NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 18 September 1923

18 SEPTEMBER 1923

A typhoon in the Tottori area of Japan caused floods which killed over 5,000 people.

Constitutional guarantees in Spain were suspended with the King signing a decree for the creation of National Guards. The Spanish constitution had been agreed in June 1876 following the restoration of the Monarchy.

Twelve people were killed in food riots in Sorau (now Żary in Poland) in Germany.