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| Daily Sketch | (1912) | 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 Eugene Daly, in a letter to his sister. He says he arouse... | 4th May 1912 | |||
| Southern Evening Echo | (1967) | OBITUARY Last Titanic officer dies, 83 Last surviving officer of the Titanic, which went down in the Atlantic in 1912 has died at his home in Christchurch at the ago of 83. Commander Joseph Groves Boxhall was the fourth officer, and the only officer on watch ... | 27th April 1967 | |||
| Chicago Evening Post | (1912) | ASSERTS CELTIC SAVED TWO FROM THE TITANIC Indiana Man Declares Officer and Woman Steerage Passenger Were Rescued Muncie, Ind., April 22—That the White Star liner Celtic, which followed closely in the path of the ill-fated Titanic, picked up an officer and a wom... | 22nd April 1912 | |||
| Dumfries and Galloway Standard and Advertiser | (1912) | MR. WILLIAM MURDOCH Mrs. Murdoch the widow of the late Lieutenant Murdoch, First Officer of the ill-fated liner, has received the following letter: Hotel Continental, Washington, April 24th, 1912. Dear Mrs. Murdoch, - I am writing on behalf of the surviving officers to ... | 11th May 1912 | |||
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(1958) | WILLIAM MACQUITTY, BOXHALL AND PITMAN AT THE PREMIERE OF A NIGHT TO REMEMBER Taken at the "Odeon" Leicester Square London July 3rd 1958 on the occasion of the premiere of the Titanic film "A Night to Remember". Left to Right. Wm McQuitty [sic] Director of th... | 3rd July 1958 | |||
| Southern Evening Echo | (1958) | TITANIC MEN FOR PREMIERE OF NEW FILM A HANDFUL of survivors from the Titanic disaster in 1912, some of whom have not seen each other since, will be at the Odeon, Leicester Square, tonight, to see the premiere of the new Rank Organisation film, A Night To Remember. The fil... | 3rd July 1958 | |||
| 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 | |||
| (1912) | CONTEMPORARY OBITUARY : HENRY WILDE THE appalling disaster to the Titanic has taken away, in the person of Lieut, H. T. Wilde, RNR, one of the most promising officers serving with the White Star Line. Lieut. Wilde, who was chief officer of the Titanic, commenced his sea career in the s... | 1912 | ||||
| Bristol Times and Mirror | (1912) | TITANIC'S THIRD OFFICER AN OLD MERCHANT VENTURER Mr. H. J. Pitman, third officer on the Titanic, who was one of the four officers saved from the wreck is an West Countryman, being born at Castle Cary, in Somerset. His age is 34, and he received the shore part of his nautical training in the navigat... | 27th April 1912 | |||
| St James Parish Magazine | (1912) | VICAR'S LETTER The awful tragedy of the Titanic is so much in the minds of us all that I cannot help referring to it in my letter, if only to say how widespread and sincere is the sympathy felt for Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Mountain. Their nephew was Sixth officer of the i... | May 1912 | |||
| Scottish Field | (1985) | THE FIRST OFFICER OF THE TITANIC Captain William MacMaster Murdoch joined the Titanic from her sister ship the Olympic, of which he had also been First Officer. His family had been seafarers for generations. His father left his native Isle of Lewis and settled in Dalbeattie, Kirkcud... | April 1985 | |||
| Unidentified Local Newspaper | DIGBY COUNTY AND THE TITANIC DISASTER... Question: What do the sinking of the Titanic and Digby County have in common? Answer: The rescue ship, Carpathia's Chief Officer was Thomas W. Hankinson. Thomas William Hankinson, born 1857, was ... | |||||
| The Times | (1933) | TORQUAY SHOOTING CHARGE TITANIC OFFICER SENT TO PENAL SERVITUDE Robert Hitchens, 51, a ship's navigating officer, who was stated to have been at the wheel of the Titanic when she was sunk in 1912 after striking an iceberg, appeared in the dock at Winchester A... | 30th November 1933 | |||
| Southampton Times and Hampshire Express | (1912) | MR. C. H. LIGHTOLLER, THE SECOND OFFICER Mr. C. H. Lightoller, the second officer on the ill-fated Titanic, who is reported to be among the survivors, lived at Netley Abbey, and on Wednesday one of our representatives called on his wife at their residence at Hound to convey congratula... | 20th 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 | |||
| MEMORIAL There is a new memorial in the Lifeboat House at Scarborough which was unveiled in April 2002 and reads: HMS Conway Trust Memorial James Paul Moody O.C. 6th Officer Titanic Born Scarborough, 21 August 1887... | ||||||
| (1915) | LETTER RE OFFICER WILDE PUBLIC TRUSTEE OFFICE 3 & 4 CLEMENTS INN, STRAND, LONDON W.C. 4th June 1915. Titanic Relief Fund Dear Mr. Corkhill, Mr. Allen had a personal interview with Mrs. Smith, the widow of Captain Smith, yesterday ... | 4th June 1915 | ||||
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Washington Times | (1912) | J. B. BOXHALL, FOURTH OFFICER OF TITANIC | 23rd April 1912 | ||
