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Shipwreck or sea mystery · 09.09.1883

The storm that pushed the sea from Finland to Estonia

Torm, mis ajas mere Soomest Eesti randa

On 9 September 1883 a gale raged over Tallinn and the Gulf of Finland. It broke windows and uprooted trees in Finland and, as Ristirahwa Pühapäewaleht explained, blew the sea itself across to the Estonian side: along the Finnish coast the water fell six feet, so that the seabed lay bare between the islands and ships stuck on the bottom. On the Estonian shore one ship after another went aground: a German and a Finnish ship at Prangli island, a Danish one at Viimsi, others at Rammu and in Kolga bay. Every crew survived.

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

Eesti keeles

9. septembril 1883 möllas Tallinna ja Soome lahe kohal maru. Soomes lõhkus see aknaid ja kiskus puid juurtega maast, ning nagu Ristirahwa Pühapäewaleht seletas, puhus torm mere enese üle Eesti poolele: Soome rannas alanes vesi kuus jalga, nii et saarte vahel paistis põhi ja laevad jäid põhja kinni. Eesti rannas jooksis randa laev laeva järel: Saksa ja Soome laev Prangli saare juures, Taani laev Viimsi all, teised Rammu juures ja Kolga lahes. Kõigi meeskonnad pääsesid eluga.

Map of the area around The storm that pushed the sea from Finland to Estonia
59.62500° N, 24.99500° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Ristirahwa Pühhapäewaleht, 25 September 1883, p. 6 (DIGAR) ↗

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