The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-11-04
AERONAUTS TELL
OF kARDSHIPS
Sr.gStOrm Caused Post and
HaWIGy 10 Descend.
NEARLY LANDED IN LAKE
SKY Sailors Suffered Greatly During
the -Four Days They Sought ciVili-
cation In Wilds of Canada.


zstion In Wilds Of Canada.
Hawley and Post. Of the balloon
America H., which left St Louis on
Oct IL 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 Chicoutini by the Lake ST. John
railway.
They Travelled 1855 miles in forty
six hours anu 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 on, by tha aero
nauls Their course into the wlds OF
northern Quebec was rather more wes-
teliy than that of the Dusseldorf,
which landed near K.skis.nk, due
south of Lake 81. John, for the Amer
lea II. in soaring north of Lake St.
John left tie big inland sea 70 the
immediate east. obtaining a fine view
of it and crossing first over the As
huapmouchouan river and the village
Of Peribonca, just south Of Lake
Tschotogama. It 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. so ay to the utmost limits that
the continent would allow. We knew
perfectly well where we were when
we passed over Lake ST. John on We'd
nesday. the 18th, and W. made up our
minds thar if possible we wouldn't
descend until we got to the coast OF
Labrador On Wednesday afternoon,
however the weather, which had been
threatening an day began to make us
very apprehensive.
at 3 o'clock in the Afternoon snow
had already began to fan and soon our
view of the earth beneath was almost
entirely obscured We judged that this
meant the end OF our trip. for it would
have been madne TO have pursued
the journey in q binding snowstorm.
Furthermore. the extreme cold had
caused our gas TO contract and we had
begun 10 fall rapidly. We only had six
and a hail bags OF ballast left whom
at last very reluctantly we decided TO
effect a landing We at once began to
look around for a good landing place,
but owing to the rapidity with which
the snowstorm overlook us We had to
trust pretty much to luck
I'VE found ourselves dropping di-
rectly into a large lake, which we az
forwards discovered to be Lake Chilo-
CANA. We Immediately threw out sew
eral bags of ballast and rose slowly
and heavily in the snowstorm. Madly
we threw out more ballast, for the lack
Of ready response by the balloon had
us and made us think for a
moment that we should possibly per-
Ish in the lake-a miserable ending to
such a splendid journey.
But on a terrific gust Of wind the
balloon whirled aloft, carrying us in a
lew seconds beyond the lake. Then we
1t once let out the gas and came down
safely on the side Of huge hill 1t is
that the balloon will be re-
covered.
However it is lost In a good cause.
We have without doubt beaten the
worlds record by more than 200 miles.
I'VE really suffered greatly from the
old as we tramped slowly away from
he America IL We were seriously
lampered by the goods we had to
Jack. for it was absolutely necessary
o take along the heaviest clothing,
esides The remaining food Frequent
y We made through streams of ice
old water. So cold was the weather
hat at times our clothing was frozen
o our bodies when we came across
he trappers the fourth day we could
ave cried for joy. We were about
u ill.,"