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Fire, flood or disaster · 29.12.1913

The Christmas blizzard that emptied Kose church

Jõulutuisk, mis jättis Kose kiriku tühjaks

The great blizzard at the end of December 1913 buried northern Estonia in snow. Tallinna Teataja's correspondents reported that on the Sunday after Christmas there was no service in Kose church because no parishioners could get through; the pastor held prayers for his own household at home. The roads were blocked and carting almost impossible. At Harju-Madise only the roofs of some houses and of the church showed above the drifts and the churchyard had vanished, on Muhu the post stopped for three days, and an old milk carter froze to death after his horse lost the way.

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

Eesti keeles

1913. aasta detsembri lõpu suur tuisk mattis Põhja-Eesti lume alla. Tallinna Teataja kirjasaatjad teatasid, et pühapäeval pärast jõule ei peetud Kose kirikus jumalateenistust, sest kirikulised ei pääsenud kohale; õpetaja pidas palvust oma perele kodus. Teed olid kinni ja koormate vedu peaaegu võimatu. Harju-Madisel paistsid hangedest välja vaid mõne maja ja kiriku katus ning surnuaed oli kadunud lume alla, Muhus seisis post kolm päeva ja üks vana piimavedaja külmus surnuks, kui hobune tuisus teelt eksis.

Map of the area around The Christmas blizzard that emptied Kose church
59.19420° N, 25.18460° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Tallinna Teataja, 3 January 1914, p. 5 (DIGAR) ↗

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