Second Engineer Preacher of the Abyssinia gave a complete statement to the newspapers, including the following: “This is the third time I have been in a fire at sea. On previous occasions we were able either to completely subdue the flames, or at any rate keep them under control until the vessel reached port. Then, however, the outbreak was discovered when we were only three or four hundred miles from home. On this occasion we were 1,500 miles from land.”

Ship Name: Abyssinia 

Year Built: 1870

Tonnage: 3651

Nationality: British 

Ship Type: Iron Hulled Screw Steamship 

Year Wrecked: 1891 

Reason for Wreck: Cargo Fire 

Location Wrecked: Mid Atlantic 

Lives Lost: None 

Sources: 

https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3428758/3428762/74/abyssinia

https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4428826/4428829/29/abyssinia

https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3984039/3984044/74/abyssinia

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https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3984030/3984035/51/abyssinia

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