Destruction of dyewood, timber, ship, machinery, steam engine, etc

This Act shall apply, (a) in the case of the plundering, damage or destruction of any dyewood, timber or other personal property in any place or yard or of any ship or boat stranded or in distress on or near the shore of any sea or tidal waters, or of any part of the cargo or apparel of such ship or boat, by persons riotously assembled together, whether on shore or afloat; and (b) in the case of the damage or destruction, by persons riotously assembled together, of any 7 machinery, whether fixed or movable, prepared for or employed in any manufacture, or agriculture, or any branch thereof, or of any erection or fixture about or belonging to such machinery, or of any steam engine or other engine for sinking, draining or working any mine or quarry, or of any staith or erection used in conducting the business of any mine or quarry, or of any bridge, wagon way or trunk for conveying minerals or other product from any mine or quarry, in like manner as if such plundering, damage or destruction were a damage, stealing or destruction in respect of which compensation is payable under the foregoing provisions of this Act.