Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-27

at Hood stage, has caused death and
destruction during the last few DAYS.
was stationary at noon today.
Paris today resembles a beleaguercl
city The military commander in eacn
OF the five sections into which the
metropolis has been divided holds s,.
diers In constant readiness for despatcn
to points of danger
The government OF the municipality
has placed the military barracks and
public school buildings at the disposu,
OF the refugees who already number.
1t Is estimated, more than 100, 600
Fifteen thousand laborers of the city
are out of work and though subscrip-
tions arc pouring in. 100000 having
been raised last night OF which 81. iOc
was contributed by the America;
chamber of commerce, the government
today decided TO ask parliament for
an additional credit to be used In re-
lief work.
Every minute today brought a aew
tale of disaster. At S o'clock the fault
of the Orleans railway tunnel gave way
at the Rue Git-Le-Coeur. Another bad
cave-in occurred in the Rue Lille
flooding the quarters OF the German
embassy.
The buildings of the foreign office
were surrounded by water this morn
Ing and abandoned The main draIa
under the Champs de Mars broke dur
Ing the forenoon and the blanket OF
water extended back to the Invalldes
where repose the bones OF Napoleon.
SUBSIDENCES IN PLACE DE LA
CONCoRDE
Several subsidenccs have occurred il.
the Place dc la Concordc, the Rue ST.
Honore and the Rue lie Lappe. The
Easements OF the Grand palace and the
home of President Fallaieres are fill I'd
with water. Whole sections of the city
including the St Lazare subway sta
tion have been roped off The boiling
waters between the Pont au Change
and Pont Notre dame indicate that the
roof OF the subway underneath has col
lapsed.
The curator of the Louvre museum
said today that although the basement
of the building had been inundated. tie
statuary hall was still six feet above
the level of the water and the sculp-
lures and engravings on the first floor
were in no danger at present.
Immediately opposite. however, there
was great danger to the Institute de
France. the home OF the Academic
Francaise. which was surrounded by
the waters, as was the MaZarin palace.
whose valuable art collections were
hurriedly removed to the second story.
The region in the neighborhood OF
the law courts and the prefecture OF
police was flooded and chairs and tables
were drifting about.
The waters invaded the court of ste
Chappelle, the most glorious gem Of
gothic architecture in France, and the
lower floor of the historic. conciegcr.c
was flooded.
In the midst OF new and alarming de-
velopments and shortly before noon, a
dismayed crowd that was watching the
water gage at the Pont Royal noticed
that for 10 minutes the food remained
stationary and that at noon it actual
| ly began to subside.
WATERS ARE FALLING.
BY 30 o'clock the waters had fallen
| three quarters of an inch and tho
watchers shouted with joy. The glad
| tidings passed from mouth to mouth
| and soon the entire quay was ringing
with cheers. The news spread like
wldhre along the quays. turning ex-
| clamations of horror to shouts of jubi-
| latiop,
The work of building temporary dykes
back of the parapets. which had be-
gun at daylight, did not cease for a
moment. however.
In many places the soldiers labored
In three feet of water damming the
openings in the parapets and construct
ing great holding dykes of stone and
cement Between the Place de la Con-
corde and Avenue de Alexander. where
the water had begun to flow over the
parapets, 1000 men were busy erecting
a wall in the middle of the road to keep
The waters out of the Champs Elysce
.uarter.