The Archive · 1937

Captain of Zeppelin Returns Home

Frankfort, Aug. 14.

According to a telegram received by the German Zeppelin Company, Captain Prus who was in charge of the dirigible Hindenburg at the time of the Lakehurst disaster and who was so seriously injured that his life hung in the balance for several days, is now on his way back to Germany aboard the Europa. Captain Prus has not yet recovered completely and is still forced to wear bandages. He is also accompanied by a doctor—Trans-Ocean,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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