The Nome daily nugget., 1912-04-17
Special N1egst Sers,es.

NEW YORK. April I7.--Al tay M nday and ' Hday night peoplc nl New York waited and waited in rinnt of th. newspaper offices and 2, .,r. e roadway where the office at the White star line Is located waj'r - hear the latest. hoping against hope nor did they wait in vain. f'r lato yesterday afternoon. q wireless was received from the steamship Carpatn- Ia. informing the home office of the Cunard line: We have been 5.ear,ing back and forth over the wreck he strewncd sea and arr rewayuel Ly finding two life boats and ore fife raft loaded down with hall f,o>cn passengers whom we are now rrovid- ing for In the two life baats and upon the life rat, We found eiREy nine passengers. women and chilirel ,ri several male passengers in addition to those who manned the bodt1"
 This news was displayed in the tarn of bulletin. at the office of tn. White Star line and the hundreds at anXi Ous people received the same w'th tho following expressions Than Cod Other boats may he found-God hl, ss the captain of the Carpathia, and his gallant crew" The news was flashe 1 to the very ends of the world. for the people of every nation. in every cline are waiting almost brcathlessly ,o- news from the appalling tragedy that took place in mid-ocean. hoping dnl praying that others may be found, and the number reported drowned re- duced materially.
 866 Known to Have Been Saved.
 NEW YORK. April 17-Wireless dispatches from the scene of the ca tas 'rophe. relayed from the Cunard- CT Carpathia. reports that S66 have been saved from among the 2.200 on board the ill-fated steamship Titanic now at the bottom of the ocean in latitude 4l 1G north. and longitude 5Ol4 west. in the direct course ves- sels take in crossing between Queens town and Sandy Hook.
 The number of people unaccounted for now reaches one thousand two hundred and thirtyfour.
 Vanderbilt Did Not Sail.
 NEW YORK. April IA wire was received yesterday from Alfred | Gwynne Vanderbilt. stating; We arc safe, ((meaning his bride number two whom he married last fall in Eng land expected to return on Titanic; but was detained in London on busi- ness" MT. Vanderbilt referred 10 Is the son of Cornelius. a young man thirty four years of age who has been very much in the limelight of late owing 10 hls second marriage.
 Benjamin Gussenhsim Missing.
 NEW YORK, April i7.-Benjajmin Guggenhei.m one of the famous cop per smelling kings, of the Guggenheim family. is reported missing and be- lieved to have gone down on the yes sel. He was due to return on the Titanic. and is believed to have sailed on the ill-fated steamer. Cablegrams to London fail to bring to light any information about the millionaire. and he is regarded to have gone down with the Titanic along with the other millionaires when the vessel settled beneath the waves
 Steamship Carpathia Gives Up Search.
 NEW YORK, April 1.-The Cum hrder steamship Carpathia. after steaming back and forth. circling round and about in the vicinity of where the leviathan of the Atlantic went to the bottom has given up the | search and is now steaming toward ] New York with the s6s survivors of | the wreck. The vessel will reach port l sometime tomorrow tThursday and the officers of the Cunard line. in an- ] ticipation of & jam" at the pier. foot |