Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

| city. which is high ground and is not
likely to be flooded.
| Some of the students needed help. That
would be given by Americans. regardless
| OF their subscriptions to the relief fund.
| Blyth Branch read list of the Ameri-
can contributions received. They ranged
from $40 to $1,000, the latter sum having
! been cabled by J. Pierpont Morgan.
| Prominent Chicago citizens, headed by
0. F. Green, had cabled' asking whether
| RELIEF was needed, and stating they were
| ready 10 subscribe freely. A similar cable
was received from residents of Washing
| ton.
| c. F. Goodrich of the American Church
said the distress in central Paris was
nothing compared with that in the sub
urbs. where hundreds lack clothes and
| food. He is turning several mission halls
! into refugees for the homeless.
| Dr. Morgan of the Episcopal Church is
! planning all-American concert, which
will be held shortly at the Opera Comique.
which has been paced at the disposal Of
the American colony.
Damage Done in City.
Along the quays the city looks as
though it were besieged by an invading
army. AS matter of fact, the enemy
this time Is worse than a military force.
1t is an insidious foe. creeping almost
unseen and endangering Paris to its very
foundations.
Famous buildings, hitherto considered
las solid. as a rock. are nsW looked upon
as unsafe. Inhabitants have been COM
PEELED to vacate them hastily.
The Place de IOpera is regarded as
utterly unsafe. 1t has sunk in two
places, with the prospect of further dc
pressions before tomorrow. This Is
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Metropolitan railway which are con-
structed. one over the other, almost
Immediately over the Grand Bataller,
which runs underneath half the city
The Latin Quarter and the st. Lazare
Quarter are surrounded always by Curl
Gus crowd, which ventures as near the
danger zone as the guards will allow.
| The water is level with the Solterno
bridge, where temporary walks are being
raised with sacks of cement This is
! done today all along the quays opposite
the Louvre.
No fears are felt for the treasures in
the Louvre. The cellars contain only
about half foot of water. The stan Is
ready. night and day, to remove any
parts of the collections that are threat
ened
| The chamber Of deputies is now en-
tirely flooded and can be reached only
by boat.
The ministry OF pubic WorRS Is IN lne
same condition
At the palace Of justice all the papers
have been removed, owing to the rising
water.
The treasury offices have been invaded.
The coin and gold bars nave been re-
moved hence.
The war Office is encircled by water
and can only be reached by temporary
bridges Heat and light are stopped.
1t is thought the building VIII nave 10
be abandoned.
The cellars of the ministry of marine
| contain 61s feet of water.
At the Hotel de Vile the flood has again
reached the booking Office of the Metro
politan railway.
| Tiffany & Co.'S new premises in the
Equitable building are flooded. Pumps
fare working there. The building is not
injured.
The Coincide FRANCHISE is flooded.
Pumps are still working at the Opera
House. 1t is not considered in danger,
owing to its enormous triangular founda-
tons Performances will be held as usual,
sewer burst on the left side OF the
Boulevard des Capucines and inundated
the basement of the Marigini Theater
All the artists and the staff are assisting
in the pumping going on there.
Condition of Streets.
: The hole in the Place de rOpera is deep
ening hourly. The pavement has sunk on
| the Boulevard des Capucines. No traffic
| is allowed on the Rue de La Paix.
| There are great fears of explosion in
the Rue de Beauno. There many vub-
sidences have endangered the gas pspss.
| The water has retired from the Rae de
Havre, uncovering cracks and depress ons
| all over the pavement. The front of the
| station is completely undermined. Where
| a thin coat remains it is unable to sup
| port the slightest weight.
Though means have been found to di-
| rect the flood water to the reservoirs of
Clichy and Arsinie es, the Rue de st.
| LaZare Is still inunda ed rom the Ter
! minus Hotel. The Rue de Rome and Rue
| de la Garde are covered with thirty inches
| of water
/ Tenants in houses on these streets
are receiving food from tradespeopie
Through their windows by means Of
ropes. Some of them have left their
apa rtments.
collapse. New apartments on the
Champs de Mars have been abandoned
by their occupants.
| All the buildings in the Rue de la
Sablonniere had to be evacuated this
afternoon Sixty-nine refugees from
there are housed at the school Amiral
Rollins.
! The Porte dIvory has been closed to
all traffic. The water is rising in the
| Boulevard de la Care Many houses
| have been flooded.
Salvage work is going on, in the Avenue
Ledrurollin in the Faubourg St. Antoine.
where there is four feet of water.
| The situation is becoming more serious
| at Grenellband and Javel. There hun
dreds of the homeless refuse to leave the
| d stricts.
| Alarming messages have been received
from Neuilly, Abort. Courbevoie, Juvisy
and Ginnevilliers. The project of the
Seine visited the last named place this
afternoon.