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Fire, flood or disaster · 09.03.1912

Eighteen people adrift on an ice floe off Tallinn

Kaheksateist inimest jäätükil Tallinna reidil

At half past seven on the morning of Friday 9 March 1912 a slab of ice broke away in the Tallinn roads and drifted out to sea with eighteen people on it: eight local fishermen, two little boys who had gone for a walk on the ice, and others. The lifeboat station at Kalaranna saw what had happened and at once sent out its winter rescue boat with a crew of five. The same page carried the week's thefts, fires and a suicide; this time the news from the sea was good. Päevaleht reported the next day that all eighteen had been brought back safely from the sea.

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

Eesti keeles

Reedel, 9. märtsil 1912 kell pool kaheksa hommikul murdus Tallinna reidil lahti jäätükk ja triivis merele, peal 18 inimest: kaheksa kohalikku kalameest, kaks jääle jalutama läinud poisikest ja teisi. Kalaranna päästejaamas märgati juhtunut ja kohe saadeti appi talvine päästepaat viiemehelise meeskonnaga. Samal leheküljel olid nädala vargused, tulekahjud ja enesetapp, kuid seekord oli merelt hea uudis. Päevaleht teatas järgmisel päeval, et kõik 18 inimest toodi merehädast õnnelikult tagasi.

Map of the area around Eighteen people adrift on an ice floe off Tallinn
59.44700° N, 24.76200° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Päevaleht, 10 March 1912 (DIGAR) ↗

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