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Damage claims from Ovingham

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a large cask

The State of the Damages at Wylam
Colliery by the late great Flood between
the 16th. & 17th. Of Novr. Last 1771 ---

The Whole Colliery Workings were fill'd with
Water amounting to 300 Acres, containing
1,728,000 Hogshds of Water in the several
Seams of Coal; The Expences attending
the drawing of the said Water, and the
damages done in the several Pitts and
Workings Underground, must be very
considerable and cannot at present
be ascertain'd.

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