The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-07-03
Machine Skids and Is Over.
turned at a Corner in
WesthamptOn, L. I.
LAST THOUGHT OF WIFE
She Races From Summer Home
Brother and Father Killed
in Accidents.

Samuei ct0VcnC 6AnuS, elOeSt son OF
Mrs. william X. Vanderbilt. Sr.. was
KILLED In an automobile accident at
Northampton, L. l., last night.
The rear wheels skidded as he turned
his machine from South Country road
into the Old Mill road. At the same
time one Of the front tires exploded.
The car was upset. and when other
drivers came to the rescue they found
Sands pinioned beneath 1t and mortally
hurt.
ing at his chest with one hand. whis-
pered his name to those about him. told
them to break the news gently to his
wife and fell back unconscious.
They carried him to the porch Of q
nearby house and sent for q doctor He
died few moments later. His wife,
speeding eighteen miles cross country
from their summer home at Southamp-
ton. arrived just after that
Mr.. Sands was on his way TO his
country home from Manhattan. The
speedometer of the automobile showed
that he had travelled as fast as seventy
seven miles an hour.
Accident at q O'Clock.
Old Mil road, the chief travel route
between Westhampton and SOuthamp-
ton. was dotted with machines as Sands
came along the South Country road At
o'clock Horace s. Rumsey Of the
Howell House, Wes,hampton Beach.
with Mrs Rumscy, their baby and .
nurse. had just passed South Country
rad when Sands swung in behind them,
going fast.
An oyster shell was fiipped up from
the road behind the Sands machine. 1t
struck Mr.. Rumsey In the eye. break
Ing his glasses. Then he saw the auto
m"ri!c skid. there was an explosion
and the car was bottom side up at
the side Of the road.
Rumsey and others stopped and
went back. Sands. a man weighing
nearly $50 pounds was found under
III" car, the steering wheel against his
chest. his lungs punctured. The skin
had been torn from his face and the
hesh on the right side was terribly
mashed. 1t was learned afterward
that almost every bone in his body
w.s broken. but he was still conscious
and win an effort he let those about
am know who he was and what he
wanted them to do.
Then they carried him to the porch
OF ii. T.. Bishop. cashier OF the South
amptun Bank. Dr. NJ. s. Wadhams was
summoned, bat he could do nothing to
help the injured man.
coroner Cornwall Of Riverhead also
came. He exonerated Mr. Rumsey i'm
mediaiely ana gave permission to re-
move the body at Mrs. Sands's direct ion
tn an undertaking establishment. Later
in the evening it was sent to New York
oy special train
Other Fatalities In Family.
MIR Sandss father was Samuel Stew
cns Sands who was killed in the
Meadow Brook Hunt in 1889. His
brother. q. Winthrop Sands. was killed
IN an automobile accident in France on
JnIv ~, 1908. The circumstances were
similar to those Of last nights accident.
winthrop Sands was speeding along
country road. when for no apparent
reason his machine ieaped to the side
and struck tree. His right leg was
cut on and he was terribly burned. but
retained consciousness and calmly d.
'ected those who came to his rescue
IN their efforts to make him comfort
able.
Samuel =. Sands wan 20 years old.
His New York home is at 40 East Fifty
second street and his summer cottage
was in Meeting House lane. Southamp-
ton, where he was living with his wife
and their child. His mothers second
husband WAS Lewis Morris Rutherfurd
and he was a half-brother OF Mrs. Og-
den l.. Mills and Miss Barbara Ruther-
furd. Through his mothers marriage
TO William X. Vanderbilt he became a
stepbrother Of William X. Vanderbilt,
Jr,. Harold Vanderbilt and the Duchess
Of Marlborough.
Mrs. Sands was Miss Gertrude Shell
DON daughter Of George H. Sheldon, a
banker at 90 Cedar street. president Of
the Union League Club and treasurer Of
the Republican National Committee dur
Ing the campaign OF 1908. She was
married to Mr.. Sands on October 18,
1910, The wedding was attended by the
most prominent members Of New York
society.
When he applied for marriage IL
cense Mr.. Sands gave his occupation as
gentleman farmer" He was grad
uate Of Harvard In the class of 1907.
He was member II the Union and
knickerbocker clubs Of New York and
of the Metropolitan Club Of Washing
ton.