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Show BETWEEN FIRE AXD WATER. Four Men on a Burning Tug; on Wintry Lake Michigan Yesterday. Chicago, Nov. 30. For over an hour yesterday yes-terday on wintry Lake Michigan four men stared fully in the face what seemed to he inevitable death. They were aboard the tug John Miller, which was wrapped in flames. She was running at full speed in a great circle. The men had only buckets to delay the moment when apparently they would have to decide whether they would burn or drown. The tug Welcome sighted the smoking flame from the burning tug, but the waves were running so high that the Welcome was long delayed. At last she succeeded in steaming close to the Miller, and by almost superhuman exertions took aboard the scorched and exhausted seamen. The Welcome Wel-come took tire, and onlv prompt measures prevented her destruction. The four men who escaped from the Miller were Captain Peter Berrv, Engineer .Tames Berry. Giremaa Newman, and a deckhand. The "Welcome was under commnnu f t.-ar-taiu Thomas Berry, brother of th Miller captain. The rescue took place live miles from shore. The tire is supposed to have originated m the explosion of a lamp. After driving the engineer and wheelmen from their posts, it disabled the steering apparatus, which had been set by Captain Berry to head straight for port, instead of making a huge circle thut so nearly proved the doom o himself aud men. . A. |