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(1912) | THE FIRST MEAL ON BOARD This menu was owned by Fifth Officer Lowe.... | 2nd April 1912 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | MRS. COMPTON TELLS OF TITANIC DISASTER NEW YORK, April 19---Mrs. Alexander T. Compton and her daughter, Miss Alice Compton, of Lakewood, N. J., and New Orleans, two of the Titanic’s rescued, reached here completely prostrated o... | 19th April 1912 | |||
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Washington Times | (1912) | HERBERT J. PITMAN Third Officer of the Titanic who Testified Before Senate Investigating Committee Today... | 23rd April 1912 | ||
| Hibbing Daily Tribune | (1912) | MISS WILLARD TELLS OF WRECK Girl Well Known Here, Who was on the Titanic has reached St. Paul. St. Paul, Minn. - April 23 - Miss Constance, the 20-year-old daughter of David Willard, formerly of Duluth, has arrived at the home of her sister, Mrs. Hope McCall, on ... | 23rd April 1912 | |||
| GENERAL INFORMATION MBE awarded March 1946. Purser SS Mataroa of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company Ltd. Awarded for long and meritorious service at sea and in dangerous waters during the war. He served as a Purser for the company for 20 years, tr... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1913) | LEAPED FROM LINER AT SEA TO SAVE MAN Majestic's First Officer Dived Overboard after Coal Trimmer Who Attempted Suicide --- BUT LIFEBOAT MADE RESCUE --- Gift from Passengers for Officer's Deed--Another of Crew who Sought Death Successful --- The ... | 9th May 1913 | |||
| New York Herald | (1912) | 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | AUDIENCE CHEERS ROSTRON Carpathia's Captain and His Officers Get an Ovation at the Winter Garden --- New Yorkers had an opportunity last night to show the esteem in which Capt. Rostron and the other members of the ship's company of the Carpathia have been held... | 31st May 1912 | |||
| (1914) | TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTES : LIVERPOOL COMMITTEE : WILDE C.23. Wilde. Read letter dated 28th May, 1914, received from Mr. O. Jones Williams (one of the Guardians of the children of the late Chief Officer Wilde). The Hon. Secretary reported that he had requested Mr. Williams to attend at the ... | 8th June 1914 | ||||
| Chicago Daily Tribune | (1912) | SHE WOULD NOT LEAVE HER HUSBAND AND WENT DOWN WITH TITANIC. Chooses To Die With Husband Woman Defies Command Of Titanic Officer to get into lifeboat DAUGHTER PERISHES TOO. Milwaukee ... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| Asbury Park Evening Press | (1912) | COMPTONS TELL OF TITANIC DISASTER NEW YORK, APRIL 20---Mrs. Alexander T. Compton and her daughter, Miss Alice Compton, of Lakewood and New Orleans, two of the Titanic’s rescued, reached here completely prostrated over the loss of Mrs. Compton’s son Alexander, who went down with the... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| Scarborough Mercury | (1912) | MR. J. P. MOODY Son of Mr. J. Moody We understand that Mr. J. P. Moody, one of the officers concerning whom no news has been received, is a son of Mr. J. Moody, solicitor, once in practice in Scarborough, and for some years a member of the Scarborough... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| The Evening Post, Wellington, New Zealand | (1890) | ARRIVAL OF THE R.M.S. COPTIC [AT WELLINGTON WITH E.J. SMITH IN COMMAND] The S.S. & A. Company's R.M.S. Coptic anchored in the harbour at 8.40 this morning. She left London on 12th December, Plymouth 14th, and reached Teneriffe on 19th; left again on the following morning, crossed the Equator o... | 31st January 1890 | |||
| Daily Telegraph | (1961) | DEATH NOTICE: HERBERT JOHN PITMAN At Pitcombe, Bruton, Somerset, aged 84. A survivor of the Titanic disaster; was third officer on the liner, which sank in the Atlantic in 1912 after striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage.... | 18th December 1961 | |||
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PITMAN GRAVESTONE In Love We Remember. Herbert John Pitman M.B.E. 1877-1961. Merchant Navy 1895-1947 Rest In Peace. 3rd Officer S.S. Titanic 1912.... | |||||
| ET Research | (2002) | NAVIGATIONAL CONFIRMATION OF TITANIC'S CQD POSITION On September 1, 1985, an expedition led by Dr. Robert Ballard located the wreckage of the Titanic on the ocean floor in position 41° 43.9’ N., 49° 56.8’ W., some thirteen miles east of where she had reportedly foundered. Shortly after t... | 7th November 2002 | |||
| Daily Mail | (2007) | THE KEY THAT MAY HAVE SAVED TITANIC FROM SINKING This key may have been able to save the Titanic from disaster. It would have opened a locker where the crows nest's binoculars were kept. The key belonged to second officer David Blair who was taken off the luxury liner at the last moment. ... | 27th August 2007 | |||
