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laroche
May 16, 2012
The Laroche Family Juliette Laroche, 22, married her Haitian husband, Joseph, in her home town in France.  Although an engineer, Joseph had difficulty finding a job in Villlejuif, a southern suburb of Paris.  The couple already had two beautiful little girls, Simonne, 3, and Louise, 1.  In March, a new pregnancy was confirmed, and the Laroches determined to travel home to Haiti whe...
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May 11, 2012
Occasionally, historical events are so anomalous that seems impossible that they are factual.  Such is the case with Miss Violet Jessop, the twenty-four year old stewardess who was working  on Titanic’s maiden voyage.  Born and raised in Argentina,   she was the oldest child of Irish immigrants .  After her father’s death, the family returned to England.  Whe...
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May 03, 2012
    Perhaps one of the most tragic of Titanic survivor stories is that of Mrs. Rhoda (or Rosa) Abbott.  This Rhode Island resident was divorced from her husband, Stanton Abbott, a boxer and sports promoter,  in 1911 and moved with sons Rossmore (16) and Eugene (13) to her native England in order to be closer to her family.  Less than a year later, she decided that for the sake o...
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Carpathia_Deck
April 17, 2012
On the fateful night RMS Titanic sank, the first ship to respond to her distress call was the Cunard Line’s RMS Carpathia.  It would take her approximately three and a half hours to arrive at the position of Titanic’s final distress call, a time which was only managed by Captain Arthur Rostron’s valiant efforts to speed up his nine year old ship.  The ship managed 17 knots, which f...
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April 13, 2012
The Marconi International Marine Communication Company, Limited, was the primary service provider for transatlantic wireless telegraphs and radio  communication aboard seafaring vessels in the early twentieth century.  Two employees of the company, Senior  Wireless Operator Jack Phillips and Junior Wireless Operator Harold  Bride, were onboard the Titanic during her brief ...
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