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Fire, flood or disaster · 12.1942

A sea mine explodes on the Põõsaspea shore

Põõsaspea rannas plahvatab meremiin

In early December 1942, in the second winter of the German occupation, a loud explosion shook the coast near Spithami village on the Põõsaspea headland in north-western Läänemaa. A sea mine laid by the Soviet forces during the fighting of 1941 had been washed ashore and, apparently, thrown by the waves against the rocks on the beach. The blast smashed a number of windows in Spithami and did other damage, but no one was hurt.

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

Eesti keeles

1942. aasta detsembri alguses, Saksa okupatsiooni teisel talvel, raputas Loode-Läänemaal Põõsaspea neeme ääres Spithami küla lähedal randa tugev plahvatus. Mereranda oli uhutud 1941. aasta võitluste ajal Nõukogude vägede poolt merre pandud miin, mille lained ilmselt vastu kaldakive paiskasid. Plahvatus purustas Spithami külas hulga aknaid ja tegi muudki kahju, kuid inimesi ei saanud viga.

Map of the area around A sea mine explodes on the Põõsaspea shore
59.22930° N, 23.50750° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Lääne Sõna, 10 December 1942, p. 3 (DIGAR) ↗

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