Chevré, Paul, 210, 224, 251
children: as survivors, 290. See also “women and children first”; specific person
Chinese people, 160, 238, 280–81
chivalry, 221–22, 223–24, 291. See also “women and children first”; specific person
Churchill, Winston, 281
City of Paris (Inman Line ship), 52
Clarke, Maurice, 59, 182–83
clergy: and sermons about Titanic, 292–93; on Titanic, 137–44
Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper, 282
Clough, Arthur Hugh, 32, 63
coal strike: impact on families of, 271; Kirkland views about, 141; Olympic detained because of, 183; Titanic departure from Southampton and, 20; transfer of passengers to Titanic because of, 75, 122, 130, 137, 144, 147, 163–64, 169
Colchev, Peju, 175
Collander, Erik, 123
collectors, American, 44–45, 95, 96–97. See also specific person
Colley, Edward, 111
collision: deception of passengers about, 213; and impact of Titanic hitting iceberg, 207–9; initial reactions to, 207–18; loading and launching of lifeboats following, 214–15, 218–40; and passengers as jumping from decks into ocean, 245–47, 249–50, 251; and sighting of iceberg, 206–7; weather during night of, 205–6
Collyer, Charlotte, 131, 136–37, 233–34, 235n, 304
Collyer, Harvey, 131–32, 233–34, 304
Collyer, Marjorie, 233–34
Colne and Nelson Times newspaper, 299
Colyton, Lord, 112
con men. See criminals/con men
Conrad, John, 15
Coptic (White Star Line), 38
Cor, Ludovic, 181
Cornell, Malvina Lamson, 117, 242, 283
Cornell, Robert, 273, 283
Cornwall, England: Titanic passengers from, 122, 148–54, 274, 287–88. See also specific person
Corsair (Morgan yacht), 46
Cottam, Harold, 256–57
Cotterill, Harry, 149, 150, 288
Cowper, Earl, 221
Crawford, Alfred (steward), 230, 254
crew members: and coordination between radio room and bridge, 201; deaths among, 271, 290–91; deception of passengers about collision by, 213; Deck Department, 184, 290; Engine Department, 184, 189–91, 290; English as, 192–93, 291; and English reactions to sinking of Titanic, 269, 270, 271; initial reaction to collision by, 212; inquiries into sinking of Titanic and, 296; in lifeboats, 226, 228, 230, 232, 236, 237, 246, 258; newspaper reports about, 269; number of, 31, 184–85, 189; personal and professional background of, 185; recovery of bodies of, 298; reputation of, 183; social class and treatment of, 125–26, 254–55, 258, 296; Stewards/Victualing, 184–85, 191–97, 290–91; survivors among, 290–91; tips for, 125, 195–96, 229; U.S. Senate inquiry and, 294–95. See also specific person
Criminal Law Amendment Act (1885), 102
criminals/con men, 115–16, 161–62
Culumovic, Jeso, 181
Cunard Lines, 13, 33, 39, 40, 46–47, 48, 53, 56, 122, 127, 128, 157, 192. See also specific ship
Customs Tariff Act (1897), 16
Daly, Eugene, 31, 250, 300
Daniel, Robert, 97, 268, 284, 300
Darwin, Charles, 186
Davidson, Orian Hays, 93, 228
Davidson, Shirley, 94
Davidson, Sir Charles, 94
Davidson, Thornton, 93–94, 223–24, 262
Davies, Agnes, 152, 217, 233, 251–52
Davies, John, 152, 233, 251
Davis, Arthur, 17, 52
Dawkins, Sir Clinton, 17, 43–44
de Quincey, Thomas, 205
Dean, Bertram, 164
Dean, Millvina, 164, 231
death: and attempts to save people in water, 252–53; and burial of bodies at sea, 298, 301; of Cornwall passengers, 288; of crew members, 271, 290–91; English reactions to reported number of, 263; of first-class passengers, 290; freezing to, 252, 295, 301; gender issues and, 290; newspaper reports about, 262, 263, 264, 265; number of, 262, 263, 264, 265, 277, 278, 279, 290; and recovery of bodies, 197–99, 297–99, 300–301; of second class passengers, 290; during sinking of Titanic, 252; social class/race issues and, 290–91; of third-class passengers, 290
death cries, 251–52, 253, 255, 295, 303
Delalic, Redjo, 157
derelicts, 66–67, 69
Deutschland (Hamburg-Amerika ship), 13
