OCTOBER 30TH. - MINEHEAD, SOMERSET.

At about 11.5 A.M. the resident naval officer at Watchet reported an object at sea two miles to the N.E. of Minehead. It was thought that it might be a rubber dinghy as an aeroplane had crashed the previous evening, but on being examined through the range finder of a coastal battery, it appeared to be a balloon.

On the request of the resident, naval officer the motor life-boat Kate Greatorex was launched at 11.45; A.M. A strong N.N.E. wind was blowing, with a moderate sea.

The life-boat found a partially submerged barrage balloon, and towed it to Minehead, arriving at 2.30 P.M. - Rewards, £8 9s.. 6d..