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

Guy Allen Is Drowned.

Guy Allen Is Drowned While Swimming In Potomac River. Women Wandering Along River Bank Near Dargan Discover Body of Bakerton Man — Duffey Gives Verdict of Accidental Death. Guy Allen, 25 year old Bakerton W. Va., […]
May 22, 2020

Countian Is Fatally Hurt, Bakerton

COUNTIAN IS FATALLY HURT.Theodore P. Griffin, 28, Killed IN Blast At Lime Plant. Theodore P. Griffin, 28, of Samples Manor, was instantly killed and Daniel Myers and William Johnson, both of Dargan, and Charles Farley of […]
May 22, 2020

Maurice Lewis gored by cow.

In a “25 Years Ago” Column: Maurice Lewis, 6, son of Jerome Lewis, tenant on the Oak Hill farm, was badly gored by a cow yesterday morning.
May 20, 2020

G. W. Caton Accident

One day last week while Mr. Geo W. Caton, who lives below town, was hauling lumber in a two-horse wagon the horses were frightened by a dog that jumped over a fence and barked at them. […]
May 19, 2020

Walter Caton, frightened horse.

Last Thursday night an old gray horse belonging to James Wright, colored, fell on the ice on the public road near town, and could not regain its feet, dying a few hours afterward. Later while Walter […]
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