The Cave List

“The Cave List” is a printed passenger list found among the effects of Titanic Saloon Steward Herbert Cave, listing first-class passengers and their cabin allocations. This partial list, dated April 10, 1912, provides crucial insights into the Titanic’s first-class accommodation and includes the names of passengers who cancelled before the voyage.

When the body of Saloon Steward Herbert Cave was recovered, among his effects was found this partial listing of first class passengers. It is the only documentary evidence of cabin allocations on the Titanic. The list was probably produced some days prior to sailing as it includes several passengers that cancelled passage on the Titanic. Errors and typographical features of the original have been left intact in this transcription. For more analysis see the article A Thorough Analysis of the Cave List.

This transcription presented courtesy of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia.

THIRD PROOF. FIRST CLASS PASSENGER LIST PER ROYAL AND U. S. MAIL "S. S. Titanic," FROM SOUTHAMPTON AND CHERBOURG TO NEW YORK (Via QUEENSTOWN). Wednesday, 10th April, 1912. Captain, E. J. Smith, R. D. (Commr. R. N. R.).
Surgeon, W. F. N. O'Loughlin.		Pursers.	H. W. McElroy.
Asst. Surgeon, J. E. Simpson.		Pursers.	R. L. Barker.
Chief Steward, A. Latimer.

A		B
B5	Allen, Miss Elizabeth	A23	Barkworth, Mr. A. H.
	Walton	B58	Baxter, Mrs. James
	Allison, Mr. H. J.	B60	Baxter, Mr. Quigg
	Allison, Mrs. H. J.	C6	Beattie, Mr. T.
C22	and Maid	D35	Beckwith, Mr. R. L.
C26	Allison, Miss	D35	Beckwith, Mrs. R. L.
	Allison, Master	C148	Behr, Mr. K. H.
	and Nurse	B49	Bishop, Mr. D. H.
E12	Anderson, Mr. Harry	B49	Bishop, Mrs. D. H.
D7	Andrews, Miss	T	Blackwell, Mr. Stephen
	Cornelia I.		Weart
	Andrews, Mr. Thomas	A31	Blank, Mr. Henry
C101/2	Appleton, Mrs. E. D.	C7	Bonnell, Miss Caroline
B35	Aubert, Mrs. N.	C103/1	Bonnell, Miss Lily
B35	and Maid	D22/1	Borebank, Mr. J. J.



E33	Bowerman, Miss Elsie	E58	Colley, Mr. E. P.
A21/1	Brady, Mr. John B.	E45	Compton, Mrs. A. T.
B10	Brandeis, Mr. E.	E49	Compton, Miss S. R.
C101/1	Brown, Mrs. J. M.	E52	Compton, Mr. A. T., Jr.
D15	Buckell, Mrs. W.	C101/3	Cornell, Mrs. R. C.
D15	and Maid	C132/1	Craig, Mr. Norman C.
B38	Butt, Major Archibald		K.C., M.P.
	W.	B22	Crosby, Mr. Edward G.
		B22	Cosby, Mrs. Edward G.



C
E24/3	Calderhead, Mr. E. P.	D
B51	Cardeza, Mrs. J. W. M.	E17	Daly, Mr. P. D.
B53	and maid	B71	Davidson, Mr. Thornton
B55	Cardeza, Mr. T. D. M.	B71	Davidson, Mrs. Thornton
101	and Manservant	C90	de Villiers, Mrs. B.
	Carter, Mr. William E.	B20	Dick, Mr. A. A.
B96	Carter, Mrs. William E.	B20	Dick, Mrs. A. A.
B98	Carter, Miss Lucile	A34	Dodge, Mr. Washington
	Carter, Master William		Dodge, Mrs. Washington
	T.		Dodge, Master Washing-
	Case, Mr. Howard B.		ton
C46	Cavendish, Mr. T. W.	B60	Douglas, Mrs. F. C.
	Cavendish, Mrs. T. W.	C86	Douglas, Mr. W. D.
	and Maid		Douglas, Mrs. W. D.
E31	Chaffee, Mr. Herbert F.		and Maid
E31	Chaffee, Mrs. Herbert F.	A18	Dulles, Mr. William C.
C37	Cherry, Miss Gladys
A9	Chevré, Mr. Paul
E 33	Chibnall, Mrs. E. M.
	Bowerman
	Chisholm, Mr. Robert
	Christy, Mrs. Alice
	Frances	E
	Christy, Miss Juli	C53	Earnshew, Mrs. Boulton
C89	Clark, Mr. Walter M.	D31	Eastman, Miss Anne K.
C89	Clark, Mrs. Walter M.	C45	Endres, Miss Caroline
C110	Clifford, Mr. George	D20	Eustis, Miss E. M.
	Quincy	A29	Evans, Miss E.



