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The Detroit Marine Historian Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit Volume 36, No. 7 - March 1983 Published Monthly Annual Dues $8.00 Rev. Peter Vander Linden, Editor - 29825 Joy Road - Westland, Michigan 48185 "WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS" The Story of the MORTON SALT COMPANY FLEET 1904 - 1942 By Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S. J. . AURORA Young Photo Wooden barge (US. 106493), ex steamship, built in Cleveland in 1887 by Murphy & Miller. 290 x 41 x 21.5, 2236 gross tons. Badly damaged by fire, on Lake Erie, 1898. Engines subsequently removed and put into AUSTRALIA in 1902. Sailed in the Morton Fleet around the years of World War I. Later owned by Construction Material Co., and abandoned by them in 1927. HRHRE ANNUAL DINNER MEETING: The Society's Annual Dinner Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, April 30, 1983 at The Captain's 2 Restaurant in Algonac (formerly Sid's). Harry Wolf will present another of his excellent programs. Reservation instructions and more details will be sent at a later date.