Victoria Hall Disaster – List of Victims.

Appendix.

The following list of victims is taken from Weekly Echo, Friday 22 June 1883. As published, the list named victims who lived in , identified as Numbers 1 through to 32, and those who lived in Sunderland and , identified as Numbers 33 through to 182. The following is that list re-arranged in alphabetical order together with the names of other victims (in red) who were listed in earlier editions of the paper as having also been buried.

Name Age Address

A 85 Margaret Gray Adams 10 5 Parade (BW, 19th June) 75 Charles John Ablgrer 8 23 Parade (BW, 19th June) th 9 Michael Allen 5 13 North Bridge Street (MK, 20 June) (1) th 8 Margaret Cook Allen 7 13 North Bridge Street (MK, 20 June) (1) 169 George Frederick Anderson 7 24 Brougham Street (BW, 20th June) 25 Jane Athey 9 125 Watman Street (MK, 19th June) 24 Ruth Athey 11 125 Wayman Street (MK, 19th June) 120 Mary H Ayre 8 15 Deptford Road (BW, 20th June) **

B 83 Thomas Bailey 8 39 East Street (BW, 19th June) 106 James William Beall 8 32 Ford Street (BW, 20th June) 105 Isabella Bell 7 25 Norman Street, Hendon (BW, 20th June) 79 James Bell 6 3 Pemberton Street (BW, 20th June) 18 William George Bell 8 4 Bright Street (MK, 19th June) 96 Barbara Blakey 10 7 Page Street (BW, 19th June) 158 William Bland 10 66 Hedley Street (BW, 20th June) 108 Robert William Booth 9 10 St Luke’s Terrace 146 Newrick Briggs 4 19 Blandford Street (BW, 20th June) 145 William James Briggs 9 19 Blandford Street (BW, 20th June) 125 John William Brodie 8 3 Buxton Street (BW. 19th June) 177 Emily Browell 9 8 Gilsland Street 87 Margaret Ellen Brown 12 16 D’Arcy Street 137 Margaret Jane Brown 4 13 Lisburn Terrace (BW, 20th June) 168 Dorothy Buglass 3 21 Thornton Place (BW, 20h June) 40 Thomas Butler 8 39 Thompson Street (BW, 19th June)

C 99 Charles Henry Carr 8 13 Trinity Place 178 Jane Chandler 6 Millfield (BW, 19th June) 112 Thomas Henry Chandler 10 Millfield (BW, 19th June) 103 Barker Ramsey Cogdon 8 21 Flag Lane (BW, 20th June) 73 Margaret Jane Conlin 10 44 Burleigh Street 167 George Henry Coulson 8 22 Watson Lane (BW, 20th June) th Andrew Coupland 10 40 Queen Street (BW, 19 June) (2) 10 John Curry 8 91 Back Whitburn Street (MK, 19th June)

D 65 John Clark Davison 6 104 High Street 66 Martin Hutchinson Davison 8 73 Tweed Street (BW, 19th June) 30 Rosannah Davison 6 11 Thomas Street (MK, 19th June) 161 Charles Dixon 7 Willow Pond Terrace (BW, 20th June) 53 John Edward Dixon 7 6 Howick Street th 14 Charles Foster Dodds 6 73 Victor Street (MK, 20 June) (9) 116 Mary Ann Donkin 11 13 William Street West (BW, 20th June) 138 Mary Downey 7 5 Back Sussex Street (BW, 20th June) th 16 Charles Dring 8 61 Avenue (MK, 19 June) (3) th 15 John Robert Dring 11 32 Dock Street East (MK, 19 June) (3) 150 Elva Dumble 7 Hylton Street (BW, 20th June) 126 Thomas Harper Dunn 9 11 Collier Row, Dun Cow St (BW, 19th June)

E 60 Alice Watt Elliott 8 19 Burleigh Street (SD, 20th June) 59 James Oliver Elliott 10 19 Burleigh Street (SD, 20th June) 55 Charles Evans 9 16 Thompson Street (BW, 20th June) 54 John George Evans 11 16 Thompson Street (BW, 20th June)

