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1907. June 13. Thursday. at Baddeck [[strikethrough]] 41 [[/strikethrough]] 102 Herald New York 23 Apr 1907 DRAGGED IN CREEK BY WILD BALLOON Aeronauts Ascend in Philadelphia and After Trilling Voyage Land Near Matawan, N.J. Swept before a forty mile gale from Philadelphia to Matawan, N.J., in a balloon yesterday afternoon, Alan R. Hawley of this city, and Arthur T. Atherholt, of Philadelphia, fell in a creek and were dragged for three-quarters of a mile before the balloon collapsed. Although the trip lasted only from half-past twelve o'clock until fifteen minutes after two, it was one of continued excitement. In passing over New Brunswick the balloon was sailing at an altitude of twelve thousand feet, a height selfon equalled in this country. It was feared that the balloon would escape before all was ready while it was being inflated at Point Breeze, in the outskirts of Philadelphia. Fierce gusts swept it to the ground and the sandbags proved ineffectual to hold it. Strong ropes were attached to trees and stakes and a score of men labored with the huge gas bag to hold it in control until it had been filled and Mr. Hawley and Mr. Atherbolt were ready to start. Under a clear sky, the balloon got the full strength of the sun's heat, and the highly expanded gas continued to lift it until the automatic instruments recorded a height of twelve thousand feet. As the balloon was approaching Matawan Mr. Hawley decided to make a landing rather than try to cross to Staten Island. Gradually he let the gas escape, and when about one hundred feet from the earth he pulled the rip cord. He had made no mistake in choosing a place to land and the balloon struck in an open field, but by a combination of circumstance most of the gas failed to escape. It happened that the section of the big bag which was ripped open fell underneath when the balloon came down and the gas was held almost as completely as if nothing had been done to set it free. Before anything could be done to save the situation Mr. Hawley and Mr. Atherholt were swept across the field and into a creek. Through the creek the basket was dragged, while the aeronauts clung to the ropes of the basket, drenching both men thoroughly, and up a small hill and almost to a wood before the last of the gas had finally escaped. Neither of the men were hurt. Times New York 23 Apr - 1907 FAST 80-MILE RIDE IN A BIG BALLOON Alan R. Hawley of the Aero Club Makes a Notable Ascent, Rising 1 2-3 Miles. SUNBURNED BY THE TRIP Aerial Car Reaches Speed of 30 Miles an Hour and Runs Alongside a Big Cloud - Landing in the Mud. Alan R. Hawley, who has been selected as one of the American representatives for the James Gordan Bennett international balloon race at St. Louis on Oct. 10, made one of the most remarkable short-distance balloon flights yesterday that has ever been made in this country. Leaving New York on the 7 o'clock train for Philadelphia in the morning, he made his ascension at 12:37 o'clock from the Point Breeze gas works, accompanied by Arthur T. Atherolt of the Aero Club of Philadelphia. They were in the air two hours and a half, landing near Matawan, on the edge of Raritan Bay, having traveled nearly eighty miles at an average of more than thirty miles an hour. At one time the balloon reached an altitude of 2,600 meters, about one and two-thirds miles, the highest point ever reached by Mr. Hawley in the twenty or more ascensions he has made in the last two years. Besides the remarkable speed and height attained by the balloon, the ascension Tribune New York 23 Apr 1907. HAWLEY MAKES FAST BALLOON TRIP. Travels Sixty Miles in Hour and a Half - Lands in Creek at Matawan, N. J. Matawan, N. J., April 22. - A balloon which left Philadelphia at 12:45 o'clock this afternoon landed here at 2:15, having covered the sixty miles in an hour and a half. In the balloon were Allan R. Hawley, a New Yorker, and Arthur T. Atherholt, of Philadelphia. It was Mr. Hawley's seventh balloon trip, while Mr. Atherholt had made three previous aerial voyages. The balloon on its trip reached an altitude of 12,000 feet. The sight of open water and a fear that the strong wind might carry the balloon out to sea caused the men to land. The balloon landed in a creek, and both occupants were rather severely shaken up when the basket struck, but were not seriously injured. The balloon was rescued by men and boys. It was shipped back to Philadelphia. The records made during the ascension were lost, but search is being made for them. Times New York 23 Apr 1907. Schools for Aeronauts. Germany Has Started One-France Has Long Had Them. Special to The New York Times. WASHINGTON, April 22.- The rapid advance of aeronautics is shown in two reports soon to be published by the Department of Commerce and Labor. It appears that both France and Germany are taking great interest in this branch of science, or industry, but while France has had a school of ballooning in operation for about 100 years, Germany is but now starting one. Consul Thomas H. Norton reports that Paul Spiegel, a textile manufacturer, is to be the director of the Aeronautic School, which will be established at Chemnitz, Saxony, May 1. Herr Spiegel has made 6,000 ascents and has delivered many lectures on ballooning. The circular of the school says that "an airship offers to its passengers delights unsurpassed by any other method of travel, and places at the service of the lover of nature the grandest experiences that life on our planet affords." There have been eight applications for entrance to the school, and only one of them was from Germany. The tuition is placed at $149 a year, payable monthly in advance. In France instruction in ballooning is given by clubs of which there are four in Paris and five elsewhere, and by the Government, which has two schools. The objects are sport, scientific study, and experiments, and the encouragement of aeronautics. Young men who become proficient in handling balloons and pass an examination may, when drawn for military service, enter the d'aerostiers, which is part of the regiment of engineers. Most of the ascensions are made with captive balloons. Press New York 23 Apr-1907 WILD DASH IN BALLOON ENDS IN WATERY SPLASH New York Broker and Companion Make Ascension in Gale. PHILADELPHIA TO MATAWAN In Making Forced Descent at Great Speed, Basket Lands in a Creek and They Are Drenched. Traveling through the air at an altitude of 12,000 feet and at a speed of a mile every ninety seconds, was the thrilling experience yesterday of Alan R. Hawley, broker of No. 30 Broad street, whose home is in No.22 East Seventy-sixth street. Mr. Hawley had made six other balloon trips, but none of them, it is said, gave to him the thrill of the sensational aerial ride from Philadelphia to Matawan, N.J., with Arthur T. Atherholt of Philadelphia, which began at 12:45 0'clock yesterday afternoon and ended at 2:15 o'clock, the wind-up being a dash into a creek near Matawan, in which the basket struck with such force that both wind-sailors were shaken severely, but escaped serious injury. Only for the fact that Hawley and his companion sighted open water and feared
