Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-03
Heroes of the Greatest Balloon
Flight on Record Welcomed
at Quebec.
MIGHTILYpLEASED AT SUCCESS
Hardships Forgotten Now That
the Cup for Which They Con-
tested Remains in
America.

Quebec. oct 27-Alan w HawlGy |
>nd Augustus Post, the heroes of the |
greatest balloon Digit on record. ar |
rived here Tonight after an experience |
HAT was moro trying than earlier &c
ports indicated. but nightly pleased
hccaugc the cup for which they con-
tcr'cd romans in America. The first
day after lea wing the America II. 1T
III" end Of their journey on the banks
of the Tcrihonlea river. MIR. Tiawl,y's
Les was injured so badly that he was
laid up for ecveral hours and he has
not yet entirely recovered from the g
fccts of the hurt.
Tho arrival of tho acronau.s here
vas made the occasion of the first tor
NAL welcome back to civilization cf
the men who for several days ~cvc
thouEht to bc Lost In the dense fore SITS
Of nort hcrn Canada.
Gcbhsrdt Willrich. the local United
state consul. ana several prominent
men If the city met tho party unon
the arrival % their train from Chie"u-
tiui at $50 y. m. and escorted tn m
formal dinner was .,ivon IN their hon
or.
After resting until eleven o'clock
Messrs. Irawley and post resumed ire
Journey to New York. They Will a.
rive in Montreal tomorrow morning
and will take IA train for New )rk
city.
FOOD SUPPLY VERY SHORT.
There was never time" said Mr..
IIawlcy Tonight. when / considered
that our lives were actually in dan
ger. but our supply Of food was very
short and | consider that we were
very fortunate IN reaching Jacques
MaItais's cabin in the woods when we
did. Taken altogether it was not
disagrccable experience by any means,
and best OF all the cup, for which we
made the fight. remains at home
From the data handed to Lewis
Spindler OF the Aero club Of st. Louis,
and the accounts of the journey given
by Messrs. Iawley and Post tonight.
it is plain that the America II was
favored in catching the eastward
sweep of the gale Immediately after
crossing the Great Lakes and entirely
escaping the center of still air which
becalmed several Of the contestants.
In describing the earlier part of the
journey up to the time they were lost
sight of over the state OF Michigan,
Mr.. Post said
| 1--WE followed a nprtheasterly course
! across the Mississippi and Missouri rivers
| and thence along the Illinois river into.
! Wisconsin. In the morning We were just
| north Of Milwaukee but over the lake. We
descended 50 that our rope trai!cd in the
water but the air was light and We again
rose high to get the eastern drift. That
carried Us up over the Lake Point AU
Sable near l.udington At that point the
wind veered slightly To the north and
we passed over Traverse city. From
there we rose high again and again got
the eastcrly drift
HIGHEST ALTITUDE REACHED.
I'VE crossed Lake Huron during The
night and We're high over Georgian hay
and the country Immediately north of II
We made our highest attitudes at this
stage of the journey. The wind had 6
| strong drift to the northeast and as WI
dropped a trine lower after passing Lake
Nipissing the wind was whipping US alons
at a tremendous speed
I'VE could see from the character g.
the country below us that it would almos
he imroysibl to move afoot SO we decided
tn go on. We again wcr: into the h!she
levels and at one time our harograp!
registered 5.o-0 metres which is the Limit
We Their saw ia The distance what W
supposed was tho town of Normandil
Lake St. John, This was a; ABOUT 3
p IN. or Wednesday. The country locke
} favorable for a LANDING and we decide
20 come dow. The speed at which "
> We're going. however, carried is beyon
the place we had picked out We wer
; carried over a small Mill Considering
the circumstance we made very goo
landing on what we later learned was t
: the east Of .ho Ferbonka river ana hea
a chain Of small lakes
"A very heavy thunderstorm came II
~, we slept In the basket that night
The next morning we saw that ii was IN,
pos lille to move the balloon and W
packed up for the journey on foot. W
slept in tn, woods Thursday nigh
! Hawley injured his leg in the afternoon.
HOW HAWLEY WAS HURT
AFTER we had covered about seve
, miles along the shore Of Lake chile
CANA we went into camp early, max
ing It In comfortable as possible b
using ba!sam bouRhs." Here NJ
. Hawley interrupted Mr., Posts nara
0 tive to explain that his leg was hu,
Q | by his stepping on rotton log. whic
crumbled and threw all his weight q
I his leg which bent under him. causin
a him great pain. Mr.. Post continue,
: ION account of Mr.. lIawley's in
: jured leg we took it easy on Frida
and went into camp early. on SatuI
u day on the shore of a small lake "
came upon the cabin of Jacques Ma
tails. lie was absent at the time. b,
we enjoyed his hospitality that nigl
and the whole Of the following da
, Unfortunately the cabin was bare {
supplies
About nine o'clock Monday morl
- ing, Mr., Hawley went to the bank
the lake and shouted hello sever
times The call was answered and
. abort time later Josef Peneaud al
:. Josef simon, two trappers, padded l
:, in canoe.
# NEW FRIENDS GAVE READY HELL
Il after explaining our situation to the
j. they readily agreed to aid us In reac
ing the nearest habitation. We went
canoe to Lake Blanche, where we cam
I. | ell Monday night. Our new found rrien'
u | caught some trout and we enjoyed u
first good meal In IA long time. The