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Crime or Calamity

           Everyonetriedtoaccountfortheaccident,whiledoinghisutmosttosavewhatcouldbesaved.

           "Thebridgemusthavebroken,"saidone.

           "Notabitofit.Thebridgeiswholeenough;theymusthaveforgottentocloseittoletthetrainpass.Thatisall."

           Itwas,infact,aswingbridge,whichopenedfortheconvenienceoftheboats.Hadtheguard,byanunpardonableoversight,omittedtocloseitforthepassageofthetrain,sothatthetrain,comingonatfullspeed,wasprecipitatedintotheLoddon?Thishypothesisseemedveryadmissible;foralthoughone-halfofthebridgelaybeneaththeruinsofthetrain,theotherhalf,drawnuptotheoppositeshore,hung,stillunharmed,byitschains.Noonecoulddoubtthatanoversightonthepartoftheguardhadcausedthecatastrophe.

           Theaccidenthadoccurredinthenight,totheexpresstrainwhichleftMelbourneat11:45intheevening.Aboutaquarterpastthreeinthemorning,twenty-fiveminutesafterleavingCastlemaine,itarrivedatCamdenBridge,wheretheterribledisasterbefell.Thepassengersandguardsofthelastandonlyremainingcarriageatoncetriedtoobtainhelp.Butthetelegraph,whosepostswerelyingontheground,couldnotbeworked.ItwasthreehoursbeforetheauthoritiesfromCastlemainereachedthesceneoftheaccident,anditwassixo’clockinthemorningwhenthesalvagepartywasorganized,underthedirectionofMr.Mitchell,thesurveyor-generalofthecolony,andadetachmentofpolice,commandedbyaninspector.

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