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HINDENBURG DISASTER STORY: PAGE SEVEN

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HINDENBURG DISASTER

LEAPS FOR LIFE FROM BLAZING SHIP

Germany has been stunned by the terrible dis- aster which overtook the giant dirigible, Hinden- burg, the newest and most up-to-date Queen of the Skies. When the news was first flashed from Lake- hurst, where the catastrophe occurred, Air Minis- try officials in Berlin were incredulous and re- fused, until their disbelief was shattered by the grim details of the explosion and casual- ties, to admit that the story was other than a ghastly joke.

The wreck of the airship was still blaz- ing fiercely hours after the crash which followed the explosion and it was im- possible for would-be rescuers to

approach within several hun- dred yards owing to the heat.

Miraculous escapes from

death are now revealed. The first horrifying reports of almost total annihilation

of passengers and crew have, happily, been falsi- fied.

There is reason to believe that fifty persons aboard managed to save their lives, including more than half of the passengers.

Captain Ernst Lehmann, famed German Zep- pelin navigator, and the commander of the Hin- denburg, Captain Pruss, are both among the sur- vivors, though badly burnt.

Most of the survivors are suffering from serious burns and in- juries received during a series of explosions which followed the blast which was the cause of the initial disaster.

The special representative at Lakehurst of the Zeppelin Com- pany estimates the casualties, approximately, as under:

DEAD

Nineteen passengers Sixteen Crew

INJURED

Twenty passengers Forty-four crew.

The U.S. Navy Department, however, states that at least forty- eight were killed, an estimate which confirms the report that over 50 of those aboard the ill-fated ship managed to save their lives.

All of them found safety by jumping from the burning airship just before she struck the ground. Some were badly hurt în jump, ing, receiving shocking Injuries in addition to severe burns.

Cause of the disaster has not been established, but there is general agreement that it is connected with the fact that the Hindenburg was filled with hydrogen, instead of helium gas, which is non-inflammable. It is thought that some escaping gas may have been ignited by a spark from one of the motors.

Below is a picture of the giant airship, with her former comman- der, Captain Ernst Lehmann, who was on board and narrowly escap-. ed with his life.

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