Volume 17 , Issue 7

100 Years Ago, 23 February 1915

According to The Evening World, dated Tuesday, February 23, 1915, The big headlines read: "Second American Steamer Sunk."

Berlin (via London) Feb. 23 (1915) - Associated Press -- American steamer Carib has gone to the bottom off the German Coast in the North Sea as a result of running on a mine. The Carib was not using the route laid down in the German marine instructions. The Carib formerly belonged to the Clyde Line, but was sold two months ago to Walker, Armstrong & Co. of Savannah. She sailed Jan. 27, 1915.
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