down, said the sale of items from the Titanic was "awfully wrong" and showed the greed of those involved. "My father [who died on the ship] is still on there," she said to ABC News. "It's awfully wrong to take things especially from a ship where so many people perished. I don't suppose these people thought of that. ¢€¦ They just thought of the money." ...
31st October 2006  
Belfast Telegraph (2008) NOMADIC JOINS ELITE LIST OF FINE SHIPS
The Titanic's little sister has joined an elite list of the finest historical ships in the UK to have survived to the present day. The SS Nomadic (pictured above) joins the likes of the Cutty Sark, the Mary Rose and the Royal Yacht Britannia on a list of just 61 ships that form the Core Collection of the National Register of Historic Vessels (NRHV). The 96-year-old, Belfast-built ship was tender to many of the great transatlantic liners and also served in two world wars....
5th September 2008  
Orlando Sentinel (2008) TITANIC TO SAIL TO NEW I-DRIVE LOCALE
The Titanic exhibit that sailed into Central Florida almost a decade ago is headed back to International Drive, with plans for a $2 million investment to modernize and expand the attraction.Titanic -- The Experience, which introduces visitors to the world of the ill-fated ocean liner, will end its temporary run in the Orlando Science Center on Oct. 12. It will move to a 20,000-square-foot location at 7324 International Drive, a mile north of the now-demolished Mercado shopping-and-dining complex where the attraction had spent the first eight years of its existence....
11th September 2008  
Belfat Telegraph (2006) TITANIC DECKCHAIR COULD SELL FOR ?57,000
A deckchair removed from the Titanic just moments before it set sail from Cork could fetch up to around ?57,000 when it goes under the hammer, experts predicted last night.Specialists with Bonhams and Butterfields in the US expect the chair, taken from the first-class Promenade deck of the Belfast-built liner, to go for between $$75-100,000 (?43-57,000) when it is auctioned off next month.The original beech framed chair, one of only six left in the world, is to be sold off at the auctioneer's annual Marine Paintings, Ship Models, Scrimshaw and Ocean Liner Memorabilia Sale at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 7....
12th April 2006  
Canada.com (2006) LILLIAN GERTRUD ASPLUND, LAST U.S. SURVIVOR OF TITANIC SINKING, DEAD AT 99
Lillian Gertrud Asplund, the last American survivor of the sinking of the Titanic, has died, family and friends said Sunday. She was 99.Asplund, who was five years old that night in 1912, lost her father and three brothers - including a fraternal twin - when the "practically unsinkable" ship went down in the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg. "She even said she saw the ship slip into the water," said Philip Maloof, her lawyer and close friend. "She was the last one (left) in the world to actually see the disaster." ...
8th May 2006  
Belfast Telegraph (2006) NOMADIC TO RETURN TO BELFAST ON A BARGE
SS Nomadic will return to Belfast on a barge brought from the other side of the world specially for the task.It will take five days to ferry the former Titanic tender from the French port of Le Havre to Belfast, where she was built 95 years ago.The Department of Social Development (DSD) has confirmed that the final remaining White Star Line vessel will return in July this year.She was saved from the scrapyard when she was bought at auction in Paris by DSD for the reserve price of €250,000.The Belfast Telegraph has spearheaded the media campaign to rescue Nomadic. ...
16th May 2006  
New York Times (1924) 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  
  THE STRANGE MYSTERIES OF MOVIE MAKER WILLIAM HARBECK
William Harbeck was one of the very first moving picture film makers. In 1911 his film of southern Alaska became the center of a major story. American railroad tycoon J P Morgan and Meyer Guggenheim bought up claims for large tracts of land in Alaska...
   
