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Claim for loss of property #6396 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  6396 John Pearson Gardener North Anston near Rotherham  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Owner in fee   The Claimant is the Owner in fee of 12 Dwellinghouses Outbuildings and Land at Neepsend which were inundated by the flood to extent of two Stories in height; the Ground floor Rooms and Bedrooms were covered with Mud the Buildings were much damaged. All the Tenants were driven away.
The Claimant has not since been able to relet the property and by reason of the Inundation and the injuries consequent thereupon the Claimant has sustained Damage as shewn by the annexed Schedules of Particulars which he seeks to recover from the Water Works Company amounting to
£256 16s 8d  
      For particulars see Appendix        
  Certificate Granted
11 July 1865
Assessed by Agreement incl costs at £190      
      For Particulars see Appendix.        

Note: shewn [sic]

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