Engaged in the tramp trade, she did not sail on fixed routes, but rather relied on brokers to find cargoes.

She was bound for Rio de Janeiro carrying 86,000 bushels of wheat and a large quantity of miscellaneous cargo, valued at $70,700.

Lacking food and water the survivors suffered from intense thirst and hunger, as for 21 days the boat drifted in the Gulf Stream.

The remaining seven survivors were returned to the United States via Nassau, Bahamas aboard the steamship Santiago on 19 October.

On the 16th day seaman William Davis, encouraged by another, August Plagge, attacked Loder with a knife and had to be restrained.