Age: 0
Sex: male
Date: 20 Feb 1939
Place: Grand Union Canal, Paddington, London
The body of a newly-born child was found in the Grand Union Canal at Paddington.
A policeman said that he went to the Grand Union Canal, Paddington at 11.30am on Monday 20 February 1939 and saw the body of the child floating in the water. He said that he got some grappling hooks and pulled it to the bank and then took it out and removed it to the mortuary.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Marylebone Mercury - Saturday 25 February 1939
see Unsolved 1939
