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Fire, flood or disaster · 17.02.1927

Leesi fishermen carried out to sea on the ice

Leesi kalurid triivival jäätükil

On 17 February 1927 a north-easterly blizzard swept the coast. In Kolga Bay below Leesi village 54 fishermen had gone out with horses and sledges to bring in their seine nets when a huge slab broke from the shore ice and drifted with them towards the open sea. The fishermen's cooperative phoned Tallinn begging for the icebreaker Suur Tõll, but she was far to the west near Suurupi. By three in the afternoon word came that every man had been brought ashore, even the horses; only a few sledges and the nets stayed out on the ice.

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

Eesti keeles

17. veebruaril 1927 möllas rannikul kirde-lumetuisk. Kolga lahel Leesi küla all olid 54 kalameest hobuste ja regedega läinud nootasid ära tooma, kui kinnisjääst murdus lahti hiigelsuur jäälahmakas ja hakkas meestega lageda mere poole triivima. Kalameeste ühisus palus telefoni teel Tallinnast appi jäämurdjat Suur Tõll, kuid see oli kaugel läänes Suuropi kandis. Kella kolme paiku pärastlõunal tuli teade, et kõik mehed on maale toodud, isegi hobused päästetud; jääle jäid vaid mõned reed ja noodad.

Map of the area around Leesi fishermen carried out to sea on the ice
59.56700° N, 25.36000° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Kaja, 18 February 1927, p. 1 (DIGAR) ↗

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