The Night Lives On (27 page)

at launching,
13

handling Baltic ice warning,
50
,
175

Bower (brother),
182

Jarry, Jean,
201

Jensen, Gerard,
148

Jones, Seaman Thomas,
123

Kent, Edward A,
41
,
92
,
189

Kerr, Jessica M.,
111

Kimball, Mr. and Mrs. E. N.,
91

Knorr,
201-05
,
210

Kristof, Emory,
209

La Touraine
,
48

Launching of
Titanic
,
11-14

Lee, Lookout Reginald,
59
,
60

Le Suroit
,
201

Lifeboats, in general

Board of Trade regulations,
72-73
,
79

practice of shipping companies,
74-76

capacity on
Titanic
,
1
,
72
,
76
,
77-78
,
79

accessibility on
Titanic
,
80
,
85
,
86
,
96-97
,
103

drills,
80
,
88
,
95

lack of organization,
87
,
88-90
,
94-96
,
169

failure to utilize fully,
88
,
90-91
,
93
,
94

failure to row back after sinking,
123-24
,
168-69

Lifeboats, specific, on
Titanic

No. 1,
1
,
94-95
,
123
,
168
,
190

No. 2,
89
,
93
,
130

No. 3,
88
,
94
,
109

No. 4,
89-90
,
96
,
120
,
121
,
183

No. 5,
90
,
119
,
120

No. 6,
88
,
92
,
93
,
96

No. 7,
90
,
184

No. 8,
86
,
93
,
96
,
122
,
123
,
124

No. 10,
121

No. 11,
94

No. 12,
144

No. 13,
120
,
194

No. 14,
94
,
99

No. 15,
86
,
94

Collapsible A.
102
,
103
,
104

Collapsible B,
103
,
108
,
119
,
120
,
122

Collapsible C,
2
,
99
,
183

Collapsible D,
96
,
100
,
120

Lightoller, Second Officer Charles Herbert,
9-10
,
47
,
49
,
53-54
,
57-58
,
59
,
60
,
88-89
,
96
,
97
,
104
,
119
,
120
,
121
,
122
,
192-93

Lights, ship’s failure of,
119

seen from
Californian
,
136-38
,
146
,
149-50
,
153

seen from lifeboats,
123

seen from Titanic,
1
,
70

Limited liability,
173-74

Litigation,
174-75

damages,
116-17
,
172-77

settlements,
117
,
173-77

Lord, Captain Stanley, of
Californian
,
134-35
,
136
,
138
,
140-45
,
146-47
,
148
,
149
,
151-52
,
155-59

Loss of life,
see
Casualties

Lowe, Fifth Officer Harold G.,
9
,
33
,
53
,
89
,
99
,
164
,
192

Luxuries of
Titanic
,
23-24

McCawley, T. W., gym instructor,
42

McElroy, Chief Purser Herbert W,
36
,
100
,
101
,
103

McGovern, Mary,
176

McGregor, W. F., carpenter of
Californian
,
145
,
146
,
148
,
158

Macomb, Alexander,
2-3

Mahan, Rear Admiral A. T.,
179

Maneuverability of
Titanic

incidents demonstrating lack of,
26-28

trials,
33-34
,
56

effort to avoid the iceberg,
59
,
66-68

Mayer, Judge Julius M.,
175

Mercantile Marine Service Association,
149

Mersey, Lord,
79
,
123
,
149
,
165-72
,
174
,
180

Mesaba
,
49
,
50
,
51
,
52

Michael, Jean-Louis,
202

Millet, Frank,
35

Moody, Sixth Officer James P.,
53-54
,
68
,
104

Morgan, Mr. and Mrs.,
see
Duff Gordon

Morgan, J. Pierpont,
13
,
14
,
160

Morse lamp, used by
Californian
,
137-39

Mount Temple,
143
,
144

Movements of
Titanic
after collision,
66-69

Murdoch, First Officer William M.,
57-59
,
66-67
,
68
,
71
,
88-89
,
90
,
93
,
97
,
100-01
,
104
,
184

Nautical Magazine,
7
,
31
,
32
,
170
,
180

Navratil, Lolo and Momon,
10

“Nearer My God to Thee” (hymn),
109-10

Nelson, Senator Knute,
161

News coverage

first news,
2
,
131

efforts to communicate with
Carpathia
,
132
,
162

arrival of
Carpathia
,
2
,
132
,
162

interviews with crew members,
134-35
,
145
,
146-47
,
158-59

Newsom, Helen,
91
,
190

New York,
26-27

New York, NY.

