Claim for loss of property #4933 | Sheffield Flood Claims Archive

	No. of Claim	Name of Claimant	Description of Claimant	Address of Claimant
	4933	William Kirkby Peace	Manufacturer	Mowbray Street

Owner, Lessee and Employer

Employer

To Workmen claims for loss of Wages, as per Schedule annexed. Page 6

87.6.5

William Smith's Bill as follows, pulling down unsafe Buildings removing Mud and taking out burst File makers Stock, and fixing a new one

September

To underfooting the River Wall of your Property in Harvest Lane damaged by the late Flood, as per contract

55/0/0

£55

September 12th to 19th

William Gomersall for loan of Pumps. To 2 Sluce Pumps for W. Smith 2/. Per day

1/12/0

£1

12s

To various attendances to examine your River Wall preparing Specification of work to be done to make good the damage done by the Flood on the night Friday March 11th and superintending the excavation of the Works

4/4/0

£4

4s

2 dozen Flat Files Each 9 ["] 1¾. 13 ["] 3¾

11d

4 dozen Flat Files 12" 3d

1/.

1 dozen Flat Files 11" 2½d

2½d

Owner

Damage to Stock in trade as per Particulars given to the Water Works Company and stated in Schedule annexed page 4

181.7.11

Lessee

Estimated cost of rebuilding File Shops and Steel Shed, also the Wall of the Shed adjoining the Stable, washed down.
Mason & Bricklayers Work paid W. Smith 29.0.0
Carpenter's and Joiners Work paid John Duke 20.0.0
Slaters Work paid Harrison & Chadwick 16.6.7
Plumbers Work paid William Taylor 8.10.0
1 Door not included in the above say 0.7.6

74.4.1

Lessee

Actual cost of underfooting the River Wall undermined by the Flood, as per Schedule annexed P. 5

106.10.6

Owner

To 1 Scale Beam To 1 Pair Bellows } Supposed to be with the debris, but not found at cleaning

£2 [Beam] £2.5.0 [Bellows]

[Total]

£453.13.4

Particulars of the Stock in Trade referred to in W. K. Peace's claim. Damage done by bursting of Bradfield Reservoir

Files

Hand Smooth Files

10 ["] ¼ [dozen @] 9/. [per dozen]. 13 ["] one twelfth [dozen @] 10/9 [per dozen]. 16 ["] one third [dozen @] 26/. [per dozen].

0.12.1¾

Hand Smooth Files 2nd Cut

12 ["] one sixth [dozen @] 11/. [per dozen]. 14 ["] one sixth [dozen @] 16/6 [per dozen].

0.4.7

Flat Smooth

7 ["] one sixth [dozen @] 4/6 [per dozen]. 12 ["] one sixth [dozen @] 10/8 [per dozen]. 13 ["] 1 & ¼ [dozen @] 12/7 [per dozen]. 14 ["] ¾ [dozen @] 15/6 [per dozen]. 15 ["] one sixth [dozen @] 18/.[per dozen]. 16 ["] one twelfth [dozen @] 21/8 [per dozen]. 18 ["] one twelfth [dozen @] 29/6 [per dozen].

1.17.1

2nd Cut

13 ["] one third [dozen @] 11/3 [per dozen]. 14 ["] ¼ [dozen @] 14/1 [per dozen]. 16 ["] one third [dozen @] 19/8 [per dozen].

0.13.9¾

½ Round Smooth

6 ["] ½ [dozen @] 4/. [per dozen]. 7 ["] one twelfth [dozen @] 4/8 [per dozen]. 10 ["] one twelfth [dozen @] 8/2 [per dozen]. 13 ["] ½ [dozen @] 13/2 [per dozen]. 14 ["] five sixths [dozen @] 15/2 [per dozen]. 15 ["] one sixth [dozen @] 18/. [per dozen]. 16 ["] one sixth [dozen @] 21/8 [per dozen].

