Research Topic

Accidents

Although frequently occurring, accidents tied to labor were often only documented briefly, if at all, in newspapers and scattered records. These brief accounts offer some of the only available documentation of the risks faced by working-class families in Jefferson County, West Virginia.

This topic appears in 150 indexed records between 1817 and 1965.
150 Indexed Records
1817 Earliest Record
1965 Latest Record
Bakerton Strongest Location
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May 2, 2024

Capt. Melvin house burned. Joseph Graham, resident.

A house belonging to Capt. J. S. Melvin at Duffields, near Bakerton, W. Va., and occupied by Joseph Graham, was burned with most of its contents.
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 […]
May 1, 2024

Martinsburg Carpenter Killed at Bakerton

Carpenter Killed by Fall.Special to The Washington Post. Harpers Ferry, W. Va., April 22.— C. A. Adams, a carpenter, from Martinsburg, while working on a scaffold at Bakerton to-day, fell and broke his neck. The body […]
May 1, 2024

Delaney, Marine, Crushed to Death in Quarry

MAN INSTANTLY KILLED.Former U. S. Marine Crushed to Death in a Quarry.Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., December 13.– Thomas Delaney, who was formerly in the United States marine service, was instantly killed shortly […]
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 […]
Time Periods

Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1890s 34 records
1910s 30 records
1900s 24 records
1930s 14 records
1830s 9 records
1880s 9 records