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1923
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1923 / about / Fish / Texas / [Letter to Fort, from Edgar L. Pearson, July 15, 1925.] [X; 1797. (Letter; Pearson, Edgar L., to Fort; 1925 July 15.)]
1923 / Have D news to June. [X; 1798.]
1923 / Sun minimum / Not 1922. [X; 1799. (Ref.???)]
1923 / Quetta / Metite said been slag from hay. / Nature 111-704. [X; 1800. (Nature, 111-704.)]
1923 / Saturn from Oct, 1922, to Nov. 25 in Virgo. [X; 1801. (Ref.???)]
1923 Jan to Nov / Jupiter in Scorpio-Leo / Nov and Dec, in Sagittarius. [X; 1802. (Ref.???)]
1923 / Evil Eye / Kalamazoo, Mich. / See July 18. 1929. / Mrs Etta Fairchild. [E; 371. See: (1929 July 18).]
1923 / Phe at Chico continuing. [E; 372.]
1923 / Myst house / Chiswick / See Jan 28, 1925. [E; 373. See: (1925 Jan 28).]
1923 / Robberies at Barberton, Ohio. / See Sept 25, 1927. [E; 374. See: (1927 Sept 25).]
1923 / H. barn near Fredon, N.J. / See Sept 12, 1927. [E; 375. See: (1927 Sept 12).]
1923 / Phe-house in Lymm, near Warrington, Cheshire. / See Sept 19, 1926. [E; 376. See: (1926 Sept 19).]
1923 / H. H. / East Barnet, Herts. / See Dec. 26, 1926. [E; 377. See: (1926 Dec 26).]
1923 / H.H. / Bradford / See Nov. 15, 1925. [E; 378. See: (1925 Nov 15).]
1923 / Phe. / Home of Kendricks, at Bradford / See Aug 10, 1924. [E; 379. See: (1924 Aug 10).]
1923 / At Eastbourne, John Blackman judges die. / See Oct 14, 1923. [E; 380. See: (1923 Oct 14).]
1923 / Stigmatic girl of Woonsocket, R.I. / See March 25, 1928. [E; 381. See: (1928 March 28).]
1923 / Tut-Ankh-Amen / Story in Light, Feb. 8, 1930, taken from Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg), Dec 31, 1929—an official of Egyptian Government had sent to a Miss Egan, of Johannesburg, a mural decoration from the tomb. Knockings heard. Alarmed. R.D. Mail correspondent took it to his home, for a test. No noise—his wireless setimmediately put out of order; next morning one of his canaries found dead. / (Canary/ See account in N.Y. American.) [E: 382.1, 382.2. (Light, February 8, 1930) (Rand Daily Mail, December 31, 1929.) (New York American, ca. 1929.)]
1923 / Tut. / B. Museum / mummy influences / D. Express, 1913, Jan. 2-1-5. [E; 383. (London Daily Express, January 2, 1913, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 / (look) / Darlington / See June 7, 1923. [E; 384. See: (1923 June 7).]
1923 Jan / Coal explosions—see coal explosions and polt phe, Hornsey, Feb, 1921. [E; 385. See: (1921 Feb).]
1923 Jan / Fumes / See Dec., 1922. [E; 386. See: (1922 Dec).]
1923 Jan / Gas / See June 10, 1910. [E; 387. See: (1910 June 10; not found here).]
1923 Jan / [Mental Ward Ghost] / D. Express, Sept 24, 1926. [E; 388. Newspaper clipping. (London Daily Express, September 24, 1926.)]
1923 Jan / Nothing of a ghost in Rochdale Observer. [E; 389.]
1923 Jan 3 / Bristol / Denning reported Quadrantids (232° + 52°). Fine ones visible occasionally. / Nature 111-60. [X; 1803. (Nature, 111-60.)]
1923 Jan 3-4 / night / "Countless countless" meteors, Shetland Islands. / E Mec 123-10. [X; 1804. (English Mechanic, 123-10.)]
1923 Jan. 3 / q. / Thessaly, Greece / BSSA 13-76. [X; 1805. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-76.)]
1923 Jan 4 / new star / 8 h., 48 m / Stowmarket / by Miss Grace Cook—In Ursa Minor, 222° = 77, "A stationary meteor"—large as Venus; shone 1½ seconds. / Nature 111-61. [X; 1806. (Nature, 111-61.)]
1923 Jan. 4 / See others. / Dec 29 / D. Express 5-5-3 / A wave of fumes from exploded tanks of acid in a motor-lorry, on a road near Stafford, affected men 400 yards away. [E; 390. (London Daily Express, January 5, 1923, p. 5 c. 3.)]
1923 Jan 6 / D. Chron, 5-3 / Ashford, Kent / Loss of memory man. [E; 391. (London Daily Chronicle, January 6, 1923, p. 5 c. 3.)]
1923 Jan 7 / Cloudburst near Barmouth. / D. Express 8-7-3. [X; 1807. (London Daily Express, January 8, 1923, p. 7 c. 3.)]
1923 Jan 9 / Ireland / Sun phe / Symons 58/10. [X; 1808. (Meteorological Magazine, 58-10.)]
1923 Jan 10 / Shock, and for several days / San Salvador / BSSA 13-76. [X; 1809. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-76.)]
1923 Jan 10 / 8:30 p.m. / Lakeview and Klamath Falls, oregon / shock / BSSA 13-76. [X; 1810. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-76.)]
1923 Jan 11 / Worst sandstorm in 30 years in desert bet. Luxor and Thebes. / D. News 12-3. [X; 1811. (London Daily News, January 11 or 12, 1923???)]
1923 Jan 11 / D. Mail of, 5-6—Animal said roving around mining town of Coalville, Leicestershire. Reported by Mr. John Hall, of 19 Oxforde-street, who said was a lioness—variously described by others—a big dog—foxhound puppy—stray donkey. [E; 392. (London Daily Mail, January 11, 1923, p. 5 c. 6.) See: 1905 / Animal of Coalville / Jan 11, 1923. (C; 759). “Moans in the Night.” Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, January 10, 1923, p. 6 c. 6.]
1923 Jan 13 / D. Express, 5-3 / Cats in village of Stockland, near Axminster, died from what believed was sleeping sickness.[E; 393. (London Daily Express, January 13, 1923, p. 5 c. 3.)]
1923 Jan 13-14 / Gas / night / in Queen's Road, Battersea / D. News 16-6-3 / 4 victims of a gas-poisoning mystery.” [E; 394. (London Daily News, January 16, 1923, p. 6 c. 3.)]
1923 Jan 14 / morning / 2 married sisters, Mrs Bennett and Mrs Maclarenm Queen's Road, Battersea, and a child of each (Battersea Borough News, Jan. 19) in morning staggered out of their rooms and collapsed, and found by Mr. Bennett. Strong odor of gas. “The actual cause of the gassing is a mystery.” Preprsentatives and reported no leaks. Thought a gas tap must have been turned on. Mr. B. stated no gas tap on. [E: 395.1, 395.2. (Battersea Borough News, January 19, 1923; not at BNA.)]
[The following three notes were folded together by Fort. E: 396-398.]
1923 Jan. 14 / The People, 11-2 / Coalville animal / Said that the creature's footprints were found in a garden, and resembled a bear's. Said was all nonsense, of course, but no question of the town of Coalville being agog with excitement. [E; 396. "Spot-Changing Ghost of Coalville." People, January 14, 1923, p. 11 c. 2.]
