Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2016 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= NOTICE TO USERS - These files are protected by the The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. Information contained herein is provided for research purposes and may be freely linked to. Copying for redistribution or presentation by any person, persons or organization is not allowed without the written permission of the author/submitter. Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Salvor OTHER NAME(s): Turret Chief, Vickerstown, Jolly Inez (C. 106605) OFFICIAL NO: 170538 DATE OF LOSS: 26 September 1930 CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm LOCATION: Lake Michigan, Muskegon RIG TYPE: Barge HULL TYPE: Steel BUILDER: Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, Eng., 1896 OWNER(S): T. L. Durocher Co. MASTER: - TONNAGE: 1,881 gt - 1,196 nt DIMENSIONS: 253 x 44 x 22 CASUALTIES: 5 of 14 The SALVOR, laden with 2,800 tons of stone for the Muskegon breakwater, left Gill's Rock, WI. on the 25th in tow of the tug RICHARD FITZGERALD. After crossing the lake the pair ran into a southwest gale and the towline broke when only 2-2/3 miles from Muskegon. The tug ran for shelter as the SALVOR was blown aground and sunk, leaving only a portion of the large double A-frame above water. Casualties: Clinton Lang Clarence Brunett Lornie Olmstead, age 9 Elmer Lytle (one unknown) In the "Big Blow" of 1913 the TURRET CHIEF was driven ashore 5 miles east of Copper Harbor, Lake Superior, as was thought to be a total loss. Salvaged and towed to Port Arthur. Rebuilt and, in 1916, renamed VICKERSTOWN. Under this name she transported munitions during WWI. Renamed JOLLY INEZ in 1918. Upbound from Milwaukee to Ft. William on Nov. 16, 1927, Capt. Harry Finn in command, when she ran into Saddlebag Island, Lake Huron. Abandoned to the under- writers. Salvaged the next year by Durocher, reduced to a barge and given the name SALVOR. (Note; Many sources state that SALVOR was bound from DeTour to Muskegon. The account of Lyman Nedeau, resident of Muskegon and a survivor of the wreck says that SALVOR loaded at Gill's Rock.) ======================================================================== Sources: Milwaukee Journal, 18 November 1927 Chicago Daily Tribune, 28 September 1930 Ludington Daily News, 28 September 1930 Cornell Daily Sun, Ithaca, N.Y., 27 September 1930 Milwaukee Journal, 1 October 1930 Merchant Vessel List (losses), 1931 Sherman, Elizabeth B. "Beyond the Windswept Dunes) - 2003