Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-26
WATERS IN STREAMS OF FRANCE
>NTlNuE TO RISE AND
WEATHER TURNS COLD.
euFF,ERINo OF POOR
AND HOMELESS INTENSE
Three Thousand People Rescued From
Ono Suburb After Being Driven to
Upper Stories Of Home. = Nation
Unites in Relief - Bakers Who
Doubled Prices Thrown Into River.

Seine Is rising nearly an inch an hour
Ihe whole OF France is still in the grip
OF an unprecedented storm. Rain.
snow and hail are falling everywhere
Coast stormbound ships are fleeing to
harbors Of refuge.
A binding snow storm which ragged
In Paris today, coupled with the bitter
cold, added to the CONSERVATION and
suffering Of the poor and homeless. In
the face Of the national disaster
France is giving a fine exhibition of
pluck and solidarity. Political division
has been buried and the government
and the people are united to solve the
problem of relief. Every resource of
the government, including the army.
was employed today. Boats were re-
Questioned at all ports and soldiers
and f1remen worked tirelessly. Never
theless Premier BRAND and other min
listers, who have not left their posts
for forty-e eight hours, were unable to
respond to the appeals for help coming
from every direction.
Situation in Paris.
The situation in Paris has NOT
changed appreciably, except that more
streets have been converted into can.
ais, more districts evacuated, a few
more pavements caved in, and traffic
communication completely paralyzed.
Oen OF the greatest causes of alarm
continued to be the constant rise Of
the subterranean streams under the
center of Paris, which flooded cellars
and undermined foundations Of build
ings. Whole streets have been roped
off as unsafe. Another serious phase is
the failing wire service. It is impossi.
BILE today to communicate by tele-
phone between the two banks Of the
Seine. This greatly crippled relief ef-
forts.
Rich and Poor Suffer.
Rich as well as poor are beginning
to suffer. The wealthy Champ Elysees
district is without gas or electricity,
and some homes have not heat. In the
Ivry and Alfortville district row boats
and auto boats this morning found s.
900 persons imprisoned in the second
stories of their homes.
Bakers Roughly Handled.
Paris Is beginning to feel the pinch
and vegetables is failing and prices are
soaring. Some bakers who attempted
to double the price of bread were
roughly handled today. Two of them
were thrown into the Seine.
Details from the flooded regions of
the provinces are narrowing. Rivers in
the southwest are rising rapidly. The
immense losses to industry have re-
fected on the bourse today, where a
bad slump in industrials and railroad
stocks occurred.
Losses Exceed $20o,ooo,ooo.
Premier BRAND and Minister of Fin
ance Cochery today estimated the flood
losses will exceed $2oO,OOO,OO0. Paris is
divided into five sections, each in
charge of military commander who
will control the relief and rescue work,
Hundred Perish in Doubs Valley.
A hundred persons perished in the
valley Of the Doubs, and the floods
thruout France have reached the di-
mensions Of a great national calamity
Situation More Menacing.
Great sections of the French capital
are under water, six square miles OF
Bois de Boulogne being submerged
Waters Inundated the Palais Bourbon
the foreign office and scores of historic
monuments along each side of the riv-
er. A special meeting of the cabinet
was held today to consider means to
cope with the situation. Military forces
have been summoned from all parts OF
the country. In Paris the situation be-
came more desperate momentarily. Rue
Royale, a famous church edifice, is
sinking and several streets and boule-
wards began to cave in. Owners OF
rowboats demand fabulous prices to re-
move furniture and valuables to safety
Ambassador Bacon Affected.
At 5 o'clock this afternoon the Seine
touched the keystone arch of the Alma
bridge. The backwater overflowed the
Cours la RENE to a depth of five feet
flooding the Easements of magnificent
residences there. The cellar of the
home Of United States Ambassador
Bacon was flooded and the furnace fire
put out. The ambassador is now left
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