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Claim for loss of property #4180 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  4180 Henry Booth Scythe Grinder Palm Street, Walkley  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  As Tenant and Occupier of the Premises and as owner of the Personal Property   Wardrobe broken 40/ Rocking Chair washed away 3/6 Four chairs washed away 16/ £2 19s 6d  
    Windsor Chair and cushion washed away 6/6 Four Elm Chairs washed away 18/ £1 4s 6d  
    Two Coats, Hat and a Cap washed away 50/ Eight pair Boots 45/ £4 15s    
    House partly washed away        
    Hair seated Couch washed away 40/ Portrait and frame 5"5"0 £7 5s    
    Mahogany dining table washed away 42/ Mahogany Card Table washed away 16/ £2 18s    
    Rose Wood Workbox washed away 20/ 2 Hassocks washed away 4/ A miscellaneous lot of Books, viz, Shakespeare Byron, Bible, Prayer Book etc. about 20 Volume 30/ £2 14s    
    7 Chimney Ornaments washed away 5/6 2 Hundredweights decanters 18/ Tin Wines 5/ £1 8s 6d  
    A quantity of linen in Wardrobe washed away viz four table clothes 3 pair linen Sheets 2 pair Cloth Blankets Pillow and Bolster Cases etc. £5 5s    
    Kitchen or Living Room        
    Clock washed away 8/6 Deal Table with Leaf 10/6 Spring Table 10/ £1 9s    
    Cradle washed away 6/, Coca matting 9/ Carpet 15/6 £1 10s 6d  
    Three work Boxes washed away 3/ Copper Kettle 7/6 Knives and Forks 6/   16s 6d  
    Three flat Irons lost 3/ 2 Baskets 5/ Bucket 2/6 pots 3/6   14s    
    Eight yards stair Carpeting washed away 10/6 Clothing belonging to four Children 80/ new top Coat 45/ Work Basket etc. 2/6 £6 18s    
    Chimney Ornaments and 6 Candlesticks washed away 6/ Saw 2/6   8s 6d  
    Bellows washed away 1/ Door Mat 2/6 2 Paper Mache Trays 6/   9s 6d  
    Mahogany Tea Caddy washed away 4/ Three saucepans 6/   10s    
    Metal Tea pot washed away 5/ Tin Coffee pot 1/ Crockery 6/   12s    
    Long brush Hand brush Clothes and Blacking brushes   5s    
    Hastener 3/6 Bird and Cage 7/6   11s    
    Cellars        
    One 9 Gallon Barrel of Ale and Cask washed away   18s    
    3 Gallons Rhubarb Wine and Bottle washed away 8/. 2 Gallons Green Gooseberry Wine washed away 8/.   16s    
    3 Gallons Elder Flowers 12/. 4 Quarts Bottles Champagne belonging to Mr. Jackson late of the Crown Inn Rotherham 24/. £1 16s    
    18 Bottles Damson Wine belonging to Mr. Jackson   18s    
    2 Maiden pots broken 3/. Maiden 1/2 2 large Panshons 1/6   5s 8d  
    Clothes Horse 2/6. Metal fry pan 1/6. Pudding stand 1/.   5s    
    3 Bread pots 1/6. Clothes Cord and pegs 3/. Wood bowl 3/6.   8s    
    Garden spade 2/6. Fork 3/. 2 Rakes and a Riddle 2/6 3 Stew Pots 3/.   11s    
    Bread tray 1/. 8 pounds of Lard and pot 5/10. 2 Stone Bread 6/. Meat 6/.   18s 10d  
    Garden washed away        
    47 Gooseberry bushes 4/14/. 6 Standard Rose Trees 12/. Plants 5/. £5 11s    
    Sundry Herbs Flower Roots etc. 6/. Load of Manure 8/.   14s    
    Loss of time of Self and apprentice in removing what few Goods we had left to a House at Walkley and also loss of Work £15 15s    
        £71 10s    
  Certificate Granted
8 May 1865
Assessed by Agreement incl costs at £50      

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