FLOODING THE CANAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1879, 13 October 1913, Page 7

FLOODING THE CANAL.

OCEAN WATERS FLOW INTO THE CULEBRA CUT.

PRESIDENT WILSON PRESSES THE BUTTON. By Telegraph—PreEß Association—Copyrisht Washington, October 10. President Wilson, by pressing an eleotrio button at "SYhito House, exploded a huge chargo of dvnamite under tlio Gamboa Dyke, four tliousand miles distant, allowing tlio waters of tlio Gatun Lake to flow into tlio Culobra Cut. Light draft vessels are now able to navigate the greater part of tbo Panama Canal. Steam dredges have started tho work of deepening tho ehannol. | Pacific Coast cities celebrated tho blowing up of tho dyko. Bells were rung and sirens and whistles blowit> and tho car services stopped. Tho waters of tho Pacific and Atlantic aro not actually united yet, as tho Culobra Cut is eighty-fivo feet over tho sea level, but tho wators of tho Gatun Lake extend from tho Pedro Miguel locks to tho Gatun locks —approximate-, ly two-thirds of tho entire length of tho Canal. (Rco. October 12, 5.5 p.m.) Washington. October 11. While tho Panama celebrations were proceeding, Colonel Galliard, Director of tho Oulebra Cut excavations, lay dying in tho hospital from breakdownduo to his long labours in tlio Canal Zone. It is stated that Mr. Wilson proposes to ask Congress to abandon discrimination of American shipping in the Canal. London, October IQ. Many Americans a-ssombled nt tho Savoy Hotel and oclebrated tho removal of tlio last barrier in tho Panama Canal separating tho Atlantic from tho Pacific. The company toasted "Success to tho Canal."