The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-30
Mrs. BOOth-Tucker Decided to
Continue on Journey and Was
Killed in Wreck.
TWENTY-SEVEN OTHERS HURT.
Colonel Thomas c. Holland. in
Charge of Branch at Amity,
Colo, Dying in a Hospital
at Fort Madison, Ia.

Kansas City. oct. ca-Mrs. Emma Booth
Tucker. consul ia America Of the saliva
tion. Army. wife OF Commander Booth
Tucker and second daughter OF William
Booth. founder OF the army. Was killed il
the wreck Of the castbound California
train, No. .. near Dean Lake. No. eighty
five miles east Of Kansas City. about 80
, o'clock last night.
Colonel Thomas c Holland. in charge
OF the Salvation Army at Amity. Colo
was fatally injured. and IS now at IN,
santa Fe Hospital at Fort Madison, Ia
/ Twenty-seyen others were more or less
. seriously hurt. Many OF them were taken
/ 90 Fort Madison.
/ Mrs. BOoth-Tucker was rendered uncon-
/ scious, and died within half an hour after
T being injured. Her skull WIS fractured
and she was injured internally.
/ Mrs Booth-Tucker was on her way from
] 4 visit 20 the colony at Amitv TO Chicago.
where she was 20 have met her husband
I to-day.
CHANGE OF PLANS.
Had she followed her original intention
she would have missed the wreck. She ar
rived in Kansas City on the California
train, which Was wrecked. yesterday even
ing. and intended remaining here until
this morning. She found she could make a
brief trip uptown between time. however.
/ and later. decided to continue East on the
same train.
All the lower berths. IN the standard
sltepcrs were taken. and IL was suggested
that she and Colonel Holland take barths
in the tourist sleeper She az first object
td. but aiter an inspection of the car ac-
Cgptel the lower berth on the tourist
sleeper Tho other members Of Mrs
Bnoth-Tucker's party went into the chair
Mrs. Booth-Tucker. who was Miss En-
ma Booth married Frederick Tucker in
ISIS. he assumed her name as part uf his
own lie was born in india, AM lived
there several years after the marriage.
He was commissioner Uf the Army IN
India Mr.. and Airs. RoOJh-TucSer were
appointed 20 command the Army IN Amer
lea in March, 1ss6. suCcee ling Eva ..
Booth. who had SIpplaUteL her brother,
BailiuEtUu Booth, who had been removed
by the General
PASSENGERS INJURED.
Among the other passengers seriously
injured were:
MRS. A. Z. BADEN. Winfield. Kas
=. :. BADEN. her son. Winfield. Eas.
/. y KIRK, Newcastle. Ind. wife and two
children.
MIR AND MRS. LIND NEWLY. OaarEa. IL.
ANNA NEWLY, OrarEa. IL
EMMA HESTER, Peoria, IL
Several others who were slightly injured
IN the shakc-uD continued on their Jour
neE without giving their names.
Tho wrecked train left Kansas city last
evening. II ran into an open switch lUEt
outside OF Dean Lake. only the three
last sars. two Pullmaus and 4 dilC-. ere
wrecked. The Pullmans were completely
demolished. while the diner vas badly
damaged.
In the forward Pullman Mrs Booth
Tucker and Colonel Holland. Eho were
the sole occupants OF that car. had just
gone TO the forward end SCr = CnnSulta-
TFrs-Fa n fa 80
water tank with such force rs to move
Il five feet from its foundation. and when
the train crew reached the scene bo;h Airs.
BoOth-Tucker and Colonel Holland were
found unconscious.
They. with the other injured. after much
delay were taken 10 the depot TlatfOTm.
few blocks distant. where everything pps-
sibIe was done for them. Neither re
gained consciousness. and within hplf an
hour the noted Salvation Army leader sue
cumbel TO her Injuries.