The history of the Utah volunteers in the Spanish-American war and in the Philippine Islands by Prentiss A

Author:Prentiss, A., [from old catalog] ed
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Spanish-American War, 1898
Publisher: [Salt Lake City]
Published: 1900-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

spreading on both sides of tlie Calle Laeoste, and a stiff breeze was fanning it forward.

During the excitement the hose was cut five times, and other impediments placed in the way of the firemen. Upon learning of this, General Hughes issued orders to his men to shoot the first man who interfered with the checking of the flames or attempted to start others. Several natives who picked up burning wands and darted off with them were either shot or bayoneted by the guards and then a general lound-up of all natives on the streets in the vicinity was ordered. As thousands of people were vacating their houses and carrying off their effects and the sidewalks and roadways were littered with furniture for blocks, this was a work of some difficulty, but by degrees the soldiers coralled hundreds of protesting natives and hustled them into yards and vacant lots, where they were guarded until the excitement subsided,

"About 9 o'clock the European volunteer fire brigade arrived on the scene with a modern (American) engine and after three hours' work the fire was controlled. Meantime the whole of the block in which the blaze originated, two-thirds of that on the opposite side of the street and a block and a half west of it had been completely gutted.

"From a spectacular standpoint the fire was a magnificent sight, the flames leaping from the wooden structures fifty feet into the air, while millions of sparks glistened among the rolling clouds and fell in golden showers upon adjacent roofs. Scores of fires were started by these sparks to windward, but as every one was alive to this danger they were promptly quenched in their incipiency.

"Shortly after midnight, just as the weary workers and watchers were repairing to their quarters, congratulating themselves that the fire, bad though it was, had been no worse, another blaze was reflected from the smoke-beclouded «ky in the direction of Tondo. This being the most densely populated native district in the city, which had always been

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