| Western Morning News | (1912) | FROM THE WESTCOUNTRY Captain and Mrs. T. Hoskings (sic), 17, The Green, Shaldon, received a telegram yesterday from Mr. Bock (the former’s cousin), now in America, to the effect that he had travelled down to New York, 300 miles from his home, hoping to meet their son amo... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| (1912) | PROBATE REPORT Murdoch, William McMaster, of 94 Belmont Road, Portswood, Southampton. Ships Officer. Administration, London 22nd July 1912 to Ada Florence Murdoch, widow. Effects £1141.9.4d.... | 22nd July 1912 | ||||
| Bridgwater Mercury | (1912) | WEST COUNTRY PEOPLE IN THE TITANIC: CASTLE CARY The third officer was Mr. H. J. Pitman of Castle Cary, who was reported yesterday (Thursday) to be amongst the officers saved, having presumably been in charge of one of the boats containing the women.... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| Cumberland News | (1912) | MR. WILLIAM MURDOCH The first officer of the ill-fated ship was Mr. William Murdoch, son of Captain Samuel Murdoch, Oakland, Dalbeattie, who was transferred from the Olympic, on which he was one of the chief officers.... | 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 | |||
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| 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 | |||
| (1912) | PROBATE REPORT Moody, James Paul of 136 Fildes Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Ships Officer. Probate registered: London 16th September 1912 to Christopher William Moody solicitors clerk and Margaret Moody spinster. Effects £449.8.8d.... | 16th September 1912 | ||||
| Chorley Guardian | (1912) | THE TITANIC DISASTER: A NATIVE OF CHORLEY SAVED Mr. Charles Herbert Lightoller, the second officer of the ill-fated Titanic, who is among those who were saved, is a native of Chorley. He is the son of Mr. Fred J. Lightoller, and was born in 1874, receiving his education at the Chorley Grammar S... | 27th April 1912 | |||
| Chorley Guardian | (1958) | WIDOW OF TITANIC OFFICER VISITS CHORLEY Seeks Family Crest Motto - ''Let your light shine'' By a coincidence, a visitor to Chorley this week was Mrs. Sylvia Lightoller, widow of the late Cdr. C. H. Lightoller, who is played by Kenneth ... | 18th July 1958 | |||
| Leatherhead, Advertiser, Epsom District Times and County Post | (1912) | 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 | |||
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(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 Triton | (2008) | NEW EXCLUSIVE NOMADIC BOOK NOMADIC TO RETURN HER ORIGINAL DOCK The NOMADIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY is proud to announce the publication of the first ever English language book dedicated entirely to SS Nomadic ¢€ËœThe Belfast Child SS Nomadic'. Written by Committee Member Mervyn Pritchard during his term as the ship's Maintenance Officer.... | 7th July 2008 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | SAYS ISMAY TOOK FIRST BOAT Titanic Fireman Declares He Got in "with Millionaires" --- Harry Senior, a fireman on the Titanic, said last night: "I was in my bunk when I felt a bump. One man said. 'Hello, she has been struck.' I went... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| Asbury Park Evening Press | (1912) | MRS. GWINN IS NOT AT POINT OF DEATH Wife of Titanic’s Mail Chief Feels Loss Keenly but is Not Ill ---------- Metropolitan newspapers this morning all published stories to the effect that Mrs. William Logan Gwinn, wife of the chief mail clerk of the lost Titanic, w... | 26th April 1912 | |||
| (1912) | BIOGRAPHY - FROM INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS MAGAZINE 1912 THE Commander of the Titanic Captain Edward J. Smith, Royal Naval Reserve, (widely know as E.J. by all passengers and crew) was very well known and was one of the most popular masters in the Atlantic service. He was in command of the Olympic, and her... | 1912 | ||||
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A NIGHT TO REMEMBER Kenneth More as Second Officer Lightoller in a publicity still for the 1958 film A Night to Remember... | |||||
| THE MOODY CUP Officer Moody served on the Royal Navy training ship HMS Conway in the River Mersey for two years from 1902 to 1903. After the disaster his parents presented a cup which became known as the Moody Cup and was dedicated to his memory.... | ||||||
| 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 | (1913) | WHITE STAR OFFICERS' PAY AND CONDITIONS IMPROVED THE WHITE STAR LINE AND ITS OFFICERS IMPROVED CONDITIONS The Imperial Merchant Service Guild is officially informed by the White Star Line of substantial improvements in the pay and general conditions of the officers of ... | 4th April 1913 | |||
| Western Daily Mercury | (1912) | 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 | |||
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Graphic | (1912) | SKETCH OF HAROLD LOWE Sketch of Harold Lowe by L. F. Grant in New York, 1912. Special to 'The Graphic' ... | 11th May 1912 | ||
| The Times | (1913) | LIFE-SAVING AT SEA AWARD OF THE KING'S MEDALS The King has been pleased, on the recommendation of the President of the Board of Trade, to award medals for gallantry in saving life at sea to the folowing persons: A silver medal t... | 12th July 1913 | |||
