THE SEINE FLOODS.
PAEIS STBEET CANALS NOW TOO SHALLOW. ; SHOOTING ENCOIJNTEES WITH "APACHES." By Tdefrsph Press AsjoclQtion—Codtri uh t Paris, February 2. • ..Marines encountered'a party of brigands at, Asnierea, a nverside suburb of Paris; pillaging houses. -.The brigands returned a brisk- fire, and afterwards - escaped by jumping from' •windows .and ' 1 . . The polico ehot two' /'Apa'ches" (hooligans); at Boulogne-sur-Seine.". 1 '. • . . The entire valley of . the Seine, between Pans and its mouth at the Havre, is flooded. • ■'* At Eonen'..(the ancient capital of Normandy) . the. quays, wharves, and suburbs are, inundated. ■ Old Eouen is untouched, but the factories and shipyards are at a standstill. - Sappers have laid thirty miles of temporary: bridges.; ; . The. Seine has fallen four feet since Saturday.;'' ; :'Jii'• ■ The boat service has ceased in most of Paris' streets, owing" to the water ■beiig;.^^tq6' : shallowri v';' j.'*,
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 733, 4 February 1910, Page 5
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137THE SEINE FLOODS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 733, 4 February 1910, Page 5
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