The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-03
BALLOON CREW IS
 SAFE AND SOUND
 |NNORTH CANADA
Storm Drives Navy Bag to James Bay-Just Now Able to Send MesSage-CreW
 on Way Home
By Associated Press

By Associated Press
 Rockaway, N. Y, January 2. The missing navy balloon A-5598 landed ten miles north east of Moose Factory, Ontario, December IA. The crew of three men is safe at a Hudson bay trading post, according to q telegram received at the naval air station here tonight in the following telegram from them from Mattice, Ontario: .Drivcn by storm Monday, De- cember Ia, west by north, at Low CT Hudson bay; forced to land I D. m. December IA. about 10 miles north by east of Moose Factory, 1 Ontario. Latitude 51:50; longitude l S1. Lost in forest four days. Crew | safe at Hudson company post. will Iacve on first available means Of l transportation to railroad, which is by dOg-sied, and will take about nine days. Leaving here Monday, i December 27.'
 Moose Factory, where the balloon landed, is located on James bay. at the mouth of the Moose river, and is about 800 miles distant from New York on a direct air line. The place is trading station, an out post of ths Hudson Bay company
 The A-559S left Rockaway shortly after noon December 13. No definito destination was planned. but the .,re- Ivailing wind blowing northwest nld cated landing somewhere in Caaala. With the exception of a report that the balloon was seen passing over Wells, N. Y, late that same night no definits word was received here of the progess | of the flight.
 | The balloon carried a crew of three men, Lieutenant Walter Hinton of Belle Harbor, N r.. a pilot under Com mander Albert c, Read on the NC4s. l transatlantic flight, was in charge. 1 His companions were Leutenants stephen A. Farrell line officer of this city. and Louis A. kloor, Jr of New Orleans, naval reserve force, pilot. l The three officers were supplied with normal rations for three days which it was said would serve them for 10 days in an emergency they
 
 lly-heated warmers to make their oy- age more comfortable.
 SEARCH BEGAN
 l Ninety-six hours after the balloon 4departure, when fears were first felt for the safety of the aeronauts wire- loss stations and forest rangers .n northern New York and southeastern Canada were notified to be on the lookout for the balloon.
 A few days later two army airpla1e. twere sent from Mitchell field to Ai- bany to begin aeronautica1 sea .eh over the Adirondacks. One of .he machines met with a mishap on the
 flight from Albany to Glens Falls their proposed base of operations, and the other continued the search alone, Ibut without success
 Canadian officials who were ap- prised of the flight, first advanced 'he theory that the aeronauts had Ian led 1 in some remote section, and probably would make their way to a 1umoer camp or trading post
 l Ottawa January 2--Moose Factory is one of the oldest Hudson Bay trading i posts as well as one of the most re- 1 mote from civilization in these days of modern transportation It is about 2l1 miles from the farthest north line in l railway, now mart of the Canadian Nation. i al system, which runs from Moncton to 1 Winnipeg throu ;l the northern portions | of Quebec and Ontario.
 1 The outfitting and supply point for Moose Factory is Cochrare on the Nation- al Trans continental. Supplies for the i post are carried in canoes during su4- 1 mer months down the .Ahitibi and other Irivers that flow north to James Bay. i In the winter tho only of getting l out to civilization from the northern i posts is to "mush by dog team and ths i is d lenghty and uncomfortable process. iAt this season the north country IS l frozen solid. the winter there coming ' early and staying late.
 l Ottawa, January 2.--The point of de- i scent of the American naval balloon A-559s coincide with the prediction made 3by Sir Fredrick Stupart, director of the i meteorological service for Canada, as to tthe probable landing place I !. A. Wilson. secretary of the Canadian l air board, was greatly pleased when the bulletin announcing the safety of the balloon was read Go him. As Moose Fac tory is not equipped with wireless station. it is believed that the messenger carrying the news of the aeronauts' safe ty made his way down the Mattagami river.
 I Rockaway. N Y., January 2-Ofticers at the naval station tonight expressed , the opinion that the balloon was pro- bably wrecked They pointed out that, although the craft may have descended without damage. after deflatatt winds would have lashed it to pieces against the trees of the north woods. No attempt will be made to salvage the air craft they said, until spring
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