1.8.9

2nd Cut

13 ["] one third [dozen @] 11/3 [per dozen] 14 ["] ¼ [dozen @] 13/7 [per dozen] 16 ["] 1½ [dozen @] 19/3 [per dozen]

0.8.10½

Topping

12 ["] one sixth [dozen @] 19/3 [per dozen]

0.2.0

Hand Rough

16 ["] 1½ [dozen @] 21/3 [per dozen]

0.1.9¼

Flat Bastard

4 ["] 3½ [dozen @] 1/10 [per dozen] 6 ["] 1 & one third [dozen @] 2/9 [per dozen] 12 ["] one twelfth [dozen @] 8/6 [per dozen] 14 ["] ½ [dozen @] 12/9 [per dozen] 16 ["] one twelfth [dozen @] 17/11 [per dozen]

1.16.7

½ Round

4 ["] 1 & one sixth [dozen @] 2/2 [per dozen] 10 ["] ¾ [dozen @] 6/3 [per dozen]

0.7.2½

3 Square

5 ["] 1 [dozen @] 2/4 [per dozen]

0.2.4

Shoe Rasps

8 ["] seven twelfths [dozen @] 3/9 [per dozen] 9 ["] ¼ [dozen @] 4/8 [per dozen] 9 ["] ¼ [dozen @] 4/8 [per dozen] 8 ["] ¼ [dozen @] 3/9 [per dozen] 10 ["] one twelfth [dozen @] 5/7 [per dozen]

0.4.9

Mill Saw Files, Bastard

6 ["] 1 & two thirds [dozen @] 2/9 [per dozen] 12 ["] 1½ [dozen @] 8/5 [per dozen] 13 ["] eleven twelfths [dozen @] 9/11 [per dozen] 14 ["] 14 ¾ [dozen @] 12/. [per dozen]

10.3.3½

Mill Saw Files 2nd Cut

8 ["] 2 dozen [@] 4/7 [per dozen]

0.9.2

Pit

5 ["] 2 dozen [@] 2/11 [per dozen]. 8 ["] ¼ dozen [@] 5/9 [per dozen]

0.7.3¼

[Total]

£18.19.7½

Credit

The above now Wasters 441 lb @ 6d per lb

11.0.6

[Total after Credit]

£7

19s

1½d

Blunt Saw Files Single Cut

4 ["] 4 ¼ dozen [@] 2/4 [per dozen]. 4½ ["] ½ dozen [@] 3/. Per dozen. 5 ["] 4 dozen [@] 3/1 [per dozen]

1.3.9

Taper Saw Files Single Cut

4 ["] 78 dozen [@] 1/10 per dozen. 4½ ["] 81 dozen [@] 2/2 [per dozen]. 5 ["] 34 dozen [@] 2/4 [per dozen]. 5½ ["] 9 dozen [@] 2/9 [per dozen].

21.2.7

Taper Saw Files Single Cut

6 ["] 4 dozen [@] 3/1 [per dozen] 6½ ["] ¾ dozen [@] 3/4 [per dozen]. 7 ["] 2 dozen [@] 4/1 [per dozen]. 8 ["] 5 dozen [@] 5/1 [per dozen].

2.8.5

[Total]

£24.14.9

Credit

Reduced value of the above as follows

163¾ dozen

4 & 4½ inch @ 10d [=] 6.16.5½

47 dozen

5 & 5½ inch @ 1/. [=] 2.7.0

11¾ dozen

6, 6½, 7 & 8 inch @ 1/9 [=] 1.0.6¾

10.4.0¼

[Total after Credit]

£14

10s

8¾d

Files Cut but not worth hardening

2 dozen Round Bastard Files

7 x 1½ lb per dozen 2/8

0.5.4

2 dozen Frame Saw Files

5 x 1½ lb per dozen 2/7

0.5.2

2½ Taper Saw Files

6 x 2½ lb per dozen 2/9

0.6.10½

[Total]

0.17.4½

Credit

12¼ lbs Scrap Steel @ 1½d

0.1.6½

[Total after Credit]

