Titanic carried 1820 passengers and crew details
The Titanic carried about 1820 people with 300 crew in the ship’s third class and 800 crew total. Notable first class names include Isidor Straus Col John Jacob Astor and G Ismay. The London cable lists first and second cabin passengers with many surnames and titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isidor Straus
John Jacob Astor
G. Bruce Ismay
White Star Line
W. T. Stead
Pall Mall Gazette
London Review of Reviews
Archibald Butt
Taft
Jacques Futrelle
Col
Alfonso Simonius
Verein
Countess Rothes
London
Foxe Stanley and Faunthropes Named in List
A terse notice lists Foxe Stanley and A Faunthrope, H Faunthrope, L Faunthrope among those named in the official document.
Prominent Local Figures Named in Long List of Residents
Estates there from his father, the late Judge J. Lawrence Smith. He owns a fine stable of polo ponies, running horses and trotters and built a race track. He married Miss Bertha Barnes of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Lawrence Smith
Bertha Barnes
Chicago
Rescued Fleet Commander Hopes For Reunion After Oceanic Crash
A correspondent notes his father’s surgery and European recovery after perilous voyage. He awaits word on whether he will meet the Titanic, expressing hope that the father survived the accident and retains his health despite the disaster.
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Europe
Joseph Bruce Ismay founder of White Star Line and Titanic figure
Joseph Bruce Ismay born 1862 in Liverpool rose to become chairman and managing director of the White Star Line. He steered the company from wooden clippers to iron and steam ships and oversaw the rapid North Atlantic passenger service, including the Titanic, in the early 20th century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Bruce Ismay
White Star Line
Liverpool
Thomas Henry Ismay
Dawpool
Cheshire
England
Julia Florence Schieffelin
George ‘R Schieffelin
Ismay
Elstree
Harrow
Hill Street
Sandheys
Mossley Hill
Reform Club
London
International Mercantile Marine Company
United States
Atlantic
New York
Cumberland
Maryport
Imrie, Tomlinson & Co
White Star
Australia
James Clinch Smith A Society Sportsman In Two Continents
James Clinch Smith, brother-in-law of the late Stanford White, is a noted sportsman and society figure who split time between Paris and New York. He returned to Smithtown in May 1911 to reopen his homestead, and was in New York shortly before the Stanford White tragedy, where he testified at the trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Clinch Smith
Stanford White
Paris
Smithtown
L. L
Smith
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Philadelphia relatives frantically seek Titanic news
Relatives of Titanic passengers in Philadelphia race for word as warning spreads of large losses aboard the liner. Prominent locals including the Widener and Thayer families, the Dulles and Cardeza circles, and social figures in Philadelphia and Chestnut Hill are noted among those aboard or awaiting word, with wireless attempts to reach ships ongoing.
Boston Passengers on Titanic List Noted Figures
Boston travelers aboard the Titanic include Edwin N. Kimball of Hallet & Davis Piano Co and his wife, who sailed March 6 on the Cedric seeking rest and change. They toured Madeira and Nice before returning to Paris, with additional names tied to Brookline and Haverton.
