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	TITANIC BEGINS SEA TRIALS	2nd April 1912
New York Times	TITANIC TESTS HER SPEED Then She Sails for Southampton to Prepare for Maiden Voyage by Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times LONDON, April 2.—The White Star liner Titanic, which has just been completed by Ha...	3rd April 1912
Portsmouth Today	TRIALS NOW PLANNED TO TEST IMPACT OF LASERS TRIALS are to be carried out to test the impact on wildlife of a plan to shoot lasers miles across the night sky. Bosses at Southampton City Council said plans for the controversial Laser Gateway project needed further investigation before they were given the go-ahead. Initially it was planned to turn on the lasers which would be visible up to 15 miles away to coincide with the 95th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking in April this year....	6th February 2007
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
Voyage	WALLASEY John P. Eaton Wallasey assisted during Titanic’s sea trials and launch on May 31, 1911 and stood by on her sea trials out of Belfast on 2 April, 1912. Port of Registry: Liverpool Flag of Regi...	30th October 2004
Gare Maritime	STRATHALLAN SEA TRIALS Unique and evocative home movie of the ill fated liner passing onlookers as she departs on her sea trials....	21st July 2006
New York Times	BIGGER THAN THE LUSITANIA White Star Line Decides to Build Vessel---Speed to be 22 Knots --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, Sept. 11---A Belfast correspondent telegraphs that Harland & Wolff have officially admitted that the...	12th September 1907
Toronto Daily Star	JUST BEFORE SMASH HAYS SAID DISASTER Canadian Press Despatch New York, April 19.---Col Gracie, U. S. A. who was the sole survivor of those who went down with the Titanic, and was rescued, gave this remarkable statement last night:...	19th April 1912
Voyage	HERCULANEUM John P. Eaton In addition to maneuvering Titanic after launch, Herculaneum also assisted during Titanic’s sea trials out of Belfast on 2 April 1912. Alexandra Towing Co.,...	2nd November 2004
Chicago American	TITANIC'S COURSE AND SPEED CAUSED DISASTER, SAYS DAHL A picture of a sea dotted with so many icebergs that the Carpathia was forced to steer an zigzag course to leave the field of menacing floes was added to the indictment against officials of the White Star Line to-day by Charles Dahl, a Titan...	24th April 1912
Telegraph.co.uk	MINIATURE TITANIC READY TO TAKE TO THE SEAS The 1:150 scale replica is true to the original 882ft vessel, which sank on April 14, 1912, in every detail. The 6ft design, on sale for £1,500, is made from over 300 handcrafted pieces and has a gentle cruising speed of 5mph on calm water. ...	19th January 2010
Voyage	LORD CROMER John P. Eaton Departed Stockton-on Tees, England 14 March, 1912 on her maiden voyage bound for Louisburg, Nova Scotia, in ballast. During her crossing she was badly damaged by ice and after 19 days of a voyage which should have taken no mor...	9th January 2005
Illustrated London News	THE SEA MESSENGER THE SEA MESSENGER The little vessel represented in our illustration has been invented by Mr J. A. R. Vandenbergh of Portsmouth (Eng.), to be freighted with letters and papers belonging to any ship in danger of foundering at sea, or in ...	21st May 1870
	RMS TITANIC'S MAIDEN VOYAGE 'RUN DATA' APRIL 11 - 14, 1912. Captain Lewis Marmaduke Collins Date...	20th October 2007
	CAP ARCONA IN PROFILE The Cap Arcona was constructed by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg. She measured 675.9' x 85.3, with a gross registered tonnage of 27,560. Her cruising speed was 20 knots. In her initial configuration, she carried 571 first class passengers, ...
New York Times	F. J. MCCARTY Marlene Tromp Michael McCarty, father of Frederick J. McCarty, was also a steward. He arrived in New York on the Allan Line steamer Victoria on April 23, 1912, seeking information about his son. Michael's ship passed through the same ice field that ...	23rd April 1912
Voyage	HORNBY John P. Eaton May 31, 1911 Assisted following the launch of Titanic April 2, 1912 Assisted Titanic on her sea trials Port of Registry Liverpool Flag of Registry British Funnel B...	5th December 2004
Chicago Daily Journal	LOSSES ENTIRE FORTUNE Charles Dahl, an Australian, who took the Titanic from Southampton en route to his mother’s home in North Dakota, lost in the sinking ship a wallet which contained all the money he had in the world. “I was in bed when the crash...	19th April 1912
Voyage	HERCULES John P. Eaton One of the tugs that got lines aboard New York and kept her from striking Titanic as the latter was leaving her Southampton dock. Port of Registry: South...	20th February 2005
Washington Herald	PEUCHEN COMES BACK AT ISMAY Charge of Negligence Preferred by Canadian Official Is Supported by Witness --- New York, April 20---Although J. Bruce Ismay branded the story as "absurd," Maj. Arthur Godfrey Peuchen, vice commodore of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club and...	21st April 1912
	TITANIC BLUEPRINT "R.M.S. Titanic" Harland & Wolff design dept schematic scale blueprint of "Titanic's" plumbing & water systems. Approx 9ft x 20ins. This drawing was the personal property of W.D. Wilson esq., leading draughtsman at Harlan...
