The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
NATIONS
BUSINESS
PARALyzED
But Paris is "the Gay"
Again, in Face of
Calamity.
1000, 900 ARE HOMELESS
Three Million Dollars Al
ready Donated for
Relief.

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0ARiS, Jan. 29.-Tonight the
Seine is recedins. 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 stu
pendous task Of repairing with hu-
man agencies the work done by the
wall Of water that swept down on
the gayest capital of Europe. Home
less thousands-there were 10000
of them in Paris aIone-have been
told that they may reenter their
homes, army engineers having COM
pIeted a thorough examination Of
the city and ascertained that with
few exceptions there will be no
further collapse of buildings.
No step yet taken has done so
much to restore public confidence
and allay the wild fears of
Parisians. To be allowed to reenter
their flooded homes was proof to
the Parisians that the river was
falling and they made merry when
the soldiers told them the news.
$4,000 900 DONATED FOR RELIEF
Advices from the government
and the various civic organiza-
tions show that already more than
| 100000 has been donated to the
flood sufferers of France by the
foreign nations, and the taking OF
subscriptions has just begun.
LIFE OF NATION PARALYzED
Paris is not alones'in its suffer-
ing. From all over the nation come
belated tidings of towns and viii
lagos obliterated by the floods.
Farms and vineyards, the life of
the nation, were inundated, and 1t
will be months before they can be
retilled.
In the knowledge that the flood
damage has been relatively as
great along all the rivers as it has
been in Paris, the figures are ap-
palling. The damage in the city
of Paris is conservatively esti-
mated at $40,000.000. This is only
a rough estimate made before the
waters have receded far enough to
tell how badly the finest structures
in the city are damaged.
LOSS TWO HUNDRED MILLIONS
Throughout the nation a most
conservative estimate of the loss is
5000 200, though it will probably
far exceed that amount. Three hum
dred thousand people are known
to be homeless, and half the coun-
try is cut off from communication
with Paris and it's environs.
In the capital alone a fair esti-
mate of the damage may be gained
from the fact that the great SUBJ
way system is flooded. There are
80 miles of subways in Paris, built
at cost of $965,0OO a mile. The
damage will probably be greater in
these arteries of traffic.
In several places whole streets
have caved into the underground
thoroughfares.
HOMES OF t,000,0o DAMAGED
Sixty miles of streets in Paris
are obstructed by reason of the
flooded condition of the river.
cave-ins and collapsed houses,
The homes of at least 1000, 900 per-
sons have been damaged
One hundred miles of sewers In
Paris is still flooded and it will
be some time before the river has
receded sufficiently for the sewers
to discharge their contents. Il Ia
feared that when the water, with
its sustaining power, passes out OF
the sewers there will be more
cave-ins. 1t is estimated that 200
villages and towns in the neighbor-
hood of Paris have sustained heavy
losses. Summer homes OF the
wealthy along the banks of the
Seine have suffered irreparable
damage.
MORGAN GIVES $4,000
Already $4,000 has been sub.
seribed by Americans. j. p. Nor
gan donated $4,000. The firm OF
Hartji, the Paris branch OF the
Morgan banking house. gave $1,000,
American Ambassador Bacon con,
tributed $4,000, while James Hazen
Hyde gave $1,000. An unnamed
woman in Sar Francisco donated
$1,000.
CARNIVAL AMIDST FLOOD
Despite the terror of the past
week and the incalculable property
loss. Paris refuses to be gloomy.
Along the boulevard Montmartro
end In the Latin quarter a great
c<rnival was carried on tonight,
cafes. restaurants and dance halls
being lighted with candles, lamps
and acetyline lights and Japanese
lanterns while the apparently care-