Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Anderson, David Leroy  June 22, 1914
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Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark June 23, 1914

                    YOUTH KILLED BY FALL FROM TOP OF POLE
  After Contact With Current David Anderson Plunges To Street, Fatally Injured

David Leroy Anderson, 17 years old, living at 1405 Brambleton Avenue, died at 
St. Vincent's Hospital at 10:45 o'clock yesterday morning from injuries received 
a short time before when he fell from one of the Virginia Railway and Power 
Company's poles on Johnson Avenue between O'Keefe and Church Streets.
The accident occurred about 10 o'clock while Anderson and two other men were 
working on the power company's wires. At the time Anderson is said to have been 
disconnecting a wire carrying 110 volts. In disconnecting the wire, one of 
Anderson's hands came in contact with the current and was burned. Whether he was 
thrown to the ground by the current or became frightened when he felt the 
current and lost his balance, will likely be determined at the coroner's inquest 
to be held at noon today at the high constable's office. Anderson's skull was 
fractured and he suffered a severe wound on the right side of his forehead, his 
hands were burned and his body was bruised. 
Young Anderson was the son of Mrs. Mary E. and the late Edward P. Anderson. He 
is survived by his mother, two sisters, Mrs. C.T. Cabler and Mrs. W.L. Carter 
and three brothers, Patrolman J.R. Anderson, R.L. Anderson and Edward P. 
Anderson, Jr. He was a member of Grace Baptist Church and was well liked. 
The funeral will be held at the residence at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. 
Services will be conducted by Rev. Dr. Vernon I'Anson, pastor of Grace Baptist 
Church. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
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ANDERSON - Suddenly, at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Monday, June 22d, 1914, at 10:45 
o’clock a.m., DAVID LEROY, son of Mary E. and the late Edward P. Anderson, in 
the 18th year of his age.
Funeral services at the residence, No. 1405 Brambleton avenue, Wednesday 
afternoon at 4 o’clock. Friends of the family are invited to attend.

Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark June 24, 1914

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