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family,
172
Thomas, Alvin Clarence,
38

Thomas, J. H.,
147

Thorne, Mr. and Mrs. G.,
see
Thorne and Rosenshine

Thorne, Maybell,
36

“
Titanic
—A Question of Murder” (TV show),
77

Titanic
Relief Fund,
117

Titanic
Salvage Company,
197-98

Titanic’s
name, discussion of,
15-16

“Titanic Thompson,’’
see
Thomas, Alvin Clarence

Trials, sea, of
Titanic
,
33-34
,
56

Truth About Chickamauga, The
,
41
,
42

Truth About the Titanic, The
,
108

United States Senate investigation,
19
,
81
,
100
,
126
,
147-48
,
156
,
160-65
,
169-71

“Unsinkable,”
17-19
,
22
,
55

Vallance, Fred G.,
112-13

Vance, Jack,
185

Virginian,
135
,
143

Vulcan,
27

Warning of ice ahead,
48-52
,
137
;
see also Amerika, Baltic, Californian, Caronia. La Touraine, Mesaba, Noordam, Rappahannock

Watertight compartment system,
18
,
22
,
64
,
70
,
170

Weather (including sea conditions),
47
,
54
,
57
,
58
,
60
,
61

Welin Davit Company,
76

White Star Line,
11
,
17
,
25
,
32
,
39
,
75
,
81-83
,
88
,
171-77

relations with:

Harland & Wolff,
78

ship’s band,
116-17

surviving
Titanic
officers,
192

Widener, George,
35
,
44
,
50
,
54

Harry (son),
35
,
44
,
50
,
54

Mrs. Widener,
35
,
44
,
50
,
54
,
131
,
190
,
212

family,
172

Wilde, Chief Officer H. E,
104-05

Wilding, Edward,
63-65
,
68
,
70

Williams, Richard N.,
2
,
109
,
121

Wireless

calling for help,
1
,
126
,
143
,
194

procedures,
51-53
,
61

scenes in wireless shack,
58

24-hour watch,
7
,
169-70

see also
Warning of ice ahead

“Women and children first,”
81
,
85
,
89

interpretation port side,
88-89
,
122
,
169

interpretation starboard side,
88-89
,
95
,
169
,
184

Woolley, Douglas,
196-98

Woolner, Hugh,
41
,
42
,
44
,
46
,
89
,
91-92
,
96
,
100
,
189

Workmen’s Compensation Act,
116

Wright, Fred,
42

Yates, Jay,
38

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Early plan of
Titanic
adapted from
The Shipbuilder
, midsummer, 1911.

Map in chapter V and chart in chapter IX by Paul J. Pugliese.

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