Poole, Dorset.—At nine o'clock on the evening of the 30th of November, 1957, a message was received that the motor vessel Dollard, of Rotterdam, was ashore on Hook Sands and that the master had asked if the life-boat would stand by when she refloated. At 9.15 the life-boat Thomas Kirk Wright was launched in a moderate sea. A moder- ate easterly wind was blowing, and the tide was ebbing. The life-boat reached the vessel and stood by her until she re- floated. She then returned to her station, arriving at 1.15 the next morn- ing. The owner made a donation to the branch funds. Rewards to the crew, £12 5s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £1 16s..