It was a Berlin representative of The New York Times with news that the Hindenburg "exploded yesterday evening at 7 p.m.  above the airfield at Lakehurst". By the time he left the hotel the next morning to travel to Berlin for a briefing on the disaster, the only answer that he had for the reporters waiting outside to question him was that based on what he knew, the Hindenburg had "exploded over the airfield"; sabotage might be a possibility.
A Berlin representative of The New York Times reported that the Hindenburg exploded at 7 p.m. yesterday evening above Lakehurst airfield. When he left the hotel to attend a briefing on the disaster, reporters asked him what they knew; his response was that based on his information, the Hindenburg had "exploded over the airfield"; sabotage could be a possibility.