The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-04-14
FIRE AND FLAMES
How American Troops
Suppressed Ineendiaries.
4 Grave ashi sarls -Tau, 1000 Bsasinss
pssiroyc, Before the tlsmss
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Iia.sg alarms ana frustrated a.tgmP's, /
,uo Oit-rcp,atcd threats OF yhe rebels
lEo lurn Manila and mass'uc cNeIg
European and American within its
As.s eliminated IN disl'troIs 'fn-'
Iaan-utiUn and an a,tcmp. 8 uprising.
|Nal.h Was promptly chelNe3. on r.o
In.ght OF washlng,On's hilTh''.. Ihat
|prog0ngeTtsu arrang Mouls lai cen
made 10 fire the city In hall . dozen
Id.Gcreut places simI 'aleJIHy There"
Icau be no dOuDt, bu. fortunately rae
plans miscarried. for various Icasons.
|aud the natives themflycs or al least
their sympathizers, lost as much, II
mot more, than those up0u wIDm They
Isought 70 wreak their yengrlnc".
\ qulc,er day than ,ha, % February
Ig2 it would be difficult to imagine.
Ian the banks and leading mercantile
houses were closed, and except for the
fact that the saloons were open %
seemed more IKE sunday than holI-
dag. the excessive heat and The con-
IdltlOn OF affairs outside having KEEP,
most people indoors. About shutdown,
however, the Town boslrrcd itself
and the streets were soon filed vita
people taking an airing before dinner,
II being the custOme here-tO dine at
2 ) o'clock and retire Immediately after
ward Just a. the long strings Of car
riagcs which daily pass and repds6
T each other on the Luncta were form
ling for the procession hOmeward a
a dcnse black column Of smoke rolled
up above the intervening roofs, and
o almost Immediately afterward an Omi-
nous red glare was reflected from th"
" SKY Murmurs Of horror were follow
N ed by sharp orders to coachmen, and
there was a wild scramble for the city
70 Even when this was reached and II
was ascertalncd that the FIRE was In
" Santa Cruz district, some distance
n from the residence section. the alarm
was not abaicd, for no one doubted
% that inccndiaries were at work ant
none KNEW " mere lll' il'hH '.AE' iiii > -
~ be started.
~ On the streets In the vicinity Of tn
fire. which was within two blocks o
30 the EscOlia, the widest confusion
rcigncd for some time, PEG srurry
10 ing here. there and everywhere. tn
~ blazo had stared IN a row Of two
story modern buildings with brIcI
DO foundations on the Gale LlcOstp, b
- the center Of tn" Chinese section, anr
% as several Of these had been free
!: within few minutes 81 each Othc
II soon assumed alarming proportions
10 The local FIRE brigade turned out will
cOmmcndab,e prOmptItudo, but Will
w more zeal lhan discretion proceeded L
M pour three tiny streams Of water from
- as many lines Of hose upon the red
DO hot brick walls OF the first building
pc fired, which was already doomed, in
Is stead Of attempting to prevent thOs
-, opposite and adjacent from igniung
ar The consequence was that by the tim
n General Hughes and his men arrived
BE- on the scene and commenced to ciea
IN the streets the fire was spreading OF
~ both sides Of the Gale Largstc and
~ stiff breeze was tanning f. forward.
n During the excitement Tie hose wa
n cut five times and other lmpcdImcnt
II placed In the way Of the Gromcn. Up
D. IN learning Of this General Hugho
~ tssucd orders t. his men to shoot tn
8 irst man who intcrfcrcd with tn
A. checking Of the flames or dttcmpLe,
a TO start others, Several natives win
n picked up burning brands and dartcC
y of with them were either FhOt or bay
a oncted by the guards, ana thcn n gen
n eral rOurd-up OF all the natives OF
ID the streets In the vicinity was ordered
n As thousands were ydcalIng theiI
!" houses and carrying off their cffccti
and the sidewalks and roadwoys WERE
q Uttered with furniture for blocks, Thu
Is was a work Of some difficulty but by
e degrees the soldiers corralod hundreds
~ OF protesting natives and hustled then
% into yards and vacant lots, where they
N were guarded until the excitement cub,
= sided.
n About . O'Clock the European vol,
u untccr fire brigade arrived on the
scene with a modern engine, and after
, three hours work the fire vas con.
e trolled Meantime the whole Of the
Il block in which the blaze originated.
j" two-thrds Of that on the opposite side
y OF the street, and a block and halt
=. west Of It had been completely Quilted
70 From a spectacular standpoint the
h fro was magnificent slight, the
= flames leapIng into the air. while mil
lions Of sparks gIIsteneI among the
rolling clouds OF smoke and fell In
golden showers upon adjacent roofs
r Scores o. fires were started by these
u sparks 20 wlndward, but as every one
: was alive 10 this danger they were