Fire, flood or disaster · 06.06.1892
The crows who moved out of the Dome Church spire
Toomkiriku tornist lahkunud varesed
In early June 1892, while the spire of the Dome Church on Toompea was being repaired, workmen found a crows' nest with young birds inside the hollow tip of the tower. Their foreman told them to leave it alone until he had seen it for himself. When he climbed up the next morning, the nest was empty: overnight the parent crows had carried their chicks away from a place that, Postimees supposed, had given their kind a quiet home for decades. The same column noted that a steamer had arrived from St Petersburg on time despite five fathoms of wire rope wound round its propeller.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1892. aasta juuni algul, kui Toompea Toomkiriku torni parandati, leidsid töömehed torni tipu õõnsusest varesepesa, kus olid sees pojad. Tööjuhataja käskis pesa puutumata jätta, kuni ta seda ise näinud on. Kui ta järgmisel hommikul torni ronis, oli pesa tühi: vanad varesed olid öö jooksul pojad minema tassinud paigast, mis oli Postimehe arvates olnud nende soole aastakümneid rahulikuks koduks. Samas rubriigis märgiti, et Peterburist tulnud aurik jõudis õigel ajal kohale, ehkki tema kruvi ümber oli mähkunud viis sülda traatköit.