Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-23
HOLOCAUST IN
FILIPINO CITY.
Great Fires in Manila Cause a
voritable Reign Of Terror.
BLOCKS OF HuTS BURNED.
Gndcsvor to stamp out the
Work OF Inccndiarics.

Manlina. Feb. 29.-Iast night was one
OF terror 60 the thousands ~ inhabi-
tnnta OF Manila. the rebels making good
their oft-rcpeated threats 10 the extent
OF burning scores OF buildings. wound
Ing an officer and three men by firing
through windows during the excite
mont
Al \ o'clock an inccndory fire oc-
CURED In a block Of brick buildings oc-
cupled BY chinese In the Cuile 10 CoHte.
In the santa cruz district 4 stln breeze
was blowing and the innammnblity OF
the structures caused the blaze to
spread with alarming fupliity The
city nrr department WHN huuHlUHaly in
competent. and the English volunteer
brigade from Santa Mesa was SUM
monod. and with modern engine
pumping adequate streams from the
canal. succeeded after four hours work
In getting the blaze under control.
Meantime the entire block and the
greater part OF two others across the
street were Quilted. Hundreds Of In
hhbitantH were rendered homeless. The
chinese and natives lined the adjacent
streets, while hundreds more fearing a
general connagratiou removed their
furniture and other portable goods In
every direction with a radius u a quar-
ter ~ a mile. when the alarm was FIRST
given.
Gen. Hughes personally superintcnd-
cd the police arrangements. The whole
city was thoroughly patrDlled and
guards were doubled. Every available
man was dispatched 10 the region OF
the ffe.
Impcdlmonts were placed In the way
OF he nrcmcn and the hos. was cut iivc
times. This resulted IN all the natives
being driven on the streets, those In the
Immediate Vicinity Of the blaze being
currallcd In vacant lots ana guarded
until the excitement was over. In
many instances the natives were inso-
lent. and paid no regard o. the orders
given them, ana the soldiers were c0m-
PEELED to use harsh measures. The butts
~ their rifles and their bayoncts were
freely applied.
The danger from live electric iieht
Wires ncCcHsitntcd the closing of tho
circuit IN the burning region aud the
only light IN certain parts 81 the city
was that furnished by the blaze.
shortly after midnight another big
Or" was started In the Tondo district.
where the natives are thickert. and
when the ilrcmcn ana soldiers attempt
| ed 90 work regular fuHilndc ~ rifle
| and revolver shots was Hired from the
windows and roofs ~ buildings.
The nrcmen. escorted by soldiers. pro-
cccdcd to clean out ~ houses. while
the nrr was UNDECIDED. The Thirteenth
Minnesota were reinforced by d.tach.
m-nta from the Third Infantry. Second
| oregon. the Third artillery and the
Tenth Pennsylvania. Bullets ilcw In
every direction, Ia hlinoHt every street
In the Tondo and 3onondo districts.
causing the most intense excitement.
captain Robinson Of company g. Thir-
tecnth Minnesota, and three men were
wounded.
Many tlmld persons. imagining that
| the rebels had effected an entrance
through the American lines ana were
advancing into the city. hurried fran
/ ticnlly from the hotels ana houses, only
10 be- stopped nt the nrrt conner by a
guard The sounding % native bugle
call. Immediately preceding the firing,
/ lent color a. tho story Thousands ~
/ chinese crossed the bridges and plazaa
under frc. hufrylnE with their bundles
| To- the chinese consulate. Al night
long the hrc spread throughout the
/ Tondo district, sweeping away rows NJ
houses ana devastating acres of terri
tory, The damage was inestimnhle,
with daylight punitive measures
/ were decided upon, and the Americans
/ although Tired after thelr HleepieEi
/ nights work soon cleared the district
/ ~ every native. after a slight resist
ancc.
There was some nRh;ing In the
/ streets during the night but the
Americans quickly auelled the uprls'
Ing. \ number ~ insurgents wtr,
killed and several American soldiers
were wounded
a large market place was among tho
FIRST 20 burn. between 600 and 700 rest
| denceH and business houses have beer
| burned. Fires We're started at several
points simultaneously and spread viii
great rapidlty. resisting all efforts 1,
I control them.