1923 Jan 10 / D. Chron., 1-4 / Animal of Coalville, Leicestershire / footprints larger than a dog's—resembling a bear's / said be a white animal. [E; 397. (London Daily Chronicle, January 10, 1923, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1923 Jan / Nothing of Coalville animal in Nottingham Guardian. [E; 398. “Only a Donkey!” Nottingham Journal, January 11, 1923, p. 7 c. 3. “The mystic roamer which had created such consternation by its blood-curdling cries was no lioness, as one miner is said to have testified, nor was it any solitary remaining specimen of a dying race of wild denizens the Charnwood Forest—it was only donkey which wandered out a field where it had been placed for the night and paraded the streets, giving vent to forlorn utterances!”]
1923 Jan. 18 / 7:15 p.m. / Meteor / Duluth / Pop Astro 31-208. [X; 1812. (Popular Astronomy, 31-208.)]
1923 Jan 18 / Fumes / D. News 19-1-4 / At Crawley, Sussex—at a dance at Victoria Hall, suddenly child after child fainted—then adults had headaches. Said been “ample ventilation”, and no gas leakage. [E; 399. (London Daily News, January 19, 1923, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1923 Jan 18 / Gas / D. News 24-1-6 / Morning of 19th, Mrs Craig, of Hamersmith, found her daughter, Winifred Shields Craig, in her top floor bedroom, dead. “There was a smell of stale gas in the room. Mrs Craig sure that a small gas stove had not been turned on. There was no gas leakage. [E: 400.1, 400.2. (London Daily News, January 24, 1923, p. 1 c. 6.)]
1923 Jan 20 / D. Express, 5-2 / 2 miles from Shrewsbury, an underground fire—began—in october. [X; 1813. (London Daily Express, January 20, 1923, p. 5 c. 2.)]
1923 Jan 21 / People, 1-5 / Latest fiend—the egg-thrower in North London. Speciality was spoiling women's clothes. Thought the missiles came from a passing vehicle. [E; 401.1. "Egg-Throwing." People, January 21, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.]
1923 Jan 21 / People, 8-1 / 2 girls found drowned in a pool near Sheffield. / 28-11-7—on Jan 6, 2 girls, Ellen Brayne and Hilda Miles, both of Hove, disappeared. Last seen together. Each almost 6 feet in height. [E; 401.2. "Suicide Pact of Two Young Girls." People, January 21, 1923, p. 8 c. 1-2. "Missing Girls Mystery." People, January 28, 1923, p. 11 c. 7. "Missing Girls Found." Sheffield Daily Telegraph, January 29, 1923, p. 2 c. 6. Brayne and Miles were later found staying in London.]
1923 Jan. 22 / St Moritz, Switzerland / shocks / 5:30 a.m. / 8:55 a.m. / noon, about / D. Chronicle 24-7-2. [X; 1814. (London Daily Chronicle, January 24, 1923, p. 7 c. 2.)]
1923 Jan 22 / Sharp shock / Cal. / B.S.S.A. 13-76. [X; 1815. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-76.)]
1923 Jan 22 / 3:55 a.m. / At Washington, a severe q recorded. Said probably in Central America. / D. Express 23-5-4. [X; 1816. (London Daily Express, January 23, 1923, p. 5 c. 4.)]
1923 Jan 22 / gas—Fumes? / morning / Mrs. C. Korck and her adopted daughter Prida Hill, aged 8, found unconscious in bed. Room full of gas. During the night a picture had fallen, smashing a gas bracket and turning on gas. / Strange—noise of the fall. / Beaconsfield Villas, Brighton / D. News 23-6-4. [E: 402.1, 402.2. (London Daily News, January 23, 1923, p. 6 c. 4.)]
1923 Jan 22 / [source unidentified], 1-3 / Stoves for months been blowing up in France, Belgium, Switzerland. / On Jan 21, one at Oldbury Penn, near Beaconsfield, England. / 23-5-4. [E; 403. (Unidentified source, January 22, 1923, p. 1 c. 3.) (Unidentified source, January 23, 1923, p. 5 c. 4.) “Stove Explosion Mystery.” Belfast Telegraph, January 23, 1923, p. 5 c. 5; cites London Daily Express as its source. “Cartridges Among Coal?” Nottingham Evening Post, January 23, 1923, p. 5 c. 4; cites Central News as its source.]
1923 Jan, 22 / Daily Express of / A ghost in Rochford. Reward of 50£ offered. Male nurse caught early morning, wrapped in sheet and pillowcase. She was said to have masqueraded so to support her story that such a thing had been seen. / B.M. [E; 404. (London Daily Express, January 22, 1923.)]
1923 Jan 23 / Gas / D. News, 6-6 / At the Rochford Union Hospital, something was mysteriously ringing bells and turning on the gas. A male attendant was caught masquerading as a ghost. Said that hospital staff not believe he had rung bells and turned on gas. [E; 405. (London Daily News, January 23, 1923, p. 6 c. 6.)]
1923 Jan 23 / Other case = polts turning on gas? [E; 406.]
1923 Jan 23, etc. / Daily Express / Explosions in anthacite coal stoves. [E; 407. (London Daily Express, January 23, 1923, plus.)]
1923 Jan. 25 / met—fire / At Quetta (near Simla?), India, metite reported fell in a storm and set fire to a stack of 12,800 bales of straw. In the ashes found about 3 tons of slag, that may have been meteoric. / Nature 112-241. [X: 1817.1, 1817.2. (Nature, 112-241.)]
1923 Jan 25 / D. Chronicle, 7-2 / 3 explosions in anthracite stoves in few days—Batham; Twickenham; near Brighton. [E; 408. (London Daily Chronicle, January 25, 1923, p. 7 c. 2.)]
1923 Jan 26 / Infant in cradle, at Marston, Cheshire, in flames. Thought from spark from grate fire. / D. Chron 27-1-5. [E; 409. (London Daily Chronicle, January 27, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 Jan 28 / London / ldebaran occulted by moon, London, 12:35 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. / D Chron 26-7-4. [X; 1818. (London Daily Chronicle, January 26, 1923, p. 7 c. 4.)]
1923 Jan 28 / N.Y. Times, 21-3 / Mt. Pleasant, Pa. / Ghost attacks girl nightly. [E; 410. (New York Times, January 28, 1921, p. 21 c. 3.)]
1923 Feb / Have News of the World and Lloyd's Weekly. [X; 1819.]
1923 Feb / Gorefield. [E; 411. (Ref.???)]
[The following ten notes were clipped together by Fort. E: 412-421.]
1923 Feb / X / Gorefield / In Lloyd's S News, March 18-5-5, said that the exorcising woman had herself been charged with witchcraft. When she was employed in a farmhouse in the Wisbech district, horses, cows, and pigs died of a “mysterious sickness”. Not long before, in the same district, a farmer had accused an old woman of bewitching the animals on his farm, and knocked her down and broke her leg. She got £100 damages. [E: 412.1, 412.2, 412.3. (Lloyd's Sunday News, March 18, 1923, p. 5 c. 5.)]
1923 Feb. 25 / The People, 11-1 / Phe of Gorefield, near Wisbech. Mr. George T. Ward of the Decoy Farm and Mr. John Fennelow, witnesses. [E; 413. "Mystery of Ghost That Has a Voice." People, February 25, 1923, p. 11 c. 1-2.]
