Robert Cookson

Died

13 October 1894

Age

Rank

Police Fireman

Force

Blackburn Police Fire Brigade

Cause

Accident

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Died after sustaining fatal head injuries when he fell about thirty feet while helping to demonstrate new rescue equipment.

Roll of Honour Citation

Died after sustaining fatal head injuries when he fell about thirty feet while helping to demonstrate new rescue equipment.

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 the demonstration of new rescue equipment. He was on the top storey of a building when he entered the escape to show how people would be rescued. At about thirty 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.