Fire, flood or disaster · 12.08.1929
A steamer runs down a motor boat on the Narva river
Aurik sõidab Narva jõel mootorpaadile otsa
On Sunday 11 August 1929 members of the Narva Defence League held shooting practice at Narva-Jõesuu. In the evening four of them, among them a physics teacher from the Narva gymnasium and a schoolboy, and a woman travelling with them set off home up the river in a small motor boat. Around midnight, opposite the Sutthoff park about two kilometres below Narva harbour, the passenger steamer Ust-Narovsk ran straight over them in the dark. The boat broke apart and all five went into the water. Only the schoolboy was saved; four people drowned.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Pühapäeval, 11. augustil 1929 pidasid Narva kaitseliitlased Narva-Jõesuus laskeharjutusi. Õhtul asusid neli neist, nende hulgas Narva gümnaasiumi füüsikaõpetaja ja üks koolipoiss, koos ühe naisega väikese mootorpaadiga mööda jõge koju tagasi. Kesköö paiku, Sutthoffi pargi kohal umbes kaks kilomeetrit Narva sadamast allavoolu, sõitis reisiaurik Ust-Narovsk pimedas otse neile peale. Paat purunes ja kõik viis kukkusid vette. Pääses ainult koolipoiss, neli inimest uppus.