1923 Feb 15 / [First page is missing.] / that about a week before a fifteen-year old girl sitting beside her grandmother had seen the old woman's nightcap caught up as if in a gust of wind, floating or darting about the room. She called her father, Joseph Scrimshaw. While he was trying to capture the nightcap, a crash was heard. In another room a washstand had toppled over. Every day since—furniture moved about or toppling. Special correspondent to the Daily Express (20-7-7) writes that he went to Mr. S's home, the New Barn House, at Gorefield, a sceptic but left utterly baffled. The house had been wrecked—or the furniture—ab. 200£ damage and no insurance—heaps of broken crockery and ornaments. Policemen and villagers testified that they had seen the phe. [E: 414.1 to 414.4. (London Daily Express, February 20, 1923, p. 7 c. 7.)]
1923 Feb. 20 / D. News of, p. 1 / Gorefield ghost moved a piano weighing 400 pounds 2 feet from a wall. / etc—q. [E; 415. (London Daily News, February 20, 1923, p. 1.)]
1923 Feb. 19 / D. Mail of / Goresfield phe / Pictures fall from walls. Cords not broken. [E; 416. (London Daily Mail, February 19, 1923.)]
1923 Feb. 24 / D. Chron., 7-2 / Goresfield. / Spiritualists arrived and held a seance but got no messages. [E; 417. (London Daily Chronicle, February 24, 1923, p. 7 c. 2.)]
1923 Feb 23 / The polts / Witnesses—G.T. Ward / Mr. Fennelow. [E; 418. See: 1923 Feb. 25, (E; 413).]
1923 Feb / A woman neighbor, of Scrimshaw, Mrs J.T. Holmes, believed it was witchcraft and tried to exorcise the witch. In D. Chronicle, March 10, said that smashing of objects had renewed. Said that Mrs Holmes had died suddenly, while suffering from a fit. “As she had been subject to fits for some little while, no inquest was held.” [E: 419.1, 419.2. (London Daily Chronicle, March 10, 1923.)]
[The following two notes were folded together with the pin clip by Fort. E: 420-421.]
1923 Feb 12 / Gorefield phe began. Told in an interview with Mr. Scrimshaw by a representaive of the Wisbech Advertiser, in the issue of Feb. 21. Daughter named Olive; ab 16 years old. Mrs S, aged 82, had been unwell since preceding December. Mr. S. called to her bedroom where she said her lace cap had been flying about. While there, crashes were heard, and a washstand in another bedroom had been thrown to the floor, Neighbors, Mr. Marrick, who was his foreman; Mr. W. Maxey, and Mr. G.T. Ward, were called into the house. All interviewed and said that they had seen objects in the house fall to the floor without being visibly touched.—a book case, a water filter, dishes. Police Constable Hudson called in. All the other stories told here. Said furniture of estimated value of £140 damaged, and was not insured. House in its own grounds. It was built 14 years before. No rappings on walls—no persons struck—no vibrations felt when objects moved. But [not] correct that witnesses saw things fall—always in some room they were not in—they heard crashes and ran and saw fallen things. Except one witness, Miss Heath, who asserted she saw a cupboard fall to floor. / A later account in this issue—Mr. John Fennelow, another neighbor, had stated he had seen a hall ornament and a clock in a room, fall. Olive had said had seen several falls. Odd thing—behind one object that fell, a kitten of the house was found. But said that kitten could not have moved the heavy pianola, for instance. Here said damage had reached £200. / In issue of 28th, retracted that Miss Heath had seen object move. Spiritualists persuaded Mr. S to let them hold seances. One said he had reason to think was spirit of Mr. S's father. Another that she saw spirit of Mr. S's wife (old Mrs S. was his n=mother). Two others said was spirit of a “tall dark man aged ab. 30” who had died years before by falling off a big black horse”. / Issue of Feb 28th, described rites of exorcism by Mrs Annie Holmes, putting apple pips in a medicine bottle which was burned in the stove. March 14th—her death from fits told of, and said that after a lull objects in Mrs S's bedroom had started falling again, followed renewal of falls in other parts of house. [E: 420.1 to 420.11. (Wisbech Advertiser, February 21, 1923.) (Wisbech Advertiser, February 28, 1923.) (Wisbech Advertiser, March 14, 1923.)]
1923 Feb 19 / D. News, 1-7—Gorefield / Police-Constable Hudson a witness of phe. / 20-1-4—said he was in the house when a 400-lb painola was moved 2 feet—but he not actually seen it moving. / 23-7-5—cor says that people had seen things that been moved, but he knew of only ine who asserted he had seen anything moving. Said that when lamp knocked off a table he, Scrimshaw, got candles but could not get them to burn. This cor says convinced was some commonplace explanation. [E: 421.1, 421.2. (London Daily News, February 19, 1923, p. 1 c. 7.) (London Dialy News, February 20, 1923, p. 1 c. 4.) (London Daily News, February 23, 1923, p. 7 c. 5.)]
1923 Feb. 1 / Sounds / See Jan 9. / Symons 58/58 (ver) / Bet 16 h and 17 h and again at 22 h., near Saskin, Carrick-on-Suir, ireland. Sounds variously described like thunder, or "like machinery", "a great roaring in the mountains. Said that Wm Denning thought that detonating meteors might have made the sounds. / On Comeragh Mts.—see March 23. [X: 1820.1, 1820.2. (Meteorological Magazine, 58-58.) See: (Jan 9), and, (March 23).]
1923 Feb 1 / Phe in Ireland / Similar Scotland Series, Jan 27-March 14, 1863. [X; 1821. See: (1863 Jan 27-March 14).]
1923 / Ab. Feb 1 / Mirage by officers of ship Trevick, near Freemantle, W. Australia. [E; 422. (Ref.???)]
1923 Feb. 2 / Aleutian Islands, Alaska / q. / So estimated from seismographic records at Chicago, Washington, and Victoria, B.C. / Bull S S A 13-77. [X; 1822. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-77.)]
1923 Feb. 3 / 12:30 p.m. / 1st of 7 tidal waves, Hawaii. / D. Express 5-1-5. [X; 1823. (London Daily Express, February 5, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 Feb. 3 / Eruption of Mt. Lassen. / D. Chronicle 5-1-3. [X; 1824. (London Daily Chronicle, February 5, 1923, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1923 [Feb. 3] / [Meteor Drops Near Redding] / S.S. Daily News. [X; 1825. (San Francisco Daily News. [X; 1825. Newspaper clipping. (San Francisco Daily News, ca. February 3, 1923.)]
1923 Feb. 3 / Can't find Mt. Lassen reported in San Fran Chron—probably for reasons. [X; 1826.]
1923 Feb. 3 / No volc eruption in Sandwich Islands. / S.F. Chronicle 5-1-3 / A quake recorded by Kilauea Observatory seismographs, in morning. Placed 2,000 or 3000 miles away. [X; 1827. (San Francisco Chronicle, February 5, 1923, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1923 Feb. 3 / morning / Smoke rising from Mt. Hood, Oregon. Seen from 5:40 to 7:15 a.m. / S.F. Chronicle 4-13-6. [X; 1828. (San Francisco Chronicle, February 4, 1923, p. 13 c. 6.)]
1923 Feb. 3 / Chicago—seismographs recorded "severest q. ever recorded" on the instruments of Chicago U.S. Weather Bureau. / q. calculated be in Alaska or Siberia. / San Francisco Chronicle 4-4-2 / Recorded at the University of California. Might have been in Eastern Asia or the East Indies. / At Georgetown University, D.C.—middle of South America. [X: 1829.1, 1829.2, 1829.3. (San Francisco Chronicle, February 4, 1923, p. 4 c. 2.)]
1923 Feb. 3 / Crater of a supposed extinct volcano, in Venetian district, Italy, burst open—morning—terrific explosion. / San Fran Chronicle 4-1-5. [X; 1830. (San Francisco Chronicle, February 4, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 Feb. 3 / q and tidal waves / Pacific / Nature 111-231. [X; 1831. (Nature, 111-231.)]
