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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
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HILSEA.
SUICIDE BY DROWNING AT HILSEA.—An inquest was held on Tuesday evening, by Edgar Goble, Esq., at the Hilsea Hospital, on the body of George Taylor, aged 32 years. The deceased worked for his father, a farmer and cowkeeper, living at Ealing, Middlesex. He was married, and had one child. On Thursday fortnight, the 22nd ult., the deceased came into the yard where his father was and told him that his nose had been bleeding all night. His father said that he had better not go out with the milk, but attend to the cattle in the yard. He did not see him afterwards. The deceased had become addicted to drink, and had had slight attacks of delirium tremens. On Sunday the deceased was found by a drover named Hippsly Dixon, of North-end, in the water underneath the Ports-bridge, having been in the water about eight days. No money was found upon him, but he had a pawn ticket for a watch and a tramway ticket. The jury returned a verdict of “Suicide while in a state of temporary insanity.”
— Hampshire Telegraph, Saturday 07 September 1878 source
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Hilsea Hospital?