George Winthrop Sands, of New York, Step son of Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt, was killed in an automobile accident on the road between Triel and Poissy.
His chauffeur, Robert Picken, a Scotchman, escaped with a few bruises.
Reports were current in Paris during the day that Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt
had been seriously injured, but an investigation showed that he was not
in the automobile at all. In fact, he was in Deauville at the time of
the accident.
According to information obtained by a Herald correspondent at Poissy
and at St. Louis de Poissy, where Mr. Vanderbilt residence and racing
stables are located, Mr. Sands met his death in the following manner:
Mr. Sands and his chauffeur were returning from Deauville, whither they
had gone on Tuesday. Their automobile was a 30 horsepower De Dietrich of
semi racing type with two seats. It was capable of attaining a high rate
of speed, and some of the people in the neighborhood where the
catastrophe occurred assert that it was traveling at 100 kilometers an
hour.
His chauffeur, Robert Picken, a Scotchman, escaped with a few bruises.
Reports were current in Paris during the day that Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt
had been seriously injured, but an investigation showed that he was not
in the automobile at all. In fact, he was in Deauville at the time of
the accident.
According to information obtained by a Herald correspondent at Poissy
and at St. Louis de Poissy, where Mr. Vanderbilt residence and racing
stables are located, Mr. Sands met his death in the following manner:
Mr. Sands and his chauffeur were returning from Deauville, whither they
had gone on Tuesday. Their automobile was a 30 horsepower De Dietrich of
semi racing type with two seats. It was capable of attaining a high rate
of speed, and some of the people in the neighborhood where the
catastrophe occurred assert that it was traveling at 100 kilometers an
hour.
George Winthrop Sands, of New York, Step son of Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt, was killed in an automobile accident on the road between Triel and Poissy.
His chauffeur, Robert Picken, a Scotchman, escaped with a few bruises.
Reports were current in Paris during the day that Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt
had been seriously injured, but an investigation showed that he was not
in the automobile at all. In fact, he was in Deauville at the time of
the accident.
According to information obtained by a Herald correspondent at Poissy
and at St. Louis de Poissy, where Mr. Vanderbilt residence and racing
stables are located, Mr. Sands met his death in the following manner:
Mr. Sands and his chauffeur were returning from Deauville, whither they
had gone on Tuesday. Their automobile was a 30 horsepower De Dietrich of
semi racing type with two seats. It was capable of attaining a high rate
of speed, and some of the people in the neighborhood where the
catastrophe occurred assert that it was traveling at 100 kilometers an
hour.
His chauffeur, Robert Picken, a Scotchman, escaped with a few bruises.
Reports were current in Paris during the day that Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt
had been seriously injured, but an investigation showed that he was not
in the automobile at all. In fact, he was in Deauville at the time of
the accident.
According to information obtained by a Herald correspondent at Poissy
and at St. Louis de Poissy, where Mr. Vanderbilt residence and racing
stables are located, Mr. Sands met his death in the following manner:
Mr. Sands and his chauffeur were returning from Deauville, whither they
had gone on Tuesday. Their automobile was a 30 horsepower De Dietrich of
semi racing type with two seats. It was capable of attaining a high rate
of speed, and some of the people in the neighborhood where the
catastrophe occurred assert that it was traveling at 100 kilometers an
hour.
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