Titanic Research	AN 'OLYMPIC' CLASS PROPULSION SYSTEM Mark Chirnside How the White Star Line's greatest ships were propelled....	25th June 2001
Halifax Evening Mail	THE SEARCH AT SEA FOR TITANIC'S DEAD THE STORY IN DETAIL OF THE MACKAY-BENNETT'S SEARCH FOR BODIES OF TITANIC VICTIMS ...	30th April 1912
Rahway Daily Record	STORY OF DISASTER TO MAMMOTH LINER FROM A SURVIVOR William H. Randolph of This City Hears Sad Account of the Wreck From His Employer’s Widow ---------- MRS. WALTER DOUGLAS SAFE ---------- In Interview She States That Bruce Ismay, After Receiving Warning, Kept Boat at Full ...	19th April 1912
New York Times	DINE CAPT. ROSTRON ON THE MAURETANIA 156 Guests of Sir Ashley Sparks Pay Tribute to Commander's War Aid --- HE PRAISES HIS VESSEL --- Is Fastest and Finest Merchant Ship Afloat, He Says--Many Captains Present --- One hundred and fifty-six guests...	4th April 1922
New York Times	SENATORS GREET ROSTRON Hero of Titanic Disaster Warmly Welcomed in Congress --- WASHINGTON, Dec. 9---Capt. Arthur S. [sic] Rostron, who drove the steamship Carpathia at full speed through a sea of icebergs to the rescue of the survivors of the Titanic disaste...	10th December 1912
Voyage	SAMARA John P. Eaton Samara Steam Ship Samara Co., Ltd. (Maclay & MacIntyre, Managers) Westbound Cardiff to Philadelphia on April 1st at 43 degrees 12’ N. by 45 degrees 14”W. southeast off Newfoundland’s Grand Banks, rescued t...	23rd January 2005
Voyage	LUCIGEN John P. Eaton Lucigen – Lucigen Steamship Co., (H.E. Moss & Co.) Departed Bremen, Germany 8 March for New York. On 24 March at 46 degrees N, 46 degrees West, encountered heavy pack ice with numerous bergs...	2nd January 2005
Voyage	RIO PIRAHY John P. Eaton European and Brazilian Steam Ship Cp., Ltd. (Petersen and Co., Ltd. Managers) Westbound, Narvik, Norway to Philadelphia via Halifax. Arrived Philadelphia 22 April and reported that on 8 April, in the vicinity of 42 degrees 44 ‘ N. by 49 ...	12th April 2005
New York Times	TITANIC SURVIVOR DYING Mrs. Bishop Fatally Injured in an Automobile Accident --- Special to The New York Times --- DETROIT, Nov. 5---To survive the Titanic disaster only to be fatally injured in an automobile accident was the fate of Mrs. Dickin...	6th November 1914
	WORLD'S LARGEST AND FASTEST LINER TO MAKE SPECIAL VOYAGE TO RIO DE JANEIRO S. S. "NORMANDIE" TO SAIL ON CRUISE World's largest and fastest liner to make special voyage to Rio de Janeiro FRENCH LINE AND RAYMOND-WHITCOMB ARRANGE REMARKABLE WINTER HOLIDAY If ever the announcement of a new Cruise dese...	1937
	THE PRINCESS SOPHIA STRANDED ON VANDERBILT REEF A postcard view, by Winter Pond Studio,Â 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...
