New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-10
Coal Company President
Seated in Buggy When
] Horse Dashes Into Path
of N. Y. Central Engine
Victim am Uncle
Of F. ID. Roosevelt
nead Man Found Sitting
UPRIGHT i'm the Ruins of
His Splintered Vehicle
/. ssecsc, Dispatch to The Tribune

poUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, Sept. g.
w,,rea Delano, president OF the De-
slaao Coal Company, of New York, and
rss,e to franklin D. Roosevelt, Demo-
s,asie candidate for vice-B esident,
sv.s Instantly killed at the Barrytown
,tation in this county this afternoon
3vhen his favorite horse Bell, which he
Md driven to the station, became
,ssfr;eatsaed at the approach of a fast
sypress and dashed IN front of the
sfain.
4 Mr.. DeIano had left the animal at
HE northeast corner of the depot
while be went to the Office to get &
ekeck for his trunk. The distant ap-
,sroach Of the train warned Mr.. Delano
and he looked out the window at the
horse and saw it was restless.
- Engine Strikes Buggy
Il He went and sat in the seat Of the
buggy. The horse was g high-strung
animal and was considered one Of the
bess bred horses in the county. AS
The train approached the horse reared
ssad started on run around the COR
nor Of the depot to the New York
Central tracks, arriving there a frac-
Zion Of second ahead of the train.
The horse managed to get part of
she way across the tracks, but the
engine struck the buggy and carried it
ID distance of 150 feet before it was
freed and thrown to the right of the
track against large concrete base
alongside the roadbed.
& Mr. Delano was still seated in the
uias of the buggy, which consisted
Of nothing but the seat, small part of
ne platform and the crushed back Of
The seat. The wheels were torn COM
pietely from the buggy and could not
be found, although the trackmen
fssasehed for a distance of more than
hasfamile.
Horse Dragged 1000 Feet
Ihe horse was carried q distnce& OF
mere than 1000 feet on che front of
The engine and then thrown to the left
nj the track. The engine stopped 8
short distance beyond this point.
i Ar. Delano was carried to the depot
where he died without regaining con-
aeioasness. An examination showed he
had fracture of the spinal column at
Die base Of the neck and cash on the
sossaead.
Mr.. Delano had spent the entire af-
ternocn at the Duchess County fair at
Rhinebeek, where he was superintend-
snt Of the horse exhibit and had a
au,nbe1 Of blooded animals entered. He
aiso made arrangements just before
leaving to take some of the animals
home tomorrow and bring over others
ghieh he had entered for the horse
lshev Saturday.
. The horse which was killed was en-
tered in the saddle horse class for ex-
fiait,on Saturday and Mr.. Delano had
gwen bis name as the driver. The train
Naieh killed Mr.. Delano was travelling
between fifty and sixty miles an hour.
j HI Delano is survived by his wife,
Tse was Miss Jennie Walters, of Balti-
mere; son, Lyman Delano, of Will
Mington, N. c., and four daughters,
Mrx Roland Redmond, of Tivoli; Mrs.
x.1. Adams, of Greenwich, Conn; Mrs.
Idgsil, Of Cambridge, Mass, and Miss
laura Delano, Of Barrytown.
Mf. Delano had large mining inter-
ssn in Pennsylvania and was presi-
asas pf the Delano Coal Company, with
sfaees In New York City. He was
seer OF horses and his stable at Steen
ysset,e, his Barrytown summer home,
sss one Of the finest in Dutchess