Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-10-26
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REPORT THAT AMERICA II. WAS
SEEN AT cHAPEAU, ONT.
milwaukee WEATHER MAN
Believes the Balloon Was Lost in
Lake Superior-Idea Of Sending Re-
lief Balloon May Be Abandoned.

st. Louis. Oct. 25.-Lewis Spindler,
representative of the Aero Club of st.
Louis in the search for Alan r. Haw-
ley and Augustus Post the missing
pilots of the America IL, which left ST.
Louis in the international balloon race
on October II. tonight started from
Toronto to Chapleau, Ont, according to
a telegram he sent to the Aero club Of
ficers. He said that John S. Rogers,
chief of the Ontario provincial police,
had assured him of the authenticity of
the report that the America II. was
seen at Chapleau Tuesday night, Oc-
tober 1S. Acting on this information
Mr.. Spindler will spend his time at
Chapleau and Sudbury, Ont.
Relief Balloon St. Louis No. 8 May Not
Be Sent North. ~
1t is probable that the idea of hav-
ing Louis Won Phul and Joseph NJ
O'Reilly, crew of the Million Club ball
loon, start from Sault Ste Marie, Mich,
in the ST. Louis No. 3 as relief party
in search of the New Workers, will ba
abandoned. There is wide divergence
of opinion concerning the practicable
ity of the plan to. send Won Phui and
O'Reilly out in another balloon to
search for Hawley and Post.
Won Phul said tonight that he was
still preparing for the trip.
Theory of Milwaukee Weather Fore
caster.
Milwaukee. Wis, Oct. 25.-That the
balloon America II. was lost on Lake
Superior is the belief of w. c. Dever-
eauX, weather forecaster of Milwaukee.
There was low moving this way
when the balloons started from ST.
Louis said Mr.. Devereaux. land this
low caused the wind to blow from the
south about the time the balloons
reached Lake Michigan. This south
wind of course took the America II.
directly north, as is proved by mes
sages from Hawley.'
Opinion here is divided as to the
possibility of rescuing the men even
If they passed safely over Lake Huron
and Georgian bay into the vast Wild
erness of northern Ontario and Quebec
or the Ungava district, still further
north.
Ottawa. Int, Oct 25-The black
fastness of the north tonight still held
the secret of the lost balloonists. Alan
r. Hawley and Augustus Post of New
York, and their sky ship, the America
H., which left st. Louis eight days ago
with other competitors in the inter,
national distance contest Various ru-
.ron1s have reached the bureau estab-
lislled here by Edmond p. Stratton,
representing the Aero Club ofrAmerfca.
but when sifted down they produced
nothing that would indicate with any
degrees of certainly the whereabouts
Of the aeronauts.
What appeared to be promising
clue developed early in the day when
a despatch from Huntsville stated that
a guide had seen a balloon on Thurs
day twenty miles north of Bisco Ont
Later in the day. however,it was learn
ed that the guide was mistaken In the
day.
4 second report that a balloon had
been seen on Thursday in the district
Immediately north of Georgian bay
reached here today from the provincial
police in Toronto. Some doubt Is also
cast upon this story.
A third report came from Quebec,
but it is regarded as the least prom
Using. Peter Brown, constable OF
the provincial force, sent word that
he had seen a balloon over Lake XII,
pawa on Wednesday. Both the. Ger
mania and the Dusseldorf III. passed
through this territory. and it is pos
sible that it was either of them that
Brown saw.