New-York tribune., 1910-01-28
PARIS UNDERMINED
STREETS CAVE I'm
W4TER STILL RISING
EARLY TO-DAY.
Falling of the Flood Erpected
Hourly. and Meantime Citi-
sens .1re Safe.

Paris, Jan. 2S.-The conditions had be-
come considerably worse at o'clock
this morning. particularly in the south
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, the old Latin Quarter.
the situation was critical
At 2;50 a. m. the water forced IT'S way
up through the subway workings in the
Rue st. Lazare. which is inundated ths
whole of it's length. In several places
the sidewalk fell in. The subway under
the Place de FOpera has collapsed. and
the sidewalk in front of the New York
Equitable Society's building. in the Place
de rOpera, has sunk in.
The sidewalk of the Quai des Grands-
Augustins collapsed and fell into the
Orleans Company's tunnel beneath.
further extending the food through the
ancient streets, particularly the Rue
Jacob and around the Institute ds
France Another bad cave-in occurred
in the Rue de Tournon.
Many sewers burst in the 18th Arron-
basement. one of the biggest in Paris.
the whole of which is now submerged
and has been plunged into darkness on
account of the breaking of the gas
mains
The half buried lie St. Louis, which
is connected with the lie de la Cite by
means of the Pont st. Louis. is likely
to be totally submerged within a few
hours. as the wat is now only a few
inches from the parapet.
Masons were hastily summoned at
late hour and are working desperately to
81, III.
Lambert, erected in the seventeenth
century. and now the residence of Prince
Czartoryski. and the equally famous
Hotel Lauzin adjoining. which was pur-
chased by the city in 1900. TO be used as
a museum of art. 1t was also built in
the seventeenth century.
AT midnight the water at the Pone
Royal was still rising, but only a small
fraction of an inch an hour. II was
expected that the high mark would be-
reached between 3 and 10 o'clock this
morning. when il would be within few
inches of the highest flood recorded. in
1915. A gradual fall is looked for after
that. unless there is a change In the
temperature. Reports from Narne and
Yenno. up the Seine. say that the water
is lowering In these sections
Bluejackets have succeeded in remoy-
Ing the wreckage that had gathered az
all the bridges. removing in measure
the danger of various villages being
flooded as the result of the damming
AT Alfortville pillaging reached such
proportions as TO necessitate the sending
out of extra patrols 4 night. with ex-
plicit instructions 10 shoot at sight
The King of Belgium has sent 5000
to the flood victims. through the Belgian
Minister here.
Paris. Jan 27.-Another day has
passed. but the inexorable yellow tide
still creeps slowly higher. each inch OF
water widely extending the area of de-
struction. desolation and ruin. Although
the barometer is rising rapidly and
bright sunshine to-day succeeded the
raging storms. a feeling OF CONSERVATION
bordering on panic prevailed tonight
when the authorities. who yesterday
promised the maximum OF the food for
to-day, announced that this would not bs
reached until tomorrow morning.
ofhcial figures of the stage cot the
water are difficult to obtain. and tha
CITY Council. at stormy session to-
night, charged M. Lepine. Prefect OF
Paris, with withholding the true gravity
OF the situation. The Prefect defended
MS attitude by saying that he was gov
erned by the necessity of not und,,lv
alarming the people.
In the mean time. what is happenin~ !.
enough TO strike terror TO the hearts ~.
All The very crust OF the city ,eerr.
reaoy TO sink into the flooded subtsr-