The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-24
NO WORD FROM LOST BALLOON
IiNlDTlN OFFICIALS START
SFIRCH FOR AMERICA ~.
Crc~. Of the GermanIa and the Dusseldorf
Ten thrilling STORIES 90 the HarJishIp-
They Encountered while WanderinE
IN the WIlds Of Northern Canada.

q tho Aero club OF America yesterda v
A. - tho whereabouts OF the balloon
America II carrying Alan r. Hawley
sri augustus Post. and anxiety for
ths safety II the two aeronauts. both
= rhem prominent Aero Club members.
increased with the hours
a. III. men have landed safely IL Is
ia av"d that they are cast away 50 far
10 fn. canadian wilderness that their
r.,r-1 IT, civilization will be matter
& s-.a' difficulty
William Hawley. brother Of Alan r.
Haa .'y accompan med by y. I. Stoddard.
. f-.rud II the aeronnut left New York
a.' rgnt for Ottawa They carried
r--i.rulI- from the Aero Club and are
gong ~ 80. the Governor General 81
..r., ~ solicit the aid ~ the Dominion
G.."~umeut IN searching for the missing
,-sn
,rt-.r- Hoffman. secretary OF the
~. club. said Yesterday that not even
.r- : the bulletins with which all the
...'a-tsnt- ~ the ST Louis rae. were.
49,, ~ and which were To he dropped a.
intervals - two hours to furnish news
4 the movements II the balloons has
f.ar received m New York This Mr.
Hoffman considered very strange. 49,
~ 'st-t one and in most cases sew raj
2 hose bulletins dropped by each Of
mo thor contestants IN the race war.
i..s..d up and mailed 10 the Aero Club
In" report that the Dusseldorf II
no o'hers~xrwrw-vvTSIH affSfsFc. had
come tn earth somewhere beyond kls-
.isinN in Quebec was verified y-~ter-
isv ~ an official telegram received by
tor'landt Field Bishop president Of the
Asrr club stating that the Dusseldorf II
had landed between Lake ~ John and
Qvrn"C which indicates the same general
'0naltv The landing had been made
'L-se days before. the Telegram said
Thr- hight of IN" Dusseldorf breaks the
w.ri- record. although It will b- n.-r..--
say 20 determine exactly the landing
place before the new record can he an
ro.lnced
b. l. considered likely by the officials
are safe they NAV hav. SIill het'"r
re,0rd To announce when they gel back
r. Geographic communication
apt Setback 81 the Swiss balloon
H-.y@iia which landed five miles north
# NtIle Marie, Qbsksse. autographed MIR
H.hpp Yesterday from Montreal that h- !
had -lSu'ad the dusseldorf. which he pre-
tumahly had No means 81 knowing had
q hamlet named Godfrey IN Montmor-ncy |
county. Michigan. IN the northeastern |
part NJ the southern peninsula and going !
% coward Lake Huron. just north ~ !
North Point
~ru'e these two balloons the H.lvetla |
~ he Dusseldorf. leaving ST Louis a. |
7.. 70 'he same tim" a. the America II
,a--s8 ne American -ho-. ~ Lake Huron /
80 .up.' the same point. Mr. BIshop con.
- !-.- - likely that the America " also
.o,a.'v
Irar. are sbou; i0.Go islands along the.
s--'s'r shore Of the Georgian Raw
-'--'0h-d III the wav from Midland and
Tsr.'ang ont on the south. 10 IN.
mouth II the French River and Manitpulin
strt M he north About the only
towns IN he mainland near these islands
srs n addition 20 Midland and Pans'ang
Parry sound Point au Binl and Byng
Iuls'
l1Eard the north - the archipelago
the Islands are wooded Will. to the south
tlsv are barren rocks. scarcely more than
ro~S whalsback- profrIding from the
va'@r Some 81 the i-land- hug the
stprs - closely that one can almost step
-" distance. while other- ar. separated
from ne mainland 10y from mile all the
Hsv 40 10 thirty mil-- ~ water In
'ts-" ni-'- 'he-" are tide Ink" 10" tides ~
o." "r"an with change 81 fWo feet
day p" only inhabitants Of the Islands
tI' ito s"t- a. far north ~ ManitOuliu |
UtI01 contains several villages are sum
Nor 0n''agerS who ~ this season 10 the =
yea would all have left the islands.
IT,. curse ~ the America n as .
MAPPED out by the Aero Club officials With !
~" 'rea gre Information in their possession :
W,.f seem 20 lie IN the direction Of these J
bhrt- and II - considered possible that B
sH Havlay and Mir Post may have j
br0"' m one ~ them. /
Y me q the more remote islands {
'-i - be the landing place u - hard q
Y" ~ ~" nv' how the asronauts would be ,
ado o." cav" II or To get into comrnunica- }
u'' Fl'r 'he rest ~ the world NJ this ]
''a' p = Tho year and n fate drove the )
A'f - N one ~ the barren Islands
'h'' 'r"lf be IN a still worse plight. for
'h''" rr' even vegetation or shelter
~ . o." ro~ks a
A1-'0"r matter which IL worrying the q
'T"'t = me aeronauts IL the device
10y H.'-'lng AR into the balloon n take
N" ,a0" u the diminishing volume {
' - This vas a new device which y
77 ..' had thorough trial and u IL
'''."' mat - may not have worked Z.
,.''".F ~tl" gong over Lake Huron a,
y w.. '..' danger ~ the gas condensinR p
'Hss'rR over large bodies n water y
i' .." -"h"n" was intended 10 over 70
'." -lI'ry beyond Georgian B,V. 81
.r"r'l"u which s-ema now 10 have y
'ff~n by N. America II ~ ~. ol
.'' I'D ~ wilderness and not ~ =
' -''.' 10 be salectsd for a landing =,
-. hat n tho asronaus h,y.