Shot Himself

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Daily Sketch MAN WHO WAS PULLED BACK
Says Officer Shot Two Men Who tried to Enter Boat A graphic description of the scene on the Titanic after the boats had gone is given by an Athlone survivor, Mr ...
4th May 1912
New York World LOOKOUT CLAIMS MURDOCH SHOT HIMSELF
"As we stood there on Collapsible B, each man holding on to his neighbours shoulder fearful every moment that some lurch would send us off again into that icy water, two of the men I knew had been on watch in the crow's nest...
21st April 1912
HENRY SONNEBORN   HENRY SONNEBORN
This photo, and the group shot showing Mr. Sonneborn, Mr. Praetorius and Mrs. Francke may be the final photographs of Henry Sonneborn. This shot is dated 1915 on its reverse side and the absense of snow, and the clothing worn by Mr. Sonneborn, suggest that it was taken close to his departure for New York, in mid-April, three weeks before his death. ...
Gare Maritime
San Francisco Call & Post DR. DODGE SHOOTS SELF; MAY DIE
Page 2, column 8 Dr. Washington Dodge's condition was declared today to be still serious as a result of his attempt to end his life Saturday night when he shot himself through the head. While the bullet wound was comparatively insigni...
23rd June 1919
ARRIVAL SHOT   ARRIVAL SHOT
Gare Maritime
ARRIVAL SHOT   ARRIVAL SHOT
Gare Maritime
San Francisco Chronicle DR. DODGE MAY RECOVER: HAD BEEN GUARDED
Page 3, column 4 Attending Physician Says Financier Who Shot Self Might Live Dr. Washington Dodge, who shot himself Saturday afternoon, is still in a critical condition at St. Francis Hospital, but now has a small chan...
24th June 1919
Chicago Examiner TITANIC WIDOW KILLED BY A FORMER SUITOR
San Francisco, Feb. 24---Mrs. S. L. Johnson of Tacoma, Wash., a Titanic widow and a bride of two weeks, was shot and instantly killed at the Sutter Hotel to-day by Abraham Pepper, a former suitor.  Mrs. Johnson formerly was Mrs. Herman Kla...
25th February 1914
Newark Star SIX BULLET HOLES TITANIC MEMENTOES
Survivor Tells of Being Shot at by Officers While Entering Lifeboat --- WILKES BARRE, [sic] Pa., April 22---The story of having been shot at by officers on the Titanic when he sought to enter a lifeboat when the great liner was going...
23rd April 1912
FUNNEL SHOT   FUNNEL SHOT
May 1935 Gare Maritime
SPORTS DECK FUNNEL SHOT   SPORTS DECK FUNNEL SHOT
May 1935 Gare Maritime
NORMANDIE 1935 BOW SHOT   NORMANDIE 1935 BOW SHOT
1935 Gare Maritime
Chicago Tribune THIRD SUICIDE IN FAMILY MYSTERY
Northwestern ‘U’ Student Kills Himself Two years ago Dr. John R. Minahan, wealthy and prominent surgeon of Green Bay, Wis., was summoned to Chicago. His oldest son, John Jr., had ended his life in a frat...
20th February 1925
New York Herald WOMAN SURVIVOR HEARD SHOOTING
Page 4. Mrs. A. A. Dick Says She Could See Men Leaping from Ship That Was Sinking. One of the most comprehensive and connected stories of the disaster was that recounted by Mrs. A. A. Dick, wife of a merchant in Calgary...
19th April 1912
The Witney Gazette CAPTAIN'S SUICIDE ON THE BRIDGE
The latest news of the terrible disaster is published this (Friday) morning by The Daily Telegraph who, at 4.00 am, received the following telegram, containing a statement issued by a Committee of the Survivors:- We, the...
20th April 1912
INSPECTION TOUR: GROUP SHOT   INSPECTION TOUR: GROUP SHOT
May 1935 Gare Maritime
GROUP SHOT   GROUP SHOT
A groupf unidentified first class passengers poses before the superstructure on the maiden crossing....
May 1935 Gare Maritime
Torquay Times UNTITLED
Henley opened the door and came outside. Hichens was standing with both hands in his pockets, and in his right hand pocket was the revolver. He asked Henley for money, saying 'I am on the ground I want you to pick me up.' Henley naturally said 'Why d...
1st December 1933
  TITANIC WRECK FOOTAGE
This footage was shot in 2005 by myself, Rob Goldsmith, for the UK History Channel's documentary "Titanic - A Tale of Two Journeys". I was lucky enough to win this trip through a competition. ...
Newark Evening News TELLS OF SEEING MEN SHOT DOWN ON TITANIC
Special Service of the NEWS ELIZABETH, April 19---Almost prostrated by the terrible experiences which she had undergone since the Titanic went down, Mrs. Peter Renouf, of 21b Florida street, returned to her home here today. She told o...
