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Claim for loss of property #2753 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  2753 Samuel Price the Elder and Samuel Price the Younger (Firm Samuel Price & Son) Millers Millsands, Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Owners   74 quarters bought of Robert Pearson 43/2 159.14.4        
    87 quarters bought of James Laceby 40/8 176.18.0        
    80 quarters bought of James Laceby 44/8 178.13.4
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    damage on the above ¼th of Value 575.5.8 £128 16s 5d  
    Oats damaged        
    8½ quarters bought of George Morton 12/4 21s 8.18.6        
    12½ quarters bought of George Morton 12/4 21s 13.2.6        
    18 quarters bought of William Gental 12/4 23s 20.14.0        
    96 quarters bought of James Laceby 12/4 22s 105.12.0        
    23 quarters bought of C Kelsey 12/4 19/6 22.8.6        
    8 quarters bought of S Price Senior 12/4 21s 8.8.0
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    damage on the above 7d per Stone or 14d per Quarter 179.3.6 £116 4s    
    Oat Meal damaged        
    25 Sacks, Barratt Trueman & Co. 17/2 26s 32.10.0        
    7 Sacks, S. Price Senior 17/2 26s 9.2.0
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    damage on the above 5s per Stone 41.12.0 £11 8s 6d  
    Split Beans 13 Sacks bought of J.M. Smith 19/4 at 1/1 (total loss) £13 7s 7d  
    Ground Oates 7 Sacks 11/4 at 1/1 per Stone (total loss) £4 3s 5d  
    Barley Meal 8 Bags 16/4 per Sack |        
    19 Bags 15/4 per Sack | damage on this 4d per Stone £6 17s 8d  
    Grist (ground Wheat) damaged        
    40½ Sacks 14 Stone each - damage on this 4d per Stone £9 9s    
    13 Sacks 14 Stone each - damage on this 1/6th of Value £1 17s 11d  
    Bean Meal 11 Bags 16 Stone each - damage on this 4d per Stone £2 18s 8d  
    Sweepings 10½ Bags of 18 Stone each at 10.7.17.6 damage 1/3 Value £2 12s 6d  
    Sacks damaged        
    80 in Mens breakfast room damage each 1s 4.0.0        
    482 Containing Wheat damage each 6d 12.1.0        
    212 Containing Oats damage each 6d 5.6.0        
    155 Containing Oat Meal Bean Meal etc. damage each 6d 3.17.6 £25 4s 6d  
    Sundries        
    7 Store Pigs washed away 40s each £14      
    Blacksmiths Tools £1      
    Injury to Horses £3 1s    
    Dog Cart and Cushions damaged £2      
    Stable Mangers repairing £2      
    New floor to Room under Warehouse damaged £4 10s    
    Paid Wages of Men for cleaning the Mill £8 1s 4d  
    Paid Wages of Men for cleaning in the Engine house £1 9s 6d  
    Paid Wages of Men for cleaning in the Yard etc. £6 19s 8d  
    Paid Wages of Men for cleaning out the Gear or Machinery Pit £2 9s 4d  
    Paid repairs of Mill Samuel Walkers account for Wood £1 1s 4d  
    Paid repairs of Mill Thomas Cavill Millwright £19 18s 3d  
    Paid repairs of Mill Tennant & Co. for Beer for men £1 1s    
    Paid repairs of Mill Liverpool & London Fire Brigade   7s 6d  
    Paid repairs of Mill James Steer refreshments for men   13s    
    Paid repairs of Mill Wilks Brothers repairing Iron Safe   6s    
    Loss by Stoppage        
    9 pairs Millstones standing from 1 o'clock Saturday Morning March 12 to Wednesday Morning March 16, 6 o'clock £26 11s    
    4 pairs from 12 March to March 28 £52 16s    
    Damage to Furniture Apparel and other Articles in the house including cleaning papering etc. £29 3s 5d  
    Estimated cost of opening and cleaning out 48 yards of Sewer in the Yard varying from 5 to 8 feet deep £15      
    Floor Boards in the Grinding Wheel washed away 54 feet by 6 feet 1½ inch Boards £7 17s 4d  
    Estimated cost of clearing away dirt from Grinding Wheel 25 feet by 54 feet 5 inches deep £1      
    Wheat damaged as under        
        £524 5s 10d  
  Certificate Granted
10 May 1865
Assessed by Agreement incl costs at £490      

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