Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-26
Premier BRAND and Minister of
Finance Cochery Estimate
Losses S2OO,O00,OOO.
PARIS UNDER THE MILITARY.
Political Divisions Buried and Govern
ment and People United to
Solve Relief Problem.


Great sections of the French capital
are under water. six square miles OF
the historic Bois de Boulognc being
submerged, while the river Seine,
sweeping over its banks, has filled the
subways. inundated the Palais Bour-
bon, the foreign Office. and scores o.
the historic monuments which lie along
each side of the river. The many
bridges which span the river arc
threatened with destruction, az vast
accumulations are banked against them
by the on-rushing food.
In Paris the situation became more
desperate as the day progressed. A.
o'clock The Rue Royale between the
Place dc la Concorde and the Aludeiine
the famous church edifice, began To
sink, and was hurricdIy roped OF.
Several big assures have appeared in
the Javel region.
The boulevard adjoining the Pont dr
Berch and the street In front OF the
Louvre museum also began to cave in.
Foot passage across the Pont des s;s
Peres has been stopped
The flood invaded streets are filled
with row-boats, the owners OF which
demand fabulous prices for the removal
of furniture and valuables to places
OF safety.
Paris has been divided into Eve sec
manders, who will control the relief
and rescue work.
The Seine continued TO rise today
and the situation grows worse.
At Pont Royale this morning the
raging torrent was q feet inches
above low water mark and was ris
Ing at the rate of nearly an inch an
hour against an hourly rise of less
than half an inch yesterday.
Although the river Marine WQN re-
ported stationary at Fretesous to the
east of Paris, the 1uvial navigation
department declares that the volume
of water rushing down from the Yonne
and other aff1uents of the Seine above,
leaves no hope that the high water
mark will be reached before tomorrow
morning, when the Hood is expected to
reach a maximum of 81 feet, or II
height greater than was reached by
the disastrous flood of 1902.
At the same time the department
H admits conndentiaily that 1t is impos-
sibe TO predict anything with accu-
racy as the whole of France is still in
the grip of an unprecedented storm.
Rain, snow and hail are falling every
where. the coasts are storm bound
and ships are fleeing to the harbors for
refuge
A binding snowstorm ragged in Paris
today and. coupled with the bitter cold.
added to tho general CONSERVATION. SUI
fering and misery OF the poor and
homeless.
FRANCES FINE PLUCK
In the face of national disaster.
France is giving a fine exhibition of
pluck and solidarity. Political divisions
have been buried and the government
and people united to solve the problem
of relief. Powerless to do anything to
i,.,-a h.. all k-
in authority have devoted themselves
wholly to the work OF rescue and OF
providing shelter and food for the
homeless.
Every resource OF the government.
including the army, was employed to-
day. Boats were requisitioned at all
ports and soldiers and flremen worked
tirelessly.
The situation In Paris was not
changed appreciably from yesterday
except that more streets had been con-
verted into shallow canals. moro
streets evacuated. a few more pave
ments had caved In and traffic COM
munication was completely paralyzed.
One OF the greatest causes OF alarm is
the constant rise of the subterranean
streams under the center OF Paris.
which flooded cellars and undermined
the foundations OF buildings. Whole
streets have been roped of as unsafe
All the bridges over the Seine are still
standing, but traffic over more than
half OF them has been closed.
The report OF yesterday that
steamer had broken from its moorin2S
and crashed against the Alma bridge,
was incorrect. Should such an acci-
dent occur 1t would be necessary 10
instantly destroy the bridge with ex-
plosives.
ia r~k
carried off formerly In barges is nov
being dumped into the Seine.
Another serious phase OF the situa-
ton is that Paris IL becoming rep
idly isolated. telegraph and telephone
wires being drowned or grounded
Wire communication is FALLING In all
directions It Is impossible today TO
communicate by telephone between
the two banks of the Seine. This
greatly crippled the work of relief and
tho despatch of prompt succor, Only
two railroads to the north and wost
wero operating directly into Paris to-
day.
railroad communication To the south
and with Italy. Switzerland and the
Spanish peninsula IL slow and by long
and tedious detours to avoid places
where the tracks have been washed
out The newspapers today are filled
with pages OF details which constitute
long and pitiful recital or death ana
desolatIon, OF ruined homestcads and
fleeing refugees. Half of the a<ron-
dlssements OF Paris are affected d.
rectly now and the rich as we'll as the
poor are beginning to suffer.
The wealthy Champs Elysees districts
are without gas or electricity and some
OF the homes have no heat Many OF
the residents are leaving their homes
for the hotels. which are crowded.
The most deplorable situation In the
neighborhood OF Paris continues TO be
at iyry and Alfortville, where the river
Marne joins the Seine.
Project OF Police Lepine has taken up
Headquarters in that district and Is
directing the work OF rescue. After
ceascless work through the night with
roWboats and auto-boats the morning
found more than 5000 persons Inn
prisoned in the second story OF their
houses.
BAKER THROWN INTO THE SEINE.
Paris is beginning to feel the pinch OF
hunger. The supply of fresh meat and
vegetables Is failing and prices are
soaring to famine figures. Some bak-
ers who attempted to double the price
of bread were roughly handled today
and two OF them were thrown Into the
Seine.
The immense losses in every branch
of Industry were reflected on the boursc
where a bad slump In industrials and
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