F		D33	Harper, Mr. Henry
E25/3	Flynn, Mr. J. I.		Sleeper
C111	Foreman, M. B. L.		and Manservant
	Fortune, Mr. Mark		Harper, Mrs. Henry
	Fortune, Mrs. Mark		Sleeper
C23	Fortune, Miss Ethel	C83	Harris, Mr. Henry B.
C25	Fortune, Miss Alice	C83	Harris, Mrs. Henry B.
C27	Fortune, Miss Mabel	D45	Hawksford, Mr. W. J.
	Fortune, Mr. Charles	B69	Hays, Mr. Charles M.
D34/3	Franklin, Mr. T. P.	B73	Hays, Mrs. Charles M.
D40	Frauenthal, Mr. T. G.	B24	and Maid
B39	Frolicher, Miss	C54	Hays, Miss Margaret
	Marguerite	B11	Head, Mr. Christopher
		E46	Hilliard, Mr. Herbert
			Henry
		C39	Hipkins, Mr. W. E.
		B18	Hippach, Mrs. Ida S.
		B18	Hippach, Miss Jean
		D11	Hogeboom, Mrs. John C.
G			Holden, M.A., Rev. J.
E63	Gee, Mr. Arthur H.		Stuart
C92	Goldenberg, Mr. E. L.	C93	Hoyt, Mr. Frederick M.
C92	Goldenberg, Mrs. E. L.	C93	Hoyt, Mrs. Frederick M.
A5	Goldschmidt, Mr.
	George B.
C51	Gracie,Colonel
	Archibald
C42	Graham, Mr.
C91	Graham, Mrs. William G.
C125	Graham, Miss Margaret
D10	Greenfield, Mrs. L. D.	I
D12	Greenfield, Mr. W. B.	C49	Isham, Miss A. E.
B84	Giglio, Mr. Victor
	Guggenheim, Mr.
	Benjamin



H		J
E50	Harder, Mr. George A.		Jakob, Mr. Birnbaum
E50	Harder, Mrs. George A.	E60	Julian, Mr. H. F.



K		E46	McCarthy, Mr. Timothy
B37	Kent, Mr. Edward A.		J.
D21	Kenyon, Mr. F. R.	E25/1	McGough, Mr. J. R.
D21	Kenyon, Mrs. F. R.	E38	Millet, Mr. Frank D.
D19	Kimball, Mr. E. N.	C78	Minahan, Dr. W. E.
D19	Kimball, Mrs. E. N.		Minahan, Mrs. W. E.
C124	Klaber, Mr. Herman		Minahan, Miss Daisy
		C30	Molsom,Mr.H.Markland
		A16	Morgan, Mr.
		A20	Morgan, Mrs.
		E36	and Maid



L
C128	Lambert-Williams, Mr.	N
	Fletcher Fellowes	C118	Natsch,Mr. Charles
E37/1	Lawrence, Mr. Arthur	D48 D36	Newell, Mr. A. W.
D17/3	Leader, Mrs. F. A.		Newell, Miss Alice
D31	Lewis, Mrs. Charlton T.		Newell,Miss Madeline
D28	Lines, Mrs. Ernest H.	D47	Newsom,Miss Helen
D28	Lines, Miss Mary C.
D6	Long, Mr. Milton C.
D9	Longley, MissGretchenF.



