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
Explore Records

Explore Records

August 3, 2023

Copeland Boy, Mangled.

An accident occurred at Harpers-Ferry, on Monday morning last.–Just as a salute was fired, a small boy, a son of Mr James Copeland, ran across in front of the cannon, and had the left side of […]
August 3, 2023

Grindstone Burst At Harpers Ferry (Explosive Age)

We live in an explosive age, and that’s the truth on’t. A short time since a grindstone burst at Harper’s Ferry; the Administration lately blew up at Washington, as the Calhounians have it, and now we […]
August 3, 2023

Mars; drowned in Shenadoah

Mr. Sullivan Mars, of Harpers-Ferry, was drowned in the Shenandoah, on Sunday 27th ult.
August 1, 2023

KILLED. — Mr. Thomas Hand

KILLED.–Mr. Thomas Hand, an Irish laborer, who worked several months in this town during the spring and summer, was instantly killed by a premature explosion whilst blasting rock near the residence of Mr. Jas. V. Moore, […]
August 1, 2023

Fatal Casualties (Irish Laborers in Wells)

Mr. DENNIS O’LEARY, an eminently worthy and industrious Irish laborer, well and favorably known by the citizens and farmers of this neighborhood, came to his death on Thursday last under very painful circumstances. He was engaged […]
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