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'THE WRECKER'

on BBC Home Service Basic

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First instalment of a serial-reading from R. L. Stevenson ' 's story, read by Felix Aylmer
The survivors from the brig ' Flying Scud wrecked on Midway Island, arrive one day in San Francisco. Loudon Dodd, going to buy the wreck at an auction-as he thinks-for a song, is run up to 50,000 dollars by Bellairs, a shady lawyer. (But who is behind Bellairs ?) To deepen the mystery, the survivors of the ' Flying Scud ' quit San Francisco after the auction -in a hurry. Dodd sets off in the schooner Norah Creina ' to investigate the wreck and, after a stormy voyage, reaches Midway Island. The wreck of the ' Flying
Scud ' is still there. But what will he find on her ? '

Contributors

Unknown:
R. L. Stevenson
Read By:
Felix Aylmer

BBC Home Service Basic

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