F 134 James Fairgrave 10 17 Brougham Street (BW, 19th June) 135 Peter Fairgrave 7 17 Brougham Street (BW, 19th June) 32 Kate Falley 9 7 Cornhill Road (possibly HTS) 121 Cuthbert Morrison Fenwick 6 43 High Street West (BW, 19th June) 136 John Fenwick 7 46 Wear Street (BW, 20th June) th 69 Thomas William Fleming 8 23 Vine Street (SD, 20 June) (4) 173 George William Fox 6 10 Kingsley Street (BW, 20th June) 172 Robert Fox 9 10 Kingsley Street (BW, 20th June) William Fox 4 Chester Terrace North (BW, 20th June) ## 128 William Rochester Fox 9 11 Chester Terrace North (BW, 20th June) ??

G 43 John George. Gibson 11 16 Tower Street (BW, 19th June) 12 John Robertson Gillies 5 27 Dame Dorothy Street (MK, 19th June) 179 Frederick William Graham 11 2 Bramwell Street, Hendon (BW, 20th June) 50 Thomas Graham 7 37 New Grey Street (SD, 20th June) John Thomas Greener 7 89 Eglinton Street 148 Robert Henry Grey 7 21 Hawthorn Street (BW, 20th June) H Mary Ann Hall 8 15 Deptford Road 160 Thomas Hall 8 23 Alexandra Terrace (BW, 20th June) 142 Elizabeth Halliman 8 12 Grey’s Buildings (BW, 19th June) 180 William Harker 6 (BW, 19th June) ** 29 Thomas Harrison Harrison 9 11 Abbs Street (MK, 20th June) 174 James Hayhurst 7 2 High Street West (BW, 20th June) 164 Cicely Henderson 11 3 Hopper Street (BW, 20th June) 165 James Henderson 10 3 Hopper Street (BW, 20th June) 41 Joseph Henderson 9 6 Nicholson Street (BW, 19th June) 166 Margaret Jane Henderson 7 3 Hopper Street (BW, 20th June) 42 Richard Henderson 7 6 Nicholson Street (BW, 19th June) 63 John Potts Hilton 6 41 Emma Street (BW, 20th June) 156 Arthur W N Hines 8 4 Booth Street (BW, 20th June) 157 Eveline Hines 6½ 4 Booth Street (BW, 20th June) 100 Robert Hall Hogg 8 4 Harrison Street East (BW, 19th June) 86 John Howard 7 3 Pemberton Street (BW, 20th June) 113 Thomas Edward Hughes 5 1 Swinbank Street (BW, 19th June) 127 Thomas Hughes 7 5 Clanny Street (BW, 19th June) 56 Laura Voke Hutchinson 6 72 Hendon Road (BW, 20th June)

J 17 Thomas Jefferson 9 20 Gosforth Street (MK, 19th June) 36 Reginald Jewitt 10 Foyle Street (BW, 19th June) 140 William Johnson 11 4 Pickard Street, Millfield (BW, 19th June)

K 26 William Kelly 10 17 Dock Street East (MK, 19th June) Joseph Kemp 8 (BW, 20th June) ## ** 82 William Kemp 7 24 Henry Street East (BW, 20th June) Charles Kerr 8 Trinity Place (BW, 19th June) ** 45 Alfred Edward Kirby 10 19 D’Arcy Terrace (BW, 20th June) 124 Alfred David Kirton 5 4 Clanny Street (BW, 19th June) 98 Elizabeth Kirton 9 1 Carr’s Yard, High Street East (SD, 20th June) 123 James Fred Kirton 8 4 Clanny Street (BW, 19th June) 147 George Bright Knox 9 6 Brougham Street (BW, 20th June)

