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90 ABOARD, SAYS BERLIN. Berlin. Friday

... ABOARD, SAYS BERLIN. Berlin. Friday. The total aboard the Hindenburg was 90-39 passengers and 51 crew, it is stated here.—Ttenter. Aeeording to information from the Zeppelin Company the Hindenburg carried :17 passengers, 12 of whom were Americans. ...

Published: Friday 07 May 1937
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 38 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

TO TWICE THE SIZE OF THE GRAF

... ihe giant German Zeppelin Hindenburg, which burst into flames as she prepared to moor at Lakehurst, New Jersey, last night. Left: The dining saloon within the hull with its promenade with slanting windows The Hindenburg was the world's largest and most ...

Published: Friday 07 May 1937
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 694 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

SEVERAL SURVIVORS: LIVES SA' FROM WINDOWS

... Jersey), Thursday. manager, Ilamburg-Amerika line In London. The German Zeppelin airship Hindenburg caught fire at th,3 flritbh passengers aboard the Hindenburg ark: given Berlin as:— Captain Allen Charles Price Seymour Higgins, Army offlosr, aged 39 ...

Published: Friday 07 May 1937
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 319 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

APPALLING CRASH IN FLAMES AT MOORING MAST.. MOST OF THE PASSENGERS AND CREW DEAD. A THUNDERSTORM AT THE TIME

... THUNDERSTORM AT THE TIME. VED BY LEAPS SISTER - SHIP BUILDING. A sister-ship to the Hindenburg is now ur der construction in Germany. It is to be almost a replica of the Hindenburg. It is to be completed by the end of this year. Some of those who saw the explosion ...

Published: Friday 07 May 1937
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 414 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

SABOTAGE VERY UNLIKELY. DR. ECKENER'S LATEST OPINION

... to-night, declared he now believed there was only a very light likelihood of sabotage as the cause of the disaster to the Hindenburg. It appears, he added, that the disaster was caused by electrical possibly connected with the weather. phenomena ...

Published: Friday 07 May 1937
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 57 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

IN THUNDERSTORM. Terrific Explosion, Says

... seemed that some of the ground crew must have been caught also. There were a few hundred people gathered to welcome the Hindenburg. Some burst Into tears, while others screamed hysterically. The mooring mast at Lakehurst Is . situated at the south-west ...

Published: Friday 07 May 1937
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 286 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FINAL SLOW TO AIRSHIPS

... money on airship construction for military or civil purposes. These views are not shared by the surviving members of the Hindenburg's crew, many of them men who have served in airshin for most of their lives. Dr. Luther, after visiting the iniured in the ...

Published: Friday 07 May 1937
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 123 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

‘IRECKAGE ABLAZE

... acllng in au advisory capacity. aboard was Colonel Nielson Norris, of Chicago, a former United &Ries Nlinister to Sweden. The Hindenburg's passengers included Charles Seymour Higgins, of London, and J. Grant, assistant ...

Published: Friday 07 May 1937
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 146 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GERMANY HORRORSTRUCK. Press Allowed To Publish Tragedy

... service for at least a year, the Graf Zeppelin being engaged on the South Atlantic service.—Exchange, The Insurance of the Hindenburg was covered to a large extent in London as well as in Germany, a Yorkshire Observer representative was informed by Ca ...

Published: Friday 07 May 1937
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 232 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

HYDROGEN FIRE

... made by Commander Charles llosendahl. the U.S. Navy's airship expert, who reported to the Navy Department as follows The Hindenburg is a total loss from a hydrogen fire originating at or near the stern during landing operations. About four minutes after ...

Published: Friday 07 May 1937
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 236 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

TRIBUTE

... TRIBUTE. THE Hindenburg had a poignant association with the West Riding, for on the first of its several flights over the* North it dropped a dramatic message of friendship and remembrance to the people of Keighley. The incident happened on the evening ...

Published: Friday 07 May 1937
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 290 | Page: 1 | Tags: none