Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-27
Winner of Big Balloon
Race Lands 1850
Miles Away.
TWO OCCUPANTS SAFE
Trip Made in Two Days, But 1t
Took Week to Get Back
to Civilization.

New York, Oct. 27.-A great well
come home is being planned today
for Hawley and Post, the balIoonists
who broke all records in the America
II, when they arrive here Monday or
Tuesday next. 1t is planned to make
1t the largest demonstration of the
kind ever held in this country.
Show Few Ill Effects
Chtcoutimi, Quebec, Oct. 27-Alan
r. Hawley and Augustus Post, new
holders of the worlds balloon cham
pionship, showed little i'll effect today
from the thrilling experiences wn1cn
have been theirs since they left St.
Louis nine days ago in the America H.
Tell our friends We are well and
very, very happy" was the message
they sent from their room.
Sought Rest at Once.
They reached here at 10 O'Clock last
night and retired shortly before mid
night, as soon after their arrival as thew
could get away from the opportunities
of the crowd of welcoming and con-
graduating citizens. They had driven
40 miles over the rough country from
st. Ambrose since early afternoon and
were tired to the bone" as one of
them expressed it.
Nine ArduOus Days.
Every one of the nine davs since
they had started had been spent aruu-
ously. Four nights had been passed
out of doors, with the hard ground for
a bed and their army blankets for
Thnir balloon
is still at Lake Du Blanc de Sable, this /
being the title of the township where
they landed. It is believed that Jo-
seph Pednaud and Joseph Simard, the
trappers who brought the ba1loonists
in bark canoe to st. Ambrose, will go
back and see what can be done to get
the big bag from its cache on the
mountain side to the railroad here.
Flew About 1900 Miles
Hawley and Post landed about 46
hours after their departure from St. /
Louis. The balloon basket touched
earth at 1885 the afternoon of the 18th /
They probably flew in all 1900 miles, |
although the direct distance between |
the two points, on which the interna- |
tional race is decided, is fnIy 1856 |
miles. This would make their average /
rate of progress 35 miles an hour |
Leaving here this morning the aero
nauts will reach Quebec about 6 |
o'clock this evening.
Reach Northern Outpost.
New York, Oct GA telegraph
message flashed into this city yester-
day afternoon from St Ambrose, Que
bees northernmost outpost of civiliza-
tion, announced the arrival there yes
terday of Alan R. Hawley and Angus.
tus Post, the aerOnaUtS of the balloon
America H.. for whom for more than
a week search has been prosecuted by
the people of this country and of Can
ada.
The two men, though worn with pri
vation and haggard from numberless
dangers encountered, are safe and
sound.
Missing since Oct. IL.
They have been cut off from the
world since Oct. II On that day they
set forth from St Louis attached to
bubble of gas which. swept before
strong south wind, bore them onward
and upward over Illinois. across Mich
igan and the great lakes, over the mar
TOW SiElp OF pODuIdieu ldHd along the !
st. Lawrence. and then far away into
the forest wilderness of northern Can :
ada.
When they alighted Oct. 19 they :
found themselves on the banks of the
Peribonka river. north of Lake Chilo- ,
CANA. In the two days flight they had
sailed 1850 miles and broken all long
distance balloon records.
- Fight Way in Forest =
Since Oct. 10 the two balloonists :
have been fighting tAeir way slowly \
out of the primeval forest to some I
point from which they might wire c
their friends who they knew were +
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