Fire, flood or disaster · 28.09.1892
Baron Wrangell killed fighting a farm fire at Kohala
Parun Wrangell hukkub Kohalas talupõlengut kustutades
One Monday evening in late September 1892 a fire broke out on a farm belonging to Kohala manor near Rakvere, and the owner, Baron Nikolai von Wrangell, hurried over to direct the fire-fighting himself. As the struggle with the flames went on, he noticed that the chimney was starting to lean. He shouted a warning and the workers ran clear, but the chimney toppled towards him and stones struck his head. He was carried unconscious to the manor; a doctor rushed in from nearby, but in vain, and the baron died the following Tuesday. He had served the Crown in several posts.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Ühel esmaspäeva õhtul 1892. aasta septembri lõpus pääses Rakvere lähedal Kohala mõisa ühes talus lahti tuli ja mõisaomanik parun Nikolai von Wrangell tõttas ise kustutamist juhatama. Kui võitlus leekidega kestis, märkas ta, et korsten hakkab kalduma. Ta hoiatas töölisi, kes jooksid eemale, kuid korsten kukkus tema poole ja kivid tabasid teda pähe. Ta kanti teadvusetult mõisa; naabrusest kiirustas kohale arst, kuid asjata, ja parun suri teisipäeval. Ta oli teeninud riiki mitmes ametis.