Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1919 — ENGLAND HONORS HEROINE 16 [ARTICLE]

ENGLAND HONORS HEROINE 16

Girl Grips Blazing- Shell and Saves Factory From Destruction. I.ondon. —The youngest member of the Order of the British Empire Is Miss D. G. Vickers, aged sixteen. She has won the distinction for an act of great bravery. A small shell she was handling became alive owing to the fuse igniting, causing her to drop It. but realizing that there was a stick of unfinished fuses'close by filled with powder. she coolly picked up the blazing shell, dashed to the door And threw it as far as possible. Both hands were badly burned and her Injuries prevented her working for two months. her with* a gold btmgie and the lord mayor of Birmingham presented her with a specially designed brooch.