| Name |
Torrey, Lewis Erwin [1, 2, 3] |
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Lewis Erwin Torrey
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TORREY
Lewis E
1900-1935
Lewis Erwin Torrey
BIRTH 30 Jan 1900
DEATH 18 Feb 1935 (aged 35)
BURIAL Sharon Center Cemetery
Sharon Center, Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA
MEMORIAL ID 109675459 ·
PHOTOS 2
FLOWERS 1
Son of Frank Wilder Torrey and Bertha Sherwood..
Married (1)Mildred Hanks (2)Gladys Kellogg..
Killed in a gas pipeline explosion...
Family Members
Parents Frank Wilder Torrey 1875-1941
Bertha Isabelle Sherwood Torrey 1878-1971
Spouses Mildred Frances Hanks Torrey 1904-1923
Gladys Eleanor Kellogg Fox 1907-2000
Siblings Marvin Edgar Torrey 1898-1921
Jessie M. Torrey 1901-1902
Alta Lucelia Torrey Wilson 1907-1997
Ethel Julia Torrey Schade 1913-1998
Alyene Bertha Torrey Lambert 1915-2005
Infant Torrey 1920-1920
Children Wayne Lewis Torrey 1921-2000
Flowers
In their memory
Plant Memorial Trees
Left by LINDA JOYCE OLDENBORG-SMITH on 2 May 2013
Leave a Flower
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| Birth |
30 Jan 1900 |
Shinglehouse, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2, 3, 4] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
Between 1910 and 1930 |
Sharon Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [1] |
| Occupation |
1935 |
Ellisburg, Genesee, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Gas driller for the Electro Geometer concern, one of the drillers of big deep gassers in the area, |
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April 1 2024
· I thought you might find this interesting. This isn’t the original, I retyped it word for word for the safety newsletter at work. I’m sure many of you remember Wayne Torrey. Lewis was his father
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Brian Bennett
Thanks Levi, we need to get together, I have a couple” Lewis Torrey” stories you will enjoy
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Levi Torrey
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at the control station of the Electro Geometer Companhy on the Estes farm, a couple miles south of Ellisburg on theAndrews Settlement road, whereby Lewis E. Torrey, 32, of Milport and Louis F. Schlosser of East Sharon, lost their lives and Ernest Carpenter, 35, of Roulette is in a serious condidiotn in the Port Allegany hospital.
Torrey was endeavoring to open a drip cock on one of the gas lines, where moisture is drained from the lines, using steam to thaw them out.
The explosion threw Torrey 50 feet.
Carpenter, a truck driver for the Allegany Gas Company, had just arrived with a load of wood alcohol; he was evidently farther away from the line when it broke than the others. He telephoned for help.
Torrey, an employee of the Electro Geometer concern, one of the drillers of big deep gassers in the area, leaves a wife and two children, as well as his parents, Mr & Mrs F.W. Torrey of Sharon Center; 3 sisters, Mrs Al Schaoe, Mrs Mahlon Wilson and Miss Alleyne Torrey.
The Estes well was drilled 1.5 years ago, producing 15,000,000 cubic feet.
Torrey suffered a broken neck in the blast or the fall and is believed to have met instant death.
Schlosser was taken unconscious to Jones Memorial hospital in Wellsville, where he died at 2:30 o'clock on Tursday morning. His head was crushed between the eyes, his nose broken, and his face fearfully lacerated. Had he lived, he would have been blind.
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Levi Torrey FB Millport
April 1 2024
· I thought you might find this interesting. This isn’t the original, I retyped it word for word for the safety newsletter at work. I’m sure many of you remember Wayne Torrey. Lewis was his father
Comments
Brian Bennett
Thanks Levi, we need to get together, I have a couple” Lewis… |
| _EMPLOY |
1935 |
Ellisburg, Genesee, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Gas driller for the Electro Geometer concern, one of the drillers of big deep gassers in the area, |
- 20240516GHLn-
Levi Torrey FB Millport
April 1 2024
· I thought you might find this interesting. This isn’t the original, I retyped it word for word for the safety newsletter at work. I’m sure many of you remember Wayne Torrey. Lewis was his father
Comments
Brian Bennett
Thanks Levi, we need to get together, I have a couple” Lewis Torrey” stories you will enjoy
6w
Reply
Share
Levi Torrey
sounds good to me! This is the only Lewis story I know
6w
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Jean Erskine
Helen Torrey was his daughter, too.
