Baby

The body of a female baby was found dead in the River Gwendraeth in Carmarthenshire on 27 December 1911.

A farmer had been walking along the bank of the river when he noticed the child’s body suspended by a branch about 6 inches above the water.

There had been a flood in the river about three days previously.

The child was naked and was between 1 to 3 months old and fully developed.

There were no marks of violence and the cause of death was given as suffocation due to drowning.