Railroad

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Railroad

This topic appears in 102 indexed records between 1831 and 1946.
102 Indexed Records
1831 Earliest Record
1946 Latest Record
Bakerton Strongest Location
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October 8, 2024

C. V. in Antidiscriminative Suit for Stone

Standard Stone & Lime Co. Claim Discrimination Against Them. The Standard Lime & Stone Co. and the Washington Building Lime Co. operating near Martinsburg, both of which operations have offices in Baltimore, have filed a complaint […]
May 1, 2024

Frank Freeman, killed by train.

Frank Freeman, colored, of this county [Rappahannock County, VA], was killed by a train last week at Bakerton, where he had been at work.
July 19, 2018

Work Ceases on Railroad Bridge at Shepherdstown

The severe weather of the past week has caused a cessation of work at the new railroad bridge across the river at Shepherdstown.
December 21, 2025

Assessment of Railroad Property in Jefferson County

On Wednesday Judge Faulkner decided the assessment made by the Board of Public Works on the property in Jefferson county of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, Winchester and Potomac and the Baker branch, the latter […]
May 1, 2024

Houseworth Instantly Killed at Bakerton by B&O

HOUSEWORTH. Mr. Smith Houseworth, one of Martinsurg’s most venerable citizens was instantly killed at Bakerton on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad on Wednesday last about 2 o’clock. Mr. Houseworth had been on a visit to friends […]
May 1, 2024

Murderer of Fireman Gray Landed In Hagerstown Jail.

Murderer of Fireman Gray Landed In Hagerstown Jail. James Ellis, alias “Nigger Jim” Semple, who shot and killed Fireman Charles Gray at Weverton Saturday night, was captured at Bakerton, Jefferson county, Tuesday, and returned to Sheriff […]
May 1, 2024

Charles Gray; Shot.

Shot By Bad Negro. Charles Gray, a well-known Baltimore and Ohio fireman, running on the Millville limestone train was shot and mortally wounded in front of the Baltimore and Ohio station at Weverton late Saturday night, […]
October 5, 2023

Freight Wreck; Engle Switch

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 […]
May 1, 2024

Grimm, cooper, killed by B&O

Run Down By No. 8 A cooper named Grimm who worked at the lime Kiln’s at Bakerton, was struck and instantly killed by No. 8, last Friday, on the B. & O. at a point about […]
May 1, 2024

Graham, cripple, killed by railroad.

Cripple Killed Near Harpers Ferry.Special to The Washington Post. Harpers Ferry, W. Va., March 2.— Passenger train No. 8 on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad struck and killed a white man named Graham this morning, just […]
July 17, 2023

Ran over by Tramcar; Barn Burned

MAN BEHEADED.Run Over by a Tramcar Near Shepherdstown– Barn Burned A young man by the name of Walters, about 18 years of age, was instantly killed at the Virginia ore bank, about six miles east of […]
May 22, 2020

A Visit to Bakerton.

The editor of the REGISTER spent last Friday at the busy village of Bakerton, in this county, where the Standard Stone and Lime Company of Washington, of which the Messrs. Baker are the moving spirits, has […]
May 1, 2024

Rouzee’s estate sues B&O. Fourth member of family killed by railroad.

Railroad Sued for Rouzee’s Death.Special to The Washington Post. Winchester, Va., June 23.— The estate of Walter Rouzee, who was killed by a train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Bakerton, has sued the railroad […]
May 1, 2024

Rouzee, killed by train.

Killed On Railroad Track. Special to The Washington Post. Charleston, W. Va., June 6.— Walter W. Rouzee, an employee in the cooperage shop of the Washington Building Lime Company, at Bakerton, was killed Thursday evening at […]
June 27, 2018

Flanagans to Cherry Run and Potomac Valley Railroad Company

Deed Book 93, page 117 330. John G. Flanagan and Bertha G., his wife To Deed of Bargain and sale The Cherry Run and potomac valley Railroad Company THIS DEED, made this 11th. day of April […]
July 19, 2018

Damages Paid By Railroad

In the Railroad World. Railroad affairs are thickening up about Shepherdstown. Every option in Jefferson county necessary for the B. & O. cut-off has been secured except one, that from Benjamin Hartzell at Shepherdstown, and Major […]
June 27, 2018

Flanagan Railroad Map

Deed Book 93; Page 166 See image for map. Not to scale.
May 1, 2024

Freight Cut-Off Preliminary Survey Completed

THEIR WORK COMPLETED. Civil Engineers who Have Been Making Preliminary Survey for the Freight Cut-off Return to Baltimore. Major Goldsborough, civil engineer, and his corps, some 15, have just completed their work to Harper’s Ferry and […]
Time Periods

Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1890s 25 records
1900s 22 records
1830s 12 records
1880s 10 records
1910s 10 records
1840s 9 records