Soon after 6 A.M. on the 20th March, during a N.E. gale, the schooner Jessie, ofPerth, bound from Littleferry to Ports- mouth, was seen ashore on the North Sand Head, off Goodwin, and the Life-boat, in tow of the steam-tug, proceeded to render assistance. Arrived sufficiently to windward, the Life-boat cast off the tow-rope, and making sail, made over the sand to the Jessie. She drove ashore near that vessel, and the crew, 4 in number, wading through a heavy surf, gained the Life-boat in safety.

As the tide rose, the Life-boat beat over the sand to deep water in Trinity Bay, where she was again taken in tow by the Vulcan, and taken back to Ramsgate..