19th April 1912
NORMANDIE SOUTHAMPTON 1936. SHOWING HER FAMOUS ROLL.   NORMANDIE SOUTHAMPTON 1936. SHOWING HER FAMOUS ROLL.
Ralph Klein captured the Normandie's famous roll in this shot. Note that the ocean does not seem particularly rough....
1936 Gare Maritime
COLETTE ABOARD THE NORMANDIE   COLETTE ABOARD THE NORMANDIE
Novelist Colette, perhaps the most illustrious passenger aboard after Mme leBrun, in a candid shot....
May 1935 Gare Maritime
Los Angeles Times TRAGEDY REPEATS IN DUAL SUICIDE
In the same dwelling in which his wife-sorrowing over the death of their son following a tonsilectomy-had shot herself to death. George A. Brereton, 67, yesterday put a bullet through his head. The second tragedy-20 years after the f...
17th July 1942
San Francisco Bulletin WASHINGTON DODGE MAY RECOVER, HIS PHYSICIAN THINKS
Page 10, column 3 Dr. Washington Dodge may have a chance for recovery because of the fight he is making at the St. Francis Hospital. Daily Dr. Dodge's condition is reported as "just the same, no change whatever," and the fact that the...
27th June 1919
Western Daily Mercury ARTICLE
Frederick Harris, 57, Melville-Road, Mill-lane, Gosport, had also a graphic story to tell. When the last moment came, and it was found that all the boat[sic] were gone and the vessel was going to sink, there was wild confusion. Deck chairs, and anyth...
29th April 1912
Washington Post TITANIC'S WIRELESS CHIEF DIED ON A LIFERAFT
New York. April 19.—Philips [sic], the first Marconi operator aboard the Titanic, stuck to his post till the last, jumped from the sinking ship, was taken aboard the life raft, and died before rescuers reached him, according to th...
20th April 1912
San Francisco Bulletin SUICIDAL BULLET IS FATAL TO DR. DODGE
Page 1, Column 4 PHYSICIAN EXPIRES FROM SHOT Dr. Washington Dodge died early today in St. Francis Hospital as the result of a bullet wound which he inflicted June 21 while in a fit of despondency brought on by illness....
30th June 1919
PHILIPP PRAETORIUS, LINDA FRANCKE AND HENRY SONNEBORN   PHILIPP PRAETORIUS, LINDA FRANCKE AND HENRY SONNEBORN
Henry Sonneborn (r) photographed in 1915 on his last visit home. This shot of him, with his brother-in-law Philipp Praetorius, and Philipp's cousin Linda Francke, was taken in Druid Hill Park, near the Sonneborn's Brookfield Avenue home....
Gare Maritime
THE PRINCESS SOPHIA STRANDED ON VANDERBILT REEF   THE PRINCESS SOPHIA STRANDED ON VANDERBILT REEF
A postcard view, by Winter Pond Studio, showing the Princess Sophia stranded on Vanderbilt Reef, on her final morning. Travelling at full speed, she struck the reef with enough force to ground he...
Gare Maritime
San Francisco Bulletin SAN FRANCISCO'S ASSESSOR TELLS STORY OF THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC
From Which He Escapes After Thrilling Experience NEW YORK, April 19.-Dr. Washington Dodge of San Francisco, at the Hotel Wolcott here, gave the following account of the wreck: "We had retired to our stateroom, and the ...
19th April 1912
Daily Sketch 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
  HELEN MELVILLE SMITH
The daughter of master mariner Edward John Smith and Sarah Eleanor Pennington, was born on Saturday 2nd April 1898 at 20 Alexandra Road, Waterloo, Litherland, near Liverpool. The birth was registered by Edward John Smith on 3rd May 1898. Helen Melvi...
San Francisco Examiner DEATH HOVERING OVER DR. DODGE; END IS EXPECTED
Page5, column 2 Former City Assessor Rapidly Sinking After Week's Fight for Life. Dr. Washington Dodge, banker and former Assessor of San Francisco, is dying in St. Francis Hospital, and cannot possibly live more than ...
29th June 1919
New York Times JAMES CLINCH SMITH
Brother-in-Law of Stanford White---Well-Known Sportsman --- James Clinch Smith, a brother-in-law of the late Stanford White, is well known as a sportsman and in society circles both in this city and in Paris. Until May, 1911, when he r...
16th 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
San Francisco Bulletin DR. DODGE DYING, IS REPORT
Page 1, column 4 Dr. Washington Dodge, banker, former county Assessor and former Supervisor, who shot himself in the head Saturday night, is dying at the St. Francis Hospital, according to reports from his bedside today. Si...
