The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-12-24
NUMBER 2.
eURNFo At SEA.

BURNED AT SEA.
loss, by Fire, % the Guion Line Steam
ship Absyssinla in Mld-Ocean-The Pas
sengers and Crew. Numbering On~ Hun
drsd and Thirty-Five Persons RePortod
Rescued.
LONDON, Dec. sd-The Guion Line
steamer Abyssinia, which sailed from
New York, December 10, for Liverpool.
has been burned at sea. All on board
were saved
The news Of the burning of the
Abyssinia was brought by the steamer
Spree, which passed the Scillys this
morning. She signaled that the Abys-
sinia was burned while in latitude 40
deg. north; long. 20 deg. 1t is thought
that. the passengers and crew Of the
Abyssinia are aboard the Spree.
The Spree is Of the North German
Lloyd line and left New York Decem-
bcr 10. She is due at Southampton TO;
49, r'risss
Tho Lost Vessel. Tier. cargo and RaaAen-
gers '.a
New York, Dec 23.-The lost steam
err Abyssinia, besides having on board
III, 900 bushels Of wheat, carried valua-
bio. cargo of miscellaneous goods, among
which was large quantity of cotton
and hops. Az the office of the Guion
line IN this city II was said this morn
ibg Tint Hii the llaaaeheers aTuirrew of
the buraed steamor were probably, on
the White Star steamer Teutotiic, as
tifat iihefo ow0uid W tise aesaie iatituda
on her course to Queenstown, whore she
is signaled to arrive at noon. The
Abyssinia was n screw steamer of BOO
horse power. brig-rigged, had tonnage
Of 2,346, three decks and was built at
Govan, on the Clyde, in 1870 by j. & G.
Thompson.
The Abyssinia carried nineteen sa-
loon passengers. They were:
Miss Mary woifendun, Fall River,
Mass
Mrs. T. Woodfeld, Springfield, Mass
John Harvey, Toronto, Ont.
James Cools England.
Robert Cartwright, New York.
Helen Cartwright, New York.
Joseph NJ. Kerr, salt Lake City.
Tram Williams, Salt Lake City.
]. II. Richards, Salt Lake.
Charles Massey, Montreal -----.
Mrs. J. PilIing and two children.
j Troy, N Y.
James johnson.
Miss Nellie Iighe, Frankfort, N. Y.
Patrick Flanncry.
David Williams. -.
John Dingle.
s9rhe residence of those latter are un-
known to the company.
The officers and crew of the Abys-
sinia are the old crew and officers
the of Alaska which is now in dry
dock at Liverpool. George S. Muir
ray was the captain; Albert Brandt,
.purser; Dr. Freemen, surgeoni John
Williams, chief engineer; Thos. Lamb,
chief officer, and Joseph Thomas, sec,
ond officer, The crew numbered eighty,
all told, and there were thirty
eight steerage passengers. The latter
were almost without exception Swedes
and Norwegians from the west who
were going over to see their friends and
families and spend the holiday season
in the fatherland, Following is a list
Of the stccrage passengers: Kate Dona-
hue and sister, Providence, K. l.; Jas.
4 -ofl4ef llllcaHoi.As L. -LunuOHt mlcll-
ael Hennessy, NJ Feldrum, A.
Stoclser, S. Anderson, c. O'Brien.
James McHmvey, A. Sheriandy,
John H.,Schalatz, John n. Pope, Seran-
ton, Pa; Emil Burgholz, Anton Olsen,
ID. wilkins, II. Heinrich, Johann
Betcher, II. Kraft, Robert Bedler, N.
Zucserman, Cornelius Hammond, Frank
Belamy, Toronto, Ont; Robert Reilly,
Boston; John Craig, Boston; j. Orman.
Toronto, Ont; John McVeigh, Paw
tucllet, r. l.; b. G.. Currie, Chicago; NJ
Baker, New York; Mary, o'Harra, Bos-
ton; S. Carlson, William Kildery,
Minaulsa, Pa; II. Arbor, Peter john
son, Henry Spencer, Daniel Mcmillan.
The steamship was valued at $3.50, 0OC
and was insured in English companies.
She was built originally for the Cunard
steamship Co, but was afterward pur'
chased by the Guion line. She is regis
tered at LloYds as n first-class vessel in
every respect, though she was the
smallest and slowest of the Guion line
fleet, which includes the Alaska, Ari
! zOua and WYOMING