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William Edward Beedon
| Age: | 31 |
| Died: | 31st Oct 1932 |
| Accident: | 31st Oct 1932 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1901 |
| Colliery: | Kimblesworth |
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| Occupation: | Filler |
| Notes: | killed by a fall of stone |
| Buried: | Sacriston Cemetery |
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A Durham miner, William Beedon, aged 31. Sang "Goodnight Vienna" while he was being taken on a stretcher to the shaft bottom in Kimblesworth Colliery, near Durham, on Monday night. He had just been extricated from beneath a large stone, which it took seven men to remove. Beedon was taken to Durham Country Hospital, where he died shortly after admission.
Source: The Times, November 2nd, 1932
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Sacriston — Cemetery
Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ237474
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| Names on this tombstone | |||
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
| Ethel BEEDON | |||
| William Edward BEEDON | 31st Oct 1932 | 31 | 1901 |
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| Related Newspaper Articles | |
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| 02 Nov 1932 | News in Brief (The Times) |
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- Church/Cemetery photograph (T-02679-04-0064) © Bob Dunn
- Tombstone photograph (T-02647-04-0064) © Bob Dunn
- Tombstone(s) in Sacriston Cemetery
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