A London correspondent telegraphs the following incident:
“The master of the Grimsby steam trawler _Agatha_ reports that while
fishing in the North Sea he sighted a ship’s boat afloat, and supposing
that some disaster had occurred went toward it, put out a boat and found
the derelict to be a lifeboat supplied with sails, mast and oars. The
_Agatha_ tried to tow the prize home, but immediately an explosion
occurred, luckily too far distant to harm the trawler.
“A careful examination revealed that a mine had been attached to the
lifeboat by ropes and wires in such a manner as to explode and blow up
any ship which steamed alongside the lifeboat to pick it up.”