New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-26
THRASH OUT CLEWS
TO MISSING BALLOON
One by One Reports Prove TO
Have Little Basis for
Encouragement
sPINDLER OFF TO THE NORTH
Canadian Officials Aid II Rescue
Work. but Many Express Fear
That Hawley and Post VIII
Not Be Found Alive.

r,-rsua- ont. oct 25-The black fast
,sse n the north tonight still held the
sac-e- Of the lost balloonists Alan R
4Eswlev and Augustus Post. Of New
York. and their aerostate. the America II.
which Jeff s.. Louis eight days ago with
nine other competitors in the interna-
tional distance contest
Various r1mors have reached the bu-
-aau established here by Edmond =
Stra-ton. representing the Aero Club Of
America. but when sifted down they
produced nothing that would indicate
with any degree Of def1niteness the
,1-herea bouts Of the aeronsuts.
What appeared 10 he promising ciew
developed early in the DAY, when dis
rarch from Huntsville stated that
r75ide Richard Cole, and A hunting party
Fsd seen 2 balloon or Thursday twenty
miles north Of Disco. Ont This item Of
news. taken II connection with the fact
that al the other balloons in the contest
were known 10 have come 70 earth on
wednesday. inspired great hopes that
something definite 10 work on had been
obtained Later in the day. however, il
was learned from DR. D. c. Meyers. Of
Toronto. 2 member Of the hunting party.
that the guide was mistaken in the day
The balloon was seen on Wednesday.
according TO Dr. Meyers. and might
therefore have been either the lie &c
France or the Azurea- both Of which
landed in that neiEhbOrhood- The idea
that The guide saw the America has not
been entirely given Up. but the incident
immediately lost most Of its significance
with the change in late
A second report that a balloon had
been seen on Thursday in the district
Immediately north Of Georgian Bay
reached here late to-day from the pro-
--fnciaI police at Toronto. The report
was sent in by Constable McCUrdy. Of
ChapIeau- Some doubt also Is cast upon
this story. Il is figured that the Amer
ics OF Thursday would have been either
several hundred miles 10 the north or 10
-he northeast Of ChapleaU.
Louis Spindler. Of the St Louis Aero
Club. who has been gathering data from
friends IN Toronto to-day. advised Mr.
Sr-attou by wire that he would leave
Toronto for the north tonight TO make
personal investigation OF both the Cole
and NcCurdy stories and gather further
Information on the ground
third report came from Quebec. hut
q is regarded as the least promising.
Peter Brown. 4 constable Of the pro
zirciaI force. sent word that he had seen
e. balloon over Lake hipawa on Wednes-
ra-. Bolh the Germania and the Dussel-
.-o-4 II passed through this territory
md II is possible that II was either OF
them that Brown saw.
These three reports. from Cole, Nc
Crr-dv and Brown. are the only ones
that held any promise Of results. and
when viewed from every angle they do
nor contain much encouragement TO the
searchers for the lost balloon.
Opinion here is divided as 70 the pos
s.hilitv Of rescuinE the men even # they
rassed safely over lake Huron and
Georgian Bay into the vast wilderness Of
Northern Ontario and Quebec, or the
Ungava district still further north. Pro
feszo~ r. W Book director Of the Geo
logical Survey. who knows the rugged
and urpeopled country thoroughly. IS
ou-spoken in his opinion that the aero
rauts viii surely perish If they sailed
in-o the Far Northern sections There
gre parts OF il, he said. where even Ind
iars and halfbreed hunters have starved
r. death
Other officials. including Sir Wilfrid
LsUrler. who Is taking q keen interest
n the search for TIE lost men. believe
the viii con- out al night. especially #
they landed south Of the new line Of
the TransconrinenIal RAILWAY. Except
for & gap OF ia miles near the border
lire between Quebec md New Ontario
and another o. the sarp sig directly
north Of Lake Superior. the entire line Is
II some stage Of construction South Of
II the woods are rrave-sed by scores Of
hunters. bushWhsckers. prOspeCuOrs, fire
Uar6ens and Indians. any Of whom
would readily aid the aeronaurs- South
q this line there is q chance for rescue
North Of II Is regarded by many a.
death
Despite the feeling among some OF
Gals that the quest viii be hopeless
there Is no hesiTancy on the part OF any
= them 10 act upon any suggestion OF
% lend aid in any direction that might
lead u the right trail