shooting a scene of Grace McHugh (qv) fording  the river on horseback her horse lost its footing and she was thrown  into the swift current. Owen Carter (qv) stopped filming and  plunged into the river to save her. Together they succeeded to  reaching a sandbar, which proved to be quicksand, and both perished.  Shooting of the picture was otherwise complete and the film was  released with the body of work by Grace McHugh (qv) and  Owen Carter (qv) intact.