THE FALKLANDS BATTLE
A WOMAN'S PART WARNING TO BRITISH (PJ)oc. Tol. Copyright—United Press Assn.) {Received April 17. 10 a.m.) LONDON, April 16. A lit He-known heroine of the naval victory at the Falkland Islands in 1914, Mrs. Creamer, is paying her first visit to London since she married and settled in the Falklands, bringing her 13-year-old daughter. Tho Creamers lived on an outlying island, but a- brother resided at Port Stanley. He warned her that the Germans were coming, and Mrs. Creamer sent- two servants on horseback to the top of the cliffs in order to watch for the Germans.
When they at last- appeared, the servants raced to the house, and she phoned Port Stanley, from where a message was wirelessed to Admiral Sturdee.
'i'hc Admiralty presented Mrs. ('reamer with a silver salver, and rewarded the servants with silver teapots. She later was invested with the Order of the British Empire.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17237, 17 April 1930, Page 7
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152THE FALKLANDS BATTLE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17237, 17 April 1930, Page 7
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