Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1907 — “GRACE DARLING” HAS CELEBRATION [ARTICLE]

“GRACE DARLING” HAS CELEBRATION

Woman Who Won World-Wide Fame as Life Saver Honored by Townsfolk. Newport. It. 1., July 3. —Miss Ida Lewis, the Grace Darling of America, who has lived for fifty years at Limerock lighthouse, off this Larbor, and for twenty-eight years has been keeper of tlie beacon, celebrated her golden anniversary as a resident of the his torie spot. Miss Lewis was 68 years old In March last, and is still alert in body and mind. Practically ail of Newport took part in the celebration, for the people here are proud of the brave woman, who has to her credit the saving of eighteen lives from the sea. Not a few of these rescues were made under circumstances that called for daring and clever seamanship, and ns a result of her courage and skill her fame became world-wide.