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 polut and the re-
lentless river Seine contIr uIpg Its de-
vsststing progress toward tbs top Of tbt
retaining walls, Paris awoke today t.
what may prove the most terrible day ir
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 Ia
enough to know that never before hss
the gay capital been so cruely smitten ir
a physical way.
Miles Of the boulevards, one Of The
oity's chief points OF pride, have been
washed away; many Of The most notable
structures 10 the city. to see which traV-
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; 6fiy thousand are homeless and
snbsIsting on scsnt provisions furnished
by the city. t Industrial life Of the city
Is completely suspended, and the one
thought In the minds OF the peopls &
the imminencs ofa staggering calamity
that may yet come II the Seine continues
its rise.
The stsge Of The Selue IL nov % feet
2 inches. The river Is over tie arches
OF the Pont Royal.
The United Press Correspondent Wit
messed novel sight today of flock o
Wild ducks swim ming In the wafer ths'
has now refched the branches Of thu
trees 10 the H 3nry " park on the Isl'
de La Ollie, 10 the river ! Inc.
The sged keeper Of this park commit
ed III eide todsy when he locked upor
the ruin that had been wrought. Scan
tily clad women With babies Ia ,beiI
arms, sged men ruling rickely carts
containing their household effects, Grip
pies carried on Filters or riding 10 i'm
provised carts, drawn 10 some cases By
women and dogs, crying chi'd'en snd
bali Graz d men make up The sad process
ssion In this city today.
Ea.ly today The police u I'd a woman
driven insane by the a,od, and her five
small children almost frtz q on the tor
# the Bllis Ohaumont- In Park Hill.
Fl n case Is Luz typical OF lu ldreds o
olherP.
The conditions at Billancourt, AuFu'l
Passy, Gtentlle, Jsvel, B,rcy, Isry enc
CHAR ntol sre extremely critical. Th,
wealtbier residents have removed to tn
hotels mt The poor have been forced t
rem ain and face the danger.
Food prices are still rising and 1t i
possible that the government will hav'
to interfere to prevent the price OF th'
necessities from being tut beyond th'
reach OF the poor or coD6,ca!e The stock
OF provisions, which are being rapidly
depleted.
The easements OF the Pdn.emps
Louvre, San Maratlne add other Of the
large department! stores we're foodet
today.
Paris, Jan. 27.-The food loss 10
Paris alone will resch $4,000, 900 900,
according 10 Estimates made by govern.
ment officials this afternoon. A loss
almost as great has already been sue
tanned 10 other pats of France. The
total loss, 1t is believed, will reach the
staggering total Of half billion dollsrs
Paris, Jan. 27.--The "pinch Of hunger" ID
rapidly giving way to the ectusl danger Of
starvation for hundreds Of food ruined un'
fortunstes ia Parisand other parts OF France
and all because OF the excessive red tape with
which the French government always con
ducts its Affairs in such crises as the present.
Unless private charities meet the urgency Of
thu desperate stuatioDi starvation for miny
is believed inevitable.
President Falleries' palace in the Champ:
Elysee was flooded today. Water brose
though the sewer under tho Place de Is
Concorde and damaged many Of the houses
along the streets. The palace OF Fine Arts
AMI the city hall we're also invaded by the
spreading waters.
The Isle de ST. Louis is almost submerged
and the Hslle Aux Vius, the largest wine
warehouse in the world, is now standing IN
water.
The court yard n the Chamber Of Deputies
is submerged. Water Is now all around the
Eiffel tower, aud the Champ de Mars and
Trocadero park are covered with water.
Water is several feet deep in the lower
Esplanade des lnvslldes.
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