 The ship "Herald of the Morning", at the end of its second voyage to Australia in 1859, whilst bringing 419 immigrants and a mixed cargo that included the wrought iron trusses, caught fire and sank in Hobsons Bay.As a result, the Hawthorn bridge was delayed for several years while new trusses were made and shipped out to Australia.Ten years later the original trusses were salvaged from the "Herald of the Morning" at the bottom of Hobsons Bay  and sold privately to the Melbourne foundry Langlands & Co.