New-York tribune., 1910-10-30

-sr.-aaoy Peribolka, SaguenSy-
-sr,es smack of snow, Of Uiloness
t5 z,,r-e- in the lands where the great
Sc . -. for the Bennett Cup came
oA4l'e' oA4l-7 .-a other DAY And. IL fact. the
70 q - dave Of the fight and the DAYS
ni--l - thar followed IN the wilderness
Ans - - 81 al adventure for the airmen ss
We - ~ New York are. according 70
tAe a Henry. or the woods about
II - as reported by Sir T Mallory.
- -. 20 countries We're hunming with
-, for The rRo men who won the
tl5 - was little ti-ae 10 listen TO the
1a1V s,5verrurcrs- Yet nearly every
- "a ,r,o twenty Who went UP from ST.
la 80 hack with story and most
10 10. s-,-iee are worth telling.
-, and Post themselves. besides per-
..-.re greatest fear 81 balloon history.
- themselves out OF the woods
-, dancers thai woGld have been the
49, 80 ,-v man but . trained voodsTnan.
= rr-o NIGHTS and 2 day the TWO aero
- .enal al --crnenGoUs speed over the
- ems tre wilderness OF Canada. on
= .-irl da- they PASSED Lake ST. John.
-. as they knew. the settlements
.,--as ana the unbrOl1en woods began.
- trev leld o. their way. and would
-. Rent sfoa- Ear int The night Il a
e-orsro-rn had not sHooPed upon them,
,,.ir-ted down their balloon with sieet and
- rf.s-1 10 Garth on a mountain l.58O
fee- above the sea-
-,-e- c---e down IN the storm-lashed
tons A slender pins bent under the
vssc1- of the basket. then straightened
,-,s5e,7v. aingin- Il ten feet in the air.
4
md through rhe floor Of swaying
r-ancbss irco the darkness underneath The
-,-,s- r5r-inr caught IN the branches and
- car hung twenty feet from the earth.
r. -vo men drew themselves up by the
-o7es anl hung there. fearing 10 trust the
rasss-. Thirty seconds later the gas bag
RS blown from its fastening. and basket.
balloon ISIS and ali came smashing to the
ground
Ewler ard Post were Unhu-t.
Toward morning The storm went down.
-rhar uef. our IL daylight-6 so dock in
rh1. northern region-and climbed a spur
Of -he mountain 10 look abroad. Nothing
b. wood was 10 be seen. a ragged,
z-r--cs -7s.lerness as far as the horizon
G-5ak-4s- was hot soup, crackers and
rrs -1u each. Tlren they packed the rest
rolled u1 their blankets and set of south
Ez-E The food 1id not make q heavy
tu-5en.
Stepping from g rotten log IN the course
OF me morning. Hswley set his right foot
r7an nest OF loose leaves and went in Up
Il the knee The Joint Strengthened out
viii e snap but the pain was slight and
soon gone. n the afternoon they found d
snail stream which crossed the ridge OF
mountain Jhev z-cne following, and they
turned west 10 follSw il
The weather thickened, and IL began 20
SNOW. They stopped and made camp just
BE- 1-e . O'Clock \ bed Of fr tT-igs and
z shelter OF b0ugh5 made them Cornforta-
he though they nad PIT themselves on
hall rations and were already feeling the
sc1r-1ess Of the food
Al - O'Clock FIaUleys knee began 10
pam him I sweIled rapidly. and for
hour mis- suffering EreN. Until il seemed
impossible 10 push C1 next DAY. They
Hvcl-e L. ind the wilderness shining and
white. beneath q pale. cloudiesE, Canadian
sky Haulev was able 20 stand. though
Ks leg was swollen and still very painful.
They lightened their baggage, leaving all
-l-al- instruments indeed, everything eN-
ca-- food blankecs and their revolver
During the morning The little stream
brought them u q larger river. Here the
woods grew almost iElpassable with under
growth The rwo nlen had TO hew their
W. through the bushes for part Of the
6is-ancc For vwle-- hours they struggled
onward and in thar tine they covered
about five miles.