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Bandits Beset Mackenzie River Steamer in daylight robbery
Father Claverly on the Midnight Sun defuses a planned massacre during a bold assault on a Mackenzie River steamer. Six bandits seize cargo while Jimmy Montgomery and others resist. Montgomery dies defending passengers. bandits threaten passenger Margaret Fournier and escape in canoes with furs as crowd jeers for vengeance.
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Mackenzie
Alooska
Hugh
Father Claverly
Jimmy Montgomery
Jimmy
Baker
Alan Baker
Fort Endurance
Margaret Fournier