A GREAT ADVENTURE.
BALLOONISTS’ TERRIBLE HARDSHIPS. Received January 12, 9.15 p.m. NE WYORK, January 11. The American balloonists have arrived at Muttice, North Ontario, after a 15-days' march over frozen rivettrails. (A New York cable published ou Monday said: The first word concerning the indescribable hardships suffered by three naval airmen who left New York on December 15th, has just been revealed in' a letter received by one of the airmen's wives. The letter states that they were driven by a gale and landed at Moose Factory, James Bay, on December 21st, with little clothing, every possession being thrown out of the balloon in order to keep it up. T»te winds drove the machine far north, the airmen being terribly distressed by hunger and cold. One of them asked his comrades to kill him and eat him to rescue themselves. Finally, hearing a dog bark, they landed in a wilderness, where Indian trappers rescued them. The first news of their whereabouts was brought by Indian runners over snow-covered trails to Cochran, thence telegraphed to civilisation. The airmen, with guides, have been travelling for mere than a week from Moose Factory, which is a Hudson Bay Company’s trading post, but they have not yet reached Cochran. One of the airman is Hinton, of fame.)
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18075, 13 January 1921, Page 5
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213A GREAT ADVENTURE. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18075, 13 January 1921, Page 5
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