encyclopedia titanica

A rare Titanic first class deck plan belonging to a wealthy New York couple who drowned in the tragedy has sold at auction for 30000 The deck plans were handed to the 324 first class passengers as they boarded the RMS Titanic at Southampton in 1912 to help them navigate the liner Ida and Isidor Straus died sidebyside after Mrs Straus refused a place on a lifeboat to remain with her husband