		O
		B30	Ostby, Mr. E. C.
		B36	Ostby, Miss Helen R.
		D43	Ovies; Mr. S.


M
B5	Madill, Miss Georgette
	Alexandra
C108	Maguire, Mr. J. E.
C47	Marechal, Mr. Pierre	P
D30	Marvin, Mr. D. W.		Parr, Mr. M. H. W.
D30	Marvin, Mrs. D. W.	C142	Partner,Mr. Austin
C6	McCaffry, Mr. T.		Payne, Mr.V.



C2	Pears, Mr. Thomas	B45	Snyder, Mr. John
C2	Pears, Mrs. Thomas	B45	Snyder, Mrs. John
C65 C109/1	Penasco, Mr. Victor	E34 E36 E40/1	Spedden,Mr. FrederickO.
	Penasco, Mrs. Victor		Spedden,Mrs. Frederick
	and maid		O.
C104	Peuchen, Major Arthur		and Maid
C110	Porter, Mr. Walter		Spedden, Master R.
	Chamberlain		Douglas
C50	Potter, Mrs. Thomas, Jr.		and Nurse
		B76 B80/1	Spencer, Mr. W. A.
			Spencer, Mrs. W. A.
			and Maid
		B50	Stahelin, Mr. Max
			Stead, Mr. W. T.
		B41	Stehli,Mr. Max Frolicher
		B41	Stehli,Mrs. Max Frolicher
		D20	Stephenson, Mrs. W. B.
R		B28	Stone, Mrs. George M.
	Reuchlin, Mr. Jonkheer	B28	and Maid
	J. G.		Straus, Mr. Isidor
B3	Robert, Mrs. Elizabeth	C55	and Manservant
	Walton	C57	Straus, Mrs. Isidor
	and Maid	C97	and Maid
A24	Roebling, Mr. Washington	D50	Sutton, Mr. Frederick
	A. 2nd	D17/1	Swift, Mrs. Frederick Joel
A32	Rood, Mr. Hugo R.
A10	Ross, Mr. J. Hugo
C37	Rothes, The Countess of
C37	and Maid



		T
S		E67 E68/1	Taussig, Mr. Emil
C106	Saalfeld, Mr. Adolphe		Taussig, Mrs. Emil
C125	Shutes, Miss E. W.		Taussig, Miss Ruth
E24/1	Silverthorne, Mr.	C126	Taylor, Mr. E. Z.
E44	Silvey, Mr. William B.	C126	Taylor, Mrs. E. Z.
E44	Silvey, Mrs. William B.		Thayer, Mr. J. B.
A26	Simonius, Mr. Oberst		Thayer, Mrs. J. B.
	Alfons		and Maid
A7	Smith, Mr. J. Clinch		Thayer, Mr. J. B., Jr.
A19	Smith, Mr. R. W.	C53	Tucker, Mr. G. M., Jr.



V		Y
B19	Van der Hoef, Mr.	C32	Young, Miss Marie
	Wyckoff



W
D46	Walker, Mr. W.
	Anderson
D37	Warren, Mr. F. M.
D37	Warren, Mrs. F. M.
D26	White, Mr. Percival W.
D26	White, Mr. Richard F.
C32	White, Mrs. J. Stuart
C99/1	and Maid
C120/1	and Manservant
C80 C82 D44	Widener, Mr. George D.
	and Manservant
	Widener, Mrs. George D.
	and Maid
	Widener, Mr. Harry
D32	Wood, Mr. Frank P.
D32	Wood, Mrs. Frank P.
C52	Woolner, Mr. Hugh

References
First Class Passenger List S.S. Titanic ("3rd Proof") ["Cave List"], Public Archives of Nova Scotia

