The Lime Company’s works at Bakerton, in this county, were destroyed by fire on Sunday morning. Eight cars were also burned. The loss is estimated at $15,000. Property insured for $1,000–placed in ten companies through the […]
The works of the Washington Building Lime Company, at Bakerton in this county, were totally destroyed by fire last Sunday morning. Loss estimated at $15,000. Insured for $10,000, placed in ten different companies, with agency of […]
FIRE AT BAKERTONLime Kilns and Freight Cars Destroyed. The valuable lime kilns of the Washington Building Lime Company at Bakerton, near Martinsburg, W. Va. were destroyed by fire at 4 o’clock yesterday morning, entailing a loss […]
A VISIT TO BAKERTON. Editor Register: Mr. I. H. Baker, the enterprising superintendent Baker, of the Washington Building Lime Co.’s Works, gave us a pleasant surprise by inviting us to see the works in operation at […]
Early in the spring of 1832 the news went abroad over the country that Asiatic cholera, then but little known in this country, had appeared in Montreal. A vague alarm was left, which was increased among […]
Our Iron Ores.Under the caption of “West Virginia Iron,” the Wheeling Intelligencer says:In the eastern part of the State the greatest possibilities at present are in the vicinity of Charlestown and Martinsburg, where large territories have […]
Died, May 15, 1891, at Harper’s Ferry, CATHARINE, relict of the late Patrick O’Farrell, and a native of Newtown, Kings county, Ireland, aged 70 years. Last July it was the writer’s sad office to note the […]
One of the Italians working on the canal at Dam No.4 was buried on a bank of falling earth a few days ago. He was gotten out alive, but one of his legs was broken and […]
William Welty and Edwin Hipsley, two Martinsburg boys, were arrested last week for assaulting Thomas Leary, an old B. & O. watchman. They hit the old man with a piece of steel, breaking three of his […]