New York Times (1939) CAPT. JOHN W. BINKS OF WHITE STAR DIES
Retired Skipper of Olympic Served in the British Navy During the World War --- SPENT 45 YEARS AT SEA --- Commander of Leviathan and Majestic on Last Voyages They Ever Made --- News was received yesterd...
6th February 1939  
La Voix du Nord (1965) SHE NEARLY DROWNED IN THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC...
...and almost was burned to death in a Florida hotel Mme Bourlard, 80, now lives peaceful days in Béthune Sunday May 9th and Monday May 10th, 1965 Mme Bourlard, who was born in Hersin-Coupigny, near Béthune, 80 ...
9th May 1965  
Evening Echo (1978) GUS COHEN
Evening Echo carried the obituary abourt Gus Cohen. According to this he was accident prone throughout his life. Friends called  him the Cat,  because they said, he had used up most of his nine lives. His first brush with death was on the Titanic. Af...
7th August 1978  
New York Times (1912) SEALBY DEFENDS ISMAY
Tribute from Republic’s Captain, Who Served Father and Son 25 Years --- Special to The New York Times ...
22nd April 1912  
New York Times (1986) JOHN RYERSON
John Ryerson, an amateur golfer and one of last survivors of the sinking of the Titanic, died Tuesday at a nursing home in West Palm Beach, Fla. He was 87 years old. Mr. Ryerson was born in Chicago, a scion of the Ryerson steel fortune...
24th January 1986  
New York Times (1912) MARCONI MAN HAD RECORD
Wireless operator on Titanic Young, but a Veteran in Service --- The man who sent out the wireless call for help from the damaged Titanic was J. G. Phillips, an Englishman, 24 years old, who had been in the employ of the Marconi Compan...
16th April 1912  
New York Times (1937) J. BRUCE ISMAY, 74, TITANIC SURVIVOR
Ex-Head of White Star Line Who Retired After Sea Tragedy Dies in London --- LONDON, Oct. 18 (AP)---Joseph Bruce Ismay, former chairman of the White Star Line and a survivor of the Titanic disaster in 1912, died here last night. He was 7...
19th October 1937  
  HUSBAND OF HELEN ALICE WILSON
  Axel Johannas Rosenquist was the husband of Helen Alice Wilson who survived the sinking of the Titanic, the following information gives brief details of how their lives continued after the disaste...
   
eHam.net (2007) 'W0S' TITANIC SPECIAL EVENT STATION
This event will take place on Saturday, April 14th starting at 1300Z to Sunday, April 15th ending at 0000Z. The Special Event Station will be located at the World's Largest Titanic Museum Attraction on Highway 76 in Branson, MO. April 14, 1912 was the night the Titanic met her demise with a huge iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southhampton, English. Radio operators played a large part during this disaster. It was one of the first times the new international distress call 'SOS' gained popularity by radio operators around the world....
21st March 2007  
New York Times (1907) MORGAN'S WILD AUTO DASH
The Financier Catches an Express Train in the Berkshires --- Special to The New York Times --- PITTSFIELD, Mass., Sept. 8---J. Pierpont Morgan to-day pursued an express train in an automobile and caught it....
9th September 1907  
New York Times (1927) TITANIC WIDOW TO WED
Mrs. Ryerson of Chicago Will Marry Forsythe Sherfesse, Financier --- CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (AP)---Mrs. Emily Borie Ryerson, whose husband, Albert [sic] Ryerson, lost his life when the Titanic sank, will be married next week, it is announced, ...
2nd December 1927  
Toronto Daily Star (1961) MRS. E.F. GORDON
Page 36, Column 2 Private funeral services were held for Mrs. Ethel Flora Fortune Gordon, wife of the late Crawford Gordon, a former manager of a Toronto branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. Mrs. Gordon died yes...
22nd March 1961  
New York Times (1912) TO DEDICATE NEW CAMPANILE
Italy's Invitation Includes Engraving by American Artist --- VENICE, March 27---J. Pierpont Morgan has written a cordial letter to the committee, announcing that he will be in Venice on April 23 for the inauguration of t...
28th March 1912  
Cleveland Plain Dealer (1912) LOSES ALL HIS MONEY
NEW YORK, April 19 – Charles Dahl, an Australian, who took the Titanic from Southampton en rout to his mother’s home in North Dakota, lost in the sinking ship a wallet which contained all the money he had in the w...
20th April 1912  
New York Times (1913) MISS MARGARET HAYS WEDS
One of the Survivors of the Titanic Disaster Marries at St. Thomas's --- St. Thomas's Church at Fifty-third Street and Fifth Avenue was filled to the doors yesterday with guests for the wedding of Dr. Charles D. Easton of Newport, R. I....
24th April 1913  
  BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
He was saved in Lifeboat Englehardt C. His home address was Fanners Lane, Lymington, Hants. His official occupation was - Fireman's Messman and he was 39 years old . (He was originally born in Hampshire). Last ship before the Titanic was the RMS ...
   