Worcester Telegram	NEVER NEAR TITANIC Article...	18th April 1912
Washington Herald	THOMAS WHITELEY : DESCRIBES LAST MEAL ON TITANIC “It Was the Gayest Night of Trip Among Diners,” Says Assistant Steward --- New York, N. Y., April 20---Propped up on pillows in a bed in St. Vincent's Hospital this afternoon, Thomas Whitely, an assistant steward in the f...	21st April 1912
The Times	INVENTIONS SURGE AFTER TITANIC DISASTER Article...	19th April 1913
Voyage	ARGENTINE TRANSPORT John P. Eaton Empire Transport Co., Ltd. (Houlder Brothers, Managers) Westbound, Narvik, Norway to Philadelphia. Left Narvik 3 April 1912 with a cargo of iron ore. On arrival at the intermediate stop of Louisburg, Nova Scotia, her captain reporte...	20th March 2005
New York Times	30-KNOT LINER PROBABLE Statement of the Managing Director of Harland & Wolff --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, Aug. 22---According to New York reports published here, Lord Pirrie, head of the firm of...	23rd August 1907
New York Times	LINER DID NOT SPEED, ISMAY DECLARES Not the Custom of the White Star Line to Try to Break Records --- TOOK LAST BOAT, HE SAYS --- Awakened by Crash --- Doesn't Know About Bulkheads --- Ship Sank in 2 Hours and 25 Minutes --- ...	19th April 1912
Voyage	TUNISIAN John P. Eaton Eastbound, St. John, New Brunswick to Liverpool. On 10 April reported heavy ice in the vicinity of an area that was later the disaster site. Port of Registry: Glasgow ...	12th November 2005
	POSTWAR 8. FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM. DINING ROOM: Every detail of the First Class Dining Room is calculated to enhance your enjoyment of the lavish meals served aboard ship. The golden, padded ceiling, tinted mirrors and soft, diffused lighting lend an air of quiet distinction. On cruis...
The Sun (New York)	SMITH THOUGHT HIS SHIP UNSINKABLE Titanic's Skipper Was Never in an Accident on High Seas Before This One --- LOVED OCEAN LIKE A BOY --- Grew Up With White Star Line and Had Its Confidence---Junior Officers on Board --- ...	16th April 1912
New York Times	INSIST TORPEDO SANK HER Hospital Ship Britannic Survivors Say Propellers Killed 45 Men --- Several survivors of the hospital ship Britannic, which was sunk in the Aegean Sea, were among the crew of the Adriatic, which arrived here...	28th January 1917
Voyage	ARMENIAN John P. Eaton Cestrian, sister ship to the Armenian, seen here at Harland and Wolff's Belfast yard following completion. (courtesy Lawrence Dunn, Famous Liner...	27th March 2005
Chicago Examiner	WIDOW AND DAUGHTERS OF HAYS SPEED HOME New York, April 18---Mrs. Charles M. Hays and her two daughters, Miss Margaret Hays and Mrs. Thornton Davidson, survivors of the Titanic wreck, were met at the pier by a large party of friends. Mr. Hays, president of the Grand Trunk Railw...	19th April 1912
The Times	HAROLD COTTAM Obituary...	31st May 1984
The Syracuse Herald	FIRE RAGED ON TITANIC FIVE DAYS New York Aril 20th – That a fire had raged in the [?] bunkers of the liner Titanic from the day she left Southampton u...	20th April 1912
New York Times	THE TEUTONIC LAUNCHED A WHITE STAR STEAMER THAT IS EXPECTED TO BEAT ALL RECORDS --- BELFAST, Jan. 19---The new White Star steamer Teutonic was launched this morning from the Queens Island yard. The companion ship, Majestic, of ...	20th January 1889
	REMINISCENCES OF TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS Charles Spedding There are a great many fallacies in connection with the loss of the Titanic, the chief one being that she was trying to break the record. As a matter of fact, she had not averaged twenty-one knots up to the time she struck, three knots le...	1926
Connaught Telegraph	THE TITANIC DISASTER, DUE TO EXCESSIVE SPEED Lord Mersey, the specially appointed Commissioner of Wrecks to enquire into the loss of the White Star Liner Titanic, on Tuesday delivered the finding of the Court. The attendance at the London-Scottish Hall, Westminster, where the in...	3rd August 1912
New York Times	ADRIATIC GOT ON A MUD BANK White Star Liner Stuck Fast Five Hours Till a Tug Hauled Her Off --- The big White Star Line steamship Adriatic, incoming with many cabin passengers, spent five hours early yesterday morning on a mud bank on the so...	5th November 1909
Oxford Times	STEWARD'S STATEMENT Propped up on pillows in bed at St. Vincent's Hospital, Thomas Whiteley, steward of the First Class Saloon of the Titanic, described the scene in the dining-room on the night of the disaster. ''We had made great time,...	27th April 1912
Chicago Record-Herald	NIAGARA NEAR TITANIC'S FATE French Liner Arrives Under Own Power After Striking Iceberg. New York, April 16—Close to where the Titanic sank the new French line steamer Niagara on the night of April 10 crashed into an ice field and sent out a wi...	17th April 1912
