Frances Wilson - How to Survive the Titanic

suicide attempt 193

and symbolism 189

Tales of Unrest 277

theme 168

Twixt Land and Sea 220–2

on US inquiry 126, 185–6, 187–8

use of doubleness 166

use of Marlow character 180–4

use of recorded events 276–7

use of Yamsi codename 185– 6

Victory 202, 209

visits to Elstree 72

voyage on the Torrens 194–6, 199

Under Western Eyes 181

on “White Star liners 184–5

and Williams 206

writing 184

writings on loss of Titanic 185–90, 277, 284,285

Youth 181

Continental Hotel, Washington 138–9

‘The Convergence of the Twain’

(Hardy) 287

Conway, HMS 221

Cornhill Magazine 190, 285

Corsair 95

Costelloe Lodge, Galway 260–1, 262, 267, 268, 283

Cottam, Harold 28, 47, 134

Country Life 104

courage 273–4

Cox, Katherine 286

Cracow, Poland 192

Cumings, Florence 210

Cunard, Samuel 65, 67

Cunard Company 67, 96–7

Cunard White Star Limited 266, 268

Currie, James 70–1

Cutty Sark 222

Daher, Banoura Ayorb 12

Daily Chronicle 175

Daily Mail 20, 226, 251

Daily Mirror 229, 230, 231–2, 234, 257–8

Daily News 21, 178

Daily Sketch 207, 238, 239, 254, 284

Daily Telegraph 140–1, 285

Daly, Eugene 265

Dawkins, Clinton 95, 97

Dawpool 83–5, 88, 89–90, 104

‘The Deathless Story of the Titanic’ (Gibbs) 234

‘The Decay of Lying’ (Wilde) 277

Delaplaine, John Ferris 88

Denver Post 19, 111

Deutschland 55–6, 56

Devaney, Margaret 8, 12

Dewey, Admiral 49

Dickens, Charles 65, 67

Dinard 79

Dodd, George 32

Dominion 94

Doric 85–6

doubleness, concept of 166

Douglas, Keith 74

Douglas, Malaha 5, 163

Douglas-Wiggin, Kate 43

Downshire House 100

Duff Gordon, Lord and Lady 11, 18, 54, 235

Edison, Thomas 245

Edwards, Clement 231, 252–4

Edwards, the Reverend 79

Elstree preparatory school 71–3, 195

Engineering 64

English Review 185, 187, 277, 285

Examiner 49

Fairplay 95–6

Finlay, Sir Robert 230, 231, 254, 256

Fleet, Frederick 142, 156

Fletcher, J. A. 67

Fletcher, Senator 148

Forbes, B. C. 95

Forster, E. M. 181, 190, 205, 286

Franklin, Philip 46–7, 49, 58–60, 107, 141, 143, 210, 213–14, 246–7

Freud, Sigmund 165–6

Fry, Richard 32

Futility (Robertson) 140

Gallic 66

Galsworthy, John 60, 72, 74, 77, 162, 176, 177, 194–5, !99, 260–1, 286

Galway 213, 226

Garnett, Edward 180, 220

George, Shawneene 8, 12

Gerrard, Alfred 268

Gibbs, Philip 20–1, 234

Gibson, Dorothy 25

Gifford, Emma 287

Glasgow Evening Times 99

Globe, the 175

Goldsmith, Emily 9, 12

Goldsmith, John 13

Gracie, Colonel Archibald 9, 16, 25

Grand Rapids Evening Press 126

Graphic 127

Graves, W. S. 93–4

Great Eastern 66, 67, 85, 245

Great War, the 262

Great Western 64–5

Great Western Steamship Company 64, 65

Griscom, Clement A. 97

Guerard, Albert 180, 269–70

Guernsey Press 29

Guggenheim, Benjamin 20, 111

Haddock, Captain 30, 41, 48,48

Hamburg-America Packet Company 152

Hardy, Thomas 287

Harland, Edward 64

Harland & Wolff 41, 63–4, 65–7, 92–3, 101–2, 102, 106

Harrison, Austin 185

Harrison, William 32

Harrovians, The (Lunn) 75

Harrow 73–8

Hawke, HMS 45, 105–6, 153, 161