Comment and discuss

Arun Vajpey

I was going to go look up cavelist as I had never seen the term before.The "Cave List" was a partial list of First Class cabin allocations found on the body of Titanic Victim First Class Saloon Steward Herbert Cave. It is believed to be the only such on-board official list in existence.[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/cave-list.html[/URL]
Steven Christian

The "Cave List" was a partial list of First Class cabin allocations found on the body of Titanic Victim First Class Saloon Steward Herbert Cave. It is believed to be the only such on-board official list in existence.[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/cave-list.html[/URL]That's interesting. Don't know how I missed it before or just completly forgotten about it if I had read of it. I could see where they would have a list for First class. Maybe even Second class. But Third class it would be hard as people were often shuffled around or not assigned a berth until they got on board.
Arun Vajpey

There was probably quite a bit of shuffling around. As you know, "Baron" Alfred Nourney was originally on a Second Class ticket but upgraded himself on board to First Class, presumably through the Chief Purser.For me, the main interest with the Cave List is that it places the Spencer couple (correctly, IMO) in Cabin B-76 and not B-78 as thought by some sources. That raises the question about the identities of the unknown couple in (almost certainly officially unoccupied at the time) B-78 was - they refused to open the door in response to Steward Etches repeated attempts at knocking. I have a theory (and only that) about them but could be inappropriate to post it in the open forums.
Steven Christian

There was probably quite a bit of shuffling around. As you know, "Baron" Alfred Nourney was originally on a Second Class ticket but upgraded himself on board to First Class, presumably through the Chief Purser.For me, the main interest with the Cave List is that it places the Spencer couple (correctly, IMO) in Cabin B-76 and not B-78 as thought by some sources. That raises the question about the identities of the unknown couple in (almost certainly officially unoccupied at the time) B-78 was - they refused to open the door in response to Steward Etches repeated attempts at knocking. I have a theory (and only that) about them but could be inappropriate to post it in the open forums.[COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)]"could be inappropriate to post it in the open forums."[/COLOR]As in a little hanky panky going on? Wouldn't be the first time. I was going to also say maybe international jewel thieves or some other criminals but if they were smart it would have been better to go 3rd class where no one would probably take notice of you. Cheers.
Seumas

[COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)]"could be inappropriate to post it in the open forums."[/COLOR]As in a little hanky panky going on? Wouldn't be the first time. I was going to also say maybe international jewel thieves or some other criminals but if they were smart it would have been better to go 3rd class where no one would probably take notice of you. Cheers.The body of third class passenger Austin van Billiard was found to have "twelve loose diamonds" on his person. Whether he was going to declare them to customs at New York or try and sneak them through, we'll never know !There was also one man aboard who was technically a fugitive, third class passenger Harold Reynolds.A few weeks prior to boarding the Titanic with the intention of immigrating, he had been Private Reynolds of the Royal West Kent Regiment. He had deserted his unit and had provo marshals looking for him.
Steven Christian

The body of third class passenger Austin van Billiard was found to have "twelve loose diamonds" on his person. Whether he was going to declare them to customs at New York or try and sneak them through, we'll never know !There was also one man aboard who was technically a fugitive, third class passenger Harold Reynolds.A few weeks prior to boarding the Titanic with the intention of immigrating, he had been Private Reynolds of the Royal West Kent Regiment. He had deserted his unit and had provo marshals looking for him.Yes. I had forgotten about the diamonds that he had. But not saying he was a jewel thief or anything. Carrying money or wealth was different in those days. Could have been for a variety of reasons. Today it's easier than when I was a kid living in Germany. Now a debit card and pocket full of euro's you can pretty much get around Europe without having to change currencies. Cheers.
Arun Vajpey

As in a little hanky panky going on? Wouldn't be the first time. I actually have a theory about the identity of the man and woman involved. I do not want to name them here because it is only my theory and there might be descendants of one or both of them reading these forums. I have sent you a PM.

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