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FRR Diet iis 2 ed 6 cad omer ef rn Oe ship by utilizing a window in that compartment, and that as he was peer- ing out of the window he recalls hearing a detonation; that immediately thereafter he proceeded to the gangway of the superstructure and he was conscious of the ship falling to the earth and that all was in flames. He remembers jumping clear of the wreckage and that he was afterward towards the bow of the ship, and that as he looked on the ground a water tank above him burst and drenched him with water and that this was more then likely one of the reasons why he was not severely burned. He stated that he recalls that he jumped from one of the hatches from the front of ons of the smoking room compartments, where he proceeded after he had reached the gangwaye He informed that after alighting on the ground he ran clear of the wreckage, and as he turned around he saw the entire ves- gel settle to the earth and that it was shortly thereafter consumed by fire. He also informed that he noticed nothing irreguler about the operations of the Hindenburg on her last voyage, and further, that at no tims did he hear the crew or any of the passengers in a discussion concerning any irregularities or any abnormalities on the part of the actions of the ship. EUGENE NUNNENMACHER testified on May 13, 1937 before the Board of Inquiry, Department of Commerce, to the effect that he was a member of the German crew that was eperating the dirigible Hindenburg at the time she met her disaster on May 6, 1937 and that he was perform 4ng in the capacity of dining room steward, He stated that at the time of the accident he was stationed in the passenger's dining salon and had just finished preparing a table for the Customs agents in the middle of the salon. He stated that he was looking out of the window on the port side of the ship and that the window from which he was peering was closed, and therefore, a view of the entire superstructure was limited. He stated that he had just gone to get a silver plate of sandwiches; that he had just placed this silver plate containing the sandwiches in the pantry and proceeded back into the dining salon, where he watched the guide ropes thrown to earth and he observed the ground crew take up the ropes on the ground, It was immediately thereafter that he saw flames shoot out on the ship and heard and felt a detonation. The foree of this detonation was so great that it threw him to the floor, and upon arising he noticed that passen- gers were scrambling for the windowse He remembers assisting in the open- a