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Claim for loss of property #237 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  237 Joseph Stovin Joiner & Builder 41 Green Lane, Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Damage done to Furniture Wearing Apparel and loss of Provisions etc. by the Flood March 12th 1864. Damage done to 23 Houses situate in Green Lane & Dun Fields by the Flood March 12th 1864   To 2 Men & 1 Woman cleaning away mud from No. 41   8s 6d  
    To 2 Men 1 day filling mud in yard @ 3/.   6s    
    To 2 Horses & Carts leading away mud @ 8/.   16s    
    To 2 Men emptying cellar   6s    
    To Emptying 19 cellars (10 double houses & 9 single) £3 10s    
    To cleaning away mud from double house yard £1 10s    
    To cleaning away mud from single house yard £1      
    To 22 Whitewashing cellars £2 4s    
    To Ironwork hanging gates   18s    
    To 1 new 6 panelled door 16/. 6 four panelled doors 54/. Eight 12 feet battens 20/. Cestern Cover 3/. Boards, Scantling etc. 67/. Washed away £8      
    To Cestern top broken by floating wood   6s    
    To Bread Butter cheese meat eggs Pickle Ketchup etc. destroyed in cellar £1 10s    
    To 14 Gallons Homemade Wine at 5/. £3 10s    
    To J Warris's bill for repairing furniture £7 6s 6d  
    To 1 Brussells carpet & 2 Hearth Rugs destroyed £3 12s 6d  
    To 2 Table covers & Damask Window Curtains £1 15s    
    To 5 years Chambers Journal unbound £1 12s 6d  
    To 4 years Cassells Family Journal bound and 3 years unbound £3 6s    
    3 parts of Virtue's Bible with Kates and Commentary at 6/.   18s    
    Replacing Piano-forte as per Mr Stacy's bill £15      
    Music bound & unbound destroyed £3 12s    
    Room paper as per Mr Jubbs bill   13s 1d  
    Repairing and cleaning Fenders & Fire Irons as per Mr Hooles bill £1 5s 6d  
    To Man cleaning away mud from Shops, Stable & Shed 6 days @ 3/.   18s    
    To Man 6 days washing Walls @ 3/.   18s    
    To Paper hanging for 22 houses @ 5/. £5 10s    
    To Pair of new Gates to replace those washed away £3 6s    
    To Painting Walls replacing foundations etc. for 23 Housesas per J. Banforth's bill £17 6s 4d  
    To new black coat 1 overcoat 2 Inverness capes 4 pairs boots & shoes linen etc. rendered unfit for wear & lost £7      
        £98 3s 11d  
  Certificate Granted
13 December 1864
Assessed by Agreement at £95      

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