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It
was
,
in
fact
,
a
swing
bridge
,
which
opened
for
the
convenience
of
the
boats
.
Had
the
guard
,
by
an
unpardonable
oversight
,
omitted
to
close
it
for
the
passage
of
the
train
,
so
that
the
train
,
coming
on
at
full
speed
,
was
precipitated
into
the
Loddon
?
This
hypothesis
seemed
very
admissible
;
for
although
one-half
of
the
bridge
lay
beneath
the
ruins
of
the
train
,
the
other
half
,
drawn
up
to
the
opposite
shore
,
hung
,
still
unharmed
,
by
its
chains
.
No
one
could
doubt
that
an
oversight
on
the
part
of
the
guard
had
caused
the
catastrophe
.
The
accident
had
occurred
in
the
night
,
to
the
express
train
which
left
Melbourne
at
11:45
in
the
evening
.
About
a
quarter
past
three
in
the
morning
,
twenty-five
minutes
after
leaving
Castlemaine
,
it
arrived
at
Camden
Bridge
,
where
the
terrible
disaster
befell
.
The
passengers
and
guards
of
the
last
and
only
remaining
carriage
at
once
tried
to
obtain
help
.
But
the
telegraph
,
whose
posts
were
lying
on
the
ground
,
could
not
be
worked
.
It
was
three
hours
before
the
authorities
from
Castlemaine
reached
the
scene
of
the
accident
,
and
it
was
six
o'clock
in
the
morning
when
the
salvage
party
was
organized
,
under
the
direction
of
Mr.
Mitchell
,
the
surveyor-general
of
the
colony
,
and
a
detachment
of
police
,
commanded
by
an
inspector
.
The
squatters
and
their
"
hands
"
lent
their
aid
,
and
directed
their
efforts
first
to
extinguishing
the
fire
which
raged
in
the
ruined
heap
with
unconquerable
violence
.
A
few
unrecognizable
bodies
lay
on
the
slope
of
the
embankment
,
but
from
that
blazing
mass
no
living
thing
could
be
saved
.
The
fire
had
done
its
work
too
speedily
.
Of
the
passengers
ten
only
survived
--
those
in
the
last
carriage
.
The
railway
authorities
sent
a
locomotive
to
bring
them
back
to
Castlemaine
.
Lord
Glenarvan
,
having
introduced
himself
to
the
surveyor-general
,
entered
into
conversation
with
him
and
the
inspector
of
police
.
The
latter
was
a
tall
,
thin
man
,
im-perturbably
cool
,
and
,
whatever
he
may
have
felt
,
allowed
no
trace
of
it
to
appear
on
his
features
.
He
contemplated
this
calamity
as
a
mathematician
does
a
problem
;
he
was
seeking
to
solve
it
,
and
to
find
the
unknown
;
and
when
Glenarvan
observed
,
"
This
is
a
great
misfortune
,
"
he
quietly
replied
,
"
Better
than
that
,
my
Lord
.
"
"
Better
than
that
?
"
cried
Glenarvan
.
"
I
do
not
understand
you
.
"
"
It
is
better
than
a
misfortune
,
it
is
a
crime
!
"
he
replied
,
in
the
same
quiet
tone
.
Glenarvan
looked
inquiringly
at
Mr.
Mitchell
for
a
solution
.
"
Yes
,
my
Lord
,
"
replied
the
surveyor-general
,
"
our
inquiries
have
resulted
in
the
conclusion
that
the
catastrophe
is
the
result
of
a
crime
.
The
last
luggage-van
has
been
robbed
.
The
surviving
passengers
were
attacked
by
a
gang
of
five
or
six
villains
.
The
bridge
was
intentionally
opened
,
and
not
left
open
by
the
negligence
of
the
guard
;
and
connecting
with
this
fact
the
guard
's
disappearance
,
we
may
conclude
that
the
wretched
fellow
was
an
accomplice
of
these
ruffians
.
"
The
police-officer
shook
his
head
at
this
inference
.
"
You
do
not
agree
with
me
?
"
said
Mr.
Mitchell
.
