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The Mad Engineer Aboard the Western Belle
Night on the Mississippi near New Orleans opens with the steamer Western Belle preparing to depart as panic spreads in the city. Lieutenant George Hilton arrives as chief engineer, a damsel Virginia seeks aid from, and a madman brother threatens the voyage until the heroine intervenes. The ship reaches St. Louis safely, with the brothers reconciled and the engineer cured.
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Chalers
Reynolds
Wade
George Shiton
United States Army
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Tess
Sara
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