Newspaper Reports of Death of Sarah Tidswell (nee Farnish) 1877
Bradford Daily Telegraph
Tuesday, 20.03.1877
More Sudden Deaths at Bradford
On Monday at about 1.30 o'clock p.m. Sarah Tidswell,
aged 48 years, of 119, Lumb Lane, was travelling in a train from Bradford
to Idle, in company with her
husband, when she was suddenly
seized with illness, and died in about 20 minutes afterwards at Idle Railway
Station. The cause of death in the above cases is not yet known.
Bradford Daily Telegraph
Thursday, 22.03.1877
The Sudden Death at Idle Railway Station
Today, an inquest was held at the Oddfellows' Hall Inn, Idle, relative
to the death of Sarah Tidswell
(wife of John Tidswell,
dentist, 119 Lumb Lane, Manningham) who died on Monday afternoon at the
railway station, Idle. It was stated in evidence that on Monday the deceased,
who was 48 years of age, left home in company with her husband, for the
purpose of going to Idle by the 12.27p.m. train from Bradford. They had to
hurry on the way, and when they got to the station the deceased seemed to
be very much exhausted. She, however, got into the train, but gradually
became worse, and in getting out of the train at Idle she died while on
the platform. It appeared that she had for several years past been suffering
from heart disease and bronchitus, and had been attended by Dr. Bell. A
verdict of “Death from natural causes” was returned.
Bradford Observer Budget
Saturday, 24.03.1877
Sudden Death at a Railway Station
On Monday afternoon, about a quarter past one o'clock,
Mrs. Sarah Tidswell,
wife of Mr. John Tidswell,
119, Belgrave Place, Manningham, died suddenly at
Idle Railway Station. It appeared that Mrs. Tidswell
was accompanying her husband
on a visit to a patient, when, through over exertion to catch the
train, she was taken ill on the way from Bradford, and died soon after her
arrival at Idle. The deceased lady has been subject to heart disease.