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Claim for loss of property #3938 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  3938 Elizabeth Lowe Widow 35 Stanley Street, Wicker, Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Owner   2 Sides of Bacon damaged and quantity of Lard destroyed £1 15s    
    Sofa and Sett of Drawers damaged £1      
    2 Mahogany Tables damaged £1      
    12 Chairs damaged £1 4s    
    Oil Cloth in sitting Room damaged ~ This Cloth was quite a new one £2      
    Oil Cloth in Passage destroyed   15s    
    Hearth Rug destroyed   8s 6d  
    2 Load Coal lost   19s    
    Damage to Clock   5s    
    Maiden Pot ~ Pancheons, brushes etc. destroyed   15s    
    Cleaning out Sitting Room, Kitchen, Passage Stairs and Yard £1 12s 6d  
    Cleaning Cellar, after the weight of the Mud etc. had been removed by Men, employed by Landlord £1      
    2 Stone Pigs drowned
These Pigs cost £1 each between 2 and 3 weeks previous to the Flood
£2 10s    
             
        £15 4s    
  Certificate Granted
24 April 1865
Assessed by Consent at £5      
      Received from Relief Committee £5.0.0        

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