THE FLOODS IN FRANCE.
THE WATERS STILL RISING
United Pbess Association —Copybight PARIS, Jan. 26.
The Seine is swollen to double its usual width, and has risen another 18 inches. Hundreds of thousands of Parisians are thronging the quays to watch the carcases of cattle and horses, broken pontoons, boats, and wash-houses in the swirling torrent. Preparations are being made to dynamite the Pont d’ Alma, where the water has nearly reached the keystone.
Seventeen hundred persons are homeless at Auteuil. The rest of the inhabitants remaining in the houses are being fed by means of boats.
Armed police patrol the district in boats to prevent the “Apaches,” who pretend to be engaged in life-saving, from looting the deserted residences. Owing to the rise of the Marne, 3000 people were rescued from their houses, and 10,000 are still in danger.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2720, 27 January 1910, Page 5
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140THE FLOODS IN FRANCE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2720, 27 January 1910, Page 5
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