Victoria Hall Disaster 1883

Victoria Hall Disaster

List of Victims

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

Number	Cemetry	Burial Details	Notes
116	Bishopwearmouth [BW]	48 on 19th June	Sunderland Echo [SDE] for Thursday 21st June says 65
		64 on 20th June	SDE for Thursday 21st June says 54
		4 on 21st June	SDE for Thursday 21 st June says 13 - 6 that did not arrive yesterday plus 7 scheduled for Thursday
31	Mere Knolls Cemetry [MK]		The graves were in four or five different parts of the cemetery. Possibly 30 – see note regarding Elizabeth Wanless
20	Sunderland Cemetry [SD]	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.
167	Total
25	Unknown

From the above it can be seen that the true number of fatalities at the Victoria Hall is more likely to be in the region of [167 + 25] 192

As originally published in the Sunderland Weekly Echo, Friday 22 June 1883, the following alphabetical list named victims who lived in ...

Mere Knolls Cemetry, Monkwearmouth [MK], identified as Numbers 1 - 32
Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth [SD, BW], identified as Numbers 33 -182.

This list also includes the names of other victims (in red) who were listed in earlier editions of the paper.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LIST IS STILL WORK IN PROGRESS.

List	Surname	Forename	Age	Address	Cemetry	Buried	Notes
85	Adams	Margaret Gray	10	5 Parade	BW	19.06
75	Algren	Charles John	8	23 Parade	BW	19.06
9	Allen	Michael	5	13 North Bridge Street	MK	20.06	Son of Dr Allen.
8	Allen	Margaret Cook	7	13 North Bridge Street	MK	20.06	Daughter of Dr Allen.
169	Anderson	George Frederick	7	24 Brougham Street	BW	20.06
25	Athey	Jane	9	125 Watman Street	MK	19.06
24	Athey	Ruth	11	125 Watman Street	MK	19.06
120	Ayre	Mary H.	8	15 Deptford Road	BW	20.06	Not included in the Genuki list.
83	Bailey	Thomas	8	39 East Street	BW	19.06
106	Beale	James William	8	32 Ford Street	BW	20.06
105	Bell	Isabella	7	25 Norman Street Hendon	BW	20.06
79	Bell	James	6	3 Pemberton Street	BW	20.06
18	Bell	William George	8	4 Bright Street	MK	19.06
96	Blakey	Barbara	10	7 Page Street	BW	19.06
158	Bland	William	10	66 Hedley Street	BW	20.06
108	Booth	Robert William	9	10 St Luke’s Terrace	Unknown
146	Briggs	Newrick	4	19 Blandford Street	BW	20.06
145	Briggs	William James	9	19 Blandford Street	BW	20.06
125	Brodie	John William	8	3 Buxton Street	BW	19.06
177	Browell	Emily	9	8 Gilsland Street	Unknown
87	Brown	Margaret Ellen	12	16 D’Arcy Street	Unknown
137	Brown	Margaret Jane	4	13 Lisburn Terrace	BW	20.06
168	Buglass	Dorothy	3	21 Thornton Place	BW	20.06
40	Butler	Thomas	8	39 Thompson Street	BW	19.06
99	Carr	Charles Henry	8	13 Trinity Place	Unknown
178	Chandler	Sarah Jane	7	17 Wilson Street Millfield	BW	19.06
112	Chandler	Thomas Henry	10	17 Wilson Street Millfield	BW	19.06
103	Cogdon	Barker Ramsey	8	21 Flag Lane	BW	20.06
73	Conlin	Margaret Jane	10	44 Burleigh Street	Unknown
167	Coulson	George Henry	8	22 Watson Lane	BW	20.06
