The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-28
DESTRUCTION and
OESOL ALTON
IN PARIS
Maximum Flood Height Expect
ed This Morning
HEAL1HoF PEOPLE IN DANGER
Flooding of Cellars by sewage
rh,.,tsrs Pestilence-Prominent
Buildings Submerged

par,s Ian 2S.-Another day mas
..oa hrt the mexorable yellow tde
still creeps slowly higher each lnoa
90 water widely extending the aiea
81 destruction. desolation ana rum.
AItbough the barometer Is rlslns
r,nidiv and bright sunshine succeeu-
cd the raging storms a feeling oi Con
etarnotion bordering on panic pre-
,."iIad last night when the authorizes
'r %,l Yesterday promised the maxi
I'm of the food for yesterday an
,,o,noed that this would not pe
reached until this morhlhs ,.
The very crust of the CITY Sees s11n,9
ready to sink into the HOODED subj .,,
ranean labyrinth beneath' ~ 800
bonr drains are bursting in ne" 'ot%i,
;tioe causing a subsistence OIL Oue
atroets or bullying them up ieel
7hoye their normal level whlie lle
oyeraow of surface water from tns
,,yer is transforming the inundated
a,stricts into formidable lakes anu
the streets into canals .,o,
Tbe walls of the Invalides stauon
ornrnhling and both that struc
ture and the wing of the loreisn vi
fce opnosite are in danger Vl
lanse Nevertheless Sime' l y, ,la,
Vie of the foreign minister heiu u 1i
nagn,or reception this evening, ol
iomns and crate fires beins empty ~
- he absence OF steam heat any
e'g 1,sn Streets surrounding the 81
a.o,ion have sunk three ice
aT5 me situation there is regafoeu =, a
dosperate 1t is also feared thal u,
eonrdatjops of the two big neishpo'
ing department stores are oe'Ns -
The overflow Of the broken sewer
INFO the eocded Easements menaV !,
tho health Of the occupants ana u
smov RI sewage already IS poiule
ting he buildings but notwitas'an ..
tnT his the police have notihed hou'
hoIdors eeneciahy those OF the We.
M class who are using automoD'
anr.nss for pumping purposes, IN
the,. roust exercise the greatest ca
&C tbe removal Of the water preSsu
would be likely tc cause inc 'ou"'
tions 10 sink or collapse
soldiers are working despera l,
NV The aid Of torches, dlsehsasl
drift wood above he Solferlno. q
Harrv ~ bridges while large ior'
81 mon are still engaged in constiu
ing dams 10 divert the course OF
swiftly moving currents.
There was a further shutdown
electric light plants last night iea'
the city in selnidarkness' me
Iiof worl, is proceeding bravely NJ
being refused food or shelter al
bishop Annette has ORDERED pu'
nrayers in the churches ana coi
lion taken up for the victims.
In spite of the crippled water
,ly the authorities say that the
ervoirs are intact and that there
10 danger of a famine If the waite
hnshanded carefully and conn
strictly to drinking purposes Az
same tine warning again Is 'ss
that the water should be Dolled'
The situation below Paris Is
coming appeciably worse
stretch of water which ehguils
ogne. Neuilly, Puteaux SeVIes'
nierse, Maisons-Lafiitte, lie Pecq
pojssy. is widening rapidly,
farther below the swollen Olse
mourning in new torrents over the
toise section.
Ov ing to defective communici
with the provinces few dispat
have been received here but
rcuor q general Improvement.
weather everywhere throug
France has amehorated and II
ueyed the worst has passed