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Claim for loss of property #5431 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  5431 Francis Hobson Merchant and Manufacturer Saville Works, Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Owner of Saville Works and the Don Mill Sheffield and of the Personal Property mentioned to be damaged in the next column.   Leading Mud from yard at Saville Works £5 12s 6d  
    Labour in Clearing Mud away viz        
    4 Men 12 Days each in yard 3/~ £7 4s    
    7 Men 1 Day each in Steel Room 3/6 £1 4s 6d  
    3 Men 2 Days each in Cellar 3/~   18s    
    3 Men ½ Day each in Weighing Machine 3/~   4s 6d  
    Horse and Cart ½ Day   4s    
    Cleaning Steel and re Packing 7 men 6 Days each @ 3/6 £7 7s    
    Forge Tools and Models washed away £3      
    6 Loads of Charcoal 34/2 £10 5s    
    6 Tons of Cokes 15/8 £4 14s    
    2 Loads Sand 10/~ £1      
    Melting Pots, Lids, and Stands £7      
    Cleaning Iron £3 10s    
    Cleaning out Water Course and repairing damage to Boiler £9 11s 9d  
    Building River Wall £11 14s    
    Cleaning out Dam   15s    
    Brick Wall in Mill Yard repairing   16s 6d  
    Brick Wall in Mill Yard repairing £2 4s 2d  
    Repairs at Don Mill £4 13s 5d  
    Bar Steel lost at Tilt on the Loxley 2 hundredweights 2 quarters 8 pounds @ 17/ £2 3s 9d  
        £84 2s 1d  
  Certificate Granted
30 June 1865
Assessed by Assent at £84 2s 1d  

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