Hindenburg Crash at Lakehurst Kills 36 on its Mooring
The Hindenburg zeppelin exploded and burned on approach to Lakehurst New Jersey ending its first trans Atlantic crossing. Three inquiries were planned led by Secretary Roper Rear Admiral Cook and German ambassador Hans Luther. Ground crew member E W Kirkpatrick described the rupture while hundreds watched and the ship’s crew attempted to land.
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HIRTY
Hindenburg
Lakehurst
N. J
Earth
Secretary of Commerce
Daniel C. Roper
Bureau of Air Commerce
A B. Cook
Bureau of Aeronautics
United States Navy
Hans Luther
United States
Zeppelin Company
Ernst Lehmann
E W. Kirkpatrick
Quartermaster Corps
Rosendahl
Comdr
C. E. Rosendahl
Naval
Kirkpatrick
Margaret Unger
Maywood
Rudolph Sauter
Survivors Listed From Hindenburg Disaster At Lakehurst
The Zeppelin company released a roster of Hindenburg survivors including Leonard Adelt of Berlin and Gertrude Adelt of Berlin among passengers and crew. The disaster occurred at 4 12 pm eastern daylight time with a fire after mooring lines were dropped, 64 of 97 aboard escaped, 26 bodies recovered.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Zeppelin Company
Adelt
Leonard
Berlin
Gertrude
Clemens
Karl Otto
Bonn
Doehner
Mrs
Mathielde
Mexico City
Waiter
Werner
Ernest
Elsa
Hamburg
Ernst
Otto
Grant
George
London
Hirschfeld
George W
Bremen
von Hiedenstamm
Rolf
Stockholm
Rosendahl
Fourth Naval District
Philadelphia
Navy Department
Washington
Commanded Zeppelin Hindenburg's 1937 maiden voyage failure
The Hindenburg's 1937 maiden voyage ended in disaster near Lakehurst New Jersey when it exploded before landing. Capt Max Pruss commanded the airship on that Germany to United States flight, having previously served under Capt Ernst Lehmann and Dr. Hugo Eckener during earlier schedules. He spent a quarter century trained in Zeppelin work.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Max Pruss
Germany
United States
Ernst A. Lehmann
Hugo Eckener
George H Davis Elected President of U S Chamber
George H Davis of Kansas City is named president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States at the annual Washington meeting. He succeeds Harper Sibley and is described as a banker, farmer and merchant. The convention opposed Roosevelt's plan to revamp the Supreme Court and urged Wagner Act amendments.
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George H.davis
Kansas City
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Washington, D. C
Harper Sibley
Davis
Chamber
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Sunbonnet Girls Appliqué Quilt Pattern Offer
Vintage notice invites readers to acquire pattern 5724 for a Sunbonnet Girls appliqué quilt. It includes a 9 inch block, yardage chart, and diagrams for single and double bed sizes. Send 1 cent to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. at 259 W. 14th Street, New York.
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Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
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Margaret G. Morris
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Spaeh
Joseph
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Winholt
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Balla
Leibrecht
Bauer
Heinrich
Lenz
Kurt
Maier
Xavier
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Nielsen
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Pruss
Max Deed
Bitter Deutschie
Doerstein
Dowe
Fischer
Franz
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Henneberg
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Zabel
Law
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Lehmann
Zettel
Ruediger
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Sauter
Schaeuble
Schweikard
Schaedler
Steefner
Whittemann
Ames
Lakewood
Newark
F. W. von Meister
Zeppelin
U. S. Chamber
Clifford Wagner
Harry D. Roberts
Cleveland
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