The Nome daily nugget., 1912-04-16
Special Mug get Service

NEW YORK, April 1a. .-(Delayed in transmission)--A wireless from mid ocean. passed from ship to ship. and picked up by the Marconi Wireless station at Newfoundland. flashes the information hat thr steamship Titanic of the Whit, Star line. en route from Southampton to New York. struck a submerged iceberg off Cape Race New foundland. lring the night. or during the early hours of the morning. while the passengers were wrapped in deep sumbcr. and all are liable to be lost Repeated calls for help. stating that the huge iav!athan was settling by the bow. and unlcss help arrived all. or hundreds wculd be lost Following the repeated car. flashed every few sec onds by the wireless operator on the steamer Titanic. the position of tr> steamer was. given as in latitude il.16 north, longitude 50l4 west. and the weather fairly smooth.
 The wireless states tha h"a' 'a- "''-'- Ing. but tr -4e side of the vessel th" women and children being taken care of first.
 Many Steamers Hear Call of Distress.
 NEW YORK. April 15.-(Delayed in transmission Many steamers Hying the waters of the Atlantic heard the signals of distress and all within reaching distance headed their prows in the direction of the position wired by the operator upon the Titanic. The only vessel in close proximity to the Titanic at the time If the disaster was the Carpathia. of the Cunard line, vessel engaged in the Mediterran- can and Adriatic service. This steam CT was many miles away. but com menccd 10 flash messages to the IT. tanic to hold on aid was coming. get all the passengers into the life boats and hold on. The sister ship Olym- pic. racing to the scene from New York. reports that the Carpathia Is nearing the scene and will save the ifoAihS s''N
 passengers
 carpathia Finds Boats and Wreekage. CAPE RACE, Newfoundland. April Is - Delayed In transmission) - wireless from the steamhip Olympic rushing to the rescue. relayed from the Carpathia, states the latter vessel has reached the scene of disaster. and reports finding only wreckage and number of life boats filled with wo- men and children. also a few passen- gers of the male sex and a number of the steamers crew. The total found in the life boats being SIS. nearly all women and children out of passen- ger list of 2,2Oo and reports:
 "All is excitement. women and chii- dren in terrible state. fathers. nus hands and brothers went to bottom before their very eyes. A number of the passengers apparently have lost their minds. some wanted to Jump into the sea and go down with then loved ones, but were restraiheu oS force. All the life boats and passen- gers found upon the ocean in vicinity of wreck have ben pickeu up, th' steamship Carpathia Is now steaminf back and forth over the sea strewr with wreckage In hopes of finding more passengers. or boats from th' wreck of the Inflated Titanic tha' struck an iceberg on her maiden triF and went to the bottom in few min
 utes, taking captain and 1850 souls t' a watery grave"
 White Star Go. Admits Only 63S sac'
 NEW YORK. April i5.-(Delayed fl i transmission.)-The office of tn
 White Star line No. Broadway. Is tn
 scene of a rush much the same as
 panic or run upon a bank. The door
 are guarded by many blue coats. t
 keeep the anxious people. relative | ,na frtands who were expecting peopl