It's practially standing still now. They've dropped ropes out of the nose of the ship; and (uh) they've been taken ahold of down on the field by a number of men. It's starting to rain again; its... The rain had (uh) slacked up a little bit. The back motors of the ship are just holding it (uh) just enough to keep it from... IT'S BURST INTO FLAMES! It burst into flames, and it's falling, it's crashing! Watch it! Watch it! Get out of the way! Get this, Charlie! Get this, Charlie! It's fire... and it's crashing! It's crashing... terrible! Oh my! Get out of the way, please! It's burning and bursting into flames and the... and it's falling on the mooring mast. And all the folks agreee that this is terrible. This is one of the worst catastrophes in the world. ...its flames... 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 crashing to the ground, not quite to the mooring mast. Oh, the humanity! And all the passengers screaming around here. I told you, it... I can't even talk to people, their freinds are out there! Ah! It's... it... it's a... Ah! I... I can't talk, ladies and gentlemen. Honest, it's just laying there, mass of smoking wreckage. Ah! And everybody can hardly breath and talk and the screaming. Lady, I... I... I'm sorry. Honest, I... I can hardly breathe. I... I'm going to step inside where I cannot see it. Charlie, that's terrible. Ah, ah... I can't. Listen folks, I... I'm gonna have to stop for a minute because... I've lost my voice. This is the worst thing I've ever witnessed.
