Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-28
RISES TWO INCHES.

Ia hurry OF JOY AT noon was loiloWeu
By Uessimism as the waters continued to
rise.
RISES TWO INCHES.
At O'Clock the river had risen two
tnches since the subsistence at noon. Water
was forced back above the POnt de TAlma
and- poured into the Cours-de-la-Reine,
which IS now submerged TO a depth o.
two feet. The residence OF United States
Ambassador Bacon has become untena-
BILE. and the family has removed TO the
Mercedes hotel
The Red Cross society. which has re-
ceived a substantial check from Ambas-
sador Bacon. today established soup kitch-
ems for the destitute at a hundred points.
This afternoon Mr.. Bacon called upon
Foreign Minister PichOn and informally
rendered the sympathy OF the American
government and people. The diplomat also
asked il financial assistance from abroad
was desired
j. p. Morgan has cabled from New
York rendering $4,000 IL outside contribu-
tons TO the relief fund will be accepta
bic.
The stunt was shining in Paris
today. The rain ceased throughout
the afflicted districts before noon
and as the waters OF the Seine appear
ed TO subside it was hoped that the
worst was over.
The subsistence at noon continued
for 80 minutes. amounting to "a of an
inch Later IL was claimed that the fall
was due to the rapid overflow into the
Bercy quarter from points where the
Seine had broken its barriers. Experts
said that the river was still rising this
afternoon but that maximum food
should be reached at o'clock. The Ber-
cy quarter has been abandoned by the
residents The temperature moderated
today to q great extent. affording much
relief to the homeless.
Notre Dame was surrounded with wa
ter today and the crypts We're flooded.
The rotten palisades back OF the lie St.
Louis gave way and the situation in the
overnowed quarter back OF the. DUAL Ber-
cy was rendered critical During the
forenoon the Quai d'Austerlitz embank-
ment gave way with a roar. flooding
new districts
CATACoAIBs STILL SAFE
The waters have not yet reached the
Catzcombs where rest six million skulls
This afternoon the water Is backed up
into the St Lazare station flooding the
railroad terminus Firemen are trying
TO pump out the water that has covered
the tracks
The river Seine, whose food has caused
death and destruction during the past
few days. was stationary at noon today.
The stage of the waters this morning
exceeded all records back to 1915 and up
TO II o'clock the river continued to rise
at the rate OF three-quarters Of an inch
an hour.
Hope was given to the local authorities
by an early report that the Seine was
stationary at its upper reaches At Me-
lun. Nogent and Bray the maximum
flood was reached during the night On
the other hand the river Marine was re-
ported as still rising and a new and high
er food was racing down the YOnne and
the Grand NORM
Perhaps the most alarming feature OF
of the situation in the morning was the
assure at the Autueil viaduct at the foot
OF Paris. Should this give way 1t would
act as q. dam and submerge the entirs
city.
SEINE VALLEY AWFUL SIGHT.
The valley OF the Seine now presents
q terrifying spectacle The food is miles
wide for . miles above. and the raging
torrent runs through the city at the rate
of s miles an hour. II is flush with the
parapets at the bridges where IL is not
actually overlooking them, turning streets
into muddy IagOons and choking under
ground workings to the bursting point.
There are 100 miles of sewers and two
rivers. the Bievre and the Grand Botel
Betliere. under Paris.
The latter is running under the opera
house, whose combining walls are subject
ed TO the pressure OF thousands OF cubic
yards OF water. Wherever a break in ma
sorry occurs the streets cave I'm and the
water and refuse emerge. Thus dozens OF
places mile hack from the river streets
are flooded and the walls of adjoining
buildings have been rendered unsafe. In
many instances the police have forced
tenants to abandon their threatened
homes.
PARIS A BELEAGUERED CITY.
Paris today resembles a belea guered
city. The military commander in each
of the five sections into which the me-
tropolis has been divided holds his SOL
diers in constant readiness for dispatch
TO points Of danger. The government of
the municipality has placed the military
barracks and public school buildings at
the disposal of the refugees who already
number. IL is estimated more than lOO.-
0Oo
Fifteen thousand laborers Of the city
are out of work and though subscrip-
lions are pouring in, $4,000 having been
raised last night. OF which s1,4OO was
contributed by the American chamber
of commerce, the government today de-
cided to ask parliament for an addi-
tionaI credit TO be used in relief work.
Every minute today brought a new
tale of disaster. At S o'clock the
vault OF the Orleans railway tunnel gave
way at the Rue-Git-le-COeur. Another
bad cavein occurred in the Rue Lille.
flooding the quarters of the German en-
bassy The buildings Of the foreign Of
fee were surrounded by water this morn
ing and abandoned The main drain I'M
der the Champs-de-Mars broke during
the forenoon and the blanket OF water
extended back TO Invalides, where reposc
the bones OF Napoleon
several subsidences have occurred in
the Place de Ia COncorde. the Rue St
Honore and the Rue de Lappe.
PRESIDENTS HOME FLOODED.
The Easements OF the grand palace and
OF the home Of President Fallieres are
filed with water. Whole sections OF the
city including the St Lazare subway
station. have been rOped of The boiling