Hindenburg Disaster

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hindenburg disaster herbert morrison elizabeth post

university of kansas typographic systems - spring 2013


It’s starting to rain again.

it’s... the rain had ... uh...


slacked up a little bit.


The back motors of the ship are just h o l d i n g it


uh... just enough to keep it from


It’s bur into fla


rst ames! Get this, Charlie! Get this, Charlie!


i An t’s


! g n


It’s crashing terrible!

Oh m


my!

Get out of my way, please!


bu It’s burning and


t rs i n

g

into flames and the...


and it’s

af l


n i l g on the mooring mast.


WOR And all the folks agree that this is terrible —­ This is the worst of the


ORST catastrophes in the world


It’s flames!


it’s crashing!

Oh!


Four or five hundred feet into the sky and it....

It’s a


terrific crash ladies and gentlemen.


It’s smoke, and it’s in flames now.... and the frame is

C AS R


H G IN to the ground, not quite to the mooring mast.


HUMA oh the


ANITY!


And all the passengers screaming around here


I told you... I can’t even talk to people


their FRIENDS are on there!

Ah!


It’s... it... it’s a...

ah!

I.................................... I can’t talk, ladies and gentlemen.


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