5w
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at the control station of the Electro Geometer Companhy on the Estes farm, a couple miles south of Ellisburg on theAndrews Settlement road, whereby Lewis E. Torrey, 32, of Milport and Louis F. Schlosser of East Sharon, lost their lives and Ernest Carpenter, 35, of Roulette is in a serious condidiotn in the Port Allegany hospital.
Torrey was endeavoring to open a drip cock on one of the gas lines, where moisture is drained from the lines, using steam to thaw them out.
The explosion threw Torrey 50 feet.
Carpenter, a truck driver for the Allegany Gas Company, had just arrived with a load of wood alcohol; he was evidently farther away from the line when it broke than the others. He telephoned for help.
Torrey, an employee of the Electro Geometer concern, one of the drillers of big deep gassers in the area, leaves a wife and two children, as well as his parents, Mr & Mrs F.W. Torrey of Sharon Center; 3 sisters, Mrs Al Schaoe, Mrs Mahlon Wilson and Miss Alleyne Torrey.
The Estes well was drilled 1.5 years ago, producing 15,000,000 cubic feet.
Torrey suffered a broken neck in the blast or the fall and is believed to have met instant death.
Schlosser was taken unconscious to Jones Memorial hospital in Wellsville, where he died at 2:30 o'clock on Tursday morning. His head was crushed between the eyes, his nose broken, and his face fearfully lacerated. Had he lived, he would have been blind.
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Levi Torrey FB Millport
April 1 2024
· I thought you might find this interesting. This isn’t the original, I retyped it word for word for the safety newsletter at work. I’m sure many of you remember Wayne Torrey. Lewis was his father
Comments
Brian Bennett
Thanks Levi, we need to get together, I have a couple” Lewis… |
| Death |
18 Feb 1935 |
Allegany Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 3] |
| Accident |
18 Feb 1935 |
Ellisburg, Genesee, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [4] |
| Age: 35 15:00h Natural gas explosion, fractured neck 194b |
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Levi Torrey FB Millport
April 1 2024
· I thought you might find this interesting. This isn’t the original, I retyped it word for word for the safety newsletter at work. I’m sure many of you remember Wayne Torrey. Lewis was his father
Comments
Brian Bennett
Thanks Levi, we need to get together, I have a couple” Lewis Torrey” stories you will enjoy
6w
Reply
Share
Levi Torrey
sounds good to me! This is the only Lewis story I know
6w
Reply
Share
Jean Erskine
Helen Torrey was his daughter, too.
5w
Reply
Share
___________
at the control station of the Electro Geometer Companhy on the Estes farm, a couple miles south of Ellisburg on theAndrews Settlement road, whereby Lewis E. Torrey, 32, of Milport and Louis F. Schlosser of East Sharon, lost their lives and Ernest Carpenter, 35, of Roulette is in a serious condidiotn in the Port Allegany hospital.
Torrey was endeavoring to open a drip cock on one of the gas lines, where moisture is drained from the lines, using steam to thaw them out.
The explosion threw Torrey 50 feet.
Carpenter, a truck driver for the Allegany Gas Company, had just arrived with a load of wood alcohol; he was evidently farther away from the line when it broke than the others. He telephoned for help.
Torrey, an employee of the Electro Geometer concern, one of the drillers of big deep gassers in the area, leaves a wife and two children, as well as his parents, Mr & Mrs F.W. Torrey of Sharon Center; 3 sisters, Mrs Al Schaoe, Mrs Mahlon Wilson and Miss Alleyne Torrey.
The Estes well was drilled 1.5 years ago, producing 15,000,000 cubic feet.
Torrey suffered a broken neck in the blast or the fall and is believed to have met instant death.
Schlosser was taken unconscious to Jones Memorial hospital in Wellsville, where he died at 2:30 o'clock on Tursday morning. His head was crushed between the eyes, his nose broken, and his face fearfully lacerated. Had he lived, he would have been blind.
