Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-02-04

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Paris, Jan. 30.-The river Seine is
falling at the rate of three-quarters OF
an inch an hour. The river Marne has
dropped eight inches and the river
Yonne eighteen inches from the maxi
mum of the flood. Hope is strong that
the subsistence of all the vagrant
streams will be rapid.
The high mark reached by the river
Seine at Point Royal was 81 feet l
inch. This is the highest known rec.
ord. The flood of 1915 is said by some
to have attained it's crest at 30 feet
6 inches. The situation throughout
the city continues grave and there is
fear that the receding of the waters
may cause the collapse of many build
ings, the foundations of which have
been greatly weakened by the inun.
dalton.
The crest of the flood was reached
at midnight. The waters remained
stationary for two hours, after which
they fell slowly. During the night the
storm clouds disappeared and the
weather cleared. In the morning the
sun shone brightly.
Situation Little Improved.
The delay in Geographic communi-
cation throughout France and to Italy
and Switzerland continues Despite,
the fact that the waters subsidized the
situation within the city was not i'm
proved. On the contrary the surface
water further invaded the streets.
while the pressure from the choking
torrents underground opened new
crevices in some places and at other
points forced up the pavements into
great obstructing hummocks, fitting
and sometimes tearing up trees and
lamp posts.
This was especially noticeable in
the Place de la Concorde, the Rue
Royale and the Place de L'Opera. The
greatest damage has been done at the
Place de L'Opera and at the St. La
zare station. At the former four bad
caveins have occurred, one in front of
the new building of the Equitable Life
Assurance society, where the water
has poured into the basement The
situation, however, is not so critical in
the Place de LOpera as in the region
in front of the St. Lazare, where the
waters racing through the Rue de la
Grange-Bateliere subway, joining the
flood of overflowed sewers, has turned
the Place du Havre into lake and
some sections of the Rue de L'Arcade
the Rue de L'Isyl and the Boulevard
Hanssmann into veritable rivers
crevices Swallow Pedestrians.
There have been dozen instances
where persons have disappeared in
crevices suddenly opened or been
swept away in the sewer floods. Many
pitiful stories are told of the rescue
Of half starved persons whom the flood
had imprisoned in houses. Two fami.
lies with nine children who had been
drifting about on raft all night were
in the Javel district at day.
I4Sut 1cSCucu. "A uuuuUSI VI per-
sons have become insane through fear
and suffering.
Two hundred additional canvas
boats with crews arrived at points on
the water front above and below the
city. They will aid the residents of
the suburbs. The government has
every boat obtainable
md posted notices everywhere warn.
Ing flood sufferers not to pay the boat.
men anything for their services. Many
private individuals, including the
have placed their automo-
biles and carriages at the disposal of
The authorities.
Extensive preparations are being
made for the thorough cleansing and
aisinfection of the city as soon as the
water has subsidized. Much apprehen.
sion is felt regarding the effect upol.
he weakened foundations of streets
md houses when the water pressure is