An eastbound fast freight train on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was wrecked at Engle’s Switch Sunday morning. Seventeen cars were piled up, and much valuable merchandise, consisting of lard, packed in barrels and buckets, and meat, were strewn over the meadowland below.
The News of the Railroads, 1890 The News of the Railroads. A general complaint in the business world for the past three months— or at least that part of it interested...
The Doings of the Railroads Last Saturday night, while every body slept except the railroaders, the little town of Brunswick, which used to be called Berlin, became the end of...
Smith Killed at the Bakerton Quarries Killed at the Bakerton Quarries.- William M. Smith, engineer in charge of the dinkey engine, at the limestone quarries at Bakerton, this county, was killed...
A chronological listing of historical events which may have affected the lives of residents in eastern Jefferson County and surrounding areas.
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