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Claim for loss of property #4683 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  4683 Elizabeth Ashforth Widow and Second Hand Clothes Dealer 15 Nursery Lane, Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Absolute Owner   For Clothing and Stock in Trade in Dwelling House No. 15 Nursery Lane destroyed £20      
    For Household Furniture and other Articles damaged and destroyed as follows        
    Case Clock destroyed £6 10s    
    Best Sofa destroyed £3      
    Joiners Tools damaged and destroyed £2 10s    
    Breakfast Table, Card Table, and Spring Table £1 15s    
    Carpet and Hearth Rug destroyed £2 10s    
    Dresser destroyed £1 5s    
    Cupboard and Lamp destroyed £1 1s    
    Kitchen Sofa destroyed £1      
    Fire Screen and Fender destroyed   18s    
    Chairs damaged   12s    
    Large Copper Kettle destroyed   10s    
    Oil Paintings destroyed   10s    
    Pots destroyed   10s    
    Kitchen Fender and 2 Copper Candlesticks 6/.   6s    
    For loss of Trade and loss of Profits at trade from being stopped at the time of the inundation and from not being able to commence business again owing to illness and the loss of Stock in Trade £25      
    Interest on £68.7.0 from the time of the Flood to the time appointed for Commissioners making award (13 months) and 10 Per Cent and the difference between £4 and 10 Per Cent from time for Commissioners making award to date fixed for payment (3 months) £8 4s 10d  
    Window Screen and 2 Chairs destroyed   10s    
        £76 11s 10d  
  Certificate Granted
31 May 1865
Assessed by Agreement incl costs at £33      

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