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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  
Washington Times (1912) PHILADELPHIAN RESCUED BY PARTY IN LIFEBOAT
NEW YORK, April 19---Richard Williams, of Philadelphia, remained on the Titanic until she sank. He was standing at the extreme stern when the final plunge came. "After we hit the water the Titanic rebounded," he said, "and I was hurled...
19th April 1912  
Worcester Evening Gazette (1912) STILL PLAYING AS WATER CREEPS UP
New York, April 19- Mrs. John Murray Brown of Acton, Mass, who with her sister, Mrs. Robert C. Cornell and Mrs. E.D. Appleton, was saved, was in the last life-boat to get safely away from the Titanic. "The band played marching from dec...
20th April 1912  
Worcester Evening Gazette (1912) HOLDS BACK MEN AT PISTOL POINT
New York- April 19- Mrs. Lena Rogers of Boston was saved from the Titanic in a boat which carried 55 women passengers. Crowded to more than its capacity, the boat was endangered of being swamped when Fourth Officer Louve [sic], who had it in charge, ...
19th April 1912  
Toronto Daily Star (1912) JUMPED INTO LIFEBOAT
H. B. Stephenson, one of the Survivors, who, it was said, is attached to the Swedish legation at Washington, made the following statement: "At the time of the collision a Mr. Woolner and myself were seated in the cafe. There was only a ...
19th April 1912  
  (1912) LETTER FROM STAGG TO HIS WIFE
Dear Bertie, Just a few lines to let you know I arrived on board all right but what a day we have had of it, it's been nothing but work all day long but I can tell you nothing as regards what people I have for nothing will be settled ...
  1912  
  (1912) ALBERT ERVINE'S LAST LETTER
"Yours received in Cherbourg, France yesterday evening. We have had everything working nicely so far, except when leaving Southampton. As soon as the Titanic began to move out of the dock, the suction caused the Oceanic, which was alon...
11th April 1912  
Chicago Record-Herald (1912) SURVIVOR IN CHICAGO
Anna Kelly, 17 years old, who says she was the last woman to leave the Titanic, arrived in Chicago last night and was taken to he home of her cousin, Miss Anna Garvey, 303 Eugenie street. Her sisters, Beatrice and Marguerite, live at the same addr...
23rd April 1912  
  (1912) LETTER FROM WILLIAM MELLORS TO HIS MOTHER - RICHMOND COUNTY CLUB
New York Monday 22/4/12 c/o Mr. Hale Richmond County Club Dongan Hills Staten Island N.Y. Dear Mother, Just a line to let you know I am getting along much better. ...
22nd April 1912  
New York Herald (1912) 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  
Newark Evening News (1912) SAY LIFEBOAT COULD HAVE HELD TEN MORE
Special Service of the NEWS BERNARDSVILLE, April 20---That the lifeboat which bore them from the Titanic might easily have contained ten more passengers, is the statement of Mrs. Jane Herman and her twin daughters, the Misses Kate and ...
20th April 1912  
New York Times (1964) SPENCER V. SILVERTHONE DIES; MERCHANT, 88, WAS ON TITANIC
Special to The New York Times --- SCARSDALE, N. Y., May 17---Spencer V. Silverthorne, a survivor of the Titanic sinking, died today at his home, 7 Colvin Road. He was 88 years old. Mr. Silverthorne had been a vice presid...
18th May 1964  
Newark Evening News (1912) BURLINGTON COUNTY MAN WAS BLOWN INTO WATER
The story of his remarkable escape was told by Augustus H. Weikman, of Palmyra, Burlington County, when he alighted from the Carpathia last night. Weikman was the ship barber on the Titanic, but he assisted in the work of lowering the lifeboats from...
19th April 1912  
Toronto Daily Star (1912) TITANTIC (SIC) STOOD ON END FOR MINUTES BEFORE SHE SUNK (SIC)
LIGHTS ALL BLAZED UNTIL SHE TOOK a VERTICAL POSITION and STOOD WITH 150 FEET OUT of WATER---SLOWLY DIVED DOWN. "As we rowed away from the Titanic we look...
19th April 1912  
Camden Post-Telegram (1912) SURVIVOR HERE IN ROLLER CHAIR
Titanic’s Barber Tells of His Terrible Experience on Sinking Liner --- SAVED BY RAFT OF CAMP STOOLS --- Augustus H. Whiteman, [sic] whose rescue from the Titanic was told of in yesterday’s Post-Telegram, passed through Cam...
19th April 1912  
  ACCOUNT BY MARSHALL DREW
'When the 'Titanic' struck the iceberg at 11.40 pm, I was in bed. However, for whatever reason I was awake and remember the jolt and cessation of motion. A steward knocked on the stateroom door and directed us to get dressed, put on life preservers a...
   
