THE FRENCH FLOODS.
80.000 PARISIANS HOMELESS AND
FOODLESS
THE SEINE SUBSIDING
United Preea Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. PARIS, January 30. The Hydrometric Office states that the Seine is sinking slowly, but steadily. There was violent rain and hail in Paris on Saturday night. The 7000 people who were imprisoned in their homes, at Genneviliiers, by the bursting of a dyke, have been rescued. Parisians are demanding the straightening of the river Seine, at whatever cost, similar to the scheme of Peter the Great, whose straightening of the Neva eerved as an outlet for the river floods. When the Seine quays were built the riverbed was restricted in order to deepen the stream, and thk largely caused the present disaster. M. Millerand, Minister of Public Works, estimates that 80,000 Parisians ere homeless and foodless. Direct telephonic communication with London has practically ceased. The Seine fell five inches on Saturday and the Marne, Aube, and Aisne fell six feet.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13646, 1 February 1910, Page 7
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