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Claim for loss of property #36 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  36 Thomas Sorby Steel Converter and Refiner and General Merchant Elliot Steel Works Gibralter Street Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
    2 Tons Coke washed away @16/. Per Ton £1 12s    
    5 Tons best pot clay and leading @ 26/. £6 10s    
    1 Ton stand clay @ 7/.   7s    
    74 Melting pots spoiled @ 9d each £2 15s 6d  
    60 Stands   1s 6d  
    150 Lids @ 1d   12s 6d  
    176 pairs moulds cleaning @ 2d per pair £1 9s 4d  
    6 Furnace holes new destroyed @ 13/7 per hole £4 1s 6d  
    Paid 4 men getting out mud @ 4/. Each   16s    
    Man, horse and card leading away 1 day   7s    
    Refreshments to fire and other men pumping out cellars £1 10s    
    March 14th, 15th, & 16th paid 4 men cleaning out mud @ 4/. Per day £2 8s    
    March 17th, 18th, & 19th paid 2 men cleaning out mud @ 4/. Per day £1 4s    
    Men cleaning mud out of cellars, furnaces, washing scrap etc @ 4/. Per day £4 16s    
    John Unwin's a/c cleaning out well   15s    
    Ireland and Deakin's a/c adjusting weighing machine   17s 6d  
    George Longson's estimate for repitching £5 7s 6d  
    Loss of works standing 15 days @ 14/. Per day £10 10s    
    Paid 4 Labourers assisting 1 day 3/6   14s    
    John Clayton's charges £1 10s    
    6 Furnace holes half burnt £2   9d  
    William Taylors's a/c repairing pump   16s 6d  
        £51 1s 7d  
  Certificate Granted
12 January 1865
Assessed by Agreement at £50      

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