The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-29
RIVER SEINE FALLS
5 INCHES FROM !
FLOOD CREST
Reports From Above Paris Show
General Fall and It Is Officially
Stated That Crisis Has
Been Passed.
Deluge Leaves Trail Of Death and
Dissolution in the French
Capital.

IAlblOs Jan. IS.--Al ~ q CiOCh tuao
morning the river Seine had fallen
three inches from its crest food which
was reached at ! o'clock this morn
ing 1t is falling steadily.
The temperature Is 32 and the sun
Is shining brightly, the conditions be-
Ing favorable to a continued subst
dence.
Reports from up the river and from
its tributaries show a general fall, as
result of which IL is now ofiicially
stated that the crisis has been passed
and that the city is saved. The city
is wildly joyful. despite the picture OF
desoletion, that the five days ravage
from the flood has spread everywhere.
Damage 10 lndescribabIe.
Relieved OF their apprehension lest
the Seine continue its rise. the people
are today realizing as never before the
extent OF the damage done In the city.
and the great amount OF suffering IN
the various wards Of the city.
| One OF the worst fears now is OF
pestilence following the subsidence OF
the food. Nearly every cellar in Paris
Is filled with sewage. Owing to the
breaking OF many of the big sewers
and the gripping OF the pumping sta
lions, 1t will be weeks before all this
sewage can be removed.
This danger, coupled with the con-
tamination of many OF the city's water
sources and the deposits OF filth In
many parts of the city, makes the
menace OF disease the gravest problem
and one TO the solution of which the
authorities will set themselves before
attempting to rehabilitate the city.
AS soon as possible the governments
will order all the neople TO clean up
their premises, to burn contaminated
matter in coke fires and to spread dis
infectants wherever needed The gov
ernment will furnish free all supplies
needed In the work of cleaning the
: Scity.
, Hotel keepers are deep in gloom
, over the prospect that the food and
its resulting dangers and inconveni-
: ences will cause tourists to avoid
Paris during the coming season.
Several balloons, carrying parties If
: sightseers, passed over Paris today
ascending at the Aero clubs grounds
!. at st. Cloud. Snapshots from the bak
looms were taken of the flood scenes.
= Small boats Piled today IN the yard
OF President Fallieres' palace In the
Champs Elysee. Boats also sailed
: around the theaters and the restaur-
ants in the lower Champs Elysee. The
surface OF the water in this lection
Is on level with the crest Of the
food
Easements Filled With Water.
All the easements In this quarter
are filed and the water is In the first
floor of many of the costly residences.
Water continues to spread over the
Place De La Concorde. Gripping
OF automobile travel is threatened by
a shortage OF gasoline. Several auto
mobile lines have already ceased to
operate from this cause.
4 The taxicab chauffeurs are charg-
ing double fares and patrons must
either pay or walk. Most OF the
patrons pay the increased tariff and
automobiles and horse-drawn cabs are
reaping a rich harvest.
Worse conditions than those that
prevail in the Grenelle and Javel Ar
rondissemefts can scarcely be imag-
ined. These are among the poorer
sections OF the city and the suffering
there is intensified tenfold.
The mayoralty Offices In all of the
river ACCOMPLISHMENTS are crowded
with refugees seeking food and shell
ter. new refuge was opened to-
day in the Rue Admiral Roussan and
was Immediately filed with a wretch
ed lot OF unfortunates. Hundreds or
the destitute are succumbing TO sick
ness to relieve which all the doctors
OF Paris are Offering their services
free.
i At No. Z Rue De La Sablonniere,
today. the police. in answer TO
pitlful cries that came from the
almost submerged house. found an
aged and half-blind man trying 20
carry his paralytic wife to a place OF
safety.
Hall Glad News.
Reports from the upper Seine and
the Marine say that the people wept
and shrieked with Joy when 1t was
ANNOUNCED the joyful news. Drum
corps were formed and marched
through the streets. The whole popu-
lation turned out to celebrate the
promised deliverance from the food.
ROME. Jan. 2s.-while the sur
rounding country has been flooded
and immense damage done. Rome Is
not yet seriously threatened, despite
the continued rise of the Tiber. which
Is now almost TO the bridge arches.
Meager messages from the country
districts OF Italy indicate that enor-
nous damage has been done. Live
stock has been drowned, barns and
farm houses washed away and crops
DESTROYED The situation in the coun-
try Is so serious that the government
will probably have to make provision
for the farmers. e
The river Arno Us flooding the adj
iacent country for many miles. Rail-
y,av service Is in a bad way. Nearly
i, score Of deaths from the storm and
aood. exclusive OF those on the sea-
nave been reported.