New-York tribune., 1910-01-27
UORkMEN TRYING TO
SAVE GALLERY.
Property Loss Placed ct $780,
900 900 and Death Rate
Is Groscing.
Is Grosring.

,,,date the sculpture gallery, where. are
kent the Venus of Milo and other price
less art treasures.
The danger 10 the Louvre is increased
~, the presence at this point of a big
sever which it is feared will burst. A
rsng Of masons was hurriedly assem-
Med and are working under high press
,,re in the glare Of daring gas lamps.
,,,i,dine up a concrete wall to keep out
The water
A. a. m. the walls OF the Quai dor
ssv railway station gave way under the
enormous pressure and a vast volume Of
,gs,er poured under the roadway. lifting
=. hosilv and washing the blocks Of wood
.long like straws. The whole quarter is
NOW flooded TO a depth of two feet.
The Subway station at Bercy collapsed
nth 2 terrific roar early this morning,
nearly CARRYING TO ruin a nearby police
s+stjor. IN which a number of flood suf-
ss-ers had sought refuge. The yellow
waters boiled through the chasm and
srept all before il.
rorty houses in the vicinity had to be
evacuated storekeepers therein abandon
,nr everything. AS the gas mains burst
When the station collapsed, darkness
ssded to the terror Of the people.
Late dispatches from the provinces
bring ray of hope. These indicate that
she situation there has improved, and
,sat the foods have at length reached
,beir crest The affluents of the Seine
s-s even beginning to show a tendency
"a drop. The Rhone and Saone rivers,
however. are still rising.
Reports of villages submerged and
,eople absolutely without food are reach
ing Paris constantly. Saint Laurent Is
sooded. and the people are without
drinking water. At Confians-s Marine
score Of houses have fallen in and
MANY people are homeless. At Sevres
She famous government porcelain factory
e. completely surrounded by the flood.
Paris. Jan. 26-The snowstorm has
resse6 and the weather is moderating,
but the Seine is still rising, and Paris,
like q doomed city, is holding its breath
in terror Half the city is in darkness
In the gloom gailoping -orderlies are
haaring Instructions which eA's no Longer
he serf h., ,.,.rhane. The army of po-
lice, fremen and soldiers give the ap-
pearance Of a city fighting for its life.
Every minute brings graver dangers.
New areas are being inundated, quays
are collapsing and yawnfng chasms ap-
pear in the streets. The water of the
Seine has invaded the entire labyrinth
Of underground Paris. 1t threatens ruin
snd destruction everywhere.
What new disaster will come to the
water-logged city before the Seine be-
gins TO fall no one can predict. Already
the damage is officially estimated at
sao0o0o.0D0, and every hour adds
millions more. The. catastrophe prom
ises to exceed the limits of a national
disaster and become International
The death rate also is growing at a,
frightful rate Scarlet fever has ap-
peared among the refugees at Ivry.
Among the superstitious there is talk
Of the destruction Of Paris as a result of
the appearance Of Halley's comet.
The authorities are facing the situa-
ton bravely, and are bending their en-
ersies 10 the rescue of the imprisoned
and the sUccor of the homeless. The
public subscriptions opened by the news
Papers have reached nearly 100000.
while the Red Cross and other relief So
ceties have gone nobly TO work.
The extent of the floods in Paris may
Be Judged by the fact that about hall
the length Of the quays within the city
are under water, which is pouring into
tne streets, and thousands o. laborers
trr IL IN
build cement walls TO hold back the cur
rent The Foreign Office and the Hotel
falais d'Orsay have been abandoned. as
me cellars are full of water.
ABANDON HOTEL CONTINENTAL.
The Continental Hotel and many resi-
oenoes IN the aristocratic quarter are
'spoly being evacuated. There is ten
leet Of water in the subway station in
'-ont Of the Care ST. Lazare. and the
taking Of the square threatens to carry
''An the adjacent buildings.
Al conference between the officials
lhe Chamber of Commerce and NM.
O''he'y and Dupuy, Ministers of FL
Ishee and Commerce. respectively. it
"ss decided TO ask Parliament TO author
~->NT34SlOll VI hli4lS icI
'sFer because of the general disorgan-
'1etlon of business.
WIN the failure Of the gas and cleo
e hghting plants, Paris is confronted
n an oil famine. Scores of oil barges
-" houen are tied up in the Seine. and
great depOts Of distribution in the
sklrts Of Paris are flooded The oil
''iiefies al Rouen are endangered. The
;. 'loh In ;he provinces is no better
'h IN the city. as rhey are supplied
h Oh from Paris.
:. Otncial bulletin tonight stated that
a., "@'er at POnt Royal will reach the
M g-soot mark tomorrow morning.
prospect for the immediate future
,ose' as ]. is estimated that the Seine
sht and tomorrow will rise from
a.. 'hree feet. Moreover, it is feared
~. 'he high tide which is setting in.
s,,.-.'g tonight. will aggravate the
wa Touring IN an additional yoI-
ure u water and adding strong press
at, mat which is already invading the
Underground
tbs, ors received here from Rouen say
a,s me quays and fields for many miles
Plsi. water Half of the town OF
sbl,,-- IA the DEPARTMENT of Gers, is
ereed, and hundreds of refugees
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