The Yale expositor., 1910-12-02
INSTANTLY KILLED.
David Hunt jr., Mfg Manager of the
EMF Co., Met a Sad Death
Saturday Evening Last.

Saturday last, at about six p. M,
word flashed through Yale that an
auto accident had occurred just at the
outskirts OF the city, and that man
had been killed. An Expositor repre-
sentative as quickly as it was possible,
learned the truth of the sad affair and
the particulars are as follows
A party Of Detroit and Port Huron
men, six in number, had started Satur
day morning from the latter city for
rabbit hunt in the vicinity of Yale.
Two autos were used to convey the
party, the first touring car, contain
ing Martin Kavanagh, head of the
E VI + drafting department, Benjamin
Boye and Captain Edward Rifenbrick.
The second, a truck with two passen-
gers, David Hunt ir, manufacturing
manager of the EMF Co., and Chas.
Adams, general superintendent.
The two cars came to Yale from the
south, the touring car coming down
Rath's hill and over the culvert safely.
The truck, possibly on account of the
darkness, ran too near the edge and
overturned into the ditch. The tour.
ing car ahead waiting for the truck to
come up, finally turned and drove back,
finding the upset car, and Mr.. Adams
much daZed and with some, injuries. A
search revealed Mr.. Hunt'sunconscious
form at the bottom of the ditch beside
the road, his head pinned down by the
bows of the machines top. Help was
instantly sought and quickly and will
lingly given by those living close by,
and the body, which had sustained
broken neck, causing instant death,
released and brought TO Parmlee's un-
dertaking rooms, from where it was
shipped that evening TO Port Huron,
and thence to Detroit. The funeral
took place on Monday afternoon from
his late residence, No. 63 Warren Ave.
east, where his widow and S-year-old
daughter reside. The body was then
taken to Boston, where his parents live,
for burial.
Mr.. Hunt was 80 years old. He had
been associated with the EMF Co.
since last May. His death is a great
loss to the company, for he stood next
to President Flanders as far as the
manufacturing end of the business was
concerned. He was regardedas one of
the country's best experts on machine
! tools. AS manufacturing manager,
Mr.. Hunt exercised general supervision
over all the plants OF the company. He
| Wdo a PlibOO oOOloily was NCii
| liked by the men under him.
Mr. Hunt was a Harvard man and
played on the varsity football and
baseball teams.
Formal action taken on Mr.. Hunts
death by the EMF Co. Monday morn
ing in an order closing down all the
eight plants of the company for the af-
ternoon. Plant No. /, where the gen
eral headquarters of the company are
located, was closed for the entire day,
in spite of the fact that the plant has
been running at full speed, several
hundred cars behind orders.
Department heads and business asso-
ciates of the dead manufacturer officiat-
ed as pail bearers at the funeral Mon
day afternoon. The EN- F Co. and the
Office employees sent floral offerings, in
addition to a considerable number of
personal contributions from members
of the staff.
lMf. Hunts death was sincerely
mourned among the thousands of the
company's employees, with nearly every
one of whom he had personal acquain-
tance. His memory for faces and
names was remarkable, and his close
association withhis men was one of
the marked factors i'm his success in
achieving results.