Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-02-02
GREAT FLOOD IN FRANCE.
Many Lives LOst-Thc Property Loss
Amounts to S,2OO,OOO,O 900.

Amounts 10 2OO,OOO,OOO.
Chalons-SurMarne, France, Jan.
26.-Hundreds Of persons have per-
ished in the valley of the Doubs. A
whole family was rescued by soldiers
in an auto-boat after the members
had been swept from raft, and the
father. holding a revolver above the
food, was about to shoot the others
and kill himself.
The Property Loss.
Paris, Jan. 27.-Premier BRAND
and Minister Of Finance Cochery. af-
ter consultation Yesterday, esti-
mated that the Hood losses would en-
coed $500, 100000. Paris has been
divided into five sections, each in
| charge Of military company. which
will control the relief and rescue
work The Seine continues to rise
and the situation grows worse.
Yesterday the Seine touched the
keystone Of the arch Of the Alma
bridge. The back-water overiioweG
the COurS-la- Refine to depth OF
nearly five feet, flooding the base
ments Of the magnificent residences
there. The cellar at the home OF
United States Ambassador Bacon
was filled, and his furnace fire
drowned out. The ambassador is
now left without heat or light in his
home.
Entire Street in Danger.
West street, at the west of the
foreign office, is in imminent dan
ger OF collapse, being sustained only
by the compressed air forced from
the Hooded subway, which runs un-
derncatf. Should this fall, the en-
tire str ct must cave ~.
The cabinet met in extraordinary
session Yesterday and decided to
open for the shelter Of refuge IS the
Pantheon, St. Sulphice Seminar, and
other former church properties.
The entire district back Of the
Quai dc Jafel is inundated. and the
water Is emerging from the sewers
at many isolated sections far from
the Seine.
The water has reached the top Of
the presidential tribune at the long
Champs race course. Six square
miles OF the Bois dc Boulogne are
submerged. Because Of the danger
to the occupants, Foreign Minister
Pinchon has ordered the evacuation
Of the wing Of the foreign Office
HOOD
ed Rue d'Constantine The water
also reached the Chamber of Depu
ties. though the members continued
in session. The chamber has been
cut off from telegraphic and tele-
phOnic connection.
5000 Persons Imprisoned.
The 600 persons imprisoned i'm
the uppcl stories Of their homes at
Aifortvillc are being rescued by SOL
dierS with boats.
The Rue ROyalc, between the
Place de COncorde and the Madaline.
the famous church ediiiCe, began TO
sink and was hurricdly roped off.
several big assures have occurred in
the JaH"} region. The boulevard ad-
Joining the Pone dc Bercy and the
street in front 81 the Louvre Museum
also began TO cave in. Foot passage
across the POne des SITS. Peres has
been stopped. The nood-nvaded
streets are filled with row boats, the
owners OF which demand fabulous
prices for the removal OF furniture
and Naluablcs to places OF safety.
The Metropolitan subway at seve-
raj points has been invaded by the
sewage from the Overlooking drains.
The whole OF France j. still in the
grip OF an unprecedented storm.
Rain. Snow and hail are falling
everywhere, the coasts are storm
bound and ships are fleeing to the
harbors for refuge.
Famine Prices Reached.
Political diversions have been bur
led, and the government and people
united to solve the problem OF relief.
Powerless to do anything to conjurc
the rage Of the elements, those in au-
thority have devoted themselves
solely to the work Of rescue and OF
providing shelter and food for the
homeless.
Eevcry resource OF the govern
m"nt, including the army. has been
employed. Boats were rcquisitioncd
at all ports. and soldiers and fire
men worked tirelessly
Paris is beginning TO feel the
pinch OF hunger The supply of
fresh meat and vegetables is failing.
and prices are soaring to famine fig
urcS. Some avaricious bakers. who
attempted TO double the price OF
bread, were roughly handled and
two OF them were thrown into the
Scin" at Charonton.
Details from the flooded regions OF
provinces are narrowing in their mo-
notony OF broken dykes in the canals
and the inundation Of villages. The
ivcfS in the southwest are rising
rapidly.
T"c swollen Loire has caused
hraNy damage in the province OF
TouTainc.
The immense losses in every
branch OF industry were reflected on
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