Show Ship Blowed Up to Clear Canal Port Said Egypt Tho wreck of the British steamer Chatham with her cargo of ninety tons of dynamite and blasting gelatine was blown up Thursday morning by mines distributed distrib-uted around and inside her hull These were fired by an electric current cur-rent from Haselech about five miles away No serious damage was done to the canal and the authorities anticipate an-ticipate that the passage will bo cleared of debris in a few days Tho railway and tho Sweetwnter canal adjoining ad-joining are Intact The explosion was tremendous Tho enormous displacement displace-ment of water was visible from Rase lech |