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.