Titanic Ship Details Highlight Luxuries and Size
The article details the Titanic as a 45100 ton two sister ships with 882 feet length, fifteen watertight bulkheads and eleven steel decks. It notes luxurious staterooms and private promenades, estimates crew and passenger capacity at 2500, and compares it to the Olympic while touching on propulsion and notable structural features.
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Olympic
White Star Line
Titanic
E J Smith
White Star
Delaware
Parknead
Belfast
Boasarma
Wales
Ile
Noth
Battem
Hoats
Dantennen
Coum
New York
Liverpool
Smith
Tage
Solent
Fritteh
Marine Disasters of Recent Years Chronology 1800 to 1911
A compiled list of maritime disasters with dates and death tolls, citing ships from London era through early 20th century. Includes steamer London 270 lives, Emigrant ship Cospatrica 478, General Slocum over 1000, Maine 200, and Liberte 283 among many others, spanning Atlantic and global waters.
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London
Dered
Bay of Biscay
Evening Star
New York
New Orleans
Royal Mail
Rhone
Wye
St. Thomas
West Indies
Northfest
Dunnaness
Hives
White Star Mace Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Yease
Cospatrica
Amecitiland
Schiller
Pacific
Cape Flattery
Urodice
Iate of Wight
Calliston
Thames River
Byzantin
Dardanelles
Rinaldo
Adiants
Bermuda
Teuton
Cape of Good Hope
Kapanda
Hark Ada Melore
Brasil
Wah Young
Canton
Homakeng
U. S
Trenton
Vandalia
Nipahc
Adler
Eber
Duberg
China Seas
Turkiek
Frtograf
Japan
Ameriorilmer Utopia
Stear Anson
Gibraltar
Namehow
Chima Sea
Norge
Rockall Heel
North Atlantic
Elbe Suskis
Crathie
North Seas
Reina Regents
Mediterranean
United States
Maine
Havana
Berder
le Bourgogne
Cromartyshire
General Slocum
Hell Gate
East River
Rio Janeiro
Sirio
Cape Palos
Columbia
San Pedro
California
Hakodate
Mateo Shimi
Pencadores Otring
Florian
White Star Inner Republic
Baltic
Republic
Sydney
Fort Natal
Port Natal
Tonion Harbor
Two Disasters of the Sea Notable for Their Contrast
A summary of two great maritime disasters Burgoyne and Republic, contrasted by timing and rescue actions. The Burgoyne sink after collision with Cromartyshire off Sable Island. deaths, chaos, and women and children first ignored by some. The Republic collides with Florida, transfers passengers to Florida then Baltic, with orderly evacuations and remarkable recovery feats.
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Viney
Burgoyne
Wireless
Republic
Nantucket
Bourgogne
Republc
Florfia
Bis
Valde
Halifax
Florida
Baltic
Walcott
Chicago
The
Bollera
Republics
Ateamship
Sealby
Mediterranean
To Have Lustrous Hair and Rosy Complexion
An old beauty tonic claims to brighten hair with a hair wash every two weeks using canthrax dissolved in hot water to cleanse the scalp and reduce dandruff. A rosy complexion is said to be achieved with a spurmax lotion dissolved in water with glycerine, trimming shine and keeping skin smooth and velvety.
Washingtonians tied to Titanic fate roll of memory
Fragmented obituary style notes list Washington connections to Titanic survivors and passengers. Mentions Clarence Moore, May Archibald Butt, Col Archibald Gracie, artist Francis Millet, and Mrs Henry Hart among others with ties to Washington society and prominent clans.
Titanic Insurance Crisis Scars Lloyds as Losses Mount
London April 15 Exciting scenes at Lloyds underwriting rooms as insurance losses surge past six months to record levels. The Olympic and Delhi incidents followed by the Titanic disaster push rates from fifty to sixty percent before easing. Titanic built for ten million dollars insured by Lloyds for large sums, with valuables including diamonds rumored at 5900 000. The International Mercantile Marine insures ships and the Republic sinking wiped out the insurance fund, later recovering to a balance of 673000.
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London
Lloyds
Lince
Olympic
Delhi
Oceana
Halifax
Lloyda
International Mercantile Marine
Republic
Bergs Add Terror To Fog In Talk On Icebergs
Admiral Andrews warns fog hides icebergs and detection tech is unreliable. He recalls signals from the North Atlantic, cites the Columbia collision near Newfoundland, and notes fog can conceal bergs making navigation perilous for captains at sea.
