MYSTERY OF THE KARLSRUHE.
EVIDENCE OF SINKING ACCUMULATES. \ ; KEPT. SECRET SO THAT BRITISH WOULD CONTHOTE SEAKCH. . . : . I -;;•;: COPENHAGEN, March 19. Evidence is accumulating to show that-an explosion sank the Karlsruhe on ':' December IS off Grenada, one of the Windward Islands; in the West Indies. -The" crew was brought to Germany aboard the steamer Rio Negro. . -, ." The loss of the warship was kept secret in order that .British cruisers would continue chasing the Karlsruhe. Reports allege that the explosion broke the Karlsruhe in two. " - West Indian letters state thai much wreckage, marked "Karlsruhe," has been : washed up on reefs between Saint Lucia and Granada. ." " " ' ' *'■;..'
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 68, 20 March 1915, Page 5
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103MYSTERY OF THE KARLSRUHE. Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 68, 20 March 1915, Page 5
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