The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-27
Americans Break All BaI- loon Records In Their
 Wonderful Trip
SEVEN DAYS JOURNEY
 BACK ID CIVILIZATION
gearch For the Men Was Considered Almost Hopeless When They Turn ed Up None the Worse For
 Their Experiences

New York, October 26--Ailan R. Haw- aey and Augustus Post, the aeronauts of the balloon America IL. for whom search had been prosecuted in the Canadian will derness, are safe and have established a new worlds record for sustained flight. They travelled approximately 1855 miles ana came to earth in Chicoutimi county Quebec, on Wednesday last. but were not heard from until today, when tele- grams sent from St. Anbroise, Quebec, reached New York.
 The balloonists started from St. Louis with nine other contestants in the inter national contest Monday. October IF. All The other balloons have been reported. 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 balloon Dusseldorf 1I.. which until tonight had been consid- cred the winner.
 The message to MT. Hawley read:
 Handed in wilderness week ago fifty miles north of Chicoufimi. Both well.
 ALLAN"
 
 Landed Parabouka river, north Lake Chilogana, 18th. All well. Returning
 'HAWLEY. 'POST." Long Search Ended
 The receipt of the news thus ended search which was regarded by many as almost hopeless and in which govern ments 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 William Hawley, the United States revenue cutter service. the signal corps of the army. the Hudson Bay company and other agents were conducting the searxt. securing the great takes and inak- sns preparations for entering the almost tmpenetrable Canadian forests.
 Clifford B. Harmon. the wealthy anna teur aeronaut and aviator Of New York; had offered 5000 to any one finding Haw- ley and. Post dead or alive, and this sum had been increased tonight by subscrip- tion to more than s700o. At the interna- tonal aviation meet at Belmont Park nearly 5000 was subscribed among the 0VldIoTS IulS dl lcI nooil, ncdato by $ouu pledged by Glenn H. Curtiss.
 Young Perkins, who accompanied Lieut.. Hans Gericke in the Dusseldorf, conceded Immediately after the receipt of the tele- gram that he and the German lost first place to the New Workers Perkins had estimated the distance travelled by the Dusseldorf at 1240 miles. He was over Hoyed at hearing from his long-lost rivals and quickly dispatched to St. Ambroise with instructions to forward this mes sage of congratulations to Messrs flaw ley and Post
 Congratulations Sent
 Publications are that you have broken ! The worlds record for sustained flight. in . helloon- Please accept my sincere con xratuIations on your success. You are the only ones would be glad to see win outside of myself. know from my own experiences what you must have risked to make such a trip"
 William Hawley shouted with elation when he heard of his brothers success and safety. For the last week he had been under a constant strain and had been in hourly communication with points in Canada from which he hoped to re- ceive news of the landing. As the out look grew less hopeful day by day his anxiety became greater. but through it all he did not lose faith in his brothers nbiiity to come through alive. He had sent J. H. Pope and Edmund Stratton 10 Ottawa to carry on the search. but he notified them tonight of the happy end Ing.
 The America II was last reported pass Ing over Maple City, Mich, on October as. ..Skyeazers' were able to read the name on the balloon but thereafter all trace of her was lost. Various phases of the outcome were made but the main con- |b tsntion was that the aeronauts had landed in an inaccessible region early last week fas, in fact, they did) and were unable to make their way to civilization. Those who took the gloomier view were inclined l, to think, as the days passed. that the mon had perished from cold and hunger. The | outlook was made darker by the sugges- tion of drowning, fate thought not un- likely by the finding of a balloon basket on the shores of Lake Superior near Port Arthur, Ontario. today. But that 1t was not the Americas was exclusively shown by later developments.
 Announcement of Distances St. Louis October 26.--Following the announcement that Alan R. Hawley and Augustus Post had landed safely in the Balloon America II north of Lake St. John. Cue, the two St. Louis mem bers of the international race commit tee A. B. Lambert and l.. D. Dozier, tonight gave out the official distances made by the balloons. These are as follows:
 America II (America), Alan R. flaw ley pilot. Augustus Post aid landed at Lake Tshistigama, near Peribonka. Que; distance s1355 miles. Dusseldorf II (Germany). Hans eGr- ioke pilot. g. ?. Perkins aid; landed at Kiskisink: l210 miles.
 Germania (0ermany), Hugo von Alp ercron pilot. August Blanckerts aid; landed at Coocoocache. Que; 11s0 miles.
 Helvetia (6witzerland). Theodore echaeck pilot A. Armbruster aid; land ed 1t vfile Marie, Que; $50 miles. ' Harburg III (Germany). Lieutenant
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