New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-06
TILE GREEDY RELIEF EXPEDITION
THE PREPARATIONS AT ST. JOHNS.

THE PREPARATIONS AT ST. JOHNS.
EQUIPMENT AND PLANS OF THE PRoTEUs AND YAM
TIC PARTIES.
lpRoM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRrBusEI
ST. JoHs's. N. b., June 26.-The Lady Franklin
Bay Relief Expedition. consisting OF the steam
whaIer Proteus and the United States steamer Yam
tic will leave st. Johns on the Goth and hopes to
make Disco. with favorable weather. about July
8. There it will take Esquimau dogs for the
s,cdgea and will sail thence northward to Smith
Sound probably reaching there about the frst week
in August. Then the Proteus will push forward to
Lady franklin Bay if the ice will permit. Ii the
passage can be made the Greedy Colony VIII We rss-
cued promptly but il the ice barrier shuts us out
party will go into winter quarters at Life Boat Cove
about September II and the Proteus will return TO
st. Johns. preceded by the Yantic Lieutenant
Darlington, with two three men, leaving the ros'
of the party at the winter station. VIII push on oy
sledee northward along the coast to Lady frankiih
Bay to meet Lieutenant Greedy and party, VINO arc
expected to retreat southwark when they ma that
the relief vessel is not TO be looked for vessei
will be sent IN the summer of 1884 to bring the COM
bined party home
The Yantic will now accompany the Protous as
far as Disco and If possible will go to Cape Sabine.
sbe will not return TO st. Johns before September
"a waiting at the mouth Of Smith Sound in order
IN receive the latest news Of the party and at all
events 70 bring back he mail which will be left at
Disco.
The Proteus is q steam sealsr of 600 tons 1913 feet
long and % feet wide She is built expressly 10 en-
counter the ice; her bow is seven feet thick. ana
she is shea he'd from bow to stern with lronwood.
which by its smoothness and elasticity Is not as
liable TO be torn by the ice as copper would De.
Besides this she has layer Of iron plating
on her bow for il is the custom Of the sealers when
their passage is barred by the Ice TO
steam against the pac' at full speed, backing and
repeating the blow until an open passage Is MADE
The relief expedition consists OF Lieutenant Tar
hngton. T. s. n, in command; Lieutenant Col
well. u :. NJ; DIR. Harrison, U. s. A.; Sergeant
Kenny Corporal EIlwill. and Privates Lamar aud
Filters. of the Signal Service; Privates aortz and
Murphy of the InfantrY cook and two men
hired ri St Johns exclusive of the ships company
which are Captain Pike. who carried Lieutenant
Greedy AID party to Lady Franklin Bay two years
ago. two mates three engineers, steward, with SIX
teen irrmen and seamcn making Twenty-Five IN an.
In case of an accdent the Proeus 10 PROVIDED win
three snare prOpelers aud one rudder. there are
enongh provisions on the Yantc for forty men
for fifteen months with an ample quality OF runs,
seaI-skin boots etc, 10 defy the cold. Inc froteuS
will carry 700 TONS of coal in her bunkerS an
amp.e supply for her voyage, aud nine months pro.
Visions in she should be frozen IN, whlch nlge
happen 10 her If she should go through cmltn
sound. There are number OF scleh,nc >
on BOARD SO that observations can be taken every
day Two whaeboats with sails and oars COM
plete and dog sledges with harness, nave Deen
brcuent from the United States The expedition
will take aboard SIX tons oil refuse sea- iof iho Pui
nose of feeding the dogs. wooden house mas peen
Constructed 10 st. Johns, which will be carried IN
actions and pat up at The winter quarters