NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 26 January 1923

26 JANUARY 1923

The German Railwaymen’s Union in Essen sent a strong message to the French Government telling it to withdraw from taking control of German services in the Ruhr Valley. They said that there were growing safety issues and ordered their workers not to support the French authorities in the occupied region.

A general strike began of boatmen on the Rhine, causing a suspension of all freight traffic on the river.

A committee appointed by the Bishop of London recommended demolishing a number of city churches that weren’t well used to raise more money by selling off the sites. Opponents of the idea complained that many of the churches were designed by Christopher Wren and had significant historic interest, with a decision to be made by the future Church of England Representative Assembly.

Dublin authorities confirmed that they had executed two men in Waterford for illegally possessing ammunition and firearms. The two men, Michael Fitzgerald and Patrick O’Reilly, brought the number of people executed to 50 over the last three month period.