The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-06
Tho mystery Of the EudOra.
THE VESSEL WITHIN FIFTY FEET OF THE SHORE,
BUT TRB BODIES NOT YET RECOVERED.
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE

OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
CTY ISLAND, LONG ISLAND SOUND, Dec. s, 1866.
Contrary to the expectations Of the owners, the
weckes and all others interested in the Schooner Eu
DORA she has not yet been naued high and dry upon the
shore. It thought by those who had been daily
watching the progress Of the work that at low tide this
afternoon the Eudora would be sufficiently out of the
water to admit of thorough search Of the cabin and
stteroons but all were disappointed for she grounded
In ut least ten feet Of water at low tide thus leaving
nothing but part of the stern and sarboard railing out
Of the stream
At the appointed hour e O'Clock A. NJ, the
steamboat Tunswick alongside the wreck, which
was then anoat and about half mile from
shore, The hawser was made fast to one of
the sloops, and all four vessels moved slowly
towards the beach. It was then high tide, and not
withstanoipg the early hour number Of visitors
standing snore anxously awaiting the moment when
the wreck would ground. some fifteen twenty minutes
occupied in towing the schooner ashore and when
the had been completed and the Eudora could not be
dragged any higher shore the seamtug departed and
left the three vessels safely mo0red within about
hundred feet of the beach.
The Ludora then commenced to settle in the mud with
the recsdiDg tide, and when ebb tide had reached its
lowest stage she not much higher out Of the water
die Of the channel At O'clock the tide being then at
low ebb the schooner lay almost within fifty feet Of Shore
and ABOUT three feet the side out Of the
boat manned by Capt Arnold and Others then
put of TO the wreck with the hope OF finding Of the
bodies but they again doomed to atment,
the cabin almost entirely filed with water
boat hook was inserted through broken plank in The
binnacle but although great exerti,ns were made, no
trace the bodies could be found The number of per-
board the Caroline and Hornet (the wrecking
soops could not at this time have been les than two
huncred. All Of them had come from long distances,
hoping to be at the recovery Of the bodes and
when they heard that the cabin could not be searched
for at least twelve hours longer, great was their
chsgrin
of the number offered to strip OF his clothing and
dive into the cabin aud with rope around his body
search the entire premises. But Capt Arnold, fearful
that Some accid ent might happen the generous young
man, declined the Offer and nailed up the aperture
out In the pinnacle. He said that he preferred to
wait for few hours longer when the schooner would be
got high and ory rather than add another victim to
the present calamity.
The friends and relatives of the deceased manifest the
greatest anxiety n regard to the finding OF the bodies
Some Of htm believe that the cabin Of the schooner
part Of her contains them while others less
guine think the negro has cut them up In small pieces
sunk them with weights, at convenient distance
euoe and battle those engaged In the search. At all
events the negro says that they will not find the bodies
board the schooner and not little faith IL put IN his
assertion by those sojour ming here
At low tide this afternoon the sleeps were screwed
down cur feet TO the schooner, and when
the tide il full flood tonight at about eleven
o'clock, she will be hauled closer ashore, and
morning about O'Clock. 1t IL at this hour, there
fore, that Capt Arnold expects, with the aid OF Ian
terms to be able search both staerooms, and the en-
tire vessel if necessary with the view Of recovering the
bodies Of the deceased. You may, therefore, expect
some definite news tomorrow. The Coroner has been
Job will be end with the rising Of Thursday's
WRECKER.