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Claim for loss of property #4287 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  4287 William Hopkins Warehouseman & Office Keeper Messrs. Naylor Vickers & Co. Offices, Millsands, Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Owner   Washing Clothes got out of the Flood £1.18.6 Grocery & Flour destroyed £3.5.8 £5 4s 2d  
    Work Box & Tea Chest £1.10.6 3 Pairs of Sheets £1.2.6 £2 13s    
    For the following Goods washed away or damaged by the Bursting of the Bradfield Reservoir        
    2 Pairs of Boots & 2 Pairs of Slippers £2 2s    
    4 Bonnets & 4 Hats £2 18 Pairs of Socks & 4 pairs of Stockings £1 £3      
    3 Blankets £1.6.0 3 Combs and 3 Brushes 7/6 £1 13s 6d  
    2 Childrens Cloaks £1 Childrens Underclothing £2 £3      
    Glasses 10/. 3 Silk Dresses £3.10.0 2 Stuff Dresses £1.8.0 £5 8s    
    3 Shawls £1.10.0 4 Toilet Covers 8/6 2 Table Cloths & 2 Towels 5/. £2 3s 6d  
    3 Oil Cloths for Tables 6/. 2 Sets of Coral Beads 15/. £1 1s    
    3 Needle work Petticoats and 5 Skirts £2 10s    
    3 Counterpanes 9/. 2 Umbrellas & 3 Parasols £1.10.0 £1 19s    
    Books £14 Bacon & Ham £3 £17      
    Money lost in Purse in Clothes washed away and also in Childrens Money Box £7 10s    
    Manuels Bill for cleaning Furniture spoiled by the Flood £9 13s 3d  
    Renton & Sons Bill for Cleaning Clothes £2   6d  
    14 Pocket Handkerchiefs £1 2s    
    28 days lodging elsewhere of Self, Wife, Servants & 2 Children, while our own rooms were made habitable £3 15s    
        £71 14s 11d  
  Certificate Granted
16 May 1865
Assessed by Consent at £60      

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