New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-03
YALE ON LABRADOR COAST
BOAT FOR HOSPITAL WORK
With Student Crew Makes Trip
Along Rough Coast Safely TO
Missionary Station.

by Telegraph 10 The Tribune
Greenwich. Conn. aug. INDIAN Har-
Dor. via Cape Race, \. F--George Rowland.
Greenwich, Conn: Arrived safely How
are you an?-John Rowland
This Is the message flashed by wireless
from Indian Harbor, Labrador. telling Of
the safe arrival of the daring young Yale
man who had the forty-foot hospital tender
Yale built along lines suggested BY him
self, raised the cost Of construction by per
sonaI subscription. and then, with crew
of students. took the boat from Booth Bay
Maine, along a portion OF the toughest
coast In the world and turned IT over 70
DR. Wflfred Grenfell the Labrador mis-
sionary. The boat was a wedding present
to be used in the Labrador work.
Rowland, who IS only twenty-one yeaTs
old. is son of George Rowland, prom
nent business man, whose country home IS
in this town, and brother Of Henry Row
land, the novelist. He IS popular in Green
wich. and the news of the Tals's arrival
was heard with pleasure BY his friends,
particularly as much of the money used TO
build the boat was subscribed by them
The trip was rough one of more than
sixteen hundred miles. bad weather being
encountered most of the way. but with
the help Of a pilot Rowland arrived ct MS
destination without mishap. Two years
ago Rowland. fired with enthusiasm To as
Sist III the work OF DR.. GTsnfelI- VINO nd'
leCtUTed at Yale, took the schooner Pom
faux from Boston 10 Labrador he had q
crew Of four Vale men
While in Labrador ne learned or the
need Of another boat Of q different type
in the coast missionary work About 2
year ago. while returning from Europe on
the Endyrion, the yacht Of his brother
in-law. George Lander, jT-, he conhded MS
ideas 10 Charles y Mover. the New fork
naval architect. who was q guest aboard
the Yacht Mr.. Mover told the ~oung man
he would design a vessel Of the sort ~
suggested and would donate the work TO
the cause
Last fall Rowland began to raise the
funds. and in short time had the amount
necessary. At the time Of Dr.. GTenfell =
wedding he told him that he would give
him practical wedding present and
would deliver it in person in Labrador
The contract for building from design
which Mr.. Mower made in accordance with
his promise was awarded 70 a firm in
Booth Bay
The Yale was finished on June 10 and
young Rowland. accompanied b. two Yale
friends and young man from Labrador
who had been al Pratt institute, joined the
vessel On June Is they engaged a pilot
and sailed. arriving al Halifax on July 2
After a rough trip they reached Battle Har-
Dor La brador. II was learned there that
DR.. GrenfelI was at s. Anthony, Newfound-
land and they sailed 70 that place DR..
GrenfelI was anxious that the boat should
be taken 20 Indian Harbor. about two hun
dred miles north of Battle HarbOr- They
sailed at once. arriving there last night
The Yale is A feet 3 inches over all. 81
feet on the water line. has width Of L
feet and draft of s feet inches She
is ketch rugged. with an auxiliary ensiue
using kerosene, as gaso1ene cannot be OBJ
tanned in Labrador.