The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-28

lie school buildings at the disposal OF
the refugees who already number, 1t is
estimated, more than 100000.
Fifteen thousand laborers of the
city are out of work and though sub
scriptions are pouring in, 100000 -av-
ing been raised last night. and OF
which S1,400 was contributed by the
American chamber of commerce, the
government today decided to ask par
lament for an additional credit to be
used in relief work
NEW TALES OF DISASTER.
Every minute today brought a new
tale of disaster At o'clock the
vault of the Orleans Railway tunnel
gave way at the Rue Gia le'Couer.
Another bad cave-in occurred in the
Rue Lille, flooding the quarters Of the
German embassy. The buildings of
the foreign office were surrounded by
water this morning and were aban-
doned. The main drain under the
Champs de Mars broke during the
forenoon and the blanket of water eX-
tended back to Invalides, where repose
the bones of Napoleon.
Several subsidences have occurred
in the Place de la Concorde, the Rue
st .Honore and the Rue de Lappe
The easements of the grand palace
and the home Of President Falleries
are surrounded with water. Whole
sections of the city, including the ST.
Lazare subway station, have been
roped off. The boiling waters between
the Pont Au Change and Pont Notre
Dame indicate that the roof OF the
subway underneath has collapsed.
The curator of the Louvre Museum
said today that although the basement
of the building had been inundated.
the statuary hall was six feet above
the level Of the water and the sculp-
lures and engravings on the first
floor were in no danger at ALL Imme-
great Danger to the Institute de
France, the home of the Academic
Franchise, which was surrounded by
the waters, as was the Mazarin palace,
whose valuable art collections were
hurriedly moved to the second story.
The region in the neighborhood OF
the law courts and the prefecture OF
police were flooded and chairs and
tables were drifting about. The wa
tiers invaded the court of ST. Chapelle.
the most glorious gem of Gothic archi-
lecture in France, and the lower floor
of the historic conciergerie was
flooded
In the midst of new and alarming
developments and shortly before noon
and before a dismayed crowd that was
watching the water gauge at the Pont
Royal it was noticed that for ten min
utes the food remained stationary,
and at noon it actually began to sub
side. By 1890 o'clock the waters had
fallen ga of an inch, and the watchers
shouted for joy. The glad tid1ngs
passed from mouth to mouth and soon
the entire quay was ringing with
cheers. The news spread like wild
fire along the quays, turning exIama-
lions of horror to shouts of jubilation.
The work Of building temporary
dykes back Of the parapets, which had
been begun at daylight, did not cease
for moment. In many places the
soldiers labored in three feet OF wa
ter, damming the openings in the para
pets and constructing great holding
dykes of stone and cement Between
the Place de la Corcorge and Avenue
d'Alexandre where the water had be-
gun to flow over the parapet, 1000
men wer busy erecting a wall in the
middle of the road to keep the waters
out of the Champs Elysee quarter.
AGAIN RISING.
At 3 o'clock the river had risen two
inches since the subsistence at noon.
The water was forced back above the
Pont d'Alama and poured into the
Cours de LaReine, which is now sub
merged to a depth of two feet. The
residence of United States Ambassa-
dor Bacon has become untenable and
the family has removed to the Mer-
cedes hotel.
The Red Cross Society. which has
received a substantial check from Am
bassador Bacon, today established
soup kitchens for the destitute at a
hundred points. This afternoon Mr..
Bacon called upon Foreign Minister
Pirchon and informally rendered the
sympathy Of the American govern
ment and people. The diplomat also
asked If financial assistance from
abroad was desired.
J. P. Morgan has cabled from New