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Shipwreck or sea mystery · 19.05.1865

A baker and four pilots row out into the storm at Pärnu

Pagar ja neli lootsi sõuavad Pärnus tormi kätte

During a terrible storm on 19 May 1865 several ships were driven ashore off Pärnu. A master baker and four harbour pilots took the pilot boat out to one stranded vessel whose crew, as Perno Postimees put it, already felt death's paw on them. The waves were too high to come alongside, so the sailors threw them a hawser and the boat was pulled close; the whole crew climbed in, each with what he could carry. After three and a half hours fighting the waves they landed safely by the harbour bulwark.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

Kohutava tormiga 19. mail 1865 aeti Pärnu all randa mitu laeva. Üks pagarmeister ja neli sadamalootsi sõitsid lootsipaadiga ühe madalikule jäänud laeva juurde, mille meestele, nagu Perno Postimees kirjutas, oli surm juba käpaga katsuma tulnud. Lained olid liiga kõrged, et laeva kõrvale jõuda, nii et laevalt visati neile tross ja paat tõmmati ligi; kogu meeskond ronis paati, igaüks kaasas see, mis tal oli. Kolm ja pool tundi lainetega võideldes jõudsid nad õnnelikult sadamakindlustuse juurde kaldale.

Map of the area around A baker and four pilots row out into the storm at Pärnu
58.37400° N, 24.47900° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Perno Postimees, 9 June 1865, p. 3 (DIGAR) ↗

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