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Philadelphia to Matawan [[cut off]] Hour, 30 Minutes, [[cut off]] Is Going Some.
[[cut off]]delphia, Pa., April 22.--First [[cut off]] up to a height of eight [[cut off]] feet and then rushing north- [[cut off]] a terrific rate, the balloon [[cut off]] belonging to A.M. Changlder, [[cut off]] elphia and New York broker [[cut off]],ubman and containing Allan R. [[cut off]] bolt of New York, and Arthur T. [[cut off]],bolt, of this city, landed at Mat[[cut off]]n, N.J., sixty-five miles away, [[cut off]] than an hour and a half after [[cut off]].
[[cut off]] times the balloon went at the [[cut off]] of almost a mile a minute. Once [[cut off]]shot up to the height of 12,000 feet [[cut off]] it was only by the most desperate [[cut off]]ance that the aeronauts escaped be [[cut off]] carried out to sea.
As it was they landed in a creek [cut off]].
Hawley, a New York broker, is qualifying for the international balloon races, to be held at St. Louis next October. In order to do this he has to make ten ascensions of which this is the sixth.
With Atherholt, a Philadelphia clubman, who grew interested in ballooning in Paris, he started from the athletic grounds of the United Gas Improvement company at Point Breeze, at exactly 12.37 in the afternoon. It was 2:31 when the balloon [[cut off]]ipped into the creek at Matawan, twenty-nine miles south of New York City, and close to the ocean.
Mr. Atherholt, telling of the trip over the long distance telephone from Matawan, said: "It was the most sensational trip Hawley and I ever had. First we went up to a prodigious height and then found that the wind was, blowing a gale. It was bearing us straight to New York at the rate of forty to fifty miles an hour, and we decided to stay in it and break the record.
"It was perfectly clear and we went [[cut off]] along at express speed at the [[cut off]] feet height. Suddenly something atmospheric occurred, because we went shooting up to 12,000 feet.
"A little over an hour and a quarter had passed and we suddenly saw off [[cut off]] the East the sea. Up to then we had not realized our location. Then we dropped into the creek. Wet and [[cut off]] few bruises and that's all."
RICH BROK[[cut off]]
GREA [[cut off]]
Started From Philadelphia [[cut off]] 12,000 Feet, [[? Landed in [[cut off]]
TRAVELED LONG DISTANCE
At One time in the Throes of a Hurricane Which Threatened to Sweep Ship Out to Sea.
NEW YORK, April 23.--Nearly 12,000 feet high among the clouds and whirling through the air at times faster than a mile a minute, Alan R. Hawley, a wealthy stock broker of 20 Broad street and living at 22 East 76th street, with Arthur T. Athenbolt, a rich Philadelphian, made a sensational balloon flight yesterday.
They started from Philadelphia, Intending to make a quick trip to this city. they ran into an easterly current of air which blew with hurricane force after passing New Brunswick, N.J. The velocity of the wind they estimated at eighty-five miles an hour. They feared, if they remained among the clouds, that they would be swept far out over the Atlantic ocean. So they decided to cut the journey short.
Land in Matawan Creek.
They traveled many miles, however, before they reached the earth, and then they landed in a creek near Matawan, N.J. Both men were bumped and jostled about severely and emerged from the creek very wet, but extremely happy. Their only regret was that records which they had made while the balloon was flying far above the earth at a speed greater than the fastest express train were lost in the creek.
Their flight from start to finish lasted ninety-three minutes, more than fifteen minutes being spent in maneuvering for a landing. In a beeline, the landing place was sixty miles from the starting point, but it is estimated they actually traveled about eighty miles, not counting a straight upshoot into the air of a miles at the start and other ascents and descents during the journey.
It was the sixth balloon flight for Mr. Hawley, and the second for his companion. They used an immense French balloon named the Initial, and owned by A.M. Chandler. The big bag holds 35,000 cubic feet of gas.
Mr. Hawley's nerves were not the least unstrung by the experience. He and Mr. Atherholt, after seeing the balloon safely packed up for shipment to this city, boarded a train and came here. After dining heartily they went to the Aero Club at 12 East 42d street, of which Mr. Hawley is one of the most enthusiastic members, and there he described the aerial journey to his friends. Later he gave an account of the trip to a reporter at his home.
The Aeronaut's Story.
Mr. Hawley is forty-five years old and married. Like most amateur aeronauts, he is also an ardent automobilist. He said:
"We made the ascension at Point Breeze, Philadelphia, at 12:37 p.m. The start did not seem very favorable, as there was very little wind, and that was variable and gusty, blowing five miles one minute and twenty the next. We had some trouble getting started, as the gusts of wind caused the balloon to sway from side to side.
"There was a picket fence nearby, and there was some danger of our being thrown out and spiked on the pickets.
"We finally got aboard and when up twenty feet I told the starter to cut the rope. We shot straight up for about a mile. At this height one usually experiences an unpleasant buzzing in the ears, but yesterday for the first time I did not have the sensation.
"When we had been in the air about five minutes we got our bearings and started off in a northerly direction. In about forty-five minutes we were sailing over Trenton and from there we drifted northeast to New
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