The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-02-01
FEW LIVES
LOST IN PARIS
A Remarkable Feature OF the
Floods
PREVENTION OF DISEASE
Now the Aim-Polluted Water Supply
the Chief Peril-orders Issued That
All Water Used Must Be
Boiled.
PREVENTION OF DISEASE

fafiai heh. Iron mlQhl8hb MhtN
noon yesterday, the subsistence Of tie
river Seine avetaged only about third
Of an inch an hour. The weather, how.
ever, continued favorable. with d rising
barometer The temperature was slight
liy lower. The recession Of the waters
10 some Of the streets was noticeable
during the forenoon. The situation at
critical points was amehorated to a con
siderable extent yesterday, notably in
the peighborhood af the st. Lazare sta
tion. The engineers now hope to be able
within a few days to shore up the under
ground workings, and to prevent Che coll
lapse Of streets and buildings, which has
appeared imminent for several days
beginning yesterday morning, tie au-
thorities concentrated their efforts on tho
restoration Of the crippled public services,
the repair Of telegraph cable and tele.
phone lines ard the re.establishmeut 81
the now demoralirsd railroad communi.
cation. There is no prospect Of restoring
the electric light and power systems ths
week Preparations have been perfected
for cleansing and disinfeeting the city.
President Roux Of the pasteur institute,
ID conference with other experts. has
decided upon series u measures which
viii be carried ont BY the sanitary of.
cisls. The principal danger is considered
to Be from the polluted water supply.
The health authorities have caused
house. toAlouse canvass 70 Be made, warn
ing the occupants against reoeoupying
rooms which have been flooded until the
same have been disinfeeted, and giving
instructions that water must Be boiled
before being zsed AZ the deposits 81
mud left b. the waters are removed
from houses quicklime win be plenti-
fully used and the floors and walls
cleaned and whitewashed or painted
d., Debove. dean Of the medical faeul
ty Of the Academy Of Medicine, was com.
parativsly optimistic yesterday He says
that the pest 81 malarial diseases which
enter the blood through the respiratory
organs can be avoided The principal
danger is from typhoid, the germs Of
which may be received through the al
aestive channels, # the impure water Is
drunk. The reciting Of public prayers
continues in the churches Sunday the
image Of S. Gensvieve patron saint Of
Paris, was carried ny q solemn procession
81 Catholics through the afflicted ais
tricts on the left bank Of the Seine
Messages Of sympathy and financial con-
from abroad are still pouring
il. The en- Bias yesterday proposed that
The municipality have q medal t. be
called the medal Of Paris struck for
bestowal upon food heroes. Armed de-
1t the military win be held
ia the inundated districts within and out
side tho city. until normal conditions are /
restored, to prevent pillaging
Among the numerous sums cabled dit
FEET from the United States were geo 600 |
from the STANDARD oil company $4,000
from SpeyeF a Co, and $4,000 from
Frank J. eouId
II was officially announced that the
total fail Of the river Up to noon Was
Two feet. The sidewalk at the corner
of the Rue CaumaTtin and the Rue ST.
Iazare fell into the subway yesterday
No one was injured Ehe small loss 81
life throughout the period Of disaster is
! surprising feature.
The luvial department estimates that
{ viii be two weeks before the Seine
sas returned To it, normal state FIX
siting rowhoat pursuits after criminals
81 the outskirts Of the city occurred
sunday night IN several instances the
spaohes were ared upon BIZ their pursaers
Ind three were shot dead Two others
we're hanged from lampposts as exam
lies 81 the fate in store for those detect
d in aSts Of pillage and violence The
women 81 the French nobility are play
ng an important part IN the work d
.aliof
j. is predicted that there win be a
'urthor fall Of sixteen inches il the Seine
y noon to-day The Marne has dropped
.hree feet from it's crest at Chalifert
md the Seine has reeeded equally st
dontereau The Yonne remained sta.
ionaTy yesterday