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Show FLOODS JJUCE HUNDREDS ARE HOMELESS AND RUINED AS RESULT OF HIGH WATERS. Villages Submerged and House Collapse Col-lapse When Waters Weaken the Foundations. Homeless Are Suffering. Paris. Floods have exceeded all records and are fast assuming the proportions of a national disaster. In the northeast, and west, hundreds are homeless and ruined. Although it is impossible to estimate the damage, it will be great. One of the water maiirs, serving one of the most populous districts, burst and the people of the district are without with-out water. It is feared that the city will be in a like condition soon, as the flood is invading the pumping stations. sta-tions. The compressed air factory, which supplies elevators in Paris, also has been forced to shut down. Officials of the prefecture are finding find-ing great difficulty in securing shelter for the homeless. Many persons , vacated their quarters quar-ters Saturday' and 200 more vacated Sunday. On the boulevard of St. Germain a house is tottering and threatening to fall on the chamber of deputies. One of the few casualties reported Sunday was the sweeping away of a man who was trying to drag some floating logs from the river. The situation in the outskirts of Paris is even worse than in the city proper. At Alforteville the dam burst, overwhelming 200 houses, the people being forced to fly, leaving their belongings be-longings behind. |