The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
THEY ARE SAFE
THE CREW OF THE LAST BAL
LOON ARE FOUND AT LAST.
Both Hawley and Post Report Un-
harmed, After Travelling Approx
imately 1850 Miles In Balloon.

imately 1850 Miles In Balloon.
Allan P. Hawley and Augustus
Post, the aeronauts of the balloon
America II. for whom search had
been prosecuted in the Canadian
wilderness. are safe and have es-
tablished a new worlds record for
sustained flight.
They travelled approximately l.
$50 miles and came 10 earth In Chi
coutimi county, Quebec, on Wednes-
day, Oct. 10, but were not heard
from until last Wednesday, when tel
egrams sent from St. Ambrose, Que,
reached New York.
The balloonists started from ST..
Louis with nine other ~contentanf: in
the International race Monday, Oc-
toner II. All the other balloons
have been reported.
Two messages from Hawley anc
Fpst were received in New York
early Wednesday night. One was q
William Hawley, brother of the aar
onaut; the other to Samuel F. Per
kins. pilot Of the balloon Dusseldorf
III, which until Wednesday night
had been considered the winner.
The message to Mr.. Hawley read.
LANDED In wilderness week ago;
so miles north Of Chicoutimi. Both
well. Allan"
The Perkins message read:
Landed ;Parabonka river north
Lake C%hilogan, 18th; all we'll. Re-
turning. Hawley.
post"
With the receipt Of the news end
ed a search, regarded by many as
almost hopeless, in which the go9.
ernments Of this country and Cala-
da were Indirectly participating. For,
In addition to emissaries sent by the
Aero Club Of st. Louis, the cutter
service, the signal corps Of the army,
the Hudson Bay company and other
agents were conducting the search,
securing the lakes and making pre-
parations for search.
Lloyd Harmon, the wealthy ANA
teur aeronaut and aviator Of New
York, had offered $1,000 to any one
finding Hawley and Post, dead or
alive, and this sum had been in
creased Wednesday night by sub
scription 70 more than $1,000. AT
the international aviation meet at
Belmont park the aviators Wednes-
day afternoon, headed by $500
pledged by Glenn II. Curtiss.
Young Perkins, who accompanied
Lieut.. Hans Gericke in the Dussel-
dorf. conceded Immediately after the
receipt OF the telegram that he and
the German lost first place to the
New Workers. Perkins had estimat-
ed the distance travelled by the Dus-
seldorf at 1.240 miles. He was over
joyed at hearing from his long lost
rivals and quickly dispatched a mes
sage to St. Ambrose with instruc-
tons TO forward a message Of con-
CALCULATIONS to Messrs. Hawley and
Post.
William" Hawley shouted with Ella
ton when he heard Of his brothers
success and safety. For the last
week he had been under a constant
strain and had been in hourly COM
munication with points In Canada
from which he hoped to receive news
of the landing. AS the outlook grew
less hopeful day by day his anx-
iety became gret ter but through it
all he did not lose faith In his broth
er's ability to come through alive.
He had sent ]. H. Pope and Ed
mund Stratton to Ottawa to carry
on the search but he notified them of
the happy ending.
The America II was last reported
passing over Maple City, Mich. Sky
gazers were able to read the name
on the balloon but thereafter all
trace Of her was lost.