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William Naisbitt
| Age: | 61 |
| Died: | 6th Oct 1898 |
| Accident: | 6th Oct 1898 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1837 |
| Colliery: | New Brancepeth |
| Company: | Cochrane and Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Night Shift Deputy |
| Notes: | he went into a broken jud, which was working heavily, to pull up and cast back the rails; the stone commenced to fall at the out-bye end of the jud, and although urged by the hewer to come out, he stayed in until a large stone fell upon and killed him |
| Buried: | Brandon Cemetery |
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No. 458 on the list occurred at New Brancepeth Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Cochrane and Co., Ltd., on October the 6th, causing the death of a deputy.
This accident occurred in a broken jud which had been driven 5 yards and had other two to go before it holed into the goaf. The place was well timbered with props and planks, and chocks on the loose side, but it suddenly commenced to work heavily owing to weight coming on the stone above, and the two hewers came out and brought the tub with them. They then went for the deceased deputy who, on coming to the place, went straight into it and commenced to pull up the rails and sleepers, and had almost finished doing so when a large frame of stone fell upon and killed him instantaneously. During the time he was in the stone was falling all around him, and the others begged of him to come out, but he would not do so.
This accident was caused by deceased's recklessness. He had evidently thought his judgment was better than that of the hewers, and out of perverseness stayed in the place longer than he should have done. He had been employed at this colliery 24 years and was considered to be a careful man, and this makes his conduct on this occasion all the more difficult to understand.
Nothing is gained by running risks in the way this man did, and in this particular case all the rails and sleepers would have been got out if he had waited till the stone became settled.
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1881 Census
Address: 19 Brickyard Street, Brandon & Byshottles, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4951 / 112 / 9)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| NAISBITT, William | 43 | Head | Mar | Coal Miner | DUR: Hetton | 1838 |
| NAISBITT, Ann | 36 | Wife | Mar | DUR: Durham | 1845 | |
| NAISBITT, Phoebe A. | 10 | Dau | DUR: New Durham | 1871 | ||
| NAISBITT, Ellen | 6 | Dau | DUR: Sleetburn | 1875 | ||
| NAISBITT, Elizabeth | 2 | Dau | DUR: Sleetburn | 1879 | ||
| NAISBITT, William | Son | DUR: Sleetburn |
Please note: the census extracts shown here are our 'best guess match' to the person shown on this page and is not intended to be definitive — only knowledge of the family would allow this.
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Brandon — Cemetery
Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ230402
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
| Ann NAISBITT | |||
| William NAISBITT | 6th Oct 1898 | 61 | 1837 |
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- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- 1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 16 Where to find this report
- 1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 40, Accident Number: 458 Where to find this report
- Church/Cemetery photograph (T-02307-04-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Headstone(s) in Brandon Cemetery
- Tombstone photograph (T-02344-04-0002) © Kev Duncan
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| William Naisbitt | 13 Apr 2009 |
The Naisbitt family in general plus any information on Ann Naisbitt nee' Woodward. |
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| Heather Owen | 31 Jul 2009 |
My Granny was Anne Naisbitt, she was born 1918 and had a brother Jimmy and a sister Winnie. Ane moved down to Bedfordshire but Jimmy and Winnie stayed in New Brancepeth. |
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| dawn dinsdale nee wilson | 25 Nov 2010 |
phoebe ann naisbitt [1871] was my great grandma |
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