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John Raisbeck
| Age: | 17 |
| Died: | 2nd Sep 1895 |
| Accident: | 2nd Sep 1895 3:00 PM, 9th hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1878 |
| Colliery: | Leasingthorne |
| Company: | Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Attending Belts |
| Notes: | he descended from screen shaker by a road he had no right to use, and was run over by two trucks |
| Buried: | St. John the Evangelist Churchyard, Kirk Merrington |
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Number 53 on the list occurred at Leasingthorne Colliery, on the 2nd of September, at about 3 p.m., causing the death of John Raisbeck,an engine lad.
Deceased was minding the engine which drives the coal cleaning belts, and on the day in question he lost his cap off, and it fell on the railway below, but instead of going down the ladders to get it he ran round, and stepped past a wall, a way he had no right to go. Some waggons were being let down, under the screens, at the time, and he had not noticed them, and was caught by the first one and so severely crushed that he died the same day.
The deceased boy lost his life by going a way he had no business to travel ; if he had gone the way which is provided this accident would not have occurred.
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Kirk Merrington — St. John the Evangelist Churchyard
Location: OS Map 93, Grid Ref NZ262314
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| Names on this tombstone | |||
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
| Emma RAISBECK | |||
| John RAISBECK | 2nd Sep 1895 | 17 | 1878 |
| Matthew RAISBECK | |||
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- 1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 16 Where to find this report
- 1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 27, Accident Number: 53 Where to find this report
- Church/Cemetery photograph (T-02811-05-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Headstone(s) in St. John the Evangelist Churchyard, Kirk Merrington
- Tombstone photograph (T-02804-05-0002) © Kev Duncan
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