The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-04-26
LOST IWfNTY-ytAR-OlD SON
Prevented From Getting Into Life
boat Although There Was Room
TRIED TO 0BsTRUcT HER VIEW
When Boat Was Sinking Companions
Endesvored to Shut Out
Sight Of II.

Mrs. Agnes Davies OF St. Ives, Corn
wall. one Of the survivors of the ter
rible calamity which overlook the
White Star liner Titanic off tho banks
Of Newfoundland q week ago Sunday
night arrived last night at the home
OF her son, Richard Nichols of Mo-
hawk, accompanied by her nine year
old son John Morgan, who also was
saved. Mrs. Davies very reluctantly
told her story TO Il reporter of the
News today. The story was much the
same as that told by hundreds OF the
other survivors OF the disaster as re-
CARDS the calamity Itself. Several times
during her recital of the story Mrs.
Davies was slightly affected by the
strain Of her emotion and grief, not
only because of what she had seer and
passed through but because the sink
ing of the Titanic took from her her
almost sole support a twenty year
old son. Joseph Charles Nichols. The
loss OF her son seems. to Mrs. Davies,
TO have beer unnecessary too, which
makes IL all the harder To bear.
Mrs. Davies is a pleasant and very
refined appealing woman. At pres
ent she is greatly overwroasht and
very nervous as the result Of her cX-
perience, suffering and bereavement.
She. with her two sons, left st. Ives
hut two weeks ago to join another
.Nf Nah. txs- nd
expected TO spend the remainder OF
her days in this country ir happiness
and serenity.
Mrs Davies and sons sailed from
Southampton on the Titanic as second
class passengers, and Mrs. Davies oc-
cupied a double berth with a Miss
Phillips. The voyage bade fair to be
a pleasant and quick one, although,
some of the passengers were slightly
alarmed when the great ship bumped
against the steamer New YorlSin South
ampton harbor. No serious damage
was occasioned by this collision. how
ever. and all became calm and quiet
again. continuing so till the Titanic
struck and was ripped and torn by a
glacial iceberg when hut few hundred
miles off the banks OF Newfoundland.
Mrs. Davies Tells Story.
The story Of Mrs. Davies, from this
point on may be told briefly as fol-
lows:
we were in our bcrths when the
steamer struck the iceberg at 1850 the
night of Sunday We felt the jar but
did not Imagine that aH} thing serious
had occurred. Howeve, rang for the
steward. for the purpogc # making in
quirics He assured us nothing OF any
consequence had happened and that
we could remain i'm our bcrths with
out fear. A few minutes later Miss
Phillips father, who was also a pas
sepger on the boat. called his daugh-
ter and told her to dress. She went
on deck and returned shortly and said
orders had been given for all the pas
sengers to dress and put on life belts
Hy this time had dressed. although
my little son was still sleeping. The
steward again came to the stateroom
aud said there was no danger or oc-
vasion for fear. decided to dress th;
boy. however, and did So My son JOS
cph had dressed and he came 10 the
stateroom and put litebeIts on us.
No Warning Of Immediate Danger.
Through all this time we had re-
ceived no warning from the steward
40 orders TO prepare for anything like
what we were to experience. Had II
not been for our own anxiety ana Gu
might have perished. We went on deci
about 1916 and nay son and mysel
were placed in the third lifeboat
MY older son. Joseph, helped place
us into the boat and aske,
permission to enter u himself. this be
ing refused with the threat that HI
would be shot II he attempted to ge
m ] pleaded with the officers. n
vain, that he be allowed TO come will
me- There were about fifty in the boa
out there was room for more Aftc
we were lowered away and before tn
poat left the ship some men entered !
by Gliding down the davlt ropes.
One Man Shot Down.
saw one man shot at while he wa
getting into our boat. More than hal
OF those In our boat were men. nesrl
all OF them sailors and members II tn
crew. many being firemen.
All the men did not have the per
mission OF the officers &c enter til
"oat either. When got into the boa
found a lot OF men lying down in tn