Stan According to the thread quoted by Gen, there is no mention of William Fairbairn Hall dying in 1884. He survived the shooting and died in 1907. It was apparently Henry Whittle the person who shot him who hanged himself in 1884. Cheers Pat =================================== Mrs Pat Pierpoint Hon. Secretary and Genealogy Officer Clan Johnston/Johnstone Association (U.K.) =================================== > -----Original Message----- > From: dur-nbl-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:dur-nbl-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Stan Mapstone > Sent: 01 October 2010 19:30 > To: DUR-NBL list > Subject: Re: [DUR-NBL] Was William Fairbairn Hall murdered? > > The only death registered for a William Fairbairn Hall is the > one in March ΒΌ > 1907, there is none in 1884 > > Stan Mapstone > > On 1 October 2010 19:14, gen listlass <genlistlass@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > This was posted on the WWW in 2000 athttp:// > > genforum.genealogy.com/hall/messages/10714.html > > > > "William Fairbairn Hall, colliery manager was shot by Henry > Whittle on the > > platform of Haswell station in County Durham, England in > 1884. If anyone is > > interested I have detailed info about this social injustice > story. Anyone > > related?" > > > > Gen in NBL, England > > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 7060 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message