The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-26
German Balloon, Pommern, LAST
Heard of in Canada, After Cross
ina Lake Erie-Others Scat
tered Over Ohio.
OF c &

*Landed. s*Messages dropped Mon
day night.
ST. Louis, Oct. 23.-The balloon
United States. which left st. Louis at
4:O5 p. M, Monday, in the interna-
tional race for the James Gordon Ben
nett cup. landed at 6:15 o'clock last
night twelve miles south of Hamilton,
Ont, or about $50 miles in an air line
northeast of ST. Louis. Major Henry
B. Hersey, pilot, announced his land
ing in a telegram from Caledonia,
Ont, which is as follows:
Caledonia, Ont, Oct. 22.-Unlted
States landed II miles south OF lam
iIton, Province of Ontario, at 6:15
p. m. HERSEY AND ATHERHOLT.'
The United States crossed the state
of Illinois, thence across Lake Mlchi-
gan and Lake St. Clair to the middle
of Lake Erie, when a change of wind
carried it north into Canada to the
place of landing.
The German balloon, POmmern, the
first to start in the races from st.
Louis. was last reported in the same
territory in which the United States
landed.
Pommern Crosses Lake Erie.
The Pommern crossed Lake Erie
from Cleveland at $40 p. m. and at
4 D. m. was reported to have passed
% miles west of st. Thomas, Ont. The
other balloons, according to dis
patches received up to midnight, were
scattered throughout Ohio.
W. C. Devereaux, assistant in the
Milwaukee weather bureau TO Major
Henry B. Hersey, received the follow
ing telegram last night from Major
Jersey:
Caledonia, Ont, Oct. 22.-Had fine
trip across Lakes Michigan, st. Clair
and Erie. Landed ear Hamilton, Ont.
Expect to start home tomorrow"
Mai. Hersey told Milwaukee friends
before the start Of the International
balloon race from ST. Louis that he
would keep low and expected to be
carried across Lakes Michigan, St.
Clair and Erie. He said he thought
he would be compelled to land in
Ontario, because he did not think his
balloon could withstand the pressure
of cold air from Lake Ontario.
The last authentic report from the
balloon st. Louis, entered by the Aero
club of St. Louis, came from ZiOnvllle,
Boone county, Ind, at $3.50 a. M. Tues
dav. when the local entry was report
ed to be passing over hat place, gong
east. The balloon is piloted by Alan
r. Hawley, with Augustus Post as
companion. Zionville is about 22o
miles northeast of st. Louis.
Wise's Record Still Stands.
While Major Hersey exceeded the
record established by Captain Charles
de F. Chandler and j. c. Mccoy in
their recent flight from st. Louis Tor
the Lahm cup, he failed to equal the
fight of John Wise, in 1859, who also
started from st. Louis, and who land
ed at Henderson, N. Y, having COW
cred $40 miles in an air line. MAJOR
Hersey's air line distance is about 6oO
miles.
II will be impossible to ascertain
the total distance travelled by the bal
loo United States until the report OF
Major Hersey is received by the Aero
Club of America at New York, and by
them sent to the geological survey at
Washington for accurate measure
ments.
Extracts from the logs of the bal
looms which started in the race Tor
the international cup at st. Louis on
Monday have been received from
many points. Before the race ar
rangements with the b~alloonists for
dronping messages, with reports OF
the progress made at each town the
air craft passed over and printed on
message blanks were requests that the
finder telegraph them at once to st.
Louis.
Can't. Hugo Won Abercron mentions
in his dispatch a narrow escape from
collision with balloon No. 4. which is
L'Isle de France. He dropped ballast
at Nation, ILL.,, in the darkness Mon
day night to get clear.