Fire, flood or disaster · 24.01.1939
Four Kuressaare boys lost on the sea ice
Neli Kuressaare poissi merejääl eksinud
At midday on Tuesday 24 January 1939 four young boys from Kuressaare walked out onto the frozen sea to look at the fish traps. Thick fog came down and they lost all sense of direction. Searching for the shore, they wandered some ten kilometres and ended up near the island of Abruka. Only late in the evening, when the fog lifted and the lights of the town began to show, could they find their bearings, and they made it back to Kuressaare by night.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Teisipäeva, 24. jaanuari 1939 keskpäeval läksid neli alaealist Kuressaare poisikest merejääle mõrdu vaatama. Maha laskus paks udu ja poisid kaotasid suuna. Randa otsides eksisid nad umbes kümne kilomeetri kaugusele ja jõudsid Abruka saare lähedale. Alles hilisõhtul, kui ilm selgines ja linnatuled paistma hakkasid, said eksijad suuna kätte ning jõudsid öösel Kuressaarde tagasi.