The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-29

Inc system Of SubWays Underlyino
The City.
Paris, Jan. 26.--The snow has ceas-
ed and the weather is moderating. but
the Seine is still rising, and Paris,
like doomed city, is holding its
breath in terror. Half the city is in
darkness. In the gloom galloping or
dernes are bearing instructions which
can no longer be sent by telephone.
The army Of police, firemen and SOL
diers give the appearance Of a city
ighting for Its life
Every minute brings grave dangers.
New areas are being inundated, auays
are collapsing, yawning chasms appear
IN the streets. The water of the Seine
has Invaded the system of subways,
one line Of which encircles Paris COM
pletely, while another runs from end
to end near the river course, and
branch lines seam the city in various
directions, connecting rich and Door
quarters alike. The most famous
thoroughfares Of Paris, the Rue de
Rivoli. the Champs Elysees, the Ave-
nue. du Bois de Boulogne, the Place
de POpera. the Boulevard St. Ger
main, are thus threatened with COL
lapse II, the volume of water increases
In the subterranean passages.
What new disaster will come to the
waterlegged city before the Seine be.
gins to fall no one can predict. AL
ready the damage is officially esti-
mated at. $500, 900. 900. and every
hour adds millions more. The catas-
trophe promises to exceed the limits
OF 'iational disaster and become in
ternational. The death roll also IN
growing at frightful rate, and when
the epidemic, which now appears in.
evitable, breaks out, it will run into
Thousands. Already scarlet fever has
appeared among the refugees at
Ivry. III l,S "a \, ~ t>S
ths s,lpsrsti tittaas thesa 4a,s
tssSiH o. ne appearances OF HalleyS
somets Tie, authorities are bending
4 IthsiF 2, snertfea to the rescue OF the inn
prisoitsd ana the succor OF the home
the public subscriptions opened by
the Newspapers have reached nearly
S 100 .o9o.g while the Red cross ana
| e iler ssiisf scesstes have rome ncb,y
\ Ss I z1AS sStsnt ofs the hoods la. psris
MAJ = I J 4 6{ liSesd ~ the fact that sSout
|Sl!s!f q thS lehkth sofs the quaysS within
ne city III under water which i i
EpourlnE into the STREETS, and tho,sr
sands fSf iabors,v and sol ldiers Are y
w6rasinE like mad men to d aiid ce-
|mynt walls "a hold back the current.
The Ef1tettn ofice and the Hotsi Pa
Etais essay have been ;abandoned as
ttss scsilass are fun Of water. Tho
t3nehtaI Hotel and many resi-
"a the aristocratic quarter are
being evacuated. ]. There is
|at d q! cf water fnS the subway sta
4 tio ts6nt of the care Isl: Lazare. .
Ss s sinking Of the square threat
- down the adjacent build
A. the result Of conference, Par
fahasnt III be asked to authorize an
SsxteAst6n Of time for commercial pa
per because OF the general disorgani-
zation OF busines.
Besides the failure OF the gas and
electric lighting plants, Paris is con-
fronted with an oil famine. scores OF
oil barges from Rouen are tied up In
the Seine, and the great depots Of
distribution in the outskirts OF Paris
are Hooded. The oil refineries at
Ropen are endangered. The situation
IN the provinces is no better than in
the city. as they are supplied with oil
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