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Amended claim #460 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  460 William Swinden Silk & Woollen Dyer 173 Gibralter Street, Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Damage to Personal Property   Loss and Damage to a lot of Ostrich Feathers £1 10s    
    Several Parcels on Shelves damaged   5s    
    Clearing and restoring unfinished work in Shop   15s    
    One Sofa 20/. Kitchen Dresser 10/. Bronze Fender 7/6 £1 17s 6d  
    Chairs, Tables & other articles on ground Floor £1 10s    
    Boots & Shoes 6 pairs £1 5s    
    Contents of Drawers in Kitchen Dresser containing a quantity of Childrens clothing   10s    
    2 Wash Pots, 3 Panshons in Cellar   6s    
    Damage in Store Room 12 Bags of Dyeworks consisting of Logwood's Peachwood Fustics, Sumack and Ebony in all above 1 Ton £10      
    One Cask Soda Ash £1 5s    
    Cask of Chloride of Lime   10s 6d  
    3 Carboys of Spirits, One Cask of Aquafortis spirits of Salts and oil of Vitrol £1 13s    
    14 lbs of Potash 10d per lb   11s 8d  
    14 lbs of Cochineal 4/6 oer lb £2 18s 4d  
    28 lbs of Cudlead @ 1/2 £1 12s 8d  
    28 lbs Tumerac   9s 4d  
    One Cwt of ground Alum   10s 6d  
    28 lbs Madden   9s    
    Extract of Indigo in Jars 20 lbs 9d   15s    
    Spirits of Ammonia Bottles   4s 6d  
    Red Argol in Jars   4s 6d  
    One Vat preparation of Iron for Dying Silk etc. £1 5s    
    Sumack Vat   15s    
    Copperas Vat   4s    
    Several Tubs containing pure oil scrap in solution, the others full of old Alkaline for the purpose of my trade   7s 6d  
    Several Silk Dresses in couse of Dying which were very much torn and which I have had to restore £1 4s    
    Lor of Bottles & Jars in Cupboard containing various Dyes £1      
    Nitrate of Iron 7/6 Muriat of Iron 2/6 Mirate of Iron 5/.   15s    
    Severa lPanshons Water Pots, Bottles, Jars etc,   10s    
    A Miscellaneous lot of Utensils   15s    
    Coals in one of the Cellars   5s    
    Finished work in Press, consisting of Damask Window and Bed curtains cleaned Shawls dyed Cloth Cloaks & a variety of Woollen Goods all Spoiled £3 10s    
    18 dozen glazed Boards (press papers) quite new, spoiled £5      
    2 Tables, 2 Chairs broken   10s    
    Load of Charcoal in Cellar washed away or spoiled £2      
    Kitchen one Bottle Extract of Sallflower £1      
    Bottle Magenta 10/. Bottle Mauve 15/. Bottle of Blue 2/6 £1 7s 6d  
    3½ Piercant 4/6 per lb 15/9 Portions of Oxalic Tartaric & Acetic Acids in Jars 5/. £1   9d  
    Several Chairs 1 Table & other Articles   7s 6d  
    Pumping Water and Mud and Cleaning 4 Cellars and ground floors and Yards, Painting, Papering & Whitewashing this cost at least £10      
    Loss of Businessas a Silk and Woollen Dyer which I carried on at the above address £30      
    Water Pot full of diluted Nitric Acid 4/. And other Panshon with diluted Acid 3/6   7s 6d  
        £91 6s 3d  
  Certificate Granted
3 May 1865
Assessed by Consent at £36      

Note: Address: 'Gibralter Street' [sic]
The Total Amount Claimed has been miscalculated at £91.18.3

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