reactions to sinking,
3
,
131

arrival of
Carpathia
,
132
,
160

Noordam
,
48
,
50
,
52

Nostalgia and the
Titanic
,
7-9
,
196

Oceanic
,
26-27

O’Laughlin, Dr. W. F,
50

O. L. Hallenbeck
,
29

Olliver, Quartermaster Alfred,
67
,
68

Olympic
,
14
,
15
,
23
,
24
,
29-33
,
75
,
76
,
77
,
78
,
90
,
95
,
115-16
,
192

Passenger list, discrepancies in,
36-38
,
40

Pearcey, Pantryman Albert,
100

Phillips, Senior Wireless Operator John George,
51
,
57
,
58
,
112
,
137

Pickard, Berk,
87

Pirrie, Lord,
12-13
,
14
,
15
,
76

Lady Pirrie,
13
,
15

Pitman, Third Officer Herbert John,
49
,
52
,
53
,
63
,
119
,
120
,
192

Port side, procedure in filling lifeboats,
88-89
,
122
,
169

Preventive measures taken since disaster,
75-76
,
167
,
169-70

Raising
Titanic
, plans for,
194-99

Ranger, Greaser Thomas,
108
,
120

Rappahannock,
48

Reade, Leslie,
154

Rheims, George,
102-03
,
104
,
105

Risdon Beazley Ltd.,
195-96

Robert Conrad
,
200

Rockets

fired by
Titanic
,
1
,
152-53

fired by
Carpathia
,
124
,
128
,
142
,
152

seen by
Californian
,
138-41
,
142
,
144-53

Rogers, J. H.,
see
Yates

Rolmane, C,
see
Romaine

Romaine, C. H.,
38
,
45

Rosenbaum, Edith,
38
,
176

Rosenshine, George,
36

Rostron, Captain Arthur H., of
Carpathia
,
125-33
,
144
,
159

Rowe, Quartermaster George Thomas,
60
,
100

Rushing the lifeboats,
see
Disorder while lowering

Russell, Edith,
see
Rosenbaum Ryan, Thomas,
174

Ryan, Dr. William,
200

Ryerson, Mrs. Arthur,
50
,
121
,
190

Salvage efforts,
194-99

Samson,
154

Sanderson, Harold,
75-76
,
166

Scarrott, Seaman Joseph,
67

Scott, Greaser Fred,
68

Seward, Fred,
184

Shelley, J.,
15

Shipbuilding in the 19th century,
19-21

Signal lamp, see Morse lamp

Silverthorne, Spencer,
45

Size of
Titanic
,
23
,
33
,
56
,
61

Skidmore, L. D.,
121
Slieve Bearnagh
,
12

Sloper, William T.,
184-85

Andrew (father),
184-85

Harold (brother),
184-85

Smith, Charles,
194-95
Smith, Captain Edward J.,
42
,
44

early career,
28-29

inexperience with big ships,
27
,
29-34

handling of ice warnings,
48
,
49
,
50
,
52
,
54-55
,
59
,
61

after collision,
1
,
66
,
68
,
69
,
71
,
72
,
79-80
,
89-90
,
93
,
122

possible negligence discussed,
93
,
95
,
148
,
171-72
,
175
,
178

Smith, James Clinch,
41
,
97
,
189

Smith, Mrs. Lucien P.,
190

Smith, Senator William Alden,
160-64
,
170-71

“Songe d’Automne” (popular song),
112
,
113

Speed

of
Californian
,
135
,
143-44
,
148

of
Carpathia
,
128-29

of
Titanic
,
54-57
,
59
,
61
,
156
,
168
,
171
,
174

Spiess, Dr. Fred,
200

Starboard side, procedure in filling lifeboats,
88-89
,
95
,
169
,
184

Stead, W.T.,
35

Steerage,
74
,
83
,
88
,
99
,
170

Steffanson, H. Bjornstrom,
40
,
41
,
45
,
46
,
91-92
,
96
,
100
,
189

Stengel, Henry C. E.,
190-91

Stewart, George R, Chief Officer of
Californian
,
142-44
,
147
,
149
,
152
,
157-59

Stone, Herbert, Second Officer of
Californian
,
137-42
,
145
,
147
,
149
,
150
,
151-52
,
153
,
157
,
159
,
166

Straus, Isidor,
35
,
42
,
109
,
212

Mrs. Ida Straus (wife),
35
,
109
,
212

family,
172

Suicide, reports of,
102-05

Survivors,
81-83
,
178-93

notifying relatives,
131-32
,
161

identifying children,
10

difficulties with press and society,
178-88

Symons, Lookout George,
95

Taft, President William H.,
7
,
35
,
132
,
161

Taylor, Percy,
113

Temperature

of air,
54
,
57
,
58

of water,
57

Thayer, John B.,
35
,
100-01
,
103-04
,
107
,
172

Jack (son),
35
,
100-01
,
103-04
,
121

Mrs. Thayer,
35
,
50
,
131