| Name |
Schlosser, Louise F. |
| Birth |
Abt 1900 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
1935 |
Ellisburg, Genesee, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA  |
| Foreman for the North Penn Gas Company |
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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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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.
Schlosser, a foreman for the North Penn Gas Company, leaves a son, Leo Schlosser, 28 Salem street, Buffalo, one sister, Mrs John Vossler, of Olean, one brother, A.J. Schlosser of Tulsa Oklahoma.
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 |
| Foreman for the North Penn Gas Company |
- 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
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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.
Schlosser, a foreman for the North Penn Gas Company, leaves a son, Leo Schlosser, 28 Salem street, Buffalo, one sister, Mrs John Vossler, of Olean, one brother, A.J. Schlosser of Tulsa Oklahoma.
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… |
| Accident |
18 Feb 1935 |
Ellisburg, Genesee, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [1] |
| 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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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 |
Ellisburg, Genesee, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA |
- 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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| Person ID |
I98377 |
WETZEL-SPRING |
Abt 1900 - 1935 (35 years)