15s

10d

Ground Files to be stripped, or reground, will cost

9 dozen Flat Files under 8" 1¼d

11¼d

6 dozen Flat Files under 8" 1½d

9d

66½ dozen Flat Files 14" 4½d

1.4.0

10½ dozen Flat Files 16" 7d

0.6.1½

¼ dozen Flat Files 18" 10½d

2½d

18 dozen ½ round under 8" 1½d

2/3

9 dozen ½ round 8" 0/3/4

1/3¾

2 dozen ½ round 11" 3d

6d

21¾ dozen ½ round 12 " 3¾d

6/9½

15¾ dozen ½ round 13" 4½d

5/10¾

36½ dozen ½ round 14" 5½d

16/8¾

3 & two thirds dozen ½ round 16" 8d

2/5¼

One third dozen ½ round 18" 11½d

3¾d

31 dozen Round 7" 1¼d

3/2¾

2½ dozen Round 7" 1½d

3¾d

2 dozen Round 8" 1¾d

3½d

8 dozen Round 14" 5½d

3/8

1 dozen Round 16" 8d

8d

2 dozen Square Files 8" 1½d

3d

3 dozen Square Files 14" 4½d

1/1½

1½ dozen Square Files 12" 3d

4½d

½ dozen Square Files 16" 7d

3½d

¾ dozen Square Blunt 16" 9d

6¾d

17 dozen 3 Square under 7" 1¼d

1/9¼

3 dozen 3 Square under 9" 2d

6d

5 dozen 3 Square under 10" 2¼d

11¼d

1 dozen 3 Square Each 11" 3d 14" 5½d

8½d

1½ dozen 3 Square Files under 12" 3¾d

5½d

½ dozen 3 Square Files under 16" 8d

4d

One sixth dozen 3 Square Files under 18" 11½d

2d

1 dozen Hand Files under 10" 2½d

2½d

3 dozen Hand Files under 12" 3¾d

11¼d

½ dozen Hand Files under 15" 7d

3½d

1 & 1/3 dozen Hand Files under 16" 9d

1/.

1¾ dozen Hand Files under 18" 1/1

1/10¾

½ Dozen Mill Files under 7" 1½d

¾d

29 Dozen Mill Files under 9" 2d

4/10

18 Dozen Mill Files under 10" 2½d

3/9

3 Dozen Mill Files under 11" 3d

9d

13 Dozen Mill Files under 12" 3¾d

4/¾

1½ Dozen Mill Files under 13"4½d

6¾d

7½ Mill Files under 14" 5¼d

3/3¼

½ Dozen Horse Rasps 14" 4½d

2¼d

3½ Dozen Cabinet Files 12" 6d

1/9

1 Dozen Cabinet Files 14½ 9d

9d

1 Dozen Equalling Files 13" 5½d

5½d

1 Dozen Cotton Files 1½d

1½d

3 Dozen Shoe Rasps 9" 1¼d

3¾d

1 Dozen Pit Saw Files 10" 4¼d

4¼d

14 Dozen Small assorted 1½d

1/9

[Total]

£5

14s

2d

Additional Files rendered Wasters by being rusty and rubbed

¼ Dozen Flat 2nd Cut Files 5" 2/9

8¼

1/3 Dozen Flat 2nd Cut Files 14" 14/1

4/8¼

1½ Dozen Smooth Files 8" 5/6

8/3

2/3 Dozen Smooth Files 9" 6/7

4/4½

5/12 Dozen Flat Bastard Files 6" 2/9

1/1¾

7/12 Dozen Mill Saw Files 6" 2/9

1/7¼

2/3 Dozen ½ round Smooth 10" 8/2

5/5¼

1/12 Dozen ½ round Smooth 14" 15/2

1/3¼

½ Dozen Round Smooth 16" 21/8

10/10

[Sub total]

1/18/3½

The Above now Wasters 35lbs @ 6d

0/17/6

[Total]

£1

9½d

Large Tilt Forgers Stock, burst by swelling of Wood Wedges, Stone ones

1/18

Small Tilt Forgers Stock broken by falling of the buildings, Stone ones

0/15/0

Paid to John Smith for opening & cleaning 9 pairs Bellows

5/4/1

Paid for ½ Gallon of Neats Foot Oil to clean Bellows

0/3/6

Paid to Linley & Sons. Iron Frame to Same

0/2/6

24 Pairs of File Makers Tongs washed away 6d

0/12/0

6 Pairs of File Makers Marks

0/3/0

Reduced Value of 12 Pairs Bellows average 10/.

