Fire, flood or disaster · 19.07.1927
The squall that flattened Pärnu's bathing huts
Maru, mis purustas Pärnu supelonnid
On the afternoon of Tuesday 19 July 1927 thunderclouds gathered over Pärnu from sea and land. Lightning struck the girls' gymnasium twice, wrecking its radio aerial, telephone and wiring, and knocked out the dynamo at the Puls brewery. The worst came on the beach, where squalls from Audru and Tahkuranna met. The men ran out of their bathing huts onto the sand, but the women crowded into theirs for shelter. Big waves and a gust some called a waterspout tore away the stilts of the women's hut, which fell ten feet and broke to splinters; its roof landed 60 metres away. A five-year-old girl was killed and five women injured.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Teisipäeva pärastlõunal, 19. juulil 1927 kogunesid Pärnu kohale nii mere kui ka maa poolt äikesepilved. Pikne lõi kaks korda sisse linna naisgümnaasiumi, rikkudes raadioantenni, telefoni ja elektrisisseseade, ning Pulsi õllevabrikus rikkus dünamomasina. Kõige rängemini tabas maru aga supelranda, kus Audru ja Tahkuranna poolt tulnud tormihood kokku said. Mehed jooksid onnidest rannale, naised aga tormasid varju otsima oma supelonni. Suured lained ja hoog, mida mõned pidasid veepüksiks, murdsid naiste onni alussambad, onn kukkus kümne jala kõrguselt alla ja purunes pilbasteks, katus lendas 60 meetri kaugusele. Viieaastane tüdruk sai surma ja viis naist vigastada.