Bristol Newspaper Report of Accident

[Mary Crane]

Hi
My Grandfather Byron Tanswell had an accident which I think probably occurred sometime between 1898 and 1902. (not sure of the exact date)  There are several different accounts but apparently it happened whilst he was working on the docks, and loading/unloading a ship.  One story is that he fell down the hold of a ship.  He was taken to hospital with head injuries and, again the story is that, after a week it was discovered he had seriously injured his shoulder.  He subsequently virtually lost the use of that arm.

I had thought there might be an account of the accident in a local Bristol Newspaper but I cannot get access to any of the archives.  I wondered if anyone could do this for me.

Many thanks - as always for help I receive on this forum.

Mary

[artifis]

You could try the British Newspaper Archive to see if they have Bristol newspapers for that period.

You'll need to play around with the search criteria though and plenty of patience - lots of hits regarding Lord Byron the poet!

[Mary Crane]

Many thanks for the advice.  I think I will have to do that.

[StintonLomas]

Hi
If you are in the UK and are a member of your local library, many libraries subscribe to and thus give free access to some of the papers which you might otherwise have to pay for.

[Mary Crane]

I'm in Australia - but plan on getting a subscription to the British Newspaper Archives.

Many thanks

[ShaunJ]

I searched BNA for "byron tanswell". No hits.

[Mary Crane]

Oh  -  that's a disappointment, but many thanks for taking the time to search.

[Flattybasher9]

I have had a look also. There are several trees on Ancestry relating to the family.
Here is a link to Google newspapers, which include the Bristol Herald. But there is no mention of Byron.

https://news.google.com/newspapers?hl=en#A

Regards

Malky

[StintonLomas]

Hi
I don't know what you have found census wise, so apologies if you already have this.

Looking at the 1901 census, there is some confusion transcribing the handwritten entry, so transcription offers both Byron W Tanswill and Byron H Tanswell. On the written entry he appears, to me, to be a Slaters Laourer.

I wonder if those with Newspaper access might find more trying Tanswill and/or even slater in the search parameters.

In 1911 he is shown as a Coal Haulier (own account) and Byron H Tanswell