Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-27
AIR HEROES RESTING
HaWIey and Post Receive 0va-
ton at Chicoutimi.
BIG BALLOON LEFT BEHIND
America II in Flight From st.
Louis Establishes Record.
DESCENDS IN QUEBEC WILDS
Aeronauts Battle Eight Days in
Wilderness at End of 1856
Mile Aerial Trip.

CHICOUTIMI. Quebec, October ~
Alan r. Hawley and Augustus Post. the
new holders of the worlds balloon cham
pionship, showed little ill effect today
from the thrilling experiences which have
been theirs since they left st. Louis nine
days ago in the America II. They were
fatigued, but the trip had been thorough
ly worth while. they said.
Tell our friends that we are well and
very, very happy. was the message
which they sent from their rooms in the
small but up-to-date hotel which is the
boast of the 5000 inhabitants of Chcout-
imi. The two aeronauts reached here at
10 O'Clock last night and retired shortly
before midnight-as soon after their ar
rival as they could get away from the
opportunities of crowd of welcoming
and congratulating citizens. They had
driven forty miles over rough country
from st. Ambrose since the early after
noon and We're tired to the BONE" as
one of them expressed it,
A flood of Geographic messages from
the United States which awaited them on
their arrival went unanswered, and, for
| the most part. unread, until morning.
Their nights rest was bound to be brief
at the best for their train over the Que
bee and Lake ST. John was scheduled
to leave at 30 O'Clock in the morning,
and if they missed this they must wait
| until evening.
Glad to See Bathtubs.
| Both airmen agreed that the most well
| come sight in all Chcoutimi on their ar
rival were the bathtubs in their rooms
at the hotel. This was a luxury which
had been denied for nine days, and every
one of the nine days had been spent ar
duousy. Four of the nights had been
passed out of DOORS with the hard ground
for bed and army blankets for cover.
The balloon America II is still at Lake
du Banc de Sable, this being the title of
the township where it landed. It is be-
| lieved that Joseph Pednaud and Joseph
Simard. the two trappers who brought
the balloonists in bark canoe to st.
Ambrose will go back and see what can
| be done to get the big balloon from it's
cache on the side Of the mountain to the
railroad here. This will not be an easy
| task
Messrs. Hawley and Post landed about
forty-six hours after their departure from
st. Louis. The balloon basket touched
| earth at 3:35 o'clock on the afternoon Of
| the 18th. They probably flew, in all,
about 1900 miles, although the direct
distance between the two points on which
the International race is decided is only
| 1855 miles. This would make their aver
age rate of progress about thirty-five
miles an hour
Leaving here this morning, Messrs.
HaWley and Post will reach Quebec
shortly before 6 o'clock this evening.
Hardships in Forest.
The spot where the America II landed
is fifty miles north of here at the head of
the famous Saguenay river, near Lake
st. John.
The first word was from st. Ambrose.
a village about forty miles north of here.
For eight days the aeronauts fought to
go the ten or more miles to this little
place, hampered by the tangled under
brush of the forest, in danger from
wolves and wild beasts-avoiding the in
| Vulnerable little streams and lakes which
abound in the neighbOrhoOd.
Through the forest lands in Queen prov
ince and in Ontario tens of thousands of
men had for five days been searching for
the intrepid navigatOrs of the air, who
proved capable of coping single handed
with the wilderness and bringing in first
word of their triumph themselves.
The last that had been heard from
Messrs. Hawley and Post was when they
were spoken Tuesday afternoon of last
week about 4:3O o'clock passing over
Thompsonville, Mich. That fact and the
time of their landing so far north in the
province of Quebec makes it almost Ger
tain that Immediately after crossing the
| lakes the aeronauts struck a gale which
carried them onward at a mile-a-minute
| clip in a direct line for the Lake st. John
region.
| Many balloons had been reported in
| that region, but when the excitement of
| considered merely the imaginings of
woodsmen who had seen the Dusseldorf
| III or the Germania, both of which went
| into that territory.