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Hexham estimates

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An Account and Estimate of the damage done by the late great
and dreadful flood in the River Tyne in Northumberland to
Edward Forster the elder of Tyne Green near Hexham in the
parish of Hexham in the County aforesaid a Poor Old Man
Seventy Years Old and able to do very little for himself who Saved
himself by getting out at a Back Door of the House he then lived in just
in time, the Water having broke into the House in different parts thereof
and being into then about a yard deep and in an hours time after
Side Wall hight so that he had no time or opportunity to remove or
save anything belonging to them but the Cloaths on his back
and after the most diligent search the next day after the flood
for his cloaths wearing apparel necessary provision of victuals
and Household Goods and furntiture and recovering and coming at
all that was possible his damage by the said Flood is by a
moderate valuation and computation as follows         £  S  D
To the value of wearing apparel victuals Household
Goods and furniture entirely lost and the damage      4. 0. 0
done to that part thereof which was saved

We whose names are hereunto subscribed to hereby certify that
we very well know the above named Edward Forster and believe
him to be a very honest industrious Man and that we very
well know the House in which he lived at the time the above
mentioned flood happened and were eye witnesses to its being
near Swept away by the said flood and the destruction and
Damage it occasioned to the said Edward Forster and that We
have examined the amount and Estimate above written
and believe the same to be a true and moderate amount and
estimate of the damages the said Edward Forster Sustained
by the said Flood and that we have reason to believe that
the said Edward Forster by such loss is reduced to no small
difficulty and distress and that it would be a real charity
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