The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-26

throughout France have reached the
dimensions Of a great national caianl-
Sty An official estimate OF the money
losses up TO today is $2OO0OO.Ooo, or
= oDe-iifth OF the war indemnity PAID
by France TO Germany.
Great sections of the French capital
are under water, six square miles oil
The historic Bots de Boulosne being
submerged, while the River Seine,
sweeping over It's banks. has filled
the subways, inundated the PalaiS
Bourbon. the foreign Office and scores
OF the historic monuments which lie
along each side Of the river. Inc
many bridges which span the river
are threatened with destruction, as
vast Accommodations are banked against
them by the on-rushiDg flood
Special meetings of the cabinet were
held today 10 consider means for COP
iDg with the havoc already wrought
and the greater danger impending.
Military forces have been summoned
from all parts of the country, and the
city has been divided into five military
districts TO administer the work OF
rescue and relief.
in Paris the situation became more
desperate as the day progressed. Al
O'clock the Rue Royale, between the
Place dc la Concorde and the Made
l!ne, the famous church edif1ce, began
to sink, and was huTriedly roped of.
Several big assures have appeared in
the Javel region.
The boulevard adjoining the Pont
De Berch aud the street In front of the
Louvre Museum also began to cave In.
St Peres has been stopped
The flood-invaded streets are filled
with rowboats. the owners OF which
demand fabulous prices for the re-
moyal OF furniture and valuables to
places of safety.
Although the River Marne was re-
ported stationary at Fretesous. to tho
cast of Paris. the Fluvial navigation
department declares that the volume
Cf water rushing down from the Yonne
pad other afluents of the Seine above
leaves no hope that the high water
mark VIII be reached before tomor
row morning, when the flood Is eX-
pcctcd TO reach maximum OF 81 feet
or height greater than WAS reached
by the disastrous flood of 1902.
At the same time the department
admits confidentially that II Is lmpos.
slble 10 predict anything with accu-
racy. as the whole of France Is still
In the grip of an unprecedented storm.
Rain. snow and hail are falling every
where. the coasts are storm-bound and
the ships are 6eeiDg 10 the harbors
ion refuge,
\ binding snowstorm ragged in
Paris today and. coupled with the bit
ter cold. added TO the general consteT-
ration. suffering and misery Of the
Poor and homeless.
In the face of a national disaster
France is giving q fine exhibition of
Iluck and solidarity. Political divi-
sions have been buried and the gov
ernment and people united to solve
the problem Of relief Powerless to
dc anything 10 conjure the rage of
tho elements. those In authority have
devoted themselves wholly 10 the
work Of rescue.
Railroad communication 10 the
south and with Italy, Switzerland and
the Spanish peninsula is slow. and by
long and tedious detours to avoid
places where the tracks have been
washed out.
The newspapers today are filed
with pages of details which constitute
long and pitiful recital of death and
desolaion OF ruined bomesteads and
fleeing refugees. Half OF the dwellings
Of Paris arc affected and the rich as
well as the poor arc beginning TO SUI
fer
The wealthy Champs Elyses district
IS without gas or electricity and some
OF the homes have no heat Many of
the residents are leaving their homes
Tor the hotels which are crowded.
The most deplorablc situation is in
the neighborhood Of Ivry and Abort
vile, where the river Rhone joins the
Seine. Prefect OF Police Lepine has
taken up headquarters in that district
and is directing the work of rescue
After ceaselcss work through the night
with rowboats. the morning found
more than 1900 persons imprsoned
I'm the second story OF their houses.
Paris is beginning to feel the pinch
Of hunger. The supply of fresh meat
and vegetables Is falling and price.
arc soaring to famine figures Som
bakers who attempted to double tn,
price ot bread were roughly handled
today. and two OF them were thrown
into the Seine.
The immediate losses in over,
branch Of industry were reflected OF
the Bourse. where a bad slump II
iodustrisls and railroad stocks oc
Cured.