JUNE 21ST. - MINEHEAD, SOMERSET.

At 8.26 A.M. the coastguard reported that a ship’s boat was drifting down channel six miles north of Hurlstone Point. A fresh easterly breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Kate Greatorex put out at 8.49 P.M., and picked up the boat, which was empty, covered with oil, and apparently belonged to the S.S. James McGee, of Wilmington, U.S.A. The life-boat towed it in, arriving at 12.30 P.M. - Property salvage case..