Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1910-11-04
AMERICA i. FOUND
HAWLEY AND POST LANDED OC.
ToBER 10 IN CANADIAN
WILDERNESS.
MAKE NEW WORLDS RECORD
ealioonIsts Descend 800 Miles North
Of Quebec Two Days After Leaving
St. Louis In international Race,
Safe and Sound.

Quebec, Que, Oct. 28.-Alan n.
Hawley and Augustus Post, the New
York balloonists who left st. Louis,
Mo-, in their balloon America H., on
the afternoon Of October II and land
ed In the untraversed wilds of the
Chfcoutimi district, about 300 miles
north of Quebec, two days later,
reached this city last night somewhat
fatigued by their experience, but well
and sound.
The United States consul and
vast concourse Of people were at the
station to greet them.
Their balloon is still in the town
ship where it landed and the task OF
getting it to the railroad will be a
serious one should an attempt be
made in that direction.
Establish a Worlds Record.
( The flight of the America II. wins
the James Gordon Bennett cup and
establishes q new worlds record.
Messrs. Hawley and Post landed 40
hours after their departure from St.
Louis. They probably flew about 1000
miles, although the direct distance be.
tween the two points, on which the
international race is decided, Is only
1856 miles. This would make their
average rate Of progress about IS
miles an hour.
Calls 1t Beautiful Trip.
1--WE had beautiful trip" said Mr..
Post. 1--WE crossed Lake Michigan
and Lake Huron, and followed what
should judge to be the route Of the
proposed Georgian bay canal Then
we crossed the Ottawa and foated
over the forests of northern Quebec.
passing over innumerable lakes and
rivers. The country below US always
was densely wooded.
"wednesday morning we found that
we were north of Lake st. John and
going well and we had hopes that we
would be able to continue the flight
until we struck the Labrador coast.
Unfortunately, about three o'clock
that afternoon storm came up, and
it became necessary to make land
ing. We picked out mountain and
came down upon it, and made an easy
landing on the mountain side, at an
elevation Of about 1900 feet.
"This was at 3:45 p. m. It was
near nightfall and we knew that we
were a considerable distance from
any settlement, so we decided to pass
the night in the basket of the bal
loon.
Two snowstorms swoop Down.
"The next morning we started afoot
for civilization, heading south. We
had three days of strenuous exercise,
with no more to eat than was abso-
Qutely necessary, as we had to carry
all our food, as we'll as the blankets
to cover us at night. And we needed
those blankets badly, for we had two
snowstorms on the way.
ION the fourth day we found the
camp of Jack Matthias, a trapper.
Unfortunately, he was away from
home. We stayed there and enjoyed
the hospitality Of his hut for a day
Of much-needed rest. Then our
French-Canadian trappers turned up.
and. like good fellows. took us by
canoe to st. Ambrose, where we ar.
rived this afternoon.
"As nearly as we can figure, our
landing place was about So miles
north of Chicoutimi. There Is a large
lake near where we landed-LakG
Piscocama-and we landed between
five and eight miles north of that
Two smaller lakes also were passed
by us as we made our way through
| the woods"