POOLE, DOHSET.—While a fresh wind was blowing from E.S.E. on the 5th February, a telephone message was received from the coastguard at Sandbanks stating that a vessel was on the Hook Sand and burning flares. The Lifeboat City Masonic Club was launched at 7.15 P.M., and proceeding to the sand, on which a heavy sea was breaking, found the ketch Jessie, of Boston, bound for Poole, with potatoes, striking heavily. At the request of the master, the Life-boat stood by until the vessel floated off the sand and made for Poole. The boat regained her station at 10.30 P.M..