The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-27
Irappers Will Try
To Recover Balloon

CHICOUTIMI. Quebec, Oct. H.
IA The question Of salvaging their bal
~ loon, America II, seemed Of more Inn
i pCrtance today to Alan r. Hawley and
y Augustus Post than the fact that they
y had established Q worlds record for
distance, 1856 miles, or that they had
won the international trophy. Before
~ boarding their train for Quebec the
"A two daring Americans commissioned
= party Of trappeyD to locate the
MoF1c4 and getuQf back to civiiizar
w! csheyu also bad the
= 1...S esnsd s ~Sodbu1en who
n ~ ~ fhem in the journey to - An
q 1870. subscribe TO afndavits settfnx
4 forth the fact that they found them
I'm Jack Matthias hut. Then. with
fheir records complete Tor prseenta
fion e the Aero Club committee IN
Guiding the log Of the America which
!, ko11e = vivid story Of the long AIR
Il 1Dlrney. the two champions lsft for
re Sntire population Of Chieou-
z IT'D turned out to re them on. Their
& 366rnay through Whist has been con-
~ 1ofod an almost impassable wilder
q - va admitted ~ all to have been
wonderful accomplishment Al
~ 1houRh they were near the end Of
y HI provisions Hawley and Post said
int this had not worried them any,
- they were sure at all times that
thoy would get back safely.
(X Hawley and Post landed at S:l6
Wednesday afternoon, Oct 10, 1900
i<ot up on the face Of an unnamed
mountain, which as near az they could
4 reckon lies about IS miles north Of Chi
coutimi and about eight miles north of
Lako rshistigam.
M They had been involved In q snow
storm, which was accompanied by a
change in the wind to a more north
erly direction from that which up till
then babe fair to carry them to the
Labrador coast. The adverse condi-
4 t1ons compelled them to land. much
AGAINST their wishes Landing was OF.
fected easily and the balloon was left
v In good condition.
Mr. Post said:
I'VE had q beautiful trip We
crossed Lake Michigan and Lake
Huron and followed what should
Judge 70 be the route of the proposed
Georgtan bay canal. and II you ask
me, there Ia water enough In that Sec
q ton of the country not only to suit
the canal but to float all the ships OF
The world
x Z. Then we crossed the Ottawa and
IS 0oated over the forests OF northern
y quebec, passing over innumerable
lakea and rivers The country below
" ne always was densely wooded Final
~, on wednesday morning, we found
That We were north of the Lake 81.
John and going well and we had hopes
h hat we would be able to continue
B the trip until we struck the Labrador
q east
UNFORTUNATELY, about 8 o'clock on
"wednesday afternoon. the 18th, a
g(orm came up and II became neces-
fary to make q landing We picked
out . mountain and came down upon
81 & on the mountain side at an elevation
.< 0f about 800 feet.
This was at 3:45 d. m. II was near
rlghtfa1I and we knew that we were
considerable distance from any set
<l0Dent 70 we decided to pass the
nloht IN ths basket of the balloon.
The next morning we started for
y 1v1Ilsation. heading south. We had
No. days Of strenuous exercise with
~ more TO eat than was absolutely
oooooory. Rs We had to carry all ouI
~ - well a. the blankets to cover
- q nieht. And we needed those
snn1sets badly, for we had two snos
6rmo on the way.
>(5n the fourth day we found thu
1910 q Jack Matthias a trapper. I'm
1tunotely he was away from home
noWgver, STAYED there and en-
1 ~ hospitality OF his hut for (
~ much needed rest Then -four
Canadian trappers turned ug
~ GOOD follows. brought us our
r,0@D6o - 81 Ambrose.
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