The Perry Barr Drowning Case - The need of a mortuary

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Date:21st of July 1894

Description:A newscutting from the Handsworth Herald relating to the inquest of Charles Maybury of Derby who was found drowned in the River Tame. The Coroner took the opportunity to highlight the need for a mortuary in Handsworth as 'lately seven or eight persons had been taken into places which were not fit to keep them in'.

From the G.H. Osborne collection of newscuttings.

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Death 1837 - 1900 (Victorian Period)

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Donor ref:L93.2 G H Osborne Collection (15/3092)

Source: Local Studies & History Department , Birmingham Central Library

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