1923 Feb. 5 / Perth, W. Australia / Violent 5-hour q, apparently in Pacific, recorded. / D. News—8-1-4. [X; 1832. (London Daily News, February 8, 1923, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1923 Feb. 7 / q. / Quito, Ecuador / BSSA 13-77. [X; 1833. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-77.)]
1923 Feb. 7 / morning / Naples and Florence / slight shocks / D. News 8-1-4. [X; 1834. (London Daily News, February 8, 1923, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1923 Feb 11 / 10:37 p.m. / Fireball / Armagh, Ireland / Observatory 46-95. [X; 1835. (Observatory, 46-95.)]
1923 Feb. 12 / Shocks / State of Washington and B. Columbia / BSSA 13-77. [X; 1836. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-77.)]
1923 Feb. 12 / Loss memory man at Darlington / See June 7. [E; 423. See: (1923 June 7).]
1923 Feb 13 / B Ceti of 1st mag, ac to Abbott. / Observatory 46-168. [X; 1837. (Observatory, 46-168.)]
1923 Feb. 13 / Abbott's report in Observatory 46-125. [X; 1838. (Observatory, 46-125.)]
[The following five notes were folded together by Fort. X: 1839-1843.]
1923 Feb. 13 / Bull Soc Astro de F., 1923-151 / Flammarion writes that, having received news of the increase of Beta Ceti to first magnitude at his Observatory (Juvisy), he had confirmed the announcement. The discovery was by M. Abbott, member of the Soc Astro de F. He telegraphed from Athens. Says that confirmed at Yerkes Observatory. [X: 1839.1, 1839.2. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1923-151.)]
1923 Feb. 18 / an Feb 28-March 3 / Mr. E. O Tancock searched for beta Ceti in vain. Considering that it was seen at Juvisy on 18th as a first magnitude star, the writer of the astronomical notes in Nature (vol. 111, p. 479) concludes that its outburst was short-lived. [X: 1840.1, 1840.2. (Nature, 111-479.)]
1923 Feb / Beta Ceti, when next observable (July), had gone up a magnitude. / E. Mec, 116-17. [X; 1841. (English Mechanic, 116-17.)]
1923 Feb. 26 / Boy of 16, William Nelson Abbott, of Athens, discovered change in Beta Ceti and telegraphed to Flammarion. / March 5, D. Mail of. [X; 1842. (London Daily Mail, March 5, 1923.)]
1923 Feb. 27 / Said in newspapers great increase of Beta Ceti. / Astronomers then look at and not so seem to them. / Pop. Astro 31-289. [X; 1843. (Popular Astronomy, 31-289.)]
1923 Feb 13 / Aero disap / See March 7, 1922. [E; 424. See: 1922 March 7, (E: 253 to 257).]
1923 Feb. 13 / Obj / Burton Dassett / See Lum Objs. [E; 425. See: (Lum Objs.).]
1923 Feb. 15 / gas / At St. Philip's Marsh, Bristol, Mr and Mrs Williams and infant, 10 Merlton street, found dead of gas poisoning—D. News 16-5-5—no gas service in house, but street dug up and found that gas main broken. [E; 426. (London Daily News, February 16, 1923, p. 5 c. 5.)]
1923 Feb. 20 / Strong shock / San Salvador / BSSA 13-77. [X; 1844. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-77.)]
1923 Feb 21 / Shocks, State of Guerrero, Mexico, several days. / BSSA 13-78. [X; 1845. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-78.)]
1923 (Feb. 22 / evening) / 13 or 23? / Yellow dust at Bochum, Westphalia, in a strong Southwest gale. / Standard, 27th. [X; 1846. (London Standard, February 27, 1923.)]
1923 Feb. 24 / 2 a.m. / Lloyd's S. News—25-11-5 / q recorded at St. Louis University. Estimated 4,700 miles away in the Pacific Ocean. [X; 1847. (Lloyds Sunday News, February 25, 1923, p. 11 c. 5.)]
1923 Feb 24 / Moderately severe shocks recorded, U.S., Canada, Hawaii, Italy. "The exact location of the disturbance could not be ascertained. / BSSA 13-78. [X; 1848. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-78.)]
1923 Feb 24 / Thomsons W. News / Scrimshaw had 14 cats. [E; 427. (Dundee Weekly News, February 24, 1923.)]
1923 Feb. 27 / q moderate intensity rcorded at St. Louis University. Center estimated 2,250 miles southeast of St. Louis. / B.S.S.A. 13-78. [X; 1849. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-78.)]
1923 Feb 27 / D. Express, 5-5 / At farnborough Royal Air Force Camp—a ghost—“A smokey form”, by two of the members of the Force. [E; 428. (London Daily Express, February 27, 1923, p. 5 c. 5.)]
1923 Feb. 28 / 3:10 a.m. / rather sharp earthquake / Martinique / BSSA 13-78. [X; 1850. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-78.)]
1923 March 2 / Submarine eruption observed. / 10 N; 110 E. / BSSA 13-82. [X; 1851. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-82.)]
1923 March 2 / q. recorded at Victoria, B.C. Said been in Siberia. / BSSA 13-78. [X; 1852. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-78.)]
1923 March 3 / cloud phe / Herts / E Mec 117/96. [X; 1853. (English Mechanic, 117-96.)]
1923 March 4 / q. / Philippines / B.S.S.A. 13-78. [X; 1854. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-78.)]
1923 March 4 / Great wave in a calm sea, 300 miles west of coast of Chile. / D. Chronicle—Ap. 5-5-2. [X; 1855. (London Daily Chronicle, April 5, 1923, p. 5 c. 2.)]
1923 March 4 / Lloyds S. News, 5-1 / Village of Lavenham, Suffolk. Revival—visions—cures. [E; 429. (Lloyd's Sunday News, March 4, 1923, p. 5 c. 1.)]
1923 March 4 / Woman's clothing scattered along railroad between Eastbourne and Hampden Park. / D. News 5-1-6 / N.G. / Seemed thrown from train. [E; 430. (London Daily News, March 5, 1923, p. 1 c. 6.)]
1923 March 5 / Near unfreuented bridlepath. near Ongar, Essex, body of a woman, Never seen before found. / D. Chron 6-7-5. [E; 431. (London Daily Chronicle, March 6, 1923, p. 7 c. 5.)]
1923 March 5 / D. News 6-5-4 / Body of an unknown well-dressed woman of 60 found in a lane leading to Greensted Church, Ongar, Essex. [E; 432. (London Daily News, March 6, 1923, p. 5 c. 4.)]
1923 March 6 / Slight q / El paso, Texas / B.S.S.A. 13-78. [X; 1856. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-78.)]
1923 March 8 / Slight tremors / 9:06 and 9:08 a.m. / Southern Illinois / BSSA 13-78. [X; 1857. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-78.)]
1923 March 9 / Met. stone near Saffron, Walden, Essex. / Nature 111-118 / N.M. [X; 1858. (Nature, 111-118.)]
1923 March 11 / 3"09 p.m. / q recorded at Victoria, B.C. Said been in pacific Ocean, near California. / B.S.S.A. 13-78. [X; 1859. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-78.)]
1923 March 13 / [LT], 8-d / Anglo-Saxon discovert in Warwickshire. / Where lights were. / 19-5-d / 23-5-a / 24-6-e. [X; 1860. (London Times, March 13, 1923, p. 8 c. 4.) (London Times, March 19, 1923, p. 5 c. 4.) (London Times, March 23, 1923, p. 5 c. 1.) (London Times, March 24, 1923, p. 6 c. 5.)]