Devonian (Leyland Line ship), 305
Dick, Albert, 302
Dickinson, Helen, 29
Dika, Mirka, 181
Dimic, Jovan, 181
distress transmissions/rockets: from Titanic, 209–10, 228, 230–31, 233, 236, 261, 296
DNA testing, 298, 299
Dodge, Ruth, 115, 305
Dodge, Washington, 108–9, 115, 236, 305
Dodge, Washington Jr. “Bobo,” 115, 283
dogs: on Titanic, 86, 97–98, 98n, 228, 241, 265, 300
Donahue, Bridget, 175
Donaldson Steamship Line, 160
Doric (White Star Line), 38
Douglas, Mahala, 109–10
Douglas, Walter, 110
Downton, William, 147
Dowson, Mary “Maisie,” 114–15
Drazenovic, Josip, 169
Dreiser, Theodore, 120–21, 135, 192–93, 259, 260
dress: of first-class passengers, 77–78, 118–19; of third-class passengers, 169–70
Drew, James, 153, 262, 274, 287
Drew, Marshall, 153, 274, 287
Drew, Mrs. James, 153, 231, 274, 287–88
Drew, William, 153, 274, 287
Drummond, Elizabeth Lamson, 117
Drummond, Sir Victor, 117
Duff Gordon, Lady Lucy: and amenities/comforts on Titanic, 117–18; American reactions to rescue of, 229; and blame for sinking of Titanic, 265; Cherbourg boarding of, 23; and collision of Titanic and iceberg, 210, 217; as couturier/dressmaker, 78, 105–7, 169; and deception of passengers by officers and crew, 213; family background of, 104–5; in lifeboat, 228–29, 238; marriages of, 104, 105; Mersey inquiry and, 296; and passenger activities on Titanic, 109; and sinking of Titanic, 247; Stead puritanism compared with, 104; and stratification among first-class passengers, 83; Strauss comments by, 91
Duff Gordon, Sir Cosmo, 104–5, 217, 228–30, 238, 265, 296, 303
Dufferin, Marquess of, 1
Dulles, William, 97, 264, 268
Duluth Missabe & Northern Railway, 180
Duquemin, Joseph, 242, 244
Durcan, Thomas, 173
Eastern/Middle Europeans: and descendants of passengers, 304; social class/race issues and, 157–59; as survivors, 276; as third-class passengers, 170–72, 175–79, 237, 286. See also Armenians; Bulgarians; Syrians; specific person
Ellerman, John, 45–46
Endres, Caroline, 86
England: Hartley funeral in, 299–300; Mersey inquiry in, 296, 297; reaction to sinking of Titanic in, 262–63, 269–72, 277–79, 288–90, 291–92, 293; reactions to U.S. Senate inquiry in, 294; Titanic memorial service in, 288–89; Titanic sinking as vindication of heroism of British seafaring, 280; U.S. rivalry with, 48, 102, 280, 296; U.S. Senate inquiry as attempt to wound, 296; views about survivors in, 303. See also Fritham, England; Guernsey, England; Hampshire, England; Liverpool, England; Southampton, England
Erna (sealing ship), 4
Etruria Forge, 186
Eustis, Elizabeth, 215, 240
Evans, Edith, 117, 242, 245, 283
Farquarson, Mary, 86
Farrell, Jim, 222
Farthing, John, 91
Faunthorpe, Harry, 146
field ice: formation of, 4
Fillbrook, Joseph, 152
firemen, 189–91, 208, 250, 301
first-class passengers, 73–119; activities on Titanic for, 82, 108–19; cancellation of Titanic reservations by, 75–76; collision and, 210–11; confidence tricksters among, 82; deaths of, 290; dress of, 77–78, 118–19; embarkation day of, 79–80; as heroes, 27
0–71; honeymooners as, 86–87; initial reactions to collision by, 214–17; loading and launching of lifeboats and, 223–24, 239, 244; recovery of bodies of, 298; rescue of, 257; “Ritzonia” of, 76–77; social class/race issues and, 73–119; stratification among, 82–83; as survivors, 290. See also specific person
Fleet, Frederick, 202, 206, 207, 227, 247, 255, 306
Fleming, Honora “Nora,” 174
Fleming, Margaret, 92
Flynn, James, 174, 238
Foi, Henry Moy, 280
food: on Titanic, 25–26, 117–18, 132, 160, 169
Force, Madeleine. See Astor, Madeleine Force
Ford, Ford Madox, 111
Ford, Margaret, 168
Forster, E. M., 42
Forster, Elizabeth, 114
Francatelli, Laura, 228–29
France: reaction to sinking of Titanic in, 264, 292. See also Cherbourg, France
Franklin, Philip, 261–62, 269
Frauenthal, Clara, 87, 231, 273, 283, 306
