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Cardeza, Thomas Drake, 78, 228, 268

cards, playing, 82, 134–35, 154, 159, 210

Carlisle, Alexander, 57, 289

Carmania
(Cunard ship), 58

Carnegie, Andrew, 30, 37

Caronia
(Cunard ship), 124, 200

Carpathia
(Cunard ship): Carters on, 302; deaths of
Titanic
passengers on, 265; messages between
Titanic
and, 209, 257; New York arrival of, 265, 269, 281–86, 287, 289, 290, 293, 304; rescue of
Titanic
passengers by, 59, 256–58, 261; Rostron as captain of, 256; Shelley-Baxter conversation on, 295; survivors on, 273; Widener collection on, 97

Carter, Ernest, 138–40, 263, 268

Carter, Lillian Hughes, 138, 139, 263, 268, 275

Carter, Lucile Polk, 75, 118, 239, 268, 275, 302

Carter, William, 75–76, 79, 98, 118, 211, 239, 240–41, 245, 268, 300, 302, 304–5

Cassel, Ernest, 91

catering crew, 184, 191–92

Cather, Willa, 159

Cavell, George, 188–89, 208

Cavendish, Julia, 255

CDQ (international call for help), 209

Chakarov, Petko, 304

Chambers, Norman, 212

Chambers, Sir Alfred, 58

Chapman, John H., 288

Chapman, Mrs., 288

Chaudanson, Victorine, 116–17, 240

Cherbourg, France:
Titanic
stop at, 22–26

Chesterton, G. K., 10, 103

Chevré, Paul, 210, 224, 251

children: as survivors, 290.
See also
“women and children first”;
specific person

Chinese people, 160, 238, 280–81

chivalry, 221–22, 223–24, 291.
See
also
“women and children first”;
specific person

Churchill, Winston, 281

City of Paris
(Inman Line ship), 52

Clarke, Maurice, 59, 182–83

clergy: and sermons about
Titanic,
292–93; on
Titanic,
137–44

Cleveland Plain Dealer
newspaper, 282

Clough, Arthur Hugh, 32, 63

coal strike: impact on families of, 271; Kirkland views about, 141;
Olympic
detained because of, 183;
Titanic
departure from Southampton and, 20; transfer of passengers to
Titanic
because of, 75, 122, 130, 137, 144, 147, 163–64, 169

Colchev, Peju, 175

Collander, Erik, 123

collectors, American, 44–45, 95, 96–97.
See also
specific person

Colley, Edward, 111

collision: deception of passengers about, 213; and impact of
Titanic
hitting iceberg, 207–9; initial reactions to, 207–18; loading and launching of lifeboats following, 214–15, 218–40; and passengers as jumping from decks into ocean, 245–47, 249–50, 251; and sighting of iceberg, 206–7; weather during night of, 205–6

Collyer, Charlotte, 131, 136–37, 233–34, 235
n
, 304

Collyer, Harvey, 131–32, 233–34, 304

Collyer, Marjorie, 233–34

Colne and Nelson Times
newspaper, 299

Colyton, Lord, 112

con men.
See
criminals/con men

Conrad, John, 15

Coptic
(White Star Line), 38

Cor, Ludovic, 181

Cornell, Malvina Lamson, 117, 242, 283

Cornell, Robert, 273, 283

Cornwall, England:
Titanic
passengers from, 122, 148–54, 274, 287–88.
See
also
specific person

Corsair
(Morgan yacht), 46

Cottam, Harold, 256–57

Cotterill, Harry, 149, 150, 288

Cowper, Earl, 221

Crawford, Alfred (steward), 230, 254

crew members: and coordination between radio room and bridge, 201; deaths among, 271, 290–91; deception of passengers about collision by, 213; Deck Department, 184, 290; Engine Department, 184, 189–91, 290; English as, 192–93, 291; and English reactions to sinking of
Titanic,
269, 270, 271; initial reaction to collision by, 212; inquiries into sinking of
Titanic
and, 296; in lifeboats, 226, 228, 230, 232, 236, 237, 246, 258; newspaper reports about, 269; number of, 31, 184–85, 189; personal and professional background of, 185; recovery of bodies of, 298; reputation of, 183; social class and treatment of, 125–26, 254–55, 258, 296; Stewards/Victualing, 184–85, 191–97, 290–91; survivors among, 290–91; tips for, 125, 195–96, 229; U.S. Senate inquiry and, 294–95.
See
also
specific person

Criminal Law Amendment Act (1885), 102

criminals/con men, 115–16, 161–62

Culumovic, Jeso, 181

Cunard Lines, 13, 33, 39, 40, 46–47, 48, 53, 56, 122, 127, 128, 157, 192.
See also
specific ship

