Troops Move Within Three Miles of Malalos
Reported yesterday troops advanced to within about three miles of Malalos as casualties mounted in the ongoing operation. Details on units and scale remain unavailable from the brief field dispatches.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1899
Page
4
Reported yesterday troops advanced to within about three miles of Malalos as casualties mounted in the ongoing operation. Details on units and scale remain unavailable from the brief field dispatches.
General Otis notes Manila operations near Malolos with MacArthur advancing from Bocave to Guiginto while reporting 70 casualties. Separately, a major warehouse blaze on Wareham Street, Boston, endangers firefighters, with heroic rescues and roof collapses as crews battle the flames.
The Norseman, a 102 crew and cattlemen aboard freighter, grounded on Tom Moore's Rock off Marblehead Neck during a gale. Marblehead life savers used breeches buoy to rescue all aboard as heavy seas and fog hindered early assistance. cargo from Liverpool to Boston include soda ash and bleaching powders.
General Otis reports MacArthur's advance reached Manila outskirts with repair work on roads and bridges delaying supplies. The column moved toward Bocave and then Bigaa, seven miles from Malolos, as enemy lines disrupted railway and telegraph. He notes lighter resistance, towns burning ahead, and good troop spirits.
Manila reports on the fifth day of fighting in the Philippines describes about three miles gained by American forces toward Malolos with rebels retreating and burning towns. Aguinaldo reportedly moves his capital to San Fernando, complicating capture prospects.
Water damage hits Morrison stock valued at 1000 and Perkins Bros furniture as fire rips through a Wareham Street building. Tenants flee from multiple floors while a front office and a vacant first floor are blamed on possible arson by local boys. Victims include Mrs. Charles A Henry and her husband fleeing from a top floor studio as smoke and collapsing glass force a risky escape.
At the Chase Refrigerator and Manufacturing Company offices in the Sudbury Building Boston a mammoth power company with ten million dollars capital is organized by New York and Boston principals Books open for stock subscription The firm aims to manufacture Liquid Air engines and motors horseless carriages trucks and refrigeration devices to apply liquid air power across industries liquid air could replace coal and gas offer cooling in homes during summer Mr Andrew J Chase a veteran Boston refrigeration businessman advocates conservative stock investment and urges calls for opinions on the venture.
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