Double funeral services for Terry Lee Gifft, 10, and his cousin, Wallace Eugene Gray, 14, of near Bakerton, who drowned Wednesday in a quarry near Harpers Ferry, will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the […]
THERESA CUDDYSCHOOLGIRL told Judge McMahon in Traffic Court how she was struck and injured by an automobile while alighting from a street car. The driver, Walter J. Flanagan, of Bakerton, W. Va., was fined $75. Times […]
Four Bakerton youths and two men from Millville in Jeferson county were injured in a head-on collision near Millville, the group included Walter Manuel, jr., William Moler, Clarence Mills, and Deneen Welsh.
Former Ball Player Dies After Car CrashMARTINSBURG, W. Va., March 12. — Seriously injured in a motorcycle accident Saturday night, Joe Brophy, of this city, former Blue Ridge and Eastern Shore League ball player, died in […]
COUNTIAN IS FATALLY HURT.Theodore P. Griffin, 28, Killed IN Blast At Lime Plant. Theodore P. Griffin, 28, of Samples Manor, was instantly killed and Daniel Myers and William Johnson, both of Dargan, and Charles Farley of […]
CHARLES TOWN, Aug. 2 (AP).– A dynamite explosion, which witnesses said may have been caused by static electricity, killed one man and injured three others in the quarries of the Washington Building Lime company at Bakerton. […]
A dynamite explosion, which it is said may have been caused by static electricity, killed one man and injured three others in a quarry at Bakerton, W. Va., Monday. The dead man is Thomas P. Griffith, […]
FIRE DESTROYS BARN.Special Dispatch to the Herald. BAKERTON, W. Va., August. 20. A large barn, with its contents, on the farm of A. A. Lamon, well-to-do farmer, was burned to the ground near here early yesterday […]
Electrocuted At Plant.Hagerstown, Aug. 5. — Elmer Giffin, 27, of Samples Manor, Md., was electrocuted today when a switch at the Washington Building and Lime Company, at Bakerton, W. Va., where he was working, was accidentally […]
FALL KILLS WOMAN, 83Hemorrhage Results From Accident in Charles Town.Special Dispatch to The Star. BAKERTON, W. Va., September 21.– Mrs. Henrietta Moler, 83 years old, widow of George W. Moler, died at her home here yesterday […]
Man Crazed by Heat Drowns After LeapHARPERS FERRY, W. Va., July 31. — Apparently crazed by the heat, Guy Allen, 25, Bakerton, plunged from a boat into the Potomac River near here. His body was found […]
Guy Allen Is Drowned While Swimming In Potomac River. Women Wandering Along River Bank Near Dargan Discover Body of Bakerton Man — Duffey Gives Verdict of Accidental Death. Guy Allen, 25 year old Bakerton W. Va., […]
BATHER IS DROWNED.CHARLES TOWN, W. Va., July 23.– Guy Allen, native of Maryland, but residing at Bakerton, W. Va., for several years, was drowned while bathing in the Shenandoah River at the Virginia ore bank, west […]
Horses Die in Stable FireBAKERTON, W. Va., June 11 (Special).– Fire of undetermined origin early this morning destroyed the stable at the Washington Building Lime and Stone Co. plant here. Four horses, three mules and a […]
Train Kills Two Men Pushing Truck on RailSpecial to The Washington Post. Martinsburg, W. Va., Sept. 28.– Samuel Potts, 57, Bakerton, W. Va., and Thomas Sutherland, 42, Reedson, W. Va., were killed at Reedson this afternoon […]
Md. Farmer Killed When Kicked By Horse HAGERSTOWN, Md., Sept. 9. Frank Kidwiler, 55, a farmer living near Bakerton, died from injuries received by being kicked in the stomach by a horse yesterday afternoon. He was […]