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The design was by Brooker and the execution started by him. But, unfinished at the time of his death, it was finished by Williamson.
Title
Victoria Hall Disaster Memorial
Date
1883–1886
Medium
marble
Accession number
SR1_GL_S081
Acquisition method
paid for by public donation
Work type
Monument
Owner
Sunderland City Council
Custodian
Sunderland City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
17/10/94
Access
time restrictions apply
Inscription description
ERECTED / TO COMMEMORATE / THE CALAMITY WHICH TOOK PLACE / IN THE VICTORIA HALL SUNDERLAND / ON SATURDAY 16TH JUNE 1883 / BY WHICH 183 CHILDREN LOST THEIR LIVES