Voyagers of the Titanic (46 page)

MacNeice, Louis, 50

Madison Square Presbyterian Church (New York City): Parkhurst sermon at, 292–93

Maggie
(lost schooner), 4

Mahon, Delia, 175

Maine, 140–41

Maioni, Roberta, 253

Maison Lucile, 105

Majestic
(White Star Line), 38, 39, 125, 193–94

Mangan, Mary, 169–70, 174

Marconi, Guglielmo, 197, 198

Marconi operators/messages, 184, 185, 197–201, 209, 260–61, 273, 282, 297

Mardirosian, Sarkis, 177

Marechal, Pierre, 210, 224, 251

Marinetti, Filippo Tommaso: Futurist Manifesto of, 26–27

Markov, Marin, 175

Marrington, Joseph, 275

Martin, Margaret, 255

Marvin, Daniel Warner, 86

Marxism, 10

Masefield, John, 14–15, 259

Maugham, Somerset, 124–25

Mauretania
(Cunard ship), 33, 47, 52–53, 56, 58, 191, 199

Maxtone-Graham, John, 193

Maybery, Frank, 124

Mayné, Berthe (aka Madame de Villiers), 79, 227

McCoy, Bernard, 237, 244

McCrae, Arthur, 129

McCrie, James, 129

McCumber, Porter, 280

McDermott, Bridget Delia, 169, 175

McGough, James, 225

McGowan, Annie, 173, 174

McGowan, Kate, 174

McGrady, James, 298

McHugh, Kate.
See
Bourke, Kate McHugh

Meanwell (Lincolnshire man): canary of, 22

Mellon, Thomas, 68

Merchant Shipping Act (1894), 58

Mersey, Lord, 59, 296, 297, 302

Mesaba
(steamship): warning to
Titanic
from, 201

Messemaeker, Guillaume de, 237

Mewès, Charles-Frédéric, 17, 52

Michael Joseph (Lebanese child), 242

Millet, Francis “Frank,” 60, 97–102, 109, 221, 245

Minia
(White Star chartered ship): search for bodies by, 298

Moen, Sigurd, 165, 214, 238, 256

Montvila, Juozas, 142

Moody, James (
Titanic
officer), 19, 182

Moor, Beila, 180

Moor, Meier, 180, 304

Moore, Clarence, 75–76, 210

Moore, Marianne, 173

Morgan, J. Pierpont: Asquith relationship with, 289; banking activities of, 42–43; cancellation of reservation on
Titanic
by, 74–75; Carnegie views about, 30; charity of, 98; childhood and youth of, 41; collections of, 16, 44–45; concerns about sinking of
Titanic
of, 264; control of White Star Line by, 17, 36, 46; death of, 30, 42, 49, 301–2; Fry comments about, 49; Harland & Wolff and, 46; health of, 41–42, 301–2; IMM and, 45–50, 91, 95, 128; Ismay (Bruce) and, 46, 48; leadership abilities of, 43; luxury as moral necessary for, 41–42; and
New York
liner ownership, 13; as owner of
Titanic,
34, 49; patriotism of, 43; personality of, 42, 43–44, 45; Pirrie and, 36, 46; power of, 34; sailing interests of, 46; Smith (William Alden) dislike of, 294; successes and failures of, 45;
Titanic
suite for, 55–56; wealth of, 30.
See also
International Mercantile Marine

Morgan, John Pierpont Jr., 283

Morley, Henry, 145–46

Mount Temple
(steamer): receives distress message from
Titanic,
209

Müller (
Titanic
interpreter-steward), 160

Murdoch, William (
Titanic
officer), 63–64, 183–84, 202, 206, 207, 208, 220, 225, 229, 243, 297

musicians,
Titanic,
185, 291, 292, 299–300

Myles, Frederick, 285

Myles, Leo, 285

Myles, Thomas, 124, 285

Nakid, Mary, 238, 301

Nakid, Sahid, 238, 301

Navrátil, Edmond “Momon,” 145, 242

Navrátil, Marcelle Caretto, 145

Navrátil, Michel (aka Louis Hoffman), 144–45

Navrátil, Michel “Lolo,” 145, 242, 243

Nevill, Lady Dorothy, 279

New York City: Astor role in development of, 85;
Carpathia
arrival in, 265, 269, 281–86, 289, 290, 293; Morgan funeral in, 302;
Olympic
in, 53–54; reactions to sinking of
Titanic
in, 272–75, 276–77

