The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-25

Paris, Jan 20.-ifty thousand sol
diers. comprising the garrison of Par
Is, were placed at the disposition of
the municipal authorities to fight the
flood whose ravaGes are spreading
ruin and CONSERVATION throughout the
city
At S o'clock this morning the water
at Port Royal had touched 26 feet
above low tide and was rising at the
rate OF nearly half an inch an hour,
with the prospect OF the rise contin-
uing until midnight. The damage al
ready done is incalculable. The in
dustrlal life of the city is rapidly be
coming paralyZed. Only two sections
OF the subway railway are in opera
ton, while three-fourths of the sur
face lines are tied up. Factories are
shutting down because OF the lack of
power due to the electric plants be-
ing flooded. Half Of the telephones
in the city are out OF commission. and
railroad communication is also demor-
allied
The disaster locally is due chiefly
to the fact that the whole marvellous
underground architecture of the city.
which is honeycombed with laby-
1inths. Is fllling up with water. caus-
Ing the sewers to burst and the
streets TO cave In, and threatening
the foundation OF buildings.
The scene on tho river front Is ma
jestic but appalling. Tho stream has
broken It's barriers at several points.
und is pouring It's yellow torrents into
the surrounding streets. converting
them Into veritable lakes At any min
ute 1t may be necessary to blow up
the Alma bridge, wbero the water Ia
but few inches from the keystone
oil the arch. as 4 dam there might
turn the course OF the Seine In such
a way as 10 food several of the most
fashionable sections OF the city,
A tremendous explosion, which
awakened the stricken city at FIVE
o'clock, led to the report that the
Alma bridge had been blown up. but
the explosion proves TO have occurred
In a chemical factory eight miles
away II Is presumed that tha water
surrounding the factory came In con-
tact with chemicals. Last night the
subway stations at the Orleans ter
minus and at DUAL D'Orsay were
flooded and closed the sinking OF the
LRue De Potieres let the water
through foot and half deep into
LUniversite. streets in which live
many of the old aristocracy The
Voglrard district, near the Boucicault
hospital. also is inundated.
At noon Paris was the center OF
au area of low pressure and bitter
cold and rain and sleet were falling
throughout the flooded regions. add
Ing to the suffering of the poor and
homeless.
The price of bread and other food
stuffs has increased. owing to the fact
tba. communication with the prov
inces is crippled No trains from the
south are coming beyond Choisy lie
Roi.
The depleted supply Of drinking wa
ter has caused the greatest alarm.
with the rise of the flood but q few
Inches higher the pumping stations
still in operation must stop. and Paris.
in the midst of miniature ocean.
will he without water fit TO drink.
The situation about the twenty and
thirty suburban towns above this city
Is worse than In the capital itself
~ Clarendon, where the swollen
river Marne enters the Seine. an area
of 900 miles has been flooded The
VILE and Ivrysur Seine. with a total
population OF $4,000 Al this point
the soldiers and firemen are doing
heroic work in resculng families in
boats and pontoooS. AT Alfortvillc
the cemetery has been washed out and
oaskets. lifted from their resting
places. arc floating down stream
From Autuell to St Germaine the
~ riVarGi1H
towns are deep beneath the waters.
and soldiers are forcing the residents
10 evacunte their homes. The domes-
tic supply OF water at several towns
has been cut off.
The animals OF tho geological gar
dcns. which were in danger OF drown
ing. have been removed to higher
grounds.
Relief is being organized on a
large scale. Appeals for funds issued
Ivy the Red Cross and other societies
are meeting with generous responses.
Edmond Rostand has offered TO give
the receipts. which arc expected TO
be enormous. from the first nights
presentation OF his play, "Chanti-
oleer'
Physicians fear an epidemic when
the flood subsidies. as the overflow OF
the sewers is likely TO contaminatc
the drinking water, and rats driven
out OF their underground homes are
invading residences.
Before noon the police compelled
the evacuation OF the Hotel Palais
D'Orsay. near the Quai LOrsay. and
the surrounding houses The palace
OF the Legion of Honor Is menaced.
and an accumulation OF drift wood
above the Isle OF st. Louis threatens
tu sweep away the barrier of piles
and the Pout Des Arts.
News from the PROVINCES shows
that there is n general improvement
IN the food situation this afternoon
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