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Claim for loss of property #199 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  199 Charles Elam and William Henry Birks Charles Elam - Doctor of Medicine, William Henry Birks - Brewer Surrey Street Sheffield and Bridge Street Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Owners   The Claimants are the Owners of 5 Houses in Joiner Lane and 3 in Stanley Street which were flooded to the depth of 8 feet - the cellars, houses, & yard, were all completely choked with mud and the Doors Window fittings walls & roofs were damaged & some of the Tenants were washed destitute        
    Paid to Bolton, Mason for repairs £5 2s 3d  
    Paid to Bolton, Mason for repairs   13s 9d  
    Paid to Barker, Joiner for repairs £6 4s 2d  
    Paid to Barker, Joiner for repairs   11s 7d  
    Paid to Thompson, Locksmith for repairs   6s 3d  
    Paid for replacing broken Squares to Storr £1   1d  
    Paid for cleaning two houses down   16s    
    Paid for cleaning mud from cellar and yard £3 12s    
    Loss of Rents due at the Flood £2 7s 7d  
    Loss of Rents since the flood to this date £8      
    Loss of Rents of 2 Houses now empty say, 6 weeks at 3/. Per week each £1 16s    
    The Claimants are the Owners of 18 Houses, Weir Head, Attercliffe Road, which were flooded to some extent & a deposit of mud left on the cellars & yard        
    Paid for cleaning cellars & removing mud £2 6s 6d  
        £32 16s 2d  
  Certificate Granted
6 May 1865
Assessed by Assent at £32 16s 2d  

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