Once it was clear the ship was sinking, Ida refused to leave Isidor and would not get into a lifeboat without him. A memorial plaque for them can be seen today at the 34th Street Memorial Entrance of Macy's Herald Square. According to the New York Times Astor “put up and owned more hotels and skyscrapers than any other New Yorker” and was estimated to be worth as much as $200 million!Īnother well known American couple onboard was the owner of Macy’s Department Store, New York, Mr Isidor Straus, and his wife, Ida, who were travelling back from winter in Europe on Titanic. The richest man on Titanic was the owner of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, John Jacob Astor and his nineteen year old wife. JJ Astor & wife Madeleine and Isidor & Ida Straus Bruce Ismay and shipbuilder Thomas Andrews. Those aboard included some of the crème de la crème of early 20th-century business, culture, high society, and sports on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as chairman of White Star Line, J. Passengers were settling into their luxurious surroundings, and crew were going about their everyday business. In the third of our series following the great ocean liner’s fateful journey, we look at who was on board for the world's most renowned transatlantic crossing and how they spent their time on the most luxurious ship of the era.Īs the liner sailed through the relatively calm ocean on the 12th and 13th April, the weather was favourable and they were making good time on the journey.

As we follow the great ocean liner’s fateful journey through the week ahead in the run up to April 14th, join us here and at our commemorative evening in Titanic Belfast, A Night To Remember on April 14th, as we look at the timeline of events, leading up to and after the ship met her tragic end.

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