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Claim for loss of property #449 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  449 Charles Eaton Park Wood Springs, Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Brother & one of the next of kin of the deceased   Expenses of recovering & interning the bodies of John Eaton & Keziah his Wife late of Kelham Island who were drowned by the Inundation & damage done by the water to the furniture & effects on & about their Dwellinghouse as follows viz        
    Cleansing the Body of John Eaton and conveying the same from Tinsley   12s    
    2 Coffins 35/. Each £3 10s    
    Hire of Mourning Omnibus & 2 Cabs £1 8s    
    2 Graves at 13/4 each £1 6s 8d  
    Bearers   18s    
    Damage to hair seated sofa   10s    
    1 Hair seated Easy chair destroyed & lost   6s    
    3 Hair seated chairs lost   6s    
    Damage to 2 Tables   5s    
    Hearth Rug etc.   4s    
    22 Stone Pig drowned 22 stone @ 6/3 £6 17s 6d  
    Sundries £1      
        £17 3s 2d  
  Certificate Granted
4 January 1865
Assessed by Assent at £17 3s 2d  

Note: Description of Claimant is omitted

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