Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-27
.HawIey and Post in Balloon
America i Landed in
Canadian Forest.
BROUGHT OUT BY TRAP 2
Greatly Fatigued but None Worse
For Their Rough
Experience.
,Iad a Beautiful Trip and Captured
Gordon Bennett Cnp-Grcat
Reception for Them.

t,h;coltimi, Quebec, Oct. e1.--Alan X.
uaw,ey and Augustus Post, the new
holders OF the worlds Championships
.h.wsd few III effects today OF the
,bri,,inr experiences which had been
,halr,s since they left st. Louis nine
days ago in the America III. They were
f,,,cucd but the trip had been thor
ourhly worth while, they said.
"Tel our friends that we are wen
and very. very happy" was the mes
sorc which they sent from their rooms
\, The small but up-to-date hotei w a.',
\. ,he boast Of the 5000 inhabitants
Of Chicoutimi.
Tho two aeronauts reached here at
"a oc,ock last night and retired snort
il, before midnight-as soon after their
arrival as they could get away from
,he opportunities OF a crowd OIL WEI
coming and congratulatins citzehs'
rbev had driven 40 miles over rough
,o,n,rv from st. Ambrose and were
,,rad 10 the bone, as one Of them ex-
messed it. A flood of telegraphic mes
ages from the United States when
awaited them on their arrival wen.
unanswered, and for the most part un-
read until morning.
Their nights rest was bound to ne
hrief at the best, for their train over
The Quebec & Lake st. John was sched-
Mod to leave at 1880 o'clock in the
corning. and If they missed this, they
must wait until evening.
Roth alr-men agreed that the most
Welcome sight in all Ch,coutimi on Their
arrival was the bath tub in their
.ooms at the hotel. This was a lux
prv which they had been denied Tor
,ine days. And every one of the nlne
,.ys had been spent arduously -Four
& ,Ns niGhtsrh been passed out OF
u ,oors. With the hard ground for bed
8 md their army blankets for cover.
h Their balloon, the America II, is still at
4 lake pu Blanc dc Sable, this being
The title OF the township where they
landed. 1t is believed that Joseph
pcdnaud and Joseph Simard, the two
rappers who brought the balloonists
4 in 2 bark canoe to st. Ambrose. VIII
20 back and see what can be done 10
ret the big balloon from its cache
IN the side of the mountain to the rail-
.oad here. This will not be an easy
Messrs Hawlcy and Post landed
,bout 46 hours after their departure
from St Louis. The balloon basket
touched earth at 3:35 o'clock on tne
afternoon Of the 18th. They probably
lew, In all, about 1900 miles. aithougn
aIhc direct distance between the two
points on which the international race
s decided is only 1858 miles. This
would make their average rate OF prog
.ess about IS miles an hour.
Leaving here this morning, Messrs.
Hawley and Post will reach Quebec
4 shortly before o'clock this evening. ,
Mr.. Post, acting as spokesman, told
the story Of the trip tonight.
MIR. POSTS STORY.
I'VE had beautiful trip" said Mr..
& Post. 1--WE crossed Lake Michigan ana
lake Huron and followed what should
& Judge 10. he the route of the proposed
Georgian bay canal, and il you ask me,
4 here is water enough In that section
II the country, not only to suit the
Y .ana but to float Ill the ships In the
4 world
''Then we crossed the Ottawa and
aoatcd over the forests OF northern
Quebec passing over innumcrable lakes
4 md rivers
The country below us always was
iensely wooded. Finally, on Wednesday
morning we found that we were north
u Lake ST. John going well, and we
had hopes that We would be able to con-
sinue the "trip until we struck the Lab
'ador coast
Il Unfortunately, about 3 o'clock on
i Wednesday afternoon. the 10Th. u storm
samc up and 1t became necessary TO
1 i,ke a landing. We picked out a noun
an and came down upon ii and made
IN easy lunding on the mountain side,
II an elevation of about 1850 feet,
This was at 3:i5 PIN. 1t was near
aglliall and we knew that we were u
considerable distance from any settle
ment, so We decided to pass the night
n the basket Of the balloon
START FOR CIVILIZATIONS.
The next morning we started for civ
alzation, heading south We had three
lays of strenuous exercise, with no
more !" eat than was absolutely neces-
'9rS, as we hud to carry all our food,
y Wen ~ the blankets to cover us at
psntN And we needed those blankets
nSadly forwe had two snowstorms on
nc way. TIL
on tho fourth day We roand tho
amp Of Jack Matthias truppcr I'M
M,rtunatcly, he was away from home.
We, however, stayed there ana enjoyed
no hospitality Of his hut for day OF
s,ueh needed rest. Then four French
canadian trappers turned up and Ike
soou fellows, brought us out by canoe
y Ambrose. where We arrived this
,As near MS VIC can figure our land
,ns place was about IS miles north Of
Snicontimi. There Is rather u large
hke "herc we landed. Lake Piscoca,nn
~ landed between five and eight niles
aorll[ TWO small lakes were also
prisFed ~ nsas5 We mnde orr wny
,nrnneh the woods Tho country therc
very rough and our trave, was noes.
n'.,f GLOW and nrdunus In theioStre,nc
mere Wore M trails We could fnIjnw
thc. bush was Very dense ana 40
az hard time lighting o,irS wr, Va,
, ,a,o.t NJ did not suffer any very
sfnNtfo t'rdrhins" Si - Il s.Ss''
VII no, Associated Press cnrrcsnondep,
.as .ne hrst tn3infnrm Mr.. post that
V america II probably was the undis..