Lehmann Henschke - Person Sheet
Lehmann Henschke - Person Sheet
Obituary
The Kyneton Observer (Vic. : 1856 - 1900) Tue 21 Aug 1900125013
Fatal Boiler Explosion
At Eudunda (8.A.), on Friday evening a
boiler explosion took place at Edwin Davey &
Sons' flour mills, William Charnstrom, night
engine-driver was killed. Charnstrom was
found 6ft from the boiler under a buttress
weighing half a ion, with his neck broken.
The smallest of the three boilers, measuring
18ft by 5ft, was blown bodily through a galvanised
iron wheat store, stacked with bran
and wheat, across the railway, tearing the
line up. It appears the bearings became
heated, and the mill was stopped to allow the
bearings to cooL It had jost restarted when
the disaster ooenrrod. Charnstrom leaves
a wife and ten children.
Fatal Boiler Explosion
At Eudunda (8.A.), on Friday evening a
boiler explosion took place at Edwin Davey &
Sons' flour mills, William Charnstrom, night
engine-driver was killed. Charnstrom was
found 6ft from the boiler under a buttress
weighing half a ion, with his neck broken.
The smallest of the three boilers, measuring
18ft by 5ft, was blown bodily through a galvanised
iron wheat store, stacked with bran
and wheat, across the railway, tearing the
line up. It appears the bearings became
heated, and the mill was stopped to allow the
bearings to cooL It had jost restarted when
the disaster ooenrrod. Charnstrom leaves
a wife and ten children.
Spouses
Marriage10 Aug 1870, Congregational Church, Truro, SA125015
Marr MemoTeamstrom
ChildrenMary Jane Mathilda (1871-1948)
William Walfred (1872-1944)
Georg Albert (1874-1876)
Sarah Jane (1876-1962)
Eliza Catherine (1878-1931)
Theresa Caroline (1879-1951)
George Albert (1881-1946)
Edward James (1883-1912)
John Oscar (1885-1889)
Alice May (1887-1924)
Emily Grace (1890-1949)
Ada Ereny (1891-1955)
John Oscar (1894-1963)
Mabel Maud (1895-1967)