The Register last week gave a brief account of the drowning of Roy Landis Staley, son of Mr. James P. Staley, which occurred about noon on Thursday. The sad affair occurred after a part of ou […]
Items From Bakerton. I see through your columns news from other places, and I thought that I would give you some from our little town. Bakerton is growing and is now about a mile long. It […]
Accident at Bakerton. A bad accident occurred yesterday morning at the limestone quarries of the Washington Building Lime Company at Bakerton, when Richard Brashears, of Sharpsburg, and John Hetzel, of Antietam, were painfully hurt. The two […]
John W. Painter, an employee of the Engle quarries, near Harpers Ferry, was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio train near Bakerton, W. Va. and seriously injured.
John W. Painter, an employee of the Engle quarries, near Harpers Ferry, was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio train near Bakerton, W. Va., and seriously injured.
The funeral service of Griggs Flanagan, whose sad death we recorded last week, was held Saturday morning at the home of his mother, Mrs. Bertha D. Flanagan, near Bakerton. The service was conducted by Rev. John […]
KILLED IN RUNAWAY ACCIDENT. Tragic Death of Young Griggs Flanagan Near Shepherdstown. “The only son of his mother, and she was a widow.” A splendid young life was crushed out and a loving mother’s heart was […]
Fell Asleep on Track and Killed Clarence Colvin, a B. & O. Brakeman, Struck by No. 4 at Flagg’s Crossing Sunday Morning. Clarence P. Colvin, aged 30 years of age, a Baltimore and Ohio freight brakeman […]
Hagerstown.– Mrs. Amanda Rouf, 32 years old, died at the home of her mother, Mrs. Thomas Delauney, Sharpsburg. She was twice married. Her first husband was killed at a quarry several years ago at Bakerton, W. […]
Charles Marshall, aged 30 years, of Sharpsburg, was crushed by a large rock and almost instantly killed at the Virginia ore bank near Bakerton last Wednesday. Very little is known by his fellow-workmen as to how […]
Big Fire at Bakerton. A part of the lime-burning plant of the Washington Building Lime Company at Bakerton, this county, was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The fire started about 3 a. m., and seems […]
$20,000 FIRE IN BAKERTONPlant of Washington Building And Lime Company Destroyed. Charlestown, Va., Oct. 11.– The plant of the Washington Building and Lime Company, located at Bakerton, Jefferson county, was destroyed by fire early this morning, […]
Instantly Killed.W. S. Stewart, the well known livery-man, and highly esteemed resident of Harpers Ferry, while crossing the B. & O. bridge Monday afternoon, was struck by No. 5 and instantly killed. His body was hurled […]
Charley Hammond, of Antietam, and who is employed at the Bakerton lime quarries, was struck on the head with a falling stone, making a very wound and quite a loss of blood. Dr. E. M. Garrott […]
Sharpsburg News. While crossing the river near Mountain Lock last Saturday evening the boat in which were eleven men sank, and several of the number came near drowning, being unable to swim. Some of them belong […]
William Martin, an employee at the pulp mill west of Harper’s Ferry was struck and killed last Monday night by a B. & O. train. Martin had previously worked at the Virginia ore bank near Bakerton. […]
A stable on Mrs. Bertha Flanagan’s place near Bakerton, tenanted by Harry Trussell, was destroyed by fire last Saturday, together with its contents. Mr. Trussell has no idea how it caught afire.
