CHAPTER IX.

HOW ASTOR WENT TO DEATH.

How Astor Went to Death--“I Resign Myself to My Fate,” He Said--Kissed Wife Fond Farewell--Lifted Cap to Wife as Boat Left Ship--Crushed to Death By Ice--Famous Novelist’s Daughter Hears of His Death--Philadelphia Millionaires’ Heroism--Last to See Widener Alive--Major Butt Dies a Soldier’s Death 113