Age: 0
Sex: female
Date: 7 Feb 1913
Place: Midland Railway Line, Scratton Road, Southend
The body of a newly born female child wrapped up in a parcel and tied with string was found on the Midland Railway between Southend and Westcliff Stations.
The police said that the parcel could have been thrown from the bridge, dropped from a train, or thrown over the fence from Scratton Road.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Chelmsford Chronicle - Friday 07 February 1913
see Unsolved 1913
