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

Charles Marshall, killed at ore bank.

Charles Marshall, aged 30 years, of Sharpsburg, was crushed by a large rock and almost instantly killed at the Virginia ore bank near Bakerton last Wednesday. Very little is known by his fellow-workmen as to how […]
May 22, 2020

A Narrow Escape, Knott, Hoffmaster.

Mrs. Samuel Knott and Mrs. James Hoffmaster, of the vicinity of Moler’s Cross Roads, had a very narrow escape from death or serious injury last Saturday afternoon. They were driving to town in a stick wagon, […]
May 22, 2020

A Man Beheaded at Ore Bank, Flanagan Barn Burned.

A MAN BEHEADED. Run Over By A Tramcar Near Shepherdstown— Barn Burned.[Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.] SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. VA., Nov 2. — A young man by the name of Walters, about 18 years of age, […]
May 22, 2020

The News of the Railroads, 1890

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 […]
May 22, 2020

Ore Bank Accident

The Earth Caved In On Him. A young man named Marshall, from Sharpsburg, was pretty badly hurt last Monday at the Virginia ore bank, near Bakerton, Jefferson county, W. Va. He was at work getting out […]
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