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On April 14, YahooNews.com (Reuters)reported that the Passenger Lists for the Titanic were made available to the public for the first time on http://findmypast.com. The public may examine the lists for free for one week. I examined all 27 pages of the lists for passengers boarding the Titanic at Southhampton on 10 April 1912. I found no passenger with the Astor surname among the passengers boarding at Southhampton. American passengers traveling first-class are listed on pages 14-16 of the lists. Further, no passenger with the surname Astor was listed among the 11 American passengers boarding the vessel at Queenstown on 13 April 1912. All 11 of these passengers were shown as traveling "third-class."
If John Jacob Astor went down with the Titanic, why was his name not included on the vessel's passenger lists? ExFed 00:18, 15 April 2007 (UTC) (edit)
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"Astor’s body was found partially crushed and mangled. He is believed to have been hit by a collapsing funnel"
This oft repeated factoid appears to be inaccurate when compared to accounts from persons who actually saw Astor's body. Historian George Behe has written an online article regarding the issue [1]--Wurmis 18:28, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
