Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-24
HUNDREDS ARE
HOMELESS
IN FRANCE
DEVASTATION WROUGHT
BY FAST RISING RIVERS
Flood Situation Worst in His
tory Of Countly and Rapidly
Assuming Propo 'OnS of Ma
tionaI Disaster.
fBy Morning journal Special Leased wirel

(By Morning journal Special Leased wirel
Paris, Jan. 23.--The floods tot ght
exceeded all records and are fast as
suming the proportions of national
disaster. In the north, east and west,
hundreds are homeless and ruined
Although il is impossible to estimate
The damage 1t will be very great.
The rise in the waters continued all
day. At Paris the Seine, which reg
istered 6.4S meters yesterday, had
reached 7.40 at noon today. The nor
NAL height of the river at this season
is PAS. The torrent almost touched
the arches Of the beautiful bridges
threatening destruction. The Pont des
Arts and the Pont de L'Alma are in
momentary danger
The sharp cold of yesterday led to
the hope of abatement of the floods
but this morning a heavy snow set in,
turning in the afternoon to rain, which
is still falling This aggravated the
situation and caused great suffering 70
the victims.
A dispatch from Chalons Sur Marine
says that a huge volume ~ water Is
sweeping down stream toward Paris
NJ. Lepine, prefect of Paris, took the
gravest view Of the situation.
THE weather bureau, he said,
forecasts a further rise of thirty cen
timeters tonight. / do not know what
to do in the face of this situation.
one Of the water mains. serving one
of the most populou ACCOMPLISHMENTS
burst tonight and these districts are
without water 1t is feared that the
city will be in a like condition very
soon as the flood is invading the
humping stations The compressed air
factory which supplies the elevators
in Paris has also been forced to smut
down.
one of the great engines that pump
the sewerage in the eastern section OF
Paris broke down on account OF the
flood and the sewers threaten 70 over
flow the streets. Electric light and
trolley service is out of commission IN
some sections.
The officials Of the prefecture are
finding grGat fitfierlty ifl-~ secuflRe
shelter for the homeless.
MANY persons vacated their quarters
Yesterday and about zoo more today
On tho boulevard OF st. Gernain
house is tottering and threatening to
fan on the chamber of deputies.
There is a big hole outside OF the
foreign office and the main gas plpe
in the adjoining street has broken
giving rise to considerable apprehen-
sion. The Invaldes railroad station,
next door, is partially inundated while
tha cellars of the Palais d 'Orsay hotel
ana the Louvre are flooded.
one of the few casualties reported
today was the sweeping away of a man
who was trying to drag some floating
logs from the river
The situation in the outskirts OF
Paris Is even worse than within the
citv proner. AT Alfortville, the dam
burst overwhelming 200 houses, the
people being forced to flee leaving
their belongings behind.
There are signs OF improvement III
the situation in the Loire, sthe Rhone
the Marne, the Yenne, the upper
reaches of the Seine andrthe Aube On
the other hand the Saone ana Doups
valley is one huge lake about ten mics
broad OF six villages the roofs alone
are showing above the water
The whole Champagne region IS IN
critical position Nitry-Le- Francois
in the department. of Marine stands
isolated in the midst OF a lake q mile
or two wide. All the country between
Arrigny and Larzicourt is under water
AT the latter place several houses coll
lapsed. Several villages little out
side of Marine are submerged The
damage is enormous.