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Benjamin Bullen

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Benjamin Bullen

Birth
Death
4 May 1906
Fencehouses, Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
Burial
Bournmoor, Durham Unitary Authority, County Durham, England Add to Map
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Benjamin Bullen
Age: 50
Died: 4th May 1906
Accident: 29th Apr 1906
Year Born: abt. 1856
Colliery: Lambton, D Pit
Company: Lambton Collieries Ltd.
Occupation: Stoneman
Notes:
He was engaged drilling a shot-hole by the side of a waggonway when a stone from the side, eight feet above where he was working, fell upon him and killed him. The store fell from a slip, and was said to have been carefully examined before work was begun. [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 30 Apr 1906 pg 4]
Buried: St. Barnabas Churchyard, Bournmoor
Benjamin Bullen
Age: 50
Died: 4th May 1906
Accident: 29th Apr 1906
Year Born: abt. 1856
Colliery: Lambton, D Pit
Company: Lambton Collieries Ltd.
Occupation: Stoneman
Notes:
He was engaged drilling a shot-hole by the side of a waggonway when a stone from the side, eight feet above where he was working, fell upon him and killed him. The store fell from a slip, and was said to have been carefully examined before work was begun. [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 30 Apr 1906 pg 4]
Buried: St. Barnabas Churchyard, Bournmoor

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In
Loving memory of
Our dear father
Benjamin Bullen
Who was killed at Lambton D Pit
May 4th 1906 aged 50 years
And our dear mother Margaret Bullen
Who died March 24th 1902, aged 41 years
Also their son Benjamin who died June 23rd 1918
From injuries received at the Ventor Colliery aged 14 years
And their daughter Ann
Who died June 7th 1902 aged 8 months



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