Charles Spedding

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			NEAR TRAGEDY ON THE SEAS FOR STRAUS FAMILY The following year both Captain Barr and myself were transferred to the Caronia for a voyage down to Alexandria from New York. Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Strauss ( sp ) were on board, and occupying one of the suites on the upper deck. ...	1926
			RADIOS FROM NOTABLE PASSENGERS "The next day, which was Sunday, we passed the Titanic, receiving many friendly radios from our friends on board. Personally, I exchanged messages with Mr. Isadore Strauss ( sp ) and Mr. John Jacob Astor. Captain Barr received a wirele...	1926
			REMINISCENCES OF TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS There are a great many fallacies in connection with the loss of the Titanic, the chief one being that she was trying to break the record. As a matter of fact, she had not averaged twenty-one knots up to the time she struck, three knots le...	1926
			THE VIEW FROM THE CARONIA At 10:30 that night we received a message from the Titanic to say that she had struck an iceberg. She would then be about two hundred and forty miles away. We established communication with the German steamer Breslau, about fo...	1926