THE FRENCH DELUGE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 730, 1 February 1910, Page 5

THE FRENCH DELUGE.

GREAT'DISTRESS,

\STEAIGHTENING' ; C)Fy THE' 1 : SEINE. By.TeiegraDU— Frees Assoo'iation-Oobyrieht ?f" ,; ' : : : : ->.: . : r Paris, , ' January' 30. : CThi-HydromßtTio'Office. states.: that.the S;iiiß'is" sinking, slowly.ahd.:steadily.:. '.)■;.'. .(When; the;quays I :along:the; Seine were built the river-bed'was: restricted in order to deepen caused :the ; present disaster. . : .'.-.:j .V M '! ; . ; :■ : ';: Parisians; are 'demanding; the, straight-, pning: of. the' Seine,; at. whatever cost, like Peter -the Great's ; p work at ..the' Neva, which ■sefyisd as' an- outlet ,td river, floods. •;."The .Seine fell.£ve': inches- on Saturday, and' the Marne; Aubp,■■•'and Aisne.. eix v;There',.wasi'violent rain.and;hail. in PanVori Saturday'night.':,;/.. , ■;>;,;.■ '~-: '.' .tHousand; residonts : at QenheTil-j liers.'whoAwerd'in peril :f.rpm;the';flobds,'. have .-been /rescued. ':•.;.'::;. r..!;. , ':: ::.".', "•; l r Alexandre. Millerand;; Minister. ..of Public. JWorki,*'^^estimates".■■that ..Weighty, thousand, 'Parisiaris '-.■ are'..homeless;'and without ;food;..;:. ; ;: (■[ : ■.:■'■:■' ''■■':■, '.•■■ ".■'■■:•■: V.Direct telephonio ■communication with London- has practically,.ceased. :,.'. ■ ; ■);l" i V:^THE*!wp'B ; K..'.pF':syopb ; ufc;v^ ? "•■;;;;V(Eec.'' January.'3l, : iolso;.pjn.)x .;v '-A l .-/ .: ./■'■•: ' ; :,"\;\;'Jy :^;^.Paris'/:; January.l-SI.-;';.'; .'{Afteri'rising-upwards 'of 31 feet at Port Eoyali'ithe, .SeJneihM' fallen.l 6 ..'iuoliee'v'/vi'i'.■::•';'■.:■;■.'■■ '';:.;^; 0' :^ : ■ \'.' : '~-';':0~ : ': V-"-;' %, 'ofl Fishing ; 'Boats;,at", Work;;: : q'; ; ..;';; ".iFourteeh'-'fisMng; boats from; the.-sea-■port;'of .Fecamp;, each,. accompanied by fishermenj : '■■ aro; : ; engaged.' at' the • ownors' eiponse : in • rescae :.work.; ■'-'.:::'■ ■ ; . ■f; A .large number'.of ole'rgyi and. nuns;..are; ambtig"''those; "busy.',afloat. 7.-While; nobody .is iii .actual .peril, : the distress ..affects a- quarter : ,of:a ; : . ;■■ The; newspapers agree, that 'the Parisians', coolness;.} fortitude,.'.- and' 'good humour • are';bevonci':all; praise;' : XZ^'''^?- : -\"-- A-: Pijlager.'s' Narrow .Escape. ; '.;f Somev.rescuere oaught:.a'-pillager -; and: ■ hanged : him. eummarily' ; oh ,'lvry .Bridge. iTho police', released hhn only just<in time ; tbVsave; his^Ufe.-".'p;'; ;i ; 't ;: ■,/;':■■ '■„)'■" jtThe..majprityjpf: ;th6 -Parisian; news-' .■papere.'VereSpublished-late.'; .■-;.: : .;..;: .rjThe^Tigaro's"'lower'floors resembled' .'a swimming ,bathi .Tons of 'sodden'paper.' were:.hoisted;:out.::'."fe>?i ;';":. '■■ V. ; 'K:.\} ' /-i;. jnigiit"fa'nd day.; , ~

