Fire, flood or disaster · 24.06.1927
A boat goes over the Kreenholm falls
Paat kukub Kreenholmi kosest alla
At four in the morning on Midsummer Day, 24 June 1927, an inspector at the Kreenholm textile mills in Narva saw a rowing boat with a man in it sliding fast towards the waterfall, the man not moving. The boat was only about 15 fathoms from the brink when he shouted with all his strength. The man seemed to have fallen asleep; he woke, snatched the oars and managed two or three strokes before the boat dropped over the falls, several fathoms high, and vanished in the foam. Only pieces of the boat were seen afterwards, and his body was found later well downstream.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Jaanipäeva hommikul, 24. juunil 1927 kell neli märkas Narvas Kreenholmi manufaktuuri kontrolör, et paat mehega läheneb hirmsa kiirusega kosele ja mees selles ei liigu. Paat oli kose laugest vaid umbes 15 sülla kaugusel, kui ta kõigest jõust hõikas. Mees oli ilmselt magama jäänud; ta ärkas, haaras aerud ja jõudis tõmmata kaks-kolm korda, kui paat juba mitme sülla kõrguselt kosest alla kukkus ja vahus kadus. Hiljem nähti jõel vaid paadi tükke ning mehe surnukeha leiti tükk maad allavoolu.