The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-28
.Av|AT0RS GLAD
THEY WON CUP
tHAWLEY AND POST WARMLY RE.
| cEWED ON ARRIVAL IN
QUEBEC CITY.
|HAD INTERESTING TR|P|
Did Net Encounter Real Danger, But
Food Supply Ran LaW-Post
Tells OF Trip Through VIII
derness--Hawiey Hurt. IA

n Quebec. Oct 27.---Alan r. Hawleyl
1andsAngnstns Post, heroes of thal
great balloon flsiiy, arrived tonight
a efs 4theit trying experiencas bnt
nightly Pleased because the cup Nor
which they oontssted remains in|
America. s.}
! The fGst day safser leaving tae
america II. ni the end ofstheir jour
ney on The banks on the Peribonka
river Ilawley's tex WAS injured 50
badly that he was laid iip TOR severa'
.l'onrs fis has not yet entirely re-
covered. lie strained eitiin walking
through the under brush.
Gebhardt Wlllrich, American con
snl, and other prominent men. met
yhe Early upon the arrival of the
train from Chicoutimi this evening.
and escorted them to the Hotel From.
tetfac, where an informal, dinner
vas given in their honor. Later
IHawley end Post resumed their jour
Inry .fo New York. Hawlcy said:
.There never was a time when
considered our. lives actually In dan,
ger, but our fool supply was very
short AMI | consider that we were
very fortunate in reaching Jacques
lAlaltains in his cabin In the woods
when we did. fIalSen altogether it
WAS NOT disagreeable experience,
tand best OF all the clip Tor which we
lmade the flight remains at home."
| An Interesting, Trip.
| In describing the Journey Poet
lsays:
| 4We followed northeasterly
course across fhe Mississippi and
missouri rivers and thence along the
Illinois river into Wisconsin. In the
morning we We're in a position just
1suss@y rf milwaukee,. out over the
lake We descended so that our rope
ltrailed the water, but the air was
Hight and we again rose high TO get
| TIC Eastern drift That carried us
lup, oyer Point Au aSble, near LudiDg-
lion There the T-s>@ T-ss>@. yeered slightly
Ito the north and we passed over
Traverse City. From there we rose
mgr again and got the easterly drift
I'VE crossed Lake Huron during
the night and were high over Gear
triah Bas' ana sthe scouptry north OF
lit, we made the highest altitude at
fthis stage The wind had a strong
IdItft to the northeast end as I'VE
dropped 70 stfifle lower after passing
Lake 'Nlpissing the wind was whip
fphg us along at "a tremendous
tspeed re
| We. Jconld see! from the character
Tor the country below iii that II would
lbe almost impossible TO move foot,
so we decided To DO Oh. We theh
saw in the distance what We sup
posed was the town Of Normand at
Lake st John. This was at / 80 p.
nj. Wednesday. We decided to come
down. Thefspeed. at which we were
going however. carried lis beyond the
place We had picked out Considering
1 the circumstances we made a very
good landing on what we learned
was to the east bank of the Peri,
bonka river and near chain OF
small lakes, NJ.
1 Slept in Basket s.y- s.t<
"A very heavy. thunderstorm came
UP and we slept In the basket, that
The next morning 1t was i'm.
possible to move the balloon, We
1slept In the oodsaThursday rlight.s
\ ."Hawley injured his leg An the
| afternoon. On account Of Hawlcy's
linjured,l leg We took 1t easy on Friday
SATURDAY on the shore of a small
flake. we came upon the cabin y
Jacques .MaltaIs. We enjoyed his
Hospitality that night and the whole
iof the following day. Unfortunately
the cabin was short or supplies.
About nine O'Clock Monday morn
Ing he went ste the bank OF the lake
Jand said "IIelIoD several times The
4 cali was answered and in d short
A time josef Peneaud and Josef Simon
Imappers naddley up. ,,
4 "Aier explaining our situation they
rfadily agrei to aid us in reaching
1.-THE hearst 'habitation. w went by
! 4 canoe to Lake Blanche, where We
| cafnpcd Monday night Our new
ffoilnd friends caught some trout and
4 We enjoyed the. firytI meal In a lpna
1time. The remainder Of our journey
| To- chicoutimi stas 3. comparatively
easy" r, e