Among the many passengers on .
board, there were several millionaires that were not forgotten. The millionaires include: .
John Jacob Astor, grandson of a wealthy fur trader worth 87 million, with his new bride,.
Madeleine (Lord, Remember 80). Benjamin Guggenheim was another wealthy person on .
board. His family made the money from mining and smelting business but he preferred.
the life of playboy and traveling with his mistress. George Widener was with his wife .
and son, he was heir to a large fortune. His father, P.A.B. Widener, was a director of the.
International Mercantile Marine Company, which was the parent company of the White.
Star Line (Whitelaw 20).
Many people boarded, "the unsinkable," Titanic without a worry or care in the .
world, needless to know it would not reach New York. On April 14, 1912, was the last.
time Titanic ever say the sky. The day started off to be a normal Sunday, church services.
were held at 10:00 a.m. for the first-class passengers and after they were done, the rest of .
the second and third class people were allowed to attend (Pellegrino 205). At 11:40 a.m.,.
the wireless room received a message from the Dutch liner Noordam, reporting "much.
ice" in about the same position as the Caronia earlier that morning. As the day .
proceeded, Titanic received around six more messages from different ship, warning .
Titanic that ice was ahead. Little did the other ship know, that all the messages were.
ignored. Captain Smith maintained speed at 22.5 knots. The ice fields were about 250 .
3.
miles straight ahead of the Titanic. Around 9:00 p.m., Smith excused himself from .
dinner and went to the bridge where Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller was on.
duty from six to ten (Whitelaw 63). He and Lightoller discussed the changing weather.
conditions. It was possible the drop of temperature indicated, they were entering a region.
of ice and both were aware that some ice was ahead. At 9:20 p.m., Smith retired for bed.