6/0/0

Reduced Valule 3 Pairs Long Bellows

2/0/0

[Total]

£16

18s

1d

The Following Goods rendered unfit removed from Sales at cost Prices

2 Dozen C.S. Sockett & Chisels each ½, ¾, 1 1¼, & 1½

3/11/2

21 American Wedge Axes 91 lbs @ 7½d

2/16/10

8 American Wedge Axes 37 lbs @ 6d

0/18/6

6 American Wedge Axes 26 lbs @ 3d

0/6/6

[Total]

£7

13s

3 Dozen G.S. Handsaws 26 12/9

1/18/3

1 Dozen G.S. Panel Saws 26 12/9

0/12/9

3 Dozen C.S. Hand Saws 26 12/6

1/17/6

1 Dozen C.S. Panel Saws 26 12/6

0/12/6

4 Dozen G.S. Hand Saws 26 17/6

3/10/0

1 Dozen G.S. Panel Saws 26 17/6

0/17/6

3 Dozen C.S. Hand Saws 26 19/.

2/17/0

1 Dozen C.S. Panel Saws 26 19/.

0/19/0

1 Dozen C.S. Panel Saws Each 16 9/9 20 11/9

1/1/6

½ Dozen C.S. Panel Saws 18 10/9

0/5/4½

4 Dozen C.S Compass Each 10 4/. 12 4/.

1/12/0

2 Dozen C.S. Compass 14 4/.

0/8/0

[Total]

£16

11s

4½d

1 Dozen C.S. Blue Back Each 12 60/. 14 64/. 16 72/.

9/16/0

1 Dozen C.S. Brass Back Each 10 72/. 12 80/. 14 90/.

12/2/0

½ Dozen C.S. Brass Back 16 104/.

2/12/0

[Sub total]

24/10/0

Discount 77½ %

18/19/9

[Total]

£5

10s

3d

½ Dozen C.S. Hand Saws 26 19/.

0/9/6

Packing Paper 1354 lbs @ 3d

11/18/6

½ Dozen Small Baskets 3/6 ½ Dozen Large Baskets 6/.

0/9/6

2 Dozen Besoms 3/3

0/6/6

4 Casks repairing 5/6 1 Packing Case washed away 7/.

0/12/6

[Total]

£13

16s

6d

Melting Furnace

1 Casement to Pot House Window

0/6/0

10 Pot Boards 5/. 1 Square Rough Glass 3/6

0/8/6

3 Tons Common Pot Clay and leading 25/.

3/15/0

1 Ton Derby Clay 25/.

1/5/0

1¼ China Clay 45/.

2/16/3

150 Pot Lids 1d

12/6

20 Pots in Annealing Grate 1/. 14 Pots not in.

1/14

4 Bushels Charcoal

0/2/0

Bushel Measure 12/. Ingot & Bench 5/.

0/17/0

3 Building Boxes 15/. 1 Rainmer 1/.

0/16/0

1 Cask Manganese 12 Cwt @ 10/.

6/0/0

Part Cask Manganese 5 Cwt @ 16/.

4/0/0

1½ Cwt Ground best Manganese 20/.

1/10/0

3 Cwt Fallen Clay 1/6

0/4/6

10 Tons Hard Coke 15/.

7/10/0

2 Tons Coal 7/.

0/14/0

20 Coke Baskets 20/. 12 Scrap Baskets 6/.

1/6/0

10 Cwt Coke Dust 19/2 2 Cwt Ground Pot 1/8

1/0/10

[Total]

£34

17s

7d

Steel House, less or reduced in value this amount:

1 Bale Small Truss Steel 0 Cwt 1 Qtrs 27 lbs @ 30/.

0/14/9

Small Cross cut Saws 4 Cwt 3 Qtrs 12 lbs @ 5/.

