The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-26
MAY HAVE SEEN
MISSING BALLOON
Railroad Agent Says He Sighted
Craft Passing Ontario Town
Last Thursday.

TORONTO, Ont. Oct. 25.-The
Canadian Pacific railroad agent at
Chapeleau. Ont. declares that q bal
loon was seen passing over that dis
trict at 10 o'clock Thursday evening.
going eastward. II he Is not mistak-
EN- In the day. this was probably the
America H.. as all other balloons.
even those that reached northeastern
Quebec had landed by Wednesday
evening. This point Is also more
westerly than any at which balloons
were reported. and 1t Is notable that
when In Michigan, the America took
the most westerly course Of all.
When asked TO be more definite the
agent, reply was: Thursday is the
correct date. The balloon was seen
by several persons travelling eastward
at 10 y. m"
Guides who were on Rumsey Lake,
20 miles from Biscotasing. say they
saw and heard balloon crash down
through the forest about 22 miles due
north OF Biscoatasing on Thursday
morning. They fired guns and tried
to locate the balloonists, but all was
silent and they had To give up the
attempt Provisions were LETT nj
Rumsey Lake.
MONTREAL. Que, Oct. 25.-Four
American hunters from Fort wayne,
Ind. who arrived here today from q
shooting expedition near Lake Tennis
gaming. express the belief that
balloon they saw last "Wednesday was
the missing America II. When the
hunters saw the balloon. they were
| 35 miles north OF kippewa.
OTTAWA. Ont. Oct. 25.-This city
| is today the base OF number or ex>
peditions that will set out In search
of the missing balloon America III.
and Pilot Alan p. Hawley. and his
aide. Augustus Post. II Is now eight
DAYS since the America ii. left 81.
| Louis in the international race. and
five days since 1t probably reached
some inaccessible part OF Ontario.
II Is considered significant that not
one definite clue as TO the probable
whereabouts of the balloon has been
received. The belief Is growing hour
ly that the missing air craft either
dropped into Lake Huron or Is now
lost In some Canadian wilderness
from which not even the aeronauts
themselves can escape.
Edmund Stratton.- representing the
| Aero Club Of America, Is in charge or
the main relief expedition and has Is
sued call for assistance. The led
eral and provincial governments OF
Canada are cooperating with him.
Stratton plans to gather all the
data possible regarding all balloons
that have been sighted since the race
began and run down every bit OF In
| formation BY this means process
of elimination will be established and
IL IL hoped within the next "a hours
to determine with some degree OF sat
| isfaction several probable courses
that the America III. may have taken.
! As soon as these are decided upon,
| expeditions will set out to search each
| locality.
Lewis Spindler of the Aero Club Of
St Louis, arrived here today and is
in readiness to head searching
party the moment a given territory 10
allotted to him.
The Hudson Bay Co., and the Great
| Northwestern Telegraph Co., are
lending all possible aid to the search.
The telegraph company has scattered
messages wherever its wires reach
but has received no encouraging re-
plies.
The magnitude OF the task ahead OF
the searchers Is fully appreciated,
but instead OF daunting them. T. has
served only to hearten them to her VIC
service.