Robert Cookson

Died

13 October 1894

Age

Rank

Police Fireman

Force

Blackburn Police Fire Brigade

Cause

Accident

Duty Status

On Duty

Circumstances

Fatally injured when he was 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, about 30 feet from the ground he changed his position and fell out to the road below. He sustained serious head injuries and died at the scene.

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.