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Claim for loss of property #4949 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  4949 John Fanshaw Littlewood Cooper Nursery Street, Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Owner of Stock in Trade, Tools, etc.   To loss of Profit on Business £5      
    To professional and other charges prior to Claim £1 11s 6d  
    Damages done by the Inundation of the Workshop, and Premises occupied by the Claimant in Nursery Street Sheffield. The following are the particulars.        
    To 14 Casks (Saw) reduced in value £4 18s 9d  
    To 129 Boxes reduced in value £6 1s 11d  
    To 26 Bundles Hoops reduced in value £7      
    To 199 Casks reduced in value £29 17s    
    From the Cellars etc. of the following Firms
Messrs. Earl Smith & Co., Ibbotson Brothers & Co.
Messrs. W.K. & C. Peace, John Brammall
Messrs. T. Jowett & Son, To Tools damaged
£5      
    To 354 deals average Lengths 15 feet x 9 and 11 or thereabouts, washed away from Scorah & Cooper's Yard £67 15s 1d  
    To Expenses incurred for Labour and Materials in clearing out the Mud from 3 Cellars and 2 Workshops and Scraping the Mud from the Casks £23 16s 11d  
    To Interest at £7½ Per Cent Per Annum upon £149.9.8 from the 12th March 1864 to 29th July 1865 £15 8s 2d  
        £166 9s 4d  
  Certificate Granted
28 April 1865
Assessed by Consent at £149 9s 8d  

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