Claim for loss of property #6383 – Particulars

	No. of Claim	Name of Claimant	Description of Claimant	Address of Claimant
	6383	James Levitt	Corn Miller	Hill Foot Corn Mill, Sheffield

Nature of Claimant’s Interest	Particulars of Claim	Amount of Damages Claimed
Damage to Real and Personal Property of which Claimant is Lessee and Owner	To Clearing away the Engine, Engine House, Gear House and Yard from Mud and Debris
	Paid for 7 Men's Wages 8.6.0 Paid for 2 Horses and Carts 4.4.0	£12	10s
	To cleaning Well out it being filled with Mud	£2
	To damage done to Engine it being entirely covered with Mud	£15
	To damage done to Boiler, flues, Walls, etc.	£27
	To damage done to Machinery in Gear House	£10
	To 120 Stones of Pig Meal swept away 10d	£5
	To 20 Sacks	£1
	To Engine Tools swept away, 3 Hammers, 6 Spanners, Lot of Files, Mallet, lot of Spun Yarn	£1	10s
	To 3 Couple of Black Game Fowls drowned 1 Game Cock 7/6, 5 Hens 1/6 each.		15s
	To 3 Tons of Coals swept away		18s
	To damage done to Piggeries, fence Walling and Gates	£5	10s
	To 1 Large Newfoundland Black Dog drowned	£5
	The Claimant also seeks to recover the following sum which it will cost him to replace the Lead Piping leading from the River Don to the Boiler of Engine the old one having been stopped up and rendered useless by the Flood. 100 Yards of 2½ Inch Lead Pipe.	£25
	To damage sustained by the Claimant consequent upon the loss and destruction of his property as shewn by the foregoing Particulars and consequent in ability to carry on his business and otherwise as follows, Three weeks total stoppage of business, total loss of earnings say	£21
	The Claimant seeks to recover Interest on the said sum of £111.3.0 say 9 Months @ 7½ per Cent.	£6	5s	3d
	The Claimant has incurred charges of Valuers and Solicitor's preliminary to this Claim and which he seeks to recover amounting to	£4	4s
		£142	12s	3d
Certificate Granted 31 May 1865	Assessed by Agreement incl costs at	£90

Note: shewn [sic]

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