“Plunging 100 feet into the Ohio River, when he stumbled and fell while walking across the C&O railroad bridge at Sciotoville, Dewey Wilson, 32, of Sedgwick, west of Ironton, drowned at 4:40 PM Monday. City firemen dragged the river all night but failed to recover the body.” “Wilson’s wife, Mrs. Continue Reading
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Investigation Continues in Fatal Blast at Atomic Plant
“Officials of the Portsmouth Area A-plant are continuing an investigation of an explosion which killed one and injured two workmen Tuesday noon.” “James F. Sands, 58, of 1607 Sixth Street, and Leonard A. Dingler, 31, of Piketon, burned in the blast, rested comfortably Tuesday night at Mercy Hospital and were Continue Reading
The Obituary of John Doerr
“Mr. John Doerr, notice of whose fall through the cellar-way of his house we published recently, died at the residence of his son, Fred Doerr, last Wednesday night, at 11 o’clock. Mr. Doerr was born in Germany, in October, 1799, and has been a resident of this city for a Continue Reading
Mystery of Missing Youths is Solved
“Portsmouth, November 9- A third body found in the Ohio river near here today led officials to believe the mystery surrounding the fate of three teenage youths, missing since October 16, was solved.” “Orville Elwood Jarrels, 17. Harold Littleton, 15, and Charles Mead, all of near Portsmouth, started out on Continue Reading
Child Fatally Burned During Play in Cabin
“Mary Lou Buckle, five year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Buckle of Swauger Valley, died at 11:40 PM Thursday in Mercy hospital of burns which she sustained when her clothing caught fire while she was playing Thursday afternoon. Her body was severely burned and she was also burned Continue Reading
From Divorce to Death: The Unraveling of Walter Brown in 1926
Brown Agrees To Pay “By agreement Walter Brown will pay his wife, Daisy Brown, of Eleventh street, the sum of $10 a week, according to an approved entry filed in the office of the clerk of court. Wednesday, pending the final hearing on her petition for divorce and alimony.” “Judge Continue Reading
Three Year Old Child Falls Into a Tub of Boiling Water
“A horrible accident occurred at Otway Tuesday morning, that may result fatally. Little Hattie McEntyre, the three-year-old daughter of Joseph McEntyre, while playing near where her mother was washing, accidentally fell into a tub of boiling water, resulting in her being scalded almost to death. The flesh on the little Continue Reading
Very Lovely are Tokens for Nettie Williams
“The funeral of Nettie Williams, the young girl, who died from her burns sustained at the pistol factory, took place at the family home on East Front street at two o’clock, Thursday afternoon. There was a large attendance at the services which were in charge of Reverend George P Taubman Continue Reading
A Woman Shot Dead by Her Husband at Sciotoville
“Last Tuesday morning the community of Sciotoville was thrown into an intense state of excitement upon the announcement that Mrs. Lucy Johnson had been killed by a shot from a revolver in the hands of her husband George W. Johnson. The Coroner Dr. Raschig, was telegraphed for about 11:30, and Continue Reading
Floyd Barlow Trampled by Vicious Horse
“Floyd Barlow came near being trampled to death by one of the horses of the Seventh street fire department Sunday morning. He is a son of Josiah Barlow, the driver of the hook and ladder wagon.” “Floyd went to the engine house to assist his father with his work and Continue Reading