Mr. Burch died in a ship explosion - see below:
THE ILL-FATED GAZELLE
The First Side-Wheeler Ever Propelled on the Upper Willamette
A friend of the Statesman furnishes it with more steamboat references of the Willamette river, as follows:
On the 18th of January, 1854, the ill-fated Gazelle was launched by the Willamette Falls Canal, Milling and Transportation Company and after making a few trips she exploded her boiler on the morning of 8th of April, while lying at the landing at Canemah, scattering death and destruction on all. The steamer was a complete wreck so that her hull sank where she was tied. By this terrible accident twenty –five persons were instantly killed and twenty or thirty were wounded, several of whom afterward died. Every town along the river was represented at this harvest of death and the disaster cast a gloom over the then entire territory. The following list of killed and wounded is as near correct as possible to give at this late day: Killed—David Page, Linn county superintendent of the company; David Woodhull, Michigan; Joseph Hunt, Oregon City; Rev. Jas. P. Miller, Takena (now Albany); John Clemens, Oregon City; David Fuller, Portland; Cyrus Wadsworth, near Oregon City; Samuel F. Burch, Polk county; Jas. White, Salem; J. M. Fudge, Canemah, pilot of the steamer Willamette; W. S. Morgan, Rickreal; W. S. Morgan, Rickreal, Polk county; Daniel Love, (res. Unknown); Mr. Blanchet, St. Paul, Marion County; John Daley, cabin boy; John Bloomer and Hatch, deckhands; Mike McGee, fireman, injured; W. L. White, Canemah; Lavina Paul, Champoeg. Mrs J. P Miller, Albany; H. Royce, Linn City.
Source: Oregon Statesman
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Marriage occured on April 24, 1823 in Chariton County, Missouri
He and his family came to Oregon in 1847 on the James Curl Wagon Train from Missouri.
Mr. Burch died in a ship explosion - see below:
THE ILL-FATED GAZELLE
The First Side-Wheeler Ever Propelled on the Upper Willamette
A friend of the Statesman furnishes it with more steamboat references of the Willamette river, as follows:
On the 18th of January, 1854, the ill-fated Gazelle was launched by the Willamette Falls Canal, Milling and Transportation Company and after making a few trips she exploded her boiler on the morning of 8th of April, while lying at the landing at Canemah, scattering death and destruction on all. The steamer was a complete wreck so that her hull sank where she was tied. By this terrible accident twenty –five persons were instantly killed and twenty or thirty were wounded, several of whom afterward died. Every town along the river was represented at this harvest of death and the disaster cast a gloom over the then entire territory. The following list of killed and wounded is as near correct as possible to give at this late day: Killed—David Page, Linn county superintendent of the company; David Woodhull, Michigan; Joseph Hunt, Oregon City; Rev. Jas. P. Miller, Takena (now Albany); John Clemens, Oregon City; David Fuller, Portland; Cyrus Wadsworth, near Oregon City; Samuel F. Burch, Polk county; Jas. White, Salem; J. M. Fudge, Canemah, pilot of the steamer Willamette; W. S. Morgan, Rickreal; W. S. Morgan, Rickreal, Polk county; Daniel Love, (res. Unknown); Mr. Blanchet, St. Paul, Marion County; John Daley, cabin boy; John Bloomer and Hatch, deckhands; Mike McGee, fireman, injured; W. L. White, Canemah; Lavina Paul, Champoeg. Mrs J. P Miller, Albany; H. Royce, Linn City.
Source: Oregon Statesman
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Marriage occured on April 24, 1823 in Chariton County, Missouri
He and his family came to Oregon in 1847 on the James Curl Wagon Train from Missouri.
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