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Captain Scraggs and the Maggie in a fog bound rescue
In a San Francisco dockside tale, Captain Scraggs fires engineer McGuffey after the Maggie founders on a beach. Adelbert Gibney steadies the ship, calls for a tow, and a Cliff House beacon and a Yankee Prince lie rescue prepares as fog drifts.
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Phineas P. Scraggss
San Francisco
Mess Bay
Maggie
Scraggs
Adelbert P. Gibney
Neils Halvorsen
Ness
Bartholomew McGuffey
McGuffey
Chff House
Ingleside
Seab Johnny
Sailor
Oregon Street
Serages
Scruggs
Mr. Gibney
Gib
Erantin
Scragges
Gibney
Scrages
Boston
Long Kong
Frisea
Lindstrom
Golden Gate Life Saving Station
Captain Sccraggs
Adelbert
Land
Ours
Tree Republic
Halvorsen
Captain Scrages