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Claim for loss of property #6036 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  6036 John Bower Labourer Wisewood, Loxley, near Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Tenant & Occupier of Garden at Bland Row, Loxley, belonging to Mr Henry Jubb of Rotherham, Solicitor, and Owner of the clothing, money & effects, used by my Son, John Bower, the Younger who was drowned at Little Matlock near Loxley and Owner of the money expended on his funeral   Damages sustained by me, by the Inundation of Garden in Bland Row, Loxley, which carried away the Gooseberry and Currant Trees, with the whole of the Crops, Tllage etc. as well as the soil and also, bore away the Fences £1 15s    
    Damages by loss of Clothing, Money & effects, belonging to my Son, John Bower, the Younger, (aged 17½) who was drowned in the Inundation at Little Matlock, near Loxley, and for his funeral expenses etc. as per particulars following:-        
    Suit of Working Clothes 1.5.0        
    Pair of Shoes 12s        
    Clothes Box 13s        
    Money contained therein 10s        
    [Total claimed for Effects] £3      
    Funeral Expenses and Expenses for seaching for Body of my said Son £10 19s    
        £15 14s    
  Certificate Granted
6 July 1865
Assessed by Agreement incl costs at £7 8s    

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