Someone tells you "the server crashed" and that's confusing? The list of things that happened after the connection attempt is one item: The server crashed. Unless you think the writer is actively trying to trick you, I think you can probably assume the client's crashing would be on the list if it had happened. It's a good convention to follow because cataloguing non-events is tedious: "I ate breakfast and did not choke and did not have any allergic reactions and my house wasn't hit by an airplane and 57 porcupines didn't try to crawl up my butt and breakfast did not consist of filet mignon nor pizza nor cauliflower nor rocks..."