From the Richmond Enquirer, 5/13/1862, p. 1, c. 5
CHILD DROWNED. – The body of a little girl, about six years
of age, daughter of Mr. John Roberts, an employee at the Belle Isle works, was
found in a fish trap, on yesterday, about 100 yards from the Manchester shore,
near the Danville bridge. – No inquest was held, the father of the child being
satisfied that she was accidentally drowned.
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