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711 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977

July 1, 1848

1 Jul 1848

Wentzel, Poisoned.

A Case of Poisoning.– We learn that the family of Mr. Francis Wentzel, of Harpers Ferry, Va. were poisoned during the last week, which has already caused the death of two of his children, and two […]

May 13, 1847

13 May 1847

Yankee Sullivan vs. Robert Caunt

Yankee Sullivan and Robert Caunt, the fighting characters, returned last evening from their visit to Harper’s Ferry. I learn that they fought but eight rounds, in each of which Caunt suffered terribly, and was wholly unable […]

March 12, 1847

12 Mar 1847

Remittances To Ireland

Every newspaper that we take up, records some generous donation for starving Ireland.— We should not be surprised, if a million of dollars in food and money, was at this moment subscribed, take the whole country, […]

January 8, 1847

8 Jan 1847

Cotton Factory Opening

“THE BLOSSOM OPENING– That splendid water at Harper’s Ferry, the best, probably, in this country next to Niagara Falls, is beginning to be brought into use. A large cotton factory, one hundred by forty-five feet in […]

August 11, 1846

11 Aug 1846

Juliet; Struck at Flanigan’s Wharf

The brig Juliet, belonging to Mr. Henry Lee, of this city [Baltimore], lying at Flanigan’s wharf, was struck, and her main mast shattered. Several persons were prostrated by the shock, but soon recovered.

February 20, 1846

20 Feb 1846

Oregon, Irish Opinions

The message of President Polk is regarded in Ireland with no ill will. Our presss— which is whatever it wants, a most faithful mirror of the Irish mind— regards it as a national defiance to England. […]

January 14, 1845

14 Jan 1845

Church Fire

A letter from Harper’s Ferry, Va., states that the new church near Jefferson’s rock was consumed by fire on the night of the 7th inst. The flames originated in a school room.

November 18, 1844

18 Nov 1844

Whig Procession; Revolution

[Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce.HARPER’S FERRY, Va., Nov. 1st, 1845. I spoke in my last of the village of Charlestown, lying between this place and Winchester. A curious fact occurred at that place the other […]

September 17, 1844

17 Sep 1844

Birth in Railcars.

BIRTH IN THE CARS. — A German woman, as we learn from the Baltimore Clipper, gave birth to a child, on Wednesday, in one of the Western train from Baltimore to Cumberland, when it reached Harper’s […]

September 9, 1844

9 Sep 1844

Railroad Bridge Collapse

RAILROAD ACCIDENT.– We regret to state that about five o’clock yesterday morning, while a burden engine, without any lading attached, was passing over the railroad bridge at Harper’s ferry, one of the spans of the bridge […]

January 6, 1844

6 Jan 1844

Priestly, Fatal Accident

FATAL ACCIDENT.– As a man named Joseph Priestly, of Harper’s Ferry, in company with several persons, were going up the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, by some misstep he was precipitated over a ravine some ten feet […]

September 9, 1843

9 Sep 1843

Severe Damage to the B&O, Winchester RR

VIOLENT RAIN STORM– DAMAGE TO THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.– An express was received in this city last evening from Harper’s Ferry, stating that a violent storm of rain occurred in the vicinity of that place […]

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