In memory of
Robert Cookson
1894
- Their country
- United Kingdom
- Killed that day
- October 13, 1894, aged 32
Their life
Soon after 5:00pm on Saturday 13th October 1894, Police Fireman Cookson was demonstrating how to use a new fire escape, a canvas chute, at the Orange Club in Richmond Terrace, Blackburn. He entered the chute feet-first at the top floor but, about thirty feet from the ground, he was seen to turn over in the chute and fell head-first to the roadway below, sustaining serious head injuries.
He was taken to the local infirmary but died soon after arriving there.
Robert was survived by his wife and four children.
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Robert was survived by his wife and four children.
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