The Sentinel=record., 1910-01-25
RESIDENCE PORTION OF THE
 CITY BEING REACHED BY <,
 HIGH WATERS OF RIVER. |
Business District is Threatened and
 Many Are Rendered Homeless in :. the Section Where Poor
 CT Glasses Reside. i.

Paris, Jan. 25.--At o'clock this morning the water, which was rushing through the tunnel under Quai DOT say station. burst through the road way and flooded the streets, incllid- ing the Rne De Lille. the Rue De Poitres and Rue De Bellechasse, on which there are many aristocratic residences.
 The sidewalks are likely to cave in at any time. Those who occupied the houses were hastily awakened and hurried to places of safety.
 The situation resulting from the floods is fast becoming desperate. The premier and minister of the interior make this declaration.
 All conditions indicate further rise of several inches in the Seine and the cold rain, which still. continues, is causing intense suffering among those who have been rendered home less, with little prospect of relief.
 M Millerand. minister of public works. after tour of inspection salds that if the rise continued nothing could prevent deplorable disaster and the flooding of the most populous quarters of Paris.
 The measures that had been taken appeared Ro be adequate flor the present, but only for the present.
 Paris is threatened with an imme- diate and complete tie-up The stop page of transportation has raised the prices of food. which is becoming scarce. The supply of water in sev- en arrondissements has been crippled as the pumping stations have stopped work and the reservoirs are low.
 The authorities assert that drink ing water is assured. but there is no water for the industrial services, which are practically suspended.l
 The question of transpprta tion is becoming more ana nloresn ~ ficuh, and most of remaining of the subway were forced to clos. down tonight because of lack of cleo tric current
 The Red Cross Society is organiz- ing aid for the sufferers. Subscrip- tions have been opened and the the aters are arranging benefits.
 
 Al midnight the water was less than a foot from the arch of the Pont De LAlma. The other bridges are not in such danger. unless la barge or some other craft is swept against them. The big sewers in the Place Du Hayre and near Place Du La Mad-l eleine. burst through last night. threatening the Foundations of the houses.
 Part of Rue St Lazare threatens to cave in and the whole street has been closed. The tunnels of the subway now under construction are flooded. The Orleans terminus Is vast pool and the engineers fear that the tun- nels may collapse.
 The immense bonded warehouses at Bercy are beginning to be invaded by the waters and pant of the river wall has sunk at Passy. flooding the street. Two thousand persons are homeless at Alfortville. where the water in twelve feet deep.
 M. Lepine. prefect of Paris. is di- recting the salvage, which Is being done by soldiers in auto boats at the risk of their lives. All the factories above and below Paris are closed and thousands of persons are out of em- ployment
 The provinces. so far as 1t is possi- ile to ascertain through the defect I've communications. show improved conditions in Marne and upper Seine. the floods appear to be decreasing. In Yopne they are stationary but tho heavy rain has again set In. Tbe Doubs and saone are still rising and now exceed the record Of 184o