The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-04
BALLOON TESTS
JAMES GORDON BENNETT cup
COMPETITION.
START MADE FROM PARIS
Sixteen Airships In the Race-Many
Successfully cross British Channel
American Believed to Have Won
the Prize.

successfully Cross British Channel
American Believed to Have won
the Prize.
London.-Between and 10 Monday
morning six Of the sixteen balloons en-
gagged in the contest for the James
Gordon Bennett cup, which started
from Paris Sunday afternoon. arrived
on this side OF the channel and con
tinued in n ncrtheasterly direction.
The first 10 arrive was Count De la
Vauix's balloon, valhaIla.
Later in the day several other bal
looms were sighted at various points
In the southern counties of England.
Captain Kindaia's Montanes descended
at Chichester after considerable anx-
iety lest he be carried out over the At
lantic
Hon. o. S. Rolls Brittania passed
over Cranbrook, Kent, this afternoon.
SO high that it could scarcely be identi-
fed
The Italian balloon Elfe. Signor Won
Willer, descended at New Holland
near Hull. this afternoon.
Lieut.. Frank p. Lahm. Sixth cav
airy, United States army, the Ameri-
can competitor in the balloon race. de-
scended several miles south OF
Whithy tabout fifty miles north OF
HulD az 1880 In the afternoon. He left
at once for Paris.
Inc Ellie made n rather perilous de-
scent. Her anchor did not catch and
the balloon began to drift dangerously.
doing much damage to property. Tho
aeronauts narrowly escaped being
thrown out. The BALBOA finally col
lapsed across the roof of a cottage. the
car dangling against the side OF the
house. The occupants had to be as
sisted to the ground They said they
mistook the Humber for the sea and
decided to land.
Lieutenant Lahm descended about
one mile inland. at Degmene farm.
Flyingdale. He said he had been ear
ried by way of Caen across the chan
mel to Chichester. The actual cross
Ing took from Il o'clock at night until
3 in the morning. He then passed to
the northward, but. finding hat he was
being carried toward the open sea. no
decided TO alight. Owing 10 the dry
ness of the moors his anchors at first
would not hold. and the balloon passed
dangerously near some farm build
ings. Lieutenant Labm's balloon was
In the air for twenty-three nours.
Professor Huntington. enc OF tho
English contestants, in the Zephyr.
landed at Sittingborne, Kent. He had
a trying ordeal in crossing the channel.
which took him eight hours. Other.
wise his voyage was uneyentful. Tho
Zephyr could not have gene another
quarter of a mile without being car
ried out to sea.
The WaIha1ln With Couot ~ =.
Vaulx. descended at 30 Monday
afternoon at Wnlsingham, Norfolk. In
an interview the count said he had n
splendid voyage, although the wind
had been uufayorable. He estimated
he had travelled $50 miles His great
est altitude was 1900 feet The count
started at once to return to Paris
The City of Chateaureaux, carrying
Jacques Balsar. one of the French con.
testants, has ccme down at Singleton,
in Sussex.
The Aero club. at Paris. officially an
nounced Monday night that Lieutenant
Frank p. Lahm of the Sixth United
States cavalry. one OF the American
contestants. was the victor in the first
competition for the James Gordon Ben
nett cup for international aeronauts.
Santos Dumont had an accident
arm caught in the mechanism OF his
motor. "paralyzing it," according to n
dispatch received by the Aero club.
telegram from Santos Dumont
says that his injury is not serious.
though 1t necessitated his being taken
to a hospital, the flesh of his arm be-
ing torn and the arm becoming numb
and stiff with the pain, which COM
PEELED him to descend.
Santos Dumont reached Paris at g
o'clock Monday evening and received
great ovation at the Aero club rs nc
appeared with his arm in a sling. He
explained the accident was caused by
the sleeve of his coat catching in the
mechanism while oiling the motor OF
his balloon.
Six of the balloons landed during the
night along the coast OF Normandy.
probably fearing to attempt the par
sage of the channel. in which direction
the wind was bearing them. These
balloons are Santos Dumonts Two
Americas, landed near Broglie. Cap
tain Abereron's Dusseldorf, at VilIera-
Sur-Mer; Lieutenant Herralca's Aya-
yay, half mile from shore between
Cabourg and Dives Sur-Mer; Baron
Won Hevald's Potherm. at Pont Adde-
mer Senior Salamanca's Norte at
Bloueville. near Villers-Sur-Mer. and f.
II. Buffers City of London at BIoue-
Vile.
Later the Aero club received news
of the landing Of Count De ST. Vic
tors Foehm at midnight. near Bloue-
Vile. The City of Chateau Roux. pi-
loted by Jacques Ralsan, landed on the
Isle OF Wight at daylight. after having
taken four hours to cross the channel
nri
at Bretigny. department OF the Eure ct
Loire.