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Amended claim #3471 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  3471 Henry Widdowson Basket Maker and Cowkeeper Malin Bridge near Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
    Loss of and damage as follows as per Valuation by Mr. Robert Lowe        
    An Estimate of damage done by the Flood on the 12th of March 1864 to a Croft Garden etc., occupied by Mr. Henry Widdowson situate at Holme Lane near Owlerton Taken April 1st 1864 Croft Grass (2 Acres) Pastured 1863 ~ now completely covered with Sand and Mud 2 feet deep 16 Tons of Cow Dung applied October 1863 including carrying and applying at 6/6 £5 4s    
    3 Tons Gas Lime applied October 1863 at 2/6 carriage and spreading   16s 6d  
    Loss of this years Crop no Grass can grow say £6 per acre £12      
    140 Bundels of Willows for Basket Making washed away would weigh 2 Tons, cost £7 per Ton £14      
    2 Gelt Pigs 8 months old washed away £4 each £8      
    Pig stye of Wood built by Tenant   15s    
    Garden and Orchard Drop destroyed for this year say £2      
    20 Pecks of Fluke Kidney Potatoes in Cellar 10d   16s 8d  
    Robert Lowes charge for estimating   10s 6d  
    Paid for cleaning mud and rubbish out of 4 low Rooms and Cellars 4 Men 1 Week at 4/6 per day and 1 Boy 2 weeks at 1/8 per day £6 8s    
    Paid for clearing away Mud and Rubbish from large yard, front Garden, Kitchen Garden and Orchard 4 Men 4 weeks at 4/~ per day £19 4s    
    Paid for clearing Mud and Rubbish from workshop 3 Men 2 days at 4/~ per day £1 4s    
    8 Tons of Brown Willows damaged worth £8 per Ton now worth £4 £32      
    1 Ton of Coals   11s    
    Loss and damage to Household Furniture as follows
2 large Swill Tubs, 1 square Tub, Square Table, Oil Cloth, Crockery 2 Saucepans, 3 door Mats, 2 pails damage to papering 2 Spades, 2 Forks
£3 5s 6d  
        £106 15s 2d  
    Assessed in original claim        

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