Age: 0
Sex: male
Date: 18 Oct 1942
Place: Shropshire Union Canal Main Line, City Road Bridge, Chester
The body of a newly born male child was found in the Shropshire Union Canal Main Line at the City Road bridge in Chester.
The child was discovered by an apprentice plumber who said that he was near the City Road bridge when he saw two boys throwing things at what he thought was a fish but said that he later found that it was the body of a newly born child.
