Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-10-27
PILOTS OF BALLOON
AMERICA ARE SAFE.
Landed a Week Ago, so Miles North
Of ChiCoutimj QUE Break All Rec
ordS for Sustained Flight, Covering
OistanceApproximating 1850 Miles.

ed over the forests of northern Quebec.
passing over innumerable lakes and riv-
ers. The country below us always was
densely wooded. Finally on Wednesday
morning we found that we were north of
the Lake st. John and going well and we
had hopes that we would be able to con-
tinue the trip until we struck the Lab.
| rador coast.
| unfortunately about O'Clock on
| Wednesday afternoon, the 18th, storm
came up and it became necessary to
make landing. We picked out noun
tain and came down upon 1t and made
an easy landing on the mountain side at
an elevation of about 800 feet.
This was at 3.45 r. NJ. 1t WAS near
night fall and we knew that we were Il
considerable distance from any settle
ment, so we decided to pass the night in
the basket of the balloon.
| "Thc next morning we started for civ
ilzation, heading south. We had three
days Of strenuous exercise with no more
to eat than was absolutely necessary as
we had to carry all our food as we'll as
the blankets to cover us at night. And
| we needed those blankets badly for we
had two snow storms on the way.
On the way we found tic camp of
Jack Matthias, a trapper. but unfor-
tunately he was away from home.
We, however. STAYED there and en-
jnyrd the hospitality Of his hut for
a day of much needed rest. Then
four French Canadian trappers turned
up and the good fellows brought us
ort by carue to St. Ambrose. where
We arrived this afternoon.
| "AS near IS we can figure our
landing place was about SO miles north
of Chicoutimi There is rather large
lake near VIII, re we landed. Lake
Piscocama, and We landed between five
ana eight miles north. Two smaller
lakes were also passed by us as we
made our way through the woods.
The country there is very rough and
our travel was necessarily Slo% in
tie extreme as there was no trails
t;lat we could follow.
"rhe brush was VERY dense and We
had hard time fighting our way
through. but we did not suffer any
very severe hardships.
The Associated Press correspondent
was the first to inform Mr.. Post that
the America II was probably undis-
c,,p. The sky voyagers did not see
any other balloons in the drlit eaSt-
ward across Northern Quebec as they
passed farther north than either tht
dusseldorf or the Germania. Mr. Post
did not appear to be greatly excite"
over his exuerienc,. and seemed to
show more interest over the rate OF
Walter Wellman in his trip ovr the
I,AtIantic He was not surprised tia'
the attempt had proven fallure.
Messrs Post and HaWlcy VIII leave
for Quebec Thursday morning.
Now York. oct. 26.--Aian r. Hawley
and AUGUSTUS Post. the aeronauts III
the balloon America II for which
search had been prosecuted III the
| Canadian wilds, are safe and nave
established a new worlds recora i"'
sustained flight They travelled APP
proximately 1850 miles and came te
EARTH in Chicoutimi county, quebec
on Wednesday last. but were not hear'
from until today, when telegramS SELL
from St Ambrose, Que. reached Ne"
York This is the first word from the
baIIoOniSts since their departure IRON
ST Louis with nine other contestant!
in the international contest on, Mon
dav. oct. II. All the other balloons
had been previously reported.
Two messages from Hawley and
POST were received in New York early
tonight. one was to William Hawley
brother of the aeronaut. the other t(
Samuel r. Perkins, pilot of the bal
loon Dusseldorf II, which until tonight
had been considered the winner.
The message to Mr.. Hawley said
LANDED in wilderness week ago. 81
miles north of Chicoutimi. Both well
(Signed) "ALAN."
The Perkins message ran:
, LANDED Peribonka river, north LAKE
chilogona, 18th. All well; returning
(Signed) "HAWLEY, POST"
With receipt of the news there end
cd a search which had come to be re
garded by many as almost hopeless ant
; in which the governments of thi
; country and Canada were indirectl,
participating For in addition to EN-
misaricS sent by the Aero Club of ST
Louis. the Aero club of America AM
by William Hawley, the United State
revenue cutter service. the sigma
corps of the army. the Hudson Ba.
Co, and other agents we're conductin,
the search securing the Great Lake
, and making preparations for entering
the almost impenetrable Canadian for
eStS.
Clifford B. Harmon, the wealth.
amateur aeronaut and aviator Of Ney
York, had offered $1,000 to any on
finding Hawley and Post, dead or alive
and this sum had been increased to
night by subscriptions to more tina
! $1,000. At the International Aviatio
. meet at Belmont Park, nearly 5000
was subscribed among the .aviator
this afternoon, headed by $500 pledge
by Glenn H. Curtiss. Young Perkins
; who accompanied Lieut.. Hans Gerick
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