The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07
FRENCH BAGLANDS
Condor III Blown Far Back
Into Iowa.
Comes to Earth Near Des MOines
Last Night.
MEN COLD AND HUNGRY
They Had Been Over Lake
Michigan.
Million Population Tears Roof
Off a Barn.

Kansas City, Oct. THE balloon
Condor III, the French entry in the
international race for the Bennett cup
which started from this city Thursday
landed safely at Mingo, Iowa, 20 miles
east of Des Moines at 9 o'clock last
night Pilot, Emile Dubonnet, aide.
Pierre Dupont.
The Condor III came down in corn
field after having been blown more than
a hundred miles back over it's course.
AL one time yesterday according to
| Pilot Dubonnet, the balloon was over
Lake Michigan and later scared above
St Paul and Minneapolis Not know
ing which way they were drifting, their
supplies exhausted the balloonists
finally were driven to earth by hun
ger and cold.
Tore on Barn Roof.
Mason City, Ia. Oct. captain John
Berry, veteran of many balloon flights.
went through the worst experience of
his career when he attempted to
bring the balloon Million Population
club to the ground.
The balloon anchor struck a barn and
titled the basket so that A. J. McCul-
Tough, aide to Captain Berry, was
thrown out Berry saved himself by
clinging to a rope as the bag, relieved
of McCullough's weight, shot upwards.
Dangling by the rope, Berry was car
ried hundreds of feet into the air and
an hour later came safely to earth
several miles south of here, when the
balloon, losing its buoyancy, settled.
Berry did not try to anchor the aerOstat
and it sailed away to the southwest
until lost in the darkness
Despite the rough experience, neither
man was seriously hurt. McCullou gh
was thoroughly shaken and badly bruis-
ed by his fall. Berry's experience
seemingly left him without a mark.
The barn. where the landing was first
attempted was unroofed by the balloon
r,,d eesfr
Lahm's Balloon Wrecked.
Sparta, Wis. Oct. 7.-Lieutenant
Lahm and his aide, J. H. Wade, Jr., |
who landed in the balloon Buckeye !
near Cataract, have arrived here. Their |
balloon was wrecked but the men We're |
mately 500 miles from Kansas CITY.
Kansas City, Oct Lieutenant !
Lahm, pilot OF the balloon Buckeye, /
wired the following message, dated \
Millston, Wis, to the Aero club of
Kansas City:
Buckeye landed on farm of Frank
Pratt, Generoe county. Wis, at 2:55
a. m. yesterday Travelled northeast
at l5oo to 1000 meters up to 1:3o a.
M, when we were then driven down by
rain and carried back toward Kansas
City and landed"
Pilot Balloon Lands.
Buffalo Center. Ia. Oct. THE
l, pilot balloon in the
James Gordon Bennett cup race, land
ed near here at 6:3O o'clock Friday l.
morning. 1t encountered d storm.
Neither of the occupants was. injured
Buffalo Center is near the Minnesota
line.
The landing was made on a farm
about five miles north of here, and 1t
was some time before the occupants
could get their bearings They packed
the balloon and brought it to this
place. from where it was shipped last
night to Chicago.
Pilot A. T. Atherholt told the Asso-
eiated Press he would have remained s
up longer if it had not been for the
severe electrical storm and wind. which
at times threatened to capsize the bal
loon
Pilot ktherholt and Aide E. R Hun :
newell left last night for Chicago.
Kansas City Has Distance.
Kansas City Oct. kansas City
II, J. c. Honeywell. pilot; John Watts. Z
aide; landed near Kennan. Wis. at /
9:20 a. m. Friday, estimated distance t
$50 miles. t
In a telegram to the Associated {
Press Captain Honeywell of the bal t
oon Kansas City II, which landed at I
20 O'Clock this morning near Ken t
IAN. Wis, says;
after perfect start, we were in :
course north to northeast most of the t
light. passing over Des Moines. Ia, at &
O'Clock. The first half of the night {
We encountered q cold, drenching rain !
hat lasted until morning. Our high 7
st altitude taken to avoid the rain
vas 10.700 feet There we found +
now and it was very cold. We sight g
d Lake Superior through break in e
he clouds.
"About a. m we dropped to a t
over stratum to get our bearings We
ound that we had retraced our course
bout a hundred miles. We were then {
leaded southeast
tsWet and cold and with our ballast
ow and Instruments working badly,
ve effected a landing near Kennan, =
Wis, at 9:20 a. m. We are both feel
ng fine ana other than being some
What chilled from our drenching, we
re none the worse for our expert
nee"
Only One Left in Air.
Kansas City, Oct. with but one
'ailoon, the Berlin II. still in the air, -
he race for the James Gordon Ben
lett trophy which started from here
thursday. is now between the United
tetes and Germany OF the five bal =
oons in the International race that +
an balloon. has made the greatest a
istance, 365 miles. The Berlin II .
must beat this mark to lift the cup. I
Where the Berlin II has drifted is I
No word has been re- h
eived from it since the race started T
as all the balloons that have a
ONE to earth were caught in a storm Z
q the Minnesota region and the Ger d
IAN balloon started in the same di- a
ection as the others, it is thought f
robable that the Berlin II has en-
ountered the same disturbance.
The bags in the International race
ave landed as follows; 81
Couf7or NTiDzo- iowa 240 .