The Night Lives On (26 page)

In studying the
Titanic
, there’s so much to explore
that it sometimes seems there is no time left to write about it. Happily, I’ve had help from a small band of faithful researchers, including Preston Brooks, Evelyn Guss, Tom Longstreth, and (in London) Caroline Larken. Other helpful people pitched in on spot assignments: Elizabeth Hawn, Bob Meech, Steve Randolph, and Evan Thomas III come especially to mind.

Still others have added their professional expertise. Paul Pugliese provided the excellent map and chart. Colin Dawkins helped pull together the illustration section. Dr. Gerry Tidy photographed Mrs. Candee’s miniature of her mother. I’m grateful to them all.

Finally, special thanks go to two pillars of strength who have been with the project from the start: my editor, Howard Cady, and the ever-patient Dorothy Hefferline, who prepared the manuscript and handled all correspondence. Unlike the
Titanic
, they really are unsinkable.

All the people mentioned in these Acknowledgments get much of the credit for any new light this book may throw on the
Titanic
; while the mistakes and shortcomings are all mine. As I pointed out 31 years ago in
A Night to Remember
, it is a rash man indeed who would set himself up as final arbiter on everything that happened the incredible night the
Titanic
went down.

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Y

Abelseth, Olaus,
87

À la Carte Restaurant,
43
,
44
,
107

“Alexander’s Ragtime Band,”
109

Allison, Lorraine,
83

Alvin
,
205

Amalgamated Musicians Union,
115

Amerika
,
48
,
50
,
51
,
52
,
73

Andrews, Thomas,
69

Angus
,
204-05

Argo
,
201-05
,
209

Arizona
,
55
,
71

Aspinall, Butler,
155

Astor, John Jacob,
6
,
35

Mrs. Astor,
35
,
131
,
190
family,
172

“Autumn” (hymn),
110-13

Ballard, Dr. Robert D.,
200-10

Baltic
,
28
,
48
,
50
,
52
,
175

Band, ship’s

during sinking,
106-14

employment arrangements,
114-18

selections played by,
106-07
,
109-13
see also
Hartley

Barkworth, A. H.,
108

Barrett, Leading Fireman Fred,
63

Barriers by class,
84
,
86-88

Beane, Ethel,
4

Beckwith, Mr. and Mrs. Richard,
90-91

Beesley, Lawrence,
89
,
93
,
119-20

Behr, Karl H.,
91
,
190
Bisset, James, Second Officer of
Carpathia
,
129

Black, C W. and F. N.,
114-15
,
116-17

Board of Trade,
72-73
,
76-79
,
148
,
149
,
155
,
165
,
171

Boiler Room No. 4,
65
,
66

Boiler Room No. 5,
64
,
65
,
69

Boiler Room No. 6,
63
,
65
,
69

Boxhall, Fourth Officer Joseph G.,
48
,
49
,
51
,
53
,
60
,
67
,
68
,
69
,
130
,
164
,
192

Bradley, George (“Boy”),
see
Brayton

Brailey, Theodore,
113

Brayton, George A.,
38
,
45
,
190-91

Bride, Second Wireless Operator Harold S,
8
,
50
,
51-52
,
57
,
108
,
111-13
,
122
,
132

Bridge, ship’s

conversation between Lightoller and Captain Smith,
54
,
59

scene immediately after collision,
59
,
66-69

Bright, Quartermaster A. J.,
120

British Inquiry,
47
,
62
,
66
,
70
,
78-79
,
81-83
,
123
,
141
,
143
,
148
,
153
,
155-56
,
158
,
165-72
,
180

