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HUBERT /. WRIGHT.
Prominent Business Man Dies TIT
Morning, as The Result of Ih
juries Sustained Sunday.

VIC UoSl huoWu ueu Ill ILLS COur-
ty, and the pioneer of the autom D.
bile business in the county, di4d
at the mbridge-Maryland Hosgi-
tai this morning, at a quarter to
five O'Clock, as the result of the
injuries which he sustained on the
State road last Sunday afternoon,
torcycle, near the lane leading to
the home of Mr.. Jas. P. Handley.
When taken to the Hospital, Ait
was found that Mr.. Wright, as the
result of his collision with the car
of Mr.. Daniel Webster, had sus-
tanned injuries to his left leg,
which might necessitate it's ampu-
tation, but after carefully examin-
ing the injuries, the physicians de
cided to await the arrival of a
specialist, who was Immediately
telephoned for, and who arrived
Monday morning. AS the result of
second careful examination and
diagnosis of the case, it was be-
lieved that the 8 injured member
could be saved, and the broken
bones were wired together, with
the result that the patients condi-
ton was as favorable as could be
expected, until yesterday morning,
when gangrene unexpectedly de-
veloped. So rapid was the develop
ment of this complication that a
hurried conference of the staff
of the Hospital was held, and it
was deemed absolutely imperative
to amputate the injured member,
and this was done, the entire leg,
and a portion of the thigh, being
cut Off
So rapid, however, had been the
spread of the gangrene, that even
this did not avail to save the pa
tents life, and he gradually be-
came weaker, until the end came
this morning.
Mr.. Wright was the son of Mrs.
Edith and the late Rigby T. Wright.
He was .forty-two years of age last
July. having been born the 26th of
July, 1871. After completing the
course at the public schools, Mr..
Wright attended both Cornell and
Lehigh Universities, at both of
which he took the engineering
course. |
With a decided mechanical turn
of mind, Mr.. Wright quite naturally
took to a business in which there
was an opportunity to develop this
turn. He engaged at first in the
bicycle business, in the year 1898,
bicycles at that time having just en-
tered upon the earlier stages of
popular favor. He was an ardent
bicyclist, and with William g. Lee
Compile and w. Wallace Phelps, won
many championship races for the
Eastern Shore. Later, when the
automobile became the logical sue
cessor of the bicycle, Mr.. Wright |
was one of the first to engage In |
the business, and was still engaged
In it at the time of his death. He |
was considered the most skill /
full driver in Cambridge, and by
many was thought to be the lest
5aiEe1 IA he SSssatas. TIE knew "a : |
tomobiles from start to finish there
was no mechanical part Of them
which he did not understand, not
only in theory, but in the practical
and it was this superior
knowledge that enabled him to
drive so successfully.
Besides his automobile business,
Mr.. Wright was engaged in other
business operations, including build
ing, farming, etc. One of his
most recent achievements had been
the clearing off of portion of
Water street, his idea being, even
tually, to remove all of the old
buildings from the street and make
it an ideal residence section. He
was also very keenly interested in
clearing up a tract of what is
known as "cut over" land, which |
he had purchased from Messrs. w.
S. Hoddinott and S. S. Andrews. He |
had expected to take up the stumps |
with an engine, and by the use of
dynamite, and then intended plow-
ing with an engine next spring.
Mr.. Wright is survived by his |
wife, who was Miss Lillian Whit
more, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. A. |
A. Whitmore, to whom he was mar
ried in 1902, and a little son, HUI
bert, Jr., about three years old. |
He is also survived by his mother,
to whom he was devoted, and a
sister, Mrs. Levin S. Dali.
The funeral services will be |
held from his late home, on Will |
liam street, tomorrow (Friday) af-
ternoon, at three O'Clock. Inter- |
ment will be in the Cambridge |
Cemetery