Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-09
Perils of the Deep.

The Yacht COmIng-Her HistOry-The
 Crew-POssibIlIty of Their Having
 Been Saveds
 The yacht Coming, which WAS ashore at Peconic Inlet, north shore of Long Island, belonged to the Atlantic Yacht club. Her owner, MT. Peabody, and MT. J. L. Gladwin, of the Atlantic Yacht club, were at Peconic, Saturday, taking care of the yacht, which is not seriously injured. although considerable repairing may be required. The names of the crew supposed to be lost gre Elisha Germaine, sailing master, aged thirty-fve years, form erly commander of the Nimbus, resident of Glenwood, Long Island. where his wife and two children live, John Germaine, Captain Germaine's brother, also of Glenwood, aged thirty years, where he has 8 wife and two children, and W. H. Lane, sailor, of New London, where he has a wife and seven child dren. Captain Germaine has reputation among yaohtsmen of being thorough good sailor of unqualified bravery coupled with caution that had never led him into any un- necessary risks with his yacht. He well knew the waters of the Sound, as also did his brother. So also was Lane, who had been in yacht service for years, and last summer sailed in the Coming, when MT. Haven was the owner. The Coming's history is pretty gen. erally known, but best remembered for her exploits as one of the Eastern Yacht club of Boston, in whose regattss she carried away the honors of victory in every competition in which she sailed. Apresumption arises that the men of the Coming may have found refuge in the ill fated brig Guisebor- ough in company with which it parted from the steam tug owing to the violence of the gale. MT. Peabody has hopes for their safe ty, but also entertains the most profound fears. It is thought that they may have es- capped to the Guiseborough, in which case they went straight to their death on the bar ren beach of Eaton's Neck. This theory is based on the fact that the Guiseborough was near them and offered the safety of her great CT SEC and presumptive weather qualities. The marks of the collision are such as might have been made by bringing the yacht under the lee of larger vessel and guarding her from being crushed. It should be explained that both anchors of the Coming remained on her bows when she was picked up, and both her boats were on the davits, show ing conclusively that her crew had neither attempted to leave in their own boats nor to ride out the gale by testing their cables. The mast was broken short of at the deck and splintered and the shrouds parted near the masthead, showing that the spar had not been cut away to ease the vessel.
 In addition to this on the table in the fore castle meal of corn beef and cabbage was set, suggesting dinner, although it may have been any other meal, and therefore does not afford any clew to the time the crew left. The captains watch was found on the floor of the cabin, stopped at twenty minutes past one o'clock; but not broken and wound up, show ing that it had stopped when it had fallen there, and furnishing the basis of probability that it was at that time on Tuesday morning that the crew left. This would point to the belief that the crew had gone to the Guise- borough, in which case their fate is all too plain. On the other hand 1t is thought that they might have been picked up by some east ward bound vessel which has not yet made port.