Frances Wilson - How to Survive the Titanic

Graphic cartoon of 127Ismay’s attempt to influence 143–4

Ismay’s request to be released 157–8

lack of sense 231

qualifications as committee chairman 138

refuses permission for Ismay to return home 133, 136, 142

return to New York 163

use of language 164–5

view of inquiry 126

‘Some Reflections on the Loss of the Titanic (Conrad) 185–7

Southampton 106, 113

Speke Hall 82

Sphere, The 254–5

spiritualism 205

Sporting Pie (Wilson) 72–3

Standard 126

Stanley, Amy 9, 12

Stead, Alfred 126

Stead, W. T. 126, 205

steamships, development of 64–6,

181, 189, 190Steele, Charles 97

steering communication systems 155

Stenson, Patrick 149

Stevenson, Robert Louis 166, 194–5

Stoker, Bram 66

Straits Times 175

Strand 285

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

(Stevenson) 166

Straus, Ida 159

Stuart, Mary Anna Maxwell 214

Stuart White, Mrs 159

super captains 251 survivors aboard Carpathia 45–6, 54–7

adrift 27, 36

arrival in New York 57–60

need to tell tales 25

numbers 11 rescue 28–32

roll call 29–30

by social class 164

statement 57

Syren, The 99–100

Taft, William 54, 138, 200–2

Tales of Unrest (Conrad) 277

Telegraph, the 237–8, 239, 256

Teutonic 89

Thayer, Jack 9, 12, 14, 16–17, 18, 39, 54, 152, 199, 203, 219–20, 265

Thayer, John B. 9, iii, 199–200

Thayer, Marian

aboard Carpathia 54, 55–6

aboard Titanic 3, 32, 44, 163, 200, 242

appeal 201

background 199–200

community of grief 210–11

correspondence with 1smay 40, 203– 6, 209–10, 211–12, 214, 215–19, 224–8

death 279

defence of Ismay 22

insurance claim 216

later years 280

letter to President Taft 200–2

relationship with Ismay 198–9, 204– 5, 206, 216–18, 219–20, 223

relationship with Ismay aboard Titanic 202–3, 219–20

and spiritualism 205

The Times (London) 7, 33, 40, 139–40, 230

Times Democrat 260

Titanic

accounts of evacuation 5–10

all passengers believed saved 47–8

band 135, 136, 188, 234

Beesley’s account of loss 32–7

behaviour of victims 20–1

British press response to loss 233–4

casualties 160

coal supply 250

Collapsible A II

Collapsible B II

Collapsible C 5, 6, 6–10, 12, 18, 116–18, 119–20, 253–4

Collapsible C occupants 12–13

Collapsible D 8

collision with iceberg 4, 34, 119, 154–6

comparison with great buildings 110comparison with the Waldorf-

Astoria Hotel 111

Conrad’s response to loss of 167, 184–90

construction 35, 102

criticism of women’s behaviour 134

damage 4, 12

death cries 16–17

decks 6

dilemma for male passengers 21

distress call 28, 135, 246

emigrant passengers 12–13

expectations of safety aboard 11–12

fall of forward funnel 131

fascination of 285–7

first books on 234

flotsam 16, 29

Hard-a-starboard order 154–6

ice warnings 3–4, 29, 43, 55–6, 115–16, 130, 140, 147–8, 241–4, 247–9, 265

idea for conceived 100–2

insurance 161

internal telegraph signalling system 151

inventory 35

Ismay boards 106–8

Ismay leaves 5, 114, 117–18, 253–4, 272–3

Ismay screens 44

Ismay’s account of voyage 113–14

Ismay’s confidence in 152–3, 157

Ismay’s love of 39–40

Ismay’s role aboard 24, 114, 115, 160–1, 240–1, 250–1, 256, 263–4

kitchen and dining room staff 35

lack of safety drill 11

launch 102

Lebanese passengers 12, 13

Lifeboat 1 11, 18

Lifeboat 6 155–6

Lifeboat 13 33

Lifeboat 14 18

lifeboat capacity 11, 17, 119, 162, 164, 251–2, 252

lifeboat locations 5

lifeboats launched 4–5, 10–12, 33, 116–18, 130

lifeboats stand off 17–18

Lightoller’s account of loss 38–9, 127–31, 235–6, 281

luxury 11, 186

maiden voyage 105

mail 14

movement after collision 151–3, 164, 237

movements of ixnear miss with New York 45, 107

news of loss breaks 46–50, 48pantry 35

passenger numbers 11

recovery of bodies 131, 160

rockets 29

roll call of survivors 29–30

sea trials 113

searchlights 156–7

shots 8–9, 9

sinks 13–17, 34, 276

size 4, 6

speed 114, 115, 133, 139–40, 148–9,

153, 161, 164, 243, 249–51, 255, 263–4

survivor numbers 11 survivors adrift 27, 36

survivors arrival in New York 57–60

survivors by social class 164

survivors rescued 28–32

survivors statement 57

symbolism of 189

US inquiry findings 164–6

US inquiry launched in to loss 50

watertight compartments 119

wireless operators 29, 247

women and children only policy 159, 253

Titanic (film) 23

Titanic (Young) 234, 243

Titanic and Other Ships

(Lightoller) 157, 280–1

Titanic Survivors’ Committee 263

Tom Brown’s Schooldays (Hughes) 75

Torrens 194–6, 199

Touma, Darwis 12

Touma, Georges 12

Touma, Maria 12

transatlantic steamship service 65

Travelling Palaces (Fletcher) 67

Treasure Island (Stevenson) 194–5

Tribune 94

Truth 49

Twixt Land and Sea (Conrad) 220–2

Uhler, General 118, 119–20

unconscious, the 165–6

Under Western Eyes (Conrad) 181

US inquiry

accounts of Ismay’s departure 5–10

Bride’s testimony 134–6

British press coverage 230

Conrad on 126, 185–6, 187–8

findings 164–6

first day 112–23

Franklin’s testimony 141 Hichens’ testimony 154–6

and the ice warning 115–16, 130,

147–8

Ismay released 162

Ismay’s account of departure from Titanic 114, 117–18

Ismay’s account of evacuation 116–18

Ismay’s account of time on Carpathia 30–I Ismay’s account of voyage 113–14

Ismay’s attempt to influence 143–4

Ismay’s attendance 157–9

Ismay’s opening statement 113

Ismay’s request to be released from 157–8

Ismay’s testimony 10, 14, 30–1, 39,

112–23, 160–2

lack of sense 230–1

launched 50

Lightoller’s opinion of 130–1

Lightoller’s testimony 127–31, 145–53

Lightoller’s use of language 156–7

location 109–12

Lowe’s testimony 144–5

newspaper accounts of first day 120–1, 122

questions about Ismay’s role on Titanic 114, 115

reconvened in Washington 140–1

report 235

Roston’s testimony 123–4

Ryerson’s testimony 163

Saturday 20

April hearing 133–6

Smith’s viewpoint of 126

transfer to Washington 136, 138–9

and the use of wireless 133–6

and the Yamsi messages 141, 145–7, 161

US merchant marine 95

US Navy 54

Uttoxeter Advertiser 79

Vachell, Horace 78

Verne, Jules 65, 66

Victory (Conrad) 202, 209

Virginian 47, 246

Voyage Out, The (Woolf) 286

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel 109–12, 133, 163

Wall Street Journal 97

Walton, Isaac 261–2