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merged streets. and there are other
stories equally startling. -.
The strangest objects have been seen
floating down the swollen rivers. In
the last twenty-four hours there has
been an increase in the number OF car
casses OF cattle and sheep going down
the stream, Household effects are a
common sight. At Neuilly Plaisanoe
. cradle containing two babies drifted
out from 4 Submerged house.
A service Of boat omnibuses has been
organized 70 rescue people who have been
imprisoned in their homes by the foods.
Rats froans<fs submerged railway stations
have sought shelter on topof the pillars.
whore they devour each other.
There w4asa collision between soldiers
ard, -Apse&ss. a. the thieves and strong
arm men are called. on the Rue Proudhon
last night One OF the -Apaohes' was
killed.
LoNpoN, Jan, 2s.-Since early in the
evening only the briefest kilograms from
Paris have come through owing to the in
creased flooding OF the Central Telegraph
once. and these have been transmitted
very slowly Communication by tele-
phone is impossible. The latest news as
yet received 10 contained in a despatch to
the Daily Mail dated Berlin. -iI:s2 p. NJ.
which says. =.
The following has just been received
by telephone: Paris Is entirely cut on
from London owing TO the flooding OF the
Central Telegraph ONCE. The situation
tonight is extremely critical. All day it
has raincd pitilessly. The waters are
rapidly engulfing Paris.
-'The district from the Care st. Lazare
as far as the Rue de Ia Paix is in imminent
dan ger, owing to the water that is rushing
through the subterranean sewers. To-
night there is neither gas nor electric
light in the Champs Elysees. and IL is only
a question OF time before the Avenue des
Champs EIys4es will be flooded by the
waves that are tapping the adjacent
quays|
AT this point telephonio communica-
tion with Paris was suddenly cut on
Earlier dispatches. none Of them later
than p. NJ, reported further caveins in
the Place st. Michel. The Quai de Comfy
and the Quai de Malaquais are submerged.
The food Is becoming worse in the Tro-
cadero district. The Pasey. Javel. Grenelle
and Champ de Mars quarters and the
Juvisy and Essonnes districts are wholly
submerged.
The dixie at GennevilIiers. north Of the
city. has burst Consequently the plain
below and many streets in Asnieres.
Colombes and Gennevilliers are flooded.
H. u 4. L. IoNA
under water Cracks have appeared in
the Pont National, which carries the
ceinture railway across the seine at the
ouai d'Ivry. The flood is growing at st.
Denis, where many factories have been
damaged. At that place a.sOQ persons are
out OF work. There is no gas or drinking
water there.
The Hotel Terminus. adjoining the
st. TAzare station, has been evacuated.
The st. Lazare district has become one
OF the worst. The water was eight INCHES
deep in front Of the station at midday.
all the levels below the street being OF
course full OF water. Several fresh
subsidenoes Of the pavement caused the
police to warn people to quit their houses.
and q large part Of the nei ghborhood is
now evacuated 4. p.
Sappers worked at high pressure to pre-
vent the water from the st. Lazare dis
trict extending toward the Place de
ropera. and they built a dam across the
Boulevard Haussmann. The food. how
ever. burst the dam and. swamped the
shops. Later consequences were re-
newed subsidences in the Place de Top
era and the Boulevard des Capucines.
Part OF the sidewalk sank to the street
level. the trees and lampposts sinking or
inclining with the sidewalk. The left
side OF, the Boulevard des Capucines is
closed. A building at the corner OF the
Boulevard des Capucines and the Rue
de la Paix belonging 20 an American
company seems to be in danger Of falling.
Indsscribable confusion prevails Tha
streets OF the entire district from the
Care Sc. Iazare TO the grand boule-
wards are filed with a solid phalanx OF
automobiles, carriages. cabs and vans.
The police are helpless. The noise is
deafening.
An appalling catastrophe is feared in
the St. Lazare district In the court
yard OF the station the pavement is heay-
ing A torrent gushes through the man.
holes.
The situation In the Place de Ia Con-
corde 10 most alarming. The earth is
heaving beneath the Nantes statue, and
the roadway is split. The fashionable
restaurant Of lie Doyen is an island. The