1917

So as some of you may know I live walking distance from two of the main Titanic cemeteries and not much further from the Jewish one. I can literally see the "famous" J Dawson grave(Fairview Lawn) from my window. I walk by/thru them often. Last night I was out for a walk at around 2300 hours...

Note: This might not count as a Titanic -related thread, but It seemed important to inform or mention of. Recently I have noticed a playable demo has been released for a upcoming indie game called Under. The demo is set in 1917 on a ocean liner sinking in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and...

If RMS Olympic was sunk after its sister ships and the American entrance into WW1 during the time frame of WW1 or shortly after, what happens? What will White Star Line get after WW1 as war reparations? And, how will the company survive without all 3 of its best liners as intended for the...

The Sun, New York, 2 November 1917 Original article digitized by the New York Public Library Retrieved from the Library of Congress' Chronicling America web site, http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/ SAMUEL S. CORTIS --- Samuel S. Cortis, who died on Wednesday in St. Louis in...

The Hawaiian Gazette, Honolulu, 9 October 1917 Original article digitized by the University of Hawaii at Manoa Retrieved from the Library of Congress' Chronicling America web site, Chronicling America « Library of Congress BARRISTER IS NOW SKIPPER OF AHLERS --- Captain-Lawyer Will "Do His...

The Evening Star, Washington, 28 June 1917 Original article digitized by the Library of Congress Retrieved from the Library of Congress' Chronicling America web site, Chronicling America « Library of Congress "Jack" Binns to Be an Aviator --- NEW YORK, June 28---John Robinson (Jack) Binns...

The Evening Post, Wellington, 2 April 1919 Retrieved from the National Library of New Zealand web site, http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=p&p=home LOCAL AND GENERAL *** Mr. John Calderwood, chief engineer on the White Star steamer Cufic, which arrived in Auckland...

Does anyone know what the ill-fated SS Ceramic was being used for in 1917?. Some say it was being used as a trooper between here and France.

[MAB Note: On 28 May 1917, U.S. Army General John J. Pershing left New York on Baltic II to assume command of the Allied armies fighting in Europe.The following passage from his war memoirs describes that voyage. In the original, the paragraph which begins "(Diary)" and the two that...

The New York Times, 9 June 1917 Steamer Southland Sunk in Fight With U-Boat; 8 of Crew Killed by Explosion; One American Missing --- LONDON, June 8---The British steamer Southland, from Liverpool for Philadelphia in ballast, was torpedoed without warning on June 4. She had six Americans...

MAB Notes: 1. On 12 February 1917, Afric was torpedoed and sunk by UC 66 of the Eddystone Light. There were 22 deaths and 145 survivors. This report appeared a few days after the event. 2. In the fourth paragraph, "here" means "New York." 3. The remainder of this front page article related to...

[MAB Note: "[L]ast Thursday," as used in this article, means 25 January 1917.] The New York Times, 29 January 1917 Laurentic, British Auxiliary Cruiser, Sunk By Mine or Torpedo; Probably 180 Men Lost LONDON, Jan. 28---The British auxiliary cruiser Laurentic, of 14,892 tons gross, has...

Look at this video. Its really old and hard to make out but some of you might be interested. It was posted a long time ago here at the boards and I thought I would remind everybody of the film. http://www.earthstation1.com/The_Lusitania.html#Video Matt