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Claim for loss of property #4828 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  4828 James Cocker Merchant and Steel Refiner and Manufacturer of Cast Steel Wire etc. Blonk Street, Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Owner of Stock in Trade Machinery etc.   Tools        
    Water Wheel House Repairing £2      
    Damages done by the Inundation of the Works of the Claimant situate in Blonk Street Sheffield, as per Particulars following £301.12.1        
    Best Spring Cast Steel Wire Damaged        
    130 lbs No. 1 to 8 at 3d £1 12s 6d  
    380 lbs No. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 at 4d £6 6s 8d  
    444 lbs No. 16 at 6d £3 12s    
    103 lbs 10 x 12 for Musical Instruments £5 3s    
    Best Spring Cast Steel Finished Needle Wire totally ruined        
    199 lbs No,. 2 N.G.at 1/5 £14 1s 8d  
    84 lbs No. 6 N.G.at 2/1 £8 15s    
    53 lbs No. 7 N.G.at 2/2 £5 14s 10d  
    29 lbs No. 8 N.G.at 2/5 £3 10s 1d  
    12 lbs No. 9 N.G.at 2/8 £1 12s    
    Estimated loss upon Hackle Pins all rusty and clotted fast together to 30 or to 40 at least say £20      
    1 Wheelbarrow 12/. 4 Spades at 2/6 £1 2s    
    6 Cleaning Tubs with Contents at 15/. Each £4 10s    
    20 Wire Swifts at 2/6 each 4 Wire Gauges 5/. Each £3 10s    
    4 Polishing Buffs at 5/4 £1 2s    
    Oil, Vitriol etc.        
    Hardening Pan contained 36 Gallons Northern Whale Oil at 4/2 £7 10s    
    Tallow Resin etc. 20/. 2 Carboys of Vitriol at 15/. Each £2 10s    
    Machinery        
    Large Bevil Driving Wheel with Wood Logs totally ruined New Logging and repairing the same £6      
    Damage to Water Wheel £20 say £10      
    Nicks of 10 Shafts Severing & New Brasses £4 15s    
    Damage done to 16 Wire Blocks & Vice to each ...ied [?] £25      
    This is under value at least £25        
    Paid to Men for Cleaning Mud out of Works, Dam, Goit etc.        
    Michael O'Brien, 3 Weeks at 20/. J. McManus 3 Weeks @ 20/. £6      
    John Stauser 3 Weeks @ 20/. John Riley 3 Weeks @ 20/. £6      
    George Crookes 3 Weeks @ 20/. Thomas Ogden 3 Weeks @ 20/. £6      
    Henry Redfern 3 Weeks @ 20/. William Thompson 3 Weeks @ 20/. £6      
    Edward Haldy 3 Weeks @ 20/. Samuel Ellis 3 Weeks @ 20/. £6      
    John Ellis 3 Weeks @ 20/. John Fallon 3 Weeks @ 20/. £6      
    Thomas Brunt 3 Weeks @ 20/. Allowance to these Men 20/. £4      
    This is only one third that wants doing at the Dam Goit etc.        
    27 Cwt 3 qrs 24 lbs Cast Steel Needle Scraps totally ruined matted and rusted all fast together at 8/6 per Cwt £11 17s 8d  
    100 Berch Barrel Logs totally ruined 5d each £2 1s 8d  
    24 days total stoppage of Works Loss of Business Customers etc. £48      
    Damage to Buildings        
    2 Annealing Ovens reuilding totally ruined £8      
    Slating Windows etc. about £15 interest upon £277.11.1 at £6 per cent per annum from the 12th March 1864 to the 29th July 1865 £18 17s    
    To Amounts paid to the following Work men for loss of Wages during the time that they were unemployed or only partially employed by reason of the Inundation        
    Isaac Unwin £6.0.0 William Burrows £6.0.0 £12      
    George Styran £6.0.0 Edmund Cocker £6.0.0 £12      
    Thomas Marsden £6.0.0 Thomas Cocker £6.0.0 £12      
    Edward Broomhead £6.0.0 Jonathan Cocker £5.4.0 £11 4s    
    Thomas Laughler £5.0.0 Robert Middleton £5.0.0 £10      
        £324 7s 1d  
  Certificate Granted
13 June 1865
Assessed by Agreement incl costs at £202 12s    

Note: Line 1: The amount £301.12.1 appears in the 'Amount of Damages Claimed' column in the register

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