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 22, 2020

J. L. Johnson, fatal injuries at ore bank.

John L. Johnson, a veteran of the civil war, having served in the Potomac Home Brigade, sustained fatal injuries by a bank caving on him at the West Virginia ore bank, three miles west of Harper’s […]
May 22, 2020

Sad Drowning Accident.

Last Saturday afternoon Edward Cox and Charles Howard, two young men from Kearneysville, aged 20 and 17 yeas, respectively, were drowned in the Potomac river near the residence of James W. Engle, at Rattling Springs. The […]
May 22, 2020

William Martin, former Ore Bank Employee, Death Notice.

William Martin, an employee at the pulp mill west of Harper’s Ferry was struck and killed last Monday night by a B. & O. train. Martin had previously worked at the Virginia ore bank near Bakerton. […]
May 22, 2020

John Flanagan Barn Burned.

Barn Burned.Late last Saturday night the barn on the farm of John G. Flanagan, tenanted by Cruzen Link, near Bakerton, this county, was destroyed by fire, with nearly all its contents. Among the valuable property that […]
May 22, 2020

Walters, Ore Bank Accident

Fatal Accident at the Ore Bank.A frightful accident occurred about 3 o’clock last Saturday afternoon at the Virginia Ore Bank, six miles east of Shepherdstown, by which Edgar Walters, son of George Walters, a former resident […]
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