

During filming of a scene where soldiers were required to break down a locked door, the extras fired at the door using live ammunition to give the scene more realism. suffered serious burns to his face and hands when a prop pistol exploded upon being fired. Future film director Erich von Stroheim fell off a roof and broke two ribs in one scene as an extra. Carter received a posthumous Carnegie Hero Award for his rescue efforts. The rest of the film crew watched helplessly as they were sucked into the sandbar and drowned. He dragged her onto a sandbar that was reported to be quicksand. When the boat capsized, camera operator Owen Carter immediately jumped into the river to save her. On 1 July 1914, while filming on location in Canon City, Colorado, cast member Grace McHugh was filming a scene where her character was crossing the Arkansas River in a boat.