| The Times | (1913) | PRESENTATION OF MEDALS FOR GALLANTRY BUCKINGHAM PALACE, DEC. 16---The King this morning decorated the following with medals for acts of gallantry on land and at sea as stated against their names:--- BOARD OF TRADE MEDALS Lieutenant ... | 17th December 1913 | |||
| Akron Beacon Journal | (1912) | MRS. ADDIE WELLS THOUGHT IT WAS BOAT DRILL UNTIL SHE SAW OFFICER'S PISTOL Stood Up All Night Long in Lifeboat, Nestling Her Babies in Her Skirts to Keep Them Warm and Dry and Alive (Special Dispatch to the Beacon Journal) New York, April 20--Mrs. Addie Wells and her two chidlren, Joan, aged ... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | HOW THE HARRISES PARTED "Of Course, Ladies First," Said Mr. Harris, and Stayed on Board --- George Brayton, an asphalt manufacturer of Los Angeles, who was on the Titanic, last night gave an account of the parting of Henry B. Harris and his wife. He said:... | 19th April 1912 | |||
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The Evening Telegram | (1912) | THE SECOND OFFICER LIGHTHOLDER [sic] The man who directed Major Peuchen to enter the Titanic lifeboat. Telling of his own escape before the Senate Inquiry, he was asked: "Did you leave the sh... | 22nd April 1912 | ||
| Castle Carey Visitor | (1912) | CARYITES ON BOARD The loss of the Titanic has been keenly felt in Castle Cary: as apart from its being a National Disaster, there were a number of Caryites on board. Mr. Sam Herman, for many years a butcher in the town, and for some years proprietor of the Britannia H... | April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | TRIBUTE TO J. C. SMITH Col. Gracie Tells How He and Also E. A. Kent Died Bravely --- After reading letters in the morning papers from friends of James Clinch Smith, asking why no account had been written of the part he must have taken in the heroic work of res... | 25th April 1912 | |||
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HENRY WILDE IN WHITE UNIFORM Henry Tingle Wilde pictured in Summer White uniform... | |||||
| (1912) | PROBATE REPORT: WILDE HENRY TINGLE Probate Report: Wilde Henry Tingle, of 25 Grey Road, Walton, Liverpool. Ships Officer. Probate registered London, 12th July to Richard Owen Jones rubber merchants clerk and Owen Jones Williams estate agent. Effects: £6783.3.9d.... | 12th July 1912 | ||||
| Worcester Telegram | (1912) | 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 | |||
| Washington Herald | (1912) | 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 | |||
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(1912) | BOXHALL LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE A letter from Titanic Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall to the President of the Board of Trade, Sydney Buxton, written in July 1912 while Boxhall was serving aboard the Adriatic. Boxhall complained about the fees paid to... | 11th July 1912 | |||
| Chicago Record Herald | (1912) | NONE PICKED UP CELTIC General Passenger Agent Jeffries of the White Star Line today denied the report that an officer and woman steerage passenger of the Titanic were picked up by the Celtic, which arrived in this city on Saturday morning, as related in a dispatch last... | 23rd April 1912 | |||
| FAMILY GRAVESTONE IN LOVING MEMORY OF MARY CATHERINE (POLLY) THE DEARLY BELOVED WIFE OF LIEUT. HENRY T WILDE RNR. WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 24th DECR. 1910 AGED 38 YEARS. ALSO THE TWIN SONS OF THE ABOVE, ARCHIE AND RICHARD WHO DIED IN INFANCY DECEMBER 1910 "A LOVI... | ||||||
| ET Research | (2005) | WHITE STAR LINE OFFICER'S UNIFORM CIRCA 1912 By and large the various British steamship company's officer's uniforms of the Edwardia... | 15th February 2005 | |||
| The Cadet | (1914) | MOODY MEMORIAL CUP The Cup presented by Mrs Day and other relatives of J P Mood, who was lost in the "Titanic", to perpetuate his memory on board, reached the Ship during the Easter holidays, and is a great acquisition to our collection of trophies in the way of cup... | 13th June 1914 | |||
| 24 hour museum | (2006) | LIGHTOLLER TITANIC BOOK ACQUIRED FOR RAMSGATE MARITIME MUSEUM Gorringes in Worthing were auctioning Titanic memorabilia, including the 1st edition, cloth-bound book "Titanic and other ships" by Commander Lightoller, senior surviving officer of the Titanic. Ramsgate Maritime Museum has care of the restored Motor Yacht Sundowner, a veteran of the Dunkirk Evacuation in 1940, and the former property of Commander Charles Herbert Lightoller. The museum made a successful bid for the book. ... | 19th April 2006 | |||
| Newton Abbot Western Guardian | (1912) | UNTITLED Captain and Mrs. Hosking of Shaldon have received a telegram from Mr. Bock, Captain Hosking’s cousin in America, who had travelled about 300 miles to meet Mr. George Fox Hosking, the Senior Third Engineer on the ‘Titanic’ who he was hoping would be a... | 25th April 1912 | |||
