Show RIVERS RAGING TORRENTS Hundreds of Cities and Towns in France Prance Ravaged by Disastrous Disastrous Disastrous trous Floods Hoods Paris Oct 17 Dispatches from the center and ar south of France today toda all con confirm confirm confirm firm the worst reports r ports of destruction caused by the floods Hoods The rivers Loire Rhone and Saone and their tributaries are raging torrents the water In some places being the highest ever recorded In hun hundreds hundreds hundreds of cities and towns there Is from two to ten feet of water In the streets Great distress has resulted Railroad traffic is utterly disorganized At places the road beds have been washed away awa and the stations are arc under water Fortunately the storm center is now moving seaward the weather clearing and the worst appears to be over oer |