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Claim for loss of property #5049 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  5049 Henry Loxley Anvil Manufacturer; formerly Joiner ~ and Builder Owlerton, Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Owner   Damage done by the Inundation to the Freehold Premises Shop and other property belonging to the said Henry Loxley at Owlerton Sheffield and to his Stock in Trade and other effects and to his trade £464.18.6        
    The following are the particulars        
    Shop doors 19 feet 4 inches @ 11d and hanging 3/~ £1   8d  
    1 Stay to large doors 6 feet long 3 x 3 @ 4d   2s    
    1 Pair of Yard doors 9.4 x 5. ~ 51-4 @ 1/6 framed Hanging with strong Band and hook 25/~ £5 2s    
    Pot blast piping under floor 25 Yards, and laying with Cement £3 1s 8d  
    5 inch brick walling under Steps 1 rood 7 7 @ 15/~   17s 1d  
    1 Stone Step   2s 6d  
    Flaging front of Cottages 18 Yards @ 3/~ £2 14s    
    Stone Wall front of Cottages built with Lime and angle Coping 4 roods 4 yards @ 15/~ £3 6s 6d  
    Stone Boundary Wall to River 11 roods 2 yards @ 15/~ £8 9s 3d  
    Stone Wall from Cottages to Privys 8 roods 6 yards @ 13/~ £5 15s    
    Joiners Shop built of 10 inch Brick with Wood roof and covered with Blue Slate with doors and Windows @ £4 £64      
    Masons Shop built of 10 inch Brick with Wood roof and covered with Blue Slate ~ with Doors @ £1 £16      
    2 Privys built of Stone and covered with Grey Slate £8 5s    
    Stone Wall by Privy built with Lime 2 roods 5 Yards 7 feet @ 15/~ £2 2s 2d  
    2 Piggeries part Brick and Stone @ 60/~ each £6      
    10 inch Brick Wall under Cistern 6 yards @ 25/~ £1 1s 6d  
    Framing and Door in Cistern   10s 10d  
    2 Stone Posts dressing and fixing £2      
    Cottage Doors repairing £1 14s    
    3 Squares in Windows 3/4 Fall Pipe repairing 13/~   16s 4d  
    Cellar Grate 2/6 New door lock 2/9   5s 3d  
    7 Cottages repairing inside part flagged and cleaning £3 2s 6d  
    6 Cottages Painting and Butchers Shop Painting £6      
    Slide Lathe cleaning and repairing £5 10s    
    Engine repairing and cleaning £12      
    Fan Cleaning and Repairing 70/ Bellows Cleaning and Repairing 90/ £8      
    5 Tue Irons and Pans, cleaned and repaired £1 17s 6d  
    Leather Bands damaged £6 10s    
    Boiler resetting with Bricks and Mortar £5 10s    
    Boiler repairing and cleaning out £1 10s    
    Cleaning Premises out ~ 75 days @ 3/9 and allowance to Men 16/8 £14 17s 11d  
    8 Pairs of Vice repaired and cleaned 3/~ £1 4s    
    1 large Tub with Brass Tap £1 2s 6d  
    Engine Grease 2/4 Tub of Waster 9/8   12s    
    Anvil Butts 4 Hundredweights @ 10/~ £2      
    New Iron and Steel Hammers part made 112 pounds @ 4d £1 17s 4d  
    New Files 54/~ New Cast Steel Hammers 280 pounds @ 1/~ £16 16s    
    2 New Shovels @ 2/3 each 1 Wire Riddle 3/~   7s 6d  
    New Steel double Shear 15 hundredweights @ 45/~ and 50/~ £35 5s    
    Coals 6 Ton @ 12/~ Zinc piping to Fan 12/~ £4 4s    
    Lamp Cotton 2/~ 2 tin Oil Bottles 5/~ And Oil 6/9   13s 9d  
    Cotton Waste 2/6 Twine 3/4   5s 10d  
