As some listers may be aware about 12 months ago I wrote a book about the 1867 floods & the 1874 fire in Windsor. I have reproduced one of the lists from the book below, for interest. Michelle Nichols LOWER HAWKESBURY DISTRIBUTION LIST 1867 Following the 1867 flood the Colonial Secretary, wrote to James Walmsley, George Black, Henry Wilson & William Cross regarding the suffering of the Lower Hawkesbury inhabitants. The Government supplied certain items but requested that only the "persons suffering from actual and urgent destitution" were to be assisted. They were not to aid anyone who sustained losses from the floods but were still able to help themselves. The following rules were provided to guide them. 1. Persons whose houses have been destroyed in addition to the loss of their farm produce, furniture and effects will be entitled to first consideration according to their number of children ad their means of self help. 2. Persons whose homes are left standing but who lost everything else including furniture and effects will be entitled to second considerations in the same manner. 3. Persons whose homes have been reached by the floods but have lost their crops and stock and are without present means to support will be entitled to third consideration in the same way. As of the 15 July 1867 a total of 460 persons had been given assitance in the Lower Hawkesbury and the following items distributed : 9,974 lbs of flour; 14 quarts and 18 pint pannikins; 32 bags of potatoes; 100 blankets; 789lbs salt; 1,699 lbs beef 1052 lbs sugar 153 lbs tea 43 lbs cornflour 8 bottles of port wine; 18 pairs of trousers; 19 coats; 36 chemises; 46 hose; 24 woollen shirts; 6 saucepans; 6 frying pans & 12 (?) woollen hose. (Not a lot of clothes or blankets when you think it was winter?) The list of names was also supplied. (The list is in alpha order by first name) Name No. of Family members Andrew Burns 7 Benjamin Crompton 1 C? Allen 6 C? Lane 7 Charles Douglass 10 Charles Watkins 3 Christopher Douglass 11 David Books 6 David Cross 6 Dennis O'Brien 6 Ellen Cross 8 Enoch Bantomy (Bantoury?) 1 Francis Hearn 10 George Douglass 12 George Gibson 1 George Greentree 5 George Morris 8 George Woodbury 9 Henry Singleton 6 Henry Zeplin 5 Hugh Byrnes 1 Humphrey Douglas 8 James Byrnes 11 James Cross 1 James Crossland 10 James Foody Jnr 1 James Foody 4 James Marion 1 James McFetridge 4 James McKay 3 James Sullivan 10 John Allan 1 John Chaseling 4 John Cox 7 John Duffell 7 John Else 4 John Hewitt 7 John Lahey 3 John Laughton 11 John Lewis 2 John McCausland 1 John Phillips 1 John Watkins 6 Joseph Ladd 5 Joseph Mitchell 3 Joseph Ralph 3 Josiah Sullivan 3 Mary Ann Sutton 6 Mary Starkey 4 Matthew Chaseling 6 Matthew Everingham 7 Matthew McFetridge 1 Mrs Thomas Cross 9 Peter Kemp 12 Peter Linch (sic) 5 Richard Byrnes 5 Richard Cross 1 Richard Morris 9 Robert Eales 10 Robert Scaddon 1 Robert Wright 3 Samuel Watkins 3 Samuel? Egley 1 Sylvester Butler 7 Terence Smith 9 Thomas Brown 5 Thomas Cross 1 Thomas Douglass 11 Thomas Everingham 5 Thomas Green 5 Thomas Greentree 12 Thomas Hosier 1 Thomas Ivory 7 Thomas Nagel (sic) 6 Thomas Rose 12 Thomas Smith 7 Thomas Starkey Jnr 2 Thomas Starkey 5 Thomas Stewart 3 Thomas Watkins 12 Widow Byrnes 7 Widow Toomey 6 William Gamble 9 William Hill 1 William Russell 1 William Walmsley 1 (Source : Papers of H. Wilson, 1860 - 1906. ML A3145) _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail