Show V mod Named for Heroic Woman Offered fo for Sale by Government II n. 1 I. AP AP I Ida Idaj a aIs I j ta Is in Newport port harbor r T the th illing dee deeds s of one merica's ricas rica's greatest heroines is by the ro 1 eE lighthouse keepers tended tl Clamps for Cor many years an au- au ati light now burns There Ithe Je lighthouse service is to ease ense with all the property on oil island except the ground on the light is actually located OJ Tare arc to be opened in June a Lewis aLewis r wis after whom the rock I arned I is generally known as the tile C ce Darling ig of America I y tile the M house was known as asIe ase Ie e n flock R- R ck light but hut the name was sas I In iii honor of Miss liss I Lewis ewis gaffer Vater her fri fn fathers father's death dE-ath kept light burning for three thirty-three r rs She was waR made keeper by 1111 ct of congress in 1869 JO fOill her her childhood Ida Lewis Lewisa a l the he sea tea The tars isa s led from this tills old port taught t li of ol If til tho safety ty lanes lallos and the Die hazards She was an adept at rowing When she was I 17 7 years ears arR old she effected her first ui-st rescue saving four COUl men whose boat had been capsized by a rough sea In the tile years eaLS th thu tha il I followed she was credited with snatching seventeen more from d death ath in the swells of the tile harbor harbor- most of them soldiers who were goIng going go go- 0 ing to or from I Fort ort Adams Medals and decoration for Cor ex extreme extreme ex- ex bravery were wele showered upon her But ut she sought no fame or fa faVOl favor favor fa- fa vor VOl other than to to remain on the little island until death She died at at atthe the tile age of 70 70 and a throng pressed into the tile old cemetery to stanel with bared heads at her h r rI I burial The Newport J Historical society cs s made custodian of her many decorations and medals Now that the little rock isle ihle with its shore frontage fro keepers keeper's house and boat hoat sheds is to be sold suggestion sug sug- has been made by 13 Newport Newport- ers era that the tue h be purchased as us a res reservation dedicated d to 10 Miss Lewis Lewis' memory |