	Coupland	Andrew	10	40 Queen Street	BW	19.06	Not included in the original list of 182 victims. However, named as being the first victim to be buried at Sunderland Cemetery on Tuesday 19th June.
10	Curry	John	8	91 Back Whitburn Street	MK	19.06
65	Davison	John Clark	6	104 High Street	Unknown
66	Davison	Martin Hutchinson	8	73 Tweed Street	BW	19.06
30	Davison	Rosannah	6	11 Thomas Street	MK	19.06
161	Dixon	Charles	7	Willow Pond Terrace	BW	20.06
53	Dixon	John Edward	7	6 Howick Street	Unknown
14	Dodds	Charles Foster	6	73 Victor Street	MK	20.06	Unconsecrated common grave number 294. Possibly in Ward 16.
116	Donkin	Mary Ann	11	13 William Street West	BW	20.06
138	Downey	Mary	7	5 Back Sussex Street	BW	20.06
16	Dring	Charles	8	61 Roker Avenue	MK	19.06	See entry 15. Two cousins
15	Dring	John Robert	11	32 Dock Street East	MK	19.06	See entry 16. Two cousins
150	Dumble	Elva	7	St Marks Road Hylton Street	BW	20.06
126	Dunn	Thomas Harper	9	11 Collier Row Dun Cow St	BW	19.06
60	Elliott	Alice Watt	8	19 Burleigh Street	SD	20.06
59	Elliott	James Oliver	10	19 Burleigh Street	SD	20.06
55	Evans	Charles	9	16 Thompson Street	BW	20.06
54	Evans	John George	11	16 Thompson Street	BW	20.06
134	Fairgrave	James	10	17 Brougham Street	BW	19.06
135	Fairgrave	Peter	7	17 Brougham Street	BW	19.06
32	Falley	Kate	9	7 Cornhill Road	Unknown		Possibly Holy Trinity, Southwick [HTS]
121	Fenwick	Cuthbert Morrison	6	43 High Street West	BW	19.06
136	Fenwick	John	7	46 Wear Street	BW	20.06
69	Fleming	Thomas William	8	23 Vine Street	SD	20.06	See Scott. Half Brothers. Interred together.
173	Fox	George William	6	10 Kingsley Street	BW	20.06
172	Fox	Robert	9	10 Kingsley Street	BW	20.06
	Fox	William	4	Chester Terrace North	BW	20.06	Included in the list of burials in SD for Thursday 21st June as having been buried at BW on 20th June.
128	Fox	William Rochester	9	11 Chester Terrace North	BW	20.06	Confusing. See previous entry.
43	Gibson	John George	11	16 Tower Street	BW	19.06
12	Gillies	John Robertson	5	27 Dame Dorothy Street	MK	19.06
179	Graham	Frederick William	11	2 Bramwell Street Hendon	BW	20.06
50	Graham	Thomas	7	37 New Grey Street	SD	20.06
	Greener	John Thomas	7	89 Eglinton Street	Unknown
148	Grey	Robert Henry	7	21 Hawthorn Street	BW	20.06
	Hall	Mary Ann	8	15 Deptford Road	Unknown
160	Hall	Thomas	8	23 Alexandra Terrace	BW	20.06
142	Halliman	Elizabeth	8	12 Grey’s Buildings	BW	19.06
180	Harker	William	6		BW	19.06	Not included in the Genuki list.
29	Harrison	Thomas Harrison	9	11 Abbs Street	MK	20.06
174	Hayhurst	James	7	2 High Street West	BW	20.06
164	Henderson	Cicely	11	3 Hopper Street	BW	20.06
165	Henderson	James	10	3 Hopper Street	BW	20.06
41	Henderson	Joseph	9	6 Nicholson Street	BW	19.06
166	Henderson	Margaret Jane	7	3 Hopper Street	BW	20.06
42	Henderson	Richard	7	6 Nicholson Street	BW	19.06
63	Hilton	John Potts	6	41 Emma Street	BW	20.06
156	Hines	Arthur W N	8	4 Booth Street	BW	20.06
157	Hines	Eveline	6½	4 Booth Street	BW	20.06
100	Hogg	Robert Hall	8	4 Harrison Street East	BW	19.06
86	Howard	John	7	3 Pemberton Street	BW	20.06
113	Hughes	Thomas Edward	5	1 Swinbank Street	BW	19.06
127	Hughes	Thomas	7	5 Clanny Street	BW	19.06
