The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-19
Two BALLOON RACERS DOWN
TOPEKA AND DRIFTER LAND
IN RESTERN PENNsrLTANIA.
An % the thirteen starters From In
dianapolia Have Passed PittsburE Co
iDG Fast. hut Mono u Reported Ia
Have Cro-sr1i the AlleGhany Mountains

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PITTsBURo. Sept Is-The frat Of the
balloons which left Indianapolis last
evening Ca make its oficial report il the
Topeka from Topeka. Kan. which this
afternoon ahghtsd on the Rybus farm near
Washington. Pa. and about thirty miles
from Pittsburg
4. q Cole. president 81 the Topek a
Aero Club. accompanied the Aeronaut
r. W Jacobs and late this evening got
into telephone communication with Pitts
burg and told Of the flight and his expert
ences. Cole claims to have broken the
record. the time and distance in this
flight being an2 miles in 20 hours 50 min
utes This breaks the record made last
week by the same balloon Of SIS miles
from Topeka to Tangier. Okla. Cole said
tonight
The fight was a success in evory way
The Topeka was never over $500 fest
above ground and our main height was
about 1000 feet When We left Indian
apolts Il looked as IL we would be carried
out over the lakes. a. the wind set IN
that direction. hut IL soon changed and
We came over into Ohio
We passed Columbus this morning az
sunrise and there Will" about so feet
mp We struck an air eddy which gave
III much trouble. causing us To rise To
great height to get ont Of A. This took
mp much Of our gas and brought us to
the earth sooner than we had hoped for
this afternoon. Saturday night was
surely ono Of great anxiety for IA a. Il
rainsd almost all the time and Was very
dark
A special from Washington this evening
SAYS that a small army Of people have
started To the Rybus farm To- help bring
the Topeka into Washington before
morning The place II ahghtrng - a.,
miles from Washington
Three Of the ha lloon- pa sad ovor Pitts
burg about noon to-day. heading for the
Allegheny Mountains
After passing PittsburR and reaching
McKee-port the three balloons. which
were already nigh ~ the AR. came To tenn
porAry grief. running INTO what seemed
Co be an eddy formed 10y wind currents
coming down the Nonghioghany Valley
and meeting a current from the MononRa-
hela Valley. The balloons went round
and round in the invisible whirlpool for
a long time. Then the pilots shot their
balloons straight up until ont Of the eddy
and all proceeded On their way toward the
east
The coming Of the balloons caused much
interest throughout western Pennsyl-
vania and there was a slim attendance AZ
Sunday schools and churches having
afternoon services. Thousands followed
0 ~ AaNl
trolleys where p0Ssible and hundred,
followed IN autos until darkness came and
the air vehicles had entered the mountains
Late this evening there came a mes
sage from layton. Pa, IN the foothills Il
the Allegheny Mountains near Union
town. that the balloons were thought TO
have been driven hack from the noun
tRins Nv return current. that ny-tertps
lights had 'een noticed among the clouds
since nIghtfaN aud tho trend II ~. sue
Ce%rivo hgnt- Wa toward The west ar IA
direct Opposition - the direction tAAru
by tine balloons In the afternoon
iSDIASsPOLIs. sept - No word from
the a"ronauts who started IN the balloon
race Yesterday afternoon was racciVel
till to-day Early this morning II was
learned that they had crossed he Indiana
Ohio state line lust before daylight and
were going ~asterly They were all sailing
low. but none II the aeronauts dropped
any notes The fact that they were ali
able. though hight rain had fallen IN
the night. was r"ga -riad a. an auspIciou-
sign for n long run. and those who pro-
Jectad the rae" Wsr" much gratIhad
At o'clock this afternoon Mrs Carl
q. Fisher who's" husband and a. l.
Bumbaugh occupied the Indiana II re-
ceived a despatch from n friend IN Co
lumbus. Ohio, saying that IN" Indiana II
had Just paEsei over IN" city and that
the occupants were having an ENJOYABLE
trip The sender - tho telegram -aid
that the balloon had encountered no had
weather and had not h""n hindar.d az
any time IN the flight, that IL was sailing
low and that Fisher and Bumbaugh had
suffered no Inconvenience during the
night.
II now appears that soon after leaving
the Speedway the wind which had been
blowing from the southwest, changed 20
the west and that the balloons were
carried in an almost direct course due
east. paszing over Columbus. Ohio. this
afternoon and being sighted at PIt'spurg
just before dark
All Of the thirtaen balloons were re-
ported Ia have passed over Pittsburg and
and another report saws that
one Of them came down AZ tniontown
Pa II was the Drifter. which was tho
first in the free for all that left The Speed.
way II carried Albert Holz and G n
Howard az Cincinnati. and both landed
safely
4 Telegram received ~ q o'clock 70.
ported the Topeka down at Washington.
Pr and the other balloons gong steadily
toward Philadelphia with n fair breeza
The Topeka was manned by T. y Cole
and ?. VI Jacobs Of Topeka. and like
the DrifteT u small balloon and was
entered in the free for al race
TOWN OFT TO " ELCOME PRIEST.