Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-11-05
kER0NAUTS TELL
OF HARDSHIPS
SnOwStOTm Caused Post and
HdWIGy TO Descend.
NEARLY LANDED IN LAKE
SKY Sailors Suffered Greatly During
the -Four Days They Sought Civil
ration In Wilds Of Canada

me tcur Gays lney sought SiNtth
cation In Wilds Of Canada
HawIey and Post Of the balloon
America H.. which left ST Louis on
oct IL 10 the International balloon
race and landed ia the wilds OF Can
ada. reached Quebec. having taken
eleven hours in travelling the 227 miles
from Chicoutini by the Lake St John
railway.
They travelled 1855 miles 10 forty.
six hours and established a new record
Tor balloons.
Both men are IN excellent health
and spirits. notwithstanding their
strenuous experiences Of the last ten
DAYS
Many interesting new details Of
their fight were given out by the aero
nauts Their course into the wilds OF
northern Quebec was rather more wes-
terly than that OF the Dusseldorf.
which landed near Kiskis.nk. due
south Of Lake St John. for the Amer
ica H. in soaring north ~ Lake st.
John left the big inland sea 10 the
immediate east obtaining a fine view
OF 10 and crossing first over the AS
huapmouchouan river and the village
Of Periborca just south OF Lake
Tsch0togama II was on the shore OF
Lake TschotoEama that Hawley and
Post fell in with the hunters who
piloted them into the pathway OF
safety.
we were doing our best said Ny.
Post Ito fly TO the utmost limits that
IN al
perfectly well where we were when
we passed over Lake ST. John on We'd
nesday. the 18th. and we made up our
minds that 10 possible we wouldn't
descend until we got 60 the coast Of
Labrador. on Wednesday afternoon,
however. the weather. which had been
threatening all day. began 10 make US
very apprehensive
AT o'clock ito the afternoon snow
had already began 70 fall and soon our
view OF the earth beneath was almost
entirely Obscured. We judged that this
meant the end of our trip. for it would
have been madness 20 have pursued
the journey 10 a binding snowstorm.
Furthermore. the extreme cold had
caused our gas to contract and we had
begun 20 fall rapidly. we only had six
and a half bags Of ballast left. when
az last very reluctantly we decided 20
effect a landing. We al once began TO
look around for good landing place.
but owing 90 the rapidity with which
the snowstorm overlook us We had 70
/ trust pretty much Co luck
I'VE found ourselves dropping d.
rectly into "a large lake. which we az.
forwards discovered tc Doe Lake Chllo-
CANA. We Immediately threw out sew
eral bags OF ballast and rose slowly
and heavily in the snow storm Madly
we threw out more ballast for tho lack
OF ready response Dog tac balloon had
alarmed MS and made us think for a
moment that we should possibly per
fish in the lake a miserable ending %
such "A splendid journey.
But on g. terrific gust OF wind the
/ balloon whirlcd aloft. carrying MS in a
| few seconds beyond che lake. Then we
at once let ont the gas and came down
safely on the side of huge hill IL is
unlikely that the balloon viii be re-
covered.
I'VE really suffered greatly from the
/ cold as we tramped slowly away from
/ the America H. We were seriously
/ hampered by the goods we had to
| pack. for So was absolutely necessary
| 10 take along the heaviest clothing,
besides the remaining food Frequent
| iy We made through streams Of ice
| cold water. SO cold was the weather
that az times our clothing was frozen
10 our bodies. When We came across
the trappers the fourth day we could
all in"