Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-27
Starvation and PestiIe0ce Add
10 Horrors of Already Despef-
ate Situation in Flood Swept
French Capital
CITY SHROUDED IN
GLOOM; PEOPLE IN PANIC
Death List Mounts Hourly with
Property Loss Estimated at.
Over Two Hundred Millions
of Dollars,


OF Dollars,
IBy Morning Journa. Special Leased WireI
Paris. Jan. 27.--At ] o'clock this
morning the water was rising rapidly
and had reached to within a Few
inches of the parapet Of the quay At
the Louvre. The flood threatened
momenturly 10 mundatc the sculp-
ture gallery where are kept the Venus
dc Milo ana other priceless arr reas-
ures.
The danger to the Louvre is in
creased by the presence at this point
Of big sewer which il IS feared will
burst Masons were assembled hur-
riedly aud are working under high
pressure in the flare Of flaring gas
lamps, building up a concrete wall to
keep ont the water.
The subway station at Bercy col
lapsed with terrific roar early this
morning, nearly carrying TO ruin "A
nearby police station in which NUM-
Der Of flood refugees had gathered
The yellow waters boiled through
the chasm and swept an before IT,
Forty houses in the vicinity had to be
evacuated, storekeepers therein aban-
doning everything rs tho gas mains
burst when The station collapsed dark
ness added to the peoples terror.
Later dispatches from the prov
incos bring ray of hope These in
dicate that the situation there has
improved ana that the floods have
reached thcir crest rho affluents OF
the Seine are beginning 70 show ten
dencv TO drop The Rhine and soane
rivers, however are still rising.
Reports Of villages submerged and
Of people absolutely without food are
reaching Paris constantly saint
Laurent Is flooded and the people are
without drinking water.
Al Conflans-sur- Marine q score Of
houses have fallen and many arc
homeless. AT Sevros the famous gov
ernment porcelain factory is complete
ly surrounded by water.
The snowstorm has ceased and the
weather is moderaiing. but the Seine
is still rising and Paris. like doomed
cry is holding its breath in terror. !
Half The city is in darkness. IN the
gloom there is galloping of orderlies
bearing instructions that can no longer I
be sent by telephone. The army Of po-
lice iircmon and soldiers give the /
appearance of city fighting for its /
life.
Every minute brings grayer dan
gers. New areas are being inundated, I
quays are collapsing yawning chasms /
appear in the streets. The water Of 1
the Seine has invaded the entire laby-
rinth OF Underground PARIS 1t threat /
cJ's ruin and destruction everywhere 4
what new disaster VIII come to the 1
vaier logged city tofore the Seine be-
gins 10 fan. 90 cne can predict Al \
ready ghe damage is officially esti- /
mated at s2G9.000 0ee and every hoar /
adds millions more. The catastrophe 4
promises TO exceed the limits OF a ,
national disaster and become interna-
tional. Tho death ron also is grow
ing at a frightful rate and when the .
epidemic which now appears newt
able, brcaHs out, il viii run into thou
sands. Scarlet fever has appeared
among the refugees at lvry.
Among the superstiuous there IS
talk Of the destruction of Paris as a
result OF the approach Of Halieys
comet
Public subscriptions have reached Z
nearly 100000 francs. while the
Red cross and other relief societies
have done noble work.
Thousands Of laborers and soldiers
are working iba mad 10 build cement
wal lis TO hold back the current that
p"u1s over the quays into the streets.
There Is ten feet OF water in the sub
way station ~ front ~ the Care St
Lazarre and the sinking Of the square
threatens TO carry down adjacent
buildings.
Al conference between officiels
Of the chamber of commerce and
MN. C1chcry and Dupuy, ministers of
and commerce respectively 1t
was decided To- ask parliament TO au-
thorize an extension Of time FOR COM
mercial paper because of the general
disorga of business.
Because OF the failure Of the light
plant, Paris Is confronted with dark
ness.
Bargcs ~ on are tied up IN the
seine and the great distributing de-
pots in the outskirts Of Paris are AZ
most inundated.
A bulletin sass the water ~ Pont
ROYAL VIII reach the thirty-foot mark
tomorrow morning. The prospect for
the Immediate future BE- serious. as 1t
IS esslnated that tire inc tonight and