| Hayle Weekly Mail | (1912) | HAYLE MAN ONE OF THE STEWARDS On enquiring at Hayle we find that no passengers from this town have sailed in the ill-fated vessel, but that Mr. Samuel Rule, of Hayle, occupied the position of chief bathroom steward. Mr. Rule, who formerly lived at Clifton-terrace, is a bro... | 18th April 1912 | |||
| The Toronto World | (1912) | HOW MAJ. PEUCHEN ESCAPED. ----------------- Second Officer Lightholder (sic), who had charge of the lifeboats: "In the fourth lifeboat I was running short of seamen. I put two seamen in and one of them jumped out. ... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| Daily Sketch | (1912) | THE SURVIVING OFFICERS OF THE TITANIC The surviving officers of the Titanic - Messrs. Lightoller, Lowe, Boxhall and Pitman - reached Liverpool by the same ship as Mr. Ismay - the Adriatic. The fifth officer, Mr. Lowe, who told the American Court of Inquiry that he asked Mr. Is... | 13th May 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 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | HAWTHORNE YOUTH ON TITANIC WAS A HERO HAWTHORNE, May 3---Through Frank Turnquist, one of the stewards of the Titanic, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Johnson, of Diamond Bridge avenue, have learned that their son, William C. Johnson Jr., who was a petty officer on the ill-fated steamship, mig... | 3rd May 1912 | |||
| Daily Northwestern | (1912) | SAW THE ICEBERG S. V. Silverthorne of St. Louis. was one of the three or four saloon passengers on the Titanic who saw the deadly iceberg just after the collision. "I was in the smoking room reading near a bridge whist game at one of the tables," he said.... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| (2006) | CAPTAIN LUDWIG STULPING OF THE S.S. BIRMA CAPTAIN Ludwig Stulping (Liudvikas Stulpinas) was born on December 4, 1871 in Zarenai parish, Jomantai, Lithuania. He would be 40 at the time of the Titanic disaster. ... | 28th December 2006 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Cornishman | (1912) | SAFETY OF A HAYLE MAN - MR. SAMUEL RULE Capt. Rule of Hayle, has received a telegram from his niece announcing the safety of his brother, Mr. Samuel Rule, chief steward of the Titanic. The telegram reads as follows:- ‘Anfield, Liverpool,-To Rule, Carnsew, Hayle. Fath... | 18th April 1912 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | LIFEBOAT NOT FILLED, KARL BEHR DECLARES NEW YORK, April 20---Karl H. Behr, the tennis player, who went to Australia in 1910 with the American team and was one of the Titanic’s survivors, tells that he was with a party of four, whom he hurried to the Titanic’s top deck at the first alarm.... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| The Times | (1952) | COMMANDER C. H. LIGHTOLLER Commander C. H. Lightoller died at his home at Twickenham yesterday at the age of 78. He was for many years with the White Star Line and was second officer in the Titanic when on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic in 1912 she struck and iceb... | 9th December 1952 | |||
| Brighton Argus | (1912) | MR. PITMAN Mr. Pitman, the third officer, who confirmed the statement that only two boats were lowered at the Board of Trade inspection. He did not see any ice before the disaster, but knew a wireless warning had been received. After the receipt of the w... | 24th April 1912 | |||
| Atlantic City Daily Press | (1912) | AN ATLANTIC MAN FINDS EVIDENCE FAVORING ISMAY D. W. McMillan’s Sister, Titanic Survivor, Says He and Astor Helped Women ---------- DESCRIBES DEATH OF DOUGHTY CAPTAIN ---------- In a letter to his wife, D. W. McMillan, of Pleasantville, who visited New Yor... | 23rd April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | ASTOR SAVED US, SAY WOMEN "Hold That Boat," He Commanded, as One Was Leaving Without Them --- CHICAGO, April 21---Mrs. Ida S. Hippach and her daughter, Jean, survivors of the Titanic, who arrived home to-day, said that they were saved by Col. John Jacob Astor, w... | 22nd April 1912 | |||
| 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 | |||
| (2005) | BRAVERY AWARD I have in my possession (recently discovered) a rare illuminated accommodation awarded to the Purser (Ernest G F Brown RNR) of the RMS Carpathia, the first ship to rescue the survivors from the “Titanic” sinking. Ernest Brown was originally from ... | 1st April 2005 | ||||
| New York Times | (1912) | 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 | |||
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TITANIC CONNECTIONS WITH LIVERPOOL Titanic, Carpathia, Californian were all Liverpool registered ships. The Titanic was scheduled to visit the port on the voyage from Belfast to Southampton but this was cancelled almost at the last minute. ... | |||||
| ET Research | (2009) | MOUNT TEMPLE TEMP'S MEMORIES THE replacement Fourth Officer of the Mount Temple on her homeward voyage in April 1912 was a m... | 8th October 2009 | |||
| New York Times | (1913) | HORSEWOMEN IN PARADE Mrs. Burleson, Wife of Army Officer In Command of Suffrage Pageant --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, Jan. 10---A cavalcade of horsewomen is to lead the woman's suffrage parade, or p... | 11th April 1913 | |||
