Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Durand, Benjamin Oliver October 22, 1907
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Virginian Pilot October 23, 1907

                BENJAMIN DURANT KILLED; HE FELL FROM POLE

On Platform At Top of Telephone Pole, Corner Duke and Tazewell Streets-- It Gave 
Way Under His Weight


While at work on a telephone pole at Bute and Tazewell streets about 5 o'clock 
yesterday afternoon, a platform on which Benjamin Durant was standing gave way, 
and he fell to the sidewalk.  He died almost instantly.
On the same platform with Durant was S.B. Batt, chief linesman of the Southern 
States Telephone Company, by whom both men were employed.  Durant was on one end 
of the platform and Batt on the other.  They were testing a cable.  Batt was 
unhurt.

Durant's body was taken to police headquarters in the patrol wagon and later 
sent to Oliver's undertaking establishment.  Durant was married and resided at 
125 and 1/2  North Reservoir avenue, Brambleton.  He was 32 years old and had 
been in the employ of the Southern States Telephone Company for five years.
 
Excerpt from article on page 1 of Virginian Pilot October 23, 1907
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The funeral of the late B.O. Durand will take place from the residence of his 
father-in-law, Francis Hendren, on Maple avenue this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mr. Durand fell from a telephone pole Tuesday afternoon.  He was the husband of 
Miss Mattie Hendren of Berkley ward.

Virginian Pilot    October 24, 1907  

Additional Comments:
Magnolia
name misspelled throughout first article

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