The following article was found in the Wilkes-Barre (PA) Record, 30 Aug
1895, Page 8. If anyone is interested in receiving a copy of this
obituary, please send me your mailing address. (Doesn't contain much
specific information, but someone may be looking for him.)
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"William R. Edwards, machinist at the Gaylord colliery of the Kingston
Coal Co., Plymouth, fell from a trestling at the colliery yesterday
afternoon at 2:30 sustaining injuries so serious that he died last night
at 7 o'clock. He was superintending the tearing down of an old
trestling and was about to step from one plank to another. He missed
his footing and fell to the ground, a distance of about 35 feet. No
bones were broken but serious internal injuries were sustained. He
suffered intense pain until death relieved him. No man in Plymouth was
better known or more generally liked than the deceased. He was born in
Wales about 37 years ago [age corrected to 31 in 31 Aug 1895 issue],
coming to America at an early age. He learned the trade of a machinist
and was recognized as one of the most skilled machinists in the valley.
He had been employed almost all his life by the Kingston Coal Co.,
except for a short time when he was boss machinist for Simpson &
Watkins. He was a widower."
Nancy Cook
Pasadena, MD, USA