Evening star., 1933-09-12

including the baroUaph, out Of thu
basket along With the parachutes."
Did you ever use the parachutes?'
he was asked.
We had them on once but we neval
used them. We didn't have them or
at the time Of the crash.
Then We cleared brush to make q
camp. We had plenty of compasses
After We built camp We made q tent
out Of q part Of the balloon. 1t took
all day. The weather was clear. Al
sundown we went to sleep.
Tuesday morning we woke up to fine
the matches we had were wet We car
ried some in waterproof cover They
too, were moist. We had to dry them
out. Van took sun sights for latitude
and longitude. We found ourselves &c
miles from the railway. The weather
had turned nasty and it rained We
couldn't stay out in it so we stuck where
We were.
Started for Railway.
"Wednesday morning we started for
the railway. Brush, brush. brush
brush.
We had five cans of beans. We had
eaten all the fruit. We estimated we
made 3l2 miles to the southwest before
We made camp that night. Two canopy
curtains of the balloon basket were
our tents and we had q raincoat. We
slept like a top that night
Thursday We started at tbs am
We saw moose tracks in the valley and
other evidences of moose life The
insects were bad and we made camp
about 5i2 miles from the balloon.
That night We were both all tuck
cred out. but we only got about three
hours sleep. there were so MANY show
ers. The rain put out our fire and
We were very cold We had a quart
OF drinking water left
Friday we left camp at 500 am
and found a marked trail. We made
three quarters Of a mile the first hour
At l0:45 We found creek and filled
our water cans. At 1890 we came
southwest. Both Of us were becoming
q little sick from what we thought
was ptomain poisoning. That was be-
cause We cooked the beans in the
cans after opening them We were in
pain all night"
I'm agony" corrected Van Orman.
Heard Train Whistle.
Saturday we started at BIS and
an hour later we heard train
whistle. At IL We spotted a big
moose
We had a lc-gauge shotgun Van
took long shot and hit the moose
but only wounded him. He ran away.
We camped by a bridge that night.
Sunday We followed high-tension
line. BY 3 pm. We had made only
3l2 miles. We cut down a telephone
Ia hrn ha
that some repairman would find US.
we were continuing along the line Van
hadn't been able to eat since Friday
morning; I since Saturday.
AT 4 pm. We heard q plane and
fired Very shell out Of pistol Van
alternated with a shotgun. There was
no response. At pm, We found a
camp tower abandoned
we broke the lock on the bunk
house and found two beds, five blankets,
one bag Of beans. one bag of salt
and a camp stove. We had two
cigarettes left. We sat down then
in state and smoked one each
our last. 1t was a great celebration
and We were two very happy men. We
found a newspaper dated August %,
1888. We slept long time like two
dead men, after lighting q fre in the
stove
There was heavy frost during the
night. Monday We decided to stay in
two days to build up our strength.
shot a partridge Van showed slight
improvement. At 1890 am, James
Barrett showed up. He was looking
for line trouble and he had food, a
LOST of bread"
And two cans Of BEANS" Barrett
Put in.
But did We eat like a pair of
horses" said Trotter.
Van Orman and Trotter expected to
walk to Railway Steel today and take
a train for Sudbury.
tCopyright. 1888. by the Canadian Press)