1923 March 13 / evening / Thunderbolt struck sea ab. 100 feet astern the Cunarder Albania, which reached N.Y. next day. / D. News 16-1-3. [X; 1861. (London Daily News, March 16, 1923, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1923 [March 14] / [Meteor Flashes Over Redding] / S.F. Call. [X; 1862. Newspaper clipping. (San Francisco Call and Post, ca. March 14, 1923.]
1923 March 15 / Severe q / Dalmatian Coast / B.S.S.A. 13-78. [X; 1863. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-78.)]
1923 March 16 / D. Express, 7-4. / In the home of Mr. Heard, Alltwen, near Pontarawe, Wales, Mr. and Mrs. H. saw case of a violin open and the instrument come out and heard it tune up and play—about the hour Mr. H. usually played. [E; 433. (London Daily Express, March 16, 1923, p. 7 c. 4.)]
1923 March 19 / NY Times, 15-1 / 15-24-2 / unknown slasher. [E; 434. (New York Times, March 19, 1923, p. 15 c. 1.) (New York Times, March 15, 1923, p. 24 c. 2.)]
[The following two notes were folded together by Fort. E: 435-436.]
1923 March 21 / D. Express, 7-5 / At Southsea Farm, Batchet—a vanishing and reappearing figure of a woman. Some years before, Mr. Becksord had seen a woman he believed to be alive vanish here. / A legend here of a ghost of a headless nun. Ac to Mr Ernest Scane. / Near Windsor. [E: 435.1, 435.2. (London Daily Express, March 21, 1923, p. 7 c. 5.)]
1923 March 25 / Lloyd's S. News, 7-1. / Datchet, near Windsor. Southsea Farm, occupied by Albert Jones. Ghost—woman in white. [E; 436. (Lloyd's Sunday News, March 25, 1923, p. 7 c. 1.)]
1923 [March 15] / [Red Pencil in Night Sky Puzzles Poughkeepsie] / [source unidentified]. [X; 1864. Newspaper clipping. (Unidentified source. ca. March 15, 1923.)]
1923 March 15 / 6:41 a.m. / At Naples, a q. so heavy as to damage the seisometers, recorded at Naples. / D. News 16-1-3. [X; 1865. (London Daily News, March 16, 1923, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1923 March 17 / 7 h, 9 m / Durham / Fireball / Observatory 46-129. [X; 1866. (Observatory, 46-129.)]
1923 March 17 / 7:45 p.m. / Berne, Switzerland / Met more brilliant than Sirius or venus. / B. Soc. A. de F. 37-207. [X; 1867. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 37-207.)]
1923 March 19-27 / Guam / typhoon / M.W.R. 1923—Fig. 462. [X; 1868. (Monthly Weather Review, 1923, figure 462???)]
1923 March 21 / At Carlton Scroop, near Grantham, observed by Mr. H.L. Pace of the Meteorological Office—large drops of water from a clear sky. / Symons Met Mag, Ap., 1923. [X; 1869. (Meteorological Magazine, April, 1923.)]
1923 March 24 / B. rain / See Feb 1. / Symons Met Mag. 58-55—ac to J. Ernest Grub of Seskin, Carrick-on-Suir, black rain fell on the Comeragh Mountains. [X; 1870. (Meteorological Magazine, 58-55.)]
1923 March 24 / Szechwan Province, China / tremendous q. / BSSA 13-79. [X; 1871. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-79.)]
1923 March 24 / Thomson's W. News, 10-3 / Myst disap of Ethel Doris Andrews, wanted as a witness in the murder mystery of Mrs Jenny Morgan, Newport (Mon). Girl's body found in a canal. / (See 31-8-1.) [E; 437. (Dundee Weekly News, March 24, 1923, p. 10 c. 3.)]
1923 March 25 / Goodwin / DC 26-1-3. [X; 1872. (London Daily Chronicle, March 26, 1923, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1923 March 25 / Ludington, Mich, fall of brownish snow. Substance said be loess, such as found in places in Mississippi Valley. / M.W.R. 1923-315 / Said that on Lake Michigan, 25 miles from manistee, dust seen coming down like a great cloud of smoke. [X; 1873. (Monthly Weather Review, 1923-315.)]
1923 March 25 / The People, 11-2 / At Colchester, Bertha Greagg acquitted of charge by her servant, Bessie West, of cutting the girl's head with a chopper. Girl's wounds then, not accounted for. Said that she had made similar allegations against other employers, including a clergyman. [E: 438.1, 438.2. "Mistress Acquitted." People, March 25, 1923, p. 11 c. 2.]
1923 March 25 / Mirage / Phantom ship on the Goodwin Sands. Ab noon, a lifeboat and ab. a dozen other vessels, sailing ships and motor boats set out from Deal. Hundreds of persons on the seafront at Deal watched the sail. But the vessel a mirage. / D. News 26-1 / See May, 1921. [E: 439.1, 439.2. (London Daily News, March 26, 1923, p. 1???) See: (1921 May).]
1923 [March 29] / [Mirage Sends Lifeboat To Help Phantom Ship] / [The London Daily News]. [E; 440. Newspaper clipping. (London Daily News, March 29, 1923.)]
1923 March 30-31 / night / Near Saltburn, Cleveland, England, houses shaken. Supposed subsidence over old iron mines, / D. News—Ap. 3-3-5. [X; 1874. (London Daily News, April 3, 1923, p. 3 c. 5.)]
1923 March 30 / early morn. / 2 gigantic waves damage White Star liner "Pittsburgh", from Bremen to Halifax. / D. News, Ap. 3-1-4. [X; 1875. (London Daily News, April 3, 1923, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1923 Ap. / Tut-ank / Lloyd's S News, Ap. 8 / Said that W.T. Stead had told of a mummy that had been set up as an ornament in a London drawing room. Next morning the room found wrecked. No name given. It was put away in a cupboard. Next morning “all the crockery in the house” was broken. [E: 441.1, 441.2. (Lloyd's Sunday News, April 8, 1923.)]
1923 (?) / Ap. / Carnarvon Deaths / See July 17, 1928. [E; 442. See: (1928 July 17).]
1923 Ap. / Tut / Perhaps not by Tut—but by some living Egyptian, angry at desecrations. [E; 443.]
1923 (Ap. ) / Wld man first seen March 17. / D. News, Ap. 3 / In all accounts, seems not altogether naked—had a waistcoat, ac to one—had shoes, ac to another. [E; 444. (London Daily News, April 3, 1923.)]
1923 Ap 1 / Hate / Lloyd's S. News, 1-3. / At Eastbourne, Mrs Nora O'Neill, “a wealthy and beautiful widow”, committed suicide, leaving a letter, telling that she had a feeling that something was striving to possess her, “something indescribably cruel, a sort of concentrated hate”. [E: 445.1, 445.2. (Lloyd's Sunday News, April 1, 1923, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1923 Ap. 2 / Enormous wave swept over the parapet at Biarritz. / D. News. 4-1-2. [X; 1876. (London Daily News, April 4, 1923, p. 1 c. 2.)]