L 171 Johnson Lackenby 4 50 Queen Street (BW, 20th June) 151 Charles Henry Lane 10 2 Clanny Street (BW, 20th June) 152 James William Lane 6 2 Clanny Street (BW, 20th June) 76 Isabella Lawrence 7 1 Addison Street (BW, 20th June) 77 John George Lawrence 5 1 Addison Street (BW, 20th June) 91 Edward Liddle 8 34 Burlington Road (BW, 20h June) 119 William Sinclair Longstaff 7 Coatsworth Street (BW, 19th June) M Henry Mackin 2 (BW, 20th June) ## ** 129 Frederick Maddison 9 39 Somerford Place (BW, 19th June) 130 Sarah Kennedy Maddison 5 39 Somerford Place (BW, 19th June) 51 John Marley 5 7 Tees Street (BW, 20th June) 72 Catherine McCann 8 31 Silver Street th Hannah McCann (SS, 20 June) (5) 7 John William McKeever 5 1 Society Lane (MK, 20th June) th 37 Nellie McConkie 10 Blind Institute (BW, 20 June) (6) 97 James Meek 8 30 Villiers Street (BW, 20th June) 181 Jane Alice Metcalfe 4 (BW, 19th June) ** 162 Hannah Isabel Milburn 9 Alderson Street (BW, 20th June) 143 Charles Miles 9 19 Catherine Street (BW, 19th June) 155 Emily Miller 9 3 Gilsland Street 39 William Miller 8 34 Burlington Road (BW, 20th June) 34 Alice Purchase Mills 10 10 Ann Street (BW, 19th June) 33 Elizabeth Ann Mills 12 10 Ann Street (BW, 19th June) 35 Frederick Mills 8 10 Ann Street (BW, 19th June) Richard Mills 6 10 Ann Street (BW, 19th June) 111 Emily Morris 7 17 Glebe Cleft Villas 27 John Morrison 7 Richmond Street (MK, 20th June) 176 Mary Jane Muse 6 17 Biss Street (BW, 19th June)

N 170 Catherine Newton 8 13 Carter Street 4 George Stokel Nipper 9 11 Howick Square (MK, 19th June) 38 John Walter Noble 11 13 Winchester Terrace

O 94 Margaret Annie Orrock 12 15 Covent Garden Street

P 132 Mary Paget 10 Lisburn Terrace, Diamond Hall (BW, 19th June) 118 Edward Paley 6 15 Garden Place (BW, 19th June) 133 Alfred Patterson 9 6 Matlock Street 104 Louisa Paxton 8 14 Dunning Street (BW, 19th June) 163 Anna Marie Peace 7 22 Stanley Street (BW, 20th June) 19 Thomas Pearey 9 4 Bright Street (MK, 19th June) 89 William Henry Pescod 10 21 Burleigh Street 11 Emmerson Phillipson 11 12 Dame Dorothy Street (MK, 19th June) 2 Ann Milner Pringle 9 48 Southwick Road (MK, 19th June) 3 Margaret Milner Pringle 7 48 Southwick Road (MK, 19th June) 131 George Prior 12 11 Kingsley Street (BW, 19th June) 84 John Thomas Proudfoot 8 11 Burleigh Street (SD, 20th June) R 92 William Rain 11 ** 78 Robert Ramsay 11 36 Covent Garden Street (SD 20th June) 139 Mary Ann Redman 14 4 Booth Street, Hylton Road (BW, 20th June) th 141 Catherine M Richmond 7 15 Grey’s Buildings (BW, 19 June) (10) 90 Thomas Terry Ritson 9 18 Mordey Street (BW, 20th June) 61 Ann Patterson Robertson 10 61 High Street East (BW, 19th June) 62 Ethel Robertson 7 61 High Street East (BW, 19th June) 95 Eilen Robson 6 14 Tyne Street (BW, 20th June) 102 Margaret Roper 8 12 East Cross Street (BW, 20th June) 28 Elizabeth Rowell 7 . 48 Gladstone Street (MK, 19th June) 47 Mary Helen Russell 6 21 Lawrence Street (BW, 20th June) 122 William Rutherford 7 18 John Candlish Road (BW, 20th June)

S th 68 James Henry Scott 10 23 Vine Street (SD, 20 June) (4) 117 Eugenie Scrafton 8 6 Handel Street, Millfield (BW, 19th June) 6 Walter Gibson Shipley 10 Griffin’s Buildings (MK, 19th June) 101 Abraham Smith Simey 8 55 Silver Street (SD, 20th June) 52 William Simpson 7 2 Sans Street 153 George Sleightman 8 4 Hendon Street 154 William Sleightman 6 4 Hendon Street 159 Caroline Smith 6 43 North Street (BW, 20th June) 67 Elizabeth Smith 8 57 Fowler Terrace (BW, 20th June) 48 George Snaith 8 7 East Street (BW, 19th June) 49 Dinah Solomon 9 43 Henry Street 46 Joseph Spence 10 30 Howick Street (MK) 144 Thomas Sutherland 8 10 Catherine Street (BW, 19th June) ** 107 John Thomas Swinney 6 George Street

