Sheffield Flood      Claims Archive
 
 

Claim for loss of property #3960 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  3960 Humphry Turner Manufacturer Cardigan Works, Brightside Road  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Owner   Stoppage of the works through the Flood        
    Steel burnt in Rolling Mill Fires ~ say 15 hundredweights @ 22/ £16 10s    
    Iron Spoilt in the Course of Manufacture 2½ Tons at £7.0.0 £17 10s    
    Coals washed 3 Tons £1 7s 9d  
    6 Water Boshers Broken through the Supply of water being stopped ~ 36 Hundredweights @ 9/ £16 4s    
    Taking down Water Pipes and Steam Pipes throughout the works, cleaning refixing and jointing £25      
    Drains taking up and Relaying £5 10s    
    Damage to Goods in Stones to Chemical Mixtures £12      
    Loss of Vitriol and broken Bottles £4      
    3 Hundredweights Manganese Spoilt 18/ £2 14s    
    Consulting Messrs. Firth & Jenkinson & Wilson & Crossland, Surveyors in reference to getting the water out of same and preventing it returning        
    Raising the Floor, cementing it and making a New Drain 60 yards long and Pumping Water £22      
    Taking up and putting in new Foundations for a Road Weighing Machine £4      
        £126 15s 9d  
  Certificate Granted
17 June 1865
Assessed by Agreement incl costs at £100      

Corrections? Let us know >

 
Supported by The National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund Sheffield Archives Sheffield Hallam University
Accessibility | Privacy policy