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Wreck Beat Feeds a Gazette Boy to the Track
Jimmy Burns of the Fairfield Gazette takes a dangerous wreck scoop by riding a rail velocipede twelve miles to the scene. He gathers facts from the division superintendent, telegraph operator, and surgeons, then rushes back to town to file his story before the rival papers. He risks his life on the improvised track machine as Perkins and Bailey watch, while his mother’s burden could be eased by his success.
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