Fire, flood or disaster · 21.06.1917
Locomotive sparks burn Kunda-Lontova harbour
Veduri sädemed süütavad Kunda-Lontova sadama
On 21 June 1917 sparks from a locomotive chimney landed on a shingle roof at the Kunda-Lontova harbour. In dry weather and a strong wind the fire spread across the roofs in minutes, and all the harbour warehouses burned, together with a stock of firewood bought from Finland and forty barrels of Baltic herring. Damage was put at about 80,000 roubles for the buildings and 12,000 for the wood, and none of it was insured. The paper also grumbled that the big Kunda cement works had no steam fire pump.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
21. juunil 1917 kukkusid veduri korstnast lennanud sädemed Kunda-Lontova sadamas laastukatusele. Kuiva ilma ja tugeva tuulega levis tuli mõne minutiga üle katuste ning põlesid kõik sadama aidad, Soomest ostetud puud ja 40 tünni silku. Hoonete kahju hinnati umbes 80 000 rublale, puude oma 12 000 rublale, ja midagi polnud kindlustatud. Leht nurises ka, et suurel Kunda tehasel puudus aurupritsi.