Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-29

undated homes. The prices OF necessa-
riee are advancing by leaps and
bounds as the paralysis of transporta-
| ton facilities extends. The Northern
| railroad alone of the vast network OF
railways still operates directly into the
city and the operation of this line is
threatened by the deplorable situation
at the ST. Lazare station, where the
tracks are submerged and the immense
building is in danger of falling as
result of broken water mains beneath
its foundations.
This last means of insuring subway
fra fic was interrupted for time to-
dav. when the tracks of the Belt Line
we're cngulfed at the Rue De Courcel-
les Tho roads leading to the city
were filed this morning with pedes-
TRANS coming to their work and long
PROFESSIONS of refugees bent beneath
the weight of sacks containing the re"
of their belongings that they had been
able to save. Practlcaliy dill OF THEM
are without funds.
Disaster followed disaster during the
day. A gaping chasm opened in the
lower Champs Elsyee, er1gulfng
horse and two men. One of the men
was rescued but the other with .he
horse was swept away to death.
| Towards noon the water gushed out
of the Tuilleries entrance to the Met
ropolitan subway flooding the square
| in front of the Coincide Franchise. An
attempt to keep the water down in the
section of the subway at this place
was made by using pumps through
holes bored at distant points, but WIN
| little success.
| Within the city there is practically
no means of transportation, except py
cabs and taxiautos, the owners OF
| which charge fabulous prices. Inc
steam tramways which were the only
| surface lines remaining after the elec-
| trio cars failed, were unable 10 move
today as the water had entered .le
| engine boxes. The communication NY
| omnibus and auto bus between tile
sides of the river has been suspended
owing to the unsafe condition Oh the
bridges.
| AT the Place Pereire, the main dram
exnloded flooding the subway and the
| workmen inside narrowly escaped. An
other main broke, emptvlhS us CUM
tents into the basement of the prln-
| cinHl market anu utotioS mo NAAN
| tire reserve stock of provisions. The
Place Du Palais De Bourbon where 'iie
IDENTITIES are now sitting, is nearly $50
lated. While a corporal ana TWO soluiel9
in q rowboat were trying to deliver the
orders of their commander, the podt
was swept into the Seine ana the cor
poral fell overheard. The two soldiers
sprang into the seething waters to save
| their comrade and after an exciting
effort, the corporal and one soldier
were rescued with ropes thrown by |
sailors on shore. The other soldier |
was drowned.
The authorities continue to battle
bravely with the situation but their re-
sources are becoming exhausted. The
police, firemen and soldiers who have
been on duty night and day since Mon
day are worn out and volunteers to aid
in the work of rescue and relief We're
called for today.
The improvised dykes along the |
quays have broken and the chief eff
forts are now directed to keeping the |
bridges free of accumulation of drift |
wood. Men with ropes fastened about |
them are lowered over the sides of the |
bridges into the freezing water to fur |
Their this work. Red Cross ambulances |
go changing through the street. The |
soldiers are replacing the police for |
sentinel duty, giving the city the ap |
pearance of being in a state of siege.
Offers of aid are pouring in from the |
outside. but as yet the government |
has not made any official announce |
ment as to whether such gifts would |
be aCepDta BILE
The authorities have decided to |
adopt strong measures to prevent shop |
keepers from unduly raising the price |
of food. The fear that pestilence will |
stalk in the wake of the flood is great |
and measures are being perfected to |
insure the prompt disinfection and |
of the city as soon as the wa |
tiers subsde.
touching evidence of the conditions |
above the city came today in the shape |
of an urgent appeal from Charenton !
for food and fresh clothing for 1000
babies rescued at Alfortville and Ivry
and who have been without clothing |
for four days.
The engine room of the paper mills
at Essones, near Coibeil, in Seine Eft |
Disc, is being flooded and as the mills |
there supply a good deal of the paper |
used by the newspapers, the publica- |
lions in the metropolis are in danger of |
having their supply cut off. This dam
ger is also augmented by the difficulty |
OF transporting the paper to Paris
The water is entering the cellars
OF the central telegraph building in
the Rue De Grenelle. The water is -
feet deep in the engineroom and many
cables have been submerged and para
lyzed. The Boulevard ST. German is
Hooded from the quay to the doors of
the ministry of public works and the
water is also tapping the doors of the
ministry Of war.
French stocks averaged loss Of 20
francs last week. The subway shares
dropped 60 francs and all industrials
were off but considering the extent of
the disaster. the drops are hardly as
great as anticipated.
During the day 1900 persons were 20
moved in the 18th ACCOMPLISHMENT pro
visions are being distributed there nv
boats Water is pouring into the hasa