28th June 1919
QUEEN MARY SEA TRIALS Gare Maritime QUEEN MARY SEA TRIALS
The Cunard Liner RMS Queen Mary is shown standing off Gourock, Scotland on the Clyde for anchor trials, adjustment of the magnetic compasses and fitment of her lifeboats....
6th December 2006 Gare Maritime
Washington Times DUE TO CARELESSNESS, SURVIVOR DECLARES
NEW YORK, April 19---C. H. Stengle, one of the first passengers off the vessel, said that the collision of the Titanic with the iceberg was the result of "criminal carelessness." "The ship was going 22 knots an hour when she struck," h...
19th April 1912
New York Times TWO MEN HURT ON OLYMPIC
President Ismay Sails on Her to Return on New Titanic...
25th January 1912
New York Herald THOMAS WHITELEY : THREE WARNINGS WERE GIVEN TO THE OFFICER ON THE BRIDGE
Thomas Whiteley, Tells of Hearing Men Who Were in Crows Nest Express Indignation Because Mr. Murdock, the First Officer, Repeatedly Refused to Act on Their Report of Danger. ...
21st April 1912
The Times 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
THE DREAM AND THEN THE NIGHTMARE Titanic Review THE DREAM AND THEN THE NIGHTMARE
George Jacub
Syrians on the Titanic...
1st July 2011
The Times 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
San Francisco Chronicle DR. DODGE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Page 1, column 3, continued page 2, column 2 EX-ASSESSOR FIRES BULLET THROUGH HEAD Little Hope for His Recovery From Wound Inflicted in Garage Basement ILLNESS BELIEVED CAUSE Long Promine...
22nd June 1919
New York Times FIND HEADQUARTERS OF CHICAGO GUNMEN
Police Locate Saloon Where They Got Arms and Waited, It is Said, for Murphy's Orders --- RAID JOHN MILLER'S HOME --- Seize Quantity of Dynamite There---Paper Giving List Used Last Tuesday Is Found --- Special...
16th May 1922
  SISTER OF PLAINFIELD MAN SAVED LITTLE BOY
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wilson of Chestnut St. are home from New York where they had a meeting with Mr. Wilson's sister, Miss Helen Wilson, one of the survivors of the Titanic, who came in on the Carpathia. Miss Wilson is at the Hotel Seville, with Mr....
22nd April 1912
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle TITANIC SURVIVOR ETHEL BEANE DIED IN NURSING HOME
Page 1A-3A She, husband honeymooned aboard the ill-fated ship Ethel Bean, one of the remaining survivors of the sinking of the S.S. Titanic on April 15, 1912, died Saturday in Rochester. She had been living at a Roches...
17th September 1983
The Witney Gazette TITANIC SURVIVORS' STORIES ON ARRIVAL AT PLYMOUTH
One hundred and sixty-seven survivors of the crew of the Titanic landed at Plymouth on Sunday from the Red Star liner Lapland. They told a large number of full and graphic stories of the disaster. One of the chief facts brought to light i...
4th May 1912
New York Times PASSENGERS FROM EUROPE GRIEVED
[Note: U.S. President William McKinley was shot by an assassin on 6 September 1901, and died on 14 September.] Heard with Amazement About the Shooting of the President ---------- News Casts Gloom Over Big Liner...
8th September 1901
San Francisco Examiner DR. DODGE DIES FROM WOUNDS HE INFLICTED
Page 8, column 1 Former Banker, Assessor and Supervisor Succumbs Nine Days After Attempt at Suicide Funeral Service Will Be Held on Thursday Morning: Bishop Nichols Will Be in Charge Dr. Washington Dodg...
1st July 1919
Brighton Argus CAR BOOT BARGAIN HUNT FINDS TITANIC TREASURE
Jessica Mangold
Bravery Award...
2nd April 2005
New York Times ALARM FROM LOOKOUT IGNORED, SAILOR SAYS
Officer on Titanic's Bridge Had Warning of the Iceberg from the Crow's Nest. Three warnings that an iceberg was ahead were transmitted from the crow's nest to the officers on the bridge of the doome...
21st April 1912
Oak Leaves MEETS CARPATHIA
George P. Baldwin Relates Experience When Titanic Survivors Reach New York on Cunard Ship George P. Baldwin of 309 Linden, who went to New York to meet the survivors of the Titanic on the ...
27th April 1912
San Francisco Examiner DOCTOR DODGE IS OPERATED ON; CONDITION SERIOUS
Page 13, column 7 Former Broker and Assessor Very Low After Attempted Suicide With Pistol Following an operation at the St. Francis Hospital yesterday, the condition of Dr. Washington Dodge, former banker and Assessor ...
