The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-24

ContlnentdI HdlWay 9ysttW'-SS'7
man Aeronauts Land safely, but
Have Narrowing Experience.
ottawa, Oct. PA report has
been received OF the landing of the
Dusseldorf u at Kiskisink, 1872 miles
north of Quebec. Since the Germania
and Dusseldorf II both descended
north of Quebec and the Helvetia at
Lake Temiskaming, 1t is thought
here that the America II may be
down somewhere between Lake Te-
miskaging and Lake st. John, Que
bee. II. on the other hand. the Amer
lea ii crossed Lake Superior well to
the west, air currents may nave car.
ried 1t into West Ontario. The Azu-
rea came down near Biscotasing, on
the main line Of the Canadian Pacific
railway, west Of Sudbury, ont.
Beside the search being made for
the America II by the Canadian gov
ernment. the United States and the
Aero Club of America, 10 600 Off
cials. engineers. contractors and la
borors on the national transcontinen-
tai railway system between La
Tuque. near Quebec. to Superior
Junction, in western Ontario, are on
the lookout for the balloon. S. ~.
Parent. chairman OF the National
Transcontinenta Railway company,
has telegraphed to the officials in
charge of the divisions at la Tuque,
Mattaws, Ont. North Bay, Ont, and
Superior Junction that the America
II is still missing. and directing that
any news OF ii or it's crew be report
ed to him.
The hazardous trip OF the balloon
Dusseldorf, which landed ut Kish.
sink, Quebec. Is vividly told in an
interview with members of the crew
from Kiskisink After very ex'
citing trip the balloon landed II
miles north of Lake Kiskislnk, which
is 1870 miles northeast of Quebec city.
The distance from st. Louis Is l,2hl
miles. Tho aeronauts made this
statement:
"We had IS bags of ballast when
we landed and we could have stayed
up Sc hours longer, only that had we
gone TO the end of all railroads we
could never have gotten back to civ
ilization. Our route was from st.
Louis 10 Milwaukee. then about
northeast TO the end of the journey.
We had a good wind until across
Michigan, when we were becalmed
about five hours.
Then We struck big storm belt
and few across the continent at the
rate OF 75 miles an hour; conse-
quently the landing was very rough
and we were lucky to get down with
no broken bones. Knowing that we
were near the end of civilization we
chose Lake Kiskisink to land at
from point five miles before we
were over IT, but the valve would not
act, and as we were 10000 ieet high
at that time to get favorable wind
we did not dare TO come down till
we passed the city, but when We did
CONT uONH We u'S''llutu III
minutes, landing at some distance
beyond the city.
Thinking we were but few
hours walk from the railroad We
leisurely folded up the balloon and
started back "Wednesday afternoon
mile through the dense underbrush
where we slept out in the open that
night. The next day. Thursday, We
| went back to the balloon for all ex
| ira provisions, etc, as we now knew
we had a great task on our lands tC
get out alive. We left the balloon
the second time Thursday as fast at
we could until Saturday afternoon
| when we were discovered accidental
ly by Theophile BOiving, guardian o.
the Penna Fish and Game Club, OF
their grounds.
"He was making his regular triI
UP the Kisksink river, when he saw
our flag at the top of the hill OF
which We landed. He fired sho
and we answered from some twt
miles away, which was all the dis
tance we had made. The trip as I
while was marked by many wonder
ful, exciting experiences. The sal
across the barren country for tn,
last 500 miles before landing from al
elevation of 1000 feet, knowing tha
any drop was sure starvation ant
our ballast was getting low, wa
thrilling.
Again, after leaving the storm
conditions that carried us to Mich
gan, we went six times from the Sc
level to 10000 feet high IN our en-
deavor to find the wind that finall
took us to Lake Kiskisink."
II Is thought that the America II
with Hawley and Post aboard, ha
landed somewhere in the desolat
Businesses of northern Quebec or On
tario. In this case II may take sey
| eral days fer them 10 communicat
with the outside world. Unless som
grave accident has occurred to thei
balloon the men are in no danger
as the country In which they proE
ably have landed is Well stocke
with game and they have frms an
ammunition with them. The lndian
are friendly and intelligent end ar
moving out to their hunting ground
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