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The American forces proceeded to counterattack, and New York City was the last bastion of Russian forces on the East Coast. However, the Battle of Washington DC resulted in a decisive American victory, leaving the Russian forces scattered. For two days the US forces fought a tough war against the Russian Army, and their capital of Washington DC was nearly overrun. On 13 August 2016, Ultranationalist Russia launched a major offensive against the United States on their Eastern Seaboard, with a huge surprise attack leading to US forces being fooled. In the end, the US Army defeated the Russians by destroying their jammer and turning their submarines' missiles against their own fleet, driving the Russians from America. The Russian Army took over much of New York City, but the Americans fought back in an intense battle that led to much destruction, including the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel. The May Van Alen House - No.The Battle of New York City (14-17 August 2016) was the decisive battle of the Russian invasion of the United States during World War III.The 1909 Hook & Ladder 40 Firehouse - No.The 1911 Wheeler Building - Nos 28-30 West 38th S.The Heart of Central Park - The Terrace.The 1902 Chas Hudson Carriage House - No.

The Lost German Savings Bank - 14th Street & 4th Ave.The 1909 Woman's Protective Health Assoc.The Lost John Jacob Astor Mansion - 840 Fifth Avenue.The Cosmopolitan Hotel - Chambers and West Broadway.The Lost Progress Club - 5th Avenue and 63rd Street.At least one Astor relative maintained that "Jack" Astor was the one great love of Madeline's life. Astor's death, she chose to be buried next to her first husband. Although Madeline had two disastrous marriages that ended in divorce after Col. The newspapers said she died of heart disease and there is no evidence to the contrary. Madeline had been battling early heart disease for months when she died and was in seclusion throughout the entire 1940 Palm Beach season. Although Madeline's tragic early death in March,1940, was labeled a suicide in at least one Astor biography, there is virtually no evidence at all to support this, save for the fact the she suffered from depression. I doubt it was Alzheimer's because of the lucid interview she gave before her death. The partial remains of the alarm system he designed for his summer place in Newport were still in place when I last visited the house in 2003.Ĭaroline Astor's decline, while rumored to be a nervous breakdown, was more likely caused by strokes. The Colonel was a brilliant inventor who created a primitive air conditioning system for the St. Vincent was so devoted to his father that, when the chateau was sold, he had the Colonel's bathroom removed and installed it in his new house in the East 70's. He is buried at Trinity Church's cemetery at the north end of Manhattan ( if you can find the grave it would make another great article). His funeral in Rhinebeck was worthy of a head of state. It is believed that when the funnel broke off and crashed into the water (remember that scene in "A Night to Remember" and "Titanic"?) it struck the deck first, killing Col. Astor's body was found floating in the water after Titanic's sinking.