February 19, 1916:
United States:
American schooner-barges J. Carlton Hudson and Shamokin founder off Hog Island, Virginia. The barges are being towed by steamship Richard F. Young when the tow cable parts in a gale. Richard F. Young is damaged and unable to help the barges, but the ship and a third barge, Rockland No. 7, manage to reach shore safely. All four crew of J. Carlton Hudson lost. Shamokin towed to safety but then sinks.
British freighter SS Potomac, 2,472 tons, bound from Middleboro, Massachussetts to Galveston, Texas, runs ground off Halifax, Massachussetts.
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