The Times (1899) DEATH OF MR. T. H. ISMAY
We regret to announce that Mr. Ismay died at his residence, Dawpool, near Birkenhead, about 6 o'clock last night, after a long illness. The immediate cause of death was collapse of the heart, following on operations performed for an internal trouble....
24th November 1899  
  LOLA STERN : WILLIAM GREENFIELDS MOTHER IN LAW
Lola Stern was born in Belgium c. 1878 to the largest diamond distributors in the world at the time. She married William Greenfields father-inlaw after his wife died - shortly after the ...
   
Dowagiac Daily News (1912) CARPATHIA LANDS IN NEW YORK CITY AND THE BISHOPS WIRE THEY’RE SAFE
Mrs. Bishop Is First Lady to Leave the Wrecked Ocean Liner SEND A WIRELESS First Direct Tidings Came Last Night, and Again This Morning They Send a Message Home --------------- Mr. and Mr...
19th April 1912  
Buda Plain Dealer (1912) 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  
The Times (1914) A VICTIM OF THE TITANIC.
MEMORIALS OF HENRY FORBES JULIAN. By HESTER JULIAN (Griffin & Co. 6s. net.) There is no way of summing up the total loss to the nation and to the world of such a disaster as the wreck of the Titanic. The mere tale of the number...
19th June 1914  
  (1912) CAPTAIN ROSTRON'S HANDWRITTEN ACCOUNT OF THE DISASTER.
RMS Carpathia Cunard SS Co. Ltd., At Sea April 27th, 1912 At 12.35 am (ship's time) April 15th (Monday), 1912, I was called by the 1st Officer in company with Marconi operator and informed that the White St...
27th April 1912  
The Evening Telegram (1912) WON'T AFFECT STOCK MARKET
Even J. J. Astor is Not a Power in Financial World From Our Own Correspondent. New York, April 16.---The stock exchange is not at al...
16th April 1912  
Southern Evening Echo (1964) KEEPING IN TOUCH
FIFTY-TWO years ago, Titanic survivor Mr Ernest Allen, of 40 Salisbury Road, Highfield, Southampton was a stoker in the ill-fated Titanic. Today at 72 years of age, he is still stoking and at the Ordnance Survey Office, London Road, Southampton, cont...
4th September 1964  
  JOHN QUINN: A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
John Quinn was born in Belfast on 3rd March 1876 the son of a shoemaker, he was one of ...
   