New York
(Morgan liner), 13, 20–21, 137

New York Times,
261

Newfoundland: relaying of wireless messages from, 260–61

Newsom, Helen, 226

newspapers: American reports about sinking of
Titanic
in, 270–77; Butt praised by, 267;
Carpathia
arrival in New York and, 281–82, 289; European reports about sinking of
Titanic
in, 262–64, 269–71, 280; false reports in, 261, 262, 264–65, 269–70, 282; Franklin statements to, 261, 262; reports about
Titanic
deaths in, 262, 263, 264, 265; stories of
Titanic
survivors in, 291.
See also
specific newspaper

Nicholls, Joseph, 152, 233

A Night to Remember
(movie), 303

Nilsson, Berta, 165, 242

Nixon, Richard, 305

Nomadic
(Cherbourg tender), 22

Noordam
(Dutch liner); weather warnings to
Titanic
from, 200, 201

Norddeutscher-Lloyd Company, 12–13, 40–41, 58, 99

Norman, Douglas, 139, 154

Nourney, Alfred (aka Baron von Drachstedt), 82, 210, 224

Nutbean, William, 18, 19

ocean liners: con men on, 115–16; design of, 52–53; hotels compared with, 194–95; interior styles on, 52; lifeboats on, 57–59; officers/sailors on, 63–64; as paradigm of Western society, 9–10; size of, 58; social class and, 10–12; speed of, 40, 53, 279–80.
See also
specific shipping company
or liner

Oceana
(P&O ship), 67, 219

Oceanic House (London White Star office), 277

Oceanic
(White Star liner), 37–38, 130, 150, 153, 188, 300

O’Driscoll, Bridget, 242

Oelrichs, Hermann, 40, 41

officers/sailors,
Titanic,
182–202; characteristics of, 194; and coordination between radio room and bridge, 201; deception of passengers about collision by, 213; fears concerning lifeboats of, 219; number of, 184; reshuffling of, 183–84; training and background of, 63–69; treatment of surviving, 302–3; U.S. Senate inquiry and, 294–95.
See
also
specific person

Olympic
(White Star liner): Abbotts as passengers on, 168; activities for first-class passengers on, 109; Adams (Henry) as passenger on, 268; amenities on, 54–55, 59; building of, 53; catering on, 192; coal strike and, 183; crew members of, 188; design of, 59; Drews as passengers on, 153; as expression of racial supremacy, 12; and Franklin search for news about
Titanic,
262; Ismay proposes building, 33, 47; launching of, 53; lifeboats on, 219; maiden voyage of, 21, 53–56; safety measures on, 56–59; size of, 53;
Titanic
compared with, 183, 239; “Turkey Trot” party on, 109; White Star–L&SWR relationship and, 13

Omont, Fernand, 210, 224, 251

Oxenham, Percy, 236

P&O Cruises, 36
n
, 67

pack ice, 4–5

Pain, Alfred, 154

Palmquist, Oscar, 305

Pålsson, Alma, 166–67, 248, 286

Pålsson, Gosta, 248, 286, 298

Pålsson, Nils, 166, 248, 286

Pannonia
(Cunard ship), 157

Panula, Eino, 298–99

Parisian
newspaper, 261

Parkhurst, Charles, 292–93

Parrish, Lucinda Temple “Lutie,” 125–28, 217–18

Parrish, Samuel, 126

Parton (White Star manager), 263

Pascoe, Charles (
Titanic
seaman), 230, 254

Pasic, Jakob, 181

passengers,
Titanic
: deception about collision of, 213, 215; first-class, 73–119; as jumping from decks into ocean, 245–47, 249–50, 251; rescue of, 256–58, 261; second-class, 120–54; third-class, 155–81.
See
also
specific person

Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act (1909), 16

Payne, Vivian, 94, 275

Peary, Robert, 2

peerages, 40

Peñasco y Castellana, Maria de Satode, 86, 230

Peñasco y Castellana, Victor de Satode, 86

Percy, Lord Eustace, 294

Perez de Soto Valleja, Maria Josefa, 86

Perkis, Walter (
Titanic
quartermaster), 254

Pernot, René, 90

Perrault, Mary Anne “Annie,” 93

Persia
(P&O ship), 144

Peruschitz, Joseph, 138, 142

Petrov, Nedialco, 175

Peuchen, Arthur, 214, 227, 255, 302–3

Philadelphia Inquirer,
287