Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-24
LARGE AREA OF REPUBLIC UN-
DER WATER AND SITUATION
is ALARMING.
SEINE HIGHEST AT PARIS
IN PAST 1os YEARS
Water Supply and Many Big Buildings
Observation-Disclosures Towns Sub
merged and Typhoid Epidemic is
Feared-Rain and Wind Add to Ter.
rors of Flood.


this morning. The Seine has risen nine
inches since 2 O'clock and now regis
ters 1853 metres at Point Royal This
is the highest the river has been since
1902, when it reached $50 metres, the
highest recorded in the history of
France except in the year 1916
terrible tempest of rain and wind
which broke over the city at daylight
only adds to the horror of the situation
and the suffering of the poor and
homeless. The river presents an awe
inspiring spectacle. A quarter of a
million people throng the stone para
pets of the quays, watching the yellow
tide which, crowded with drift wood,
wine casks and other wreckage, is
rushing seaward The water is almost
flush with the arches of the bridges
The municipal authorities are hopeful
the maximum stage of water will be
reached tonight. Firemen, police and
troops are working like mad at all the
bridges, disentangling the blockades re-
sulting from the floating debris, and it
is hoped all bridges will be saved.
Traffic on several of the Trailer ones.
however, has been stopped.
Water supply Menaced.
All cellars along the quays are filled
is the weakening of the foundations of
buildings along the water front by the
seeping waters. The retaining walls of
the foreign office are surrounded by
water, and the beautiful garden in the
rear Of the building is veritable lake.
The streets around the chamber of
deputies are considered unsafe for traf-
fic and these thoroughfares are forbid
den. The tunnel between the Quai d
Orsay and the Quai d. Austerlitz is a
rushing stream. The partial Gripping
of the water supply threatens the cap
ital with a water famine. The police
are notifying the inhabitants to boil
the water used for drinking purposes
to avoid danger of a typhoid epidemic.
Quarter of France Under Water.
The surface and underground rail-
ways remain partially suspended. Rail-
road traffic is utterly demoralized and
completely suspended to the southwark
of Paris. The situation in suburban
places up and down the river is deplor-
able. The lower quarters of all towns
below Paris are under water, the
streets of Auteuil resembling Venice.
A dyke near ST. German broke today,
flooding the valley far as Malmaison.
The lower portion of the Bois de
Boulogne is a blanket of water reach
ing to Bagatelle Judging from reports
received today a quarter of France is
under water.
Property Loss Enormous.
1t is impossible to estimate the prop
erty loss as the result of the floods, but
it will run into millions of francs For
tunately the loss of life is small The
eastern, central and southeastern dis
tricts of France are terribly afflicted.
Valleys and plains are inundated and
cities and towns are in darkness.
Troops everywhere have been ordered
to the work of rescue.
Water Reaches Housetops.
The water in many villages along the
Saone and Marne reaches the roofs of
dwellings. A number of factories and
mills stopped work in the Houre vail
ley. Great damage has been done the
beautiful automobile roads, which have
been washed out in many places. The
rivers Rhine and Loire are falling in
the lower reaches and the situation
greatly improved at Lyons. The gov
ernment has ordered the projects and
military commanders everywhere to
provide food and shelter for the relief
Of the suffering.
Dixie Breaks, People ImperiIed.
The dixie at SaOne all Doubs broke
this afternoon, inundating ten villages
Hundreds of persons are on the roofs
Of submerged homes crying for help
Two persons We're drowned at Chalons
Boats are being used by the rescuers