Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1937, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1937. WIREPHOTO BRINGS CHRONOLOGICAL STORY OF HORROR This photo, one of last showing Hindenburg intact, was taken a moment before she burst into flames, approaching mooring mast at Lakehurst last ; night. Note ground crew standing by to catch landing lines dropped by crew. The giant of the air just as it exploded and began to fall. My eeker: rapher, had his camera trained on ship when it burst into flames. . 5 . 3 T Made almost at split second that ship exploded, this shows her just before the second and third o I;h;: lslcenfe 5reeled h::r'-udrefd s of dhornfi;t‘i sple,clalon atinstant of one OIC’:UC"-'I ;f#oso’s's”z’.';:f ’é’: explosions which sent her crashing to the earth in flames. Torn fragments are seen flying earthward &gtant balls of flame spurting from descending bag. Pyrig SLRaRYNdlcaiec 0 aithe ground crew, line in hand, attempts to moor ship. Outlined against roaring flames on right are men atop mooring mast, perilously close to explosion. —Copyright by Philadelphia Public Ledger. The burning wreckage on the ground as Becker clicked his camera. ; i Tiliiesdneciitinnsbatter then oy —All Photos Copyright A. P, Wirephoto. | A A = 4