“John Canaan, who murdered Joe Gentil at Hanging Rock on the evening of July 4th last, was captured by Sheriff Ward of Ironton at Manchester, Adams County, Saturday morning. He was taken over to Peebles and brought to this city on the night C., P. & V. train and then Continue Reading
N&W Railroad
Boiler Maker Stanley Haubert Dies; Portsmouth Lodge Honors His Memory
“Stanley Haubbert, a boiler maker employed at the N & W shops, died Saturday night at his home, 62 E. Eleventh street. His death was due to typhoid fever. The deceased was 26 years old and was the youngest son of Jacob and Magdalena Haubbert, the latter deceased. He was Continue Reading
Romanian Laborer Killed Near Five Mile Church
“Nicholas Stigle, a Roumanian laborer in dodging a handcar stepped directly in front of an N. & W. engine, and was instantly killed near the Five Mile church, north of the city, Tuesday evening.” “Several of Stigle’s fellow laborers saw the accident. They had shouted to him to get off Continue Reading
After Long Illness, J. Adam Burkel Dies at 47
“J. Adam Burkel has passed on, the final summons coming late Thursday night at Saranac Lake, N.Y., where he went six months ago in quest of health.” “The end came with his devoted sisters, the Misses Edna and Kate Burkel of Fourth street and brother, William, of Cincinnati, and Rev. Continue Reading
George Montgomery Succumbs to Tuberculosis After Operation
“After weeks of suffering George Montgomery, of 1935 Gallia street, passed to the Great Beyond at Hempstead hospital at 12:30 Sunday noon. Tuberculosis of the bone caused death. “He had his leg injured some months ago while at work in the N. & W. car shops. The injury gave him Continue Reading
Tragedy on the Tracks: The George Abshire Accident
“George Abshire, unmarried, 26, brickyard employee at Sciotoville, who lives in Linwood addition, near that village, had a foot cut off and sustained serious injuries to the hand at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon, when he attempted to board an east bound N&W freight train at Linwood. He missed the step of Continue Reading
River Searched for Man’s Body at Vera Junction
“Harry Johnson of Nauvoo appealed to county officers today to search for his father, Frank Johnson, 69, of West Side, who has been missing since March 19.” “William Spriggs of Dry Run told county officers that he saw Mr. Johnson walking toward the Scioto river bridge.” “Apprehension that their father, Continue Reading
Man Loses Arm Near Spring Lane Distillery
“William Counsel, a North Carolina Negro, was found alongside the Norfolk & Western track, opposite the Spring Lane distillery at four o’clock this morning with his left arm crushed to a pulp and bleeding profusely from a big hole on one side of his head and a bad scalp wound Continue Reading
Consumption Claims John W. Sullens
“John Wesley Sullens, aged 21, the son of William and Mary Sullens, died at his parent’s home, No. 540 East Seventh street, Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock. He had been ill for nine months, first being taken down with typhoid fever. This developed into consumption and the latter disease caused Continue Reading
Fergus Gagen Fell to Sleep on Train Track
“The mangled remains of Fergus Gagen, the former Scioto countian, who was run down by a N&W train at Nolan, West Virginia, arrived here Wednesday night, and were removed to Lynn’s undertaking establishment.” “The body lay on a cot, and was in charge of the dead man’s brother, WW Gagen, Continue Reading