The Sentinel=record., 1910-01-29

tNpliV DAiAiS IS SlbudtlOu, anu iullue. diately opposite, are covered; the streets in front of the Tuilleries Gar den, the Louvre and the Museum are completely immersed an dthe same condition exists in patches in the Place de La Cuncorde.
 Thence, in a rectangle, bounded by the river and the Avenue Champs Elysees, is sheet of water surround ing the Gran dand Petit palaces four feet in depth.
 Below the Trocadero the flood wid- ems until at Auteil 1t reaches back half mile
 On the left bank of the Seine the water is generally deeper in the flooded districts. Beginning above thecity it covers a major portion of the thirteenth arondissement back as far as the Gobolin factory and thence. except for St. Geneyieye Hill, on which the Pantheon is situated, it is bounded by St. Germain boulevard to point back of the Palais Bourbon.
 This district is called the old Latin quarter and comprises the law courts, the institute Des Baux Arts, the Ma zarin Palace and Scientific Publishing House. Further below the water sur roundc tha foraio, ,eeioo on.l s...o..-. back across the Esplanade Des In- valides and from that district to the Champs Des Mars, where the Eifel tower stands. Transverse streets. like Bonaparte, throughout this area, are under from two to five feet of water and are only accessible by boats.
 The number of the refugees arriv- ing here is enormous, Charenton alone sending in SS,000, who had come there from Calais and other afflicted points.
 Many thrilling rescues are reported. The faher of NJ. Barthou, former min ister of public. works, whose home in the avenue Antine is surrounded, were taken out on the back of soldiers and rescued in boats. A large number of schools are closed because of lack of heat and the municipality is consider ing the advisability of closing all of them.
 Practically all of the flooded sub urban towns above and below Paris tonight are without light and several of them without water. Their inhab- itants are hastily leaving.
 The chamber of deputies held a sit ting today in the water beleagurei Palais Bourbon, believing that an ad- journment or transfer of their act. ivities to Versailles, as had been sug- gested, would only serve to increase the popular panic Parliament today voted bill extending business notes one month.
 Messages of sympathy and offers of assistance are pouring upon the gov. ernment from individuals and socie- ties all over the world.
 The French government is deeply touched by the expressions of sym pathy that have been received from abroad. King Victor Emmanuel and the Italian cabinet have sent mes sages of condolence and Pope Plus has transmitted $6,000 to Monsignor Amiette, the archbishop of Paris. for use among sufferers in his archdio cese. Emperor Nicholas and the king of Belgium also have sent $2,o0O each for the poor of Paris. In addition public subscriptions have been opened in Belgium for the flood sufferers.
 Expressions of sympathy are com ing in from England, Germany and Austria, and President Simmons of the Chamber of Commerce in New York, has telegraphed the American chamber a message expressing the profound sympathy of the New York chamber in the terrible disaster. The American chamber here immediately replied, thanking Mir Simmons and saying that his message ~nad gone straight to the hearts of the French people
 The plrblic services continue badly crippled. the mails slow and uncer- ain, telegraph lines down in every direction and communication with England, Holland. Denmark and Aus tria and many of the cities and towns in France are completely cut of. The telephone has been abandoned in the city of Paris.
 New districts are being flooded con. stantly and the people are evacuating blocks of buildings. Several hospitals where sick and numbers of refugees were taken, are in dreadful plignf due to water having reached tAeis cellars and quenched the furnace fires
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