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Claim for loss of property #5414 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  5414 Joseph Ashforth Steel, File, Screw Bolt, and Engineers Tools Manufacturer Bruce Steel Works, Mowbray Street  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Owner   Washed away from River Side:        
    Washed away from Machine Shop at Riverside        
    Yard.        
    Weighing Machine (damaged) £5 8s 9d  
    Unoccupied Works in Bridge Street        
    The cost of restoring the River front, destroyed to the foundations, and other Buildings next the River.        
    Paid for Stone £15.19.6, Bricks £38.16.0 Mortar 3.4.6 Lime 7.5.2 Sand 1.4.0 Timber 16.1.6 Slater 4.7.6 Copper Nails 12/~ Laths and Lath Nails 0.14.8 Lead and Glass 8.0.0 Masons, Bricklayers, Slaters and their Labourers, Joiners, and Glaziers Wages 72.18.6 £169 3s 4d  
    Cellar under Steel Room, Engineers Tools, Bright Pullies, Bellows, etc. damaged £15      
    Steel Furnace.        
    71 New Melting Pots £3.11.0. 250 Stands 150 Lids 2/~ 3 Tons Hard Coke 15/~ 2.5.0. 4 Tons Swift Coke 64/- 6 Tons Derby Clay 27/6 8.5.0. 3 Tons Stannington Clay 24/- 72.~ 8 Window Frames and 29 Squares 10/~ 10 Holes blown up @ 10/~ £5.0.0 £27 7s    
    35 Hundredweights Metal Piping @ 6/6 £11 7s 6d  
    115 Hundredweights E & CN Blister Steel @ 15/~ £86 5s    
    24 Lathe Heads & Stocks with Spindles and Pullies £24      
    12 Axles and Pullies 11 hundredweights 0 quarters 16 pounds @ 9/~ £5   3d  
    4 Tons light Iron Scrap @ £4. £16      
    1 Carriage £9      
    1 Carriage belonging to another Person.        
    Engineers Tools 30.0.0        
    Screw Cutting Lathe Tools 4.0.0 £34      
    Grinding Wheel, Bright Screws lost, Bolstering Lathe, Centering Trough, Glaziers, and other Tools damaged. £19      
    Bolt Makers Shops. Tools and Bellows much damaged, and all the Bolts made during the Week, washed away. £25      
    Rivet Room        
    900 Gross Rivets washed away. £45      
    Hand Screw Cutting Room        
    Dies, Taps, and Cut Screws lost £25      
    Screw Mill, Driving Shaps £9      
    36 Lathes damaged, Tools belonging to them lost. £13 10s    
    4 Heading Machines, 30 Bundles Bright Iron Wire, Dies, etc., damaged £17 10s    
    2 large tin Cans 0.14.0 9 Lathe Cans 2.0.6 16 Buckets 1.0.0 12 Hand Oil Cans 1.4.0 lost £4 18s 6d  
    Cleaning Room: Bright Screws lost £15      
    Machine and Store rooms and Fire House:        
    Bright Machinery just bought, damaged £30      
    1 large Can best Oil, 2 Casks Common Oil, and various Oil on Tap all lost £20      
    8 Gross Bright Spindles @ 60/~ £24      
    File Stock Damaged £5 10s    
    Engine and Machine Models ~ washed away £30      
    New Timber washed away £8      
    Engine and Boiler damaged £5 10s    
    Cask of Cement for Engine (lost) £5      
    Labourers Wages for Cleansing £108 18s 10d  
    Loss from Stoppage of Works, 3 Weeks £60      
    Labourers Wages Cleansing 13.6.2        
    Damage to 6 Hearths 3.10.0        
    Broken Windows and Doors 3.17.0        
    Damage to Engine and Grinding Wheel 11.10.0 £32 3s 2d  
        £905 12s 4d  
  Certificate Granted
30 June 1865
Assessed by Consent at £845 12s 4d  

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