23rd June 1919
Washington Herald LIFEBOATS WOULD HAVE SAVED MORE
Titanic's Steward, in Giving Story, Says Great Loss of Life Was Due to Their Absence --- SHIP'S ENGINEER, CAUGHT IN DOOR, BEGS TO BE SHOT TO END AGONY --- New York, April 18---The following statement made to-day by Alfred ...
19th April 1912
New York Times FIERMONTE JAILED IN OLD SPEED CASE
Husband of Astor Widow Gets 5 Days on Charge That He Ignored in 1934 --- Enzo Fiermonte, the Italian-born automobile racer husband of Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, was sentenced to five days in prison yesterday by Magistrate...
7th July 1937
Ottawa Citizen SYRIAN WOMAN'S THRILLING NARRATIVE
Ship's Officers Fired into Steerage: Panic Amid Rush for Lifeboats Mariana Assaff says Ten People on Doomed Ship were Bound for Ottawa but Two survive. ...How Mrs. Assaf views the Horror and Catastrophe of Her Rescue. "Mariana Assaf a...
24th April 1912
San Francisco Bulletin DR. DODGE GIVES STORY OF RESCUE
Several Boats Lowered Only Half Filled; "Tumbled In" When Told to. By Dr. Washington Dodge NEW YORK, April 20.-At 10 p.m. Sunday while my wife and I went out for a stroll along the Titanic's promenade deck we found the...
20th April 1912
GUNSHOTS ON THE TITANIC Titanic Research GUNSHOTS ON THE TITANIC
Earl Chapman
Were shots fired as the Titanic went down? If so whom and toward whom?...
30th July 2001
Leatherhead, Advertiser, Epsom District Times and County Post WRECK OF THE TITANIC LITTLE GIRLS ACCOUNT
Mrs. Tate, of Elm Villas, Leatherhead, has just received from her daughter (Mrs. Collyer) a copy of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, containing an account of the wreck of the Titanic, as depicted by her daughter Margery, eight years of age. It will be remem...
18th May 1912
A RARE TITANIC FAMILY: THE CALDWELLS' STORY OF SURVIVAL Titanic Review A RARE TITANIC FAMILY: THE CALDWELLS' STORY OF SURVIVAL
Mike Poirier
Families are often the guardians of history. Who would have imagined that a new, amateur photo taken aboard Titanic on the day she sailed would grace the cover of a book? Julie Hedgepeth Williams, a journalism professor, has gone throu...
11th February 2012
New York Times SMITH CALLED BACK HALF-FILLED BOATS
Survivor Says He Heard Command by Veteran Skipper to Take More Aboard --- OTHER TALES CONFLICTING --- Mrs. Emil Taussig Declares Men Were Barred from Boats with Ample Room --- The fact that Capt. Smith realiz...
22nd April 1912
Bureau County Republican EDWARD DORKING, SHIP WRECK SURVIVOR, APPEARS AT STAR THEATRE
PICKED UP BY THE CARPATHIA Young Englishman Relates Experiences in Greatest Maritime disaster in World's History. Seven hundred persons, who packed the Star theatre to its capacity at three performances Tuesday night, ...
2nd May 1912
Jersey Journal BATTLED FOR LIFE WITH SAILOR AFTER THE TITANIC SANK
McCormack Tells How Seaman Tried to Throw Him Out of Lifeboat---Special Blessing for Bayonne Survivor _____ Thomas McCormack, 19 years old, of 36 West Twentieth Street, Bayonne, a Titanic surviv...
23rd April 1912
Daily Home News HOME NEWS GAVE CITY FIRST NEWS OF CARPATHIA'S LANDING
New Brunswick received the news of the landing of the Carpathia with the rescued Titanic passengers, from the Home News last night. The details of the landing and the passengers’ stories of the disaster, were wired to this office direct, and other bu...
19th April 1912
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle SINKING OF TITANIC STILL HORROR TO COUPLE HONEYMOONING ON SHIP
Margaret Frawley
MRS. EDWARD BEANE, THEN BRIDE OF 17, SAW SHIP SINK AS SHE CRUISED NEARBY IN BOAT; HUSBAND SWAM AROUND TILL PICKED UP; NOW HAVE 2 CHILDREN It was a strange honeymoon for Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beane of 44 Michigan Street when on April 14, ...
15th April 1931
Chicago Daily Tribune STORY OF RESCUE BY A CHICAGOAN
Dr. Frank Blackmarr Tells Scenes When Survivors Reached Carpathia WOMEN AT BOAT OARS Spot Where the Titanic Went Down Covered with All Sorts of Debris BY DR. FRANK BLACKMARR OF CHICAGO (A passeng...
20th April 1912
 

 
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