Kile, Lira and Geier, Only Survivors Submarine S-51, Oct. 8, 1925

Submarine Survivors

Survivors who crawled through the open hatch when the ill-fated submarine S-51 was rammed and sunk of Rhode Island. [Was actually off of Block Island.] Top photo, D.G. Kile; Middle, M. Lira; Bottom, A. Geier.

From the front page of The Albemarle Press, Thursday, Oct. 8, 1925. To see photos of the only men who survived, go to:

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn91068199/1925-10-08/ed-1/seq-1/