The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-01-28

the maximum food would be reached
tonight is unrealized as the Seine Is
still rising half an inch hourly.
Victims OF the food number hund-
reds of thousands and the loss is in
calculable Thousands OF poor peo-
pie who are ruined are filling Paris
from the provinces. and the govern
ment has requisitioned army and navy
material to shelter and feed the suf-
ferers
The region Of inundation Is steadily
enlarging and scores of villages are
submerged.
The food is insidously invading tho
compactly built area on either side OF
the Seine, undermining many build
ings. All the streets in one southeast
ACCOMPLISHMENT are rivers. Every sub
way and tram service Is diminished
and gas and electricity are falling.
At Alfortville tonight groups OF
pirates seized several boats and rob-
bed re 7cued and rescuers till soldiers
drove off the lOOters.
Many are drowned and many aged
and sick have died as a result Of ex-
pOsure.
Paris. Jan. 25-Fifty thousand SOL
diers comprising the garrison OF Paris
were placed at the disposition OF the
municipal authorities this morning to
fight the food whose ravages are
spreading ruin and CONSERVATION
throughout the city. At eight this
morning. the water at Point Royal
touched 26 feet above the low tide and
was rising half an inch an hour.
The damage done is incalculable.
The industrial life Of the city is rap
idly becoming paralyzed. Subway
and surface lines. railroad cOmmuni-
cation and wire service are demoral
ICED. The disaster locally is due chief
ly to the fact that the whole marvel
Gus underground architecture of the
city. which IS honeycombed with
labyrinths is filing up with water
causing the sewers TO burst. and the
streets to cave in threatening the
foundation Of buildings
APPALLING SCENES
The scene on the river front is ma
jestic but appalling The stream has
broken barriers at several points and
Is pouring yellow torrents into the
surrounding streets. converting them
into veritable lakes 1t may be neces-
sary to blow up Alma bridge. where
the water is but a few inches from
the keystone of the arch. as a dam
there might turn the course Of the
Seine In such way as to food sew
eral OF the most fashionable sections
Of the city.
At noon Paris was the center Of the
low area Of the low pressure. and Q
bitter cold rain and sleet were
falling throughout the flooded regions
adding to the suffering Of the poor and
homeless. The price OF food has in-
creased owing to the fact that com
pied.
The depleted supply OF drinking wa
ter caused the greatest alarm. With
the rise of the flood bnt a few inches
higher. the pumping stations still ir
operation must stop and Paris will
he in the midst Of a miniature ocean
and will be without water At to drink
The situation at between twenty and
thirty suburban towns above this city
Is worse than at the capital itself.
TERRIFIC FLOODS
At Charenton. where the swollen
Marne enters the Seine. an area of 200
square miles has been flooded, and
the submerged district has popula
tion Of 10000. At this point soldiers
and firemen are doing a heroic work
In rescuing families in pontoon boats.
At Alfortville. the cemetery Is wash
Ing out, caskets floating down the
stream.
Relief has been organized on a LARGE
scale and appeals for funds are meet
ing with most generous response
Physicians fear an epidemic when the
waters subside. as the overfiowine
sewers are likely to contaminate the
drinking supply and rats driven out
from their underground homes are
invading residences. The hotel and
palais d'Orsay and surrounding houses
have been ordered vacated. The pal
ace Of the Legion of Honor is men,
aced. News from the provinces shows
q general Improvement Of the situa-
tion this afternoon except in the east
and at the affluence of the Seine and
tha Mause rtyora