The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-07-23

{, .sbipeton, July 2l.-Women vii
81 4, - snresented at the coming Congress
|f E ,;fe Savers, which, 10 &c be held a
.ntes. France, in the latter part o.
- month. The life saving work Of
mericsn women particularly will re-
;re attention, inasm uch as they con
d ghnte not little to the efficiency Of
II life saving service Of the United
~ .,es Not only does an association
rs vooen, known as the Blue Anchor
dciety, supply ali the lie saving
.tious with clothing foT sshipwreck.
s neople, but the wives and daugh-
L. Of the station keepers frequently
g. heroic work in the rescue of drown
g persons.
# + The annals of American heroines Of
! surf have yet to be properly writ
81 s5;3n. but when capable pen takes up
Ie task they will compose a fascinat-
volume. In number of instances
omen have received medals, of gold
d silver from the Government ;n
acoguition Of their services, and in
lore than one case Uncle Sam has b e.
q owed such decorations upon little
Bis.
The famous Ida Lewis was only a
tile girl when she made her first res
IL. She was IL years Of age at the
The and her mother was the keeper
the Lime Rock light house in New
5rt harbor, her father being help
ss cripple. One day she saw sail
lat upset in the harbor and promptly
lived out to it in little skiff, reach
III it in time to save four young men
EAo we're struggling in the water for
Later on, under similar circum-
|S1auces, she saved soldier from the
Dirt Adams garrison and the man was
stored to life at the lighthouse. On
Z other occasion three men were
4 }amped in boat near Lime Rock
spile trying to pick up "a valuable
s eep which had fallen off wharf.
3e rescued them and the sheep also.
Jon afterwards she saw a. man cling
3 q to the spindle which marked q
ff near the light house and, rowing
4 J., she brought him in. In a gale
another day she saved. two soldiers
pm swamped boat. and again she
piled out two members Of the Fort
& aaams garrison band, who had broken
e rough the ice between the light
)use and the Fort. In all she res
led thirteen persons from drowning
J! ID earned for herself the title of the
A ace Darling of America. She is
w 60 years Of age and still keeps the
& Sme Rock light. =
n IThe gold life saving medals, worth
20 each intrinsically, are. granted on
in cases where the recipient has
$ked his or her life. In one case q
$dal vas refused by the person to
pom it was offered-Edith Morgan,
4 Hamlin, Mich. There had been a
!!serful storm on the lake, in the win
81 Of 1878, AID the steamer City Of
3ledo was driven ashore. 1t was
owing hard and the ship was soon
fusformed into an iceberg by waves
9faking over it. Communication G
th' the shore was established by~a-
pc aud the girl, assisted by num-
4 of men, succeeded in rescuing the
4W Of eighteen men. The medal
Ipt to her was Of silver because che
81 not actually risked her life; but
y declined to accept it. saying that
!33her performance did not merit gold
22dal she did not want it.
one little girl who received q medal
1 Marie D. Parsons. She was only
years old and lived on the
0re Of Long Island. at place called
replace Village. She was Watching
Pan hoist sail on board Of q boatS
pe distance from shore when sud-
||3ply the boom few over and knocked
ffooard a small child Of z. The
p jumped in after the child and the
H. drifting away, left them strug-
3os In the water. Marie, seeing
4 4. no time was to be lost, got into a
gu and. by rowing 39aa 39aa :75aTddsw yard with ali
/ might, got there quickly enough to
Pc both. \
] a gold medal was bestowed upon q
7A'le girl named Maud King for q deed
] daring done in 1889, in the harbor
charleston, 8. 70. She, her moth.
and her aunss Mary Vhiselsy, were
i only persons at home in the light
]u'e supply station at Castle Pinck-
Y when q yawl was capsized about q
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