The Wrecked Station

The Wrecked Station — Plot

Helen, the telegraph operator at Lone Point, receives a telegram for Sydney Wayne, superintendent of the Graham Gravel plant, advising him that the plant has changed ownership and that Stanton Grey accompanied by his daughter Edith, is on his way to Lone Point to inspect the property. Wayne is startled because he has gambled away the company's money and realizes that his books will not balance. Fortune appears to favor him when Grey is carried into the station unconscious as the result of an automobile accident. He extracts Grey's wallet from his pocket but Cole, the gambler, who has trailed Wayne gets a photograph of him in the act. With the photographic evidence, the gambler tries to blackmail Wayne.

• Release date
• January 20, 1917
• Runtime
• 12 min
• Genres
• Thriller
• Director
• Walter Morton

The Wrecked Station — Cast

Helen Gibson Helen, Operator at Lone Point George A. Williams Stanton Grey

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George Routh Sydney Wayne, Superintendant of the Gravel Plant

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Ethylyn Chrisman His Daughter Edith

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Richard Johnson Cole, a Gambler