The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-10-28
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ARE SAFE
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$50 Miles Found
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MESSAGES RECEIVED

New York, Oct. 27.-Alan R. Haw-
ley and Augustus Post, the aeronauts |
of the Balloon America II, for whom |
search had been prosecuted in the |
Canadian Wilds, are safe and have es-
tablished a new worlds record for
sustained flight. They travelled ap-
proXimately 1850 miles and came to
earth in Chicoutimi county, Quebec,
On Wednesday last, but were not
heard from until yesterday, when tele
grams sent from ST. Ambrose, Que
bee, reached New York. The, balloon
lists started from ST. Louis with nine
other contestants in the international
contest on Monday, October II. All
the other balloons have been re-
ported.
Two messages from Hawley and
Post were received in New York early
tonight. One was to William Hawley,
brother of the aeronaut; the other to
Samuel F. Perkins, pilot of the bal
loon Dusseldorf II, which, until to-
night had been considered the winner.
The Message to Mr.. Hawley read:
Landed in wilderness week ago.
fifty miles north of Chicoutimi. Both
we'll. ALAN"
The Perkins message ran:
Landed Paribonka river, North
Lake Chilogana, nineteenth. All well;
returning.
"HAWLEY, POST"
With receipt of the news there
ended search which had come to be
regarded by many as almost hopeless
and in which the government Of this
country and Canada were indirectly
participating. For, in addition to
emissaries sent by the Aero Club. of
st. Louis. the Aero Club of America.
and by VIM. Hawley, the United
States Revenue Cutter Service and
Signal Corps of the Army, the Hudson
Bay Company and other agents were
conducting the search, securing the
great lakes and making preparations
for entering the almost impenetrable
Canadian wilds.
Young Perkins, who accompanied
Lieutenant Hans Gericks in the
Dusseldorf. conceded Immediately he
received the telegram from Hawley
and Post that he and the Germany
had lost first place to the New York
ers Perkins had estimated the DIS
tance travelled by the Dusseldorf at
1,240 miles. He was overjoyed al
hearing from his long lost rivals and
quickly dispatched to st. Ambrose
with instructions to forward this
missage of congratulation to Messrs
Hawley and Post:
indications are that you have
broken the worlds record for sus
tanning flight in a balloon. Please &C
cept my sincerest congratulations or
your success. You are the only ones
would be glad to see win outside my
self. l know from my own exper
fences what you must have risked 2;
make such trip"
VIM. Hawley shouted with elatiol
when he heard of his brothers sue
cess and safety. For the past weel
he had been in hourly communica
ton with points in Canada from
which he hoped to receive news of thu
landing. AS the outlook grew les
hopeful day by day, his anxiety be
came greater, but through it all h
did not lose faith in his brother
ability to come through alive. He ha
sen J. H. Pope and Edmund Starttol
= to Ottawa to carry on the search, bu
he notified them tonight of the hs.I
py ending.
The America H. was last reporte
passing over Maple City, Mich, o.
tober 18th. Sky gazers were able t
read the name on the balloon, bu
thereafter all trace of her was los
Various prophecies of the outcom
were made; but the main contentio
was that the aeronauts had lande
in an inaccessible region early las
week Gas in fact they did and wer
unable to make their way to civiliz;
ton Those who took the gloomie
view were inclined to think as tn
days passed that the men had perisl
ed from cold and hunger. The ou
look was made darker by the: sugge
ton of downing, fate thought NJ
unlikely by the finding 0fxa Iballeo
basket on the shores off.Lake 81
perior. near Port Arthur. yMiehigai
today. But that the basket was NJ
the Americas was conclusfHely show
by later Developments. TX