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Claim for loss of property #3963 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  3963 Benjamin Gregory Wheelwright 24 Russell Street, Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Furniture and Working Tools   Work Shop        
    2 large Door Mats destroyed   5s    
    Cloth Hearth Rug Spoilt   10s    
    16 yards Cocoa Matting destroyed £1 4s    
    1 Mahogany Sofa in hair much destroyed £1 5s    
    Salt etc.        
    18 Gallons Bitter Beer @ 1/10 per Gallon lost £1 13s    
    ½ Load Coals   5s    
    1 Pancheon and 1 Maiden Pot Broken   3s 6d  
    1 Stone Bread Spoilt   1s 10d  
    1 Cask White Lead ~ 1 Hundredweight 28/ per Hundredweight Spoilt £1 8s    
    1 Cask Red Lead 1½ Hundredweights 28/ per Hundredweight Spoilt £2 2s    
    March 12        
    10 Men employed all the day emptying Water and Mud out of the House and Cellar @ 4/ per day each £2      
    1 Pair long Bellows much damaged £1      
    To damage done to Working Tools also a quantity of them lost ~ Wood lost and out of the shop £4      
    To 9 Men one week Cleaning Shop, Yard, Working Tools Iron etc., before they could go on with their regular work 24/ per week each £10 16s    
    Removing my wife to Bakewell in ~ consequence of my House been flooded and not fit for her to remain in it
See Doctor's Certificate
£4 10s    
        £31 3s 4d  
  Certificate Granted
17 June 1865
Assessed by Agreement incl costs at £20      

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