COL. JOHN JACOB ASTOR.
GRANDSON OF THE FOUNDER OF THE ASTOR FAMILY IN AMERICA, AFTER PUTTING HIS YOUNG BRIDE IN A LIFE BOAT HE REMAINED ON THE SHIP AND DIED AS A HERO.
PHOTO BY PAUL THOMPSON, N. Y.
CUNARD LINE STEAMSHIP “CARPATHIA,” WHICH HEARD THE WIRELESS CALL OF DISTRESS AND WAS FIRST TO REACH THE SCENE OF THE DISASTER AND TAKE ON BOARD THE SURVIVORS WHO WERE FOUND IN THE LIFEBOATS
RESCUED PASSENGERS IN ONE OF THE “TITANIC’S” COLLAPSEABLE LIFE-BOATS WAITING TO BE TAKEN ABOARD THE CARPATHIA.
SCENE ON THE UPPER DECK OF THE “TITANIC,” SHOWING LIFE BOATS AS THEY ARE CARRIED BY ALL STEAMSHIPS. ALL THE PASSENGERS COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED IF THIS SHIP HAD CARRIED THREE TIMES AS MANY LIFEBOATS.
