The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-01-28

Paris. Jan. 25-ExpeCtations that
the maximum food would be reached
tonight is unrealized as the Seine is
still rising half an inch hourly.
Victims Of the food number humid
reds OF thousands and the loss is in
calculable. Thousands Of EOor peo-
pie who are ruined are filing Paris
from the provinces. ard the govern
ment has reQuisitioned army and navy
material to shelter and feed the suf-
ierers.
The region of i%nundation is steadily
charging and scores of villages are
submerged.
The food is insidious'y invading the
compactly built area on either side of
the Seine, undermining many build
ings. All the streets in one southeast
ACCOMPLISHMENT are rivers. Every sub
way and tram service is diminished
and gas and electricity are failing.
At Alfortville tonight groups Of
pirates seized several boats and rob-
bed rcrcued and rescuers till soldiers
drove of the loOters.
Many are drowned and many aged
and sick have died as a result of eX-
pOsure
Paris. Jan. 25-Fifty thousand sol
diers comprising the garrison of Paris
were placed at the DISPOSITION OF the
municipal authorities this morning to
fight the food whose ravages are
spreading ruin n CONSERVATION
throughout the city. At eight his
morning. the water at Point Royal
touched 26 feet above the low tide and
was rising half an inch an hour.
The damage lone is i~ncalculable.
The industrial life OF the city is rap
idly becoming paralyzed. Subway
and surface lines, railroad communi-
cation and wire service are democrat
lied. The disaster locally is due chief
ly to the fact that the whole marvel
Gus underground architecture of the
city, which is honeycombed with
labvrinths is filling up with water,
causing the sewers to burst. and the
streets to cave in threatening the
foundation of buildings.
APPALLING SCENES
The scene on the river front is ma
iestic but appalling. The stream has
broken barriers at several points and
is pouring yellow torrents into the
surrounding streets. converting them
into veritable lakes. It may be neces-
sary to blow up Alma bridge, where
the water is but a few inches from
the keystone OF the arch. as a dam
there might turn the course Of the
Seine in such a wav as to food sew
eral of the most fashionable sections
OF the city.
At noon Paris was the center of the
low area Of the low pressure. and a
bitter cold rain and sleet were
falling throughout the flooded regions,
adding to the suffering of the poor and
homeless. The price of food has in
creased owing to the fact that en-
munication with the provinces is Grip
pied.
The depleted supply of drinking wa
ter caused the greatest alarm. With
the rise of the flood but a few inches
higher. the pumping stations still In
operation must stop and Paris will
he in tho midst of a miniature ocean
and will be without water fit to drink
The situation at between twenty and
thirty suburban towns above this city
Is worse than at the capital itself.
TERRIFIC FLOODS
At Clarendon. where the swollen
Marine enters the Seine, ar area of 200
square miles has been flooded. ard
the submerged district has a popula-
ton OF 80 900. At this point soldiers
and firemen are doing a heroic work
in rescuing families in pontoon boats.
At Alfortvil'e. the cemetery is wash
ing out. caskets floating down the
stream.
Relief has been organized on a large
scale and appeals for funds are meet
ing with most generous
Physicians fear an epidemic when the
waters subside. as the overlooking
sewers are likely to contaminate the
drinking supply and rats driven out
from their underground homes are
invading residences. The hotel and
palais d'Orsay and surrounding houses
have been ordered vacated. The pal
ace Of the Legion of Honor is men
aced. News from the provinces shows
a general improvement Of the situa-
ton this afternoon except in the east
and at the a%ffluence of the Seine and
the Meuse rivers.