Hays, Charles M. 32

Hayter, Arthur 32, 208

Hayter, Louise 208

Hearst, William Randolph 86, 136–8

Heart of Darkness (Conrad) 176, 181–2

Hellström, Hilda 13

Henley, W. E. 208

Hill: A Romance of Friendship, The (Vachell) 78

Hichens, Quartermaster Robert 133, 154–6

Holmfield 90

Holmstead, Liverpool 82

Houghlin Mifflin 34

Howard, May 8–9, 12

Howards End (Forster) 190, 205, 286

Hughes, J. A. 49, 124–5

Hughes, Thomas 75

Hulme, T. E. 166

Hurst, Walter 8

Hyde, Jonathan 23

Hyman, Abraham 10, 12, 117

hypothermia 44

ice warnings 3–4, 29, 43, 55–6, 140, 247–9, 265

and the British Board of Trade inquiry 241–4

US inquiry and 115–16, 130, 147–8 icebergs 27

‘If’ (Kipling) 223–4

Imrie, Tomlinson 62

Imrie, William 62, 63–4, 68, 82, 93

Indefatigable 69

International Mercantile Marine 46, 94–100, 101, 107, 137, 214, 218–19, 239, 262, 266

Ireland 213

Isaacs, Sir Rufus, QC 231, 239–42, 244, 249–50, 255, 255–6

Ismay, Bower 81, 92, 94, 227

Ismay, Constance (nee Schieffelin) 92, 272

Ismay, Ethel 70

Ismay, Florence (nee Schieffelin) 52, 53, 80, 87–92, 100, 102, 106, 190, 197–8, 206–7, 208–9, 218, 224–5, 226, 238, 238,267, 268, 281

Ismay, Henry 61, 70

Ismay, Henry (son) 89

Ismay, Imrie & Co. 63–4, 87, 94

Ismay, J. Bruce

aboard Carpathia 30–2, 37–41, 46–7, 51–4, 124–5, 145–7, 152, 203

accepts partnership 89

account of departure from Titanic 114, 117–18, 140

account of evacuation of Titanic 116–18

account of time on Carpathia 30–1

account of voyage 113–14

accounts of departure from Titanic 5–10

accusation against 19–21, 50

adrift 27

advises Franklin of loss of Titanic 46–7

appearance 13, 39, 112, 143, 207, 239

appointment as IMM president 97–100, 99,137

arrival in New York 58–60

arrival in Washington 138

aspirations 98

Atlantic crossings 22–3

attempt to influence Smith 143–4

attendance at US inquiry 157–9

awakes on collision 4

background 61–4

and Beesley’s letter to The

Times 33–4

belief conscience was clear 31

Betts questions 264–5

birth 70

boards Titanic 106–8

on the British Board of Trade inquiry 255

British Board of Trade inquiry findings 256–7

British Board of Trade inquiry testimony 38, 237–44, 238,249–55

builds residence 81–5

buys house in Ireland 213

on Captain Smith 161

character 37–8, 80–1, 151, 225

charitable donations 262–3

children 89, 91

on Collapsible C capacity 12, 116–17

comparison with Rostron 123

condition aboard Carpathia 47

condition when rescued 29

confidence in Titanic 152–3, 157

Conrad and 184, 274–7

correspondence with Marian Thayer 40, 203–6, 209–10, 211–12, 214, 215–19, 224–8

Costelloe Lodge 260–1

Costelloe Lodge memorial 268,

283

cycling trips 91

death 22, 268

death of Henry 89

decision on number of lifeboats 11, 251–2, 252

defenders 21–2

denies Titanic had been going full speed 114

at Dinard 79

disconnection 31–2

does not watch Titanic sink 14

draws “White Star flag 136

early life 70–1

education 71–9

at Elstree preparatory school 71–3

family coat of arms 69

final meal on Titanic 3