THE KING'S SYMPATHY
"Deeply Shocked By This Di9Hsl2r?' (Received 8, 2-15 p.m-) , RERLIN, May 7: Au Air Ministry cominissioft. of six, of whom Dr. Eckener is the priucipal memher, it going tp the United States on ihe Europa to-morrow. Germany is in deep mourning. Herr Hitler has received a telegram frqiu King Qeorge : "I am deeply
shocked with the news of this disaster a.rid hasten to express my sincere condolences." Dr. Eckener, after discussing the possibility of sabotage, said it was possible that lightning atruck the Hindenburg while manoeuvring when the highly inflammable hydrogpn was being discharged, *'The construotion qf airships wil cqntinue. Naturally no passenger will set foot on a hydrogen-fijled airship again, for which reason we must use heliuni, regardless of cost," he poncluded. Herr Hitler is giving £2,500 to the Hindenburg survivors.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBHETR19370508.2.53.6
Bibliographic details
Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 95, 8 May 1937, Page 5
Word Count
135THE KING'S SYMPATHY Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 95, 8 May 1937, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in