Piute Chieftain | 1916-11-23 | Page 2 | Convoy is Sunk by the Deutschland

mm is SUNK sum er by THE BE UNDERSEA LINER RETURNS TO PORT AFTER RAMMING TUG WHICH GOES TO BOTTOM accident caused by swift currents and darkness which was to be medium of safety submarine being slightly damaged new london conw conn were lost when the german submarine de deutschland Deutsch land which left pok port early friday for bremen rammed and sent to the bottom with its crew of five the tug T A scott jr one ot of its two convoying tugs after the accident the deutschland Deutsch land returned to port the cioll collision ision was the subject ot of federal invest investigation friday afie afternoon the united states inspectors of steam vessels headed by captain W E elthey witnesses of aliv the co conditions under which the submarine slipping out oui of the harbor in the darkness so that she might submerge in neutral waters before daybreak ran down the ille tug which was acting as her protector off Ra cerock just outside this port the te testimony stimon came from captain paul koenig of the deutschland Deutsch land from F W krapohl his chief officer and from hans kleese his chief engineer it was given in secret but it became known through statements outside the chamber that the collision was an accident