Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1907 — ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF CORNE- LIUS DURANT. [ARTICLE]

ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF CORNE-

LIUS DURANT.

Cornelius Durant, a former resident of Jasper county and a brother of Mrs, Alex Hurley and William and Philip Durant of Rensselaer, was accidently killed at Ho, Idaho, July 10, while working in a sawmill. The particulars as given The Democrat, are that he broke through the floor of the mill, striking bis right foot on a saw which split the leg to a point above the knee. He threw himself off the sawas quickly as possible and told the men that gathered about him to hotify his brother, M. J. Durant, near Kooskia, Idaho. He died from loss of blood before a doctor could be brought to the scene. The I. O. O. F., and D. A. R., lodges took charge of the remains, prepared the body for burial and sent Hlb Kamiah, Idaho, where the funeral, conducted by the I. O. O. F., lodge of Kamiah, was held at 10 a. m., July 13.