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== Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer by Sup John Sadleir ==

It was in one of these spring floods that Mr Archie Campbell of Glencoe lost his life. He and his brother John, needing provisions, tried to work a boat across the La Trobe River, then running in furious torrent over the low ground between Glencoe and Sale . The boat was capsized, and the two brothers saved themselves from sinking by clinging to the top of a tall ti-tree. They could see the lights of the town, for it was dusk when they found themselves in the water. It was agreed that Archie Campbell should set out to swim ashore for help, but no help came. On the following morning John Campbell was seen by some residents, still clinging to the ti-tree. He was quite unconscious, and so stiff with cold that his rescuers had to break off the branch to which he clung before he could be taken into the boat. The fate of his brother was not discovered until the flood went down, when his body was found at the foot of the same tree. This is but one of the many tales of disasters by flood. In later days, when police stations were formed on the upper courses of the rivers, early notice of approaching floods was sent to the residents in the lower districts, giving time for their remove with their stock to higher ground.

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