Frauenthal, Edward, 273
Frauenthal, Gerry “Isaac,” 87, 231, 273
Frauenthal, Henry “Hyman,” 87, 231, 273, 283, 305–6
Frick, Henry Clay, 28, 74–75
Fritham, England: second-class passengers from, 146, 147
Fry, Roger, 45, 49
Funk, Annie Clemmer, 143–44
Futrelle, Jacques, 241, 242
Futrelle, Lily May, 241, 242
Futurist Manifesto (Marinetti), 26–27
Fynney, Joseph, 146, 234
Gale, Henry, 154
Gale, Shadrach, 154
Garrett, George, 191
Gaskell, Alfred, 146, 234–35, 304
Gatti, Gaspare “Luigi” (caterer), 185, 191–92
Gavey, Lawrence, 147–48
Gaynor, William, 276, 282
Geddes, Richard, 183, 195
Geer, Alfred, 19
Geiger, Emily, 96
General Post Office, 185. See also postal clerks
General Slocum (paddle steamer), 272
George family, 166
George, Lloyd, 16
George Washington (Norddeutscher-Lloyd ship), 58
German shipping companies, 40–41, 122, 128. See also specific company or ship
Germanic (White Star Line), 38
Gibson, Dorothy, 225
Giglio, Victor, 90, 232
Gilbert, William, 152
Giles, Edgar, 153, 262
Giles, Frederick, 153, 262
Giles, Ralph, 128–29
Gilinski, Eliezer “Leslie,” 179
Givard, Hans, 128
Gluckstein, Montague, 120
Goldenberg, Nella, 97
Goldenberg, Samuel, 81, 97
Goldsmith, Emily, 162, 163, 167, 169, 238, 252, 283
Goldsmith, Frank, 162, 163, 238
Goldsmith, Frankie, 162–63, 167, 238, 252, 303
Goodwin, Augusta, 163, 164
Goodwin, Frederick, 163–64
Goodwin, Sidney, 170, 299
Gracie, Archibald IV, 109, 111, 117, 232, 250, 251, 301
Graham, Edith, 221, 274
Graham, Margaret, 221, 274
Graham, Stephen, 161–62, 168
Graham, William, 274
Grand Trunk Railroad, 92, 93, 214, 299
Great Cobar Mining Company, 113–14
Greenberg, Samuel, 129
Greenfield, William, 81, 82, 210, 224
Grenfell, Julian, 20
“growlers” (ice lumps), 5
Guernsey, England: second-class passengers from, 147–48
Guggenheim, Benjamin, 89–90, 91, 92, 231, 232–33, 270–71, 289, 300, 306
Guggenheim, Benjamin (grandson), 306
Guggenheim, Florette, 89, 90, 91
Guggenheim, Hazel, 306
Guggenheim, Peggy, 306
Guggenheim, Solomon, 90
Guggenheim, Terrence, 306
Haddock, Herbert, 262
Hambly, George, 274
Hamburg-Amerika Company, 12–13, 33, 40–41, 46, 52, 53
Hampshire, England: second-class passengers from, 146–47
Hanna, Boulos, 172
Hanna, Mansour, 169
Hannah, Borak, 172
Harbaugh, Sylvia Mae. See Caldwell, Sylvia Harbaugh
Harbeck, William, 136
Harder, George, 212
Hardin, Lebanon: Titanic passengers from, 170–72, 276
Hardy, John, 211, 242, 243
Hardy, Thomas, 203–4
Harland & Wolff shipbuilders: begins work on Olympic class ships, 53; British Shipbuilders and, 36n; as building the Oceana, 67; design of ships by, 36, 37–38, 196; financial affairs of, 35–36; Hamburg-Amerika interest of, 46; hazards on ships designed by, 56–59; IMM relationship with, 36, 46, 47, 49; insolvency of, 36n; Kylsant as Pirrie successor at, 49; lifeboat provisions for ships of, 59; Morgan and, 46; nationalization of, 36n; Pirrie first joins, 35; privatization of, 36n; reactions to sinking of Titanic at, 263; size of, 36; testing of lifeboats by, 219; violence in shipyards of, 26, 51–52; White Star Line relationship with, 33–34, 37, 38, 46, 49. See also specific person
Harland, Edward, 35
Harmer, Abraham. See Livshin, David
Harper, Henry, 97, 98n, 228
Harper, John, 141
Harris, Henry, 81, 92, 109, 242
Harris, Irene “Renee,” 91, 108–9, 208, 242, 244, 283, 300
Hart family, 233
Hart, John, 222–23
Hartley, Wallace, 195, 299–300
Hassab, Hammad, 97
Hassey (Michigan man), 172
Haverford (American Line ship), 144
Hawaweeny, Rafa’el, 276
Hayes, Bertram, 129
Hays, Charles M., 92–94, 98n, 115, 119, 136, 163, 214, 223–24, 261–62, 275, 298, 299
Hays, Clara, 93, 228
Hays, Margaret, 97, 225
Hays, Orian, 93
Hecht, Ben, 77
Hedman, Oskar, 165
Heinsheimer, Clara. See Frauenthal, Clara
Hendekovic, Ignjac, 169
Henson, Matthew, 2
Herbert, George, 182
Herman, Sam, 130
Hershey, Milton, 75
