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Ship of the M o n t h - cont'd. 10. sengers were w a l k i n g the deck until past 11 o'clock. An evident feeling of a nxi e t y was common to both p a ssengers and crew; several of the former went to their berths with out taking off their clothes. The night was ex t r e m e l y foggy; it was impossible to see more than a few yards beyond the bow of the vessel. The lead was cast several times, with no bot t o m at 288 feet. At a quarter to 12 P. M. no soundings were obtained at twenty fathoms; a few m inutes a f terwards the lead show ed forty-five feet of water; the signal was given to stop her, and then to 'back water', but it was too late, a harsh grating noise, a sudden u p l i f t i n g of the bow of the steamer, and a v ery d e cided shock q u i v e r i n g through the vessel, told that she had struck. "The alarm and anxi e t y in s e p a r a b l e from such an incident followed, and it was several minu t e s before a rapid i n spection by torch light of the ledge of rock on which we had struck showed that there was no immediate danger to be apprehended. Anchors, chains, and fuel were m oved aft, but all efforts to get the vessel off were with o u t the least effect. Her bow was five feet out of the water, her stern in thir t y - s i x feet of water; the ledge on w h i c h she struck dipped gra d u a l l y to the south-east, while on the other hand, and not r emoved from the vessel more that fifteen to twenty feet, were huge masses of rock a few feet b elow the surface of the water. "When morn i n g dawned, and the mists had p a r t i a l l y cleared away, the steamer was found to be firmly lodged upon a low rocky island of about two acres in area, lying a mile south of M i c h i p i c o t e n Island, and about two miles from M i c h i p i c o t e n Harbour. A boat was desp a t c h e d to M i c h i p i c o t e n Island to p r o cure timber for derricks, w i t h w hich it was hoped that her bows might be raised from the ledge and the vessel slipped off into deep water, a result w hic h was f o r t u n a t e l y a t t a i n e d during the a f ternoon by the aid of derricks, steam, and a c o ntinued roll i n g from side to side by the un i t e d efforts of the pass engers running wit h m e a s u r e d step from one side of the vessel to the other. "It was soon a s c e r t a i n e d that the sheeting was quite sound, and neit h e r hull or m a c h i n e r y had sustained any m a t e r i a l injury from the shock of the p r eceding night, and the efforts to move the vessel. Nevertheless, the c a p tain thought it w ould be judicious to go into M i c h i p i c o t e n Harb o u r and e x a mine her more narrowly, as well as to shift the cargo and coal into their proper places. We reached the entr ance of M i c h i p i c o t e n H a r b o u r in safety, but had s c a rcely advanced more than a few hund r e d yards whe n we again g rounded on a shoal, and remai n e d firmly fixed in a new p o s i t i o n . " The crew again succeeded in r e f l o a t i n g C O L L I N G W O O D and she d e p a r t e d M i c h i p i coten Harbour at 4 : 00 p. m. on J uly 30, 1857. She passed Thunder Cape at 2: 00 p. m. the next day, and a n c h o r e d off Fort William about 4 : 30 p. m. E arly the next day, the e x p e d i t i o n floated all of their equipment and baggage ashore. The following year, the stea mer was given back her original name KALOOLAH, and returned to Lake Erie routes after being r e f u r b i s h e d at Detroit. The "Buffalo Daily Courier" r e p o r t e d on September 22, 1858: "The steamer K A L O O LAH, Capt. McGr egor, has been placed upo n the C l e v e l a n d and Buffalo line in the place of the FORE ST QUEEN, w hich latter boat goes on the line from Detroit to Mack inaw. The K A L O O L A H is spoken of as a fine boat, and will doubtless well fill the place of the FOREST QUEEN. She leaves tonight at 5 o'clock. - 'Cleveland L e a d e r ' . " On June 11, 1859, the same new s p a p e r reported: "We learn that the steamer KALOOLAH, running between this port and Port Stanley, on entering the latter harbor on W e d n e s d a y (June 8), ran on to the pier and recei v e d considerable injury. It is said she was d a m a g e d at least $ 2 , 000 and will be laid up for some time for repairs. Her owne rs are e n d e a v o r i n g to charter another steamer or propellor to take her place in the m e a n time, so as to keep up the l i n e . " From a report that appea r e d in the July 28, 1859, edit i o n of the "Buffalo D aily Republic", we have our first evidence that K A L O O L A H had arri v e d for service on the east shore of Lake Huron. A reporter from Saginaw, Michigan,