Democrat and Chronicle (1931) ROCHESTER WOMAN TELLS OF TITANIC SINKING IN 1912
Mrs. John Black Barely Reached Last Boat To Leave Ship, And Tiny Craft Was Nearly Drawn Into Great Vortex by Samuel B. Covey "No, I am not averse to another ocean voyage, although I have not been on one since, for I re...
15th April 1931  
Christian Science Sentinel (1912) TESTIMONIES FROM THE FIELD
It is difficult to tell from the experience which follows, but the student of the Christian Science will readily see in it that acceptance of the truth made the overcoming of fear possible, even as in the case if disease, and that divine Princi...
  October 1912  
Chicago Daily News (1912) SAVED BY MRS. ASTOR FROM DEATH IN OCEAN
Ernest Person, Titanic Passenger, Arrives at Indiana Harbor And Relates Rescue Struggled in the Water Declares Widow of Millionaire New Yorker Begged Crew to Drag Him Into Lifeboat ...
27th April 1912  
Daily Herald (1984) AFTER 72 YRS., TITANIC SURVIVOR TALKS TO PRESS ABOUT FATAL NIGHT
For 72 years she has kept her memories of that miserable night to herself, always refusing to tell reporters what she saw, what she felt. "When I came to Chicago they would pester me and pester me," she said of the aggressive reporters who...
15th April 1984  
Chicago American (1912) TITANIC VICTIM IN CHICAGO TELLS OF SELF-DEATH
TITANIC VICTIM IN CHICAGO TELLS OF OFFICER’S SELF-DEATH Remarkable strength of Carl Janson, another of the surviving passengers of the Titanic, kept him alive in the frigid ocean for six hour...
25th April 1912  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
ALLEN, Miss Elisabeth Walton. Saved. Cabin B5. (Saved in Lifeboat number 2). (Niece of Mrs. E. S. Roberts and cousin of Miss Georgette Madill, which see). Home address: Tunbridge Wells, England. (Mrs. J. B. Mennell). Insurance c...
   
  (2005) OCEANIC
White Star Line Not only was Oceanic operated by the same company that operated Titanic, she was also directly associated with Titanic at the beginning of her maiden voyage as well as during the first weeks following...
11th July 2005  
Camden Post-Telegram (1912) ISMAY PRAISED BY TITANIC SURVIVOR
Ship's Head Barber Tells Camden Elks of His Thrilling Experience. --- BLAMES DISASTER ON WIRELESS JEALOUSY --- Bruce Ismay was defended last night by Gus Weikman at the home of Camden Lodge of Elks in Mr. Weikman's recital...
15th May 1912  
New York Times (1912) STATEMENT BY HAROLD BRIDE
The following thrilling statement was dictated today by Mr. Bride, the assistant Marconi operator on board the Titanic, to the New York Times representative, in the presence of Mr. Marconi, who is now staying in Ne...
19th April 1912  
  (2005) NEW YORK
(American Line) ex-City of New York, Inman Line As Titanic left Southampton 10 April 1912, the suction and wave action of her propellers and huge bulk tore New York loose from her mooring in tandem with Oceanic...
20th July 2005  
Niles Daily News (1912) SURVIVOR FROM TITANIC ARRIVES IN NILES
Philip Zanni Tells a Tragic Story of His Rescue - Assisted in Rowing Lifeboat Away from Sinking Ship --------------- The first survivor of the ill fated ship the "Titanic" that has reached Niles is Philip Zanni [sic],...
25th April 1912  
New York Times (1912) 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  
Washington Times (1912) MRS. CANDEE TELLS OF TRAGIC SCENES AS STEAMER SANK
Washington Woman Says Officers Demanded That Women Go First --- By GORDON MACKAY, Staff Correspondent --- NEW YORK, April 19---From the feeble, trembling lips of an aged woman comes the story that tears away the veil of my...
19th April 1912  
Denver Post (1912) LADY DUFF-GORDON TELLS OF SINKING OF GREAT LINER
Lady Duff-Gordon dictated the following: I was asleep. The night was perfectly clear. I was awakened by a long grinding sort of shock. It was not a tremendous crash, but more as though someone had drawn a giant finger all along the side of the boat. ...
19th April 1912  
Newark Star (1912) GIRL SAYS FATHER SAVED HER IN WRECK
Miss Lillian Cribb Led Through Passageways on Titanic to Lifeboat --- To the rare presence of mind of her father, John H. Cribb, who lost his life when the Titanic sank, Miss Lillian M. Cribb, 17 years old, believes she owes her life. C...
20th April 1912  
New York Times (1912) MRS. ASTOR IS ABLE TO TELL OF RESCUE
Thinks She Got Into Last Boat as She Left Husband on Deck --- COMPELLED TO HANDLE OAR --- Rowed Back After Liner Went Down and Helped to Rescue six struggling Men----Maid Aids --- Mrs. John Jacob Astor and he...
22nd April 1912  
New York Times (1912) DISASTER AT LAST BEFALLS CAPT. SMITH
Veteran Commander of Titanic Went Forty Years Without Accident of Any Kind --- WHITE STAR'S BEST OFFICER --- Declared Only Recently That He Did Not Believe Modern Ships Could Be Sunk --- Capt. E. J. Smith, i...
16th April 1912  
Calgary Herald (1912) THESE TWO MEN JUMPED OVERBOARD JUST BEFORE TITANIC SANK; ALL LIGHTS LIT WHEN SHE FOUNDERED
Special Dispatch to the Herald...
21st April 1912  
The Times (1912) FRENCHMEN'S ACCOUNT
PASSENGERS' FAITH IN THE SHIP We were quietly playing auction bridge with a Mr. Smith from Philadelphia, when we heard a violent noise similar to that produced by the screw racing. We were startled and looked at one another under the ...
20th April 1912  
 

 
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