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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December 22, 2023

One Killed in Explosion Caused By Static Charge

CHARLES TOWN, Aug. 2 (AP).– A dynamite explosion, which witnesses said may have been caused by static electricity, killed one man and injured three others in the quarries of the Washington Building Lime company at Bakerton. […]
December 21, 2023

Two Youthful Fisherman Die As One Tries to Save Other

Double funeral services for Terry Lee Gifft, 10, and his cousin, Wallace Eugene Gray, 14, of near Bakerton, who drowned Wednesday in a quarry near Harpers Ferry, will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the […]
December 2, 2023

Fatal Train Accident Caused By Bovine

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. & […]
December 2, 2023

Miss Caton Killed

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.
November 12, 2023

Watersville Train Crash

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 […]
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