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Show SEARCHING FOR LOST BALLOON National Aero Club Fear for Safety of Springfield Pilot and Aide. Portland. Ore. June 16. That disaster dis-aster in some form has overtaken thp crew of the balloon Springfield, which vanished after having left here Tuesday Tues-day with three other balloons. In a race under the auspices of the tional Aero club. seemed certain early today Yesterday and last night an organized search over the Sand river district, where the balloon was reported seen at 4:30 a. m.. Friday morning, proved fruitless. W hile the officials of the Portland rose festival, who are directing the search for Captain Roy Donaldson of the Springfield, and Wilbur Hender son, his aide, still held to the hope that the balloon had safelv descend ed, they believed It to be impossible that the aeronauts could have survived sur-vived the perils of the rough mountains moun-tains without seriously suffering Additional searching parties left today for points to the south and west of here. oo |