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Claim for loss of property #551 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  551 The Guardians of the Poor of the Sheffield Union in the County of York The Guardians of the Poor of the Sheffield Union in the County of York Kelham Street, Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Owners of the Stores & Goods destroyed, Tenants of the property damaged & claim for relief given as Guardians of the Poor & made necessary by the Inundation   Rugs £1 10s    
    Bed Ticks £7      
    Sheets £2 10s    
    Stores & Goods destroyed        
    Rice 14 Stones £1 8s 10½d  
    Tea 50 lbs £7 9s 4d  
    Coffee & Chicory 224 lbs £4 18s    
    Sugar 224 lbs £4      
    Raisins & Currants 15 Stones £4 7s 6d  
    Arrow Root 2 Stones £1 17s 4d  
    Mustard 14 lbs   18s 8d  
    Soap 101 lbs £1 8s 6d  
    Oats 12 stone £2 12s    
    Salt 10 cwt   15s    
    Meat 15 Stones £4 16s 3d  
    Beer 90 Gallons £4 17s 6d  
    Matting Carpet £30 9s    
    Potatoes 8 Loads £2      
    Cheese £1 13s 4d  
    Stockings 50 Pairs £2 10s    
    Shirts 100 £12 10s    
    Blankets 13 pairs £5      
    Caps 30   15s    
    Jackets & Petticoats £2 10s    
    Shifts 10 £1 5s    
    Aprons   15s    
    Stationery £2      
    Picked Oakum £20      
    Drugs (about) £20      
    Expenses consequential on damage to property and relief given        
    Painting £20 10s    
    Carting rubbish & repairing drains £20 3s    
    Paper Hanging £2 2s    
    Coffins £27 12s 4d  
    J. Wing Unwin for funerals £10 11s    
    Services of Royal Fire Brigade £2 10s    
    Relief £90 17s 9d  
    Internments £27 15s    
    Harrison Whitewahing £12 12s    
    Rodgers cleaning Reservoir £5 10s 14d  
    Whiting 14 cwt   1s 3d  
    Vegetables   15s    
    Wines & Spirits £12 2s    
    Watson Brothers Asphalting £29 16s    
        £414 14s 9½d  
  Certificate Granted
6 June 1865
Assessed by Consent at £323 16s 2d  

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