Age: 2
Sex: male
Date: 27 Sep 1907
Place: Ashton-under-Lyne
Thomas McHugh was found dead in a drain at Ashton-under-Lyne in September 1907.
He had gone missing ten weeks earlier and his mother had reported him missing to the police.
He was found head down and decomposed in the drain which was attached to a water closet.
The mother said that her husband had left home on 1 July 1907 and she had not seen him since.
The doctor said that death was due to drowning and an open verdict was returned.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Nottingham Evening Post - Friday 27 September 1907