Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1910 — WATERS FALL; HOUSES CRASH [ARTICLE]

WATERS FALL; HOUSES CRASH

Several Houses Have Fallen and Others Leaning Dangerously. Paris, Feb. 4. News from Villeneuve, St. Georges, nine miles above Paris, states that the Seine has risen in that neighborhood in consequence of rain, which threatens to continue, butthe subsidence of the river Paris continues unchecked. Several houses in the suburbs have collapsed or are leaning dangerously. One building fell, burying a workman in the wreckage. Other houses arq leaning so threateningly that every one except soldiers are forbidden to approach them. Several old buildings at Courbevoie and a house at ChoisyLeroit, have fallen.