The first operation, probably, that was performed in this section of Virginia with the use of chloroform was by Dr. [John] Reynolds. It was on March 1, 1848 , and the patient was an Irish workman at […]
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 in shipping freights on the railroads— has been the scarcity of […]
Mr. Frank Clopper, who was so seriously injured in the recent railroad accident at Dust’s Crossing, is now in a fair way to recover. He is now under the care of Dr. I. S. Tanner, of […]
Mr. Benjamin Shewbridge, a bridge carpenter on the B. & O. R. R., was thrown from the platform of a car on the Winchester Accomodation train by a sudden lurch in turning a curve near Harper’s […]
The Shenandoah Valley Depot in this place was burned on Sunday morning last about 3:30 o’clock. When first discovered the fire was well under way. It is not known how it originated. The building was frame […]
A horse owned by Mr. T. J. Boerley, of Harper’s Ferry, became unmanageable while being hooked to a cart on Tuesday last, and backed over a wall about 15 feet high and injured himself so badly […]
A very serious accident occurred at Flanagan’s limestone quarry, below Shepherdstown, on Thursday morning of last week. Messrs. John J. Flanagan and Albert Grim were in a blacksmith shop completing a piece of work. There was […]
A train of empty cars, in charge of conductor Rodrick, with John McAbee engineer, Charles Rosenberg fireman, and William Caton brakesman, was thrown from the track near Edinburg, on the Valley Branch of the B. & […]
Engine No. 215, of an east-bound stock train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, ran into a coal train at Watersville at 1:30 on Wednesday. The train in front had broken loose, leaving eight hoppers on […]
Mr. James Doody, who left Martinsburg January 1st for Pittsburg, was accidentally killed by being run over by an engine in the yard of the Connellsville & Pittsburg Railroad, at Pittsburg, on last Monday night.
ANOTHER SO-CALLED POISONING CASE IN LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA. — The Leesburg, (Va.) Semi-Weekly Telegram says that the lower part of Loudoun county, Va., was thrown into a great state of excitement last Thursday week by the […]
A Boy Drowned. — On Saturday last a boy named John Herbert, about 15 years of age, said to have come from Alexandria some twelve months ago, fell from Canal Boat Lennett in Slack-Water above Dam […]
KILLED.– An unmarried Irish woman, named Caton, was run over by a train on the O. A. & M. R. R., near Timberville, in Shenandoah county, a few days ago, and killed.
ACCIDENT — Mrs. Flanagan, residing some four miles southeast of this town, widow of the late William Flanagan, and an elderly lady, fell from her bed a few days ago and broke her leg. She had […]
FATAL ACCIDENT.– We learn that whilst Mr. Thomas Hand was engaged in blowing rock upon the County road, near the residence of Mr. James V. Moore, near Leetown, on Thursday, says the Shepherdstown Register, he was […]
