The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-26
sy Associated Press.


Paris, Jan. 25.--Floods have devas-
tated large part of France and the
Seine is now raging torrent and
rising at the rate of more than an inch
an hour, indicating increasing misery
and destruction. The official estimate
tonight is that the Seine will be at
least fifteen inches higher by tomor-
row afternoon. Victims OF the tiood
number more than one hundred thou
sand and the monetary loss is incal-
culable. Thousands of the poor are
ruined and fleeing to Paris. The gov
eminent has requisitioned the army
and navy for material to house the
sufferers and boats for the rescue OF
the stricken, as well as those 1mpr1s-
oned in houses in the flood centers on
all sides OF Paris.
Fifty thousand soldiers comprising
the garrison of Paris were placed at
the disposition of the municipal
authorities this morning to fight the
flood whose ravages are spreading
ruin and destruction throughout the
city.
INDUSTRIES PARALYZED.
The damage already done is incaI-
culable. The industrial life of the city
is rapidly becoming paralyzed. Only
two sections of the subway are in op-
Grafton, while three-fourths of the sur.
face lines are tied up. Factories are
shutting down because of the lack OF
power due to the electric plants hav-
ing been flooded. Half of the tele-
phones in the city, are out of commits
sion, and telegraph and railroad com.
munication Is demoralized.
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the fact that the whole marvellous un-
derground architecture of the city,
which is honeycombed with labyrinths,
is filling up with water, causing sewers
to burst and the streets to cave and
threatening the foundations of build
ings. The scene on the river front is
majestic, but appalling. The stream
has broken it's barriers at several
points and is pouring it's yellow tor
rents into the surrounding streets,
converting them into veritable lakes.
At any minute it may be necessary to
blow UP the Alma bridge, where the
water is but few inches from the
keystone of the arch, as dam there
might turn the course of the Seine
away as floods several of the most
fashionable sections of the city.
SUBWAY STATIONS FLOODED.
During the night the subway sta
tfons at the Orleans terminus and at
Quai d'Orsay were flooded and closed
and the sinking OF the Rue de Poiters
let the water through foot and half
deep into the Rue de Lille and the Rue
de FUniversite, streets in which live
many of the old aristocracy. The
Vaugirard district near the Boucicault
hospital also Is inundated
The weather grows worse rather
than better, and at noon Paris was the
center of an area of low pressure and
bitter cold, and rain and sleet are fall
ing throughout the Hooded regions.
adding to the suffering of the poor and
homeless ones. The price of bread
and other food has increased owing to
the fact that communication with the
provinces is crippled. No trains from
the south are coming beyond Choisy-
Le-Roi. The depleted supply of drink
ing water has caused the greatest
alarm. With the rise of the flood but
a few inches higher pumping stations
still must stop and Paris, in the midst
OF a miniature ocean, will be without
filtered water to drink. The situation
at between 20 and 80 suburban towns
above this city is worse than in the
capital itself. At Charenton. where
the swollen river Marne enters the
Seine, an area of geo square miles has
been flooded. The submerged district
includes Alfortville and Ivry-sur-Seine,
with total population of $4,000. At
this point the soldiers and firemen are
doing heroic work in rescuing families
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