The New York herald., 1921-01-03
Lost Four Days in Forest
After Making Forced
Landing Dec. IA on
Account of Storm.
RETURNING ON DOG SID
Message From boronants Gives
Dec. 81 IS Date for Leaving
on 8 Day 1ria Back 70
Civilization.

The United States navy balloon
which had been missing, with a crew
Of three officers, since December l3s
has been found by the Canadian au-
thorities at Moose Factory, Ontario,
according TO dispatches to the naval
air station at Rockaway Point. The
message was received there last night
According to the report, the three
officers, Lieuts. Walter Hinton. vet
eran of the Transatlantic flight;
Louis A. Kloor and Stephen A. Far
rell. are safe
News of the aeronauts safety was
received in the following telegram
from them from Mattice, Ontario, by
way of Ottawa.
Driven by storm Monday, 12-13,
west by north, at lower Hudson Bay;
forced to land p. NJ, 12-14, about
ten miles north by east Of Moose Fac
tory. Ontario. Latitude 51.50, longl-
tude S1.00. Lost in forest four days.
Grew safe Mt Hudson Company post.
Will leave on first available means OF
transportation to railroad, which IS
M 0r 'et prH viii take about nine
Leavin- Aere Monday pegcm'
s1
was un0ricei 81 AccSawa5 'aet
ight that The ne i-s- from Lattice
stated ihc balloon lanaed on Deeaa'
Der 3, and that since that tiDla ira
three officers have been at one of the
Hudson Bay trading posts, unable to
reach a point from which they might
communicate with the outside world
Region Almost ImpassabIe.
Another despatch from Ottawa said
the telegram signed by Lieut.. kloor
was carried out Of the ST. James Bay
district by "A native runner. The man
was two weeks making the trip 10
Mattic- the nearest station on the
Canadian National Railway line. He
was sent ahead while the three officers
were resting. ii was believed, so that
the American Government might re-
ceive an early report Of their safety.
According to the Canadian mes
sages. the fact that native runner.
/ skilled in winter travel across the
snow drifts, required two weeks TO
make the trip was taken as meaning
the American officers could not make
1t in less than three
Before Matticc could be reached II
was said. the balloonists would have
to traverse a territory considered well
nigh impossible in wintcr--a region
into which only experienced trappers
of the Hudson Bay Company venture
while the snow is on the ground This
is a country OF heavy forest growth
and great stretches of barren land
covered with ice and snow and swept
by gales from the Arctic circle.
II was in the midst of this frozen
country that the balloon dropped to
tho ground. The telegram mentioned
a four day search for a habitation.
Men Of the navy who have been up
in that country regarded tho safety of
their fellow officers as samething Just
short Of a miracle.
What they did for food. how their
clothing held out In their trip across
the wild lands. how they protected
themselves against the packs OF wolves
that roam In search Of food throughout
the snow-bound months of winter
all these are questions that viii har3
10 await an answer until Lieut.. lin
ton and his companions reach clvilixa-
tion.
The food problem. II ii believed,
was the worst of the many hey have
had 20 face. In the extrtulty they
may have been forced 10 laf thr two
extra carrier pigeons they iad with
them
The balloon was reported a1 bsv'ng
been siahted at Wells. ~ 5s tho
night Of the day II left hA4ay
other reports said It had bi a eern II
crash into Fork Mountain, F 40
county. It's fate and the okf
three Lieutenants were slf9udtf
mystery from then on.
Navy Feared tho wnrexA
II had been feared that ac Nwft
one planned to test tho lenrtn ~ tlmt
the great bag could remain NJ thn ~,
+ ended TN a tragedy Only INC Ql tne
three carrier pigeons carried by we
officers was released ana 10 fact .hst
tho other. we're missing csnaed TAO
. Navy Department to fear tpe wcrsr
Moose Factory. whore tN nalloon
landed. is 500 miles sliehtis WeH N
due north from Rockaway iMt.
, hamlet is one OF the outpe or ths
Hudson Bay Company ano y lo4a-
ton on the shore of ST. James Bay,