Fire, flood or disaster · 26.08.1917
Zeppelins over Valga station
Tsepeliinid Valga jaama kohal
In the night before Saturday 26 August 1917 (old style) two German Zeppelins came over Valga, the railway junction behind the front. From midnight to three in the morning they dropped 50 to 60 bombs in three waves around the station, the last fourteen exploding almost without a pause. One blew a corner off the railway depot, three houses on Võru Street were wrecked and three people there were killed. Several bombs fell into the bog of Kapsta manor and did not go off. The paper noted with relief that the railway itself was undamaged.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Ööl vastu laupäeva, 26. augustit (vkj) 1917 ilmusid rindetaguse raudteesõlme Valga kohale kaks Saksa tsepeliini. Keskööst kella kolmeni heitsid nad kolmes järgus jaama ümbrusse 50–60 pommi, viimased neliteist lõhkesid peaaegu vaheajata. Üks pomm viis raudteedepoo hoonel nurga ära, Võru tänaval purustati kolm maja ja seal sai surma kolm inimest. Mitu pommi kukkus Kapsta mõisa soosse ega lõhkenud. Leht tõdes kergendusega, et raudtee jäi terveks.