The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-29
They ARE SAFE
THE CREW OF THE LAST BAL
LOON ARE FOUND AT LAST.
Both Hawiey and Post Report I'm.
harmed, After Travelling. Approx.
inrately 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-
t.tablished a new worlds record for
sustained fight.
They travelled approximately l.
$50 miles and came to earth in Chi
coutimi county, Quebec, on Wednas-
day, Oct. 1s, but were not heard
from until last; Wednesday. when tel
egrams sent from st. Am broise, Que,
reached New York,
The balloonists started from S..
Louis with nine other contentants il
the international. race Monday. o.
tober II. All the other 5alioons
have been reported.
Two messages from Hawley anc
Post were received in New YORK
early Wednesday night. One was e
William Hawley, brothe; Of the aa:
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. Bott
well Allan
The Perkins message read:
LANDED Parabonka, river. north
Lake Chilogan. 18th; all we'll. Re
turning. Hawley.
Post"
With the receipt Of the news end
! ed search. regsrded by many aa
almost hopeless, in which the gov
ernments Of this country and Cana
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 and
teur aeronaut and aviator of New
York, had offered $1,000 to any one
finding Hawley and Post. dead OF
alive, and this sum had been in
creased Wednesday night BY sub
scription to more than $1,000. At
the international aviation meet at
Belmont park the aviators Wednes-
day afternoon, headed by $500
pledged by Glenn II. Curtlss: ',.
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 l.240 miles. He was over
joyed at hearing from his long lost
rivals and quickly dispatched mes.
sage to st.. Ambrose with instruc-
tlonsI to forward a message Of con.
gratulations to Messrs. Hawley and
Post.
William Hawley shouted Wiehela:
ton when he heard OF his brother
success and safety. For the last
week he had been under constant
strain and had been in hourly com
lmunication with points in Canada
from which he hoped to receive new;
OF the landing. AS the outlook grew
less hopeful day by day Ibis "anx.
iety became greater but through il
all he did not lose faith in his broth
er's ability to come through alive
He had sent J. II. Pope and Ed
mund Stratton to Ottawa to carry
on the search but he notified them O!
the happy ending.
The America II was last reported
passing over Maple City. Mich. Sky
gezers were able to read the name
on the balloon but thereafter Al
trace OF her was lost.