1871, Jul 8 Enrolled Cleveland, OH for iron ore trade; cost $80,000; towed D.P. RHODES for years.
1871 Eight round trips Marquette, MI.
1874, Jun Aground St. Clair Flats.
1875 Ashore above Texas Landing.
1876, May 12 Rebuilt; 2 decks, 1220.95 gross / 1110.27 net tons; renamed J.S. FAY.
1881, May Collision with & sunk steam barge ONTONAGAN.
1883 Major repair.
1885, Sep Ashore North Point, Thunder Bay, Lake Huron.
1886, May Grounded Lime Kiln Crossing.
1886 Damaged by fire.
1887 24 & 44 x 30" steeple compound engine, 575hp @ 84rpm by Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, OH (1887); one 14' x 12'6" scotch boiler @ 120# steam by Cleveland Ship Building Co.,(1893).
1887, Sep 26 Aground at Toledo, Lake Erie; released by ANDREWS.
1890 renamed JOSEPH S. FAY.
1895, Sep Grounded Starve Island Reef near Toledo, OH.
1896, Dec Grounded Scott's Point Near Cheboygan, MI.
1905, Oct 19 Wrecked, Lake Huron.
