FLOODS IN FRANCE.
NEARLY HALF THE COUNTRY UNDER WATER.
INVASION OE.PARIS BY THE SEINE. By Telograpli—Press Association—Oonyrleht ■ ' (Eeb: January 20, 0.45 a.m.) .; Paris, January 25. Tho heavy' rainfall - persists and tho Seine has risen 25 feet near tho Louvre, Paris. The Pont de l'Alma is threatened, and tho Pont . de Grenello and the Pont do Passy havo been closed t otho public..
i.-.Tho. Seine has'risen above the roadway, and is percolating through ..the Embankment in many places. '
Immense quantities) of building material and. cement, which', were discharging at the quays,' have been, swept: away.
/ The electric light in tho Chamber:, of Deputies, is:useless,' the. machinery in the basement being under water. All the electrio tramways are stopped..
Two thousand refugees, driven from their homes at Alfort, have arrived in Paris. ' •
.All.- tho rivers in France^. except thoGaronne and the Dordogne, are flooded.
* v. London, January 25. Tho Paris ' correspondent . of "Tho Times" states, it is scarcely an exaggeration , to. say' that nearly half.: France. is under water. '. "■ •
[Several of the bridges across the .Seine ■aTe named after battles. The Pont d-s l'Alma is one of these. The Pont de Solferino is another.]
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 725, 26 January 1910, Page 7
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192FLOODS IN FRANCE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 725, 26 January 1910, Page 7
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