FLOODS AND LOOTING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 732, 3 February 1910, Page 5

FLOODS AND LOOTING.

POLICE V. "APACHES." EXCITING NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS IN PARIS STREETS. SUMKABY . JUSTICE TO THIEVES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright!

Paris, February L Preach bluejackets pursued a boatload of Apaches (hooligans) at Alfortville,' a Buburb of Paris. Shots were exchanged, and . the Apaches' boat was sunk, two being drowned. '

One man was hanged from a telephone pole. Eight male and female thieves in Paris were stripped and maltreated by an infuriated mob while being escorted to prison. A pillager canght at Ivry, three and a half miles from Notre Dame, .endeavoured .to upset the police boat. The policeman fastened him with a rope, threw him overboard, and towed him until he became unconscious. ' Many Parisians sent 'motor-cars laden with loaves to the Gennevilliera district. The population is frequently hostile, believing that the dyke at Gannevilliers -was cut in order to Bave Paris. 1 : . PARIS A LA VENICE. MISCELLANEOUS BOAT TRAFFIC. London, February ,1. Router"s Paris Agency reports that many. miles -of streets, in ■ therichest; equally with, the poor "quarters, are ■still practically. canals, upon which ' boats, day and night, carry mails, telegrams, provisions, and fuel.

It, is, now. certain that the original estimate of the damage—forty millions sterling—will be far- exceeded in Paris and the: suburbs,' without ■ reckoning the loss 'of employment by hundreds' of thousands of workers. -

The weather continues fine, , .and the Seine has now fallen two feet. -

RELIEF FUNDS. , (Rec. February 2, 10.50 p.m.) London, February 2, ; The lord Mayor's Fund for the relief of 'sufferers by the French floods has reached '426,000. " , ;

< Paris, February 2. Relief funds in Franco total .£80,009.