ET Research (2000) A TRAGIC FRIENDSHIP
Recovered artifacts tell of a round-the-world journey of two young men. ...
15th January 2000  
Atlantic Daily Bulletin (2002) RECOLLECTIONS OF TITANIC SURVIVOR EDMOND RYAN
I JOINED the ship at Queenstown, County Cork and had to go out in a tender, about three miles I think, to get on board the ship. The tender looked like a match stick alongside the great liner. A big door opened in her side, and a ...
9th July 2002  
Worcester Evening Gazette (1912) BRAVE MUSICIANS OF SHIP MEET FATE TRYING TO DROWN CRIES OF THE PERISHING PASSENGERS
New York, April 19.-Of all the heroes who went to their death when the Titanic dived to its ocean grave, none, in the opinion of Miss. Hilda Slater, a passenger in the last boat to pull off, deserved greater credit than the members of the vessel's or...
20th April 1912  
New York Times (1930) SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON TO RETIRE FROM SEA
Commodore of Cunard Fleet and Captain of Berengaria 35 Years in Line's Service --- SAVED 706 FROM TITANIC --- Rescue by Carpathia Won for Him American Decoration and Plaudits of World --- Wireless to THE NEW ...
1st November 1930  
Hull Times (1945) DEATH OF MR. ALGERNON BARKWORTH
Mr. Algernon H. Barkworth a well- known figure in Hull and east Riding public life, died on Sunday at his home at Tranby House, Hessle, at the age of 80. For 35 years a member of the east Riding bench, Mr. Barkworth retired from the po...
7th January 1945  
New York Times (1929) MISS EVELYN BAYNE TO WED H. M. BLANK
Junior League Girl's Betrothal Announced by Grandmother, Mrs. Lockwood --- Mrs. Williston D. Lockwood of 40 East Sixty-second Street has announced the engagement of her granddaughter, Miss Evelyn Bayne, to Henry M. Blank, son of Mr. and...
16th March 1929  
New York Times (1946) COL. WILSON POTTER
Big-Game Hunter Obtained Heads for Smithsonian Institution --- PHILADELPHIA, June 12 (AP)---Col. Wilson Potter, big-game hunter and University of Pennsylvania football star in 1906 and 1907, died last night at his home here after a long...
13th June 1946  
  (1897) LETTER WRITTEN BY FR. BYLES TO HIS BROTHER WINTER
My Dear Winter: I am staying on in Germany after taking departure of the others in the hopes of getting a tutorship here for a few months. I thnk it is w. doubtful if I shall succeed; if not I shall go home probably in a week or two. I have b...
14th September 1897  
New York Times (1932) MARION SCRANTON MARRIED
Wedded at Scranton, Pa., to Edward Mayer of This City --- Special to The New York Times --- SCRANTON, Pa., Jan. 16---Miss Marion Margery Scranton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Worthington Scranton, the latter a member of the R...
17th January 1932  
New York Times (1897) FORCED MR. ASTOR TO DISMOUNT
Cyclists Will Be Shut Out from Ferncliff as a Result --- POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., May 1---The fine roads of Ferncliff, the home of the Astors, at Rhinebeck, are closed to cyclers because of an unpleasant incident a few days ago, which resul...
2nd May 1897  
  (1911) ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND
This 1911 record made by the Victor Military Band is very well recorded and gives an idea of the fast pace the song used to be played at. This is one song that many survivors recall being played on the night of the sinking. In fact it is not r...
  1911  
  (1948) THE TITANIC
Blues singer/songwriter Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Leadbelly, was born in Mooringsport, Louisiana in 1885. Leadbelly remarked in th...
15th October 1948  
  ANNIE MCGOWAN'S AGE
The purpose of this note is to clarify Annie McGowan's age in the absence of a birth certificate. It was put together after reading several pieces of information on this site and other sources that can easily be construed from the t...
   
