The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-18
Crashes Into Craft Which Was
7 Plotting Her to Sea--Returns
to Berth at New London
INSURANCE COMPANIES
TO LIBEL SUBMARINE
Action Will Be Taken to Pro-
tect Interests Of Families of
! Five Men Drowned in Ac-
cident Submarine Damaged
BY DAMON RUyYON.

BY DAMON RUyYON.
New London, Conn, Nov. l7.--Com-
panies carrying the insurance OF the
tusboat T. A. Scott, Jr., sunk by the
| Deutschland with a loss OF Eve lives
early this morning. will probably libel
the German merchant submarine
Deutschland at once
The action, which amounts in effect
TO a writ OF attachment. will be taken
as matter OF protection to the in
| purance holders and TO the families OF
| the men drowned on the Scott.
| Following the libel proceedings the
owners OF the Deutschland will have
To put mp i heavy bond before the
| bloc kade runner can again leave port
Attorneys representing the insur-
ence companies are hurryinE 10 New
| london An attorney FIR the Eastern
forwarding Company, American
| ESehs or he submarine, arrived to-
| day from Baltimore.
Meantime Captain w r. Whitney.
Inited States steamboat inspector for
a. dtSfr~ began an investigation
today to fix the respons hiiity for the
ct captain raul koer.a. mas
ter u the Deu'sc HAND. was the chief
witness.
kocnig Shows Strain.
The face OF the little German mari
pared at the inquiry His usually
bright eyes wore a very tired express
sion He was evidently feeling the
effects 81 the terrific nervous strain Of
ssho past few hours
+, " krapohl, drsl officer OF tho
y 2cUts, HAND was a witness. and so
as Hans ITrc#e. chief engineer of
the andersea packet These men,
ara ono otu ~.s probably the only
ones iving who know exactly what
occurred out there ia the race.
when che little 'us6oat went DOWN ia
the t@inkling Of an eye. and the
h0mcward voyage Of the Deutschland
was temporarily kno hed askew.
The fourth man is Captain Fred
sersck T, HinsCh commando OF the
North German Lloyd liner Neckar
now interned at Baltimore. Hinsch
was the sole Survivor 81 he T \.
+ Scot. Jr. He was snatChed from the
swift waters Of The race after found
erine Their" Tor fully ten minutes
after the collision, and - now IN the
hospital threatened with pneumonia
Wait Tcr HinSch.
Captain Hinsch has been assisting
IN handling the American affairs of
th.A- Deutschland since j. aEs; arsi4+.A
IN baltimore He probably knows
r-o about the accident than either
Koenig krapohl or kreese. and the
i'cderai Investigator VIII wait until
- oh is able TO tell his story be
foe rendering the decision
Captain whitley would not make
I public the TESTING y adduccd at in
pttire- today t,tit is krrtrse-t-t itett
HInseh was stand ns on the after
deck of the r y Scott. Ir yelling
through a megaphone at the men on
the deck Of the Deutschland as the
boats started through the race.
story OF The Disaster,
The Scott was preceding the sub
marine The tughoat Cassie, which
with the Scott had formed the escort
r for the Deutschland IN the night dash
from New London hal f44lt4+ fully
ten minutes behind. This would be
about half mile.
The accident occurred about hais
mile west Of Race Rock Light. o.
about eight or nine miles from New
London. When the nose of the Scott
ran into the full force OF the swiftly
running tide, II was as If it had run
sinto stone wall. The tugboat mo-
mentarily hung In the current us
n speed greatly siackened. Then 1t
must have slowed around.
The heavy Deutschland. crushing
steadily along through the driving
water was too close behind the Scott
TO veer of
The steel PROV of the submarine
hit the tugboat broadsid on 1t tore
q great hole amidships in the Scott,
which was of wooden construc .,on
In three minutes the tugboat had van
ished beneath the foaming tide.
Five Go Down With Boat.
With ii went John Quincy the cap
tain, who was in the wheel house .
Engineer William A. Cation. Fireman
Edward Stone, Clarence b, Davidson.
the cook. and Eugene DuZant. a deck
B hand, who were all below. They had
not the slightest chance for their
lives.
Itinsch was hurled into the freezing
water. When the Cassie came up
Albert F. Mix. assistant superintendent
OF the T. A. Scott Company, owners
of both tugs who was standing on the
deck of the second tug, attached u
rope to life preserver and threw il
No the struggling man.
Hinsch managed to clutch the pre-
server after some difficulty and was
hauled aboard tbs Cassie. A search
was made in the hope that some OF
the crew OF the Scott might also be
Il found in the water. but 1t was futile.
The Deutschland and the Cassie
+ finally cut back 10 New London. The
Submarine hurrying 30 the berth it
had vacated only few hours before
with so much secrecy, at the State
pier In the Thames River
Men were immediately put to work
screening on the berth with canvas
30 that the boat was concealed even
.mcre than before. In an hour not an
/ inch Of the green hull could be seen
8. ...i the OF side.
y. Submarine Damaged.
Two holes were. torn in The bow OF