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Claim for loss of property #4818 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  4818 Thomas Smith Colliery Owner Beevor Hall, Barnsley  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Owner of the Freehold Property in Nursery Street, Sheffield mentioned in Particulars   Yard door injured rails etc. £3      
    Damages to Four Dwelling houses in Nursery Street Sheffield in the County of York Inundated, Walls much injured and partially washed away, The Out Offices and a Workshop were entirely washed away and the Boundary Wall next to the river was entirely destroyed The Dwelling houses and Boundary Walls and Out offices have been repaired and rebuilt the Shop has not been restored and compensation is claimed in respect of it. £148.7.0        
    The following particulars show the damages the cost incurred in repairing and restoring the property and the damages claimed amounting altogether to £148.7.0        
    2 Labourers 4 days cleaning the water and Dirt out of the Cellars and Houses @ 4/.   16s    
    Men 55 days at 5/6 £14   6d  
    Labourers 49 days at 3/10 £9 7s 10d  
    82 Loads of rubble stone @ 2/6 £10 5s    
    5000 Stock Bricks @ 27/. £6 15s    
    64 Cwt of Lime @ 7½d £2      
    12 Load of Sand @ 2/. £1 4s    
    80 Cwt of Ground Mortar @ 6d £2      
    5 Yards of Flags @ 2/6   12s 6d  
    3 door Thresholds worked @ 4/.   12s    
    1 Sink Stone worked   5s    
    3 Chimney Pipes   6s    
    1 Bundle of laths and nails   1s 6d  
    3 Pecks of Plaster   3s    
    200 Grey Slates 2d £1 13s 4d  
    6 Yards of Wickersley Coping   12s    
    1 Set Pot 2 Doors and grate and 3 dampers   10s    
    1 Set of Fixtures repairing with new grate   5s    
    6 yards of 4 inch drain pipe   6s    
    1 Cellar grate and fastner and Bottom etc.   3s 6d  
    30 Fire Bricks 2/. 1 Sink Pipe 3/.   5s    
    Plumber repairing the Water Branch   11s    
    Paid for Glazing Windows £1 7s    
    Paid for Papering and Painting £8      
    Joiner 30 days at 5/. £7 10s    
    46 ft of 11 x 1½ red wood @ 4d   15s 4d  
    76 ft of 11 x 1½ red wood @ 3d   17s 6d  
    45 ft of 11 x 1 red wood @ 2¼d   8s 5¼d  
    50 ft of 11 x ¾ red wood @ 2d   8s 4d  
    130 ft of 11 x ½ red wood @ 1½d   16s 3d  
    70 ft of 4½ x 3 red wood @ 2½d   14s 7d  
    50 ft of 3 x 3 red wood @ 2d   8s 4d  
    3 Stock Locks and staples   6s 6d  
    9 door handles   4s 6d  
    5 Pairs of L Joints   6s    
    7 Cockspurs and 12 Holdfasts   2s 6d  
    6 Sets of Casements Irons   4s    
    3 Pairs of Bust Joints     8d  
    4 Sutter bolts and Cotters   1s    
    1 Zinc fall pipe with Head and Metal Bottom   12s    
    50 Feet of 5½ x 3 moulded spout £1 5s    
    23 lbs of spout Irons 4d   8s 4d  
    8 Pairs of T Joints   4s    
    3 Pairs of Bands and Hooks   3s    
    5 Spring Catches   3s 9d  
    Nails and Screws nobs and Bottoms   7s    
    [Sub total] £81.8.2¼        
    Nature of Freehold Shop in the occupation of George Hutchinson destroyed it was let at £2.12.0 per annum net £50      
    [Sub total] £131.8.2        
    Loss of rents £7 17s 6d  
    Interest on £131.8.2 from 12th March 1864 to 29 July 1865 at 5 per cent £9 1s 4d  
        £148 7s 0¼d  
  Certificate Granted
22 June 1865
Assessed by Agreement incl costs at £136 6s 6d  

Note: The amounts given in Lines 1, 50 and 52 actually appear in 'Amount of Damages Claimed' column in the register

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