The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-27
BALLOONISTS SAFE
AND MADE A RECORD
Continued rom First Page

on the mar. but h's about forty miles
north of Chicoutimi. where the Sasrienay
River steamers make their last stop north
ward bound How many ~ those seven
DAYS were spent in an unaided struggle
with the wilderness cannot he known I'M
Ill Mr. Hawlsy and his companion send
further details. The country in which
they landed - network OF lakes and
rivers. dense forests and impossible
marshes
Perkins and his companion took four
DAYS and nights in travelling seventeen
miles through similar country and they
lost most 81 their clothing In the hght
with me hrush.
Anrws d'.svatnh received from Toronto
last nj ght said that Hawley and Poe: we're
GA the'r wav Nv wagon from - AMBROSE
10 Chicoutim. and that a. there Is train
service from the latter town TO Quebec
the balloonIsts will probably arrive there
some time tonight Louis Splndlsr has
left Toronto 10 meet Hawley and Post
and hn vii probably b- the first 20 oser
nf!c.ll congratulations
From Toronto too comes the story that
the America II vas seen passing over =,
t"lr'"u near IA" border oi LAX" - John
on Wvdu"-d av afternoon II his - true
Hav lev and Post probably kept aaoai until
nearly n Ehtiau Whom sighted the balloon
/ vas travelling northeast. a course which
| would have carried IN. ba,loonIstH into
one Of The w,ldes, and most --'not. DIS
tno.s { the province
Those who know the country figure that
Hawlcy and Post must have had the good
b forum" 20 fall in with French or Indian
hunters. and that n. apparently long
re-.,I between their landing and reach
.ug IA. telegraph ~as really ~underfully
short one
This particularly. considering The difi-
cu.,I"s they must have encountered.
I'M. .drl - borne out hy til" statement
made last night a. the Aero club that
th" stories - th. America u rarryIng
pruy.sIDns for zen DAYS and = CoTplet"
equipment for lite m the woods A. not
'rr.". Il vas said 'ha' not long before
IN. fears = th" friends = IN" America
n = crew had been di-p",led by che de--
patch. Wi. am HaV ley ha. learned that
his brothers balloon had carried cup
Tl.rs FOR only fp'ir days and that a small
revolver VA, ~" only v"apon for defence
or food getting pus-e--"d 10y either Alan
Haw.cv ur Post
The uravi'v 81 the despatch sent 10y
lhH|fF anu lbN' nc .tlsf~ Iils'N lFif-IflN
~ r" belief that the two asrouauts had
no iea that they were IN" last ~ report
Of m" 'cu balloon crows that started
from - Louis IN the internal Ional race
on October L. They probably won't
kuuR r.u'I. they reach Quebec thar most
- North America has he"n Specializing
about thor lat" Tor more than week.
and tra' the CanadIin provincial police
.. harN.v
than thar body ever searched for any
one u"fpr"
: The meas that th.v Ver" found or
rather "a, hey had found themselves
followed as DRAMA IoaIIv a. though u
had h~..n stag" managed a report. nov
known 20 have been falls. ~ IN" finding
= ~" ar ~ a balloon on the north shore
g Lax superior Tbs report which
Ms u..u-,-d uv most - those Interested
~ th" search fur IA" America II gave
-i., rp all sorts - conJeC'ure-
T. Wa- sugg.-r rd that m all probability
Hawl-v and psf had be.n droWna in
tho iAs" or that. finding their balloon
siuxng near the surfac. - N. water.
they had crIt az Nv the car and Gown on
M, the Canadian wilderness clinRing to
IN" rigging
Auxi"'v had been growing a. each
dav passed after tn. landing 81 AL the
rih"r balloons except the America "
was reported Representatives of tho
nero II.b II ~ LOUIS and 81 tho Aero
club ~ America were sent 80 points m
canada along IN" In" 81 flight but the
r.uur- wh.rh they received 81 balloons
bong sighted were 80 conflict ing a. 10
~. tI-..l"--
Yesterday a f"w hours before HaWlev
and Post reported themselves safe 5000
had N"..n sjib-cribed nv lccal aerOnauts
20 a i'yari fund 10 ba offered for the
finding e Post and HaW lev dead or alive
and Pres dent FISHER ~ u. Aero Club
IT indianapolis had 'alsgrAphed another
g. O.pl 20 add "a IN" fund
Apptreutiv Nh" sought for balloonists
themselves are VI" only ones who may
claim th. reward Probably thev will
be- cnnten; with the Gordon Bennett
cup which goes TO the winners and their
shHr" II m. 81 80 prIz" money. 81 which
IN. winners take IN. largest share
Augustus Prsi. who ~ member ~
th" local Alpha Delta PHI Club. follow "d
'hr despatch 10 the Aero club WITH one
Co. hi fraternity club which read
I landed safely near Lake ~ 1"hn Just
o.i ~ woods Al we'll Returning
. The tei"phon. operator a, the Aero
Club worked over me last night handling
the calls from all sorts of people. club
. ~. gnbsf- and ont EideFS, VINO Wan'eu 10
'rll sprnabudy how glad they were that
/ iIgwlsv aud pO-' were safe 10th men
vii havn 10 pvt IA an hour or wo when
they get back opening kilograms carry
ing IN" sam" message
fhp-, ~ the club who knew Havlev
bot vrr" all follng last night how sure
! they had been all along that he would
rII,' hI- balloon TO safety and come IN
winner They recalled thai whom he
I"r' %" ground ~ ~ Louis he had called
! ha,N that hs would stay ~ the air ~ long
a. h" ouuld keep ni- rky craft ahpst. and
nov that 10" - rain ~ waiting ~ over
I fh"rr wt- q feeling that ID" luk" - On
. tho foreign bailuoui-i- who came 10 ear b
B when they might have sailed on bocanr''
/ the, didHf care 80 tackle IN" unknown
. uer.ls beyond m" oDuntry into which
. 'h"v w"r" -I,ng iilwley- friends VIII
boz Interested 30 know n h" did stack v
Z uu' Yutll iuo la-i sack ~ ballast was gone.
and they will oh"erfully hand IN" club
: -acprd FOR bong The biggest chance iaker
R'uf' 80 m" America ~ = crow A. the
. same ftUP every mo - ,liiif" ready TO
-ay hat going pn m IN" Kind ~ weaih"r
rrpurf"i bV IN" other ballounisis who
B .llrd pu IA" america ~ = track WAS
. carving ih" daredevil thing bl' too
FAR. bat that ~ all right. seeing tha'
/ they Tpf away W'h .
"a p...f ,vI Hoo Law have had fiatr