The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
TERROR UNSPEAKABLE AND
RUIN BEYOND ESTIMATE
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Boulevard Des Capucines near the Paris
opera house. 1T is full Of holes and
caves. Trees lie uprooted, Lampposts
have careened to alarming angles. A
torrent swept in from intersecting
thoroughfares which caused 1T to look
like q river at places.
The panic which becomes general at
night although it is somewhat allayed
in daylight was intensified tonight by
the roars of falling buildings. Some of
the structures along the Care st. Lazarr
have sunk upon their foundations and
the populous quarter around the Care
st. Lazarr great lagoon still stands.
There are no lights and the noise of
rushing water and crumbllng buildings
is punctuated by scattered pistol shots
where the police have caught apaches
at their looting or are driving Grim
inals out of the flooded sections in fear
that they may start fire.
Living in Cemetery.
A grewsome feature Of the calamity
is the temporary city built in the ia"
nous cemetery of Mont Marte, the
highest point in Paris. Men, women
suffering intensely from lack Of food
and clothing. Since the rain ceased
falling the weather has been getting
colder and stiff wind blew from the
east today. Husbands have been sepa-
rated from their wives, and children
have lost their parents. The i'll lie ex-
posed to the ravages of the elements,
for many Of the hospitals are still un-
der water and the others are over
crowded.
ambassador and Mrs. Bacon, who
were compelled to flee from their home,
arc living in hotel.
81 do not see how a disaster could
be worse than this which has devastat-
ed Paris, said Mr.. Bacon tonight. He
had madera trip through portions of the
city this afternoon and was more than
appalled, at the completeness Of the
catastrophe.
There is no other city in the world SO
catacombed by sewers, secret passages
The sewers are from ten to twenty feet
in diameter. Every building rests
above an immense cellar. The princi
pal streets are honeycombed with sub
ways. The apaches, in the more squalid
sections, have dug out dens, after the
manner of the Chinese, The great
water mains and gas mains are enclosed
IN lS-IOOC CO0QQltSs therefore, 1t can
readily be seen that with rushing tor
rent eating out the shell of the streets,
serious damage would result to the
buildings along those streets
Nearly 1000 miles of sewers was still
flooded today. In certain portions of
the heights the water backed up in
sewers, flooding cellars.
Conflicting Reports.
There were varying reports of the
height of the food. Figures ranged
from 80 feet IL inches to 40 feet
inches.
Special kiosks were erected at va
rious points today when it was seen
that the crest of the flood had been
apparently reached. Vendors Of pic
ture. post cards, depicting scenes of the
flood, occupied the kiosks, selling their
wares. There were some who rejoiced
In the most secular way possible over
the beginning of the end. These cele-
orators frequented the wine shops to-
night and sang and danced to their
hearts content.
The police whose duties take them
into the wake of the receding waters
report that the deaths may 90 over a
hundred. Dozens Of dead bodies have
been found clogged in crevasses. Corpses
are lodged against the arches of the
have been built, but the majority of the
1eaa are beng buried without the for
mallty of Identification. With pesti-
lencee, famine and other forms of ma
lures wrath staring Paris in the face,