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KalEm Company — The International Producers.
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THE BOX CAR TRAP
An Episode of the
HAZARDS OF HELEN RAILROAD SERIES
CAST
The operator at Lone Point
Gerald, engineer of the power plant
Charlie, his son, a brakeman
Jim, his boyhood friend, a sneak
Producer, J. P. Me GOWAN
. .I-IELLN I-IOLMES ..G. A. WILLIAMS
REX DOWNS
LEO D. MALONEY
Released Saturday, May 1st
SHORTLY after Charlie secures a position for Jim in the power house, an epidemic of fitting thefts breaks out. Later, Charlie discovers that his chum is tlie culprit. Jim is placed under arrest but makes his escape by knocking his captor down and hiding in a box car.
It happens that the box car is to be used to test out a newly invented brake. Jim is aware of this and maliciously determines to ruin this test. Shortly afterwards, the car is sent down hill. Inside the car, Jim removes the flooring and ruins the brake apparatus.
The box car runs wild. Too late, Jim learns that he is caught in his own trap. Unable to get out of the car, a fearful fate awaits him. Meanwhile, Helen is notified of the runaway and ordered to side track it, if possible.
The terrific speed at which the car travels causes a hot box. Before Helen can side-track the runaway it makes Elbow curve and shoots off the track, overturning as it topples down the embankment. By the time Helen reaches the spot, the box car is afire.
Screams of agony reach her ears. The girl telegrapher learns that Jim is trapped inside the burning car. Smashing a hole through the side, she braves the flames and crawls into the car. Jim, frightfully burned, drops unconscious just as she reaches him.
Exerting all her strength, Helen drags him to safety. By this time the railroad officials arrive. But Helen’s heroism goes for naught. Fatally injured, Jim dies in her arms.
Scenes That Stand Out, on the 1 and 3-Sheet 4-Color Lithographs