Southern Evening Echo	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
Chicago Tribune	SKIPPER PREDICTS FATE OF TITANIC SKIPPER PREDICTS FATE OF TITANIC Wreck of Liner Fulfills Prophecy Made by a Veteran Steamship Captain ...	18th April 1912
Semi Weekly Iowegian	FRENCH CHILDREN MAY BE HIS - FRANK LEFEBRE GOES TO NEW YORK FROM MYSTIC TO IDENTIFY TWO UNKNOWN FRENCH CHILDREN Believing that two unknown French children saved from the Titanic are his, Frank Lefebre has started from Mystic for New York to identify them. The two little tots are in the hands of Miss Margaret Hays, a survivor of the Titanic, who took them in...	23rd April 1912
Voyage	TRAFFIC John P. Eaton On 10 April 1912 Titanic arrived at Cherbourg from Southampton at 6:35 p.m. after a voyage of little more than five hours. After taking aboard mail and pasengers she departed at 8:10 p.m. Boarding were 274 passengers: 142 first class, 30 second...	22nd September 2005
The Evening Post	THE SAD “MIGHT HAVE BEENS” Out of the fragmentary and disjointed reports of the survivors of the Titanic tragedy loom the big facts that compel the action on which congress has promptly engaged not only for thorough investigation of the affair but for formulatio...	19th April 1912
Washington Times	STEERAGE SURVIVOR HERE TELLS OF STILL ANOTHER REAL HERO Mary Glynn Declares Young Irishman Refused Seat in Lifeboat --- Maritime speed mania was the cause of the accident off the Newfoundland banks last Monday morning, which took as its awful toll 1,535 human lives and more than $10,000,000 ...	22nd April 1912
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
Chicago Daily News	ICE KEPT AID FROM TITANIC Ice Kept Aid from Titanic [By The Associated Press] Maasluis, Holland, April 23—Masses of ice prevented the Russian steamer Birma, which left New York for Rotterdam and Libau April 11, from reaching the Titanic in repl...	23rd April 1912
The Evening Post	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
	LAST CONTACT WITH TITANIC? Pete Morrall Was Jack Mew the last man to have contact with Titanic before she left Southampton?...
Gare Maritime	QUEEN MARY AND FAT RASCALS ON OFFER IN YORKSHIRE Gavin Murphy 1930s Art Deco in a York tea shop...	19th September 2002
New York Times	TRIBUTE TO STRAUS PAID IN SYNAGOGUES Family of Philanthropist Who Died on Titanic Present at Temple Beth-El --- SERMONS ON CATASTROPHE --- Mrs. Benjamin Guggenheim, Made Widow by Wreck, at Temple Emanu-El---General Services To-day --- Services...	21st April 1912
Voyage	NOMADIC John P. Eaton One of the two tenders built especially to serve the needs of Olympic and Titanic at Cherbourg. Nomadic and Traffic were registered under the French flag and managed by A. Laniece, later by George A. Laniece. On 10 ...	22nd August 2005
Chicago American	FOUR TITANIC SURVIVORS SCORE SHIP'S OFFICIALS Four women who were rescued from the Titanic passed through this city on their way to their Western homes. They were: Mrs. H. F. Chaffee of Amenia, N. D.; whose husband was drowned; Mrs. Walter Clark of Los Angeles, who also lost her husban...	22nd April 1912
Chicago American	TITANIC SAILOR SAVED BY MOUNT TEMPLE LIFEBOAT The Canadian Pacific steamship Mount Temple, en route from Antwerp to Boston, was so close to the sinking Titanic on the night of the disaster that the passengers heard the creaking of the chains as lifeboats were lowered, heard the cries of passe...	25th April 1912
Chicago Examiner	TITANIC'S CAPTAIN WARNED OF HUGE FILED OF ICEBERGS Operator on La Bretagne Tells How Messages Were Sent in All Directions From Near Cape Race....	18th April 1912
	LIGHTOLLER OF THE THE FORTY NINTH Jim Currie Recent revelations by the grand daughter of Herbert Lightoller, the most senior surviving officer of the Titanic have...	22nd October 2010
The Gazette (Montreal)	LAURENTIC IS HERE The Gazette, Montreal, 8 May 1909 Maiden Voyage Upholds the Satisfactory Results Achieved on Trial Trip --- AN EPOCH IN SHIPPING --- P...	8th May 1909
Titanic Research	TITANIC'S FINAL MANOEUVRE Captain Lewis Marmaduke Collins She never was under a port helm? - She did not come on the port helm, Sir - on the starboard helm. ------Titanic’s QM Robert Hitchens to the British enquiry At both inquiries it was adduced that, at the time of the look...	8th February 2003
New York Times	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
Outlook	THE RESCUED : BY AN EYE-WITNESS ON THE CARPATHIA Article...	27th April 1912
La Chronique de Bayonne	S.S. NIAGARA HITS AN ICEBERG The French liner almost met Titanic's fate...	17th April 1912
The Shipwrecked Mariner Quarterly Maritime Magazine (1882)	SHIPBUILDING IN IRELAND SHIPBUILDING IN IRELAND.-Whatever may be said of other branches of Irish industry, its shipbuilding may, it would appear, compare not unfavourably with that of any other part of the kingdom. The Clyde claims pre-eminence, but Mes...
