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FOUND DROWNED.—The body of a newly-born female child was found floating in the water near Southsea Castle, yesterday morning, about ten o’clock by John Freake, aged fourteen years, of Southsea. The body was taken to the Cricketers’ Tavern, where an inquest will be held at six o’clock this evening. The child was small and the body was not decomposed.—The body of a man was found yesterday morning in the Portsbridge Canal near the bridge. It was conveyed to the Coach and Horses, where an inquest will be held.

Portsmouth Evening News, Monday 02 September, 1878 (source)