THE AIRSHIP DISASTER.
CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION. FINDING OF TIIE INQUIRY. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel Copyright WASHINGTON, Jul* 21. The final report of the Department of Commerce on the disaster to the German airship Ilindenburg attributes it to a brush discharge of static electricity. | This, it is held. Ignited a mixture l of free hydrogen and air, which had acj cumulated in Die upper part of the 1 stern, following a leak of hydrogen j from the vicinity of containers numI bered four and five. ! Commander Roscndahl, of the Lake- | hurst naval air station, ■said it was his opinion that sabotage still remained a possible cause of the explosion.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20253, 23 July 1937, Page 7
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109THE AIRSHIP DISASTER. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20253, 23 July 1937, Page 7
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