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Show i : 1 - MMMkMtMwrtMMIMMNHMnMH . 1 ?'l'o throe balloonlsts loft Itockaway. N. y., about noon on Decpmbor IS. A ntorm caucht them, night enmo d"wn, ana thoy wcro driven far to tho north. 2-Aftor drlftlnft all nlRht and tho next mornlnir, tho three descended on tho shores of James bay, In tho wIldB of Canada. Can-ada. Thoy had mado tho S00 mile trip In a little over twenty-four hours, and during dur-ing this tlmo thoy had seen but little, except ex-cept tho storm clouds below them. Thoy wandered four days In tho woods, and on December 18 wore led Into Mooso Factory by an Indian, when thoy woro on tho vorfco of death. They left thero December Decem-ber 2S for tho ZOO-mllo trip to tho railroad at Matttco. 3-On January 11 tho three, with theli guides, reached Mattlco, on tho trans continental railroad. They had come 20C miles through woods and snow. This trip ordinarily takes eleven days or more. They wero lost to tho world for 23 days In all. |