The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-28
.H]E:[.a7w'''ll,ey q. q and Post, Bal
loon = Heroes, Arrive
in Quebec.
NEVER FEARED
FOR THEIR LIVES

III winch They Estab-
lished New Worlds
Record.
Quebec, October 27.-Alan r. Haw-
ley and August Post the heroes OF
the greatest balloon flight on. record.
arrived here tonight after an expe-5
rjence that was more trying than
earlier reports indicated but nightly
pleased because the cup for which
they contested remains in America.
the hrst day after leaving the America
ll.,s at the end OF their journey on the
banks OF the Peribonka River, Mr..
Hawley'ss leg was injured so badly that
he was laid up for several hours, and
he has not yet entirely recovered from,
the effects OF the hurt.
The arrival OF the aeronauts here
was made the occasion of the first
formal welcome back to civi..zation OF
the men who for several days were
thought to be lost8in the dense forests
of Northern Canada.
Ge bhardt Willerich, the American
consul. and several prominent men of
the city. met them upon the arrival
of their train from Chicoutlmi, ..ns
evening and escorted them to the
Hotel Frontenac. where an informal
dinner was given In their honor. After.
resting until II o'clock. Messrs Haw-s
ley and Post resumed the journey to
New York. They will arrive in Mon
treal tomorrow morning and will
take the hrst available train for New
York City.
Never In Danger.
"There W. a time GO IA ~
Hawley tonight, when considered
that our lives We're actually in dan
ger. but our supply OF food was very
short, and I consider that we were
very fortunate In reaching Jacques
5Maltais. IN the cabin in the woods.
when we did Taken altogether. twas;
not disagreeable experience by any
means, and best OF all the cup for
which we made the fight, remains, at
home"
5ss From the data handed to Lewis
Aero Club. OF St Louis. and the ac--
counts sof the tourney given by fessrs.
sHawley and Post tonight. 1t Is plainly
indicated that the America II was:
favored In catching the eastward
sweep of the gale Immediately after
crossing the chain OF Great Lakes and
entirely escaped the centre of still air
which becalmed several of the con :
testants. II
In describing the earlier part of the
journey up to the time they We're lost
Mr.. Post said:
we followed q northeasterly course
across the Mississippi and Missouri
Rivers. and thence along the Illinois
River into the State Of Wisconsin,. In
the morning we were in position just
north of the city of AIilwauk ee, but
over the lake. We descended so that
our rope trailed in the water. but the
air was light and we again rose high
to get the eastern drift Thatscarrieds
us up over the Lake Point Au Sable
near Ludington. At that point, the
wind veered slightly to the north. and
we passed over Traverse City. From,
there we rose high again. and again
got the K easterly drift.
I'VE crossed Lake Huron during the
night. and were high over Georgian
Bay and the country Immediately north
of 1t. We made our highest attitudes
at this stage OF the journey. The wind
had aSstrong drift to the northeast
and s. we dropped a trifle lower after
Lake Nipissing, the wind was
whipping US along alta tremendous
speed.
dlSh In the iAlr.
I'VE could see from the character OF
the country below US that It would be
almost impossible to move foot: so
we decided to go on. We a gain went &
into the higher levels, and al oneEtime
our barograph registered 1000 metres,
which Is the limit. We then saw: In the
distance what we supposed was the;
town OF Normandin Lake, ST. J ohm
This was about 4: D F. M, y on Wednes-
day. The country looked favorable for
a landing, and we decided Il to come
down. The speed at which we were
going, however. carried sslbeyond the
place we had picked ou We were
carried over a small hill, Consid dering
the circumstances, we made Very
good landing on what we later learned
and near a chain OF small lakes. sE
SssA very heavy thunder storm 9 anne
up and we slept in the basket that
night. The next morning we saw that
II twas Impossible to m owe the bal oon,
and we packed up or II he journey on
foo TIVE slept in the wood s Il thursday
night Hawley injured his leg in The
afternoon. " y, s5.S
1 .A fters we had covered abb ut seven
miles along the shore of ID LAX e. Clilo-
CANA we went into camp %ea rly. max
lnggit as conlfortahlea8 as 4 possible by
using balsem boughs, n
Here Mr. Hawley interrupted Mr..
Post'sTna arrative to 6eX plain how his 8legSI
vas hurt. 81 9 II n III s;s II
ss,s5''sSyV a. were going through a dense
angle OF brambles and fall len timbers;
md ma king very po Or progress. In
working my way through u lei ped upon
what looked like "a solid log. 4 crum-
sled beneath me, \ q nd my Who le we ght !
vas suddenly brown pom my rights|
eg, which bent Sund er m e,,'ksis ss
Ssssll !. Come Ipon3 Cabin. sgsss 81
sContinuing, Mr. Post said :
on account OF Mr. q II aWl ey's nturedE
eg We took 4 T ca ahysss on Friday, and
vent u Int 81 a amp earl w On Saturd ay.
m the shore Of q slna !. lake. we came
lpon the ca bin Of Jac que es Ma tats.S He
vas sBG, absent at the time. bu L va an
Dyed hts HI ospitality for that night |
md heSwhole the FOL II owing day. [
Jnfortunately The cabin ,Ya s. bare Of /
iS5sE I'M "
hont M q locl Il, nd az M orning
II, IaWl ey Il Wen To- he ban h Q the /
AXE and sho nted 8s' Fl ell 81, several times,
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