AKRON DISASTER
WRECKAGE LOCATED NO TRACE OF BODIES (Received April 10, ti.45 p.m.) NEW YORK. April 18 United States naval vessels to-day located sections of the dirigible Akron, which crashed two weeks ago, but no trace was found of the 67 bodies still missing. The grappling hooks struck a large, heavy, object and then brought up many pieces of tho airship. Divers descended and found the floor of the sea covered with small pieces of debris. A large section of the control car was located and this was hauled on board a tug.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21471, 20 April 1933, Page 9
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93AKRON DISASTER New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21471, 20 April 1933, Page 9
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