... ). 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 ... 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...

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