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Ship of pounds and that UNCLE 2nd, 1833. was cast perfect SAM sailed from on the second t r i a l . " The Detroit on her first trip the M o n t h - cont'd. newspaper reported to Buffalo on April An accident w i t h this engine occurred in 1833. The " C leveland W e e k l y Herald" of June 15th stated: "It is with no ordinary feelings of regret that we re c o r d a c i r c u m s t a n c e of the most m e l a n c h o l y nature which o c c u r r e d on S a t u r day mor n i n g the 8th inst. The steam boat UNCLE SAM, Capt. Stiles, left this port the even i n g previous for Buffalo; and when she had r e a c h e d C u n n ingham's Creek, her shaft broke. Capt. Stiles, together with three of his men, a t tempted to go ashore, for the purpose, as we have been informed, of speaking for a new one. The sea was high, and when he had reached w i t h i n 20 rods of the shore, the boat filled -- two of the men swam ashore, the third (whose name we have not learned) and Capt. Stiles were drowned. The steam boat W I L LIA M PEACOCK, w h i c h arri v e d at this port on Sunday, brought the remains of the Captain to this port for i n t e r m e n t . . . " A c c o r d i n g to "The Lytle List" (officially Merchant S t e a m Vessels of the United States 1 8 0 7 - 1 8 6 8 , p u b l i s h e d 1952 by The Steamship H i s t o r i c a l Soci e t y of America), U N C L E SAM was c o nverted into a "bark" in 1844. Other sources refer to her as having been rebuilt as a brigantine. Nevert h e l e s s , the e n gine m ay have bee n remo v e d sometime prior to 1844, as it a p p a r e n t l y was in the L E X I N G T O N w h e n she came out in 1838. ("The Lytle List" shows her built that year at B lack River, O h i o . ) The "Detroit A d v e r tiser" of August 23, 1862, d e s c r i b e d the h i s t o r y of this engine: "Str. K A L O O L A H - her engine was f o r m e r l y on b oard the steamer LEXINGTON, w hich came out in 1838 and p rior to that date was u s e d in the UNCLE SAM for some four years or t h e r e a b o u t s . " L E X I N G T O N was w r e c k e d in Lake M i c h i g a n on June 15, 1850. The engine was s a l v aged and two y ears later it went into the KALOOLAH. K A L O O L A H ran on Lake Erie duri ng her first season, sailing from Buffalo at 8 : 00 p. m. on Tuesdays and Fridays, and calling at ports on both sides of the lake. On the n o r t h shore, Port R owan and Port Burwell were regular stops. At Port Stanley, a c o n n e c t i o n was made with the Seger & K i e l y line of coaches that carried p a s s e n g e r s and bagg age to and from London. The 1852 season was not a lucky one for the new ship, as repor t e d by the "Buffalo M o r n i n g Express" c a s ualty list for that year. N ear Buffalo on June 9th, she c o l l i d e d with the b r igantine RAM S E Y CROOKS, c a u s i n g $ 1 , 200 total damages. On O c t o b e r 18th, at the mouth of Buffalo Creek, she c o l l i d e d with the schooner ANDROMEDA, causing some $700 in damage. On A pril 22, 1853, the "Detroit Free Press" carried this item: "The little steamer KALOOLAH, we learn from the 'Buffalo Express', has bee n put in most complete order this spring; has had an upper cabin put on n e a r l y her entire length, and she is fitted and f u rnished in very neat and tasty (sic) manner. She is to run b e t w e e n Buff alo and Port Stanley, u n d e r the com m a n d of Capt. W. J. Tuttle f o r m e r l y of the propellor DELAWARE, and a more c o m petent seaman, prob ably, cannot be found in service on the lakes. She left M o n d a y e v e n i n g (April 18) on her first t r i p . " However, this service on Lake Erie was to end abrup t l y as a group of Toronto b u s i n e s s m e n bought her for $ 2 0 , 000. Two days before the Detroit paper ca rr i e d the article m e n t i o n e d above, a Toronto n e wspaper stated that she was to leave Lake Erie and run from Sturgeon Bay, Ontario, to Sault Ste. Marie. The r e s idents of Owen Sound were excited to learn that a n e w steamer was co ming to G e o r g i a n Bay. The "Owen Sound Comet" followed the passage of K A L O O L A H from Lake Erie to the Bay and on April 29, 1853, c a r r i e d the f o l l o w ing story. "This steamboat is adve r t i s e d to leave Dunville (sic) on the 2nd M a y for Sault Ste. Marie, and Sturgeon Bay, in order to commence the usual trips on the old N o r t h e r n route -we ma y expect to see her in our Bay by the 10th of M a y . " The May 13th edition reported: "The steamer K A L O O L A H left S o u t h a m p t o n last T u e s d a y even i n g (May 10), and will p r o b a b l y reach our h a r bour by t o m o r r o w morning". This was one of the fifteen ports at w h i c h she