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Bernard Hornsby

Age:   32
Died:   16th Feb 1959
Accident:   16th Feb 1959
Year Born:   abt. 1927
Colliery:   Backworth, Algernon Pit
Company:   National Coal Board
Occupation:  
Notes:  
address: Oswin Avenue, Forest Hall, he was killed when a stone measuring nine feet by five feet fell on him, left a wife and two children, his wife was pregnant with their third child
Buried:   St. Bartholomew, Longbenton
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19 Feb 1959 Slack workmanship in pit where miner died ((Unknown))

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Philip Hornsby   17 Dec 2009 

Family tree. He was my Dad, i was born 4 months after he died.


Angela Owens   30 Aug 2016 

Bernard Hornsby was my Dad, I was just four going on five when he died.


Sarah Ireland   09 Oct 2017 

He would have been my Grandad. His eldest son, Michael Bernard Hornsby is my Dad. He was 8 years old at the time.


Nigel Owens   21 Sep 2022 

He would have been my Grandad.His daughter is my mum.


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