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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June 22, 2018

Thomas Welsh injury & death

Mr. Thomas Welsh was injured by a blast at Bakerton last Wednesday, and died Saturday.
June 22, 2018

Serious Accident at Bakerton

Serious Accident at Bakerton. Thomas B. Welsh was the victim of a very serious accident at Bakerton, this county, yesterday morning. It appears that the day previous a blast had been set off in the stone […]
June 22, 2018

Fannie Flanagan: SUNK!

Canal Boat Sunk. The canal boat Fannie Flanagan, of Harper’s Ferry, ran on a rock in Big Slack Water, on Saturday, knocking a hole in the bottom. The boat filled with water and sank. Navigation was […]
June 20, 2018

Boy Drowned [fell from Canal Boat]

A Boy Drowned. — On Saturday last a boy named John Herbert, about 15 years of age, said to have come from Alexandria some twelve months ago, fell from Canal Boat Lennett in Slack-Water above Dam […]
June 20, 2018

Accident — Mrs. Flanagan

ACCIDENT — Mrs. Flanagan, residing some four miles southeast of this town, widow of the late William Flanagan, and an elderly lady, fell from her bed a few days ago and broke her leg. She had […]
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