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Claim for loss of property #1596 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  1596 Robert Marsden Pork Butcher 50 Wicker, Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Damage to Personal Property   Loss of Trade £100      
    Paid Mr. Hobsons charges for valuing £3 4s    
    To loss and damage to household Furniture Wearing apparel and Stock in Trade of which are as follows
10 - 18 Stone Bag of Flour destroyed - 1½ Bag of Oatmeal, Pig drowned in Hull, Light Cart lost, Harness damaged, To Stock of every description of Groceries destroyed - For damages sustained by reason being closed 4 days - To stock of Bacon and Lard destroyed - To breakage and damages to Furniture and Effects - Large Counter and shelves destroyed - To China and Pots broken and destroyed, 12 price Glasses in Window broken, Cotton and Tapes lost, 3 dozens of Butter, 3 Bags of Bean Meal, Oil Cloth, Carpet Rugs, Mats, 2 Coats and 2 pair of Boots lost, 12 squares in the Window broken, 1 Bag of Barley Meal - Damages to Staircase, Ceiling and Shed, Paid 4 Men 4 days each and their Meal, Paid two Women 10 days each and their Meal
£128 8s 2d  
        £231 12s 2d  
  Certificate Granted
25 February 1865
Assessed by Agreement incl costs at £40      

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