Claim for loss of property #5377 – Particulars

	No. of Claim	Name of Claimant	Description of Claimant	Address of Claimant
	5377	Robert Gray, and George Gray, trading in copartnership under the firm of Robert Gray & Company	Crinoline Steel and Wire Manufacturers and Rollers	Castle Mills, Sheffield

Nature of Claimant’s Interest		Particulars of Claim		Amount of Damages Claimed
Owners of the Personal Property referred to in the Particulars of Claim and Lessees and occupiers of the Mills and other Premises also refer~red to in the Particulars		Williams H, Roller	7.16.3
		Wells, Wire Drawer	5.17.6
		Wright, Revitter	1.10.0
		White, Cutter	3.12.0
		Willert, Wire Drawer	6.5.0
		Traviss, Revitter	1.15.0
		Woofendale, Cutter	2.0.0	£139	7s	3d
		Total Claim	£2138.16.3
		Wages paid for clearing away and cleaning Premises and Engines, and Preparing for resumption of Works per Wage Book.
		To Wages paid to Engineers for repairs to Machinery per entries in Wage Book week ending 1st July	5.12.0
		To Wages paid to Engineers for repairs to Machinery per entries in Wage Book week ending 8th July	5.16.9
		To Wages paid to Engineers for repairs to Machinery per entries in Wage Book week ending 15th July	5.5.9
		Walker & Eaton's charge for repairing Engine	66.10.4
		Wilks charge for Shovels [£1.17.10] Allowance for damaged [- £1.0.0 =]	0.17.10
		Damages done by the Inundation of the Mills and Premises occupied by the Claimants situate at Castle~Mills in Blonk Street, Sheffield	£2138.16.3
		The following are the Particulars
		Damage done to Stock, machinery etc.	[£.s.d]
		To 300 hundredweights Number 4 Rods of Steel slightly damaged Market value 20/~, 2/ per hundredweight	30.0.0
		143 Hundredweights Number 12 Finished Iron corroded and rendered unsaleable, loss in reworking 17/~ Market value 34/~ per Hundredweight	121.11.0
		180 Hundredweights Number 14 Finished Iron corroded and rendered unsaleable, Market value 40/~ damaged 20/ per Hundredweight	180.0.0
		196 Hundredweights Number 15 Finished Iron corroded and rendered unsaleable, Market value 43/~ damaged 21/6 per Hundredweight	156.19.0
		95 Hundredweights Number 16 Finished Iron corroded and rendered unsaleable, Market value 46/~ damaged 24/~ per Hundredweight	114.0.0
		69 Hundredweights Number 17 Finished Iron corroded and rendered unsaleable, Market value 52/~ damaged 28/ per Hundredweight	96.12.0
		120 Hundredweights Number 18 Finished Iron corroded and rendered unsaleable, Market value 52/~ damaged 27/ per Hundredweight	162.0.0
		25 Hundredweights Sheet Steel Market value 24/~ damaged 12/ per Hundredweight	15.0.0
		35 Hundredweights Hardened and Tempered Wire Market value 65/4 damaged 35/4 per Hundredweight	61.16.8
		79 Hundredweights Sheet Steel rendered useless 24/~ per Hundredweight	94.16.0
		24 Wire Blocks depreciated in value 20/ each	24.0.0
		Renewal of Spur Coupling Wheel [50.0.0] Allowance for Old Wheel [+ 20.0.0 =]	30.0.0
		Renewal of Pipes to carry away condensed Steam, the other broken	5.0.0	£1091	14s
		3 Weeks Rent and Taxes of Castle Mills during total stoppage of Works £875 per Annum	50.9.6
		3 Weeks Partial Rent and Taxes of Castle Mills during total stoppage of Works £875 per Annum	25.4.9
		Loss of Profit during the total stoppage of Works, and contingent loss at Pond Hill Works consequent on non execution of orders £112 per Week	336.0.0	£411	14s	3d
		For Week ending 18th March [£39.8.3]
		For Week ending 25th March [+ £39.1.6]
		For Week ending 1st April [+ £21.1.0]
		For Week ending 8th April [+ £6.3.8 =]	105.14.5
		To Byrons charge for removing Rubbish from River	14.14.9
		To Byrons charge for Rebuilding Ovens and Furnaces	76.7.4
		To Byrons charge for Engine Bed and Foundation	16.6.6
		Fowler's Charge for softening Pans	32.2.5
		Coopers charge for Buckets [£1.13.0] Allowance for damaged [-£1.0.0 =]	0.13.0
		Smiths charge for Wheelbarrows [£1.19.0] Allowance for damaged [- £1.0.0 =]	0.19.0
		Coggin, Backer	2.2.0
		Depledge E., Temperer	3.0.0
		Broadbent, Temperer	1.2.6
		Pickering, Temperer	0.15.0
		Askey, Cutter, not Known	0.0.0
		Scham G, Stoker	0.0.0
		Smith J, Softener	1.15.0
		Mills J., Roller	1.13.0
		Caffrey M., Roller	3.4.0
		Middleton, Temperer	0.18.0
		Mills G, Roller	1.17.0
		G Gray & Companys charge for Cotton Waste	3.10.0
		Bradley's charge for refreshments supplied to Men clearing out Mill	5.13.0	£340	3s	1d
		Interest on the whole Amount from 12th March 1864 to 29th July 1865 at £6 per Cent		£152	14s	8d
		Professional and other charges Prior to claim		£3	3s
		To amounts payable to the following Workmen for loss of Wages during the time that they are unemployed or only Partially employed by reason of the Inundation.
		Amounts paid to Workmen.	[£.s.d]
		J. Sheldon, Temperer	1.2.6
		J Salt Junior, Backer	2.2.0
		J Salt Senior, Temperer	1.4.0
		J Roberts, Temperer	1.10.0
	A. Marples, Temperer	1.1.0
	G. Salt, Backer	1.11.6
	Asham, Temperer	0.4.6
	Bradley J., Engineer	0.0.0
	Marples A., Temperer	0.4.6
	Brown, Backer	0.8.0
	O'Brien D, Temperer	0.12.0
	Brittain R, Temperer	1.10.0
	Littlewood J, Temperer	1.0.0
	Bradley H., Roll Facer	1.1.0
	Ledger H., Annealer	2.2.6
	Cross C., Annealer	5.4.0
	S. Walker, Wire Drawer	5.15.3
	Lawless, Wire Drawer	6.1.3
	Hammerton, Wire Drawer	5.19.0
	Smith George, Wire Drawer	5.3.0
	Mason, Wire Drawer	3.5.3
	Hesseldine, Wire Drawer	4.12.0
	Davies, Revitter	1.4.0
	Dawson, Revitter	1.4.0
	Littlewood, Cutter	4.0.0
	Oates B, Cutter	3.12.0
	Haslam, Cutter	3.12.0
	Lawless, Revitter	1.15.0
	Appleyards, Roll Turner	7.0.0
	McCarra, Revitter	1.4.0
	Rowbottom, Flattener	3.5.6
	Littlewood H, Flattener	2.16.3
	Bradley J., Flattener	1.14.0
	Payne, Wire Drawer	6.0.0
	Caffrey P., Flattener	5.5.0
				£2138	16s	3d
Certificate Granted 13 May 1865		Assessed by Agreement incl costs at		£1220

Note: Line 47: Presumed to be Salt though final character isn't crossed for the T

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