Madeleine Astor’s life vest from the RMS Titanic, a section of the ship’s wooden railing, and a chair from its Turkish bath are among the artifacts in the little-known Marine Museum at Fall River, ...

Madeleine Astor was the queen of New York’s high society when she boarded the Titanic with her new husband, John Jacob Astor IV. Tragically, the iceberg that sank the Titanic also sank her marriage.