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Appendix to claim #4592 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  4592 Edward Fisher Sanderson, Henry Furniss and Edward Hudson trading under the firm of Sanderson Bros. & Co. Steel Manufacturers and Merchants West Street, Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Lessees and Owners   An Estimate of Damage and Loss occasioned by Flood from the Bursting of the Bradfield Reservoir to Crops and Land in the Occupation of Messrs. Sanderson Brothers and Attercliffe Forge and Slitting Mills Farm        
  Acres/ Roods/rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">Perches Copy £/s/d        
  6.3.0 River Field or Croft estimated loss of Grass, Crop, Grass Sward & Tillage 70.0.0        
  3.2.27 In Middle Field Wheat loss of Crop and Tillage 42.0.0        
  3.2.0 In Middle Field Oats loss of Oat Crop and Labour 23.0.0        
  6.2.11 Dam Close Oats, loss of Crop Labour and Tillage 45.10.0        
  1.1.2 Crofts Grass Loss of Crop injury to Sward 12.10.0        
  1.2.20 Little Meadow Oats, Loss of Crop and tillage 12.0.0        
  4.0.0 In Great Meadow, Grass, Loss of Crop and Sward 24.0.0        
  3.3.27 In Great Meadow Seeds destroyed, Loss of Crop and tillage 33.0.0        
  3.0.0 In Middle Field, Tares, Loss of Crop and tillage 27.0.0        
  6.1.0 In Middle Field, Fallow, Cleaning Debris from Land and Fences, resoiling and extra Labour 16.0.0        
  3.1.20 Brick Kiln Close, Grass, Loss of Crop & Tillage 23.0.0        
    For Posts and Rails destroyed and Loss in Garden 4.5.0        
    Mr Whites Charge for examining the Farms at different times from March to September, Valuing the Loss and arranging the Amount with Mr Fowler 9.9.0        
  Copy James White. Oct. 8. 1864 [Total] £361 19s    
    No. 5 Carlton Road, Attercliffe, April 23 1684        
    Messrs. Sanderson Bros. & Co.
To Samuel Johnson
       
  1864 April 23 To Labour Walling and Repairing damage done by the Flood, Farm Fences, at Forge and Slitting Mill Farm at Attercliffe Forge £17 6s 6d  
    Lime and Leading £1 15s    
    As Per Contract £22.10.0        
  Copy George Hinch        
    Joiners Shop and Stock of Wood injured by the Flood at Attercliffe Forge        
    Shop Floor Relaying with 3 Inch Plank & Cleaning £2 14s    
    Shop Floor Relaying with 3 Inch Plank & Cleaning £5 5s    
    Damage to ¾ Inch boards with Cleaning £12      
    [Total for Joiners Shop & Wood] £21.3.0        
    Farm House and Premises        
    One New Floor £2 10s    
    One New Gate £1      
    One Turnbul Washed away £1 10s    
    2 Hen Coops £1 10s    
    4 New Stairs Steps   8s    
    George Hinch Copy. £6.18.0        
    Timber belonging to Messrs. Sanderson Bros. & Co. washed away from Attercliffe Forge by the Flood March 1864        
    1 Helve number 175 10 ft x 14 of 13½ ft @ 2/9 £1 17s 1½d  
    Swedish Timber 30 @ 1/3 £1 17s 6d  
    Memel Back [?] 40 @ 2/. £4      
    Robert Maltby. Copy. £7.14.7        
    Attercliffe Forge. Goods Damaged by the Flood        
  Red Lead 2 cwt 0 qrs 0 lbs @ 24/. £2.8.0        
  Black Lead 2 cwt 0 qrs 0 lbs @ 18/. £1.16.0        
  Emery 0 cwt 3 qrs 0 lbs @ 26/. £0.19.6        
  Pale Oil 5 cwt 0 qrs 0 lbs @ 44/. £11.0.0        
  Empty Vitriol Bottles 4 @ 3/. £0.12.0        
    [Total for Goods at Attercliffe Forge] £16 15s 6d  
    John Walton Copy        
    Particulars of Damage to Finished Steel at Attercliffe Works caused by the Bradfield Inundation March 12 1864        
   
