Robert Cookson
Died =>13 October 1894
Force => Blackburn Police Fire Brigade
Rank =>Police Fireman
Age =>32
Cause =>Accident
Duty Status =>On Duty
Fatally injured while assisting in a demonstration of new rescue equipment. He was in the top storey of a building when he entered the escape to show how people would be rescued. At about 30 feet from the ground he changed his position and fell to the road below, sustaining serious head injuries from which he died at the scene.