The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-07
STORMS DRIVE SIX BALLOONS ID EARTH Three Bags Are Still in the
 Air NONE ARE INJURED Reports From the Pilots Say They Encountered Rain, Snow and
 Windstorms Over
NONE ARE INJURED

l Kansas City, Mo-, October 6-Rough
 weather today drove to earth six of the
 nine balloons that left here yesterday | in contests for the James Gordon Bennett
 trophy, the Lahm cup and the altitude | record.
 | None of the remaining three bags that sailed away has been heard from. 1 The missing bags are the Condor of | France. the Berlin II of Germany, and | another one. No records came from the
 balloons down. The estimated distances l ranged from 290 to 460 miles. Two fell
 in Wisconsin, two in Minnesota and two 1 in Iowa.
 | Reports from the pilots say they en- | countered rain, snow and windstorms that
 ragged high over northern Iowa, Minne- sota and Wisconsin today and last night. | The disturbance appears to have been l travelling in a circle. | Two balloonists stated in dispatches i that they were carried south many miles | by the storm after flying swiftly in a
 northerly direction. l None of the flyers was seriously injured
 but J. C.. Hubert, aide in the America II, sustained severe bruises when that bag
 was forced to descend. In coming down 1 the balloon encountered electric wires and
 both occupants of the basket were hurled
 to the ground. William F. Assman. the l pilot, was not hurt | Opinions vary as to the location of the | two balloons up and the last one not I reported. Some of the Aero club officials l here think the bags are caught in the 1 heavy storms.
 I The foreeaster. at the weather station here said it was possible the bags rose high enough to clear the storm and are continuing their northward flight into Canada.
 All of the balloons reported down trav- eled at high speed, and if some of the arcrafts did clear the storm they doubt less are now out of the United States | Another theory is that some of the missing balloonists have landed in re- mote sections and have been unable 10 get in communication with the outside world. This appears plausible for the 1 four bags that landed early were not heard from until late this afternoon. The balloons landed as follows; America II-William F. Assman, pilot. :. | J. c. Hurlbert, aide, near Emmetts- burg, Ia, at 1 :30 o'clock this morning; estimated distance 290 miles. Pennsylvania IA. T. Atherholt, pilot; E. R. Hunnewell, aide; landed near Buffalo Center, Ia., at 625 o'clock this morning; estimated distance 300 miles.
 Topeka II--Frank M. Jacobs, pilor, W. W. Webb aide; near Dunnell, Minn., at s:30 o'clock; estimated distance 325
 miles,
 Berlin I-Lieut Leopold Vogt, pilot; Lieut. Martin Schoeller, aide; near Aus
 tin, Minn., at 10 o'clock; estimated dis tance 345 miles.
 Buckley eye-Lieut. Frank c. Lahm, pilot. J. c. Wade, Jr., aide; near La Crosse, Wis; estimated distance 365 miles.
 Kansas City II-J. c. Hunnewell,
 pilot; John Watts, aide; near Kennan. Wis, at 9:20 o'clock this morning; es- timated distance 450 miles.
 Topeka IT and Kansas City II were reported flying only for the Lahm cup and these failed to lift it.
 America III and Buckeye were also eligible to this event. The Lahm cup record, 1171.9 miles, held by Allen R. Hawley, was not even approached.
 Foreign balloons cannot compete for the Lahm cup.
 The Pennsylvania was trying for the altitude record. It is not known what height the bag reached