56	Hutchinson	Laura Voke	6	72 Hendon Road	BW	20.06
17	Jefferson	Thomas	9	20 Gosforth Street	MK	19.06
36	Jewitt	Reginald	10	Foyle Street	BW	19.06
140	Johnson	William	11	4 Pickard Street Millfield	BW	19.06
26	Kelly	William	10	17 Dock Street East	MK	19.06
	Kemp	Joseph	8		BW	20.06	Included in the list of burials in SDE for Thursday 21st June as having been buried at BW on 20th June. Not included in the Genuki list.
82	Kemp	William	7	24 Henry Street East	BW	20.06
	Kerr	Charles	8	Trinity Place	BW	19.06	Not included in the Genuki list.
45	Kirby	Alfred Edward	10	19 D’Arcy Terrace	BW	20.06
124	Kirton	Alfred David	5	4 Clanny Street	BW	19.06
98	Kirton	Elizabeth	9	1 Carr’s Yard High Street East	SD	20.06
123	Kirton	James Fred	8	4 Clanny Street	BW	19.06
147	Knox	George Bright	9	6 Brougham Street	BW	20.06
171	Lackenby	Johnson	4	50 Queen Street	BW	20.06
151	Lane	Charles Henry	10	2 Clanny Street	BW	20.06
152	Lane	James William	6	2 Clanny Street	BW	20.06
76	Lawrence	Isabella	7	1 Addison Street	BW	20.06
77	Lawrence	John George	5	1 Addison Street	BW	20.06
91	Liddle	Edward	8	34 Burlington Road	BW	20.06
119	Longstaff	William Sinclair	7	Coatsworth Street	BW	19.06
	Mackin	Henry	2		BW	20.06	Included in the list of burials in SDE for Thursday 21st June as having been buried at BW on 20th June. Not included in the Genuki list.
129	Maddison	Frederick	9	39 Somerford Place	BW	19.06
130	Maddison	Sarah Kennedy	5	39 Somerford Place	BW	19.06
51	Marley	John	5	7 Tees Street	BW	20.06
72	McCann	Catherine	8	31 Silver Street	Unknown
	McCann	Hannah			SD	20.06	The burial arranged for the previous day but could not take place due to a shortage of conveyances.
37	McConkie	Nellie	10	6 Christopher Street	BW	20.06	Address also given as Blind Institute
7	McKeever	John William	5	1 Society Lane	MK	20.06
97	Meek	James	8	30 Villiers Street	BW	20.06
181	Metcalfe	Jane Alice	4		BW	19.06	Not included in the Genuki list.
162	Milburn	Hannah Isabel	9	Alderson Street	BW	20.06
143	Miles	Charles	9	19 Catherine Street	BW	19.06
155	Miller	Emily	9	3 Gilsland Street	Unknown
39	Miller	William	8	34 Burlington Road	BW	20.06
34	Mills	Alice Purchase	10	10 Ann Street	BW	19.06
33	Mills	Elizabeth Ann	12	10 Ann Street	BW	19.06
35	Mills	Frederick	8	10 Ann Street	BW	19.06
	Mills	Richard	6	10 Ann Street	BW	19.06
111	Morris	Emily	7	17 Glebe Cleft Villas	Unknown
27	Morrison	John	7	Richmond Street	MK	20.06
176	Muse	Mary Jane	6	17 Biss Street	BW	19.06
170	Newton	Catherine	8	13 Carter Street	Unknown
4	Nipper	George Stokel	9	11 Howick Square	MK	19.06
38	Noble	John Walter	11	13 Winchester Terrace	Unknown
94	Orrock	Margaret Annie	12	15 Covent Garden Street	Unknown
132	Paget	Mary	10	Lisburn Terrace Diamond Hall	BW	19.06
118	Paley	Edward	6	15 Garden Place	BW	19.06
133	Patterson	Alfred	9	6 Matlock Street	Unknown
104	Paxton	Louisa	8	14 Dunning Street	BW	19.06
163	Peace	Anna Marie	7	22 Stanley Street	BW	20.06
19	Pearey	Thomas	9	4 Bright Street	MK	19.06
89	Pescod	William Henry	10	21 Burleigh Street	Unknown
11	Phillipson	Emmerson	11	12 Dame Dorothy Street	MK	19.06
