JANUARY 16TH. - ILFRACOMBE, AND LYNMOUTH, DEVON, AND MINEHEAD, SOMERSET. An oil tanker had caught fire and had sunk in the Bristol Channel after an explosion, thought to have been caused by a mine, but the life-boats and an Admiralty vessel failed to find any survivors and it was thought that all had been lost. - Rewards : Ilfracombe, £26 0s. 3d. ; Lynmouth, £33 13s 9d. ; Minehead, £15 3s. 3d..