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Fire, flood or disaster · 1925

Twenty thousand boxes of matches go up in Viljandi

Viljandis põleb 20 000 tikutoosi

In May 1925 fire broke out in a small match factory on Vaksali Street in Viljandi, the street leading to the railway station. It is hard to imagine a more inflammable stock: some 20,000 boxes of finished matches went up, part of the machinery and several rooms were damaged, and the loss was put at over 100,000 marks. Kaja gave the news only a few lines: the factory belonged to a local businessman, Ed. Pohl, and it is one of the small industries that sprang up in Estonian country towns in the 1920s.

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

Eesti keeles

1925. aasta mais puhkes tulekahju väikeses tikuvabrikus Viljandis Vaksali tänaval, mis viib raudteejaama poole. Vaevalt saab ette kujutada tuleohtlikumat laovaru: tules hävis umbes 20 000 toosi valmis tikke, kannatada said osa sisseseadest ja mitu ruumi ning kahju hinnati üle 100 000 marga. Kaja andis uudisele vaid mõne rea: vabrik kuulus kohalikule ärimehele Ed. Pohlile ja oli üks neist väikestest ettevõtetest, mis 1920. aastatel Eesti väikelinnades tekkisid.

Map of the area around Twenty thousand boxes of matches go up in Viljandi
58.36200° N, 25.58500° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Kaja, 19 May 1925, p. 7 (DIGAR) ↗

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