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Show fmm, m, ' IN CiTljf PARIS Waters Continue to -Rise and Vast Population Is Panic-Stricken Panic-Stricken by Disaster. UNDERGROUND DWELLINGS ARE .COMPLETELY FLOODED Many Streets Transformed Into Canals; Criist of City Is Sinking. r.iPA,1?IS ,Jnn- 2S- Cs30 a. m.) 4-r 4-r J' mod prospects grew black again this morning. The tomnprnluro f rose during the night, and the y wind veered to the southwest, -I v sweeping the flooded sections T V0,?1 a "c"' nRle. The rain was -i-? day VI,y at daybrcnk to- PAT? IS, Jan. 2S. FUjod conditions had become much worse air 2 o'clock this morning, particularly in the south and east sections, in, the old Lnttn quarter the situation was critical. The sidewalk of the Quai des G ramies Augustine collapsed and fell into the UiJcans company's tunnel beneath, further fur-ther extending the flood through the ancient streets, particularlv the Hue .Jacob and around tho Institute of France. Many sewers burst in the twelfth arrondtsscmont, ono of the bigovst in I a ns, the whole of which is no"w submerged, sub-merged, and , has been plunged into darkness on account of tho breaking of the gas mains. . The half-buried Jo St. Louis, which is connected with the Jle dc la Cite by means of the Ponto St. Louis, is likely to be totally submerged within a lew hours, as the water is now only a few inches from the parapel. Men wcro summoned at. a late hour and aro working dobporalelv to eroct a wall to save tho historic 'Hotel' Lambert, Lam-bert, erected in the seventeenth century, cen-tury, and now tho residence of Prim-o Czartoryski. and tho equallv famous Jlotcl Lauzun. adjoining, purchased bv thc cit.; In 1900, to be used as a museum mu-seum ot arts. It nlso was built in the seventeenth century. At 2:30 oWflc tho water forced its way up through tho subwav workings work-ings in the Buo Sr. Lazare. which is inundated the whole of its length. In seCM-al places the sidewalk fell m. The subway under the Palace de la Opera has collapsed, and the sidewalk iu front of the Iow York. Equitable Society's building has sunk in. PARIS. Jan. 27. Another day has passed, but tho waters of the Sdn-creep Sdn-creep slowly higher, each Inch wldelv'ex-tcndlnK wldelv'ex-tcndlnK the area of destruction, desolation and ruin. Although the barometer is rising rap-dly rap-dly and origin sunshlno todav succeeded the raging storms, a feeling of consternation, consterna-tion, bordering on panic, prevailed tonight to-night when tlie authorities, who yesterday yester-day said Ihe maximum of the flood would come today, announced that this would not be reached- until tomorrow. Official Offi-cial figures of the stage of the water arc difficult to obtain, and the city council, at a stormy session tonight charged M. T.eplne. prefect of Paris, with concealing Ihe gravity of tlie situation, the prefect defended his attitude by wiving wiv-ing that he was governed by the necessity neces-sity of not unduly alarming the people. In the meantime, what is happening Is enough to strike terror to the hearts of all. The crust of the city seems likely like-ly to sink-Into the flooded subterranean labyrinths beneath. Streets Turn to Canals. Every hour drains are bursting in new localities, causing a subsidence of tho streets or bulging them up several feer. while the overflow of surface water from the river is transforming the Inundated districts Into formidable lakes and the streets into canuls. In the Borcy quarter tho water Is six feet deep In tho streets and tlie entire left bank of the Seine from abovo the Islands to Auteuil. compromising the Law Court institute, the fashionable St. Germain Ger-main district, the foreign office, the chamber of deputies and the Champs de Mars. Is submerged tinder from one to ten fcol of water. Some, deputies left the Palais Bourbon tonight In rowboavs. others on the backs of attendants. Walls " of the Invalldes station are crumbled, and that structure and thawing tha-wing .of tho foreign ofllee opposite aro In danger of collapse. Nevertheless, Mine. Plchon, wife of tho foreign minister, minis-ter, held her regular reception tonight, oil lamps and grate tires being employed in tho absence, of steam heat and electricity. elec-tricity. Desporato Situation. Streets surrounding the St. Lazare station have sunk three feet, and thu situation there is regarded as desperate It Is also feared that the foundations of tho two big neighboring department stores are being undermined. The overflow of the broken