Brooke, George,
183-84

Brown, Steward Edward,
103
,
108

Brunei, Isambard Kingdom,
21

Buckley, Daniel,
87

Burlingham, Charles C,
172-77

Butt, Archie,
6
,
7
,
35
,
44
,
132

Café Parisien,
24
,
44
,
107
,
113
,
116
;
see also
Luxuries of
Titanic

Californian
, Leyland Liner

warnings by,
49
,
50
,
51
,
52
,

stopped by ice,
58
,
136
,
156

watching strange ship,
136-40
,
148-49
,
153
,
157

watching rockets,
138-39
,
141-42
,
145
,
149
,
169

awakening wireless operator,
143
,
146
,
149

trip to disaster scene,
135
,
143-44
,
159

searching the area,
131
,
144

arrival at Boston,
134-35

dealings with the press,
134-35
,
145
,
146-48
,
158-59

charges by McGregor,
146
,
148
,
158-59

affidavit by Gill,
147

statements by captain,
135
,
147

findings of Senate investigation,
148
,
169-70

findings of British Inquiry,
148-49
,
169

defenders of,
149-56

Candee, Mrs. Helen Churchill,
40-45
,
91-92
,
189-90

Cardeza, Mrs. Charlotte Drake Martinez,
7

Cargo, value of,
211

Carlisle, The Right Honourable Alexander M.,
76-79
,
166

Carlson, Frank,
36

Caronia
,
48
,
49
,
52
,
55

Carpathia
, Cunard Liner

arrival in New York,
132-33
,
162

picking up survivors,
130-31

rescue preparations,
126-28

trip to rescue,
128-29
,
142

wireless contact with,
131-32
,
161

Carter, William E.,
7
,
183-84

Mrs. Carter,
183-84

Case, Howard,
45

Cassebeer, Mrs. Henry B.,
36
,
43

Casualties, analyzed,
81-83
,
88
,
99
,
106
;
see also
class discrimination

Cedric,
162

Celtic,
28
,
192

Chalmers, Sir Alfred,
167-68

Cherry, Miss Gladys,
123
Chester,
161

Clarke, Captain Maurice Henry,
167

Class discrimination while lowering boats,
6-7
,
81-83
,
87-88
,
89
,
169
,
170
;
see also
Casualties

Coal strike, effect on
Titanic
,
72
,
84

Collapsibles,
see
Lifeboats

Colley, E. P.,
41
,
45
,
189

Controversial behavior inabandoning ship,

see
Carter, Duff Gordon, Ismay, Sloper

Cottam, Harold, Wireless Operator of
Carpathia
,
126
,
131-32

Craganour (horse),
182-83

Crew discipline,
80
,
106-09
,
116
,
118
,
192

after disaster,
192-93

Crow’s nest,
59-60

Daly, Eugene,
101-02
,
103
,
105

Daly, Peter,
109

Damage caused by collision,
62-66
,
69-70

Damages, claims filed,
116-17
,
172-77

Daniel, Robert,
190
Dick, Mrs. A. A.,
109

Dillon, Trimmer Patrick Thomas,
68
,
122

Disorder while lowering boats,
97
,
99-105

Distress signals, see Flares, Rockets, Wireless

Duff Gordon, Sir Cosmo,
36
,
94-95
,
123
,
168-69
,
185-86

Lady Duff Gordon,
36
,
94-95
,
168-69
,
185-87

Duke of Argyll
,
12

“Each man for himself,”
102-03

Englehardt collapsibles,
see
Lifeboats, specific

Evans, Cyril, Wireless Operator of
Californian
,
135
,
137
,
143
,
145
,
147-48
,
149

Evans, Seaman E O.,
121

Farrell, Jim,
87

Final plunge,
Titanic’s
,
62
,
119-22

Firearms, use of by crew,
99-105

Flares, seen by
Carpathia
,
129
,
130

Fleet, Lookout Frederick,
59
,
60
,
70

Francatelli, Miss L. M.,
94-95
,
168

Frankfurt,
143
Franklin, Philip A. S.,
19

Futrelle, Jacques,
35

Gale, Captain, of the
Vulcan
,
27

Gamblers,
see
Bradley, Homer, Romaine, Yates Gibson, Dorothy,
184

Gibson, James, Apprentice of
Californian
,
138-41
,
145
,
149
,
151
,
152-57

Gill, Ernest, Assistant Donkeyman of
Californian
,
145
,
147
,
148

Gilnagh, Kathy,
87

Goodwin, Frederick,
83-84
,
85
,
86
,
97-98
,
212

family,
83
,
85
,
97-98
,
212

Gracie, Colonel Archibald,
88
,
41
,
42
,
44
,
92
,
96
,
97
,
108
,
109
,
119
,
120
,
121
,
189

Great Eastern
,
20-22

Grimm, Jack,
199
Groves, Charles V., Third Officer of
Californian
,
136-38
,
144
,
148
,
149

Guggenheim family,
172

Guns,
see
Firearms

Gyre
,
200

Harbinson.W.D.,
81
,
170

Harland & Wolff (builders of
Titanic
),
11-15
,
63
,
69
,
76
,
78-79
,
93

Harris, Henry B.,
35
,
172

Mrs. Harris,
172
,
176
,
187-89

Hart, Steward John E.,
85-86

Hartley, Wallace,
6
,
43
,
106
,
110
,
113
,
118

Haven, H.,
see
Homer
Hawke
,
30-32

Hecht. Ben,
178-79

Help
,
195-96

Hitchens, Quartermaster Robert,
60
,
67
,
68

H. J. W. Fay,
200

Homer, Henry Haven (“Kid”),
38

Hume, Jock,
114

Hurley, Reverend Wilfred G.,
25

Ice

struck by Titanic,
46
,
47
,
66-67
,
71

conditions in the area,
130
,
171

sighted by
Carpathia
,
129

warnings,
48-53
,
175

Ice field faced by
Californian
,
143-44
,
149
,
150
,
159

Insurance,
117

“In the Shadows” (popular song),
109

Investigations comparison between British and U.S.,
169-72
see also
British Inquiry and United States Senate investigations

Isaacs, Sir Rufus,
156

Isafjördhur, Iceland,
154

Ismay, J. Bruce,
77-78
,
100
,
115-16
,
162-63
,
169
,
172
,
178-83