Bombs In Colon Harbor.

New York Times 100 years ago today, April 5, 1913:
51 Years Old, Encrusted with Coral, and the Powder Still Good.
Special Cable to The New York Times.
    PANAMA, April 4.— A large dredge operating in Colon Harbor has brought up twelve 8-inch bombs and a peck of grapeshot, and it is feared that many more have gone through the discharge pipe into the reclamation fill in E Street.
    The projectiles were covered with Coral deposits two inches thick. When they were scraped they were found to be marked "Ord. D., 1862." The bombs contained black powder in a good state of preservation.
    In the month of March 1908 shiploads of tourists — 5,827 in all — visited the Canal Zone. The Tivoli Hotel, which is a Government enterprise, made a net profit for the month of $24,000.