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Stanley Lord
Stanley Phillip Lord (13 September 1877 – 24 January 1962) was the British captain of the SS ''Californian'' on the night the RMS '' Titanic'' sank on 15 April 1912. The ship, which was primarily a freighter that could carry a small number of passengers, has been named in sources as the unidentified ship that failed to come to the aid of the foundering ''Titanic''. On the eve of the sinking, Captain Lord had stopped the ''Californian'' for night when it had entered an ice field to away from the White Star liner's final position. Over the next few hours, crew members on Lord's ship reported seeing white rockets on the horizon, something Lord ascribed to company signals. The sinking of the ''Titanic'' resulted in the deaths of more than 1,500 people. Lord and ''Californian'' only became aware of the disaster the following morning when wireless signals were received from the SS ''Frankfurt''. Despite remaining in the area to help recover bodies, Lord and the ''Californian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolton
Bolton ( , locally ) is a town in Greater Manchester in England. In the foothills of the West Pennine Moors, Bolton is between Manchester, Blackburn, Wigan, Bury, Greater Manchester, Bury and Salford. It is surrounded by several towns and villages that form the wider Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, borough, of which Bolton is the administrative centre. The town is within the Historic counties of England, historic county boundaries of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a centre for textile production since the 14th century when Flemish people, Flemish weavers settled in the area, introducing a wool and cotton-weaving tradition. It was a 19th-century boomtown, development largely coincided with the introduction of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution. At its peak in 1929, its 216 cotton mills and 26 bleaching and dyeing works made it one of the largest and most productive centres of Spinning (textiles), cotton spinning in the world. The Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
