The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-02
FLOOD RISING
nouriy IN Pans, But !. Is Hoped she
Worst Has Been Passed
FRANCE ASKS CREDIT
More Than . Hundred Thousand
Refugees Being Cared sos by the
Government and tho Number ss
Being Increased by the hundreds
Eyezy Hour of the Day

Eyezy Hour of the Day
The food at Paris. France. con-
tinues. 4 dispatch from that city
On Thursday nigh: says another day
has passed. bu, the :nexorable tide
st;.l creeps slowly higher. each inch
OF water widely extending the area
o; destruction. desosae!cn and ruin
Although the barometer II rising
rapidly. and bright sunshins Thurs
day succeeded the raging storms.
feeling OF conservation. Bordering
on panic. prevailed wsea the ausnosl-
ties, who the day before promised
the maximum Of the aood for Thurs
day, announced that this would not
be reach until Friday morning.
The city counsel at . stormy ses-
sion Thursday nigh: charged n Lep-
inc, pre:ect OF Paris. with withheld
sng the true gravity OF tho sitoA-
tion. The precect defended his at
eidude bS saying that he was govern
ed BY the necessity OF not undnly
alarming the people.
In the meantime what Is happen
ing Is enough to strike terror to the
hearts o. all. Tho very crust Of the
city seems ready to stink into the
aooded subterranean labyrinth be-
meath. Every hour drains are burst
ing IN new localities. causing sub
si6enee OF the stree. or aulsias
them up feet above their aormas
level, while the overflow OF surface
waee. from the siver Is transform
!ag the inundated districts into for
raidaale lakes and the streets fa:o
canals.
In the Bercy quarter the wsce. IS
six feet deep In the streets. aad be
entire iecr bank OF the Sem from
above the islands 70 Au Teu.l. corr
prising the law court institute. the
fashionable St Ge.ma!ne district.
the foreign Office. the ehanoe. OF
deputies. and the Champs de Mars
ss submerged under from one to 10
feet OF water. Some OF the deputies
left the Palace Bourbon Thurse'~
night In row bosts. others ca the
backs OF attendants, The walls oi
the Inya,!aes statian are c-un5l.ES
aae both that structure aad the wing
CT the foreign once opposite a-e II
danger OF collapse, The stress sar-
rounding the St. iazare station asve
sank three feet. and the situation
there Is regarded ss cespesa.s. il
ia also feared thSt the formation
OF the two big neighborins depart
nsnt stores are being undermined
The overflow Of the broken seHsrs
into she flooded Easements. neSas-
ing the health OF the occupants &7d
the snen ot sewage Is already per
ueating the buildings. Soldiers ~:
working desperately By the aid o.
torches. disentangijns dr!ts-wooc
above the SolseG.no and Henry ~
bridges. while large forces OF men
are still engaged In building dams
TO divert the course OF the water.
There was 9 further shutdown al
electric light plants Thursday night
leaving the city n sesnt-daFkness.
Tho relief Is proceeding bravely. none
being refused food or shelter. Arch
bishop Annette has ordered prayers
IN the churches and 3 collection tax
en- CD FOR the victims
In spite OF tho crippled water sup
oly the authorities sag that the re-
seryoirs are intact and chat there
is 40 danger Of > famine II the wa
ter is hushaaded carefully and con
a,ed strictly to drinking purposes:
At the same dine warnin Is assio
issued that the water should be boil
ed.
The situation below Paris Is Be
coming appreeiaoly worse the
stretch OF water which enEulc.
Boulogne, Neuilli. Puntesux. Seve7es
Malsons-Laatte. Lepocc. and soissy.
10 widening rapidly while farther BE-
low the swollen Osse u pouring IN
new torrents over the Pontoioe Sec
ton
The weather everywhere through
ont France has amellozated AID Il +
believed that the worst OF the noot
,s mast. No Americans arc repcrte'
.s.a The artists so6 student.
sor the most part live In the Latin
Quarter. which is on high ground
and the richer Americans generally
-es;de in tho ce.Shborhood OF the
aue de L'Etoile. the highest portion
o. the city.
The boulevard life OF ths gay Par