The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-17
Five Members of the Crew
OF the I. A. Scott, Jr.,
Were Drowned
SUBMARINE HAD
STARTED ON VOYAGE
Capt Hinsch Only Survivor AMONG
Those on Board the Tug = Explosion
OF Boiler Took Place Immediately
After the Collision.

NEW LONDON, Conn, Nov. IL
Five members of the crew of tho tup
T. A. Scott, jr., which accompanied the
German submarine Deutschland from
Ne" London when she left port earlr
today on her return trip to Bremen,
were drowned when the submersip.e e and
the tug collided in the race. II miles
from port.
The only person on the tug saved
was Capt. Hinsch of the German liner
Neckar. The tug sunk almost immedi.
ately, carrying down Capt. John Cur.
ney and his crew: William A. Cation.
engineer; Edward Stone, fireman.: Clar-
ence B. Davidson, cook; Eugene Du-
zant, deckhand.
The Deutschland left her dock about
l.30, accompanied by two tugs and n
newspaper launch. The trip down the
harbor was without incident and when
last seen by the newspapermen the
submerslble was plowing through
smooth water al rate of about y
knots, headed for Montauk Point. Not
until the Deutschland returned 10 her
pier shortly after clock was any
thing known here of the accident.
Capt. Koenig of the Deutschland az
peared pale and shaken as he stepped
ashore and refused to talk of the col
hsion. II all happened in a min.
ute" said one member of the crew,
who discussed the accident briefly. The
tug, he said, got in front of the sub
.nersible and the Deutschland struck
1t in the stern lifting it so far out of
the water that the tug s nose went un-
der. The tug s boiler exploded almost
Immediately.
Capt. Hinsch caught hold of the
guide rope and was carried down.
When he reappeared on the surface he
managed to seize a life 9reserver
thrown out from the Deutschland and
was hauled aboard.
Tho Deutschland was not seriously
damaged, it was stated, and would
probably be ready to sail in few
days when repairs had been made. Sew
eral of the bow plates were bent and
the rivets loosened, but the interior Of
the submarine was not damaged. The
repairs will be made by members of the
crew.
Vice President Paul G.. Hilken Of the
Eastern forwarding company. Ameri-
can agent for the undersea line, said
today that statement would be is
sued by the company, probably tonight,
as soon as it was in possession of full
information. He added: "The drown
ing Of the crew Of the tug T. A. Scott,
Jr., is very regrettable occurrence
and none feels it more keenly than the
officials of the Forwarding company and
the officers and men of the Deutsch-
land. That it was unavoidable goes
without saying" v
An "eddy' caused the accident, ac-
cording to Capt Harry Baker of the
tug Cassie, the other convover of the
submarine The Cassie was travelling
about half mile astern of the Deutsch-
land and the Scott and the submarine
was moving about abreast. Capt Bak-
or said that when the collision oc-
CURED he at once headed for the spot.
On arriving there he saw Capt. Hinsch
in the water and took him on board
the Cassie. Earlier reports had it that
Hinsch had been rescued bv the
Deutschland. None of the members of
the tugs crew was in sight and he
considered it probable that the tug
went down with the men at their va
rious stations.