The Sentinel=record., 1910-01-26
GROUPS OF APAcHES ENGAGED IN WORK OF PIRACY, BUT
 WERE DISPERSED.
Army Aid Is Sent to the Sufferers PresIdent~and Premier Make a
 Tour of Flooded Districts.

Paris, Jan. 26.-The river atlthori- ties early this morning announced that the Seine would continue to rise antil Thursday ana will exceed the high record of 1902. The Lyons Rail road Company sent out notification that all service out of Paris has been suspended.
 The great bonded warehouses at Bercy appear to be doomed to destruc. tion, involving an immense loss. The merchants are hurriedly removing all they can.
 The Seine at Colombes threatens momentarily to mount the parapet and flood the working class suburb of Gen nevilliers, six miles northwest of the center of Paris.
 | The military authorities have tele- graphed to generals in the provinces /, to hurry pontoons, bedding and sap pers to the points where the floods are most severe.
 The minister of marine has ordered the authorities of the ports to dis patch life boats and crews to Paris. A steamboat pontoon broke from it's moorings at ? o'clock this morning and was swept against on of the arches of the Pone Del L'Alma, com pletely obstructing the river at that point It will probably have to be blown up.
 | Floods have now broken out in the south, the rivers Gers. Charente, Ad- our and Dordogne having overfiowed their banks. Fierce storms are raging along the coast, filling she ports with shipping in distress.
 At Confans fourteen houses have collapsed. The Aube canal has burst flooding Saint Just and several other villages.
 The floods have brought disaster to "a large part of France. Occasional reports from the Seine's affluents this afternoon that they were beginning to fall, have proved incorrect, for they are rising steadily and the official es- timate tonight is that the Seine will be at least fifteen inches higher by tomorrow afternoon.
 The victims of the flood number more than 100000 and the monetary loss is incalculabe. The homes of the poor are hopelessly ruined The region of inundation Is steadily increasing and villages in scores Of places are completely submerged, the people fleeing for their lives and aban- doning everything. In many cases the soldiers have obliged to use force in compelling the inhabitants to evac- 1 uate their homes.
 Hundreds of them refused to leave, | clamoTing only for food and water
 In Paris the situation is rapidly be- coming worse, the floods sparing nelth CT the rich nor the poor.
 Paris is practically cut of south | and west, and if the present cond- i tons continue the question of food supplies will become menacing. The senate today unanimously adopted an appropriation Of $4O0,O00 for the na- tions relief and various societies are sending out calls for aid The public fund for this purpose Is swelling. President Fallieres heads the list with s40.0OO The Rothschids have given s20,OO0, the Bank of France s10,000 and the Banque de Paris ct nes Pays Bas $10,000.
 The rescue work at Alfortville was hampered tonight by lack of light. There were weird scenes as the boat. aided now and then by the glare of a searchlight, were rowed here and there responding to calls for help But the rescuers had more to con tend with than the turbulent waters. Groups of Apaches had gathered and soon were engaged in the work of l piracy.
 Finally a force of soldiers appeared on the scene and drove them away. There were many cases of drown ing and death to the aged and sick as a result of the shock and exposure. Two instances of death were particu- larly pathetic. Aged and inhrm find ing themselves unable to move. man and woman hanged themselves to a bed post.
 The hospital at Tnvry, containing 2000 patients is surrounie by water. As there is no means of cooking the food or Of heating the building the | patients must he removed unless the food subsidies and the attending phy-