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New York Times
Boston
Edwin N. Kimball
Hallet & Davis Piano Company
Kimball
New York
Madeira
Nice
Paris
Elizabeth A. Eustis
Beacons Street
Brookline
Walter B. Stephenson
Haverton
T Cunard Caronia
St Louis Titanic passengers include local residents and a real estate figure
St Louis readers learn of Titanic survivors from their city. Mrs Edward Robert of 4140 Lindell Avenue, her daughter Miss Georgette A Madill, and her niece Miss Elizabeth Allen are named. Miss Madill receives a $7500 annual allowance from Probate Court for clothing and spending. Theophile Papin Jr, a 55 year old real estate man, long in St Louis society and art connoisseur, was also aboard with unclear status of his firm Papin and Tantrup Realty.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
Edward Robert
Lindell’ Avenue
Georgette A. Madill
Elizabeth Allen
Robert
George A. Madill
Madill
Allen
George Allen
Europe
Theophile Papin, Jr
Papin & Tantrup Realty Company
Marconi man at Titanic wireless in 1912
J G Phillips the English wireless operator for the Marconi Company, 24, sent the distress call from the Titanic after five years with Marconi. He had joined Oceanic after serving on James Gordon Bennett's yacht and earlier on a P&O liner to the Orient, with global service history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Phillips
Marconi Company
Oceanic
Mr. Phillips
Marconi
James Gordon Bennett
Orient
Seward Brother Ties to Titanic Coverage
Frederick K. Seward of Curtis Mallet Prevott Colt 30 Broad Street traveled to Europe on business. He studied at Columbia University, was active in Glee Club, and is married living at 542 West 112th Street. He is brother of J Perry Seward of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick K. Seward
Curtis, Mallet, Prevott & Colt
Broad Street
Europe
Columbia Univare
T Glee Choice
West
112Th Street
DN J. Perry Seward
Titanic survivor Henry Harper dies after lodging in New York
Henry Sleeper Harper aged about 42 of 131 East Twenty first Street was son of Joseph Wesley Harper of Harper & Brothers. He served as a director of the firm before retiring three years ago and was educated at Columbia University. He married Myra Haxton, who survived the Titanic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Sleeper Harper
East Twentyfirst Street
Joseph Wesley Harper
Harper & Brothers
Harper
Columbianiversity
University
Century Clubs
Mr.er
Myra Haxton
Behr Family Ties Signal Tennis Fame and Law Career
Karl H Behr son of Herman and Mrs Behr of 777 Madison Avenue is a Yale graduate 1905 lawyer at 40 Wall Street. A top U S tennis player he competed in national championships Davis Cup and metro doubles runner up with R D Little. Brother Max H Behr is a golfer. Karl remains unmarried.
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Karl H. Behr
Herman Behr
Madison Avenue
Wall Street
Yale
Behr
Newport
R. D. Little
Mr. Behr
West Side Tennis Club
Philadelphia
Seventh Regiment Armory
Max H. Behr
Cumings and Wife Leave City for Six Weeks Abroad
John Bradley Cumings of Cumings & Marckwald brokers at 36 Wall Street, now living in the city ten years after moving from Boston with Florence Thayer Cumings. He is a director of Subsurface Boat Company and member of Racquet, Metro-Riding and Knollwood clubs. The couple recently traveled abroad about six weeks ago. Their home is at East Sixty-fourth Street.
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John Bradley Cumings
Cumings & Marckwald
Wall Street
Boston
Estabrook & Co
Cumi
Florence Thayer
Cumings
Knollwood
Cum
Countess of Rothes and Family Heritage Details
The Countess of Rothes, wife of the nineteenth Earl of Rothes who inherited the title in 1893, holds one of the UK’s rare female-line descents. In 1900 she married Miss Noé lle Lucy Martha Dyer Edwardes, and they have son Malcolm George Dyer-Edwardes, Lord Leslie, born 1902. Their home is Leslie House, Fifeshire, with about 9,000 acres.
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Countess of Rothes
Earl of Rothes
Scotland
Cerate
Lord Rothes
Noé
Lucy Martha Dyer Edwardes
Thomas Dyer Edwardes
Prinknash Park
Gloucestershire
Rothes
Malcolm George Dyer-Edwardes
Leslie
Leslie House
Fifeshire
Archibald Gracie in Washington Amid Subpoena Scandal
Archibald Gracie, Titanic passenger, is a known Washington society figure. His wife left town to dodge a subpoena in a lunacy trial of Mrs. H C Gage, who was arrested after threats against Charles J Bell of the Lenagyger Security and Trust Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Archibald Gracie
New York
H. C. Gage
Gage
Charles J. Bell
Lagenyger Security and Trust Company
Gracie
Bell
Edith Gracie
Col
Archibald Pescaeta
Mobile
Ale
Miss Gracie
Southampton
Titanic disaster witness collapses after reading bulletins
A well dressed man collapses on a New York sidewalk while reading Titanic disaster bulletins. Patrolmen assist him as he grieves for missing wife and child and mentions relatives aboard the ship and the San Francisco quake. He is identified as C. J. E. Clayton of the Hotel Prince George.
