New-York tribune., 1910-10-24
HAWLEY AND POST
STILL MISSING
Aid of the Germania ThinksAero-
nauts Are Fighting for Life
in Canadian Wilderness.
RUMOR BALLOON WAS SEEN
Dusseldorf II Said to Have Trav-
elled 1,240 Miles-Feared
to Get Too Far Away
from Civilization.

Montreal oct 23-It is the opinion OF
August Blanckerts aid OF the balloon
Gernania, that Alan r. Hawley and Au-
gustus Post. of New York. pilot and aid
respectively Of the America H. which
left ST. Louis last Monday and from
whom 10 word has since been received.
are fighting for their lives through tho
wilderness Of Northern Quebec.
Mr.. Blanclerts arrived here yesterday
from La TuqUe. Que. some distance from
the spot where the Gernania landed on
Wednesday He and Captain Hugo von
Abercron had desperate fight for their
lives after coming to earth
They were thirty-two hours forcing
their way through an unbroken forest to-
the railway line. with only a few crusts
Of bread for sustenance- Their clothing
vas torn to shreds. and they were al
most in a state Of collapse when they
struck the railroad
There they met a construction gang,
and from them learned that a large. yell
low balloon had preceded the Germanta
over practically the same route by half
an hour. The railroad men told Blancks
erts that the other balloon was very high
up and maintained the same altitude
Ungava wilderness.
Thinks IL America "
Mr.. Blanckerts expressed the opinion
that the balloon was America H. The
later report of the landing of Dusseldorf
II in the same region explains 10 the
satisfaction of many the appearance Of
the first balloon. but Mr.. Blanckerts has
not changed his opinion
Colonel Theodor SchaeCk. pilot OF the
Helvetia. met Mr. Blanckerts here on
Saturday night. and after comparing
notes found that the Germania had gone
one hundred miles further than the Hell
vetia- Dusseldorf II. according to un-
official estimates. exceeded the distance
records Of the Germania by about sew
enty miles.
The Germania came to earth at 11:1J
a m on Wednesday At that time there
was still considerable ballast on board
and the big balloon could have kept in
the air for several hours longer. but
Captain Won Abercron feared that they
were passing entirely beyond the lines OF
civilization. and it was that reason which
prompted him 20 land
Suffered PriVations.
Colonel Schaeck Of the Helvetia came
down for the same reason He had
enough ballast to continue for forty
eight hours. he said II had been gen
orally believed that the balloons could
not have been kept af1oat later than
Wednesday night. but the evidence OF
Won AbercrOn and Schaeck has ex-
ploded this theory. and il the America
II kept them company on the journey
into the Far North her crew may still
be struggling through the almost i'm
passable forests Of the Ungava district.
many hundred miles from sucCOr.
A dispatch from Kiszisink says the
Dusseldorf II. which landed 13O miles
northeast Of Quebec. had a perilOus jour
ney of 1.24O miles. attaining speed at
one time of seventy-f1ve miles an hour
After crossing Lake Michigan with good
wind they were becalmed for five hours
Then they struck storm belt and few
across the continent at great speed. max
ing a landing very dangerous.