Smyrna times., 1910-11-02
AERONAUTS TELL
OF HARDSHIPS
SnOWStOTm Caused Posi- and
HaWIey to Descend.
NEARLY Landed IN LAKE
Sky Sailors Suffered Greatly During
tie -Four Gays They sought CiviIi-
zstion In WEE of Can.da.

tie -Four Gays They Cought CiviIi-
cation In W.G5 of Canada.
Hawley and Post. of the balloon
America H., which left St. Louis on
Oct. II in the international balloon
race and landed in the wilds of Can
ada reached Quebec having taken
eleven hours in travelling the 227 miles |
from ChicOu;ini by the Lake st. John |
railway.
They travelled 1855 miles in forty
six hours and established a new record
for balloons.
Both men are in excellent health
and spirits. Notwithstanding their
strenuous experiences OF the last ten
days.
Many interesting new details of
their fight were given out by the aero
nauts. Their course into tie wilds of
northern Quebec was rather more wes-
te-ly than that of the Dusseldorf,
which landed near Kiskis nix, due
south of Lake st. John, tor the Amer
ica IL. in soaring north of Lake St.
John left the big inland sea to the
immediate east. obtain ng a fine view
of it and crossing first over the AS
huapmouchouan river and the village
of PeribOnca, just south Cf Lake
Tschotogama. 1t was on the shore of
Lake TschOtOgama that Hawley and
Post fell in with the hunters who
piloted them into the pathway of
safety.
I'VE were doing our best" said Mr..
Post, TO a. to the utmost limits that
the continent would allow. We knew
perfectly we'll whe e we were when
we passed over Lake S.. John on We'd
nesday. the 10Th. and we made up ouI
minds that if possible we wouldn't
descend until We got to the coast ot
Labrador. On Wednesday afternoon
however, the weather, which had beer
threatening all day, began to make u:
very apprenensiye.
AT O'Clock in the afternoon snow
had already began to fall and soon GU
view of the ca tn beneath was almOs
entirely obscure /. We ju ged that thi
mean, the end oi our trip. Tor it woul'
have been madness to have pursue,
the journey in a binding snowstorm.
"FurthermOle, the extreme cold ha
caused our gas to contract and We ha
begun to fall rapidly. We only had 81
and a half bags of ballast left, whe
at last very reluctantly we decided
II effect a landing. We at once began
- look around tor a good landing place
e but owing to the Tapidty with whic
- the snowst orm overlook us We had
y trust pretty much to luck.
A. I'VE found ourselves dropping q
re rectly into a large lake, which we a
n terwards discovered to be Lake Chill
CANA We Immediately threw out Sc
- eral bags of ballast and rose slow
=, ami heavily in the snowstorm. Mad
:, we threw out more ballast for the laC
- of ready response by the balloon hf
t. alarmed US and made us think for
We moment that we should possibly pc
ish in the lai.e-a miserable ending
such a splendid journey.
But on a terrific gust of wind t
balloon whirled alOft, carrying us in
few seconds beyond the lake. Then '
at once let out the gas and came dO1
TT SdIGlh Oh lue oluC VI a Au5C mn IL
= unlikely that the balloon will be
covered.
4 However it is lost in good eau
4 We have. without doubt. beaten
worlds record by more than 200 mil
I'VE really suffered greatly from
cold as we tramped slowly away fri
the America IL. We were serious
ne hampeted by the goods we had
pack, for it was absolutely necesss
to take along the heaviest clothil
e,s. besides the remaining food. Freque
h9I- ly we made through streams of
led cold water So cold was the weatl
col that at times our clothing was froi
by to our bodies. When we came acr
col the trappers the fourth day we co
'cisi nave cried for joy We were alb
; ate all in"