Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31
WORK OF UNHURT PASSENGERS
FOR THE WOUNDED.
Salvation Army Leader Dies Within
-Woman's Heroism.

ing the maneuvers of the army and ma
tional guard troops. He gives graphic
description of the wreck and the harrow
ing scenes that followed it.
There were six cars, more or less, ser1-
ously concerned in the wreck he said to-
day These Were three tourist sleepers.
two standard slcepers and dining car
They were the last six cars of the train.
The wreck was probably caused by a loose
wheel on the chair car, ahead of the first
tourist sleeper, which disarranged the
switch at the water tank al Dean Lake and
threw the remainder of the train over 10
the siding. The breaking of the train threw
the first tourist sleeper against the tank
and it caromed Off across the siding and
the main track and struck, on it's side,
about two hundred yards from the other
five coaches, which were also thrown
against the tank but did not go very far
from it. Our car, the last standard sleep
err on the train, did not reach the water
tank before ii was stopped by the stopping
of the other cars. 1t was thrown partly
over on its side, however, as were all the
others.
There had been some trouble with my
berth l had an entire section and the
porter could not get the upper section open
to get out blankets, etc. He called the
conductor of my and the three of us
attempted to get the thing open We made
no progress. however. and the porter from
the first tourist car and the other Pullman
conductor were called in to help.
When the Crash Came.
1T was while these men were consulting
as to the best means to get the berth open
that the car left the track. felt it go, and
braced myself for shock. / might just
as well have braced to buck a cyclone l
was thrown out Of my seat and into the
aisle. A woman from a nearby berth fell
Y1la md WAR .tr,r,, hlnI nx-n,
We were not hurt. however, and soon got
out of the car
Maj. Charles Ourand inspector general
of the District militia, was in the same car
with me. He was unhurt One of the Pull
man conductors very seriously hurt
however about the head.
AS soon as We could get out of the car
we organized ourselves into relief parties.
A section was told off to get water an
other to get blankets still another to get
mattresses and other things necessary
while a large party. with the engineer of
the train and myself. started in to get the
people out of the cars. The forward part
of the train, consisting of the engine and
five cars. l think. had passed on safely and
had been stopped by the engineer about
five hundred yards from the water tank.
The first tourist sleeper had fallen about
three hundred yards behind the forward
cars, and We were about two hundred yards
behind that. At that time l did not know
there was another car wrecked forward of
us. and the people on the forward cars did
not know anything of the wreck until
twenty minutes half hour after we
went to work.
THE work of getting the people out of
those cars was something to tax the
strength of giant. The cars were simply
smashed to splinters L attempted to pick
up the sill of one of the car doors ard it
came apart in my hands like so much rotten
wood in splinters smaller than a toothp:ck
There was so semhlance of the tourists
car left, although the standard sleepers
were in good condition.
What the Accident Developed.
ut was time to bring out all that was
noble in the character of the men and wo-
men on that train. and it certainly deve-
oped some of the grandest specimens of
the human race l have ever seen. There
was one young woman. Miss Beatrice OAR
rell of Los Angeles. Cal, who was pulled
out of one of the cars among the first. She
had nothing on but her night dress. We
procured her blanket which she fastened
about herself in some manner and then she
went to work with us. She carried water
and stimulants to the wounded. She would
give a drink of brandy or water to a
wounded person before we could get them
out of the cars. She was an angel of
mercy If there ever was one, and was
everywhere at all times.
when the wounded We're all cared for
asked her when she was going to sit down.
She smiled and said she would in a minute
and asked the doctor to see if he couldn't
do something with her feet while she rest
ed. She put her feet in his hands and
dirty feet they were, too. from running
about barefooted, and the doctor found
seven pieces of glass in one of them, to-
gether with innumerable splinters The
other foot was in the same condition, lit
orally cut in pieces, and she had walked
about attending to the sick and wounded
without paying the slightest attention to
the pain she herself felt.
William Gordon Jones of Muscogee In
dian territory, was nobleman produced by
that night work. Mr. Jones is big DOW
erful man. possessed of the strength of a
giant and more than one person on that
Train have reason to thank him for their
lives, for he, with DIR. Charles Hunter of
Pfttsburg, Kans., and Major Ourand were
the hardest workers in the whole outfit Dr.
Hunter was a wonder. He seemed to be
onnipreSent, was everywhere. attending to
from shock. Everybody on the train turned
out with hearty will and helped rescue
the people.
Recognizes Mrs. Booth-Tucker.
Il first knew that there was a car ahead
when some one informed me there was a
woman dying up the road. 1 inquired as to
how she got there and then learned of the
wrecked tourist car. L hurried to the spot
indicated and found the woman. She was
dressed in "A Salvation army uniform. Close
beside her was a man, also in the uniform
of the salvation army. L procured somes
water and a sponge and washed the blood
from the womans face well as / could,
and recognized Mrs. Booth-Tucker. I hur-
ried to the man and washed his face, also,
thinking 1t might be Booth-Tucker, but
found il was not.
Mrs. Rooth-Tucker. I saw at once was
very badly hurt. and when l first arrived
she began to scream with pain, Her head
was cut from the crown down to her eve
ilds, ana there was severe cut at the
back of her head. She was also injured
about the side and body. She with Colonel
Holland of the Salvation Army. and her
secretary, Miss Dammes, were the sole oc-
cupants of that car. She had boarded the
train at Amity. Col. and had been unable
TO secure accommodation in the regular
Pullman. She had spent the day in the car
debating letters and reports to her secre-
tary.
AT Kansas City the conductor informed
her that she could get accommodation in
the Pullman. and went forward to her car
twice between o'clock and the time the
accident occurred. to urge her to come
back to the Pullman. Miss Dammes had
been sent back with the luggage and Col