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1 ing water and was drowned in sight i of many persons in the nearby houses. 1 The weather is warm and cloudy to- day with slight, intermittent rains. Relieved of their apprehension lest the Seine continue it's rise the people are today realizing as never before the extent of the damage done ill the city and the great amount of suffering Ill various wards of the city. One of the worst fears now is of pestilence following the subsistence Of the flood. Nearly every cellar in Paris breaking of many of the big; sewers and the crippling. of the pumping sta tions, it will be weeks before all this sewage can be removed.
 This danger. coupled with the con- tamination of many of the citys water sources. and the deposits of filth in many parts of the city, makes the menace of disease the gravest. problem and one to the solution of which the authorities will set themselves before attempting to rehabilitate the city. As soon a. possible the government will order all the people to clean up their premises, to burn contaminated matter in cook fires and to spread dis infectants wherever needed. The gov ernment will furnish free all supplies needed in the work of cleaning the city
 Hotel keepers are deep in. gloom over the prospect that the flood and it's re- Sulting dangers and incOnveniences will cause tourists to avoid Paris dur ing the coming season.
 Several balloons. carrying parties Of sightseers, passed over Paris today, ascending at the Aero Clubs grounds at St. Cloud Snapshots from the bal looms were taken of the flood scenes.
 Small boats piled today in the yard of President Fallieres' palace in the Champs Elysee. Boats also sailed around the theatres and the restau rants in the lower Champs Elysee. The surface of the water in this sec tion is on a level with the crest of the flood.
 All the basements in this quarter are filled and the water is up to the first floors of many of the costly residences. The quarter is almost untenantable as the water is mostly from the sewers and is foul and noxious.
 A cripDling of automobile travel is threatened by a shortage of gasoline. Several auto lines have already ceased to operate from this cause.
 The taxi-chauffeurs are charging double fares and patrons must either pay or walk. Most of the patrons pay the increased tariff and autos and horse-drawn cabs are reaping rich harvest. Several cab owners have driven their horses to death in their eagerness to take advantage of the golden opportunity.
 Worse conditions than those that prevail in the Grenelle and Javel ar ronaissements could hardly be imag- ined. These are among the poorer sections of the city and the suffering is intense ten-fold over that in the more prosperous sections, even though the loss in the latter is many times greater.
 The mayoralty offices in all of the river arrCndissements are crowded with refugees seeking food and shelter. A new refuge was opened today in the Rue Admiral Rcusan and was imme- diately filled with a wretched lot Of unforturates. Hundreds of the des- titute are succumbing to sickness. to relieve which all the doctors of Paris are offering their services free.
 At No 7 Rue De La ,Sablonniere to- day. the police, in answer to pitiful cries that came from the almost sub- merged house, found an aged and half blind man trying to carry his paralytic wife to place of safety. Reports from the upper Seine and the Marne say that the people wept and shrieked with joy when it was announced that the rivers were receding. The town criers announced the joyful news. Drum corps were formed and marched through the streets The whole popu-
 
 promised deliverance from the flood.
 The food situation in Paris was rendered more critical today by the flooding of the basement of the Gen. tral Market in which was stored a large quantity of fish, butter, eggs and game.
 Most of these provisions were de- stroyed. The bursting of sewer flooded the basement.
 Authorities are making special pro- visions to insure a sufficient food supply for the hospitals. The Hos pita1 Boucicault in the Avenue Lour- mel was vacated today owing to the encroachments of the. flood. The patients, mary seriously i'll, were dis tributed among the other overcrowd- ed hospitals
 Photographic communication be- tween Paris and the outside world is woefully crippled today owing to the storm and floods. Lines have been so badly broken and so many offices have been flooded in various cities that communication can now be es- tablished with only 8 few outside cities and these by roundabout route of messages. There is no direct cable communication between Paris and Eng'an6