J.P. Morgan established trusts to dominate the U.S. railroad, insurance and steel industries. He also tried to dominate trans-Atlantic shipping. Read more in this FreightWaves Classicis article.
Boarded at Queenstown. Third Class.
From: Kingwilliamstown (now Ballydesmond), County Cork.
Destination: 855 Trement Avenue, Bronx, New York City.
Daniel Buckley lived because a woman in a lifeboat threw a shawl over him. Her action cloaked his presence as officers fired shots and ordered men who had rushed a boat to leave it – or die. A moment’s humanity had turned Dannie Buckley female.
He was an ambitious and enterprising young man who wanted to go to America to make some money, as he told Senator William Alden Smith at the US inquiry. I came in the Titanic because she was a new steamer.
Are they cutting in line to prove the vaccine is safe or to save themselves? Petula Dvorak
Replay Video Anyone else getting a 1912 vibe from all this vaccine theater in Congress? Like Lifeboat No. 1 paddling away from the Titanic that cold night, carrying five tuxedoed first-class passengers and seven crew members away from hundreds of dying third-classers, members of Congress are smiling for cameras as they get their coronavirus vaccine shots, while one American dies of the virus every minute. “It’s ridiculous that Congress is cutting in line ahead of folks in Long Term Care,” New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) tweeted as lawmakers began getting the vaccine. “I’ll be the first in line to get the vaccine when it’s my turn.”