2	Pringle	Ann Milner	9	48 Southwick Road	MK	19.06
3	Pringle	Margaret Milner	7	48 Southwick Road	MK	19.06
131	Prior	George	12	11 Kingsley Street	BW	19.06
84	Proudfoot	John Thomas	8	11 Burleigh Street	SD	20.06
92	Rain	William	11		Unknown		Not included in the Genuki list.
78	Ramsay	Robert	11	36 Covent Garden Street	SD	20.06
139	Redman	Mary Ann	14	4 Booth Street Hylton Road	BW	20.06
141	Richmond	Catherine Middlemiss	7	15 Grey’s Buildings	BW	19.06
90	Ritson	Thomas Terry	9	18 Mordey Street	BW	20.06
61	Robertson	Ann Patterson	10	61 High Street East	BW	19.06
62	Robertson	Ethel	7	61 High Street East	BW	19.06
95	Robson	Eilen	6	14 Tyne Street	BW	20.06
102	Roper	Margaret	8	12 East Cross Street	BW	20.06
28	Rowell	Elizabeth	7	48 Gladstone Street	MK	19.06
47	Russell	Mary Helen	6	21 Lawrence Street	BW	20.06
122	Rutherford	William	7	18 John Candlish Road	BW	20.06
68	Scott	James Henry	10	23 Vine Street	SD	20.06	See Fleming. Half brothers. Interred together.
117	Scrafton	Eugenie	8	6 Handel Street Millfield	BW	19.06
6	Shipley	Walter Gibson	10	Griffin’s Buildings	MK	19.06
101	Simey	Abraham Smith	8	55 Silver Street	SD	20.06
52	Simpson	William	7	2 Sans Street	Unknown
153	Sleightman	George	8	4 Hendon Street	Unknown
154	Sleightman	William	6	4 Hendon Street	Unknown
159	Smith	Caroline	6	43 North Street	BW	20.06
67	Smith	Elizabeth	8	57 Fowler Terrace	BW	20.06
48	Snaith	George	8	7 East Street	BW	19.06
49	Solomon	Dinah	9	43 Henry Street	Unknown
46	Spence	Joseph	10	30 Howick Street	MK
144	Sutherland	Thomas	8	10 Catherine Street	BW	19.06	Not included in the Genuki list.
107	Swinney	John Thomas	6	George Street	Unknown
109	Taylor	John James	8	13 Coatesworth Street	BW	19.06
182	Taylor	Thomas	9		BW	19.06	Not included in the Genuki list.
115	Thompson	Margaret	3	31 Palmer Street	BW	19.06
58	Thompson	Margaret	6	25 Norman Street	BW	20.06	Not included in the Genuki list.
114	Thompson	Mary Ann	11	31 Palmer Street	BW	19.06
74	Tomlinson	Annie J	4	2 Bridge Street	BW	20.06
70	Toppin	Ada Anne	11	47 Emma Street	BW	19.06
71	Toppin	Nora	6	47 Emma Street	BW	19.06
110	Toward	Thomas	9	13 Coatesworth Street	Unknown
57	Turnbull	Margaret Annie	8	Norman Street	BW	20.06
31	Venus	John George Thomas	7	89 Eglinton Street	MK	19.06	Buried with infant brother who had died since the disaster from consumption.
80	Vowell	Grace Newton	8	5½ Norfolk Street	BW	19.06
81	Vowell	Lilly	4	5½ Norfolk Street	BW	19.06
1	Wanless	Elizabeth	7	8 Dock Street	BW	19.06	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.
5	Ward	Florence Edith	6	8 Back Charles Street	MK	19.06
20	Watson	Amy Hollings Lancaster	13	136 Wayman Street	MK	19.06
22	Watson	Annie Emily Holings	10	136 Wayman Street	MK	19.06
21	Watson	Robert Hollings	12	136 Wayman Street	MK	19.06
44	Weighill	William Robson	8	Vine Cottage Park Road	BW	19.06
93	Wilkinson	Robert	7	7 Addison Street	BW	20.06
13	Willen	John Henry	11	37 Zetland Street	MK	20.06
175	Williamson	Robert	11	5 Johnson Street	BW	19.06
64	Wise	John James	10½	56 Moor Street	BW	19.06
23	Wright	Andrew	7	5 Bridge Street	MK	19.06
149	Wright	Mary	5	Willow Pond Inn	BW	20.06