Unidentified Newspaper (1982) FRANK GOLDSMITH, TITANIC SURVIVOR
A former Detroit resident who survived the sinking of the liner Titanic in 1912 is dead at 79. Frank John William Goldsmith died Wednesday in Orlando, Fla., where he had lived since 1979 after retiring from business. The funeral will ...
  1982  
New York Times (1912) VETERANS HONOR THE DEAD
Seventh Regiment Men Attend Memorial Services --- Memorial services were held yesterday afternoon by the veterans of the Seventh Regiment, N. G. N. Y., in St. Thomas's Church. The Rev. Claudius M. Roome preached the memorial sermon. Mr....
29th April 1912  
Western People (1912) THE TITANIC DISASTER
The lamentation, mourning, and woe for the ill-fated Titanic shall rise in hundreds of sorrow-stricken hearts for at least half a century. In a little while and its unparalleled awfulness shall be well nigh forgotten by the world at large --shall be ...
11th May 1912  
Jerseyman (1921) MRS. PATTERSON IS CALLED BY DEATH
(Morristown, New Jersey) Page 1 Wife of Editor of Jerseyman Dies in Memorial Hospital Mrs. Susan Ryerson Patterson, daughter of Mrs. Arthur Ryerson of Chicago, and wife of George W. Patterson, Jr., editor of THE J...
14th January 1921  
New York Times (1912) AMERICANS IN ROME
Mr. And Mrs. Millet at Villa Aurelia, Which is Being Modernized --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- ROME, April 6---[Three paragraphs which are irrelevant for present purposes have bee...
7th April 1912  
"The Independent" newspaper of London, UK (2006) ROBERT FISK: IN THE TITANIC CEMETERY, A DAY TO REMEMBER
Saturday, 24 June 2006I look at their graves again: what was their world like, when my Dad was 13 years old?It comes as a shock to walk through the Titanic cemetery. Of course, we all knew that a Canadian cable ship brought ba...
25th June 2006  
The Nation (1912) STEAD AND FUTRELLE
Among those who perished in the wreck of the Titanic was William Thomas Stead, who is, perhaps, best known as the editor of the "Review of Reviews," and as the founder of an American journal of that name. He was born in 1849 and received ...
25th April 1912  
New York Times (1915) MRS. WIDENER NOT TO WED
Denies Her Reported Engagement to Dr. Hamilton Rice, the Explorer --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, Aug. 19---Mrs. George D. Widener made an emphatic denial today of her reported engagement to Dr. Hamilton Ric...
15th August 1915  
Transactions of the Devonshire Association (1912) HENRY FORBES JULIAN
'Mr Julian, one of the noble band of heroes who sacrificed their lives in the Titanic disaster on 14 April 1912, so that the women and children might be saved, was the son of Mr Henry Julian, of Cork and Bolton, and belonged to a mixed...
  1912  
The Times (1912) OTHER STATEMENTS BY SURVIVORS
NEW YORK APRIL 19 The following further statements have been made by survivors:- Mr A.H.Barkworth, of Tranby House, East Yorkshire, sai...
20th April 1912  
Evening Bulletin (1912) HAD PREMONITION OF HARM
Annie Ward, Cardeza Maid, Saved from Titanic, Didn't Want to Go Aboard --- Miss Annie Ward, maid to Mrs. J. W. M. Cardeza, of Germantown, who was saved from the wreck of the Titanic, had a premonition that something was going to happen ...
16th April 1912  
  WILLIAM MCMASTER MURDOCH
William McMaster Murdoch was born 28th February 1873 in Dalbeattie, Scotland. He was the fourth of seven children of Captain Samuel Murdoch and his wife Jeanie. The Murdochs had been a se...
   
New York Times (1934) DR. CHARLES D. EASTON DIES AFTER OPERATION
Physician Here and in Newport, of Distinguished Ancestry, Had Served in the War Dr. Charles D. Easton of 510 Park Avenue, who had practiced medicine in Newport, R.I., for many years and in this city since the Armistice, died yesterday ...
5th October 1934  
New York Times (1943) MRS. THOMAS CARDEZA
Page 21, column 1 Wife of Philadelphia Explorer, Kin of Racine, Red Cross Aide PHILADELPHIA, Nov 11 Mrs. Mary Racine Cardeza, wife of Thomas Drake Martinez Cardeza, Philadelphia sportsman and explorer, ...
12th November 1943  
Washington Times (1912) FRANCIS D. MILLET, SOLDIER, PAINTER, AND CONNOISSEUR
Francis D. Millet, while comparatively unknown even to Washingtonians, despite the fact that he has made this city his home for years, and has given the best of his artistic life toward the beautification of Washington, was one of the city’s most pic...
16th March 1912  
  DR ALFRED PAIN - IN MEMORIAM
IN AFFECTION AND REMEMBRANCE OF A KIND AND A DUTIFUL SON AND NOBLE YOUNG MAN AND IN APPRECIATIVE RECOGNITION OF THE SYMPATHY OF MANY TRUE FRIENDS, THIS LITTLE BOOK IS LOVELY DEDICATED. Alfred Pain was born at Ham...
   