Description Original Value Value after the Flood Amount of Damage
£ s d £ s d £ s d
Extra Cast Steel for Wire (sold as third Quality) Wt. 13.1.25 46 2 11 17 10 3 28 12 8
Best Sheet Cast Steel (Rerolled) Wt. 30.2.24 92 2 10 84 9 3 7 13 7
Cut in Scrap Wt. 4.0.24 12 12 10 4 4 3 8 8 7
Cut in Scrap Wt. 45.0.1 135 0 6 45 0 2 90 0 4
Best Sheet Cast Steel Wt. 17.1.9 51 19 10 17 6 7 34 13 3
Rerolled 3/16 inch diameter Wt. 3.1.21 10 6 3 8 5 0 2 1 3
Rerolled 1/4 inch diameter Wt. 4.0.0 10 9 0 9 5 0 1 4 0
£172.13.8 £172 13s 8d  
    Certified. Edward Tozer. Copy        
    Materials and Carriage thereof necessary for the repairs of Fence Walls adjoining the River and other Property at Attercliffe Forge damaged by the Flood        
    Carriage of Lime £1 6s    
    30 Loads of Sand £1 10s    
    10,000 Bricks £9      
    2 Metal Posts 1 cwt 1 qr 10 lbs   12s    
    80 Iron Bars 2 Cwt 1 qr. 16 lbs £2 15s 10d  
    Lead for fastening Bars 1 Cwt 2 qrs 14 lbs £1 15s 9d  
    Copy £16.19.7        
    Messrs. Sanderson Bros. & Co. Attercliffe
To George William Hawke
Darnall        
  1864 April 26 To 4 Horses & 2 Men Ploughing 24/. 27th To 4 Horses & 2 Men Ploughing 24/. £2 8s    
  28th To 4 Horses & 2 Men Ploughing 24/. 29th To 4 Horses & 2 Men Ploughing 24/. £2 8s    
  30th To 4 Horses & 2 Men Ploughing 24/. May 11th To 2 Horses & 1 Man Ploughing 12/. £1 16s    
  12th To 4 Horses & 2 Men Ploughing 24/. 13th To 4 Horses & 2 Men Ploughing 24/. £2 8s    
  14th To 4 Horses & 2 Men Ploughing 24/. 31st To 4 Horses & 2 Men Ploughing 24/. £2 8s    
  June 1 To 4 Horses & 2 Men Ploughing 24/. 2nd To 3 Horses & 2 Men Ploughing 19/6 £2 3s 6d  
  3rd To 3 Horses & 2 Men Ploughing 19/6 4th To 4 Horses & 2 Men Ploughing 24/. £2 3s 6d  
  6th To 4 Horses & 2 Men Ploughing 24/. 7th To 4 Horses & 2 Men Ploughing 24/. £2 8s    
  8th To 4 Horses & 2 Men Ploughing 24/. 9th To 4 Horses & 2 Men Ploughing 24/. £2 8s    
  10th To 4 Horses & 2 Men Ploughing 24/. £1 4s    
    Copy £21.15.0        
    Payments in Wages and for Work and Materials necessary in Repairing and Cleansing the Property damaged by the Flood        
  March 26th May 7th Paid Samuel Johnson Masons Labour as per Bill £48 2s 5d  
  March 24th April 15th Paid Shaw and Armitage for Lime as per Bill £7 14s 5d  
  March 29 April 23 Paid White for Wallstone footings and Rubble as per Bill £12 10s    
  March 29 April 23 Paid J. & H. Tingle Ashlar Coping Stone as per Bill £5 8s    
  May 12 Paid Joseph Lindley extra Charge Cleaning Boiler Flues as per Bill £1 3s    
    Copy £110.10.5        
  Mill Forge Christopher Foster and others £6.10.0        
    Less Payment for Labour in Cleaning Yard £0.18.4¼ [=] £5 11s 7½d  
  New Forge John Shepherd and Others £6.10.0        
    Less Payment for Labour in Cleaning Yard £0.4.8 [=] £6 5s 4d  
  Old Forge John Roxbrough and Others £8.0.0        
    Less payment for Labour in Cleaning Yard £0.5.0½ [=] £7 14s 11½d  
  No. 1 Steel Mill Abraham Simpson and Others £16.0.0        
    Less payment for Labour in Cleaning Yard £1.8.7½ [=] £14 11s 4½d  
  Rod Mill Sampson Bradshaw and Others £23.0.0        
    Less payment for Labour in Cleaning Yard £2.6.11½ [=] £20 14s 0½d  
  Forge No. 1 John Parker and Others £5      
  Forge No. 3 James Nortcliffe and Others £12.0.0        
    Less Payment for Labour in Cleaning Yard £0.5.6 [=] £11 14s 6d  
  Old Tilt Heziah [?] Parker and Others £3.0.0        
    Less Payment for Labour in Cleaning Yard £0.8.6 [=] £2 11s 6d  
  Tilt No. 2 Henry Parker and Others £8      
  Tilt No. 3 James Johnson and Others £9      
    Paid Engine Tenters Wages £8 5s    
    Ten quarters of Oats spoiled at 22/. Per quarter £11      
    Copy        
    Loss on Steel suspended Manufacturing by 1 week standing of Works caused by Flood based on Value actually Manufactured in Week ending March 12 1864        
    Steel Forging and Tilting £217.18.0        
    Sheet Steel Rolling £82.19.1        
    Steel Rod Rolling £120.8.11        
  4.3.22 Top Weir Close Grass, loss of Crop 20.5.0        
    To Stone and Leading £3 8s 6d  
    Wood Yard Cleaning £1 4s    
  1864 March 19th April 2nd Wages paid to own hands and allowance to same as per Wages Book £35 12s 7d  
    Workmens Wages of Selves and Hands working with them for One Week during the stoppage of Work deducting amount paid them for assisting in cleansing premises        
  Tilt No. 1 William Parker and Others £7      
    Trade % 25 per cwt £54.9.6 [=] £163 8s 6d  
    Trade % 30 per cwt £24.17.9 [=] £58 1s 4d  
    Trade % 50 per cwt £60.4.6 [=] £60 4s 5d  
        £1158 1s 4½d  
           

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