HINDENBURG INQUIRY
Remains of Dirigible Studied LAKEHURST, May 10. { The Hindenburg investigators heard Wo witnesses and inspected the remains of the dirigible and studied newsreels of the disaster. They then adjourned until Wednesday due to services on Tuesday at the pier for the German victims, whose bodies are being returned to Germany. Commander Rosendahl testified that he was convinced static had not caused the explosion. The landing lines were down for four minutes before the explosion occurred and would have safely grounded all electricity. He said ho was mystified as to the eause. Yon Meister, American representative of the Zeppelin Company, testified ' that there appeared to be some misunderstanding between the officers aloft and those on the -ground concerning the handling of the starboard guide line. Accidentally revealed during the hearing was the miraculous escape of Werner Franz, aged 12, the cabin boy. He leaped from the keel at the moment of the crash and lay stunned by the drop. A huge ballast tank" of water burst and threw water over him, wetting him and preventing him from being burnt. He partially revived a few seconds after the worst heat of the ;fire was over and ran to safety.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 98, 12 May 1937, Page 9
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