The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-27
SEINE RIVER STILL
CONTINUES TO. RISE
The Stage Of Water This Morn
ing Exceeded All Records
Back to 1915
(By Associated Preesl

by Ak]nDIldltu Z EIt5osl
Paris, Jan 27The stage of water
tLis morning exceeded all records
to 1915. Up 10 noon The Seine riycG
continued rising al the rate Of three
fourths of an inch an hour.
The most alarming feature of the
situation this morning was a fissu1c
at the Auteul viaduct at the foot Of
Paris street Should this give way
ii would act as d dam and submergc
the entire city
Loss Already Millions
What new disaster will come to the
water-logged city before the Seine be-
gins to fall, no one can predict. Al
ready the damage is officially esti
mated at $2OO,OO0.0O0. and every hour
adds millions more. The catastrophe
promises to exceed the limits of ma
tional disaster and become interna-
tional. The death roll also Is grow
ing at a frightful rate, and when the
epidemic. which now appears inevi-
able. breaks out, 1t will run into thou-
i sands, Already scarlet fever mas ap'
peared among the refugees at lyry.
Among the superstitions there is
talk of the destruction of Paris as a
result OF The appearance OF HALEY
comet
Men Work Like Mad
The public subscriptions have reach
ed nearly 100000 francs, while the
Red Cross and other relief societies
have done noble work.
Thousands of laborers and soldiers
are working like mad to build cement
walls TO hold back the current which
pours over the quays into the streets
fhere Is ten feet OF water in the SUD
way and in front OF Care 81. Lazare
and the sinking OF 1.-The square threal
ems TO carry down the adjacent buiid
ings.
Besides the failure OF the gas anc
electric lighting plants, Paris is con
fronted with an oil famine Scores OF
oil barges from Rouen are tied up II
the Seine and the great depots of ais
tribution in the outskirts OF PARIS arr
flooded
At o'clock the water had reached
tn within few inches of the parape
of the quay at the Louvre. The foot
threatened monentarlly to inunda''
I the sculpture gallery where are KEEP
tie Venus of Milo aud other priceless
art treasures.
The danger TO the Louvre IS III
creased by the presence at this pom
of big sewer which II Is feared VIII
burst.
The subway station at Bcrcy col
lapsed with a.terrific roar, nearly cai
rving to ruin nearby police stat'o'
In which number OF flood suttefe'
had sought refuge.
II Darkness Reigns "a
Il The yellow water boiled tlropg'
II the chasm and swept all before !,
II Forty houses in the vicinity had 70 .
II evacuated, store keepers therein
abandoning everything. AS The ga
mains burst when the station co
lapsed darkness added to The terro
of the people.
Late dispatches from the province
bring a ray Of hope. These lhuicat
4 that the situation there has improve
and thai the floods have at iengl
reached their crest. The aitluen's
s tho Seine are even beginning 10 sno'
y tendency to drop. The Rhine an
3 Sgone riyels however. are sun risln'
& Reports of villages submerged an
81 ptople absolutely without food al
reaching paris constantly. Saint l.a'
rent is flooded and The people az
without drinking water.
Il AT conflans-surMarne a score
houses have fallen in and many pc
s. pie are homeless. At Sevres the
& nous government porcelain factory
completely surrounded by water
4 Atlssas M, the walls Of the dors, ;,
u railway station, gave way under y
enermous pressure and q vast volpIn ,I1n
b of water poured under the roadwia,
lifting il. bodily and washing Y
y blocks Of wood along like straws. n
Y whole quarter is now flooded 10
depth OF two feet.