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Heroic Boatman Saves Passengers Amid Dark Sea Storm
In a deadly river storm a brave boatman named Boisdoux fights to rescue passengers. He frees a wounded woman and carries others through a cabin window before the cabin floods. He saves Euphrasie but loses others, including a father and siblings, to the perilous voyage at sea.
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Boata
Mathieu Hoisdeix
Mathieu Boisdoux
Auxerre
Paris
Brienne
Napoleon
Auxerree
Yonne
Seine
Mathieu
Mighia
Boisdoux
Sonrest
Boredoux
Tanta
Maphrae
Amerre