Age: 0
Sex: male
Date: 13 Aug 1918
Place: Carr Lane, Sheffield
The body of a newly-born female child was found wrapped up in brown paper and fastened with string in Carr Lane, Sheffield.
The inquest heard that the child had lived for a few hours.
It was heard that the appearance of the body suggested that someone had tried to burn the body after death.
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see Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 13 August 1918