Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-10-27
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EPlLoTs OF BALLOON .t'
AMERICA ARE SAFE.
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HaWley and Post that he ana Inc Ter
man. yielded first place to the New
Workers.
Perkins had estimated the distance
travelled by the Dusseldorf at a124O
miles. He was overjoyed at hearing
from his long lost rivals and quickly
dis patched to ST. Ambrose with I'M
structions to forward this message OF
congratulation to- Hawley and Post /:
indications are that you have brok-
en- the worlds record for sustained
flight in a balloon. Please accept my
sincerest congratulations on your sue
cess. You are the only ones would
be glad to see win outside myself.
/ know from my own experiences what
you must have risked to make such
trip"
William Hawley danced with elation
WREN he heard of his brothers sue
lcess and safety. For the past week he
| had been under a constant strain and
HAD been in hourly communication
with points in Canada from which he
hoped to receive news Of the landing
As the outlook grew less hopeful day
by day. his anxiety became greater,
but through it all, he did not lose
faith in his brothers ability to come
through alive. He, had sent j. H.
Pope and Edmund Stratton to Ottawa
to carry on the search, but he notified
them tonight of the happy ending.
The America II was last. reported
passing over Maple City, Mich. on
Oct. Is. Sky gaZers were able to read
the name on the balloon, but there
after all traces of her was lost. Vari-
| GUS prophecies Of the outcome were
made; but the main contention was
that the aeronauts had landed in an
inaccessible region early last week Gas
in fact they did and were unable to
make their way to civilization. Those
| who took the gloomier view were in
| clined to think as the day passed that
| the mon had persisted from cold and
hunger. The outlook was made darker
by the suggestion of drowning on the
other hand, a fate thought not unlike
ly by the finding of a balloon basket
on the shores of Lake Superior near
Port Arthur. Mich, today. But that
the basket was not the Americas was
conclusively shown by later develop
ments. "''
The new record established by Haw-
ley and Post, unofticially estimated al
| 1So Omiles exceeds all previous flights
Only this year Count Odensoff of Rus
| sia, claimed to have flown 1924 miles
in forty hours. but the figures were
| not officially verified. If the estimated
| distances were made official, the long
standing record of Count De La Vaulx
| OF 1193 miles made in 1900 in a flight
from France to Siberia, has been
broken by at least three of the con-
testants in the recent race-The Amer
icasI ii. the Dusseldorf II and the Ger
| mania, The official figures will be re-
| quired. however, definitely to settle the
| question. ST., .-.. .-
Samuel r. Perkins. aid in the Dus-
selodrf. which landed approximately liz
to 125 miles from the spot where the
| America landed, out of. his experiences
tonight threw some light on the hard
| ships probably encountered by Hawley
| and Post.
He said: 1T took us four days to
| make our way II miles through the
thick underbrush from where We
landed to Kiskisink and it would prob
ably have taken us Il days more had
we not some upon a guide who carried
us 10 miles Of the distance in the last
| half day. I believe the delay TO Haw~
ley and Post was due to similar diff
| cultIes. Apparently. however. they
had river to make their way along,
which lightened the hardships or it
would likely have required many more
DAYS for them to have gotten in touch
with the world
ST. Louis. Mo. Oct. 26.-Following
the announcement that Alan r. Haw-
icy and Augustus Post had landed
safely in the balloon in America II
north of Lake St. John. Cue. the two
st. Louis members of the interna ton
al race committee A. E. Lambert and
l.. d. Dosier tonight gave out the
official distances made by the balloons.
These are as follows:
America II (America) Alan r. Haw-
ley pilot. Augustus Post aide. landed
at Lake Tshistigma near Peribonka.
Que. distance 1855 miles.
Dusseldorf Ii ,(Germany) Hand &C.
ricke pilot. s. +. Perkins. aide. land
ed at kiskisink. Que. 1890 miles.
Germania Germany Hugo Won
Anercron. pilot; Augustus Blancl<-
ertz. aide. landed at Coocoocache. Que.
distance 1880 miles.
Helvetia (Switzerland) Theodore S.
Chaeck pilot: A. Arbbruster. aid ;
landed at Villemrc. Que. distance $50
miles
Harburg III Germany Lieut.. Nogt.
pilot. w. +. Assman. aid. landed in
Lake Nipssing. Ont; distance 1876
miles.
Azure (SwitZerland) EMIL Messner,
pilot. Leon Giraudan. aid. landed near
Biscotasing. Ont: distance 772 miles.
Isle De France tFrench Alfred te-
blanc, pilot: Walter De Mumm aide:
landed at Pogamsing. Ont: distance
Is miles.
st. Louis No. (Americam II. r.
HONEYWELL pilot: J. w. Tolland aide:
landed at Hillman. Mich, distance $50
miles. H- GA
T.. Condor -tFrance).-, jacques F'aure.
pilot. +. G. Schmolck, aide; landed
at Two Rivers. Wis. distance 40
miles.
Million Club (American) st. Louis
Won Phul, pilot, ]. NJ. O'Reilly, aide:
landed near Racine. Wis. distance s15
miles.
The prize money mounting to $3.50
| cash. is deposited, here in the name