THE GREAT BLAST
SUEZ CANAL TO BE CLEAR BY MONDAY. By telegraph, Press Aas'n, Copyright Suez, Sept. 29 The blowing up of the sunken steamer Chatham took place to-day. The canal is blocked. „ Received 10.27 p.m., Sept. 29. A oolumn of the Chatham’s fragments, sand and water rose to a height of 2000 feet, and strews the banks for a distance of 600 feet. The east bank was destroyed. Traffic will be resumed in the canal on Monday.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1572, 30 September 1905, Page 2
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78THE GREAT BLAST Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1572, 30 September 1905, Page 2
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