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Claim for loss of property #3500 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  3500 Robert White Slate Merchant and Brick Maker Office, Lady's Bridge, Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Owner   Plasterers Hair washed out of Shed £15      
    Horse Corn Box 10/ and 2 Doors 15/ £1 5s    
    Oven and Range Spoiled 20/ ~ Wheelbarrow washed away 15/ £1 15s    
    Short Ladder, Wood and Riddle   10s    
    Horse Corn Spoiled £2.16.0 ~ Straw and Chop 10/ £3 6s    
    Step Ladder 20/ ~ 1 Large Packing Case 10/ £1 10s    
    2 x 24 feet Ladders £1 4s    
    3 x 21 feet Ladders £3 3s    
    2 x 12 feet Ladders   12s    
    1 x 8 feet Ladders   3s    
    20 Bundles 12 feet 40 Laths @ 3/ £3      
    10 Bundles 14 feet 32 Laths @ 4/ £2      
    1¾ Yards 12 inch Pipes @ 2/4   3s    
    Horses at Royal Hotel   7s 6d  
    Loss of Horses ~ Time 4 days @ 8/ £1 12s    
    Carting Rubbish   6s    
    2 Men 4¾ days, Emptying Dirt into River @ 3/6   16s 7½d  
    Man 1 day 4/6 ~ 1 Man 3/ and 1 Man 2/8 Cleaning   10s 2d  
    Man 6 days @ 3/ and Man 6 days @ 2/8 March 14th to 19th £1 14s    
    Man 6 days @ 3/ and Man 6 days @ 2/8 March 21st to 26th £1 14s    
    Man 6 days @ 2/8 March 28th to April 2nd   16s    
    Man 6 days @ 2/8 and 1 Man 1 day @ 3/ April 4th to 9th   19s    
    Man 6 days @ 2/8 and Man 3 days @ 3/ April 11 to 16 £1 5s    
    Loss on 10,000 Pantiles @ 7/6 £3 15s    
    100 Yards Ridge Tile, broken and taken away @ 10d £4 3s 4d  
    Loose Hair in Low Shed Cost 24.0.0        
    Less Sold 20/ and Left £5.00 Cost 6.0.0 £18      
    Loss on Sash Weights £1      
    1 Large Sign £1      
    Damage to Books, Note Paper, Envelopes, Pattern Books, Slate Lists, Bill, Receipt, and Postage Stamps £20      
    Repapering and Varnishing Office £5      
    Brick Yard Brightside Lane        
    16 Dozen Mats @ 7/6 £6      
    20 Planks 14 feet each 280 feet @ 4d £4 13s 4d  
    4000 Pressed Bricks Spoiled £3 12s    
    11,500 Stock Bricks Spoiled £5 15s    
    21,000 Moving out of Kiln £2 2s    
    Getting Spoiled Bricks out of Shed £1 4s    
    Getting water off £5      
    Coal and Slack carried off £5 8s    
    Getting Warp away £1 10s    
    4,000 Bricks used in Sough £3 8s    
    Loss in Haystack £2      
        £137 1s 11½d  
  Certificate Granted
3 March 1865
Assessed by Consent at £120      

Note: Note entered vertically across Lines 17 to 23: Cleaning Pipes, Slates, Stables, Yard, and Shed.

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