| 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... | ||||||
| Asbury Park Evening Press | (1912) | MAIL CLERK GWINN DIED AT HIS POST MAIL CLERK GWINN DIED AT HIS POST ---------- Continued to Work Till Explosion Rent Titanic---Wife is Critically Ill ---------- Among the five postal clerks who stuck to their mail to the last and sank with it when ... | 22nd April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1903) | LINER CEDRIC IN PORT The largest steamship ever constructed slowly made her way, last evening between 6 and 8 o'clock, up New York Bay and the North River to the White Star piers at the foot of Banks Street. The huge vessel was the new transatlant... | 21st February 1903 | |||
| Newark Star | (1912) | 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 | |||
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CROW'S NEST TELEPHONE KEY RMS Titanic: Second Officer David Blair OBE. Iron key with brass oval tag attached "Crows Nest Telephone Key". Research by Henry Aldridge and Son, and eminent Titanic historians has established that the key was either to the portable Grah... | |||||
| ET Research | (2003) | TITANIC'S FINAL MANOEUVRE 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 | |||
| Grimsby Evening News | (1912) | UNTITLED As a lad Mr. Moody served two years in HMS Conway a sail training vessel moored on the river Mersey, after that time he gained the Extra Certificate showing that he was bright. He joined the sailing vessel Boadicea on leaving, and would have served t... | April 1912 | |||
| Chicago Tribune | (1912) | SHIES BOATS UNDER CAPT. SMITH F. Harrison Powers of New York and Paris, a guest at the Congress hotel has been a passenger several times on White Star boats commanded by Capt. E. J. Smith of the Titanic. “But I only sailed with him once after the collision of the... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1930) | GARDEN LURES SKIPPER OF THE BERENGARIA, SIR HENRY [SIC] ROSTRON, AFTER 45 YEARS AT SEA Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, Nov. 7---Captain Sir Arthur Henry Rostron, commodore of the Cunard fleet, who is retiring after forty-five years at sea, took his leave of his fellow-officers at Southampton this week on relinq... | 9th November 1930 | |||
| Washington Times | (1912) | DEATH OF MAJOR BUTT MOURNED BY WASHINGTONIANS Persons in Official and Private Life Speak Eulogistically of the President’s Military Aide Who Died---A Soldier --- Men of the United States army and navy, men who lived under the same roof---the men who knew Major Butt most intimately-... | 19th 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... | ||||||
| Torquay Times | (1922) | DEATH OF AN ESTEEMED RESIDENT. Torquay has lost an old and respected inhabitant in the death of Mrs. Rebecca Parsons, of Bronshill Road. Originally of Torrington, she had for many years resided at Torquay and took a very active interest in the work of the United Methodist Church ... | 1st December 1922 | |||
| Washington Times | (1912) | CAPTAIN SMITH BELIEVED TITANIC TO BE UNSINKABLE That Captain Smith believed the Titanic and the Olympic to be absolutely unsinkable is recalled by a man who had a conversation with the veteran commander on a recent voyage of the Olympic. The talk was concerning the accident in which... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| MURDOCH MEMORIAL PRIZE STEWARTRY OF KIRKCUDBRIGHT COUNTY COUNCIL EDUCATION COMMITTEE DALBEATTIE HIGH SCHOOL Dalbeattie District School Management Committee hereby certify that CHARLES CONNOR has been the Winner of a Prize of FOUR POUN... | ||||||
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ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY CENOTAPH Maj, Butt, a devout Episcopalian, chose the Celtic cross. There is a plaque on each side of the base. : On the back: A devoted son and brother, an efficient officer... | |||||
| St. Paul Daily News | (1912) | TITANIC VICTIMS DIED OF HUNGER - Tooth marks on cork and collapsible lifeboat tell grim tale - Liner found three - New York, May 16.- Bits of cork in their mouths and tooth marks on the cork and wood portions of the boat indicated that starvation killed the three T... | 17th May 1912 | |||
| North American | (1912) | 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 | |||
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THE BLUE PLAQUE A PLAQUE commemorating Harold Bride, Second Wireless Operator on the RMS Titanic has been placed by the London Borough of Bromley on Number 58, Ravensbourne Avenue, Shortlands, Kent - the house where he grew up. The plaque was unveiled on Wednesday ... | |||||
| New York Times | (1940) | CAPTAIN ROSTRON, TITANIC RESCUER Raced Carpathia Through Icy Waters to Save 700 Persons---Dies in England at 71 --- WITH CUNARD 36 YEARS --- Commodore of Line, 1928-31, Commanded Mauretania and Berengaria During Career --- By Cable to The NE... | 6th November 1940 | |||
