The Nome daily nugget., 1912-04-16
LINER STRIKES ICEBERG
 AND LOST In MID OCEAN


 being displayed every few minutes at the office of the White Star line. at first 1t was reported all were saved O. gotten away in the life boats. or upon the life rafts shout of Joy went up from hundreds of anxious throats and weeping women when that bulletin was displayed But aa the day wor. on and other reports were displayed death like gloom commenced to settle over the crowd of anxious people. for 1t was seen that only women and children were saved all others had gone to the bottom with the steamer, the airtight compart- ments being nothing but Il name. a shadow not q snhstanc" to be relied upon.
 About three o'clock the White Star bulletin announced that probably only 6i5 had been saved. mostly women and children. all others had Derished from what information they could
 NEW YORK. April 15.-Delayed in ransmission) )-Vice President Frank lin has just received the complete passenger list of the steamship Titan ic. that Is first and second flass cabin passengers. and has stated that the loss will be horrible. and many prom inent men in affairs of the United States were on the steamer
 Among the passengers probably lost, according to Vice President Franklin. of the White Star line. are Colonel John Jacob Astor. who was returning with his bride of last July nee Miss MadaIinc Force. reported to be in delicate condition, expecting to be mother sometime this spring; Alfred q Vanderbilt. Major Butte. military aid to President Taft; Isa- dore Strauss. the New York merchant of the firm of Abraham X ltauss Brooklyn department store, and di rector in many banks; President c. NJ Hays of the Grand Trunk railway. operating in Maine. New Hampshire, Vermont. Quebec. ontario. and other places w. T. Stead. the Englishman who is the editor of and founder of the Review of Reviews, and many other prominentr men.
 carpsthis Resumes Rescue Work. NEW YORK, April l5.-,Delayed in transmissionD Word has been re- ceived by wireless that the Cunarder Carpathia Is now steaming hack and forth and is picking up a few passen- ges with life prcservers who are float ing upon the water. The steamer will remain In the vicinity of the wreck until there Is no possible chance of saving any more from the Inflated 1 Titanic
 Latest News from Scene of Wreck.
 NEW YORK. April 16.-The latest reports flashed from the scene of the wreck in mid ocean states that all the passengers saved from ele Titanic | Carpathia, the number lost Is now confirmed to be fifteen hundred and thirty. and Colone John Jacob Astor is known 10 have been drowned. while ] his wife is now in serious condition l owing to the fright. and seeing her | husband go down before her very eyes The ships doctor has her under the influence of opiates. That Captain .E J. Smith. master of the vessel. went down with his ship. as did all the other officers who remained at theiI post seeing that the women and chil- dren were taken off in the life boats and holding back the men who crowd
 ed. and tried to go along with theiI
 wives realizing all was over that the
 steamer was settling rapidly and lia-
 bic to go under any moment taking all who remained on board 10 thu bottom