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Times
Rickert and
Delaney
Forty-third Street
San Francisco
C. J. E. Clayton
Prince George
George
J. Brayton
Women React in Times Square as Titanic News Breaks
Crowds around the Times Building surged from 100 to 4000 as bulletin boards relayed Titanic developments. Women sobbed and men argued with newsroom staff while officials reported no confirmed loss. ships Olympic and Virginian closed in as inquiries continued.
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Times Square
Halifax
Times Building
Broadway
Forty-third Street
Bullen
Times
William J. Masse
Titanic Sinking News Reached White Star Office
Crowds gathered at the White Star offices all day seeking news on the liner disaster. Officials answered inquiries, noting the sinking of the largest vessel afloat with many safety devices was an utter impossibility.
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P. A
Franklin
International Mercantile Marine Company
Titanic
Tude
Olympic
Baltic
Europe
Ae Aeee
Marconi
New York
Tha Berg
Halifax
Virginian
Ite
Haddock
Mr. Franklin
Capt. Smith
White Star
Inquirers
Ohne
Lfe
W. H.force
John Jacob Astor
J. G. Dobbyn
Astor
Force
Bradley Martin, Jr
Robert C. Cornell
Clark
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J. M. Blackwell
S. W. Bucknell
S. W
Blank
Henry
Maid
Bennell
C. Butt
A. Bennell
Lily
M., An
B. Endres
C. ‘Eustis
BE. M
Chambers
N. C
Cherry
G .Chevie
Paul
Chibnall
E. M. Lchisholm
W. M
Clifford
G. Q. Colley
Bren Compton
A. T. Compton
W. Compton
A. Berr. Corner
B. C. Crafton
John B. Crosby
E. G
Peeer
J. B
Flynn
J. I
A. 0
Hoyt
F. M
I. Ismay
J. Bruce
Man Icham
A. E.ager
K. Kent
Ets
A. Kimball
BE. N
Kenyon
F. R
Klaber
Herman
G. A.meyer
Edgar J
Maguire
J. E. Millet
Frank D. Marechal
Pierre
Minehan
Dr. W. E
Mervin
D. W
McCaffry
T. Melsom
H. McCarthy
T. J. Moore
Man
McGough
J. R. Morgan
Melody
Natsch
Charles
Newell
M. Newell
A. W. Newsom
Helen
Alice
Nicholson
A. 5
Ostby
R. Rosenbaum
Miss. Sendlings
Rheims
Sae Ross
J. Hugo
E. S
Denntada
Rothschild
Roebling
W. A
Rowe
Alfred
Rolmans
C. Ryerson
Rood
Hugh
Saalfeld
Adolph
Spenser
Saloman
A. L
Schubert
Stahelin
Max
Seward
Frederick
Stead
W. T. Chutes
Mies
E. W. Stehli
M. F
Silverthorne
Stengel
C. B. H. Silver
W. B
Bimonius
Col. A
Pres- Stephenson
T. Taussig
Thayer
Taussig
Ruth
Thorne
Taylor
Tucker
G. M
Uruchurtu
Mr. Vanderhoef
W. Vo
Walker
W. A. Widener
G. D
Warren
Weir
J. Widener
Harry
White
M. J. Willard
C. White
P. W. Williams
Duane
R. F
Williams
N. M
Woolner
Wick
Mary
Wright
Angie
Abelson
Hannah
Ashby
John
Andrew
Edgar
Samson
Bentham
Lillian
Byles
Balls
Ada R
Bambridge
Biss
Kate
Bowenur
Bateman
R. J
Brown
Mildred
Beesley
Baily
Percy
Beiker
A. O
Botsford
W. H
Berreman
Butler
Reginald
Bryhl
Carl
Beane
Edward
Dagmar
