Sunday, May 06, 2007
On this day 1937 : Hindenburg Lakehurst Crash
Special to The New York TimesNaval Air Station, Lakehurst, N.J., May 6 --
The zeppelin Hindenburg was destroyed by fire and explosions here at 7:23 o'clock tonight with a loss of thirty-three known dead and unaccounted for out of its ninety-seven passengers and crew.
Three hours after the disaster twenty-one bodies had been recovered, and twelve were still missing. The sixty-four known to be alive included twenty passengers and forty-four of the crew. Many of the survivors were burned or injured or both, and were taken to hospitals here and in near-by towns.
The accident happened just as the great German dirigible was about to tie up to its mooring mast four hours after flying over New York City on the last leg of its first transatlantic voyage of the year. Until today the Hindenburg had never lost a passenger throughout the ten round trips it made across the Atlantic with 1,002 passengers in 1936.
You can read the whole article in the New York Times.
Reporter Herbert L Morrison was present to do a radio report of the arrival of the Hindenburg. At first he was thrilled of the view at this magnificent air-ship but soon he had to report about this unexpected disaster.
In the comment I put for you this short radio report. It always makes me shiver when I listen to this. At the end you can hear Herbert Morrison cry about the loss of so many lives. A real history document.
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