T 109 John James Taylor 8 13 Coatesworth Street (BW, 19th June) 182 Thomas Taylor 9 (BW, 19th June) ** 115 Margaret Thompson 3 31 Palmer Street (BW, 19th June) 114 Mary Ann Thompson 11 31 Palmer Street (BW, 19th June) 74 Annie J Tomlinson 4 2 Bridge Street (BW, 20th June) 70 Ada Anne Toppin 11 47 Emma Street (BW, 19th June) 71 Nora Toppin 6 47 Emma Street (BW, 19th June) 110 Thomas Toward 9 13 Coatesworth Street 57 Margaret Annie Turnbull 8 Norman Street (BW, 20th June) 58 Margaret Thompson 6 25 Norman Street (BW, 20th June) **

V th 31 John George Thomas Venus 7 89 Eglinton Street (MK, 19 June) (7) 80 Grace Newton Vowell 8 5½ Norfolk Street (BW, 19th June) 81 Lilly Vowell 4 5½ Norfolk Street (BW, 19th June) W th 1 Elizabeth Wanless 7 8 Dock Street (BW, 19 June) (8) 5 Florence Edith Ward 6 8 Back Charles Street (MK, 19th June) th 20 Amy Hollings L Watson 13 136 Wayman Street (MK, 19 June) (11) th 22 Annie Emily H Watson 10 136 Wayman Street (MK, 19 June) (12) 21 Robert Hollings Watson 12 136 Wayman Street (MK, 19th June) 44 William Robson Weighill 8 Vine Cottage, Park Road (BW, 19th June) 93 Robert Wilkinson 7 7 Addison Street (BW, 20th June) 13 John Henry Willen 11 37 Zetland Street (MK, 20th June) 175 Robert Williamson 11 5 Johnson Street (BW, 19th June) 64 John James Wise 10½ 56 Moor Street (BW, 19th June) 23 Andrew Wright 7 5 Bridge Street (MK, 19th June) 149 Mary Wright 5 Willow Pond Inn (BW, 20th June)

Notes. 1. Son and daughter of Dr Allen., their graves are near to the two chapels in the cemetery. 2. Andrew Coupland is not included in the list of 182 victims, however he is named as being the first victim to be buried at Sunderland Cemetery on Tuesday 19th June. 3. Two cousins. 4. They were half brothers and were interred together. 5. The burial arranged for the previous day but could not take place due to a shortage of conveyances. 6. Address also given as Christopher Street. 7. Buried with infant brother who had died since the disaster from consumption. 8. Elizabeth Wanless is included in the list of victims from Monkwearmouth, however the Sunderland Weekly Echo for Friday 22nd June reports that she was the first burial at Bishopwearmouth Cemetery on Tuesday 19th June. If this is correct then the numbers buried at Mere Knolls Cemetery may be 30 rather than 31. 9. unconsecrated common grave number 294 – possibly in Ward 16. 10. Catherine Middlemiss Richmond 11. Amy Hollings Lancaster Watson 12 Annie Emily Holings Watson

## Included in the list of burials in SDE for Thursday 21st June as having been buried at BW On 20th June.

** Names not included in the Genuki list.

Those killed in the disaster were buried during the days of the following week at:

Bishopwearmouth Cemetery(BW) 116 48 interred on 19th June, (SDE for Thursday 21st June says 65) 64 interred on 20th June (SDE for Thursday 21st June says 54) 4 interred on 21st June (SDE for Thursday 21st June says 13 - 6 that did not arrive yesterday plus 7 scheduled for Thursday) Sunderland Cemetery (SD) 20 Interments took place over two days. The graves were dug in three rows, and in the centre of them a place was reserved for the erection of a memorial.

Mere Knolls Cemetery (MK) 31 (possibly 30 – see note regarding Elizabeth Wanless) The graves were in four or five different parts of the cemetery.

Holy Trinity, Southwick, churchyard (HTS) 1.

Alan Vickers / August 2011