Vahl Death
" The News " Berkeley Springs, Morgan Co. WV
Friday Morning, Aug 14, 1885 issue
Martinsburg, W.Va. Aug, 8.---About the same time, one mile West of town, a German, about thirty-five years of age, fell from a freight car and lost both legs.He afterwards died.He gave his name as Charles Vahl, from Frankfort-on-the-Main.He has been in this country two years and living near Pittsburg.Inquests in both cases exonerated the company.