titanic

Very Rare 1912 Sheet Music "The Wreck of the Titanic " (A Descriptive Piano Composition) Attractive Woodcut Cvr Blue & White Cover of Titanic Sinking By Icebergs with Rowboats Full of People, Music By: Jeanette Forrest, Still a Very Historic Piece of Mus Sheet music – January 1, 1912 by Jeanette Forrest (Author) Source: www.amazon.com/Descriptive-Composition-Attractive-Iceberg...

The wreck of the Titanic by Jeanette Forrest "All Aboard" Boat Whistle The voyage begins 'The life on the Ocean Wave" A Two-Step by Starlight Everybody happy and care-free The last 'Good-Night" as passengers separate until morning. Good night; My God protect us As o'er the wave, we glide; The stars are shining brightly No evil can betide. O may you slumber sweetly Until the morning light. Crash! "What is the matter" Crash! Crash! The iceberg is discovered. Whistle sounds the alarm All rushing to the deck The awful truth is realized Women and children escape while men and band render "Nearer my God to Thee" as the big ship sinks Music grows fainter and fainter. Source: www.amazon.com/Descriptive-Composition-Attractive-Iceberg...

Edith T. Gracie (Edith Temple Gracie) (1894-1918) the only daughter of Colonel Archibald Gracie IV (1858-1912), and Mrs. Constance Elise Gracie (née Schack) (1852-1937) was a survivor of the Titanic disaster in 1912 along with her mother and father.   One of her ancestors built Gracie Mansion which would later become the official residence of the mayor of New York City in 1942.

She was introduced to society in 1912, and in December 1917, married Captain Dunbar Adams (Dunbar Burchell Adams) (1891-1928), son of Mr. John Dunbar Adams (1849-1934) and Mrs. Susan Burchell Adams (1867-1937).

Edith died of pneumonia Dec 31, 1918, after being married one year. Her husband was in the service in France and unaware of her death. She was 24 years old. Her husband, Dunbar, died of pneumonia at the age of 37.
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There are 4 other photographs of Miss Edith T. A. Gracie in the Harris & Ewing Collection at the Library of Congress. So far I haven't found a reference to the initial "A", in the caption of "Edith T. A. Gracie".

A photograph of Dunbar Adams, c.1910, with Beatrice Woerz is in the Library of Congress Collection on Flickr. "Beatrice Woerz with Dunbar Adams c.1910"

After Colonel Archibald Gracie’s rescue from the sinking of the Titanic, by the SS Carpathia, he recognized that he had been an eyewitness to a major historical event, and began to immediately record the events of the sinking while still aboard the Carpathia, and at countless inquiries in the months following. He was not in a lifeboat with the "women and children", but later jumped into the Atlantic with a life preserver. He reportedly was haunted by the ordeal for the rest of his life. After his death, his completed manuscript "The Truth about the Titanic," was published, later republished as, "Titanic, A Survivor's Story." [1] [2] [3]

Edith Temple Gracie Adams, I think they swapped her maiden name and her married name.

According to information posted on Long Island Genealogy, The New York Times article "Titanic Survivor Dies", of January 2, 1919, reporting Edith Gracie and her mother as Titanic survivors is incorrect, "Col. Gracie was the only member of the Gracie family who was on the ship." From looking at additional attributed source material on that site, as well as a look at the Encyclopedia Titanica it appears that the Times was in error.

Guido Ciccolini,(1882-1963), an Italian tenor involved in a divorce scandal (as a witness) in 1917. He was also supposed to be on the Titanic, but changed his travel plans at the last minute. www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?GRid=7619534&page=gr Hear him here: youtu.be/einAgLLbtSE

This photo is probably from the Albertina "Baby" Marlow theft trial in March-April, 1915, as he was a witness to some of the events giving rise to that case:
query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B0CE7D8133EE7...
He is pictured in this news article about the case:
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1915-04-03/ed-...
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pennylrichardsca and artolog: Thank you for providing such rich sources of information on Mr. Ciccolini and the case in which he was a witness. We can add information to all related records when we update.