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Southern Evening Echo	OBITUARY TITANIC survivor Mr. Ernest Allen, of Salisbury Road, Highfield, Southampton, a stoker in the ill-fated liner, has died at his home at the age of 80. Mr. Allen nearly lost his life in an attempt to save his younger brother, who was at sea for the fir...	30th December 1968
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	CENSUS In 1901 William Abrams (born in Hants Gosport) was aged 23 years. He lived in Southampton and worked as a Stoker....	1901
BBC News	POIGNANT JOURNEY TO TITANIC GRAVE His family always thought their grandfather had been lost at sea when Titanic sank. William McQuillan was a stoker on the Titanic But more than 90 years later, his granddaughter was astonished to see William McQuillan's grave pictured in a television documentary. Following up the information from the programme, Marjorie Wilson became the first member of her family to pay their respects at the graveside in Nova Scotia, almost a century later. ...	30th October 2006
birminghammail.net	KIDDERMINSTER'S TITANIC STAR ANTONIO MAGRO MAKES TV DEBUT MIDLAND actor Antonio Magro is ready to set sail on the TV debut of a lifetime. When the new blockbuster series Titanic launches at 9pm on ITV1 on Sunday night, he’ll be the stoker at the heart of the action. As a character called Mario Sandrini, the budding star from Kidderminster will be charged with shutting down the ship’s engines as the centenary of the sinking of the world’s most famous liner draws near. Now 25 and 6ft 3in, Antonio left Bromsgrove School because nobody would take his acting seriously. ...	24th March 2012
Southern Evening Echo	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
The Times	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 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	WOMEN REVEALED AS HEROINES BY WRECK *** --- Mrs. Cornell Among Those Who Worked at the Oars --- WOMEN MANNED LIFEBOATS --- Forced to Oars by Lack of Proper Crew---Girl Who Gave Up Her Seat --- Magistrate Robert C. Cornell said yes...	20th April 1912
Washington Times	DRESSED IN SKIRTS MAN LEFT TITANIC Mrs. Fortune and Daughter Say a Coward Was in Last Lifeboat --- NEW YORK, April 22---A man in women’s clothes was among the survivors in lifeboat 10, according to Mrs. Mark Fortune, Winnipeg, who was rescued with her three daughters on ...	22nd April 1912
	MR WILLIAM TAGGART – DELIVERY CREW TRIMMER Mr William Taggart was born in Belfast in 1889 and began work with the Harland & Wolff yard as an apprentice. He was one of the workers who helped to build Titanic from day one. He had also been a crewmember of the Olympic. When the Titanic was deli...
	CLEAN-SHAVEN MCQUILLAN, THE MYSTERY BLADE-DONOR? Senan Molony (William McQuillan, from a family photo)...
	TWO CASTLEBAR VICTIMS OF THE TITANIC Tony McDonald The story of Francis Young and William Duffy from Castlebar who were crew onboard The Titanic...	16th June 2011
South Devon Herald Express	TRUE IDENTITY OF TITANIC VICTIM HISTORIAN Mike Holgate has discovered the answer to a mystery surrounding the identity of a Torquay man who died on the Titanic....	29th April 2009
	THE MYSTERY OF CHARLES BARNES AND ROBERT BARNHOUSE Mike Holgate In April 1913, an article appeared in the Torquay Times under the headline: Echo Of The Titanic Disaster : The Strange Story Of The Man With Two Names. A hearing at Torquay County Court had established the true identity of a stoke...	9th April 2009
Titanic Research	A TITANIC COINCIDENCE Gavin Murphy How the gala opening of two hotels was disrupted two maritime disasters....	9th July 2002
Torquay Times	ECHO OF THE TITANIC DISASTER : STRANGE STORY OF MAN WITH TWO NAMES There was an echo of the Titanic disaster at the Torquay County Court on Saturday, when Mr E Hutchings made an application under the Workmen’s Compensation Act on behalf of George Barnhouse, an old age pensioner, residing at Arch Row, Stenti...	25th April 1913