1923 Ap. 2 / Wild-Naked / D. Mail of, 5-2 / See May 20, 1921. / In the woods around Highclere, near Newbury, Berkshire, naked man “with a deathly white face” roaming—names given of women who had seen him, running wildly, not attempting to molesy them. / 3-5-5—mysterious figure seen near Lord Carnarvon's house, Highclere, always at night or Saturday afternoons. At this time Lord Carnarvon steadily sinking condition, in Cairo. He had contracted erysipelas, after discovering the tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen with Mr. Howard Carter. It had developed into septic pneumonia. He died 2 a.m. of the 5th. Been ill 19 days. / Highclere Castle. / It is in Hampshire, near Berk. / See May 20, 1921. [E; 446.1, 446.2, 446.3. (London Daily Mail, April 2. 1923, p. 5 c. 2.) (London Daily Mail, April 3, 1923, p. 5 c. 5.) See: (1921 May).]
1923 Ap. 3 / Myst explosions / Sheffield / D. Mail 5-10-5. [E; 447. (London Daily Mail, April 5, 1923, p. 10 c. 5.)]
1923 Ap. 3 / BO / D. Express, 1-7 / Said he was known—a former footman named Henry Holden, who had disappeared from his place of employment near Highclere (Hants). [E; 448. (London Daily Express, April 3, 1923, p. 1 c. 7.)]
1923 Ap 4 / D. Chron of / Not seem wld man identified. Said that Henry william Holden, footman who had disappeared from Midgham House, on March 15, while at breakfast in the Salvation Army hostel, Southampton, read that he been identified as the wild man, Simply said that at Midgham he had been unwell and had gone tramping. [E: 449.1, 449.2. (London Daily Chronicle, April 4, 1923.)]
1923 Ap 5, 6 / 22 shocks / Azores / BSSA 13-79. [X; 1877. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-79.)]
1923 Ap. 5 / D. News of, 3-4, tells of enormous wave in the Pacific, ac to a Reuter dispatch from Chile. [X; 1878. (London Daily News, April 5, 1923, p. 3 c. 4.)]
1923 Ap. 6 / NY Times, 3-5 / Conan Doyle's idea that Lord Carnarvon killed by a spirit. [E; 450. (New York Times, April 6, 1923, p. 3 c. 5.)]
1923 Ap. 7-8 / Midnight—lights reported in unoccupied house, 20 Norfolksquare, Bayswater. / D. Mail, 9th / 4 policemen entered, but found nobody. [E; 451. (London Daily Mail, April 9, 1923.)]
1923 Ap. 10 / Shock frightened inhabitants of La Puebla / Majorca. / L.T. 11-11-g. / E. Mec / 5 / 6/ [note cut off]2 / 121st vol. [X; 1879. (London Times. April 11, 1923, p. 11 c. 8.) (English Mechanic, v. 121.)]
1923 Ap. 13 / near Zurich, Switzerland—large meteor. / 22h, 57 m / B. Soc A de F 37-251. [X; 1880. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 37-251.)]
1923 Ap. 13 / morning / Wellington, N.Z. / sharp shock / L.T. 14-9-e / 24-10-b; 15-a / 21-12-d / 20-19-d / 18-11-c; 11-f / 11-11-g / (18-11-c; 11-f) / 14-9-e / [note cut off[0-11-e. [X; 1881. (London Times, April 1923: 14-9-e / 24-10-b; 15-a / 21-12-d / 20-19-d / 18-11-c; 11-f / 11-11-g / (18-11-c; 11-f) / 14-9-e / [note cut off[0-11-e.)]
[The following two notes were folded together by Fort: X: 1882-1883.]
1923 Ap. 14 / Series / 11:25 a.m. / Addis-Ababa / . Astro, Feb., 1924 / A loud explosive sound heard. At 3 p.m. again, and stones fell from the sky. [X; 1882. (Astronomie, February 1924.)]
1923 Ap. 14 / with Addis Ababa / See Feb. 28, 1857. [X; 1883. See: 1857 Feb 28, (II: 2031, 2032 & 2033).]
1923 Ap 14 / See Ap. 25. / Seismic wave, coast of Kamschatka, and Corea, and to less degree California. / BSSA 13-79. [X; 1884. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-79.)]
1923 Ap. 14 / A whole population forced to sleep out in open to make them reveal a criminal explosion in sky—3 hours later a meteorite. / See Ap. 14, 1923. [E; 452. See: 1923 Ap. 14, (X; 1889).]
1923 Ap. 16 / Vera Cruz and San Luis Potosi / severe q. / L.T. 18-11-c. [X; 1885. (London Times, April 18, 1923, p. 11 c. 3.)]
1923 Ap. 17 / Violent eruption of Tungaraaqua, Ecuador. / D. News, 18th / L.T. 18-11-c. [X; 1886. (London Times, April 18, 1923, p. 11 c. 3.)]
1923 April 21-23 / "Few meteors, owing to clouds. / Lyrids / Bristol / Nature, 111-646. [X; 1887. (Nature, 111-646.)]
1923 Ap. 25 / Shocks, Sicily, Eruptions, Etna and Stromboli. / BSSA 13-80. [X; 1888. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-80.)]
1923 Ap. 25 / Another seismic wave / and shocks in Kamschatka / See Ap 14. [X; 1889. See: 1923 Ap. 14, (X; 1884)
1923 Ap 27 / D. Chron, 3-6 / Myst attacks on sheep between Folkstone and Dover. [E; 453. (London Daily Chronicle, April 27, 1923, p. 3 c. 6.)]
1923 May / Tut-Ank[h]-[Amen] / Death of a workman, who opened a tomb / See Sept 6, 1931. [E; 454. See: (1931 Sept 6).]
1923 May / Tut-deaths—See Deaths Series. / Or that other cases. [E; 455. See: (Deaths Series).]
1923 May / Tut-Ank[h]-Amen / In the International Psychic Gazette, Ap., 1914, the editor writes that so much fear by attendants in the British Museum of a mummy case that it had been removed to a cellar and then sold to an American. It had been sent to New York in the Titanic, and down went the Titanic. / Some years before there had been frequent stories of the evil influences of this coffin. [E: 456.1, 456.2. (International Psychic Gazette, April, 1914.)]
1923 May / Tut-Ank[h-Amen] / For curse of B. Museum mummy, see Occult Review, ab. Jan., 1913. [E; 457. Freer, Ada Goodrich. “The Priestess of Amen-Ra: A Study in Coincidences.” Occult Review, 17 (no. 1; January 1913): 11-19.]
1923 May / In The People, July 1-1-2—that ac to a Central News message from Baltimore, Mr Philip A Poe, who had not long before paid a visit to tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, was suffering from a malady like Lord Carnarvon's. [E; 458. "Tutankhamen's Tomb." People, July 1, 1923, p. 1 c. 2.]
1923 May / Carnarvon / At Leeds, Mr. H.G. Evelyn-White, the Egyptologist associated with the Tut-Ankh-Amen excavations, shot himself, leaving a letter with allusion to a curse of Egypt. [E; 459. (Ref.???)]
1923 May / Amnesia / Thompsons W. News, June 30-11-3 / One morning, early in May, Mr. George Alexander Oliver, of Rushmore Road, Clapham Park, London, left his home to go to the City, where he was a prosperous business man. Weeks later, recognized in Brighton, where, not knowing who he was, he was selling newspapers. [E: 460.1, 460.2. (Dundee Weekly News, June 30, 1923, p. 11 c. 3.)]
1923 May 1, ab. / On eastern coast of Kent, millions of flies in a great cloud from the sea. / D. Express, May 25-7-7 / Called "oak flies"—"were black, with long tails". [X; 1890. (London Daily Express, May 25, 1923, p. 7 c. 7.)]
1923 May 1 / Severe q / Caucasus / BSSA 13-80. [X; 1891. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-80.)]
1923 May 2 / q recorded at Victoria, B.C., and Washington. Location unknown. / BSSA 13-80. [X; 1892. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-80.)]