1/4/3

Cask Steel Sheets 14 Gross 10 Cwt 0 Qtrs 7 lbs @ 7/.

3/10/5

Cask Steel Sheets 12 Gross 9 Cwt 0 Qrts 0 lbs @ 7/.

3/3/0

Cask Steel Rods 4 Gross 1 Cwt 0 Qrts 0 lbs @ 15/.

0/15/0

[Total]

£9

7s

5d

Labour removing Goods, Washing Stock, Clearing Mud

March 19th

Paid to 30 Men, Women & Boys

25/2/0

March 26th

Paid to 25 Men, Women & Boys

16/2/8

April 2nd

Paid to 11 Men, Women & Boys

7/5/0

April 9th

Paid to 5 Men

3/4/0

April 23rd

Paid to 3 Women

0/6/0

[Total]

£51

19s

8d

Our own Horse and Cart leading away Sludge, 9 days @ 8/.

£3

12s

March 12th

Bricklayers 1 day 5/3 Labourer 1 day 3/6

0/8/9

March 19th

Bricklayers 6½ days 34/1½ Labourer 21¼ days 74/4½

5/8/6

March 26th

Labourer 6 days

1/1

April 2nd

Labourer 7½ days

1/6/3

April 9th

Mason 4½ days 24/9 Labourer 13 45/6

3/10/3

April 14th

Labourer 8 days clearing and opening sewers

1/8/0

April 23rd

Labourer 8½ days clearing and opening sewers

1/9/9

[Total]

£14

12s

6d

Lime for Whitewashing Shops and Cellars

3s

10d

Taking up Weigh Bridge, Estimated cost as agreed with Mr. Eadon

£2

50 Circulars Printing & Postage to Customers

5s

6d

Credit

Cash received from Messrs. W. H & J. A Eadon for Goods sold by them

£-26

-1s

Missed after giving the foregoing Particulars to the Water Company

One Dutch ended Scale Beam

2/0/0

One Pair Circular Bellows

2/5/0

Particulars of cost of Underfooting River Wall. William Smith's Bill for Making Coffer Dam

August 27th 1864

6 Men 45 days @ 5/6 per day

12/7/6

Beer for Men 8d per day

1/10/0

Leading 1 Load Scaffolding

0/1/0

2 Loads extra strong Rubble & Carriage 4/.

0/8/0

Sept 3rd

6 Men 33¾ days

9/5/7½

Beer for Men

1/5/0

19 Loads of Clay for Puddling @ 4/6

4/5/6

2 Loads extra strong Rubble & Carriage

0/8/0

Leading 2 Pumps (2 Journeys)

0/2/0

25 Cwt Mortar & Carriage 5/6

0/6/10½

September 10th

Men 28½ days

7/16/8

Beer for Men

0/16/0

Mason ½ day

0/2/9

2 Loads extra strong Rubble & Carriage

0/8/0

1 Load of Clay for Puddling

0/4/6

[Total]

