It had been raining for several days, the night of the 3rd November was dark and stormy, after a failed attempt to cross the flooded Murrey river, the boys  returned to Everton, sometime after closing Mrs Vandeburg heard a knock at her Victoria hotel door and standing there were four very wet and hungry men.

The leader  said "My Men must be fed", and made Mrs Vandeburg  make them dinner, unable to pay they left, several weeks later a bearded bushman paid for some food.

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