Fire, flood or disaster · 04.06.1927
Goods trains collide at Tartu station by the Riga bridge
Kaubarongide kokkupõrge Tartu jaamas Riia silla juures
On the evening of Whitsun Saturday, 4 June 1927, news spread through Tartu like wildfire that trains had collided at the railway station by the Riga Street bridge. Goods train No. 524 from Valga, made up of four empty third-class carriages and 21 freight wagons, had run into a train of 34 loaded wagons being shunted in the station. The locomotive and tender of the Valga train were left half on their side, two engines and four wagons were damaged and a stretch of track was torn up, but no one was hurt. Officials hurried to the spot to find out how it had happened.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Nelipühi laupäeva õhtul, 4. juunil 1927 levis Tartus kulutulena teade, et raudteejaamas Riia silla juures on rongid kokku põrganud. Valga poolt tulnud kaubarong nr. 524, milles oli neli tühja kolmanda klassi reisivagunit ja 21 kaubavagunit, oli sõitnud otsa jaamas manööverdavale 34 laaditud vagunist koosnevale rongile. Valga rongi vedur ja tender jäid pooleldi külili, kaks vedurit ja neli vagunit said vigastada ning rööpad rikuti, kuid inimohvreid ei olnud. Ametivõimud ruttasid kohale õnnetuse põhjust selgitama.