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Twin Tragedies of Wealth and Sea in Vanderbilt Astor Saga
The piece links the deaths of two great fortunes Vanderbilt and Astor to the fates of their widows, comparing wealth and romance across lives marked by divorce and tragedy. It recalls Col. John Jacob Astor and Mrs Madeleine Force, and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and Elsie McKim, all amid warnings and maritime disaster.
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Anderbilt
Astor
Vanderbilt
Geath
Astors
Lusitania
Earth
Continents
Col
John Jacob Astor
Madeleine
Ava Willing
Philadelphia
Col. Astor
London
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Elsie French
Reno
Mr. Vanderbilt
Mrs. McKim
Reigate
Alfred Gwynne, Jr
George