New York Times (1900) YACHT ELEANOR'S LONG CRUISE
Mrs. James W. Martinez-Cardeza's steam yacht Eleanor has been prepared at Tebo's basin, South Brooklyn, for another of the many long voyages she has made during the six years of her existence, and will probably sail within a wek [sic] or ten days for...
16th June 1900  
New York Times (1907) LADY DUFF GORDON SEES CHNIATOWN
Ciceroned by Chuck Conners, "an Admirable Character in His Place" --- COMPLIMENTS BY BOTH --- Mr. Conners Says He Always Did Like Socialist Hair and Mrs. Glyn Reminded Him of "Her Nobs" --- Lady Duff Gordon of Londo...
23rd December 1907  
The Evening Post (1912) HOLDING BACK FACTS OF DISASTER STIRS CRITICISM
Charges ranging from indifference to deliberate suppression of news are being made against the White Star officials on both sides of the Atlantic . As ground for these charges one needs to go back only to the rapid sequ...
18th April 1912  
Concord Enterprise (1912) ALGERNON H. BARKWORTH
Algernon H. Barkworth of York, England, was a guest at the home of Mrs. Richard F. Wood, Main st., Friday. Mr. Barkworth is one of the survivors of the Titanic disaster. Although Mr. Barkworth has traveled extensively in various parts of the w...
1st May 1912  
Chicago Daily News (1912) CHICAGOAN’S KIN TITANIC STEWARD
A brother of William J. Stroud, 217 East 31st street, was a steward on the ill fated Titanic. Today Mrs. Stroud, sobbing tearfully, begged for news of her brother-in-law, Harry Stroud, of Southampton, England. “If Harry is dead,...
18th April 1912  
New York Times (1949) ELMER ZELBY [SIC] TAYLOR
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- EAST ORANGE, N. J., May 22---Elmer Zelby [sic; should be "Zebley"] Taylor, a pioneer in the paper container industry and a consulting engineer for the Continental Can Company, Inc., of New York, died he...
23rd May 1949  
St. Ives Times & Express (1988) UNKNOWN TITLE
Died January 9th 1988. RICHARDS, William (Willie) Rowe Richards of Carbis Bay whose death at the age of 78 is reported on page 7 was one of the few survivors remaining of the Titanic disaster in which in April 1912 claimed 1,500 lives....
22nd January 1988  
Toronto Daily Star (1939) RESCUED BY THE SAME LIFEBOAT TITANIC SURVIVORS UNITED AGAIN
"A tragedy so great that it forever gives its survivors a common bond was the sinking of the Titanic. Sgt. John Collins was so impressed by his experiences of that famous occasion that he is trying to form a Titanic Association. He found three other ...
16th April 1939  
Jersey Journal (1912) JERSEY CITY MAN AND BROTHER PERISH
John Kieran, who boarded with James Tierney at Grove and Second streets perished, along with his brother Phillip, in the wreck of the Titanic. John was 23 years old and was employed as a bartender at 268 Varick Street. He was a citizen of the United ...
19th April 1912  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Sofia was a maid. She was born in the village of Riistavesi, near Kuopio, in 1874. She moved to Helsinki in 1905, where she worked at the School For The Blind for three years. After this job she worked for some time at the Missionary House, and then ...
   
New York Times (1893) NOW ABRAHAM & STRAUS
BIG CHANGE IN A BIG STORE WHICH ALL BROOKLYN KNOWS --- One of the most interesting business changes of the year went into effect yesterday, when the retail dry goods firm of Wechsler & Abraham became the firm of Abraham & Straus, the ne...
2nd April 1893  
New York Times (1924) LADY PIRRIE MAY HEAD HARLAND & WOLFF, THE GREAT BRITISH SHIPBUILDING FIRM
Copyright, 1924, by The New York Times Company --- By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, July 16---It is the general belief in shipping circles that Lady Pirrie will assume the post of President of the great shipbu...
17th July 1924  
New York Times (1987) 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  
New York Times (1946) CAPT. HADDOCK DEAD, OLYMPIC EX-MASTER
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Oct. 5 (AP)---Capt. Herbert James Haddock, a former commodore of the old White Star Line, died today. His age was 85. During the first World War he commanded a dummy fleet of wooden dreadnoughts and battle cruise...
6th October 1946  
Belfast Telegraph TITANIC'S SISTER SHIP NOMADIC 'LEFT TO ROT'
The Titanic’s little sister has been left to all but rot away for three years as she awaits decisions on how she will be restored, it has been claimed. Rupert Keyzar has spent almost three years caring for SS Nomadic, the tender that carried fi...
   
