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Claim for loss of property #3952 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  3952 Messrs. Unwin and Shaw Coal Owners Brightside near Rotherham  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Personal Property   Unspent Tillages £3 11s 3d  
    Weeks wage of Engineman £1 4s    
    Weeks loss of Rents as under
R. Thompson 30. C. Hukin 3/. Pat Donnelly 3/ C Sharpe 3/3
£1 19s 3d  
    22½ Acres of Permanet Grass destroyed £112 10s    
    The Crops 1864 destroyed on the above Land £157 10s    
    ½ Tillage Manure in 1864 £33 15s    
    1 hundredweight 0 quarters 30 pounds of Seeds destroyed the Crop £14 5s    
    4 acres 3 roots 13 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">perches Oat Crop destroyed £38      
    Fences in various places £11 6s 6d  
    Thomas Bishop's charge for valuing in April June July and August £6 6s    
    A portion of the above Land has been sown with Lints and Oats and being sown late and the summer dry the Crop has not been worth more than the Seed and Labour.        
    1 Copy Lauries Interest Tables rebinding   1s 6d  
    1-6 quarters Demy Cash Book rebinding R. Calf Russia Bands "Cash Book D" £1 1s    
    1-6 quarters Demy 56 Leaves written paper added bound in Cover   7s    
    1-10 quarters Medium Journal rebinding R. Calf Lettered Journal   16s    
    1-7 quarters Foolscap Lettered Wage Book rebinding R. Calf   7s 6d  
    1-6 quarters Foolscap rebinding lettered on Back "Coal Leading"   7s    
    1-7 quarters Foolscap Wage Book repaired   2s 6d  
    1-3 Sheet and Half rebinding R. Calf   5s 8d  
    1-10 Medium rebinding R Calf Lettered "Journal" not taken assunder   15s 6d  
    13 La post 800 rebinding @ 2/ £1 6s    
    1 Diary   2s 6d  
    1-10 quarters Medium Journal R. Calf double Bands Paper new £3 10s    
    1-6 quarters Medium New Ends and repaired   3s 6d  
    1-16 quarters Demy rebinding R. Calf "Ledger"   12s    
    1-10 quarters Medium R. Calf Double Bands paper not new £1 17s 4d  
    Loose Index 1 Letter Band   6s    
    6-7 quarters of cap renovated @ 2/   12s    
    1-8 quarters Medium R Calf Journal   14s 3d  
    200 Workmen's Rules printed and making up @ 2d £1 13s 4d  
    1-8 quarters Medium Rough Calf Extra   14s 6d  
    1-8 quarters Medium Rough Calf   14s 6d  
    1-10 quarters Medium Rough Calf Double Bands Old paper used £1 17s 4d  
    1-6 Foolscap Wage Book rebinding R. Calf   7s    
    1-10 Demy rebinding R. Calf   12s    
    1-10 Medium rebinding R. Calf £1 17s 4d  
    1-8 Demy raised Band with a little new paper added £1 8s    
    1-10 quarters Medium rebinding R. Calf Journal   16s    
    1-10 quarters Medium rebinding R. Calf Journal   16s    
    3 Long 800'0 Land Surveying @ 2/   6s    
    2 800 Arithmetics Binding @ 2/6   5s    
    1 Diary   3s 6d  
    Note paper Envelopes Mem. Books Foolscap writing and other sundries £4 4s    
    60 Ovens Coke totally spoiled each 2 Tons or 120 Tons Coke @ 15/ £90      
    First time burning only realised one half in consequence of being thoroughly saturated with water say 60 tons produce instead of 120 Tons or 60 tons again useless @ 15/ £45      
    7 Large Empty Oil Casks washed away @ 15/ £5 5s    
    6 Desk Drawers remade @ 3/6 £1 1s    
    2 Days repairing Desks, Cupboards and Doors in Offices @ 5/-   10s    
    Offices cleaning 4½ days @ 1/6 - 6/9 Soap 8½d   7s 5½d  
    Lading Drainage Water out of Machine for 12 days @ 3/- £1 16s    
    One weeks loss of Rents B'Sich Property ~ having to allow the Tenants the same to induce them to clean away the refuse as under ~
John Brookes 7/6 Charles Jarvis 3/6 Joseph Unwin 2/9 John Darwin 2/9 W. Rawson 2/9 James Holmes 2/9 Josh Bray 2/9 Thomas Oldfield 2/9 Thomas Bates 2/9 Henry Turner 2/9 Joseph Parkin 2/6 Jon Corrand 2/6 Thomas Singey 2/6 John Holmes 2/6
£2 3s    
    1299 Tons Engine Coal Deteriorated in Quality @ 6d £32 9s 6d  
    50 Tons Engine Coal washed away @ 2/11 £7 5s 10d  
    Large Spur Wheel 50 Cogs @ 9d £1 17s 6d  
    Time repairing Large Spur Wheel £1 10s    
    Flues cleaning of Mud £1 1s    
    Brasses and Shafting repairing £2      
    Small Bead Wheel repairing   10s    
    2 Tons of Coals lost in Mud @ 5/6   11s    
    Privies repairing and reslating £1      
    Cleaning Mud away 5 Men = 18 days @ 3/6 £3 3s    
    Cleaning Mud away Fireman 3 days @ 4/6   13s 6d  
    8 Horses and Carts and 4 Men 8 days @ 7/ £2 16s    
    John Crownshaw 8/. William Hoole 6/. A Ward 5/. George Ward 5/. £1 14s    
    John Herring & Sons 19/6 ~ Wilcock Brothers 19/6 Charles Southwick 3/ ~ £2 2s    
    John Frith 10/ Charles Butcher 3/3 ~ J Wright 12/6 George Ellis 10/ £1 15s 9d  
    George Wroe 3/3 ~ Thomas Allen 3/3 Sid Hobson 3/3 John Smith 3/   12s 9d  
    George Allen 3/3 ~ Samuel Hobson 10/ Joseph Wolstenholme 7/6 and £1   9d  
    T.P.G. Osborne 23/ £1 3s    
        £618 16s 9½d  
  Certificate Granted
12 June 1865
Assessed by Agreement incl costs at £535      

Note: Lines 64, 65 & 66, 'John' is expanded from 'Jno'

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