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December 1906, she was ashore on Snake Island in Lake Ontario near Kingston and was pulled off with small damage after being lightered [see definitions]. She was hit in the stern by KENORA (C 124235, 1,955 tons gross) near the entrance to the Lachine Canal on 12 July 1913. In February 1915, she was chartered to the Inter-American Steamship Co. of New York City for 4 months @ $6,500 per month + operating costs. In the meantime, she was put up for sale with an asking price of $150,000 but before a sale could take place she was wrecked on 23 August 1915 on the Plana Cays, 12 nautical miles from Acklin Island in the Bahamas. She had been en route from Newport News Virginia to Cienfuegos Cuba with a cargo of coal. There was no loss of life. The expected insurance payment was $132,872.25. Her registry was closed on 14 September 1915. FAIRMOUNT's sister WESTMOUNT is named after a Montreal suburb. There is a street named Fairmount in the Montreal suburb of Outremont, but no other likely association was found. Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1903, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910 and 1912-1915; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 19 January and 15 March 1905, 18 February 1915, 21 July and 21 September 1915; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Grain Ledgers 25 April-27 November 1903, 13 June-7 Dec 1903, 21 May-17 Dec 1904, 5 Aug-17 Dec 1904, 27 April-28 Sept 1905, 28 Sept-6 Dec 1905, 22 April-28 May 1906, 17 Oct-4 November 1911, 1 May-24 November 1913, 22 April-31 Oct 1914, 22 June-14 November 1914; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; Bowling Green Great Lakes Vessels Online Index; Bureau Veritas Great Lakes Register 1914 and 1915; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Devendorf Great Lakes Bulk Carriers 1869-1985; Greenwood Namesakes 1910-1919; Lloyd's Register 1905 and 1914; Mercantile Navy List 1904; Milwaukee Public Library Great Lakes Marine Collection; Miramar Ship Index; New Mills List; Salmon British Built Canadian Vessels; University of Detroit Mercy Dowling website; Canadian Railway & Marine World January and May 1907 and October 1913. 25 FIRE FLY aka MOUCH-A-FEU, aka FIREFLY iron paddle tug and ferry (C 33438 after 1855) (signal letters RFJD). 1854-1858. Original: 92 "inland" tons. After 1855 rebuild: 214 tons gross, 130 register, 108.3'. Remeasured 1877 after another rebuild: 214.41 tons gross, 129.82 tons register. Built by W. Parkyn (St. Mary's Foundry) at Montreal 1844. 30 rated horsepower. In 1857 Flynn gave a value of $12,000 for her. FIRE FLY's first owner was Rbt. Holmes and then in 1846 it was the Lake St. Peter Navigation Ltd. (John Holmes). In 1853, she was owned by M.K. Dickinson et al and was part of a line operated by P. Farrell. It was also reported that her 1853 owners were McMartin & McNaughton. She was damaged in a collision in 1853. In 1854, she was operating on the Rideau, owned or managed by J. & F. McCuaig. In early 1855, Hugh McLennan owned 32/64 and the remainder was split between P. Farrell (16/64) and four or five others. She mostly served as ferry on the Rideau in 1855-57 when she was 38