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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August 4, 2024

Lee French, Deadly Accident at Quarries

Lee French, a colored man, met death at the Standard Lime and Stone Company’s quarries, south of Martinsburg, on Wednesday. French was the tender of one of the trucks used in hauling stone to the larger […]
August 4, 2024

Charley Hammond Serious Head Wound

Charley Hammond, of Antietam, and who is employed at the Bakerton lime quarries, was struck on the head with a falling stone, making a very wound and quite a loss of blood. Dr. E. M. Garrott […]
August 4, 2024

Rank Garry, Lime Employee on Crutches

Mr. Rank Garry, who works at the Bakerton lime quarries, had his foot painfully mashed and a bone broken in it last week, and he has to go about on crutches. A horse fell on him.
August 4, 2024

Brashears Better After Quarry Accident

We hear that Richard Brashears, who was so badly broken up at the Bakerton lime quarries, is getting along nicely.
June 16, 2024

McCabe Killed by Engine

FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. — Mr. Francis McCabe, in the employ of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, was run over and killed by an engine in Martinsburg on Saturday evening last. He was formerly a citizen of […]
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