| Christian Science Monitor | (1912) | WOMAN SURVIVOR OF TITANIC TELLS OF THE LAST HOURS OF SHIP Miss Caroline Bonnell Says Great Vessel Stood Still in Tracks and Then Gave a Great Shiver SAW NO CONFUSION (Written for the United Press by Miss Caroline Bonnell) (Copyright 1912 by the United Press) M... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| Unidentified Newspaper | (1997) | UNKNOWN TITLE Eleanor, her brother; Harold, and her mother; Alice were in Finland visiting her mother's dying father. They were on their way back to the U.S. The three stopped in England only to find out their tickets on the ship to take them back to America had b... | 1997 | |||
| 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 | |||
| The Times | (1953) | LIGHTOLLER'S 'SUNDOWNER' IN LIFEBOAT EMERGENCY Search for 60ft Cabin Cruiser Shipping asked to keep look-out All shipping in the Channel and North Sea has been asked to keep a look-out for the 60ft cabin cruiser "Sundowner," with eight people on board, which Margate ... | 23rd September 1953 | |||
| CHINESE SAILORS ON THE TITANIC Eight men, all Sailors from Hong Kong, boarded the Titanic together at Southampton with third class ticket #1601 at a cost of £56 9s 11d. Six of the men: Lee Bing, ... | ||||||
| Washington Times | (1912) | WIDENER WAS HEROIC TO END, SAYS FRIEND Traction Magnate Kissed Wife Good-By, Then Went Back To Die --- NEW YORK, April 19---Rushed to Philadelphia in a special train that had been sidetracked at the Communipaw station of the Pennsylvania railroad, in Jersey City, were the su... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| ET Comment | (2006) | THE RECORD SPEAKS! In his latest opinion piece, Senan Molony said that it is important to bear in mind that Hugh Woolner is merely a battleground for the real issue, the claim that Collapsible C “left the Titanic close to her climactic consummation.” Yet, the final ... | 13th December 2006 | |||
| Atlantic Daily Bulletin | (1993) | MEMORIAL TO JAMES MOODY From Rev'd Anthony Stratford, SCARBOROUGH. British Titanic Society Member Rev'd Tony Stafford a lifetime lover of ships, the sea and the Titanic has recently retired to Dulverton Hall, St. Martin's Square, Scarborough. O... | 1993 | |||
| Unidentified Newspaper | (1912) | WOMAN RELATES THRILLING RACE OF CARPATHIA New York, April 19.- Mrs. C.F. Crane of Fort Sheridan, Ill, a passenger on the Carpathia, today gave this graphic account of the Carpathia's thrilling race with death. She said that news of the disaster had become known to the passengers on board the... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| ET Research | (2006) | THE PORTRUSH LETTER THE LETTER fell onto the hall floor in the house at Main Street, Portrush, Co Antrim, in late April 1912. Hugh Smith, descending the stair, noticed it and picked it up. The American stamp... | 31st January 2006 | |||
| Newark Star | (1912) | DRUNKEN INDIAN IN PASSENGER'S HOME Former Employee Sleeps in Bed of Doctor Who Sailed on Titanic --- MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., April 18---While the friends of William C. Dulles of Philadelphia, who has a summer home at Goshen, a passenger on the lost Titanic, were awaiting with... | 19th April 1912 | |||
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MEMORIAL PLAQUE FOR C. H. LIGHTOLLER, TWICKENHAM Commander Charles Herbert Lightoller RNR, DSC* 1874-1952 RICHMOND SLIPWAYS, 1 DUCK'S WALK Commander Lightol... | |||||
| New York Times | (1912) | GAVE LIVES FOR THE MAILS Postal Clerks Worked in Two Feet of Water---Hitchcock Aids Kinsmen --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, April 20---Postmaster General Hitchcock to-day addressed a communication to Chairman John A. Moon of the ... | 21st April 1912 | |||
| Western Morning News | (1912) | UGBOROUGH MAN'S STORY J. Horswell (sic), a sailor, residing in Southampton, said though he was now lodging at Southampton, he hailed from Ugborough. He acted as bowman in one of the emergency boats, and among the passengers with them were Sir Cosmo and Lady Duff Gordon. ... | 29th April 1912 | |||
| Staffordshire Advertiser | (1912) | STAFFORDSHIRE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER Captain E. J. Smith, the commander of the ill-fated vessel, was a native of Hanley, the son of Mr. E. J. Smith. He was educated at the British School, then under the mastership of the late Mr.... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| San Francisco Bulletin | (1912) | 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 | |||
| San Francisco Bulletin | (1912) | 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 | |||
| The Toronto Daily Star | (1912) | LAST MAN TO LEAVE TITANIC WAS COLONEL GRACIE, U.S.A. ------------------- Was in That Last Awful Swirl That Followed When Monster Sank------Came to Surface Aft... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| Chicago Daily Tribune | (1912) | 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 | |||
