Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-28
Seine Continues to Rise, Down
pour of Rain Is Steady and
The Temperature FaIIinu.
DISASTER AFTER DISASTER.
Gaping Cbasm Opened In Chnmps
Elysccs, Engulfing Cart and
Two Men.

faris, Jan. 2S,-The boiling waters of
the Seine were still rising at noon to-
day at the rate of an inch and a quar-
ter an hour. There is a steady down
pour of rain and the temperature is
falling. Everywhere the situation is
apprcciably worse than yesterday
An unfortunate shift of the wind
from north to southwest, accompanied
by falling barometer and heavy rain
added new thrill OF horror to the
stricken city and country this fore
noon. Throughout the night the con-
ditlon grew more serious.
The devastation has now penetrated
the very heart of Paris. the Georgian
rivers and sewers underneath literally
blowing up the streets while the area of
the surface overlooked by the waters OF
the Seine had been doubled today
Twelve OF the % bridges over the river
have been closed and the quays on
either side of them have been roped
of as unsafe.
FLOOD is CREEPING.
The Esplanade des Invalides is q
sheet of water. The flood has crept
back almost to the Jardin du Luxem-
bourg on Its left bank and invaded tho
Place de 10 Concorde. which was closed
and guarded by soldiers. and the lower
Champs ElyseeS on the right bank
The Palais de Glace and other resorts
and restaurants are surrounded, even
the Place lOpcra at the core of the
city threatening TO sink to the subway
beneath. Cellars throughout the dis
trict from that point to the street La
zare station. comprising the Faubourg
Montmartre and the Rue Berger and
the richer sections in the Rue de Prov
ence. the Rue Drouot and the Rue
Chateau don. are filled to the street
level with water from the overflowed
subterranenn river
From tho Rue de la Grang Batelierc
only one street the Rue de la Ro-
quote. is opening into the submerged
eleventh arrondissement. necessita;irg
q three mile detour to reach the
eleventh from the ninth a-rondisse-
ment
The palace of the legion OF honor
has been evacuated. The situation in
the neighborhood OF the French in
stitute has become desperate.
Today'S papers are filed With pages
of pitifuI and terrifying details. War
would hardly play SUCH havoc. The
city of light, has become a city of
slime filled With muddy waters,
Business is, almost at a standstill and
the hotels are crowded with persons
who have fed from inundated homes.
PRICE OF -NECESSARIES.
The prices of necessaries are advanc-
ing rapidly. as, the transportation
facilities contract. The operation of the
North Railway company is threaten
ed into the city. as the tracks are
submerged
This last means OF insurjng subur
ban traffic was interrupted for
time today when the tracks of the
belt line were engulfted at the Rue
de CouricelleS,
The roads leading to the city were
filed early today with pedestrians
going to their work and long process
sions of refugees bent beneath the
weight of sacks containing the few
OF their belongings that they had been
able to save.
Practically, all are without funds
Disaster followed disaster during the
day.
A gaping chasm opened in the lower
Champs -Elysees engulfing a cart and
two men. One of the men was res
cued but the other with the horse
was swept away.
Toward noon the water gushed out
of the Tuilleries entrance to the
Metropolitan subway flooding the
square In front of the Coincide
Franchise. An attempt to keep the
water down in the section of the sub
way at this place was made by using
pumps through holes bored Mt dis
tant points but with little success
Within the city there Is practically
no means of transportation except by
cabs and taXi-eutos. the owners or
which charge fabulous prices. Inc
steam tramways. which were the only
surface lines remaining after the
electric cars failed, were unable To
move today as the wafer nau ehteieu
the fire boxes.
Communication by omnibus between
the two sides OF the river has been
suspended owing to the unsafe condi-
ton OF the bridges.
AT the Place Perelre the main drain
exploded, flooding the subway and the
workmen inside narrowly escaped. An
other main broke emptying its contsnTs
into the basement OF the principal mar
ket and destroying the entire reserve
stock of provisions
The Place Dupalais- Bourbon. where
the deputies are now sitting. is nearly
isolated While a corporal and two
soldiers in n row boat were trying 10
deliver the orders of their commander
the boat was swept into the Seine ana
the corporal fell overheard.
offers of aid are pouring I'm from
outside but as yet the government has
not made an official announcement as
to whether such gifts would be az
ccptable.
Both the government and the NIL
nicipal administration have decided TO
adopt strong measures to prevent shop
keepers from undulying raising the
price OF food but as the climax issTe-
ported the authorities appear u be
concerned with what may follow even
more than with the present situation!
The fear that pestilence Will come
after the flood Is great and arrange
mcnts are being perfected to insure
the prompt distinction and cleaning OF
the city as soon as the waters sno-
side.
rupcc McM ruAPCEn WITH