£39

7s

6d

John Swinscoe's Bill for Piles

August 25th

46 Piles 6 ft long @ 2/6

5/15/0

August 29th

6 Piles 8 ft (without Irons) 1/3

0/7/6

Sept 5th

3 Piles 9 ft (without Irons)

0/4/6

Thomas Lightfoot's Bill, for underfooting

Flockton & Abbott

No.	Workmen of W. K. Peace engaged to give or take one Month's Notice		Amount of Compensation Claimed			Amount of Loss sustained			Average of Wages per week			[Nature of Earnings]	Amount of Wages received after Flood			Amount which should have been earned
			£	s	d	£	s	d	£	s	d		£	s	d	£	s	d
335	Thomas Jenkinson	Melter	10	15	14	17	10	5	12	0	0	Total Earnings in 5 weeks	42	9	7	60	0	0
205	Edward Kirk	File Cutter	2	0	0	5	2	0	1	9	0	Total Earnings in 4 Weeks	0	14	0	6	16	0
217	William Booker	File Cutter	1	5	0	2	2	0	1	4	0	Received 6/. for cleaning in 2 weeks	0	6	0	2	8	0
212	John Shaw	File Cutter	2	0	0	1	16	0	1	10	0	Received 24/. for cleaning in 2 weeks	1	4	0	3	0	0
206	William Whittam Jnr.	File Cutter	1	12	6	1	13	4	0	17	4	Received 18/8 for cleaning in 3 weeks	0	18	8	2	12	0
204	William Parker Jnr.	File Cutter	1	16	0	1	16	0	1	2	0	Did not reckon from February 27 to April 9	0	0	0	1	16	0
203	John Mittin	File Cutter	1	5	0	2	11	7	1	17	0	24/. cleaning & 35/5 Work in 3 weeks	2	19	5	5	11	0
181	David Lindley	File Cutter	1	5	0	1	6	6	1	3	0	19/6 cleaning in 2 weeks	0	19	6	2	6	0
180	Benjamin Perry	File Cutter	1	4	0	1	14	3	1	9	0	2 weeks	1	3	9	2	18	0
179	John Robson	File Cutter	1	10	0	1	19	8	0	16	0	3 weeks	0	8	4	2	8	0
163	George Hobson	File Cutter	1	8	0	1	11	2	1	5	0	2 weeks	0	18	10	2	10	0
160	Stephen Brailsford	File Cutter	1	8	0	1	9	0	1	1	0	3 weeks	1	14	0	3	3	0
159	William Smith	File Cutter	1	4	0	1	5	0	1	5	0	1 week	0	0	0	1	5	0
158	Edward Bennett	File Cutter	2	13	1	2	13	1	2	5	0	4 Weeks earnings after March 12th	6	6	11	9	0	0
156	William Parker	File Cutter	3	10	0	4	0	10	2	10	0	4 Weeks earnings after March 12th	5	19	2	10	0	0
153	William Worthington	File Forger	3	0	0	4	10	0	1	5	0	4 Weeks earnings after March 12th 10/. for cleaning	0	10	0	5	0	0
152	John Hazlehurst	File Cutter	1	5	0	0	18	8	1	2	0	Received 24/. for cleaning & 45/4 in 4 Weeks	3	9	4	4	8	0
151	Johnathan Thorpe	File Cutter	2	12	6	2	12	11	2	2	6	2 Weeks	1	12	1	4	5	0
141	John Hopkinson	Grinder	2	14	0	3	0	1	1	7	0	4 Weeks	2	7	11	5	8	0
140	John Mortimore	Grinder	8	0	0	9	0	0	4	10	0	2 Weeks	0	0	0	9	0	0
139	Joseph Travis	Grinder	5	5	0	6	0	0	3	0	0	2 Weeks	0	0	0	6	0	0
136	William Ward	File Forger	1	10	0	2	1	2	0	15	0	4 Weeks	0	18	10	3	0	0
135	William Brookes	File Forger	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	4 Weeks	0	0	0	4	0	0
134	George Watson	File Forger	4	1	0	4	19	2	1	9	0	4 Weeks	0	16	10	5	16	0
132	Henry Wigfall	File Forger	4	18	6	7	4	0	3	12	0	2 Weeks	0	0	0	7	4	0
130	John Witty	File Forger	2	10	0	2	12	0	1	6	0	2 Weeks	0	0	0	2	12	0
129	Horace Barnes	File Forger	4	18	6	6	10	0	3	5	0	2 Weeks	0	0	0	6	10	0
127	Henry Ward	File Forger	5	15	0	8	12	0	4	6	0	2 Weeks	0	0	0	8	12	0
£113	11s	10d
					£395	2s	8¼d
	Certificate Granted 9 March 1865		Re-heard and Dismissed		£425

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