New-York tribune., 1910-01-29

The American Chamber of Commerce in
Paris already has raised $4,000 for the
sufferers This does not include the
10000 given by J. Pierpont Morgan.
President Fallieres and Premier BRAND
to-day drove in automobiles to the
flooded suburbs. where distress is great
est. speaking words of comfort 10 the
homeless and encouraging the soldiers
and others engaged in salvage and res
cue work On their return they said
that everything humanity possible was
being done TO aid the stricken and pre-
vent further ravages by the flood.
Charitable organizations are cooper
sting with the authorities in throwing
open their buildings and succoring refu-
gees. Several converts and number Of
public buildings have been equipped with
military cots and bedding and trans
formed into hospitals. The Red Cross is
performing splendid service in distribut-
ing food and clothing.
Many pitiful instances. however, are
cited OF women and children, who had
refused 10 leave their homes in the sub
merged districts. shrieking from their
windows for bread.
REFUGEES FLEE TO CITY.
The number of refugees arriving here
is enormous. Charenton alone sending
5000. who have ccme there from Calais
and other points.
Many thrilling rescues are recorded.
The family Of NJ. Barthou. former Min
lister of Public Works. whose home in
the Avenue d'Antin is surrounded. We're
taken out on the backs Of soldiers and
rescued in boats.
A large number of the schools are
closed because of the lack CT heat. and
the municipality is considering the ad-
Instability of closing all OF them
Practically all the flooded suburban
towns above and below Paris tonight
are without light, and several of them
without water. Their inhabitants are
fleeing
The Chamber of Deputies held a sit
ting to-day in the -beieaguered
Palais Bourbon, believing that an ad-
journment or a transfer Of their activi-
ties TO Versailles, as had been suggested.
would only serve TO increase the popular
panic. Parliament voted a bill to-day
extending business notes one month
Messages Of sympathy and offers of
assistance are pouring in on the govern
ment from individuals and societies all
over the world
EXTENT OF THE FLOODS.
1t IS difficult TO present a mental pict-
ure Of the geographical limits of the
submerged area of Paris, but, roughly
speaking, it is estimated that the sur
face inundated from the Seine which
must not be confounded with the over
flow in the back streets from broken
sewers and subterranean rivers, covers
about nine square miles or one-quarter
Of the city.
Beginning above where the Seine en-
ters the fortifcation, every quay is un-
der water. and practically the entire
eleventh reimbursement the largest in
the city. is submerged. the flood extend
ing back from the Quay de Bercy and
the Quai dc la Rapee TO the Place de
Ia Nation and the Place de la Bastile.
Just below. as far as the Place du
Chatelet, behind the Quai des CeIestins
and the Quail Henry ", water covers
the old marsh 10 a depth of twelve feet
The lower quarters of the lie ST. Louis
and the lie de Ia Cite, where N6tre
Dame is situated, and those Immediately
opposite are covered the streets in
= front Of the Tuileries Gardens, the
nF Louvre and the Museum are completely
immersed. and the same condition exists
IT. patches in the Place de la Concorde.
Thence in rectangle bounded by the
river and the Avenue Champs Elysees
IS q sheet OF water surrounding the
Grand and Petit palaces four feet in
depth.
Below the Trocadero the food widens
until a Auteuil il reaches back half a
mile.
on the left bank Of the Seine the water
Is generally deeper in the flooded dis
tricis. Beginning above the city. it
covers major portion of the 18th Ar
rondissement back as far as the Gobelin
factory and thence, except for Ste
Genevieve Hill, on which the Pantheon
Is situated, it is bounded by St.-Gerlnain
Boulevard 10 point back OF the PaIais
Bourbon. This district is called the Old
Latin Quarter and comprises the Law
Courts. the Institute des Beaux Arts. the
MaZarin Palace and scientific publishing
houses.
WATER AT EIFFEL TOWER
Further below the water surrounds The
Foreign Once and sweeps back across
the Esplanade des Invalides ard from
That district 10 the Champ-de-Nars
where the Eiffel Tower stands. Trans.
verse streets, like the Rue Bonapart.
throughout this area are under from, two
10 five feet Of water, and can be reached
only by boats
Below the Champ-de- Mars to the for
fifioaiions the JaveI district is submereed
back 10 the Rue Lecourbe, a distance of
nearly a mile from the river. in many
places the water reaching to the second
stories OF houses
me ater in the Bois de BouIoyne for
iiflcation reached the Grand C,.so.,lo
and below the river is one-third If !,
iniie wide over the entire plain oppositc
the Palisades
GRATITUDE TO FOREIGN NATIONS
The French government is dAenly
touched BY the expressions OF svmnatb,,
that have been received from abroad
King Victor Emmanuel and the Tt,lian
Cabinet iIaY@ sent fnessages or -