The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-28
HOT TIME AT MANILA.
FILlPIN0S FIRE THE CITY AND TRY
TO RUSH OUR LETT
Heat Every ywhere-Night Of Terror FOL
lowed byn Morning OF Fighting-Over
Seven Hundred Buildings Burned
and Troop and Firemen Fired On


worrying tactics at various parts ot
the American line, apparently fol
the purpose Of withdrawing atten,
ton from affairs inside the city.
An attempt was made to rush
through our extreme left near Caboo-
can, but it was promptly checked by
hot and effective rifle and artillery
fire.
In tho mean time a small body Of
rebels, evidently some Of those en-
gagged last night in tho cowardly
work at Tondo, spread ont between
city and outposts. Every available
man was sent to chase them away,
with the result that there was desul
tory firing all the morning from 8 to
10 30 o'clock. The United States
double turrotted monitor Monad-
mock joined in the engagement, hurl-
ing ten inch shells over the Ameri
can line into tho bodies Of the enc
my, as. indicated by tho signal corps.
Onr casualties are ono killed and
ten wounded.
Manila, Feb. 23, $50 a. m.-Im
meLse damage has been done by
fires, which arc believed to have
been started by insurgents last
night. The fire department has ex-
perienced great difficulty in fighting
tho flames, owing to defective appa-
ratu9. 1t is reported that the ma
tIv"s have damaged tho apparatus.
There was some fighting in the
streets during the night, but it was
quickly quelled. a number of the
insurgents were killed and several
American soldiers were wounded.
a large market place was among the
first to burn. Between six and seven
hundred residences and business
houses have been destroyed. Fires
were started at several points stimuli
tancously, and spreading with great
rapidity, resisted all efforts to con-
troll them. Hundreds of homeless
natives arc huddlcd in the streets,
making the patrol duty of the Amer
leans very difficult.
Manila. Fob. %, $50 a. m.-Last
night was one Of terrors to thous-
ands Of the inhabitants of Manila,
the rebels making good their oft re-
peated threats to the extent of burn
ing acres Of buildings, woundlng an
officer aud three men by firing
through windows during tho excite
ment. At s o'clock an incendary
fire occurred in block of brick
buildings occupied by Chinese, on
tho Gallo Lacoste, in the Santa
Cruz district.
A stiff breeze was blowing and tho
inllammability Of the structures
caused tho blaze to spread with
alarming rapidity. Tho city fire de-
partment was hopolessly incompo-
tent and the English volunteers bri-
gade from Santa Mesa was sum
moned and with a modern engine
pumping adequate streams from the
canal, succeeded, after four hours Of
work, in getting the blaze under
control. Meanwhile the entire
block and the greater part Of the
others across the street were COM
pletely gntted.
a regular fusilade Of rifle and ro-
voIver shots were fired from the win
dHws and roofs Of tho buildings.
Hundreds Of inhabitants were rom
derod homeless. The Chinese and
natives lined the adjacent streets,
while hundreds moro, fearing q gen
oral conhngration removed their fur
nturo and other portable goods in
every direction, within radius of
quartor Of a mile when the fire alarm
was first givon. General Hughes
personally superint ended the police
arrangements. The whole city was
thoroughly patrolled and the guards
were doubled. Every available man
, was dispatched to the region of the
Miro. lmpcdiments wore placed in
Ne way Of the fircmen, and the hose
cnt five times. This resulted in
le natives being driven from the
IT,, those in the immediate vicin-
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