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Claim for loss of property #4185 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  4185 Elizabeth Worrall Widow End of West John Street, Broad Lane  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  As Owner of the Leasehold Property situate in Willey Street, Wicker, Sheffield   Paid Messrs. Ash and Claytons Joiners for repairing 5 double Houses damaged by the Inundation £5 3s 10d  
    Paid Mr. Staniforth Bricklayer for repairing 5 double Houses damaged by the Inundation viz: resetting Ovens Ranges Chimney Jambs, Flags etc. £6 10s    
    Paid Glazier for repairing the Windows £1 13s 4d  
    Paid for Whitewashing etc.   14s    
    Paid men for opening 2 Soughs which had been [?] up by sloush and rubbish, cleaning out, same and Coverings £2 10s    
    Paid Charwoman for Cleaning and Scouring 5 Houses £1 5s 6d  
    In consequence of the inundation my Tenants left the Houses and I estimate my loss in rents alone at £25      
    Paid Men for wheeling out the sloush and rubbish from 5 Double Houses (viz Cellars Houses and Yards) together with allowance £5 5s    
        £48 1s 8d  
  Certificate Granted
13 July 1865
Assessed by Agreement incl costs at £30      

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