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LONDON. March 24 I was not a bit afraid, i knew how to work file lighthouse, because 1 had often watched daddy." Ktliel Langton, Ihe 14 venr-nld daughter ol the keeper el fhe SI. Helens (Isle of Wight) lighthouse, the most unnorlant in the Er.g----l.t-h Channel, iuld her resent rs l . The gill's parents went on shore, lime inih'.s a wav .on .March 10. but were unable to return owing to a gale. Ktliel was alone and without sleep tor three nights, but she wound up the ilot ku oi l; of the revolving lantern every four hours. She pi s.-essed i nly half a )< H' of 111 ' ad. ilc.ivv .was defeated repeated attempts to relieve her. but. finally the resellers .“ueceeded. They fouid the girl fast asleep, h r only companion being a lost tinier. Only the fact that her parents knew she was short of food persuaded the rescuers to attempt to lake an open u otor ho.it cvei a mile of raging seas, lilt girl was forced to climb a 20ft ladder to reach the InmpT mechanism. Ethel and her sister, l.ilv. were in a similar predit amort in 1923. tending ihe light while their parents were stormbound
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 7 April 1926, Page 3
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