Customs Tariff Act (1897), 16

 

Daly, Eugene, 31, 250, 300

Daniel, Robert, 97, 268, 284, 300

Darwin, Charles, 186

Davidson, Orian Hays, 93, 228

Davidson, Shirley, 94

Davidson, Sir Charles, 94

Davidson, Thornton, 93–94, 223–24, 262

Davies, Agnes, 152, 217, 233, 251–52

Davies, John, 152, 233, 251

Davis, Arthur, 17, 52

Dawkins, Sir Clinton, 17, 43–44

de Quincey, Thomas, 205

Dean, Bertram, 164

Dean, Millvina, 164, 231

death: and attempts to save people in water, 252–53; and burial of bodies at sea, 298, 301; of Cornwall passengers, 288; of crew members, 271, 290–91; English reactions to reported number of, 263; of first-class passengers, 290; freezing to, 252, 295, 301; gender issues and, 290; newspaper reports about, 262, 263, 264, 265; number of, 262, 263, 264, 265, 277, 278, 279, 290; and recovery of bodies, 197–99, 297–99, 300–301; of second class passengers, 290; during sinking of
Titanic,
252; social class/race issues and, 290–91; of third-class passengers, 290

death cries, 251–52, 253, 255, 295, 303

Delalic, Redjo, 157

derelicts, 66–67, 69

Deutschland
(Hamburg-Amerika ship), 13

Devonian
(Leyland Line ship), 305

Dick, Albert, 302

Dickinson, Helen, 29

Dika, Mirka, 181

Dimic, Jovan, 181

distress transmissions/rockets: from
Titanic,
209–10, 228, 230–31, 233, 236, 261, 296

DNA testing, 298, 299

Dodge, Ruth, 115, 305

Dodge, Washington, 108–9, 115, 236, 305

Dodge, Washington Jr. “Bobo,” 115, 283

dogs: on
Titanic,
86, 97–98, 98
n
, 228, 241, 265, 300

Donahue, Bridget, 175

Donaldson Steamship Line, 160

Doric
(White Star Line), 38

Douglas, Mahala, 109–10

Douglas, Walter, 110

Downton, William, 147

Dowson, Mary “Maisie,” 114–15

Drazenovic, Josip, 169

Dreiser, Theodore, 120–21, 135, 192–93, 259, 260

dress: of first-class passengers, 77–78, 118–19; of third-class passengers, 169–70

Drew, James, 153, 262, 274, 287

Drew, Marshall, 153, 274, 287

Drew, Mrs. James, 153, 231, 274, 287–88

Drew, William, 153, 274, 287

Drummond, Elizabeth Lamson, 117

Drummond, Sir Victor, 117

Duff Gordon, Lady Lucy: and amenities/comforts on
Titanic,
117–18; American reactions to rescue of, 229; and blame for sinking of
Titanic,
265; Cherbourg boarding of, 23; and collision of
Titanic
and iceberg, 210, 217; as couturier/dressmaker, 78, 105–7, 169; and deception of passengers by officers and crew, 213; family background of, 104–5; in lifeboat, 228–29, 238; marriages of, 104, 105; Mersey inquiry and, 296; and passenger activities on
Titanic,
109; and sinking of
Titanic,
247; Stead puritanism compared with, 104; and stratification among first-class passengers, 83; Strauss comments by, 91

Duff Gordon, Sir Cosmo, 104–5, 217, 228–30, 238, 265, 296, 303

Dufferin, Marquess of, 1

Dulles, William, 97, 264, 268

Duluth Missabe & Northern Railway, 180

Duquemin, Joseph, 242, 244

Durcan, Thomas, 173

 

Eastern/Middle Europeans: and descendants of passengers, 304; social class/race issues and, 157–59; as survivors, 276; as third-class passengers, 170–72, 175–79, 237, 286.
See also
Armenians; Bulgarians; Syrians;
specific person

Ellerman, John, 45–46

Endres, Caroline, 86

England: Hartley funeral in, 299–300; Mersey inquiry in, 296, 297; reaction to sinking of
Titanic
in, 262–63, 269–72, 277–79, 288–90, 291–92, 293; reactions to U.S. Senate inquiry in, 294;
Titanic
memorial service in, 288–89;
Titanic
sinking as vindication of heroism of British seafaring, 280; U.S. rivalry with, 48, 102, 280, 296; U.S. Senate inquiry as attempt to wound, 296; views about survivors in, 303.
See
also
Fritham, England; Guernsey, England; Hampshire, England; Liverpool, England; Southampton, England

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