Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-01-27
MASONS FIGHT
TO SAVE LOUVRE
FROM THE FLOOD
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| Continued from page one,
be Judged bv the fact TINT ahou, bou
the length Of the dlays within tba c,,y
are under water, which is pouring ir,n
the streets, ana thousands Of laboror,
and soldiers are working like mad n
buiid cement walls to hold hack u,e
current The foreign office and the Hotel
Paals dOrsay nave been abandoned "a
the cellars are full OF water. rhe
| continental Hotel and many Residence,
In the nristocratic quarter are randi,
being evacuated. There are 10 feet Of
water In the subway station In front q,
the Care -. IAzare. and tho sinkint.
or the square threatens to carry down
the adjacent buildings
Al a conference between the official.
or IN" Chamber Of Commerce and MN
| Cochery and Dupuy. ministers " Snanro
and commerce respectively. IT was de-
cided to ask Parliament to authorize I'D,
, extension Of time FOR commercial papo~.
because Of the general DISCRIMINATION II
business.
OIL FAMINE THREATENS.
With the failure Of the gas and electric
lighting plants. Paris is confronted with
an oil famine. Scores ~ oil b.irges fro,,,
Rouen arc tied up in the Seine and TIA
great depots OF distribution in tie out
| skirts of Paris are flooded The oil re-
flneries at Rouen are endangered. Tn,
situation in the provinces IS no be,ter
than in the city, as they are supplied
with oil from Paris.
Reports received here from Rouen say
that tho ouays and fields for many mile.
are undey water. Half the town ~
Piansance, In the department OF Gers.
| IL submerged, and hundreds OF refuge,
are making their way 80 Paris. Extensits.
foods have occurred in Gironda whoa
| the rivers continue ia rise at an aiar-n-
! ing rate.
Although the river Marina was -eu9rt-
| ed stationary today At F'rejosous to tho
east Of Paris tho rivers NAVIGATION de-
! partment declares that the volume of
water rushing down from tie Yonae al
other affluents Of the Seine above
leaves no hope that the high water mar;
! will be reached before tomorrow morn
ing when the flood is expected to reach
maximum or 81 feet on a height great
or taan that II the disastrous flood OF
iSo2
BI.TND1NG snow STORM
! At the Same time the department All
mits conhieutally that it is impossible
| to preulct anything with accuracy az the
whole of France is still in the grip Of
an unprecedented storm Rain. snow and
hail are falling everywhere: the coasts
! are stormbound; and ships are fleeing
/ n 90 r..fN ri
snow storm ragged in Paris to-day and
coupled with the bitter cold added to
the general CONSERVATION. suffering and
misery Of the poor and homeless In
the face Of a national disaster. France
is giving a fine exhibition Of pluck and
solidarity. Political divisions have been
buried and the government and people
have united to solve the problem of
Jure the rage OF the elements those in
authority have devoted themselves to tina
work of rescue and of providing shelter
and food for the homeless
Every reserve of the government in.
Guiding the army was employed to-day
Boats We're requisltioned at all posts
and soldiers and tiremen worked tireless
~. Nevertheless Premier BRAND and tn.
other ministers who had not left their
posts for IS hours were unable to respond
to the appeals for help coming In from
every direction. Provincial authorities
received general instructions 20 act or
their own initiative without awaiting or.
ders from the governments
WHOLE STREETS UNSAFE.
The si,ua,io, IN paris r-as ~. ,,,,,...o,
annreciabIv from Yesterday ,yco-, .,,.
more streets had been converted ,f.o val.
low canals: more districts evao,,at.f. ,
few more pavemeuts had caynd in, er1
traffic communication was more co.u-
plctely paralvzod. one of the greatest
causes Of alarm continued to be the con-
slant rise of the subtelranean streams.
under the center of Paris. flooding eel.
lars and undermining the foundations 4
the buildings.
Whole streets have been roped of as
unsafe All of the bridges over the Sei's
are still standing but more than half Z
them nave been closed. Yesterdays pee
no. '"' "'oNe" from U.s.
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