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ESTIMATED DAMAGE TO PROPERTY

The estimated damage and summary of property, in addition to the loss from devastated land under tillage, was as follows:-

BUILDINGS DESTROYED –
4 mills, 10 dyehouses, 3 drying stoves, 27 cottages, 7 tradesmen’s houses, 7 shops, 7 bridges crossing the river Holme, 10 warehouses, 8 barns and stables.

BUILDINGS SERIOUSLY INJURED –
5 dyehouses, 17 woollen mills, 3 drying stoves, 129 cottages, 7 tradesmen’s houses, 44 large shops, 11 public-houses, 5 bridges crossing the river, 1 county bridge, 4 warehouses, 13 barns, 3 places of worship, 2 iron foundries.

TOTAL 244

Of  land seriously damaged by the inundation, there were no fewer than 200 acres. 
The total number of persons dependent on the property destroyed was estimated at 10,000.

HANDS THROWN OUT OF WORK –
adults, 4,896; children, 2,142; total, 7,038. 
The average weekly earnings of these was £3,748.

The total loss of property was estimated at the time at £250,000, but later this figure was found to be much below the real loss.