| Washington Times | (1912) | TITANIC’S CAPTAIN HAD LONG RECORD ON THE HIGH SEAS As Captain of Olympic Smith's Vessel Hit British Cruiser Last Fall --- If the twentieth century retained a belief in the power of malignant spirits and the human passions of natural forces, the termination of the career of Capt. E. J. S... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| Rutherford Republican | (1912) | MAIL CLERKS DIED BRAVELY Worked in Two Feet of Water to Save Registered Mail on Titanic ---------- The families of the three sea postal clerks who died like heroes on the Titanic will each received $2,000 if Congress complies with a recommendation made this wee... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| Washington Herald | (1912) | MRS. CANDEE LAUDS MAJ. BUTT’S HEROISM "The Action of Men of the Titanic Was Noble," She Writes --- By MRS. CHURCHILL CANDEE, Of Washington. --- New York, April 18---The action of the men on the Titanic was noble. They stood back in every instance that ... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| Cleveland Plain Dealer | (1912) | SAYS MUSICIANS KNELT AS THEY PLAYED HYMN Mrs Ada M Clarke, one of the survivors, went to the White Star offices today to arrange for her passage back home to Southampton, England. Her husband, Charles S. Clarke, with whom she was on her way to California to make her... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| ET Reviews | (2002) | COMPELLING TITANIC THOUGHTS FROM THE ROCK It is often not an easy task, nor a popular enterprise, to be a revisionist of ocean liner history. Proof of this is found, for example, in Coli... | 29th September 2002 | |||
| ET Research | (2008) | LOADING THE REAR BOATS While working on a major project involving the Titanic, I ran into a snag. I thought I could unravel the problem by examining the order the rear boats were loaded and lowered. The answer helped, though less than I had hoped. But I was sti... | 29th May 2008 | |||
| Kenosha Telegraph-Courier | MRS. HANSON IS HOME MRS. HANSON IS HOME _____________________ ... | |||||
| New York Times | (1912) | CAPTAIN'S OFFICIAL REPORTS Rostron Tells How the Carpathia Did Work of Rescue --- Just before the Carpathia sailed yesterday afternoon on her interrupted voyage to the Mediterranean, Capt. Rostron, her commander, gave out what he declared to be the first and only... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| Chicago Daily News | (1912) | GIRL TITANIC SURVIVOR IS HERE Miss Annie Kelley Last Woman to Leave Sinking Ship, She Says Miss Annie Kelley, 17 years old, a sister of Miss Beatrice Kelley, 303 Eugenie street, arrived in Chicago last night and told of her escape from the sinking Tit... | 23rd April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1893) | THE SAILORS WERE BEATEN Morris Park Cricketers Put up a Good Game Against the Majestic Team --- The Morris Park Cricket Club was determined to defeat the team of the steamship Majestic yesterday at Morris Park, and they took no chances in t... | 15th August 1893 | |||
| Washington Times | (1912) | NATION MAY RAISE GREAT MEMORIAL TO DISASTER’S HERO Whole Country Likely to Be Asked to Contribute to Fund for Monument to Major Butt, Who Gave Life for Others --- An agitation has been started at the White House among the friends of Major Archibald Butt for the erection of a memorial mo... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| Washington Post | (1912) | 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| ET Research | (2005) | A CAPTAIN'S CAREER “When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experience in nearly 40 years at sea, I merely say- uneventful. Of course there have been winter storms and gales and fog and the like, but in all ... | 23rd August 2005 | |||
| New York Times | (1952) | MRS. LOUISE JONES WED IN BAY STATE Church in Barnstable Is Scene of Marriage to John Maclay Mirkil, Marine Ex-Officer --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- BARNSTABLE, Mass., Sept. 19---Mrs. Louise Unander-Scharin Jones, daughter of Mrs. J. Hippach Unander... | 20th September 1952 | |||
| ET Research | (2001) | THE GROUNDING OF TITANIC Presented for consideration by the Marine Forensic Panel (SD-7) chartered by the The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers at Gibbs & Cox, Inc., Suite 700, 1235 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia... | 6th June 2001 | |||
| 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 | |||
| ET Research | (2005) | THE BOXHALL LETTERS The following five letters, written to Mr. Joe Carvalho of Massaschusetts by Commander Joseph G. Boxhall span the time period of April 1961 through July of 1962, and reveal the sentiments of the Titanic officer r... | 23rd May 2005 | |||
| Ilford Graphic | (1912) | THE TALE OF THE TITANIC (2ND PAGE OF THE ARTICLE) And now, I come to a part of my story that I shrink from telling. Indeed, I think I have lingered over the first part because I dread relating the events of that awful night. I have read some where of people living a whole lifetime in a few hours. I ... | 10th May 1912 | |||
