| Show RACE AGAINST FIRE tugboat ablaze imade made for port while a fierce fire was devouring it chicago aug 22 with a fire under the deck captain crawford ran his tug tag the ira 0 smith five miles under a full bt bead ad ot of steam toward the mouth of the ri river ver it was a race of steam against fire and steam won for a time the seven men on board were in danger of being burned to death or drowned As it was five el of them were severely burned they are captain james crawford Craw lord burned about the hands and face walter A mauston Ma neton engineer elneer en scalded about the shoulders by escaping steam carl knudson and john krogman overcome by smoke and beat beang G ja H sager a contractor severely scalded about the legs aud and feet by steam while the tug was a mile or off lincoln park a fierce blase blaze was discovered in the hold of the little craft that threat ened to destroy her battling with the flames holdi boldini nir the steam at highest pre senra and sounding signals of distress on the whistle the crew worked with feverish energy while captain james crawford Or awford keeping the tug at highest speed made the run to the river thousands of cleasure lea eure seekers on the lake lakeshore shore drives at the edge of the late lake watched the exciting race against death captain crawford ordered the engines enes turned on to full fall capacity and every available man was sent to the pumps to assist in fighting the blaze every man stuck to his post and when the river was reached the flames were under control in the river the names flames again broke out but were soon extinguished by the fire boat in yosemite the fire started in a pile of kindling and waste stored near the boiler |
