SWIMMER'S COLLAPSE. ,

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18294, 10 January 1923, Page 6

SWIMMER'S COLLAPSE. ,

RELEASES SAFETY LIKE. MOKAU DROWNING .ACCIDENT ;| [BY TKLEQKAPH.-t—OWN V COBBSSPONDISHT.] ;<Jf / . HAjWERA, Tuesday. . [ , '• Further details of the tragedy 'whereby '■';■$ ;Cyril Murray,■ of Dunedin,iwas: drowned "."'< on Wednesday last in the Moksm River, : show ; thai - Murray v.was iSehgaged -V within Charles Raven arid his two /brothers : in • V:

lashing some logs together for the purpose : j'of. making a, raft ,on which ,to<carry some vi I firewood. One of the logs broke loose and Murray offered to -swim after it.' He I took '■ a rope 'in his hand,- the- either;end'; S of which was held- Raven on; the i)ank y,V ■of the-river, and started-out-, fur, the log. | He'?tiras>; swimming ■■ strongly ; on: his back y. and folding: the end of; thg," xope:in one .'j£ hand;J ' He; then, turned over, and jastf then his arms fell, loosely on his body ,- and he sank and was not seen again.: ' Raven called to his : two brother; *r.d 'also undressed himself and' prepared to' •, swim to the assistance of Murray, if he ; r -. should reappear. He also pulled! on the ■■■.■?? rope, thinking. the . deceased might -have ' : -& fastened it • about himself, but; when he sank. evidently let . the rope fall from \ his grasp.