Titanic (39 page)

interior design, 12–13,
13
, 15–17, 27,
30
,
31
, 33–34,
35
, 36–37,
38
, 40–41,
46

International Mercantile Maritime Company (IMM), 3, 230

Ireland
(ship’s tender), 21

Irish immigrants, 18, 21, 41

Ismay, Joseph Bruce, 3,
4–5
, 27, 47, 60, 74, 127–128, 188, 212, 230–231.
See also
survivors

Ismay, Thomas Henry, 3, 230

J

Jessop, Violet, 12, 15–16, 56–57, 95, 96, 123, 189, 206–208, 231.
See also
survivors

Jewell, Archie, 68

jewelry, 30, 236

Johnson, James, 83

Joughin, Charles, 165–166, 231.
See also
survivors

L

language barrier, 120, 122.
See also
immigrants

Lapland
(ship), 208

Layton, J. Kent, 252

Lee, Reginald, 68, 73

letters, 23, 46, 207, 238–240.
See also
telegraph

library, 36, 46, 53, 120, 173

life belts and life preservers, 90,
95
, 96–98, 120, 132, 135, 155, 156,
192
, 197

lifeboat(s), xi, 10, 32–33,
33,
85, 95, 96–98, 102,
104
, 105–106, 107,
108
, 109, 110–112, 113–118, 119–121,
123
, 124, 125–127, 128–131, 133, 135, 138,
141
, 142–146,
148–149
, 150, 152–155,
159
, 160, 161, 162–166,
167
, 170–171, 174–175,
176
, 177, 182, 183, 185, 189,
190
, 193, 196–197, 208, 212, 213, 226–228, 230–234, 235, 237, 238, 240

Carpathia
transfer, 171, 174–175,
176
, 177–178,
190

collapsible lifeboats, 109, 124, 126–127, 130–132, 132–133,134, 135, 136, 138, 144–147, 150, 151, 152, 157,
159
, 163–166, 171, 174–175, 183, 197, 226, 227, 229, 231, 232, 233, 234, 236, 250

deployment and launching of,
104
, 105–107,
108,
109–122,
123
, 124, 135, 213, 252–253

inaction of, 153–154, 235

lifesaving by, 154–155, 157–158

numbers of, 32–33, 189, 193

policy reform recommendations, 189, 193, 212

survivor experience on, 160–166, 167,
167

types of, 109

Lifeboat 1, 112, 124, 235

Lifeboat 2, 124, 130, 170

Lifeboat 3, 27, 110, 124 162, 175, 230, 233

Lifeboat 4, 115–116, 124, 155, 174, 226, 230

Lifeboat 5, 105, 107, 124

Lifeboat 6, 124, 164, 185

Lifeboat 7, 105, 107, 124, 232

Lifeboat 8, 120, 124, 237

Lifeboat 13, 114–115, 124, 153, 161, 227

Lifeboat 14, 124, 154, 162, 228, 230, 232,

Lifeboat 15, 114, 121, 124, 232

Lifeboat 16, 124, 231

Lightoller, Charles Herbert, 17, 61–62, 63, 65, 68, 105–106, 113, 115–116, 117, 130–131, 132–133, 134, 135, 136, 140, 144–145, 151, 155, 164–166, 171, 174–175, 177, 189, 216, 227, 231–232
See also
survivors

light room and ship’s lights (electric engine room), 129, 143, 150, 151

London Times
(newspaper), 189, 193

Long, Milton, 47–48, 107, 110, 128, 137, 142

lookouts

ice warnings, 61–63, 65, 68–69, 100–101

sinking process, 134

Titanic,
57, 68–69, 73

Lord, Stanley, 100–102

Lord, Walter, 68, 120

Lowe, Harold G., 113, 154–155, 157–158, 232, 252–253.
See also
survivors

luggage,
xiv
–
1
, 30, 40

Lundin, Olga, 238.
See also
survivors

Lusitania
(ship), 3

luxury ocean liners, 3, 6, 27,
30
, 30

M

mail room, 36, 82, 84, 107, 247–248

mail service, 10, 21, 23, 24, 36

Marconi, Guglielmo, 57

Marconi Communication Company Limited, 57, 59,
184
, 227

Marconi room.
See
telegraph

Maréchal, Pierre, 90, 232.
See also
survivors

Master’s Service Gram (MSG), 59–60, 65

Maynard, Isaac, 166

McCawley, Thomas W., 26,
28–29

McGhee, Frank, 188

media.
See also
specific newspapers

popular culture, 216–217

Titanic
sinking reports, 196,
198–201
,
204

medical assistance,
Carpathia
survivor treatment, 172–173

Merchant Shipping Act of 1894 (UK), 32

Mersey, Lord (Charles Bigham), 212, 213.
See also
British Mersey Commission (Wreck Commission)

