Age: 0
Sex: male
Date: 19 Apr 1919
Place: Tail Gate, River Don, Rutland Road
The body of an almost headless newly-born child was found in a backwash of the River Don known as Tail Gate, just off of Rutland Road.
The body was discovered by a 15 year old boy who saw some legs sticking out of a coat in a pile of rubbish. He said he touched the coat with his shovel and discovered the body of the child.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Sheffield Independent - Saturday 19 April 1919
see Unsolved 1919
