Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-11-03
HAwLEY AND POST ON WAY
HOME. HAVING TRAVELLED
1850 MILES.
A NEW WORLDS RECORD
Landed on Mountain North Of chicou
Ani.-Had Long Tramp. Bat
Suffered no Very Sewers
Hardships.

and Augustus Post, tho aeroaauts OF
tho balloon America II, for whom
search had been prosecuted in the
Canadian wilds. are safe and have
established new worlds record for
sustained flight. They travelled ap-
proximately 1850 miles and came to
earth in Chiceutimi county, Quebec, on
Wednesday last.
Two messages from Hawley and
Post were received in New York. One
was to William Hawley, brother Of the
aeronaut, the other to Samuel F. Per.
kins, pilot of the balloon Dusseldorf II,
which had been considered the winner.
The message TO MIR. Hawiey read:
Landed in wilderness week ago so
miles north of Chicoutimi. Both well.
allan"
The Perkins message ran:
Landed Paribonka river, North
Lake Chilogana nineteenth. All well;
returning.
"Hawley. Post"
With receipt of the news there end.
ed search which had come to be re-
garded as almost hopeless, and In
which the governments of this country
and Canada were indirectly participant
ing.
Clifford B. Harmon, the wealthy
amateur aeronaut and aviator of New
York had offered $1,000 to any one
finding Hawley and Post, dead or
alive, and this sum had been increased
by subscription to more than $4,000.
AT the international aviation meet at
Belmont Park nearly $4,000 was sub.
scribed among the aviators, headed
BY $500 by Glenn H. Curtiss.
The new record established by Haw-
ley and Post, unoff1cially estimated at
1850 miles, exceeds all previous
flights. Only this year Count Odensoff
of Russia claimed to have flown 1924
miles in 40 hours, but the figures were
not officially verified. If the estimat-
ed distances are made official, the long
standing record of Count de la Vaux
OF l,l93 miles made in 1900 in flight
from France to Siberia, has been brok.
en- by at least three of the contestants
in the race--the America l, the Dus.
seldolf III, and the Germania. The of.
fetal figures will be required, however.
to settle the question:.
Tell Story Of Tramp.
Chicoutimi, Oct. 81. = Thoroughly
fatigned and showing plentiful marks
OF an arduous week. of struggling
through the dense wilderness of north
ern Canada, Messrs. Hawley and Post
arrived here.
They had landed at 3:45 Wednesday
afternoon, Oct. 10, 1900 feet up on the
face oH an unnamed mountain, which
as near as they could reckon, lies
about SO miles north of Chicoutimi,
They had been involved in snow
storm which was accompanied by a
change in the wind to a more north
erly direction from that which up until
then babe fair to carry them to the
Labrador coast.
The adverse conditions compelled
them to land, much against their
wishes. Landing was effected easily
and the balloon was left in good con
dition. They were uncomfortably near
the end of their provisions, bat re-
counting the story of their experiences
they made light of that feature. They
had confidence, they said, in their
ability to kill sufficient game to pre.
vent starvation.
For three nights they were Obliged
to sleep in the open air. It was stiff
fight through snowy forests. The
weather was exceedingly cold. Then
the camp of a trapper was struck on
the river Alours. A days rest was en-.
joyed there in the deserted hut. Mon.
day live trappers appeared and took
them down the streams in their canoes
to ST. Ambrose. little settlement 40
miles from here. A six hours drive
brought them here