Show p ARAIA NOW TH LAST AWAY PANAMA A oct 10 the lamba dike wa was exploded at 2 02 clock this afternoon after the destructs a 0 of P the dike was wa successful in every 7 a AY washington D C oct 10 exactly at 2 e tern time thin this afternoon president dent emt vilson a button n the white whites hodoe bent an electric current lashing flashing more than roll allew or land and under edae oa to blow up the gamboa dike in the panama can 11 1 and remove the laet last ob in the great inter later ocean w wa lei tel way A little electric park nark origines ints tine when whet dent pressed tho button in 11 tile while bouke houw sped alore than miles and under water ignited th si large arte ot of dynamite and practically pr cloarec cl oare the panama canal elec expert morts calculated that within four seconds after the initial impulse P u ue the current thre a mull small switch the gamboa dike which in turn set in motion other ampara o 0 tue furnishing the current which exploded the charba char ew I bla la borate preparations had been made nade bythe by the Vee tern union telegraph company co for the practically instants In stanta klaus of the presidents prot denta signal from washington to galveston tex 1136 elles a ingle jingle wire carried the tile spark there it was taken up Instant ane dully toy by 1 eltive repenting repeating inetri menta mento and aped crr the cable along alonga the bottom of the gulf of mexico to alcoe I 1 alex mite miles further from that point it sped over land across the of techuan cepec kilell q another cable station at salina on tho the pa clift owan ocean where othor set sets of sensitive sn telegraph snatch el it up and kerr laj it ellei through anothy alp u on an the bottom of the tile pacific ocean to san juan del sur nicaragua a cable elation then there other delicate rna chines hines transferred it to still another cable and anti hot shot it rulles more to panama the spark emerged from its lone lour submarine journey Joi irney it took the overland arl d tele tol graph wire wires of the tho panama railroad rail road and comp its lt mission nil aslon at the Clam gambon boa dike hours before the time act set ex pert of the telegraph and cable COM comp aalee were buey busy perfecting ar 1 range menta ments so tho tha president e flash might have an unobstructed the atlantic and pacific oceans were not actually united today when the gamboa dike waa was da detroy troyed pd and the waters of gatun galun lock w were aro al at towed lowed to low flow into culebra cut as Us lake and cut tire are at the normal our ur face of the water 86 95 feel feet above the leel of the BOB sea tho the destruction of the gamboa dike however remote removes the lat last ob st to the navigation ot at the greater part of the canal by light draft vessels and open opens up direct connection b between the great gatun galun lake take which already Is I 1 nady to discharge vessels 1 into the atlantic through the galun lock locks and anti the pacific dill slon tite wa tr it nt the I like through the broken dike at gamboa sweep through culebra cut until they reach tho great loee at pedro adli act which mark the beginning of the descent from the top level 11 of the canal to the tho pacific I 1 lint cruft to bater I I 1 I 1 tl TI e drel first crata to enter will be I 1 the great steam dredge dr edgen whose work rk Is to clear and ape deepen n the clennel cl annel the presence of email small craft in portion portions of the can canal al however does not 98 a yet me mean thie will navigation to first ps prible ible aben each link halt ta in the canal has a sufficient depth of w wa i ter and all the lock locks are working |