Paris, July 12.
While Paris swelters in the heat, fsh, both large and small, are dying by the thousands in the Seine.
Because of the extreme heat, the supply of oxygen in the river water has. decreased considerably. causing proportionate increase in the decomposition of organic matter. As result, the fish float to the top of [the river and die.
During the heat wave, fish caught jin the Seine are deemed unfit, for consumption by the Paris municipal laboratories. Consequently, they are being thrown back into the river by the police—Havas.
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