Chicago Daily News	LINER PARISIAN ASSISTS IN TASK Another liner, the Parisian, of the Allan company, which sailed from Glasgow for Halifax April 6, is close at hand and assisting in the work of rescue. The Baltic and Virginian also are near the scene and the Olympic apparently ...	15th April 1912
	THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC William Baltzell A Descriptive Composition for Piano Solo By William Baltzell Published 1912 by Aubrey Stauffer & Co., Chicago, USA Listen to this Piece [Midi] ...	1912
The Living Age	THE FLOATING ISLANDS Today, a floating city; tomorrow, a floating island. No other word is spacious enough for the gigantic ships now coming into existence. Next midsummer the largest ship in the World will be ploughing the Atlantic under the flag of th...	18th February 1911
Titanic Research	TITANIC'S TIME ENIGMAS Markus Philipp One of the thorniest questions about the Titanic disaster is, how her clock was changed during the journey. Several events observed by differing observers at different locations add to the confusion about the difference between Titani...	16th February 2003
	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
Portland Oregonian	PORTLAND WOMAN DESCRIBES WRECK Mrs. Frank M. Warren Tells in Detail, "the Story of the Titanic." BOAT'S TERRIFIC SPEED Experiences, Before and After Vessel Went Down, Told in Interesting Manner -- Sho...	27th April 1912
	IN MEMORY OF THE TITANIC CATASTROPHE Henry Tiedemann Grand Memorial Fantasie Words and Music by Henry Tiedemann Published 1912 by the Southern Music Company, Dallas, Texas Listen to this Piece...	1912
Washington Herald	STEERAGE SURVIVOR TELLS STORY OF WRECK Miss Mary Glynn, Visiting Relatives in Washington, Praises Heroism of Passengers on Titanic---Women Tried to Save Men --- The heroic deeds of some of the first and second cabin passengers, as the giant Titanic was preparing for her fina...	22nd April 1912
Portland Oregonian	MRS. FRANK WARREN DESCRIBES THE TRAGEDY TO THE OREGONIAN John Lamoreau Frank and Anna Warren were the only first class couple from Oregon on the Titanic. Mrs. Warren, who was 60 years of age at the time of the sinking, reported in great detail the horrific events of the tragedy. Her account was published in Orego...	27th 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
Worcester Telegram	CAPT ROSTRON'S TRAGIC STORY Wireless Operator Was Undressing with Receiver on His Ear When "S.O.S." Flashed New York, April 19.- Capt. Rostron of the Carpathia told the tragic story of his rescue of the Titanic survivors to the Senate committee this afternoon....	20th April 1912
Titanic Research	SPEED AND REVOLUTIONS Samuel Halpern "We were working out a slip table, and we had not quite finished when she went down. All of us were on, working out a slip table, how many turns of the engine it would require to do so many knots; and all this, and it tapered down." - Titanic's 5t...	18th September 2007
	COPY OF LETTER SENT BY MR. KNOWLES'S DAUGHTER Dear Cousin, What a pleasant surprise to receive your letter on November 22nd. I am Thomas Knowles's daughter. My father would have been 104 years old last May, therefore he would, I presume, be the ninth generation. I myse...	28th November 1973
Titanic Research	A PV SOLVES A PUZZLE Senan Molony THE devil is in the detail... and nowhere is that phrase more true than in particular areas of Titanic study. There has been controversy, for instance, over an impression given - to some - by remarks made by Captain James...	13th October 2006
New York Times	TITANIC SURVIVORS HONOR CAPT. ROSTRON They Present Silver Loving Cup to Him and Medals to His Officers and Men --- GIVES CREDIT TO HIS CREW --- Modest Skipper Praises and Thanks His Men for Them Loyalty and Committee for Its Gifts --- When the Cu...	30th May 1912
The Sphere	AN ACCOUNT OF THE TITANIC DISASTER BY A SURVIVOR Joseph Scarrott "The night of April 14, 1912, will never be forgotten. It was a beautiful starlight night, no wind, and the sea was as calm as a lake, but the air was very cold." "Everybody was in good spirits and everything throughout the ship ...	1912