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Claim for loss of property #5706 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  5706 Samuel Wilson Patent Scythe Smith Lodging with Mrs Darwent, Light Horseman, Philadelphia, Langset Road  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
    4 Pair Trousers washed away 48/ 3 Vests 30/ £3 18s    
    Black dress Coat washed away 50/, Shirting Jacket 25/ £3 15s    
    2 Flannel Shirts washed away 10/, 2 Bump Sheets 7/   17s    
    2 pairs New Boots 28/, Boys suit of Clothes 45/ £3 13s    
    Boys Boots 7/6, My Wife's Alpaca dress 28/ £1 15s 6d  
    2 pairs Womans Boots 20/, Floor Carpet & Hearth 60/ £4      
    Copper Kettle 7/6, Brass Pan & 2 Tin Sauce Pans 12/   19s 6d  
    Mahogany Hair Seated Sofa smashed to pieces £1 5s    
    A Joiners Chest of Tools damaged to the extent of £2 2s    
    2 Skin door Mats 8/, Two Cricket Bats, Stumps and 2 Balls 24/ £1 12s    
    A large Cask full of Crockery, Delf Ware & Dinner Service, broken to the extent of £1 10s    
    Roasting Jack washed away   8s 6d  
    Fenders, Fire Irons and other Furniture Damaged £1 10s    
    I was unable to work for three weeks from Illness caused by the Flood, my Earnings average 30/ per Week £4 10s    
    My Son, a Boy about 7 Years old, has been Ill ever since the Flood caused by fright & being immersed in Water, I have sent him in the Country, the expense of which & the Doctor's Bill I calculate will be about £10 10s    
        £42 5s 6d  
  Certificate Granted
4 July 1865
Assessed by Agreement incl costs at £21 10s    

Note: No Nature of Interest recorded.

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