Hichens, Robert, 206, 226–27, 255–56, 306
Hickman, Leonard, 146–47
Hickman, Lewis, 146–47
Hickman, Stanley, 146–47
Hoare, Philip, 9
Hocking, Ada, 133, 134
Hocking, Eliza, 149, 240, 288, 303–4, 305
Hocking, George, 149, 150, 288, 303
Hocking, Nellie, 149, 240, 274, 288
Hocking, Samuel “Jim,” 133–34
Hocking, Sidney, 274
Hodges, Henry, 134–35
Hoffman, Louis. See Navrátil, Michel
Hogg, George, 224, 254
Holden (Titanic stoker), 18–19
Holland-Amerika Lines, 58
Homer, Harry “Kid,” 82, 237, 284
honeymooners: on Titanic, 86–87, 116, 289. See also specific person
Hosgood, Richard, 19
Hosono, Masabumi, 129, 236, 303
Houghton County, Michigan: passengers heading for, 151–52
Howard, May, 169
Hoyt, Frederick, 242–43, 244
Hoyt, Jane, 242
Hughes, Lillian. See Carter, Lillian Hughes
Hughes, Mary Eloise, 86
Humblen, Adolf, 165, 213, 214, 256
Hyman, Abraham, 238
“ice blink,” 4, 66
iceberg(s): destruction of, 3; from Iceland, 2, 3–5; impact of Titanic hitting, 207–18; International Ice Patrol and, 297; ramming vs. sideswiping of, 207; rescue of Titanic passengers and, 257; sailors’ anxiety about collisions with, 66, 69; Sargasso Sea and, 307; splitting of, 5; Titanic lookout sighting of, 206–7; visibility of, 202; Wells analogy of urban poor and, 9. See also Jakobshavn Glacier
Iceland: icebergs from, 2, 3–5
immigrants/migrants: and Carpathia
arrival in New York City, 283; Cherbourg boarding of Titanic by, 23–24; contempt for, 29; couriers for groups of, 164–65, 180–81, 237; German shipping lines and, 40; and iceberg as metaphor, 9; loading and launching of lifeboats and, 243–44; social class/race issues and, 10–11, 29–31, 81; Southampton as port for, 13, 18; as survivors, 276; as third-class passengers, 157–59, 162–66, 168–81; White Star Line expansion and, 37. See also Eastern/Middle Europeans; specific person
Immigration Commission, U.S., 158, 222
Imperator (Hamburg-Amerika ship), 33, 53, 301
Inman Ship Lines, 52
International Ice Patrol, 297
International Mercantile Marine (IMM), 36, 45-49, 91, 95, 128, 259, 261, 264, 269. See also specific person
Inverchapel, Lord, 100
Inverclyde, Lord. See Burns, Sir John
Ionic (White Star ship), 38
Ireland: reactions to sinking of Titanic in, 263–64; third-class passengers from, 173–75. See also specific person
Irving, Washington, 73–74
Isaacs, Godfrey, 198
Isaacs, Harry, 198
Isaacs, Rufus, 198, 296
Isham, Ann, 97
Isle of Wight, 12–13, 21–22
Ismay, Bruce: appearance of, 39, 40; and blame for sinking of Titanic, 265–66, 280; and cause of sinking of Titanic, 297; as chairman of White Star Line, 48; Cunard competition and, 33; English views about, 303; “friends” of, 83; as IMM director and president, 47, 48; and impact of Titanic hitting iceberg, 208; in lifeboat, 239, 244, 247, 266, 297, 302; and lifeboat provisions, 57; Mersey investigation and, 297; Morgan and, 46; Olympic class liner proposal of, 33–34, 47; on Olympic maiden voyage, 55–56; and peerages, 40; personal and professional background of, 39–40; personality of, 39; power of, 34; reputation of, 40, 239, 290; rescue of, 258; Sanderson recruited by, 183; and sinking of Titanic, 247; at Spithead Naval Review, 39; Thayers as acquaintances of, 119; U.S. Senate inquiry and, 293, 294, 295; warnings about weather conditions and, 201
Ismay, Thomas, 37, 38–39, 40
Jakobshavn Glacier, 2, 3
Jakobshavn, Greenland: description of, 2–3
Jalševic, Ivan, 181
James, Henry, 21–22, 77, 98
James, William, 155
Jansson, Carl, 178
Jarvis, Denzil, 123–24, 133
Jarvis, Wellesley, 123–24
Jenkin, Stephen, 151
Jermyn, Annie, 242
Jessop, Violet, 53–54, 79–80, 83, 125, 193–94, 196, 197, 237
Jewett, Sarah Orne, 140
Jews, 30, 31, 81–82, 91–92, 139, 178–80, 232–33. See also specific person or family
Jiang Zemin, 10
Johnson, James, 207
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