    6 Coal Baskets 6/6 3 Water Buckets 6/~   12s 6d  
    1 Silver Smith Anvil and 2 Hammers repolishing   6s    
    Emery 9d 6 Besoms 1/9 Cokes 13 Hundredweights 14/5   16s 11d  
    Salerods 7/~ 1 Hand Drug 27/~ £1 14s    
    1 Nosel Bag for Blast Pipe 2/6 30 feet Iron Water Pipe 10/~   12s 6d  
    Lot of Steel drifts 2 hundredweights @ 8d £7 9s 4d  
    1½ dozen Mattock 3 dozen Sledge Hammer and 2 dozen Pick Shafts £1 16s    
    Best Scrap Iron 10 hundredweights @ 16/~ £8      
    Iron Hammers and Tools damaged £1 10s    
    1 Metal Pan £1 5s    
    In Joiners Shop        
    Complete set of Joiners Tools £16 Tool Chest 25/~ £17 5s    
    7 12 feet of 11 x 3 deal plank 84 @ 5¼d £1 16s 9d  
    Lot of Boards various lengths £5 10s    
    1 Gutta Percha Pipe 4/~ 12 Bals plaster Laths 12/   16s    
    2 double Joiners Work Benches with Screws complete £5 10s    
    4 Sets New Outside Shutters 77 feet @ 11d £3 10s 7d  
    13 New Window frames complete 220 feet @ 1/~ £11   6d  
    4 door frames and doors panelled and moulded 71 feet @ 11d £3 6s    
    4 door frames = 64 feet @ 7d 1 Ladder 9 Yards 22/6 £2 19s 10d  
    7 Bundles of Slate Laths 13 feet at 5/5 £1 17s 11d  
    2 Wood Shelves 6 feet long 11 x 1 each 4/6 with Iron supports   4s 6d  
    Floor Subs 56 pounds in Bag 8/~ Nails in Bag 9/~   17s    
    Sprigs 2/4 27 feet of Ash plank @ 6d   15s 10d  
    Oil Bottle 1/~ 4 Paint Brushes 3/~ 1 Wheel Barrow 14/~   18s    
    2 Lead Ladles 5/~ Lead 84 pounds @ 28/~ £1 6s    
    Compensation for time the Works were standing 4 Weeks @ 35/ per Week £7      
    Compensation to Tenants £1 5s 6d  
    Loss of Rents for 4 Cottages from March 12th to August 27th 24 weeks at 10/~ £12      
    Loss of Rent for Butchers Shop from March 12th to August 27th £2      
    Loss of Rent for 1 Cutlers Room from March 12th to August 27th £1 16s    
    Cottages Papering £1 7s    
    One half Butcher's Shop Window 2 Sashes and Glazed £1 5s    
    One 1½ inch door top part Glass £1 1s    
    Loss of Trade, loss of Profit and Interest less loss of Rents above charged £62      
    Benjamin Haigh 4 Weeks Wages as Anvil Smith at £1.15.0 per Week 7.0.0        
    Hugh Haigh 4 Weeks Wages at 25/ per Week 5.0.0        
    John Ward 2 Weeks Wages at 18/~ per Week 1.16.0 £13 16s    
    Walls and Flagging repairing   5s    
    Yard Wall rubble built with Lime 3 roods 3 yards 1/ @ 15/ £2 13s 6d  
    Yard Wall rock faced 1 rood 3 @ 25/~ £1 15s 9d  
    Weighing Machine cleaned and repaired £1 17s    
    Well and Hardening Cistern cleaning out   15s    
    Welding Sand 7/~ Naptha and Varnish 2/~   9s    
    Turning Tools, Iron and Steel £4 5s    
    To valuing ditto £5      
    To the amounts payable to the following Workmen for loss of Wages during the time they were unemployed by reason of the inundation        
        £464 18s 6d  
  Certificate Granted
9 May 1865
Assessed by Agreement incl costs at £403 3s    

Note: Line 9: flaging [sic]; 'Nosel bag' is ‘Possibly nozzle bag, a leather bag through which air is pumped into a nozzle which is placed in a fire for heating metal’ [KH]

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