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Edge of the Dam Ends Dauntless Rescue Tale
Bob Bancroft Hank Beale and Tubby Todhunter with Nat Farnham rescue Buck Dukes and the Dauntless from river pirates. A towline breaks and the cruiser drifts toward a dam as the crew faces certain death. Tubby volunteers to stay with the sinking craft while the others seek safety.
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Bob Bancroft
Hank Beale
Tubby Todhunter
Nat Farnham
Buck Dukes
Dauntless
Buck
Jeffrey Wynne
Wynnecastle
Nat
Roaring Dam
Bob
Fellows
Hank
The
Tubby