A MAN'S body has been recovered from a city centre canal.
Officers were called to the Rochdale canal, close to Whitworth Street, at 4.30am this morning.
They found the body of a man believed to be between 50 to 60.
An investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death has been launched.
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Man's body pulled from canal
July 04, 2009
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Maynard Kitchener Lampwick Manchester , (04/07/2009 at 12:39)
Gareth (04/07/2009 at 13:05)
As to the fence idea for Canal St, it's not inkeeping with the area, and surely at £300,000 it is alot of money for when, only a few people fall in the canal, why can't there be life rings or ropes added to the canal instead? Or even still people realise it's not a good idea jumping into the canal.
Sad that someone has died though.
ff (05/07/2009 at 09:00)
£300,000 for a fence is nothing considering the costs involved rescuing someone from the canal. There is always a response from the fire and rescue service with our boat, the ambulance service with their response vehicles and the police response, including the police underwater search team if tragically needed. All of this costs a fortune to mobilse everytime some idiot decides is it's a good idea to have a late night dip, plus they could be elsewhere especially now that we have a somewhat disappearing fire service both day and night. I say fence of the canal where it can be and provide throw lines and life rings along the length of all the waterways.Perhaps then we will have fewer tragic deaths.
Condolences to the family of the gentleman involved.
Squire of Newton, Newton nr. Hyde (05/07/2009 at 11:10)
4/07/2009 at 12:39 Wrote. I Thought the council was fencing these canal sides off, after the last tradgedy the council said they were fencing it off, but apparently a load of idiots that drink in the Canal St area, has open a facebook site against fencing it off, how selfish are they, if was fenced off, the people that accidently slipped in would still be with us today..
MKL Would you like to see all curbs with a fence, and hazard warning on them too? Just incase someone inadvertantly trips over one.
Where does the big brother attitude stop etc etc etc.
citycentre, manchester (05/07/2009 at 12:00)
dont worry, i believe the council's plan to spend 300,000 (at least) of our money, so people can be relieved of the need to be responsible for their own actions are currently awaiting planning persmission.
since the plan only covers canal st, they will presumably decide to spend millions more to make us "safe" for the full extent of the canal in the city
Andanotherthing, Mcr (05/07/2009 at 19:09)
31st 12/79 was not a good day for us....
m_dm, Glossop (05/07/2009 at 19:43)
Too many people forget that water is dangerous and can kill as well as needing to drink it to survive.
Had this man entered the water on Canal Street, his body would have stayed in the immediate area due to the locks, so the Canal Street fence wouldn't have prevented this tradegy anyway.
Also, it always seems to be men that think a drunken dip in the canal/resi is a good idea, not that I know that this guy had alcohol in his system, but if so, he wouldn't be the first.
Tony Colemans Barman, Manchester 19 lost in Oz (06/07/2009 at 07:18)
When I lived in Manchester there was always a Life buoy? in Canal St.
Peter Copping (06/07/2009 at 07:58)
Steve Parish (07/07/2009 at 08:12)
Darren Johnston (07/07/2009 at 16:27)
For anyone wondering how I know, I live very close to where the incident happened.