Shipwreck or sea mystery · 09.1857
Two ships lost at Pärispea and the Loksa rescuers
Kaks laeva hukkub Pärispeal ja Loksa päästjad
In a September storm in 1857 two ships, the Prins Oskar from England and the Nautilus from Bremen, were smashed on the Pärispea shore, and their crews drowned until the sea threw the bodies onto the beach; the foreign sailors were buried in the graveyard of Loksa chapel. Only one man survived, the skipper of one ship, an Oldenburger, whom the Loksa coastmen dragged half-dead from the surf at great risk to themselves. They thought no more of it, wrote Perno Postimees, until in 1859 the Tsar's reward arrived: gold medals for the three leaders and fifteen silver roubles for each of their seven helpers.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1857. aasta septembritormis purunesid Pärispea rannas kaks laeva, Inglismaalt pärit Prins Oskar ja Bremeni Nautilus, ning nende meeskonnad uppusid, kuni meri heitis surnukehad randa; võõrad meremehed maeti Loksa kabeli surnuaeda. Ellu jäi vaid üks mees, ühe laeva kipper, Oldenburgi mees, kelle Loksa rannamehed oma elu ohtu seades poolsurnuna lainetest välja tõid. Nad ei mõelnud sellele rohkem, kirjutas Perno Postimees, kuni 1859. aastal saabus keisri autasu: kolmele eestvedajale kuldmedalid ja nende seitsmele abilisele igaühele 15 hõberubla.