The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-06-26

lNAGF lN4l- a-fs luFL ~ us aalN N- TO ~t''ttA
September morning, Grace Darling. the hcspI,
daughter Of the LongstCuc lighthouse keeper. ul
the English coast, launched % b.at UIuu o.,
raging tide. and rescued with her reluctant
father aid. and NJ the imminent peril 90! hei
iilc. nine Ter-Jus from the DISASTROUS wreck 1
TIE igyt0Tstire steamer. For this fearless anu
noble act, done I'm her 23d year. praises and L.
wards were hearei uIou her "a Uu-tiujed meas
ure, a fund Of $500 was subscribed iJy hcr
benefit, the remaining four years VI her lie were
crowned with every comfort. and her maine las
passed into current usage a. a synonym for ai
uHse!t-h and heroic woman.
Some weeks since. towards the close OF a stormy
March afternoon. Ida Lewis, the intrepid daughter
u the Lime Rock light keeper, IN Newport.
OK. H. hIrjOr, performed a deed that places her
-ite 10y side, IN Point Of sclE-acrifcing courage.
with the Grace Darling Of England. and rounds
q career Of even greater usefulness in ;he saving
"i human life. The rain fell that day in binding
torrents. and tue guie drove tLc waves across the
hirIDr with g fury that taxed the fall strength
anu skill 81 tie most experienced bOatmeu. Ia
the midst Of this storm, a reckless boy. scarcely
II years old, who had somehow obtained posses
sion Of one Of the smallest and most unsafe sail-
boats in the harbOr (since chTi>tcncd the soldier
drOwncr.) succeeded IN pur-uadiug two soldiers.
Sergeant James Adams. and Private John Ne
laughlin. 20 Jet him carry them acruss from the
city whittier they had gone u make some pur-
chu-eS, q Fort Adams, where they were stationed.
Anxious 10 escape the dTcarv three miles tramp
Nv All4A- Nif4 relieving the ltfl : Insertion mat ne
could manage the boat as well n any one. they
trusted Themselves IN It, and made half tie trip
In safety but about midway in the hlrbIr u
sudden blast struck tie sail. the startled boy
lmmed the helm IN the wrong direction. the
boat cIpsizsi m an instant. and the waves rolled
10 twice over. like the y~cricst cookie shell. For a
long hall hour it, lucklcss occupants chung TO
the keel, and wrc>tlcd against the binding rain
aud the fierce salt waves with all the energy of
DESPAIR but finally the box strength was cx-
haustcd, his hold TcaXcd-Onc clutch at NcIaugh-
I'm : shoulder aud, with n ircuzicd hugh uu0u
his lip lac was gone nor hHs any trace Of him
since been seen. Fast IaraiNZing with cold and
almost bcrcit "f hope, the two soldiers saw no
cluncC lett but % clasp each other in n last en-
brace, and sink 10 a mutual gruvc-when sud
denly, out from tLc Lime Rock. half n mile away.
shot u little boat, driven by rapid strokes and
sure, straight over the bounding waves toward
tie drowning men. Hope kiudicd in her breasts
again, but faded when they saw in the boat only
q slender youth, and Il still sleudcrer woman
plying tie oars. On it swiftly came, however.
AMI the boy was almost reaching over the side to
grasp the nearest soldier, when his quick-wittcd
sister, crying, stop, Iio-ey, we shall be causized
that way turned the boat with n we'll timed
stroke, backed IL az, one man was drawn safely
in over the stern, another backward pull. another
lit, and tic next moment the craft. with ITS
freight Oi rescued lives, was scuddling swiftly
through the spray back To- the Rock again. The
Sergeant was able To- staggcr on shore. but pri-
''N@ sHha ~ ~ AZ AtA aLlN Nat l4ff-
house, where both Of them received the utmost
care and kindness, and were safely conveyed +,
Fort Adams the next day.
