New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
SCOUR THE W|[DS
FOR LOST AERONAUTS
Gravest Fears for Hawley and
Post, Who May Have Fallen
Into Lake Huron.
ALL REPORT BUT AMERICA
Axures s Crew Faced Wild Bison
and Stumbled for Miles
Through Trackless Forests.


ISLANDS Of The Great Lakes to the Arctic
Circle. however isolated. is. or within
.ortv-eight hours VIII be. alert 10 ascer-
tsn the fate Of The aeronauts who drift
e6 away from st. Louis last Monday
aboard Tne balloon America II in the in
fe-nstional race.
IT to late hour tonight no reassur-
snE word mad come through the RAPIDLY
growing network Of search lines
Allan p Hswley. pilst and Augustus
Pest aid. Of the American aerostat have
not been heard from
Realization that each hour means les
oene6 probability Of escape from the in
.y1,sh.e rigors and dangers Of the wild
regions into which the balloons probably
lave been carried has made the search
strenuous and serious
The hsrdships to-day recounted by the
Azurea's crew. who upon landing in the
Algoma district We're confronted with
Wild bison. and who fought for many
hours through blind forests and across
streams befo-e reaching civilizat ton.
brought 70 many the first realization of
the hazards attending those unprepared
and unprotected in the vast unopened
areas 70 which those striving for dis
lance records may have been tempted.
Trained Foresters Watch.
Tonight scores upon scores Of those
who know the signs of the skies. the
trails of the forests and the ways Of the
lakes and their tributaries are using
their trained senses in continuous watch
ing for the baiIoonists o. their aerostats
Indian runners. forest rangers. frontier
ronsIables, Canadian mounted police.
lighthouse keepers along the lakes. trad
ing and hunting camps. - aiIwav con-
st-uctlon gangs and lake patrols have
had Instructions and are on the lookout
-he reluests. official and personal for
co-operacioG in the search, sent out from
inE fo- The balloonists or their aerostat
NeV York from St Louis and from the
| Canadian government, have been flashed
Fhereve- wires can send them.
| The vsstness Of the territory wherein
the voyagers may have landed has made
The sending out of searching parties seem
fmpractcable TO many government Off
Gals. and II was said tonight that moth
iug would b. done in that direction pend
ing the probable arrival tomorrow of
Ios
What would be the use said Super
/ tntendent Rogers Of the provincial po-
| lice tonight. in sending out an expe
| cftion 10 cover such a large territory as
the pOSs- -1iIities make necessary? There
IS not the slightest indicstion Of even
tne approximate location OF the missing
/ balloon However va are doing every
1hinE possible 70 get trace Of it
Word Espected Soon.
VIZ the agents .of the Ontario govern
sne1r and the Hudson-s Bay Company
scou-inc rhe woods Of Northern Ontario
/ znd The Quebec government taking simi-
4 IA Ste1s. confidence was expressed that
4 sone definite word would be received in
4 the next rwenty-four hours regarding
1e missing balloon. Unofficial dis
1 patches from distant telegraph stations
hse 90 DAY were to the effect that bal !
loon had landed in the wiids about fifty
4 miles northwest OF Pogamasing. ontario. /
where he lie de France came down
50 far the shantyrnen reported to have
seen The balloon settling 10 earth have
ssiied 70 find il. however.
Tho Weather conditions have been IN
tsvoraoI7 throughout to-day. A cold
rsin has fallen and II is probable that
hesn erusidera bic snow. Indications for
the Gaorgisn Bay region We're for clear
inE f1e Weather tomorrow.
Hs>ey and Pest May Be marooned.
The Cravest fear Is felt for the Amer
Sea IT, Alan r Hawlev and Augustus
toEt. " New York. II is supposed that
they have come down on one OF the
msny Islands n the Georgian Bay. The
Amer-ea II carried the smallest amount
- ballast OF the aerOststs- This fear
= was Strengthened to-day by the receipt
"f z dispatch from Montreal quoting
EoloneI Schaeck. Of the Helvetia. who
q said L- saw q balloon falling over Lake
Huron d The acrOnaurs landed on Ole
n 81 Lle islands they would NOT have any
i sneans of navigating 10 mainland
Gerlele. the pilot Of the Dusseldorf
Lieutenant in the Swiss army. left st
Louis with the appendix Of the gas bag
closed and with MS basket heavily bal
i -asiea. IFS companion. Perkins. WAS
called nm hurriodly 20 make the trip and
SAILED without amy clothing except MS
summer sgft. Perkins is well known in
lne Es~r from his ascent in kite AZ
TNoent aviation meets al Atlantic. Mass
The Geruauia is c-edited unofficially
hArf win having travelled the greatest
o'stance and by going twelve hundred
mics with having broken all records for
ball0oning
- Louis. Oct 22-The balloon Dus-
se4lort T. = German entry IN the in
4 'efnatloIaI race for the Bennett cup,
zane Co. earth near Kiszisink. Que. ac-
i o-cing -o a brief message received here
s-n-slt Th, time of landing was not
stated in the message. Lieutenant Hans
10. pilot and Samuel F. Perkins,
@'e, believed. lrom the tone Of their mes