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Claim for loss of property #5694 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  5694 William Haden Grocer Meadow Street, Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  As Owner of Eighteen Freehold Dwillinghouses & premises in Holme Lane, Hillsbro' in the Parish of Ecclesfield and as Tenant of a Field adjoining the above Dwellinghouses sublet as Garden Ground   Firstly, For Injury done to 18 Freehold Dwellinghouses, Outbuildings, Workshops and Premises in Holme Lane Hillsbro' in the parish of Ecclesfield in the County of York, occupied by Jeremiah Buckley, Richard Newton, Thomas Townroe, Edward Francis and others, and for making good same and for loss of rent.        
    The Inundation carried away the Outkitchen and Corner of one house, also the external walls of two other Houses and let down the Chamber and Garrett Floors - It also either bulged or broke through most of the partition walls of all the Houses and carrying away the Window Frames, Shutters & outer doors of many, damaging the rest & also all the inner doors & cupboards as well as some of the staircases - The fabric of the Houses was cracked in many parts & much shaken throughout - It also filled the low rooms and cellars with Water, Mud & other debris. Two Workshops and all the out buildings & the boundary Walls were completely washed away.        
    The Particulars are as follow. £1060 2s 3d  
    For Particulars see Appendix        
        £1060 2s 3d  
      For particulars see Appendix        
  Certificate Granted
26 April 1865
Assessed at £800      

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