New York Times (1923) WEIRD MISFORTUNES BLAMED ON MUMMY
Beautiful but Malignant Priestess Is Said to Resent Touching Her Coffin Lid --- IT IS IN BRITISH MUSEUM --- Officials Call Stories Myths, but Superstitious Even Blame Her for Sinking of Titanic --- Copyright,...
7th April 1923  
Chicago Daily Journal (1912) THE HERO’S CHOICE—THE PLUNGE OF THE TITANIC WITH THOSE WHO STAYED BEHIND
The Hero’s Choice—The Plunge of the Titanic with Those Who Stayed Behind   From a Description of the Final Scene in World’s Greatest Sea Disaster by One of ...
19th April 1912  
  MEMORIAL PLAQUE FOR C. H. LIGHTOLLER, TWICKENHAM
Commander Charles Herbert Lightoller RNR, DSC* 1874-1952 RICHMOND SLIPWAYS, 1 DUCK'S WALK Commander Lightol...
   
  MEMORIALS TO CAPTAIN SMITH
At Beacon Park, Lichfield, Staffordshire there is a fine statue to Captain Smith. The statue was sculptured by Kathleen, Lady Scott, C.V.O and unveiled by the Captain's daughter Helen on 29th July 1914.There is a stained glass window to ...
   
Denver Post (1912) ARCHIBALD C. BUTT WAS TO HAVE BEEN MARRIED THIS FALL
Was Engaged to Youngest Daughter of Col. John R. Williams San Antonio, Tex., April 18:- Major Archibald C. Butt, military aide to President Taft, soon was to wed Miss Williams of Washington, sister-in-law of Joseph Leiter of Chicag...
18th April 1912  
Lowell Sun (1912) THOMAS WHITELEY : APPEARING AT THE MERRIMACK SQUARE THEATRE
The attendance at both perfomances at the Merrimack Square theatre yesterday was extraordinarily large, and the many patrons seemed well satisfied with the bill as presented, for practically each number was received with loud applause.  ...
28th May 1912  
  CAPT. WILLIAM CREESE
Henry Creese's eldest brother, William Creese, was born in 1857 and was a mariner by occupation. He had married in about 1889 to Alice (formerly Smith) whom he had met whilst based in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. Their first 2 children, Hen...
   
PRNewswire (2009) SAVE THE TITANIC FOUNDATION ASSEMBLES 100TH YEAR TITANIC ANNIVERSARY GALA AND CONCERT
The Save the Titanic Foundation (http://www.savethetitanic.org) today announced details of the 2012 Global telecast concert event celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Titanic. The 100th anniversary event will be staged simultaneously at Madiso...
10th September 2009  
The Toronto World (1912) WIRELESS WORK ON A YACHT NOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME
--------------------- J. G. Phillips, Who Flashed the Signals of Distress From the Titanic, Talked Several Times to Two Local Wireless Operators While Working on the Great Lakes Boat and Told of His Am...
17th April 1912  
Atlantic City Daily Press (1912) 2 SURVIVORS OF TITANIC ARRIVE
Major Hayes Entertains Mr. and Mrs. E. Z. Taylor at Apollo Theatre. ---------- ‘NAUGHTY MARIETTA’ HELPS THEM FORGET ---------- Mr. and Mrs. E. Z. Taylor, of London, two of the survivors of the Ti...
3rd May 1912  
  (1962) JOSEPH GROVES BOXHALL - RADIO INTERVIEW
Joseph Boxhall  Radio Interview, October 1962 Transcribed by Capt. Charles B. Weeks and Cathy Akers-Jordan On that Sunday night the, 14th, of April, along with Moody who was the Si...
  October 1962  
 

 
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