sewers into the Hooded basements menaces tho health of tho occupants, rmd the smell of sewage sew-age is already permeating tho buildings. build-ings. Xouvlthstnndlng this, the police tonight notified householders, especially 1 hose of the wealthier class, who are using automobile engines for pumping purposes, that they must exercise tho greatest care, as the removal of tho water pressure would likely causo the foundations to sink or collapse. Soldiers are working desperately by tho aid' or torches to disentangle driftwood above tb Solferlno and Henry IV. brldscs. while large forces of men are still engaged in constructing dams to divert di-vert 'be course of the swiftly-moving e.nrrenls. Good Work of Roliof. There was a further sliul-down of electric light plants tonight. Keller work is proceeding bravely, none being refused food or shelter. Archbishop Amietto has ordered public prayers Iu the churches and a collection for the victims. In spite of the- crippled water supplv. authorities say that the reservoirs nrn Intact, and that there la no dnnger ot a famine if the water is husbitndt-d carefully care-fully and ronflned s-trit-tly to drinking purposes. At the same time a warning Is ago In Issued that tho water should be bulled. The situation below Paris is becoming appreciably worse. The stretch of water that engulfs Boulogne. Vcuilly. Putcnux, S vrcs. Asnlercs. Mnisons-Laffitte. Lc-ptcq Lc-ptcq and Polssy, Is widening rapidly, Continued on Page Flevcn. DESOLATION, RUIN, IN CITY OF PARIS Continued From Page One. whilo farther below the swollen Olsa l(f pouring In new torrents over the Pon-tolse Pon-tolse section. fl Because of defective communication with the provinces, few dispatches have been received, but these report a gen-enll gen-enll Improvement. The weather every-where every-where throughout Franco has moderated and It Is believed that the worst of tho floods Is past. No Americans Lost. IH No Americans aro reported Injured. Artists nnd students for tho most part live In tho Latin Quarter, which Is on high ground, and the richer Americana H generally live near the Rue dc l'Etolle, the highest portion of the city. The boulevard life of the gay Parisian has been suddenly silenced. Most of tho music halls remain open, but they aro deserted. A hushed multitude sits In front of tho boulevard cafes. At a special meeting tonight, the board of health drew up Instructions for tho IH prevention of an opldemic. In addition to the usual precautions with regard to water, vegetables and fruits, the board IH especially Insists that none of the Hood- HH ed houses be reoccuplcd until they have HH been thoroughly disinfected, until tha walls have been scraped, and until bod-ding bod-ding nnd clothing contaminated by Hood waters have been burned. J The board announced that thero wero .10-1,000 cubic meters In the reservoirs, enough for several days, nnd therefore there wns little fear of a water famine. All omnibuses, street cars and other heavy traffic on the bridges wore stopped tonight. In many places a coating of ico has formed on tho Hood waters In tho IH The chamber of deputies voted thanks for the splendid services of police, sol-dlcrs sol-dlcrs nnd officials In the work of res-cue. res-cue. Premier Brlnnd declared that per-sons per-sons who hoarded up provisions and wero selling them at a hig profit would bo fM drastically dealt with. CALL FOR AID IS ISSUED IN NEW YOEK NEW YORK. Jan. 27, The first call fM in this country for nl(i for the French Hood sufferers wns Issued here today by the French branch of the Young Men's Christian association. French newspa-pcrs newspa-pcrs here also have opened subscription Henri E. Gourd, president of tho French chamber of commerce here, said that France needs no money. jH "Tho people of France," he snld, "aro not beggarp. What they need is food and fuel. Other nations of Europe will IH havo lo go to the aid of stricken France. The hands of the United States are with- iH held by tho barrier of distance. One can- IH not send bread and coal by cable." 1 Taft Expresses Sympathy. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. President Taft has sent a telegram to President H Falllercs of Franco, expressing tho sym- M pnthy of the American people for tho H Hood sufferers at Paris, nnd has tendered B relief through the National Red Cross. St. Denis Threatened. ST. DENIS. Jan, 27. This city Ib thrcatcnend with Inundation. It Is without gas and practically without drinking water- A factory employing 2500 hands |