What happens
Ranger Bill tells of Henry, a young man riding a long bus trip toward Central City, and the passengers he travels with, including Dale, a boy who admires the Rangers, and the Kavanaughs and Channings. Their driver is due to change at Naughty Pine, but the bus is delayed by a road hazard. When the rains wash out the old highway, the passengers find themselves cut off in the mountains. Henry recalls smoke signals he learned from Ranger Bill, and he sets out to signal for help. The series is a radio program in the Ranger Bill adventure series, with its original air date of January 10, 1962.
A bus travelling through mountains toward Central City, with the old highway washed out by rain and the passengers stranded in the wilderness.
Characters: Ranger Bill, Henry, Bill Jefferson, Dale, Mrs. Kavanaugh, Josephine Kavanaugh, Jill Channing, Jack Channing
Listen for: Henry's memory of Ranger Bill's smoke signals and the rescue that follows.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.