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Andrews
Philip Andrews II
Bureau of Navigation
Labrador
North Atlantic
Anchor
Columbia
Echoes and hazards from the Columbia wreck
Survivors aboard the Columbia kept the vessel afloat amid ice and berg dangers near New York. Whistles and fog signals echoed as bergs struck the ship, with seals and birds signs of nearby ice.
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New York
Columbia
Jesbergs
Toa
Prominent Philadelphians Among Titanic Passengers
Philadelphia April 16 Among the Titanic passengers were leading locals including George D Widener and his family returning from Europe with plans for their daughter's trousseau John Thayer of the Pennsylvania Railroad with his wife and son Arthur Ryerson and family returning for the funeral of Arthur L Ryerson T D M Cardoza and his mother Germantown residents WHIJam C Dulles William E Carter and families Duane Williams and son Richard Norris Williams of Geneva and Robert W Daniel a bank partner also aboard connecting to local circles and New York society
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Chevy Chase
Society of Colonial Wars
Mr Moore
Clarksburg
Harson County
Wva
Jasper Yates
Fanny (Raynalds) Moore
Mordecai , Moore
Shrewsbury
England
Londontown
Anne Arundel County
Moore Street
Mordecai Moore
William Burgess
Richard
Margaret Lloyd
Thomas Lloyd
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Richard Moore
Mary Magdalen West
Samuel Preston Moore
Wilmington
Del
Susannah
Isaac Pearson
Chester County
Richard West Mity
James Hiver
A Lacy
Jasper Yates Moore
Fanny Reynolda
West Virginia
Clarence Moore
Duffern College
London
Ontario
Canada
W B Hibbs
Frm
Hibbs & Co
Wash- Inston DC
Archibald Butt
Taft
Washington
Roosevelt
Georgia
Maj Winship
G Street
North Weat
Helen Taft
May Butt
Metropolitan
Army and Navy
Society of ‘Colonial Wars
George D Widener
P A & Widener
Sportaman
Europa
Trousseau
John
Thayer
Pennsylvania Railroad
Arthur Ryerson
Arthur L Ryerson
TD M Cardoza
Cardoza
Germantown
New York
Jam C Dulles
Goshen
William E
Titanic Depth Calculated Near Grand Banks Sable Cape Race
An official of the government marine department calculates the Titanic sank about 500 miles from Halifax, near 70 miles south of the Grand Banks. The location lies between Sable Island and Cape Race in line with dangerous sands. The Xiobe wireless failed to reach nearby ships and Camperdown heard only fragmentary relays. Lloyds agent had no official loss notification.
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Halifax
Government Marine Department
Grand Banks
Sable Ialand
Cape Race
Sande
Xiobe
Vesgel
Camperdown
Lloyds
Iceberg Warnings Sent to Ships by Hydrographic Office
Captain John J Knapp of the Navy Hydrographic Office outlined government safeguards for mariners against icebergs. He described daily reports on iceberg locations, warnings issued to steamship companies, and the extensive efforts to relay this information to vessels at sea to prevent dangerous encounters.
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John J Knapp
Hydrographic Office
Navy Department
Knapp
Daughter of Congressman Hughes Among Titanic Passengers
Mrs Luciano Smith, daughter of Representative James A Hughes, and her husband from Germantown, W V, were aboard the Titanic during their honeymoon to Egypt, returning with other travelers as the ship sailed. The report notes her political family and recent marriage.
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Hughes Aboara
Washington Prat Huntington W Va
Luciano Smith
Egypt
Smith
James A . Hughes
Germantown
W Va
Awakening of Fear of a Yellow Peril in Far East Power Shift
New York Herald reports Russian writers claim Japan is rapidly building a massive military force since the 1905 Russo Japanese War. They argue Korea’s annexation and conscription push Japan toward an Asiatic pan-Asian bloc, threatening white powers with a strengthened empire and expanding naval and land capacities across Korea and Manchuria.
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Peking
New York Herald
Far East
Ruevia
China
Japan
Yellow Seas
Russia
War Department
The
Mikado
Korea
Asia
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North Deerman Iloyd
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Young Butt
Capt . Butt
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Regular Army
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Ca Butt
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Maj Butt
Mauretania
Col Gracie
Col Arcnibald Gracie
Weat Point
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Misa
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Harpers Weekly
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Legion of Honor
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Harris
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Aldler
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Samuel J King
Phil King
Princeton
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Misa Lucile Polk
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