Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-02-01
SUN SHINES ONCE MORE AND
BELIEVED FLOOD is AT ITS
MAXIMUM.
BEAUTIFUL CITY MASS OF RUINS
Every hour Makes Situation Worse
Brave French People Believe Worst
Damage Is Past.-Auteuil Via
duct Still Holds.
THE LATEST.

Paris, Jan. 2S.-At 2:3O a. m.
the water forced its way up
y through the subway workings In :
the Rue st. Lazare, which is mum =
dated the whole of its length. In
several places the sidewalk fell In.
The subway under the Place de
ropera has collapsed, and the
sidewalk in front of the New York
Equitable society's building has
sunk in.
In the old Latin quarter the sit
y uation was critical. The sidewalk
Of the Quai des Grande Augustlns
collapsed and fell into the Orleans
company's tunnel beneath, further
extending the flood through tho
ancient streets, particularly the
Rue Jacob and around the Insti-
tute of France. =
Many sewers burst In the 18th
Advertisement, one Of the biggest
in Paris, the whole of which is
now submerged and has been
plunged into darkness on account
of the breaking of the gas mains.
The half buried lie ST. Louis,
which is connected with the lie de
La Cite by means Of the Pont st.
Louis, is likely to be totally sub
merged within few hours.
Paris, Jan. 2S.-The sun is shining
in Paris. The rain ceased throughout
the afflicted districts before noon and
as the waters of the Seine appeared
to subside the lamentations of the
population gave way to rejoicing.
The experts say that the river is
still rising. but that the maximum
flood should be reached soon The
Bercy quarter has been abandoned by
the residents.
Water Surrounds Notre Dame.
With the sun shining brightly the
temperature has moderated to a great
extent affording much relief to home
less ones. President Faineres and
Premier BRAND visited the hospitals
and other places where refugees have
been sheltered.
Notre Dame is surrounded with
water and the crypts are flooded. The
rotten palisades back of the lie ST.
Louis gave way and the situation in
the overlooked quarter back of the
Quai Bercy was rendered critical The
Quai DAusterlitz embankment gave
way with roar, flooding new dis
tricts. The waters have not yet
reached the Catacombs where rest
100000 skulls.
The stage of the waters exceeded
all records back to 1915.
Hope was given to the local authori-
ties by an early report that the Seine
was stationary at its upper reaches.
At Melum and Nogent the maximum
flood was reached during the night.
On the other hand, the river Marine
was reported as still rising and a new
and higher flood was racing down the
Yonne and the Grand NORM.
Perhaps the most alarming feature
of the situation In the morning was the
fssure at the Auteuil viaduct at the
foot of Paris. Should this give way ii
would act as dam and submerge the
entire city.
The valley of the Seine now presents
terrifying spectacle. The flood IL
miles wide for 25 miles above and the
raging torrent runs through the city
at the rate of 25 miles an hour. 1t is
flush with the parapets of the bridges
where it is not actually overflowine
them, turning streets into muddy la
| goons and choking underground work
ings Of the city to the bursting point
There are 700 miles of sewers and
two rivers, the Bievre and the Grange
Botel Betliere, under Paris. The latter
is running under the opera house,
whose combining walls are subjected to
the pressure of thousands of cubic
yards of water. Wherever break in
masonry occurs the streets cave in and
the water and refuse emerge. Thus
dozens of palaces mile back from the
river streets are flooded and the walls
of adjoining buildings have been rem.
dered unsafe. In many instances the
police have forced tenants to abandon
their threatened homes.
Paris resembles beleaguered city
The military commander in each OF
the five sections into which the me
tropolis has been divided holds his
soldiers in constant readiness for dis
patching to points of danger.
The government of the municipality
has placed the military barracks and
public school buildings at the disposal
of the refugees, who already number
more than 100000.
/ Every minute today brought a new
tale of disaster. The vault of the
/ Orleans railway tunnel gave way al
/ the Rue Gil-la Occur. Another bad
cave-in occurred in the Rue Lille
flooding the quarters of the German
embassy. The buildings of the foreign
Office are surrounded by water anC
abandoned. The main drain under the
Champs de Mars broke during the
forenoon, and the blanket of water
extended back to the Invalides, where
repose the bones of Napoleon.
Fifteen thousand laborers of the cit,
are out of work, and although sub
scriptions are pouring in 100000 hav
ing been raised, including $1,40O con
tributed by the American Chamber O
Commerce, the government decided tt
ask parliament for additional credi
to be used in relief work.
Taft Offers Sympathy.
/ Washington, Jan. 2S. - President
Taft has sent telegram to President
Fallieries, of France, expressing the
sympathy of the American people fol
the food sufferers of Paris, and ha.
rendered him needed relief through
the National Red Cross. The state de