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rySOMEiMODERN/INUNpATIONS^v ■5 Among/the' more''notable: inundations of;the.lasti.half-century :are/thefollowing .V'.\ 'is - k?/M, ■■{■:':■;■ .>:'.■■■;i-.;■>:■'so-• -;.;: ; / ■■■in'■ Jnrie,. : lß7s,'a large.part , of Toulouse, , France, ; was; , .destroyed yjy;the• rising .of , '.the;GaronneV .1000:*UvfflvWere-lost/.and muqh' property /was /damaged.' , ;'. "■'. ;'"■••■ ; . ' • Great /storms "occurred.'" ia , ■ India, on September; Ahmedabad '.being •inundated ' and ■ 20,000 -rendered /homeless, i;:On.June',3,:'lßß7,-the/dams of 'the river Theiss. /in , i Hungary-gave : way,'- and ..: the: .town of 1 Szegedin/ wast nearly destroyed. Out/of 6566:houses-,.0n1y ; 331 stood;,many persons were-.drowned; and were rendered/homeless^';^/■;V-"' : :'\. ■■■■'■ ■ "-',<::\ :: >■ i\

? SAbbut..looo.-]liyes ■'. were /lost' "by in'un'3'ations; in; Mnrcia." Spain; 'on; Ootober 16-17,•■ ■1878.-/: -/i;/,:: : :'V V-. /■/■>;.;:'Xi!/. i.' ; -A> portion of '/Montreal; , Canada, was inundated, on/ April :17 : 18,/I886i" the/damage amounting, to/halfi a.>million.',- ::-:./,.:•■•.•.-.- './.Three...thonsand': people_ : :wer© in? consequence/ of. a./great; flood "in the - Canton'Ei'Teri/China.'.iri-Maroh, .1888. •' : v;sßy/":the'.oTefflow ,of "the Vdam/.of the lake/, in', Corieniaugh. Valley '■'. on ' May .■ 31. 1889, JiOOO/persohs perished./; V' 'i; ■: s^A i/zliC;!September; : 1891,'vviolent; ■■'itonas' .cauiied/'great.'; floods:;'in ; , the. , :province l of • Toledo, ■: Spain i; there ; were 2000' deaths;: ; ■ '/About". 100,000 ;peis6ns.'weTe rendered .honieless.'-on;- September:. 18,- ,1891,-.through floods .of; the: Amarguillo,'. Spain;:' ■, // V < Destruotive, floods '■. were' caused : - by : .: the rising: of; the '.-Yang-tse-Kiang,- China; on July-21,: 1891 j great; loss of life { ati3Tbochoq.r ■ : i- :',-:•'i--:■:■;,.• : '■■'<)■■:•}: 'A-:'"'-'- ''.-■■■■ - '■.■' r,On.;'May, 25, 1892,;, the. Mississippi flood-' ,ed, J- causing;/damage- ; tb , : the /extent of eleven ;millionvdollars,' ■';,-:"./;. . : ;'w 1: •-.

; '.-Brisbane,'"lpswich,',and 'other'.Qneenslarid .towns 'suffered:damage, estimated in the: "aggregate ?.:\t . £3,000,000, 'through -floods .occasioned: ; by:heavy rains' on FeV ruary -5, i1892;^-^yMv:r : ' ;¥V : ' : r'' -•' - .By ; .the/,Tigris:overflowing 'on^Match '2, 18D6;;/there; was'great/loss V of': life-arid: .destruction of -property-.in.-Mesopotamia. :■;On;Jannary'7,.l9ps, «3rtraordinarily.'high tides;in' the .Thames, at Eamsgate, swept' away/the north promenade:.-pier,.' and partially /wrecked . the ;new: sea-wall ■between, ">W«it .;Hartleppol ■ /and'.. Seaton .Carew.-;/:',:/:';"/' :-:,^.. ; / ; v/ ■'.'■■■:■ r' ; -; ■'■■'■,■:■-.•

..' 'Heavy- , floodsi.-. caused: , , -by : incessant rains,/occasioned-much''damage in Dub-lin.-on ; 25-28, 1905;; 2000'.persoins ~were;affected- at/Bray../-. ..■'/::. ! ". /.-.

:/On September' 15, 1905," torrential rains in-,the Alidland':districts'-pf .Cape Colony caused : extensive..-floods./ ■ The irrifiation workf on ' the Gamtbos • River: were - destroyed, .'•'and. the .valley of the : Gamtoos was converted ; into: a "lake, Extending for ■miles.:'-";.: .-/-, v' ■ •;■-' -v.';- i'-.'-'.'-; ■',■■■:. ~ ■■' -■ /