1923 / ab May 3 to 10th / Succession of q's—great damage—Sebenico, Dalmatia. / BSSA 13-81. [X; 1893. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-81.)]
1923, May 3, etc. / Etna / D. Express 8-1-5. [X; 1894. (London Daily Express, May 8. 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 May 4 / 5:40 p.m. / Destructive q / State of Atacama, Chile. / BSSA 13-80. [X; 1895. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-80.)]
1923 May 5 / Nova in messier 83, N.G.C. 5236 / 14th mag / Position for 1900 = 13 h-31.4 m, and 29°-21'. / Pop Astro 31-420. [X; 1896. (Popular Astronomy, 31-420.)]
1923 May 5 / Town of Soula Sela, Asia Minor, destroyed by q. and fire. / BSSA 13-80. [X; 1897. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-80.)]
1923 May 6 / See June 17. [X; 1898. See: (June 17).]
1923 May 6 / Devastating q / Persia / BSSA 13-80. [X; 1899. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-80.)]
1923 May 7 / At Gibraltar, 6 to 7 a.m., ext. rise and fall of Mediterranean. / D. Express 8-1-5. [X; 1900. (London Daily Express, May 8., 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 May 7 / q's continue in Anatolia. / D. Express 8-1-5. [X; 1901. (London Daily Express, May 8, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 May, early / Etna active till great erution of June 18. / D. Express, June 19. [X; 1902. (London Daily Express, June 19, 1923.)]
[The following twenty-four notes were clipped together by Fort. X: 1903-1926.]
1923 May 8 / Dr. Anderson's supposed nova in Cygnus. Astronomers unable to find. / Pop. Astro. 31-422 / See Anderson's account, p. 493. Also in Observatory, for June. [X; 1903. (Popular Astronomy, 31-422, 493.) (Observatory, June 1923.)]
1923 May / Anderson / See March 30, 1908. [X; 1904. See: 1908 March 30, (IX; 977).]
1923 May / Dr Anderson's nova / See Ap. 25, 1898. [X; 1905. See: (1898 Ap. 25).]
1923 May / Anderson / See Dec 1, 1922. [X; 1906. See: (1922 Dec 1).]
1923 May / Anderson / See July 1, 1878. / Aug 15, 1878. [X; 1907. See: (1878 July 1), and, (1878 Aug 15).]
1923 May / Anderson / See Beta Ceti, Feb. 18, 1923. [X; 1908. See: (1923 Feb 18).]
1923 May / Anderson / See Jan 4, 1923. [X; 1909. See: (1923 Jan 4).]
1923 May / Anderson / See Aug 3, 1893. [X; 1910. See: (1893 Aug 3).]
1923 / Anderson / See Nov. 19, 1846. [X; 1911. See: (1846 Nov. 19).]
1923 / Anderson / A 20-minute nova? / Nov. 19, 1846. [X; 1912. See: (1846 Nov. 19).]
1923 May 5 / Some Other Novae / Nov. 19, 1902 / Nov 21, 1913 / Ap. 25, 1917 / Ap 24, 1919 / Aug 20, 1919. [X; 1913. (Refs.???)]
1923 May 8 / Anderson's Star / See Aug 20, 1886. [X; 1914. See: (1886 Aug 20).]
1923 May 8 / Anderson / See middle August, 1878. [X; 1915. See: (1878, middle August).]
1923 May 8 / See May 3, 1895. [X; 1916. See: (1895 May 3).]
1923 May / Anderson / See Nov. 19, 1846. [X; 1917. See: (1846 Nov 19).]
1923 May 8 / Anderson's nova / See E. Mec 116-261. [X; 1918. (English Mechanic, 116-261.)]
1923 May / Anderson obj / Jan 29, 1883. [X; 1919. See: 1883 Jan 29, (V; 1115).]
1923 May / Anderson / Aug 24, 1888. [X; 1920. See: (1888 Aug 24).]
1923 May / Anderson / See Nov 14, 1896. / See Mistake Col under 1922. [X; 1921. See: (1896 Nov 14), and, ("Mistake Col under 1922").]
1923 May / Anderson / Feb 29, 1852. [X; 1922. See: (1852 Feb 29).]
1923 May / Anderson / See Nov. 19, 1846. [X; 1923. See: (1846 Nov. 19).]
1923 May 8 / Anderson / See Jan 29, 1883. [X; 1924. See: (1923 Jan 29).]
1923 May / Anderson / See objs., Aug., 1922. [X; 1925. See: (Objs., Aug., 1922).]
1923 May / Short time, new star / See Aug 24, 1888. [X; 1926. See: (1888 Aug 24).]
1923 May 8 / D. News of, 5-3. / At Rotherham, a collier, Joseph Edwards (36), found lying unconscious in a passage near his home, arms fastened behind him. In pocket, letters purporting to have come upon a secret society. On a luggage label tied to his coat, was written: “Take care of him until we come again.” At the hospital Edwards soon recovered, but could not explain. Had left his house to get his bicycle—could remember no more. [E: 461.1, 461.2. (London Daily News, May 8, 1923, p. 5 c. 3.)]
[The following two notes were folded together by Fort. E: 462-463.]
1923 May 11 / 7th myst fire in South London churches since Feb. 4. / This one on Corpus Christi Church, Brixton Hill. / D. News 14-7-4 / On May 31st, the 8th, at Holy Trinity Church, Tulse Hill. / D. News—June 1-1-3. [E: 462.1. 462.2. (London Daily News, June 1, 1923, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1923 May 11 / 6 boys arrested for S London church fires. / D. News, July 10-5-2 / one of them pleaded guilty to four fires and admitted several burglaries. [E; 463. (London Daily News, July 10, 1923, p. 5 c. 2.)]
1923 May 11 / D. Chronicle, 7-5 / Loss memory man at Luton. [E; 464. (London Daily Chronicle, May 11, 1923, p. 7 c. 5.)]
1923 May 13 / The People, 9-5 / A squirt-fiend in Glasgow ruining dresses with a black liquid. [E; 465. (People, May 13, 1923, p. 9 c. 5.)]
1923 May 14 / D. Express—16-1-5 / Hot Springs, Arkansas—tornado and cloudburst. 17 dead, 50 missing. [X; 1927. (London Daily Express, May 16, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 May 15, ab / “Poison pen” fiend in N. York. / Psychic knowledge? [E; 466. (Ref.???)]
1923 May 17 / Destructive q / Quito, Ecuador / BSSA 13-81. [X; 1928. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-81.)]
1923 May 18 / Torrential rains, Texas, At Beaumont, 13.54 inches reported. / M.W.R. 1923-263. [X; 1929. (Monthly Weather Review, 1923-263.)]
1923 May 18 / Violent q. / Ancona, Italy / D. Express 19-1-2. [X; 1930. (London Daily Express, May 19, 1923, p. 1 c. 2.)]
1923 May 20 / 4 a.m. / Meteor / Agra, India / Observatory 46-231. [X; 1931. (Observatory, 46-231.)]
1923 May 22 / Tornado / Little Rock, Ark / MWR 1923-263. [X; 1932. (Monthly Weather Review, 1923-263.)]
1923 May 22 / Bolide / France / Bull Soc A de F. 37-502. [X; 1933. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 37-502.)]
1923 May 24 / D. Express, 7-5 / At Budleigh Salterton, Devon, on seashore, last seen Mr. F.H. Hallet, proprietor of a hotel. There disappeared. A year before, at Exeter, his daughter had vanished. [E; 467. (London Daily Express, May 24, 1923, p. 7 c. 5.)]
