The year 1922 was not marked by major marine disasters to well-known Northwest vessels, although the Admiral Line's flagship H. F. Alexander narrowly escaped such an accident. On a northbound voyage August 7 she struck Cake Rock off the Washington coast at about 12:50 a.m., crumpling her bows back almost to the foremast. No lives were lost, although a number of passengers were shaken up, and her collision bulkheads held, preventing her sinking. The Admiral Schley, on the Portland run, responded to wireless messages from the flagship and successfully took off 317 passengers and about 135 of the crew, landing them at Seattle. Manned by a skeleton crew and with tugs standing by, the H. F. Alexander then proceeded to Seattle under her own steam, repairs being rushed to completion at a cost of almost a quarter of a million dollars. She was back on the run in two weeks. Newell