The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30

| Americans, in. the. city is injured, and
1.-THE American students in the Latin
Quarter are all accounted for,
Along the Place De La Coucorde, the
Rue Royale and the Place De l'Opera,
the greatest havoc was wrought Mag
nifcent buildings, typical OF the finest
works OF architecture. are crumblng
away. Great stretches of the boule-
wards and avenues have cared IN At
points where the water mains and con.
duits exploded. Beautiful structures OF
stone and marble are desolated. The
rcccdinc waters leave the building
walls coated with thick yellow slime
and mud. The windows are broken,
Lawns, avenues and parks are plIcd
| high with debris; swept in by the
water.
Prayers of Thanksgiving.
Public PRAYERS which were offered
mp in all the churches today, giving
thanks TO God for the dcnverance OF
the city from higher water. were con,
tinued through the night and there VIII
be no rccessions in some Of the churches
all day tomorrow.
\ wave of panic swept the suburbs
in the vicinity Of Pont National, Pout
! Austerlitz and the Jardiu Des Plantcs
when il was reported that the wild am
mails in tho zoos bad broken from their
cages These animals are nearly
starved as the flood cut off all COM
muncation and the keepers were un'
able 10 get into the parks to carry food.
| The roars Of the infuriated beasts could
be heard for nearly mile. Several
financial men were gathered in the
| Hotel RiZ tonight discussing the ap-
palliug extent OF tho calamity. All
agreed that estimates of damage made
at this time would likely he too con-
scrvative This disaster was compared
/ -. /, h. II>r,.p ltfh hstt1 1yl l. n 1r1n
the Nessina earthquake. In property
! damage the loss TO Paris compares
/ equally with either of the great dis
astcrs before mentioned. There has
been less loss of life here, fortunately,
One of the fnsuciers. speaking of af
fairs from the standpoint of a banker
said:
Financial Effect
"The destruction of so much of the
world 8 wealth means the same thing
Us the San Francisco earthquake, Also
| il mnst not be forgotten that the Cali
fornia calamity followed on thc heels of
the Boer war aud the japanese
war, which had already entailed enor.
nous drains on the financial market of
the world The result of the Paris
food is bound 10 be far-reaching II
NAV increase the money rates In Eu-
rope because Of the additional demands
which viii be made for money by
French builders. French capital IN
yestments abroad will be called in. This
Will have an enormous effect upon the
United States, as much French capital
is invested IN stocks and bonds OF
American corporations.
Continuing, the speaker said;
This process will naturally result
in a gradual decline Of the exchange
market in Paris until il reaches q point
where gold viii he freely imported. Be,
cause Of our easy mcncN conditions here
and Ia view Of tho manner in which
we have been Of late made to iquldate
Europe s debts il is quito likely that
America Will be called upon 10 bear the
bulk of the burden.
Fear Of Conhagration
"Our greatest danger now lies in
: fire. Tho city authorities are taking
extraordinary precautions To prevent q
conflagration. \ new division Of the
: police whose duty II is to patrol the
city 10 keep a lookout for fire or the
, possibility of fire has been formed -
, This was the worst day Of the dood
Tomorrow il will bc as bad The city Is
passing through the crisis of 500 years
and every danger that could confront q
nation hoVcrs over the Tavagcd city.
! the huvial department predicts that the
U crisis has been passed
Among the streets which were barred
: OF rs unsafe this evening was tho
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