Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25
4TH OF FRANCE FLOODED;
SEINE THREATENS PARIS
River Rises 3-4 of Inch an
Hour and Situation Grows
Worse
lBy Associated Pyess.l


PARIS, Jan. PA fourth of France, 1t
is estimated, is under water today. Snow
and rain are adding to floods unprece-
denied in the present generation.
The Seine continued to rise today at
three quarters of an inch an hour and
the situation in this city grew worse
hourly. Water drowned out the electric
plant in the chamber of deputies and
today the deputies met by lamplight.
The Eiffel tower is now believed to be
in no danger of falling.
Prices OF food have risen, to the great
distress of the poor.
The flood situation in Paris reach
ed the most critical stage this
morning. The Seine registers 1853
metres at Pont Royal This is the high
est the. river has been since 1902, when
it reached $50 metres, the highest
point recorded in the history or France,
except in the year 1915.
terrible tempest of rain and wind
which broke over the city at daylight
only ADDS 10 the horror of the situation
and to the suffering OF the poor and
homeless.
The river presents an awe-inspiring
spectacle A quarter of a million peo-
pie in drenching rain throng the stone
parapets and quays, watching the yell
low tide, which is crowded with drift
wood, wine casks and other wreckage
rushing seward. The water now is
almost flush with the arches of the
bridge.
WORK TO SAVE BRIDGE
Firemen, police and troops are work.
ink like mad at all the bridges, olsen
tangling blockades resulting from the
floating debris, and it is hoped that all
the bridges will be saved. Traffic on
several of the Trailer ones, however.
has been stopped.
The streets around the chamber or
deputies are considered unsafe and all
traffic in these thoroughfares has been
forbidden.
The tunnel between the Quai dOrsay
and the Quai dAusterlitz stations is
rushing stream. The basement OF the
Palais de Justice is full of water and
the first floor of the central police sta
ton is untenable.
The partial Gripping of the water sup
ply threatens the capital with a water
famine The police are making a house
to house canvass. notifying the inhabi-
tants to boil all water used for drinking
purposes and thereby avoid the danger of
a TYPHOID epidemic.
RAILWAYS ARE SUSPENDED.
The surface and underground railways,
which barely are sufficient under normal
conditions to cope with the traffic, re-
main partially suspended, although no
worse today than yesterday. Railroad
traffic. however, row is utterly demoraliz-
ed, and completely suspended to the
southwark of Paris.
The situation at suburban places up and
down the river is deplorable. The poorer
quarters Of all the towns on the river
below Paris are under water, the streets
of Auteuil resembling those OF Venice.
A dyke near st. German broke today,
flooding the valleys as far as Malmal-
son.
The lower portion of Boise de Bologne
Is blanket of water reaching TO Baga-
telIe. Judging from reports received TO-
DAY from the provinces a quarter OF
France is under water.
OTHER DISTRICTS FLOODED.
The eastern, central and southeastern
districts of France are terribly afflicted
The valleys and plains are inundated and
the cities and town are in darkness
Troops everywhere have been ordered 20
the work of rescue, but often they en-
counter the greatest difficulty In drfv-
ing the peasants to places of safety.
The cities of Montargis. Macon. Cha
Ions-sur-Saone and Epernay and the en-
tire champagne country are experiencing
the most disastrous floods since 1856.
The water in many of the villages alone
the Saone and the Marine reaches to the
roofs of the dwellings.
At Verdun-Le Doubs, a small town, IL
miles from Chalons-sur-Saone, the pro-
tecting dyke is breaking and the town is
threatened with destruction
The rivers Rhone and Loire are falling
in the lower regions. The situation is
greatly improved at Lyons, Limoges,
Troyes, Annecy and Auxerre.