My father's lifelong passion for steam railways stems from his own father's and grandfather's connection with the M&GN railway: both worked their way up from porters to become signalmen, working across East Anglia.
Today, through a contact on Genesreunited, I discovered that we have another railway connection. My great grandmother's uncle, William Crowson, was hit and killed by a steam engine at March railway station, Cambridgehsire at 12.45pm on 29 October 1908.
From an old newspaper cutting sent to me by the new contact, a distant cousin, it is clear that William died in a tragic accident when he momentarily lost concentration crossing the tracks after a nine hour shift as a goods engine driver. He had lived at March for over 26 years, and left a widow in her 50s and a large family.
A sad end to a railway career.
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