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Wrecks and charges mark city auto wagon crashes
John Wright 38 is in Deaconess Hospital with severe scalp wounds and a wounded leg after a wagon he drove was rear ended by Solon Gibby at 3300 block Massachusetts Ave. Wright’s car rear entry was damaged as another vehicle struck the wagon. Gibby faces assault and battery. Wright charged with driving without lights. Police seek the auto driver who struck Earl Brannon after Brannon was taken home in a crash at Harding St. and Belt Railroad. Multiple collisions followed with injuries to Alma Gibby Marie Crawley Walter Johnson Peter Moslein James Boone Edward Lomax James Keene and William Robbins variously charged with assault and battery improper driving speeding and other counts.
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John Wright
Massachusetts Ave
Deaconess
Solon Gibby
Colorado Ave
Wright
Alma Gibby
Guy Huff
Tremont Ave
Washington St
McAninch
Peter Moslein
Craig Hotel
Delaware and
Washington Sts
James Boone
Jefferson Ave
Boone
James Keene
Central Ave
Edward Lomax
Meridian St
Pennsylvania St
Lomax
William Robbins
Ohio St
Cecil Calvert
Thirty-First St
Forty-Second St
College Ave
Calvert
Robbins