Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-29
Palace Evacuated

Idnean river.
Palace Evacuated
The palace of the Legion of Honor
has been vacated. The situation in the
neighborhood Of the French institute
has become desperate.
Today's papers are filed with pages
of pitiful and terrifying details War
could hardly play such havoc
The "city of light" has become a city
of slime, filled with muddy waters, Bus
mess is almost at a standstill, and the
hotels are crowded with persons who
have fled from inundated homes.
The prices of necessaries are advanc-
ing rapidly as the paralysis of trans
portation facilities extends.
The northern railway still operates
directly into the city, and the operation
of this line is threatened by the situa-
ton at st. Lazare station. where the
tracks are submerged and the immense
building in danger Of falling as a re-
suit of broken water mains beneath its
foundation.
This last means of insuring suburban
traffic was interrupted for time today
when the tracks of the belt line were
engulfed at the Rue de Courcelles.
Many roads leading to the city We're
filed today with pedestrians going to
their work, and long professions of
refugees bent beneath the weight of
sacks containing the few of their be-
longings that they had been able to
save. Practically all are without funds.
Disaster followed disaster during the
day A gaping chasm opened in the
lower Champs Elysee, engulfng a cart
and two men. One of the men was res
cued, but the other with the horse was
swept away.
Waters Gush Out
Toward noon the water gushed out Of
the Tuilleries entrance to the Metropoli-
tan subway, flooding the square in
front of the Comedie Francaise. An
attempt to keep the water down in the
section of the subway at this place was
made by using pumps through holes
bored at distant points, but with little
success
Within the city there is practically
no means of transportation except by
cabs and taxi-automobiles, the owners.
of which charge fabulous prices.
The steel tramways which were the
only surface lines remaining after the
electric cars failed, were unable to
move today as the water had entered
the fire boxes.
Communication by omnibus and au-
tomobile bussess between the. two
sides of the river has been suspended
owing to the unsafe condition of the
bridges.
At the Place Pereire the main drain
exploded, flooding the subway and the
workmen inside narrowly escaped. An
other main broke, emptying the con-
tents into the basement of the prin-
cipal market and destroying the entire
reserve stock of provisions.
The Place du Palais- Bourbon, where
the deputies are now sitting, is nearly
isolated. While a corporal and two
soldiers in a rowboat were trying to
deliver the orders of their commander,
the boat was swept into the Seine
and the corporal fell overheard.
Soldier Rescued
The two soldiers sprang into the
seething waters to save their comrade
and after an exciting effort the cor
poral and one soldier were rescued with
ropes thrown by sailors on shore. The
other soldier drowned.
The authorities continue to battle
bravely with the situation but their re-
sources are becoming exhausted. The
police, firemen and soldiers who have
been on duty night and day since
Monday are worn out and volunteers
were called for today to aid the work
of rescue and relief.
The impovised dykes along the quays
have broken and the chief efforts are