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Fire, flood or disaster · 13.03.1936

Naissaar seal hunters scattered by a March storm

Märtsitorm paiskab Naissaare hülgekütid laiali

In March 1936 several motorboats of seal hunters from Naissaar were out among the ice when a gale blew up. One boat was driven all the way to the Swedish coast by the Almagrundet lightship; another, with three men, was missing off Finland near the Stenskär lighthouse and feared lost. A week later, on 21 March, those three sailed home safely with 11 seals; they had sheltered on the Finnish shore and simply gone on hunting. Meanwhile the Sõrve lighthouse reported a boat signalling distress with fire. It was only hunters thawing their frozen engine pipe with a kerosene flame.

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

Eesti keeles

1936. aasta märtsis olid mitu Naissaare hülgeküttide mootorpaati jää vahel väljas, kui tõusis torm. Üks paat aeti Rootsi randa Almagrundeti tulelaeva juurde; teine, kolme mehega, jäi kadunuks Soome ranniku lähedal Stenskäri tuletorni juures ja kardeti hukkunuks. Nädal hiljem, 21. märtsil, sõitsid need kolm meest õnnelikult koju, kaasas 11 hüljest: nad olid tormi eest varju leidnud Soome rannas ja lihtsalt püüki jätkanud. Vahepeal teatas Sõrve tuletorn paadist, mis andis tulega hädasignaali. Tegelikult sulatasid kütid petrooleumileegiga lahti oma külmunud mootoritoru.

Map of the area around Naissaar seal hunters scattered by a March storm
59.57140° N, 24.51070° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Uus Eesti, 16 March 1936, p. 3; Järva Teataja, 23 March 1936, p. 1 (DIGAR) ↗

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