The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-28
SEINE HIGHEST
IN 295 YEARS
STAGE OF PARIS FLOOD WATER
SURPRISES THAT OF 1902.
RIVER STOPS RISING AT NOON
II a Fissure at Autui Viaduct Should
Give Way, the Whole City Would be
Submersed-seine Valley Presents
Terrifying Spectacle.

Submersed-Seine Valley Presents
Terrifying Spectacle.
Paris, Jan. 27.-The sun is shining
in Paris today. The rain ceased
throughout the afflicted district before
noon. and as the waters of the Seine
appeared to subside, the lamentations
of the populace gave way to rejoicing
At II o'clock the gauge showed a
decrease in the waters of the Seine at
Pont Royal. The subsistence continued
for thirty minutes, amounting to three
fourths of an inch. Later it was claim
ed that the falling was due to the
rapid overflow into the Bercy quarter
from Paris, where the Seine had brok.
en- its barriers.
Later in the afternoon the fluvial
department predicted further rise of
eight inches before the crest of the
flood in the river Seine was reported.
The furry of joy at noon was followed
by pessimsm as the waters continue
| to rise.
This afternoon the water backed up
into the St Laraze station, flooding
the railroad terminus. Firemen are
trying to pump out the water that has
covered the tracks. At 3 o'clock the
| ri boI nj h.,
subsistence at noon.
| American Ambassadors Home Flooded
The water was forced back above
the Pont De LAlma and poured into
the Cours Ola Refine, which is now
submerged to depth of two feet The
residence of United States Ambassador
| Bacon has become untenable and the
family has removed to Mercedes no.
tel. There have been further cave-ins
in dozen streets and avenues.
The afternoon papers print in black
type a warning to the public against
drinking the water of the flood or eat
ing stale vegetables and fruits.
The water is three feet deep in most
of the subway lines and the streets in
the fashionable St Germaine quarter
are submerged.
American Sympathy Extended.
The Red Cross society, which has
received substantial check from Am
bassador Bacon, today established
soup kitchens for the destitute at a
hundred points. This afternoon Mr..
Bacon called upon Foreign Minister
Pinchon and informally rendered the
sympathy of the American government
and the people. The diplomat also
asked if financial assistance from
abroad was desired.
]. p. Morgan Offers $4,000.
j. p. Morgan has cabled from New
York rendering $4,000 if outside con
trbutions to the relief fund would be
acceptable.
The foundations of the National pOr,
celain factory at Sevres are sinking.
The stage Of the waters this morn
ing exceeded all records back to 1915
and up to IL o'clock the river con.
tinued the rise at the rate of three
quarters of an inch an hour.
Hope was given to the local author
tiles by an early report that the Seine
was stationary at it's upper reaches
At Melun, Nugent and Bray the maxi
mum flood was reached during the
night. On the other hand, the river
? Marine was reported as still rising and
f new flood was racing down the
Yonne and the Grand NORM.
f Whole City Might Be Submerged.
t Perhaps the most alarming feature
=. of the situation in the morning was the
fissure at the Autuil viaduct, at the
>. foot of Paris. Should this give way II
t would act as a dam and submerge the
r entire city.
. The valley of the Seine now presents
V a terrifying spectacle. The flood il
Y miles wide for twenty-five miles above
0 and the raging torrent runs through
i the city at the rate of twenty-five mile!
u an hour. 1t is flush with the parapet'
d of the bridges where it is not actually
overlooking them, turning streets int
n muddy lagoons and choking under
!. ground workings to the bursting point
y There are 700 miles of sewers ant
/, two rivers, the Bievre and the Grange
e Botel Bellere, under Paris, The latte
is running under the opera house
whose combining walls are subject t.
the pressure of thousands OF cubi
d yards of water. Wherever a break il
S masonry occurs, the streets cave il
l. and the water and refuse emerge
d Thus dozens of palaces a mile bacl
s from the river streets are flooded an,
a the walls of adjoining buildings hav
k been rendered unsafe. In many in
!. stances the police have forced tenant
}, to abandon their threatened homes.
d Rescue $500 Persons.
y Clarendon, France, Jan, q. - TIL
T. flood situation here continues critica
y Blue jackets and soldiers with thei