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of water on the Sunday evening but she was not in her cabin the following morning and her bed was unused. Rumours persisted that she was not actually dead but perhaps disembarked in disguise as part of a publicity stunt. Empress's will was proven and was announced in
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339:. 16 November 1919. p. 75
333:"Mystery of Stateroom No. 480"
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