TITANIC CREW HEROES
"Not long," came the reply? "The crew and the men were very brave. Oh, it is dreadful—dreadful to think of!"
"Is Mr. John Jacob Astor on board?"
"No."
"Did he remain on the Titanic after the collision?"
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"I do not know."
Questions of this kind were showered at the few survivors who stood at the railing, but they seemed too confused to answer them intelligibly, and after replying evasively to some they would disappear.