The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-16

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behind the great cemetery. far from
People in the vicinity scurried
away as the ground began to sink
and all managed to escape.
When communication with the
suburbs had been partially restored
today, it was learned that fruit and
vegetable growers had suffered enor-
nous damage from the storm.
Rain ceased later in the day but the
weather continued very threatening.
Rain Bursts the Sewers.
In the central fashionable uQarter Of
In the central fashionable quarter of
the city a street caved in, burying sew
eral persons. The number of victims
OF approaching the immense pitR re-
sulting from the collapse Of sidewalks
and roadways. The police estimated
the victims at seven!
The largest cavein occurred at the
junction Of the Rue la Boetie and the
storm was at it's height. five hundred
square feet of the roadway heaved up
and sank. carrying with 1t several per-
sons who had taken shelter under the
awning of a cafe. Water spurted from
the broken mains and, added to the
whole district into q river. Gas mains.
telephone wires and the electrical sup
ply were broken off.
Roadway Collapses.
A large section of the roadway in
the Place Saint Augustin suddenly col
lapsed. A taxicab was engulfed. Wit
nesses saw q woman's hand waving
from the vehicle and the head of the
chauffeur as the taxicab disappeared.
Almost Immediately a great block OF
stone fell upon it. A large wagonette
Just missed the same fate, tho rear
81 fv0 In
but the occupants escaped.
Almost at the beginning of the
storm the roadway at the junction OF
the Rue Tronchet, the Rue Auber and
the Boulevard Haussmann, one Of the
busiest parts of Paris, disappeared.
leaving an opening thirty feet long
and fifteen feet wide, into which the
water from a broken main poured in
a torrent. One person fell in, but was
rescued.
Flames Shoot Up.
Police kept the people away from
the roadway, which continued slowly
to subside. Suddenly g. sheet of
flames shot up to the housetops. with
a terrific defamation. Gas from a
broken pipe had caught fire and the
sought safety in the surrounding
houses.
A, sewer burst alongside the subway
in the Rue de Rdvoli, putting it out Of
commission. Another burst In the HUE
,BOissy-d' A,lglas, carrying away many
feet of the pavement and flooding the
new subway line under the Place de Ia
Concorde.
| The steeple Of the Rumanian church
in the Rue Jean de Beuvais was set
on fire by lightning.
More Buildings Collapse.
Paris, June 16.-Several more build
ings collapsed in various parts Of Paris
today owing to subsidences of the soil
caused, by yesterdays terrific storm,
and q number of persons were injured.
The list Of dead known today was Of
fically stated to be eight, but as more
persons were reported missing, the
search of the debris was continued.
Machinery was used to hasten the
work.
The minister of the interior urged
upon the government the necessity of
taking measures to prevent a REPETITION
OF the occurrences. Three bodies were
recovered today from a deep hole at
the junction of the Rue Du Havre and
the Boulevard Haussman, near the
Saint Lazare station. The court yard
of hotel in the Rue Pierre-Ginier at
Montmartre fell in today but there
were no casualties.
In another locality the wall of q
building under construction collapsed
and two wOrkmen were severely I'M
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