Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-27
The Flood In Paris.

The Flood In Paris.
Paris, Jan. 27.-Wilh The thermome
ter below the freezing point and the re
lentless river Seine contir uing its de
vastatiDg progress toward the top of tb
retaining walls, Paris awoke today t,
what may prove the most terrible day II
Its history, aside from the crisis pre-
sented BY war.
What the end OF the unprecedented
flood will be no one can say, but 1t Ii
enough to know that never before hal
the gay capital been SO cruely amitten Ii
physical wsy.
Miles Of the bonleyRrds, one OF The
oity's chief points OF pride, have beer
washed away; many Of the most notable
structures 10 the city. to see which tray
elers have been wont to come from The
corners of the earth, have already suff.r.
ed heavy loss and are in danger of col.
lapse; fifty thousand are homeless and
aubsisting on SCENT provisions Furnished
by the city. the industrial life of the city
Is completely suspended, and the ont
thought in The minds OF the peopls "a
the lmminence ofa staggering calamity
that may yet come II the Seine continue;
its rise.
The stsge of The Seine is now % feet
2 inches. The river Is over tho archie:
OF the Pout Royal.
The United Press correspondent Wit
messed novel sight today of flock o
wild ducks swim ming in the ea!er ths
has now refched the branches Of tht
trees 10 the II ;nry " park on the III,
de La Ollie, In lie river 5 line.
The aged keeper Of this park commit
ed III eide today when he locked upor
the ruin that had been wrought. Scau
lilly clad women With babies in tbeI
arms, aged men Iu'iing rickeIy csrts
containing their household el:c:s, Grip
Piles carried on filters or riding 10 im
provised carIa, drawn 10 some cases b.
women and dogs, crying children snd
half Graz d men make up The sad process
ssiou in this city today.
Ea:ly today The policsf u I'd woman
driven insane by the a>cd, and her 6Vt
small children almost frtz q on the tor
# the Bilts Ohaumont In Park Hill
H.r case Is lu; typical OF Lu !dreds o
olherp.
The conditions q, Billsncourt, Autu''
Passy, Gtenelle, Jsvsl, B,rcy, Isry ant
Ohan nto1 ere extremely critical. Thu
wealtbier residents have removed to th
hotels Mt The poor have been forced t
remain aad face the danger.
Food prices are still rising aGd it i
possible that the government will haV,
to interfere to pre7ent the price OF TIL
necessities from being tut beyond ths
reach OF the poor or coD tisca:e The stocks
Of provisions, which are being rapidly
depleted.
| The placements OF The Prin.emps
Louvre, San Msratlne add other OF the
large department! sloIea we're foodtd
today.
Paris, Jan. 27.-The food loss 10
Paris alone wIl resch $4,000, 900 900,
according to Estimates made by govern.
ment officials this afternoon. A loss
almost as great has already been sus.
tanned In other parts of France. The
total loss, it is believed, will rescb the
staggering total of half bllinu dollars
Paris. Jan. 27.-The pinch Of hunger" is
rapidly giving way to the fctusl danger Of
starvation for hundreds of flood ruined un.
fortunates 10 Parislsnd other parts of France
and all because Of the excessive red tape with
which the French government always con.
ducts its all 4irs in such crises as the present.
Unless private charities meet the urgency OF
tia desperate situatioD; starvation for mlny
is believed inevitable.
President Falleries palace in The Champs
Elysee was flooded today. Water brok e
though the sewer under tina Place de La
Cancorde and damaged many Of the houses
along the streets. The palace OF Fine Arts
anil the city hall we're also invaded by the
spreading waters.
The Isle de St. Louis is almost submerged
and the Hslle Aux Vios, the largest wire
warehouse in the world, is now standing in
water.
The court yard Of the Chamber Of Deputies
is submerged. Wafer is now all around the
Eiffrl tower, aud the Champ de Mars and
Trooadero park are covered with water.
Water is several feet deep in the lower
Esplanade dea lnvalides.
M So Hesier Desires To Testify.