Mesaba
(ship), 64, 65

Mitcham, Lester, 21, 254–255

Moody, James, 65, 69, 70, 113, 253

Morgan, J. P., 3, 230

Mount Temple
(ship),
103

MSG (Master’s Service Gram), 59–60, 65, 68

Mulholland, Joe, 16

Murdoch, William M., 68–71, 73–74, 88, 105, 113, 121, 133, 135, 189, 252–253

music, 128, 236

N

Nantucket, Massachusetts, 62

Navratil, Edmond, 236.
See also
survivors

Navratil, Michel, 236.
See also
survivors

newspapers.
See
media; specific newspapers

New York
(ship), 18

New York American
(newspaper),
200–201

New York Times
(newspaper), 30, 62, 92, 196,
198–199,
206, 216

A Night to Remember
(Lord), 68, 120, 227, 231

noise of sinking, 136–137, 138, 150, 151, 152–153

O

Oceanic
(ship), 68, 227

Olliver, Alfred, 73, 107

Olympic-class ships (White Star Line), 3, 6,
38
,
42
, 230–231

Olympic
(ship), 6, 12–13, 15,
46
, 49, 84,
86–87
, 92, 161–162, 208, 231

Omont, Alfred, 232.
See also
survivors

Orlop Deck, 10, 36, 248

P

panic, 126–127, 130, 134, 136

Parisian
(ship),
103

parlor (promenade) suites, 27, 30

Perkis, Walter, 155

Persson, Ernst, 104, 232.
See also
survivors

Peuchen, Arthur, 154

Phillips, Jack, 57, 59–60, 65, 76, 79,
90
, 91–93, 100–101, 132, 166, 168, 206, 217, 227–228

physicians,
Carpathia
survivor treatment, 172.
See also
McGhee, Frank

Pirrie, William James,
4–5
, 230

Pitman, Harold, 107, 252

Poop Deck, 40, 97, 117, 165

popular culture,
Titanic
disaster, 216–217

post office, 36.
See also
mail service

Promenade Deck (A Deck), 13,
22
–
23
, 33–34,
44–45
, 76, 78, 107, 110, 116, 124, 128, 130–131, 133, 250

promenade (parlor) suites, 27, 30

propellers,
8–9
, 43, 151, 208, 251

pumps, 89, 106, 114

purser’s office, 36, 52

Q

Queenstown (Cobh), Ireland,
1
, 18,
20
, 21,
23
, 24, 228, 254

R

radio room.
See
telegraph

reading and writing rooms, Olympic-class ships,
46

Red Cross, 208–209

rescue ships, 69, 92–94, 96–97,
103

R. H. Macy and Company, 237

RMS Titanic, Inc., 222

R.M.S. Titanic Maritime Memorial Act of 1986, 222

rockets and flares, 98–99, 101–102, 109, 170, 173

Rostron, Arthur Henry, 92–93, 168,
169
, 170, 172–173, 179, 182–183, 187, 233

Royal Mail Ship (RMS), 10

Rush, Alfred (“Alfie”), 40, 52–53, 126, 127–128

Ryerson, Emily, 96, 116, 155

Ryerson, Jack, 116, 155

S

Scarrott, Joseph, 154–155

Scotland Road (fore-aft walkway), 41

Shepherd, Jonathan, 106–107

Shutes, Elizabeth, 110–111, 112, 162, 175, 233.
See also
survivors

Sincock, Maude, 239.
See also
survivors

Smith, Bertha Clinch, 49

Smith, Dodie, 227

Smith, Edward John, 10,
11
, 18, 47, 60–63, 73–74, 76, 77, 79, 83–84, 85, 89, 90, 91–92, 93–94,
108
, 132, 133, 189, 212, 233, 252–253

Smith, James Clinch, 49, 52, 81–82, 115, 117, 135–136, 178

Smith, William Alden, 156, 157–158, 212

smoke room, 34, 36, 78, 173

social class

lifeboat deployment and launching, 110, 119–122

survivor treatment, aboard
Carpathia,
172–173, 178–179,
179
,
180–181
, 182–183, 185,
185
, 187–189

Titanic
disaster fatalities, 217, 254–255

SOS (international call for assistance), 79,
90
, 91–94

Southampton, England, xi, 2, 7, 10, 16,
19–20
, 40, 92, 235

souvenir hunters, 196–197

The Sphere
(magazine),
140–141

squash racket court, 36

staterooms, 6, 27,
31
, 32, 33, 36

stewards and stewardesses, 10, 15, 110.
See also
Jessop, Violet; McCawley, Thomas W.

stokers, 10, 41, 43, 110.
See also
Barrett, Fred

Stone, Herbert, 101

storage areas, 36

Straus, Ida, 237

Straus, Isidor, 237

Strom, Elna, 232

Strom, Telma (Selma), 232

survivors, xi

Abbott, Rhoda, 209, 226.
See also
Abbott, Rhoda

Abelseth, Olaus (“Ole”), 226.
See also
Abelseth, Olaus (“Ole”),

Aubart, Léontine, 236.
See also
Aubart, Léontine

Beesley, Lawrence, 227.
See also
Beesley, Lawrence

Björnström-Steffanson, Mauritz, 234.
See also
Björnström-Steffanson, Mauritz

Boxhall, Joseph, 227.
See also
Boxhall, Joseph

Bride, Harold, 206, 227–228, 236
See also
Bride, Harold

Brown, Margaret (“Unsinkable Molly”), 228.
See also
Brown, Margaret (“Unsinkable Molly”)

Buckley, Daniel, 239.
See also
Buckley, Daniel

Carpathia
rescues,
167
, 168,
169
, 170–175,
176
, 177–179,
179
,
180–181
, 182–183,
184
, 185,
185
,
186
, 187–189,
190–192