The heroine Of this daring exploit was born
February 10Th, 1912, and il thus in her 2Sth
year; but her first rescue vi impcrilcd life dates
back To- September, 1859. when She was ONLY IL
our g1y young fellows, all about Is or 20 wears
Oi age, and all sons Of wealthy gentlemen. one
from Philadelphia and the rest from Ncwport.
went out for an evening sail. and one of them.
more luIl nI fuflstT.F rfwv 81. II. u I 4 .
the mast and upset the boat half Il mile from
tiHc nearest shore. None of them could swim
that distance, night was rapidly coming ON. the
siVsizci boat was too light To- support more than
TWO or thEcc oil them ut once, and they were
ruciully awaiting the bitter consequences Of their
mad irJiic, when the keepers daughter. spyine
hem through the dusk. FASTENED to their relief.
md rescued them all from theft impending fate.
lnc ono who climbed the mast enlisted at tie ;
opening Oi the war, and received n mortal wDuud
'thcrs arc still living, and doubtless cherish I
gratefully the memory OF their youthful prcscrvcr.
During the intervening period Of ten years, 4
his heroine Of the harhOr has saved five other ,
ives. One cold and windy February day. three 7
soldiers stole u skill and set out for
he fort. BY some drunken rccslcssncss they |
DON stove = hole in tire bottom. and the boat =
aPIdly flied. Two OF the men succeeded in I
winning ashore again, and We're 30 alarmed ut j
1cir adventure that they ran away and never /
anne back but the third chung 20 the submerged 4
kiif and tried 10 paddle it with his feet across q
he harbOr. When discovered and uicked nm !;
nth his hat i'm his teeth and Il bottle Of whisky n
D each pocket. he was stiff will, cold. and b,rrIy I
-cdpcd I%crishing IN his desperate attempt. The Il
ext rescue was IN January. 1867. \ valuable :,
iecp escaped from those who lad it in charge. +
OF Onc OF the wharycs, and started To swim 7
round the harhor. Three men, who went in G
insult along the Tort rad, found a skiff AMI put il
ut u rescue the animal. But tie fierce south o.
lst gale WAS too much for them, the boat BEGAN :.
, swamp rapidly, they could not regain the n,
i1rc, aud were staring death in the face. when
ic fearless Ida Went 10 their relief, carried them p
nj the skiif 10 land. and then went ont and :,
the sheep. In the remaining instance. it 81
ems that a fine looking bat reckless y1uu9 E.l- T,
vs. stole a large sail boat from one of the n,
lnTves, one winter evening. and put to sea with :.
but tie gale drove the craft up1n the Little ~
lme iOck, about n mile from the light. where ar
sunk. leaving the unluckv thief ciinriuO 4, ~
e halyaFds from midnight till dawn. when the =,
'roinc reached and picked him up. There bc -
says Miss Lewis, in relating the incident a.
and God blessing me, and begging 10 oy
set ashore, and the last I saw of him lie 49, -
up the wharf ON lis hands and knccst' III
The hcrOism of Grace Darling was the result H.
u single noble impulse the bravery of Idn a.,
Is part Of her daily life. Sixteen vcors m
%, the light ON Lime Rock was established. IL
"a Hosea Lewis, q veteran pilot. familiar with IN
C coast from Halifax To- Norfolk. became its m,
cTcr on the Sth of December. 1858. The -fC
ithcrn line OF tie hIrbJr makes a wide. deen- ctc
sled sweep, with the city ON one side, Fort 70,
lans two miles of or the opposite point. and i
me Rock midway between. about 300 y,ris =.
M the shore. This rock commands the widest cLS
rs Of tie harbOr, and upon 1t the keeper lived nm,
me three years and n half. Then a sub.tan- rcl
J., square, two-story brick house was built. FIN.
= Ii 'rn' l"o'' MS iamlly joined MN. -Four are
nths later 4 stroke of paralysis disabled him NH
III al work, and ever since his eldest daughter cs
has been the main-stay Of the family. Ii =
: she who cared for her father. and lisitcncI =
mothers toll, and watched over her Youngest
er Harriet, and rowed her brothers Rud6iph
! Hosea to school, and ckci out the light z :
Qcr's slender pittancc with her needle and e
or feminine labors, and flew to the rescue of
lcrillcd life with an instructive courage that