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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July 19, 2018

Flanagan Stable Destroyed By Fire

A stable on Mrs. Bertha Flanagan’s place near Bakerton, tenanted by Harry Trussell, was destroyed by fire last Saturday, together with its contents. Mr. Trussell has no idea how it caught afire.
July 19, 2018

Flanagan Loses Valuable Mare

James Flanagan lost a valuable mare last Friday night, the animal having hanged itself in its stall by a halter chain. This is the second horse that Mr. Flanagan has lost in the same stall in […]
July 19, 2018

Mantel Burns at John M. Welsh Household

The family of our friend John M. Welch, of Bakerton, this county, must have pretty good consciences, for they are sound sleepers. During the heavy thunder storm that passed over that section last Sunday night lightning […]
June 22, 2018

John Welsh undergoes surgery for tumor & Thomas Welsh injury update

Dr. S. T. Knott and Dr. G. W. Banks last Saturday removed a tumor from the neck of Mr. John Welsh, of Bakerton. The operation was very successfully performed, and Mr. Welsh is getting along firstrate. […]
June 22, 2018

Thomas Welsh NOT DEAD

Mr. Thomas Welsh, who was injured in a blast at Bakerton, did not die, as reported. Mr. D. R. Houser, his foreman, was in town Tuesday, and said he was getting along very nicely.
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