Accidents

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Accidents

This topic appears in 148 indexed records between 1817 and 1965.
148 Indexed Records
1817 Earliest Record
1965 Latest Record
Bakerton Strongest Location
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August 3, 2023

Mars; drowned in Shenadoah

Mr. Sullivan Mars, of Harpers-Ferry, was drowned in the Shenandoah, on Sunday 27th ult.
August 1, 2023

KILLED. — Mr. Thomas Hand

KILLED.–Mr. Thomas Hand, an Irish laborer, who worked several months in this town during the spring and summer, was instantly killed by a premature explosion whilst blasting rock near the residence of Mr. Jas. V. Moore, […]
August 1, 2023

Fatal Casualties (Irish Laborers in Wells)

Mr. DENNIS O’LEARY, an eminently worthy and industrious Irish laborer, well and favorably known by the citizens and farmers of this neighborhood, came to his death on Thursday last under very painful circumstances. He was engaged […]
July 25, 2023

Lime-kiln accident; fell 25 feet.

A colored man working at the lime-kiln at Bakerton was seriously hurt last Saturday. The cable caught him, causing him to fall a distance of about 25 feet, head-foremost.
July 24, 2023

Baker Brothers Lime Kiln Fire

Last Sunday morning Bakerton, Jefferson county, suffered from fire to the extent of about $15,000. The plant of the Washington Building Lime Company was located at that village, which was created by the enterprise of Messrs […]
July 24, 2023

Lime Company Destroyed By Fire

The Lime Company’s works at Bakerton, in this county, were destroyed by fire on Sunday morning. Eight cars were also burned. The loss is estimated at $15,000. Property insured for $1,000–placed in ten companies through the […]
July 24, 2023

Bakerton Works Destroyed By Fire

The works of the Washington Building Lime Company, at Bakerton in this county, were totally destroyed by fire last Sunday morning. Loss estimated at $15,000. Insured for $10,000, placed in ten different companies, with agency of […]
July 24, 2023

George Engle, drowned

A man named George Engle, 37 years old, said to have been from Charlestown, was found drowned in the river at Wheeling last week.
July 22, 2023

Charles Hawk, hurt at pulp mill.

Charles Hawk, a boy about 12 years old, got caught in the machinery at the Shenandoah pulp mill at Harper’s Ferry last week and was pretty badly hurt.
July 22, 2023

Frank Clopper, injured.

Mr. Frank Clopper, who was so seriously injured in the recent railroad accident at Dust’s Crossing, is now in a fair way to recover. He is now under the care of Dr. I. S. Tanner, of […]
July 18, 2023

Shenandoah Valley Depot Burned

The Shenandoah Valley Depot in this place was burned on Sunday morning last about 3:30 o’clock. When first discovered the fire was well under way. It is not known how it originated. The building was frame […]
July 18, 2023

Benjamin Shewbridge, Injured

Mr. Benjamin Shewbridge, a bridge carpenter on the B. & O. R. R., was thrown from the platform of a car on the Winchester Accomodation train by a sudden lurch in turning a curve near Harper’s […]
July 18, 2023

Wm. M. Price Canal Boat Sunk

The canal boat Wm. M. Price was sunk in the canal at the log wall level on Tuesday of last week. The boat has since been raised.
July 17, 2023

Ran over by Tramcar; Barn Burned

MAN BEHEADED.Run Over by a Tramcar Near Shepherdstown– Barn Burned A young man by the name of Walters, about 18 years of age, was instantly killed at the Virginia ore bank, about six miles east of […]
July 17, 2023

Marshall, hurt at Ore Bank

A young man named Marshall, from Sharpsburg, was pretty badly hurt last Monday at the Virginia ore bank, near Bakerton, this county. While he was at work getting out ore a bank of earth caved in […]
December 11, 2020

Connelly, killed by lightning.

We understand that a man by the name of Connelly was killed by lightning on Thursday evening last, a few miles below this place on the Canal. — [Williamsport Banner.
December 4, 2020

Loudoun Poisoning, Caton.

ANOTHER SO-CALLED POISONING CASE IN LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA. — The Leesburg, (Va.) Semi-Weekly Telegram says that the lower part of Loudoun county, Va., was thrown into a great state of excitement last Thursday week by the […]
May 23, 2020

Blown Up (At Flanagans)

A very serious accident occurred at Flanagan’s limestone quarry, below Shepherdstown, on Thursday morning of last week. Messrs. John J. Flanagan and Albert Grim were in a blacksmith shop completing a piece of work. There was […]
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
1880s 9 records
1920s 9 records