Show HOW THE SLIDE BLOCKED PANAMA CANAL r v al 5 4 I 1 t tS S I st s- s t S 4 r c S This photograph taken October 26 near Gold hill bill pictures vividly the problem confronting the canal officials Rock and earth have moved down from the heights on either side and forced the mud at the bottom up out of the th water In the foreground is an island which began to form Just before the picture was made It rose and spread until it Joined the sides of the canal The mass in the background through which a narrow channel had Just been blasted came up first as an island and grew grew- until it blocked the entire canal at this point Shortly before this I picture was made a big blast had bad been shot off in th the center and the water can b be seen rushing through |