Death of Edward Watkins, railway accident

[sirsimon]

Hello

I was speaking to a relative the other day, he said that Edward Watkins, husband of Joanna Mary McNamara, whom was born in 1891, Neath and lived in Bridgend died after a railway accident in Maesteg after being struck by some sort of vehicle.

I checked find my past and couldn't find a newspaper clipping of the incident, I am not sure when it occurred

I would appreciate it if someone could check the newspaper archives website to see if there is anything on the event

thanks

[CaroleW]

Haven't you checked freebmd to establish exactly when he died? 

[sirsimon]

There's this death, the birth year is a bit off, but Edward's birth year was consistently given as 1892 on the census

Deaths Jun 1933 

Watkins  Edward  40  Bridgend  11a 777

Its the only one on free bmd that looks plausible

[Mabel Bagshawe]

Are you sure it was her husband who died this way? there's a tree for Joanna on Ancestry that notes her father John died "near Oakwood crossing, Maesteg" in August 1909

This article gives the history of how he was hit by a train

http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3875726/3875733/78/

[sirsimon]

thanks for the find

Odd, he said it was Edward Watkins the husband, not her father.

I have contacted him to see if this is correct

thanks

[sirsimon]

According to my cousin, he says that the newspaper article is referring to Edward Watkins's father in law John

Edward was however still killed in an accident. He says that he worked with pit ponies at a mine and one of the ponies bolted and the sled crushed him

[CaroleW]

So Edward Watkins  didn't die in a railway accident - he died in a mining accident?   

Edward married Mary McNamara in 1915 

According to my cousin, he says that the newspaper article is referring to Edward Watkins's father in law John

[sirsimon]

It seems like it now, my cousin initially said on a railway involving a small vehicle, I assumed he meant a railway, didn't know he meant a track at a colliery

Yes he married Mary in 1915, my cousin is the grandson of their daughter, whilst I am the great grandson of Edward's sister

He still hasn't given me a death date, he said there was a newspaper clipping, but either he hasn't found it yet or it doesn't exist anymore

[CaroleW]

If you or your cousin know which colliery he worked at - it's possible there could still be a record of the accident

As the 1933 death seems to be the likeliest - perhaps a copy of the death cert could throw some light on things