Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-03

retreat near Tangier island, about 30
miles above Cape Henry. Tho steamer
Somerset and tho government buoy !
tender Ivy reported during the carly |
q ftcrnoon that they had passed her at
that point The press boat then took |
position near the dividing point Of
the Old Point and Cape Henry channels
and awaited the coming Of the Under
sea vessel.
shortly before six O'Clock tho first
sight of the craft was obtained. Appar-
entity she was about Eve miles away
and was low in tho water only her
coming tower showing. The Timmins
was a short distance behind and they
were travelling about seven miles an
hour.
When near the entrance to Mobjack
bay the Deutschland sighted the press
boat and Immediately reserved herself
and appeared to be making for the
bay. After running for about two
miles she again headed south until she
was abreast the Tmmins and then both
vessels put on full speed ahead toward
the press boat. Suddenly they turned
off as if to go down the Old Point
channel, but when the dispatch boat
made for the same channel they
changed their course and headed di-
rcctly for Cape Henry. As the
deutschland approached it was appar-
cnt she was carrying a false super
structure. slightly lower than her con-
ming tower. 1t was strawcolored and
blended with the oilskin coats worn
by her crew who crowded the deck.
When about a mile from the press boat
the submersible began to clear away
soundings as if preparing to dive. Just
as the supcrstructure was cleared tho
rimmins moved ahead of the undersea
liner and signalled that the boats in
tended to pass on the starboard side.
Immediately both vessels increased
their speed and put over to the star
board.
As the Timmins came alongside the
press boat at a distance of perhaps 100
feet and with the Deutschland moving
slowly close t. her starboard side, Captain
Hinsch of the German war-bound steamer
Neckar, who had charge of the clearing
Of the Deutschland shouted through a
megaphone who is that?'' Upon being
advised that it was newspaper boat, he
shouted this information to the Deutsch-
land and then both vessels put on speed,
moving ahead rapidly
Sailors on the Deutschland paid no atten
ton to salutes from the newspaper boat.
They gazed at her silently for while
and then began putting on their blue uni
form coats.
The Deutschland was displaying red and
green lights set flush on the two sides
of her coming tower As she passed the
newspaper boat she put out these lights.
port side Of the channel about $50 feet
from the Deutschland they continued in
these relative positions for consider
able distance down the bay.
BY this time the sun was setting over
the water in which the Deutschland stood
out clearly. Within a few minutes after
the sun had set clouds began to roll up
from the horizon.
At a mile away. it was difficult to
see either the crew. in their dark
clothing. or the vessel. painted to
match the color of the water. The
Timmins carried her regular running
lights and for the next ten miles the
deutschland could be located only by
her convey.
On these ten miles. however, the YES
soils had clear patch and they might
have burned all their lights without
cndangering themselves. Only one
vessel. a tramp steamer. passed them
and she was far away. Her attempts
to signal the Timmins p!ct with no re-
sponHe.
AS the Cape Henry lightshp and tine
| Virginia and Maryland pilot boats
came into the view of the Deutschland
and her convoy, they began to eX-
change blinker signals rapidly, the
submersihle's white light in the top OF
her periscope showing for the tlrst
time. When they were within two
miles Of The Cape Horny lighthouse the
submarine had moved over well to-
ward the shore and her outlines sell
dom could be seen.
Decreasing her speed, the Deutschland
huSged the shore line as closely as was
possible, while the Timmins passed out
of the Capes a short distance to deter
mine whether the allied warShips were
4 there to block the submarines passage
In less than Is minutes or shortly before
nine o'clock she signahed the Deutsch-
/ land that she had n clear path and the
| undCr-sea freighter quickly FASTENED
down the channel and to sea.
on the way the submarine signalled
briefly to the Timmins with her
periscope light. The signalling completed
the light disappeared, and with it the
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