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Titanic Sinking Recalls Courage and Tragedy of April 15
A wartime serialized account details Col. Archibald Gracie’s survival tale, Isadore Straus’s sacrifice, and John Jacob Astor’s conduct aboard the Titanic after hitting the iceberg. It records lifeboat scenes, women first evacuations, crew restraint, and the Carpathia’s arrival to rescue survivors.
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Titanic
Atlantic
Ork
Carpathia
Col
Archibald Gracie
Ss. Army
Straus
Isadore Straus
Grice
Sol
Gracies Aho
C. H. Hayes
Grand Trunk Railroad
Astor
John Jacob Astor
Colonel Gracie
New
James Clinchmith
Gracie
New York
London
John B. Thayer
Pennsylvania Railroad
George Kyrdener
Philadelhtia
H. Lowe
Lowe
Charles F. Hurd
Henry B. Harris
Hurd
Smith
Mareld Cetran
Marvealep
Queenstown
Capt
Moody
Oate
Lightolva
Wulelde Nutsey Cap Smith
Isador Straus
Hussand
Col. Astor
Maj. Butt
Charles M. Hays
Grand Trunk
Benj, Guggenheim
Will‘iam T. Stead
Ares
Marconi
Carpithia
Rostron
Hughes