The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-30
The Seine Recedina.

The Seine Receding.
IGate City Leased Wire Service.]
PARIS, jan 29.-Tonight the Seine j
is receding. Slowly at first. but more
rapidly as the volume grows less, the
waters are making their way back
into their natural banks Within a
few days the flood will be over and
Paris and all France will face the
stupendous task of repairing with hui
man agencies the work done by the
wall of water that swept down on
the gayest capital in Europe.
There were 10000 homeless in Par
Is. They may re-enter their nomes.
army engineers having completed
thorough examination of the entire
city and ascertained there will be no
further collapse Of buildings. Even
where the first floors OF houses a-e
under water the government is allow
ing the householders to resume occu-
pancy No steps yet taken have done
so much to restore puDiic confidence
and allay the wild fears Of Parisians.
To be allowed to re-enter their
.1OONCu uOlllCliSS 0ao plOSi W FNAt~
Parisians that the river was falling
and they made merry when the sol
diers told them the news.
Advices from the government and
the various civic organizations show
that already more than s3,o00,0oO has
been donated to the food sufferers of
France by the foreign nations and the
taking of subscriptions has just be-
gun.
Many Towns obliterated.
From all over the nation come be-
lated tidings of towns and villages OBJ
liberated by the floods. Farms and
vinyards the life of the. country. were
Inundated and it will be months be-
fore they can be retilled.
1t is impossible to gain accurate IN
formation as to the extent of the dam
age throughout the republic, because
the telegraph communication is para
lived and train service Is in nearly
as bad condition
In the knowledge that the flood
damage has been relatively as Srea1
along all tile rivers as it has been II
Paris the figures are appalling. Tht
damage in the city of Paris is conserv
atively estimated at S40,000,0O0. Thi:
is only a rough estimate, made before
the waters have receded far enough t.
tell how badly the finest structures II
the city are damaged.
Throughout the nation most con
servative estimate of the loss is 5000
100000, though it will probably ia
exceed that amount
Three hundred thousand people ar
known to be homeless and half tn
country is cut off from communica
ton with Paris and its environs.
Subway Damage.
In the capital alone, a fair estimat
Of the damage may be gained fror
the fact that the great subway syster
is flooded There are thirty mile
of suhways in Paris erected at cos
of 100000 mile The damage VII
probably be great in these arterie
of traffic. In several places Who'll
streets have caved into the under
ground thoroughfares.
Sixty miles of streets in Paris ar
obstrrcted by reason of the flood an
condition Of river cave ms and co
lapsed houses The homes of at leas
100000 persons have been damaged
Where the foundations are not veal
ened, furniture on the lower floors ha
been saturated with the water an
slime,
One hundred miles of sewers !
Paris are still flooded and it will b
some time before the river has r.
reded enough for the cellars to dis
charge their contents. 1t is feare
that when the waters. with its sI!
tanning power, passes out of the sew
ers there will he more cave-ins.
II is estimated that 200 villages an