SIXTEEN DROWN WHEN H NAVAL TUG SINKS OFF BREST WASHINGTON, May G Two of- H fleet h ami fourteen men ot tho crow '1 of tho naval tug Gypsum Queon wero ! drowned whou that vessel struck a ill rock and sank near At men Light, oft the coast of Franco on April 28, 'wBS while returning to Brest after assist- && lng u field of mliiy sweepers In dls- 'bS??- tress. to.. SSMii t -, 'MRP Three of the sweepots, tho Court- iSSflN ncy, Douglas and tho James, fouu- WiW dered during a suvero stotm. All the iKKr membots of their crows and soveu- R?R? teen olllcors and men of tho Gypsum fat' Queon wore roscucd by tugs and do-, JRkl1 stroyera. C jESS Tli initio su coping comoy was r- tSSSj turning to the United States from K Btest. When eight hours out it oh- Rw countered sevoro weather and turned .HEk- back. Tugs and destroyets answored Vtta calls for assistance, but In Bplto of iSE their efforts tho threo sweepers wont ' D down, tho Courtney at 7 p. m. April SP 27, tho Douglas two hours later, and fcSjj the James at 11. SO a. in. April 2t, jPKl