New-York tribune., 1910-10-30
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That nigh. 7riday. they campcd on the
beach besfue rousing fire. II was begin
ming 20 snoH again. Between the big
driftwood IRE and their log shelter they
Eed TO pass a comfortable night The
swelling n Hawley's leg had gone down
considerably.
On Saturday morning they were out at
daybreak The going through the thick,
rank grown bush beside the river was
haruer than ever, and they dared not leave
the stream for fear Of missing canoeists
who might be passing on IL.
At noon Hawisy collapsed suddenly
Post took the two p6ci1s ON his back and
half carried his com panion Up a rising bit
Of ground, where they camped on the crest
Next morning. Sunday, both men were
somewhat weak from their short rations.
and Eawiey was still suffering pain They
pushed on, however, and just before noon
they broke out into Il little clearing beside
, the river, where tent stood, banked with
earth.
There was no smoke coming from the
s1ovepipe which was thrust out toward
them and no one answered their shout
Inside was a litter Of snowshoes, horns
meal chest and the miscellaneous belong
ings Of q woodsman's camp.
From time To tire they shouted from
the doorway and fred the revolver, but
there was no response. They slept that
night under a good shelter, in comfortable
hunks and with their stomachs full
Next morning HawIey. going to the river
for water shouted Hello - His hail was
answered from downstream, and then two
men swept into sight in a canoe. Post ran
oUt az the tent. and together the balloon
el. L-o -r.f4 ha
newcomers They were Joe" Dignault
and Joe" Grimard. out on a moose hunt
Grimard spoke good English. The Cana
dians got breakfast and sat down with
their new friends. The camp belonged to
Jacques Maltais, they said. They were
quite ready 20 take the baIlconists back TO
civilization
So at II O'Clock the party started in The
canoe. They shot the rapids 2 few miles
below. crossed two lakes. slept in camp by
a portage, and rezt day. Tuesday, Hawley
and Post were set ashore on a wagon road
which led TO the little French village OF
Riviere d'Ours.
The French balloon Condor had
short trip that was not merry one. At
midnight, when it was 10000 feet above
Lake Michigan, cold wind suddenly came
out Of the darkness ahead and set the
great balloon 10 vhirling. It had reached
the column OF cold air over the lake. For
a minute the balloon fought its way,
swinging and twisting as the gusts bat
tered IL first on one side and then on the
other Then the chill struck through the
Eas and the balloon went down.
One thousand feet TWO thousand feet,
four thousand. the barometer told of. and
still the downward rush gathered headway.
FaUre. the pilot ran his knife along the
line OF knotted cords by which the ballast
bags hung and cut away fifteen Of them
The basket jumped with the sudden light
ening. then settled swiftly again. At
three thousand feet, when ali the ballast
and the two oxygen tanks had gone over
board, the balloon hung. II had fallen
more than mile in ten minutes. By day
light II was just above the water, trailing
the drag rope across the lake At noon z
clustering east wind drove il ashore
The drag rope had to go, for at such
speed there was no chance Of landing
safely. A farmhouse stood & few rods
from the shore or the lake. The basket
released from its load as the severed drag
rope fell on the beach, swung like pen
Culun under the speeding balloon. timing
its rush neatly 70 the breadth OF the
dooryard. and hit the farmhouse chimney
a smashing blow. The basket creaked and
half collapsed. bricks went flying and SCOT
belched out over the aeronauts. Faure
was kneeling over the point when the
basket struck. He was pitched half over
the side, and Schmolck, his assistant,