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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1662, 31 January 1913, Page 6

Some further information (says the Auckland "Herald") has been received regarding the drowning of Mrs. Forsyth, at Okcre, near Eotorua., It appears that the lady was fishing with her husband about eight o'clock in the evening, at a point where tho • current seta very strongly through a narrow channel. Sho slipped on a rock, and,was precipitated into the river. Her husband instantly went in after her, and at once- succeeded in reaching her. Ho fought with tho current to save her until ho was completely exhausted. As* they were both sinking, Mr. Ramsay, another of the fishing partv, reached them, and succeeded in grasping Mrs. Forsyth. He endeavoured to support her, but eventually ho was unablo to 1 retain his hold, and lost her in tho darkness. It is now clear, from tho medical examinlition that Mrs. Forsyth must, in her fall, have struck her head and been rendered unconscious at the moment she entered the water. Sho neither cried out nor spoke,' nor was she ablo to render any assistance at any stage of her attempted rescue. Mr. Forsyth, mid Mr. Ramsay were caught in .'nn eddy and' drawn to the bank, whcre,\ with great difficulty, they extricated themselves, Hut for this circumstanco more than one lifo juust have, been, lost,