In response to a telephone message from the Gunfleet Light-house, at 7.25 P.M. on 21st August, stating that a schooner was ashore on the Sand and in need of assistance, the steam Life-boat City of Glasgow put to sea. The schooner Christabel, of Whitstable, loaded with coals and bound from Hartlepool to Whitstable, was found on the Sands. Five of the Life-boat's crew were put on board and jettisoned part of the cargo, and early in the morning of the 22nd August the vessel was floated on the flowing tide. As no further assistance was then required the Life-boat returned to her station..