Struck A Hard Blow

On 1 "riday afternoon George F. Key, a student in the me cl umi cal engineering department, met with a serious accident. He was working in the mechanical laboratory, in the opposite side of the room another student being engaged at work at a large wood lathe. This student was careless in placing a piece of wood in the lathe, not fastening it tight enough. He then started the lathe running at a high rate of speed, which soon loosened the wood and threw it across the room with the f orce of a cannon ball. The piece struck Mr. Key on the left shoulder, breaking his collar-bone and cutting his face and ear. He was taken to the University Hospital and his injuries dressed. He is improving but it will be several weeks before he will be able to be about again. Mr. Key isa married man and moved lo lliis city several months ago. 11e was lor several years a teacher in the Normal school and more recently superintendent of the construction of the sewerage system of Ypsilanti.