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Claim for loss of property #5043 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  5043 William Senior Wire Drawer Thurgoland Old Wire Works  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  The Claimant's next of kin, Son of Samuel Senior late of Malin Bridge Near Sheffield Wire drawer, Drowned by the Inundation claims as such   To value of Clothes and Effects swept away by the Inundation.        
    Two suits of Clothes 80/~ One Watch 15/~ £4 15s    
    One Guage   5s    
    Compensation for loss of time in searching for the Body of his Father the said Samuel Senior who was a Wire drawer and worked for Mr. Joseph Wadsworth Wire drawer Hilsbro' 17 days @ 5/~ per day £4 5s    
    Paid Railway fares and other expenses in searching for his Body, and afterwards for raising and opening Coffin for identification of the Body £2 16s    
    Interest   15s    
        £12 16s    
  Certificate Granted
27 June 1865
Assessed by Agreement incl costs at £11 1s    
      B. If the Claim filed by the said William Senior for damages for loss of Life is allowed in full, this Claim will be abandoned.        

Note: In List of Deceased the last name is Seynor. Line 3: Guage [sic]. Line 4: Hilsbro' [sic]

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