Titanic Sites

…ng Association WebTitanic Titanic and Co. All Things Titanic Jim’s Titanic Website RMS Titanic Inc. – company that owns salvage rights on the wreck. alt.history.ocean-liners.titanic – newsgroup for discussion of the Titanic and other ships and sometimes airships. Titanic Mailing List – discussion list for all matters Titanic. titanicmementos.co.uk – first class china, collectables, and original White Star Line artefacts.   Share this: Print Email…

Mr. M. Thomas Slidell

…at the disadvantage that their families were scattered all over the vessel on one deck or another, and many lost their lives looking for others instead of seeking their own safety. “The people behaved admirably. As far as possible, the starboard boats were filled, but the time was terribly short, and every second the Lusitania, like a street of mansions shaken by an earthquake, was falling further and further over on her starboard side. It was imp…

Mrs. Arthur Courtlandt Luck (Charlotte Louise Field)

…n with her to live with her mother. Arthur’s business also provided some income for which Charlotte to support her widowed mother. Charlotte’s sister Frances also provided some support for their mother. At the time of the deaths of Charlotte and her sons, her mother was past 70 and her husband was 40. Lusitania While traveling aboard Lusitania‘s last voyage, the Lucks were acquainted with fellow passengers Blish and Maude Thompson. When the ship w…

Nonfiction Books

ith wonderful paintings by Ken Marschall and stories of Ballard’s own expeditions to the wreck. The book makes the case for a coal dust explosion as the cause of the second explosion. Unfortunately, some passenger storylines contain some creative embellishing that contradict the survivors’ own accounts. The Lusitania: Life, Loss, and Legacy of an Ocean Legend – Daniel Allen Butler. Mechanicsburg, PA — Stackpole Books — 2000 Buy from Amazon US | Bu…

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