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Louis E Torrey in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967
Name: Louis E Torrey
Gender: Male
Race: White
married
laborer, gas field
employer: Potter Development Co
Age: 35 0 16
Birth: 30 Jan 1900
Sharon Twp
Death: 18 Feb 1935 14:45h
Ellisburg, Genesee Twp, Potter, Penna
cause: natural gas explosion
fractured neck 194b
Father: F W Torrey
Sharon twp
Mother: Bertha Sherwood
Shinglehouse
Spouse: Gladep Allen
inform: F.W. Torrey
Shinglehouse
burial: Feb 21st 1935
Sharon Center Cemetery
Certificate: 19947
Source Citation
Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 019501-022500
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1968. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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Levi Torrey FB Millport
April 1 2024
· I thought you might find this interesting. This isn’t the original, I retyped it word for word for the safety newsletter at work. I’m sure many of you remember Wayne Torrey. Lewis was his father
Comments
Brian Bennett
Thanks Levi, we need to get together, I have a couple” Lewis… |
| Race |
White [4] |
| Name |
Louis E Torrey [4] |
| Death |
18 Feb 1935 |
Ellisburg, Genesee, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [4] |
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Louis E Torrey in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967
Name: Louis E Torrey
Gender: Male
Race: White
married
laborer, gas field
employer: Potter Development Co
Age: 35 0 16
Birth: 30 Jan 1900
Sharon Twp
Death: 18 Feb 1935 14:45h
Ellisburg, Genesee Twp, Potter, Penna
cause: natural gas explosion
fractured neck 194b
Father: F W Torrey
Sharon twp
Mother: Bertha Sherwood
Shinglehouse
Spouse: Gladys Allen
inform: F.W. Torrey
Shinglehouse
burial: Feb 21st 1935
Sharon Center Cemetery
Certificate: 19947
Source Citation
Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 019501-022500
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1968. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
- Age: 35y 0m 16d Natural gas explosion, fractured neck 194b
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| Burial |
21 Feb 1935 |
Sharon Center Cemetery, Sharon Center, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 3, 4] |
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Louis E Torrey in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967
Name: Louis E Torrey
Gender: Male
Race: White
married
laborer, gas field
employer: Potter Development Co
Age: 35 0 16
Birth: 30 Jan 1900
Sharon Twp
Death: 18 Feb 1935 14:45h
Ellisburg, Genesee Twp, Potter, Penna
cause: natural gas explosion
fractured neck 194b
Father: F W Torrey
Sharon twp
Mother: Bertha Sherwood
Shinglehouse
Spouse: Gladep Allen
inform: F.W. Torrey
Shinglehouse
burial: Feb 21st 1935
Sharon Center Cemetery
Certificate: 19947
Source Citation
Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 019501-022500
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1968. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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Lewis Erwin Torrey
Photo added by Nancy Thomas
Picture of
Added by Nancy Thomas
TORREY
Lewis E
1900-1935
Lewis Erwin Torrey
BIRTH 30 Jan 1900
DEATH 18 Feb 1935 (aged 35)
BURIAL Sharon Center Cemetery
Sharon Center, Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA
MEMORIAL ID 109675459 ·
PHOTOS 2
FLOWERS 1
Son of Frank Wilder Torrey and Bertha Sherwood..
Married (1)Mildred Hanks (2)Gladys Kellogg..
Killed in a gas pipeline explosion...
