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Claim for loss of property #5241 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  5241 Moses William Leek Cutlery Caster and Fork Manufacturer Johnson Street and 20 Stanley Lane, Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Owner of Freehold House and Workshops situate 46 Johnson Street and 20 Stanley Lane Sheffield, and owner of Stock in Trade Furniture and Effects mentioned in Particulars of Claim which were in and about the said House and Workshops   Workshops and Yard.        
    William Parkin Caster 4 days @ 5/~ 1.0.0        
    William Powell Caster 4 days @ 5/~ 1.0.0        
    For damages to his said Freehold House and Workshops and to the Stock in Trade and Household Furniture in, upon, and about the same Premises so occupied by him in Johnson Street ~ and Stanley Lane, Sheffield £165.0.7        
    The following are the Particulars of the demand.        
    Damages to Buildings etc. [£.s.d]        
    Repairing the Walls 5.0.0        
    Damage to large Gates 2.0.0        
    Damage to Annealing Furnace 4.0.0 £11      
    5 Sets of Moulds, Boards and Screws cost £9 per Set, £45, say half. £22 10s    
    150 Gross of Finished Forks at 3/~ per Gross £22.10.0 getting up again, half the amount £11 5s    
    300 Gross of Rough Forks at 2/ per Gross £30 Breakage, Washing and Tempering £15      
    2 Loads of Coals, 3 Loads of Coke and 1 Load of Mansfield Sand, washed away £3      
    2 Gross of Casting Pots destroyed £6      
    Spades, Wheelbarrows Sand Brushes, Water Cans, Buckets, and Sundries £3      
    1 Water Conductor washed away   8s    
    Models in Cellar entirely spoiled £2      
    3 Hundredweights of Ground Blacking at 6/~   18s    
    9 Persons Wages 7 days for removing Slush, Filth, and Debris £10      
    Opening Rivers, Watercourses, etc. £2      
    Hindrance to Business, loss of time etc. £10      
    Piano Forte entirely ruined £18      
    Three Stop Harmonium £8 8s    
    Large Dulcimer damaged £1 10s    
    2 Sofas Stuffing and Repairing £3      
    7 Best Chairs repairing and cleaning   16s 6d  
    Dresser Drawers, Cupboard Doors, House ~ Door, and Furniture repairing £2      
    Kitchen Stove cost £5 £2 10s    
    Front Room Carpet much damaged £1 10s    
    Oil Cloth for House floor £1      
    Door Mats, Hearth Rugs, etc. £1      
    Papering 2 Rooms, 2 Passages (whitewashing, etc.) £3      
    Maps, Pictures, and Writing Desk £1 10s    
    Splendidly bound copy of Adam Clarke's Bible, Cost £7.16.0 £2      
    Destruction to Wearing Apparel, Boots and Shoes, Table Covers, Towels, and other Linens £1 10s    
    Interest on £7½ per Cent from 12 March 1864 to 29 July 1865 one Year and 139 days £15   7d  
    To Amounts Payable to the following Workmen for loss of Wages during the time they were unemployed, or only Partially employed by reason of the Inundation. [£.s.d]        
    Henry Leek Caster 4 days @ 5/~ 1.0.0        
    Andrew Fury Caster 4 days @ 5/~ 1.0.0        
    Michael Keaton Fork Grinder 7 days @ 3/6 1.4.6 £5 4s 6d  
        £165   7d  
  Certificate Granted
10 June 1865
Assessed by Agreement incl costs at £122 2s    

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