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    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.)

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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