THOUSANDS OF BARRELS OF WINE SWEPT FROM PARIS WAREHOUSES BY FLOOD
Paris, France (JFK+50) On December 30, 1923, the Associated Press reports "a thousand kegs and barrels of wines were floating down the Seine."
The wines had been swept from warehouses in eastern Paris by the swollen river.
The A.P. says the river has been "rising steadily for four days."
St. Louis Island*, located in central Paris, "is practically under water."
*St. Louis Island, originally known as Ile Notre-Dame, is 27 acres in size & is one of two natural islands on the Seine River in Paris, France.
SOURCE
"Barrels of Wine By Thousands Go In Seine Flood," The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., December 30, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
Wine Barrels
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