Family Members
Parents Frank Wilder Torrey 1875-1941
Bertha Isabelle Sherwood Torrey 1878-1971
Spouses Mildred Frances Hanks Torrey 1904-1923
Gladys Eleanor Kellogg Fox 1907-2000
Siblings Marvin Edgar Torrey 1898-1921
Jessie M. Torrey 1901-1902
Alta Lucelia Torrey Wilson 1907-1997
Ethel Julia Torrey Schade 1913-1998
Alyene Bertha Torrey Lambert 1915-2005
Infant Torrey 1920-1920
Children Wayne Lewis Torrey 1921-2000
Flowers
In their memory
Plant Memorial Trees
Left by LINDA JOYCE OLDENBORG-SMITH on 2 May 2013
Leave a Flower
- Torrey, Lewis E 1900-1935
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| Person ID |
I84432 |
WETZEL-SPRING |
| Father |
Torrey, Frank Wilder, b. 18 Mar 1875, Sharon Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1 Oct 1941, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 66 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Sherwood, Bertha Isabelle, b. 16 Oct 1878, Shinglehouse, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA d. 26 Feb 1971, Shinglehouse, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 92 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| residence jt |
18 Feb 1935 |
East Sharon, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Lewis leaves a wife and two children, as well as his parents, Mr & Mrs F.W. Torrey of Sharon Center; 3 sisters, Mrs Al Schaoe, Mrs Mahlon Wilson and Miss Alleyne Torrey. |
- 20240516GHLn-
Levi Torrey FB Millport
April 1 2024
· I thought you might find this interesting. This isn’t the original, I retyped it word for word for the safety newsletter at work. I’m sure many of you remember Wayne Torrey. Lewis was his father
Comments
Brian Bennett
Thanks Levi, we need to get together, I have a couple” Lewis Torrey” stories you will enjoy
6w
Reply
Share
Levi Torrey
sounds good to me! This is the only Lewis story I know
6w
Reply
Share
Jean Erskine
Helen Torrey was his daughter, too.
5w
Reply
Share
___________
at the control station of the Electro Geometer Company on the Estes farm, a couple miles south of Ellisburg on theAndrews Settlement road, whereby Lewis E. Torrey, 32, of Milport and Louis F. Schlosser of East Sharon, lost their lives and Ernest Carpenter, 35, of Roulette is in a serious condidiotn in the Port Allegany hospital.
Torrey was endeavoring to open a drip cock on one of the gas lines, where moisture is drained from the lines, using steam to thaw them out.
The explosion threw Torrey 50 feet.
Carpenter, a truck driver for the Allegany Gas Company, had just arrived with a load of wood alcohol; he was evidently farther away from the line when it broke than the others. He telephoned for help.
Torrey, an employee of the Electro Geometer concern, one of the drillers of big deep gassers in the area, leaves a wife and two children, as well as his parents, Mr & Mrs F.W. Torrey of Sharon Center; 3 sisters, Mrs Al Schaoe, Mrs Mahlon Wilson and Miss Alleyne Torrey.
The Estes well was drilled 1.5 years ago, producing 15,000,000 cubic feet.
Torrey suffered a broken neck in the blast or the fall and is believed to have met instant death.
Schlosser was taken unconscious to Jones Memorial hospital in Wellsville, where he died at 2:30 o'clock on Tursday morning. His head was crushed between the eyes, his nose broken, and his face fearfully lacerated. Had he lived, he would have been blind.
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| Family ID |
F52072 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Hanks, Mildred Frances, b. 27 Mar 1904, Shinglehouse, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA d. 5 Nov 1923, Shinglehouse, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 19 years) |
| Marriage |
15 Jun 1921 |
Olean, Cattaraugus, New York, USA [1, 2] |
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Mildred Frances Hanks in the New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936
Name: Mildred Farnces Hanks
Gender: Female
Age: 19
her occ: telephone operator
Birth: abt 1902
Marriage 15 Jun 1921
Olean, Cattaraugus, New York, USA
Father: A. P. Hanks
Mother: Ola White
Spouse: Lewis Erwin Torrey
Film Number: 000583818
Record for Lewis Erwin Torrey (11) facts
Name: Lewis Erwin Torrey
Gender: Male
Age: 21
his occ: farmer
Birth: abt 1900
Father: F. W. Torrey
Mother: Bertha Sherwood
Spouse: Mildred Farnces Hanks
Film Number: 000583818
Source Information
Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Original data: Marriage Records. New York Marriages. Various New York County Clerk offices.
- Mildred died in 1923
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| residence jt |
1935 |
Millport, Sharon, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Children |
| | 1. Torrey, Wayne Lewis, b. 2 Oct 1921, Shinglehouse, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA d. 30 Sep 2000, Shinglehouse, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. Torrey, Helen [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F52071 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |