Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-09-29 | Page 2 | Suez Canal Will Close Two Weeks

SUEZ CANAL WILL CLOSE TWO WEEKS bew york sept 25 czarnikow mcdougall co 0 this city received the following cablegram today it Is probable the suez canal will be closed fourteen days debris chatham the steamer chatham was sunk in the suez canal early in the month and it was announced that she was to be blown up with dynamite on saturday it is inferred that the banks of the canal were damaged by the blowing up of the vessel hence the report that the canal will probably be closed for two weeks until the damage will be repaired abo report created considerable excitement cit ement in the sugar trade as the closing of he canal will delay arrival of gereral cargoes 0 java sugar due to at the atlantic ports during the latter part of october and november the time allowed for a steamer to make a trip from the suez canal to new yo rk is about 24 to 25 days