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1912 - JOHN JACOB ASTOR IV LOST ON TITANIC

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April 15, 1912 edition of the New York American reporting
on the Titanic's death toll 


This is one of the thousands of preliminary reports published by newspapers before the final tally of fatalities.  

John Jacob Astor IV died; his new 19-year-old wife Madeleine Force Astor survived. She was five months pregnant with his son, John Jacob Astor V.

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