Ethel
Bystrom
Beauchamp
H. J
Banfield
F. J
Brito
Jose de
Collender
Erik
Christy
Julia
Coleridge
R. C
Clarke
C. V
Collyer
Harvey
Ada M
Miss C
Cameron
Clear
Mab Collett
Stuart
Corbett
Irene
Chapman
Charlies
Grey
Gaskell
Gillespie
W. Garside
Gilbert
W. Gale
Gale
Gill
Joe A. Davis
Denton
W. J
Doling
Ada
Elsie
Def
Lena N
Hewlett
Mary D. Harris
Walter
Harris
Samuel
Jane
Jierman
Old
Stephen
Hold
Annie
Hunt
Hickman
L. Hickman
Hood
Ambrose
Howard
B. Howard
Ellen T
Jeffert Clifford
Jeffery, Ernest
Jacobsohn
Jacobsohn, Amy F
Fillbrook
C. Frank
Fynney, Joseph
Giles
Ralph
Girard
H. K Greenberg
Fred
Gavey
Lawrence
Hart
Benjamin
Esther
Eva
Nina
Hamaliner
Anna
Hoffman
Hocking
Eliza
Nellie
Hodges
Henry P. Hiltuner
Martha
K. Kantor
Karnes
F. Keame
Daniel, Kelly
F. Kane
J. H. Kirkland
Rev. Charles
Masgiavacchi
B. Marshall
Mack, Mary
Moudd, Thomas
Otter, Richard
Quick, Jane. Quick, Vera W
Renouf
Peter H. Rebouf
Lillie
Ridsdale
Lucy
Rogers
Rugg, Emily
Richard
Emilie
Veals, James
Mitchell
Mallet
A. Matthews
McKane
Peter
Mellers
William
Meyer
August
Millag, Jacob
N. Nasser, N
Wife
Nelson
Oo. Oxenham, T
Parker
St Paris
Ponzell, Taco
Portaluppi, E. Pulsaum
Frank
Quick, Phyllis
W. Sinkkonen
Ene
Ward
Swane
Shelley
Silven
A Strant
M. Ele
T. Tooney
Hilen
Tronpiansky
M. A. Tervan
A. T. Vv
Watt
Bertha
Arthur E. West
Barbara
Wheeler
Edwin. Wells
A. Wells
J. Wells
Walcroft
Yodis
S'S
Carpathia, Canard Line
Sparisian
Allan Line
Captain Ranson
Angerican Press
The
Philadelphians
George D. Widener
Penn
Arthur L. Ryerson
Arthur Larned Ryerson
Miss Widener
Fitz Eugene Dixon
Henry Dixon
Chestnut Hill
Joseph E. Widener
George Widener
John B. Thayer
John B. Thayer, Jr
Thecarkesd
J. Thayer
Pennsylvania Railroad
Marian L. Morris
University of Pennsylvania
Duane Williams
Richard Morris Williams, Jr
Geneva
Switzerland
Richard Norris Williams
William C. Dulles
319
South Twelfth Street
Goshen
N. Y
Andrew Chevis Dulles
Kendy C. Dulles
Thomas Potter, Jr
Thomas Potter
Boyer Brrest
Mount Airy
Lucile Carter
William Carter
Bryn Mawr
Carters
Robert W. Daniel
Smith,Daniel & Co
Daniel
Southern Club
Newbury
Haverford
Martha Eustis
Acorn Club
Stephenson
Elizabeth M. Eustis
Mass
Mediterranean
Edward Robins
Board of Trustees
Joseph Pennell
Peste Pennell
Pennell
Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Horace Harding
Lelterhead
Gimbel Brothers
A. W. Newell
Fourth National Bank of Boston
Madeline Newell
Holy Land
Nile
E. C. Osteby
Belen R. Osteby
Providence
Mr. Norman
Bostonians
Miss Madill
Marconi Man
the Countess of
J. E. Clayton
Fifth Avenue
46Th Street
P. A. S. Franklin
International Mercantile-Marine Company
No —S
Smith Gray & Co
Shetland
Donegal
West of England
Vidal
Reagdeau
Waeren St
Std Av
Bet
Kemm
Yners
Ors
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