1923 May 29 / 6 villages in N.E. Persia destroyed by q's. / D. Express 31-1-3. [X; 1934. (London Daily Express, May 31, 1923, p. 1 c. 3.)]
[The following three notes were folded together by Fort. E: 468-470.]
1923 May 29 / Hair / The People—June 3-11-4 / At Telham High Farm, Battle, Sussex, Miss Miriam Gammon, 18, was knocked down by an unseen assailant, and her hair was cut off. Said that so sudden and noiseless was the attack that she had no time to see and was then knocked unconscious. [E; 468. (People, June 3, 1923, p. 11 c. 4.)]
1923 June / D. News, Feb 8, 1924 / Woman found wandering at Isleworth. Early in Feb, 1924, at the Isleworth Infirmary, she remembered she was Mrs. Katon, wife of a school teacher of Southampton. [E; 469. (London Daily News, February 8, 1924.)]
1923 June 3 / Hair / Lloyd's S. News, 2-5 / Miss Miriam Gammon, aged 18, who lived at Teleham High Farm. Battle, Sussex. She went to a spring, for a pail of water. Something struck her. She was found unconscious, with some of her hair cut off. “She neither saw nor heard anybody.” / Gammon = unfortunate name for data. [E: 470.1, 470.2. (Lloyd's Sunday News, June 3, 1923, p. 2 c. 5.)]
1923 [June] / In June, began a land subsidence near Pressall, Lancashire. By January, it was a "crater", "800 feet deep and 200 feet in diameter". Rumblings an quakings, and houses carried into it. / Sunday News, 1924, Jan. 20, p. 3. [X; 1935. (London Sunday Express, January 20, 1924, p. 3.)]
1923 June / Details June sunspots / E. Mec 116-281. [X; 1936. (English Mechanic, 116-281.)]
1923 June 1 / Shocks registered at Washington, D.C. Estimated 3,400 miles away, apparently south. / B.S.S.A. 13-81. [X; 1937. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-81.)]
1923 June 2 / K. bug / D. Chronicle, 7-7 / At Edmonton, girl named Gladys Young died in North Middlesex Hospital. Said she had been bitten on lip by insect. [E; 471. (London Daily Chronicle, June 2, 1923, p. 7 c. 7.)]
1923 June 3 / D. Express 4-1-4 / Mr. George Clark, of Belfast, director of the ship building firm Workman and Clark, awoke feeling that his wife and 3 children aboard the steamship Graphic from Liverpool to Belfast in danger. He ran to the harbor and saw the vessel strike a sand bar. No lives lost. [E: 472.1, 472.2. (London Daily Express, June 4, 1923, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1923 June 7 / D. Chron, 5-5 / Loss memory man at Darlington—solved where came from. / See Feb 12. / From Knottingley, near Pontefract. Remembered no more. [E; 473. (London Daily Chronicle, June 7, 1923, p. 5 c. 5.)]
1923 June 9 / Snake / [source unidentified], 1-5 / Police constable in Ashcombe street, Fulham, London, in his garden came upon his cat fighting snake 3 feet long. No open space nearby. Mystery how got there. / What newspaper? Clew may be that this is a green note under “Animals”. [E: 474.1, 474.2. (Unidentified source, June 9, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 June 10 / Sun eruption / E. Mec 116-252. [X; 1938. (English Mechanic, 116-252.)]
1923 June 12 / D. Chronicle, 1-4 / Vesuvius subsided and Etna started. [X; 1939. (London Daily Chronicle, June 12, 1923, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1923 June 12 / Violent shocks registered at Marquette University, Milwaukee. / 12:55 a.m. / 6 a.m. / Estimated in Mexico. / BSSA 13-81. [X; 1940. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-81.)]
1923 June 13 / Bolide / France / Bull Soc A de F 37-502. [X; 1941. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 37-502.)]
1923 June 14 / D. Chron., 5-4. / 2 myst fires in a house, in a month, near Tonbridge. [E; 475. (London Daily Chronicle June 14, 1923, p. 5 c. 4.)]
1923 / ab middle of June / Shower fishes near Benalla, Victoria, Australia. / Aus Mag Nat Hist 10-3-18. [X; 1942. (Gudger, Eugene Willis. "More Rains of Fishes." Annals and Magazine of Natural History, s. 10 v. 3 (1929): 1-26, at 18.) Macdonald, Donald. "Nature Notes and Queries." Melbourne Argus, June 22, 1923, p. 13 c. 9. "The circumstances in which the following letter from Mr. T.A.B. Cook, of Emu Plains, Benalla, is written are somewhat unusual." "A short time ago there were eight people, of whom I was one, travelling in the same compartment of the evening train from Albury to Melbourne. One of the party, a young State school teacher from, I think, Barnawatha, told of some very small fish, the largest perhaps 2 in. long, which some of her scholars had collected lying dead on the road, and brought to her in a billy can. The can was nearly half full. The children claimed that there was no water where the fish were found, although the surface of the road was wet owing to a recent shower. The teacher asked if any of us could explain the matter. None of us could, but an old resident said that in the year 1867, about three miles from where the young woman's school stood, and after a sharp shower, the surface of the ground was liberally strewn with a number ot fish similar to those described, and among
them a number of tiny crayfish, fish and crayfish alike being all dead." "Another woman then told of having seen a number of fish which remained alive for a short time and wriggled amongst the grass. They were first seen after a sharp shower of rain, and the neighbourhood was about two miles from the Broken River, on the west side of Benalla. I promised to write to you asking if you can give what is regarded as the correct explanation of these occurrences."]
1923 June 17-18 / midnight / Great eruption of Etna starts. / (D. News) / No let-up—on 20th, more violent. [X; 1943. (London Daily News, ca. June 18, 1923.)]
1923 June 17 / Violent shock, Catania, and then eruption Etna. qs for several more days. / BSSA 13-82. [X; 1944. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-82.)]
1923 June 17 / q's of Persia of May 6 keeping up. 8 villages destroyed in the week preceding June 17. / BSSA 13-81. [X; 1945. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-81.)]
1923 June 18 / Etna disastrous after activity of several weeks. / D. Express 19-1-5 / Lava flowing in a wall 45 feet high. Explosion heard far. 30,000 homeless. [X; 1946. (London Daily Express, June 19, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 June 18 / D. Express, 19th / Vesuvius slightly more active. / N.M. [X; 1947. (London Daily Express, June 19, 1923.)]
1923 June 18, 19 / Much lava from Vesuvius. / D. Chron 20-1-3. [X; 1948, (London Daily Chronicle, June 20, 1923.)]
1923 June 19 and before / Spectacular activity of Kilauea (Hawaii). / D. Chronicle 20-1-3. [X; 1949. (London Daily Chronicle, June 20, 1923, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1923 June 19 / 12:45 p.m. / 1's / Anchorage, Alaska / BSSA 13-82. [X; 1950. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-82.)]
1923 June 19 / q registered, Washington, D.C. Estimated in Central or South America. / BSSA [note cut off]. [X; 1951. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 13???)]
1923 June 19 / Body of William Abbott, aged 74, found dead in a field near Colchester. Body bruised. No sign of goring but thought he been fatally injured by a bull in an adjoining field. / D. News 20-5-5. [E; 476. (London Daily News, June 20, 1923, p. 5 c. 5.)]
1923 June 20 / 9:25 a.m. / Slight shock / Pisa, Italy / BSSA 13-82 / [note cut off] 13-82. [X; 1952. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-82.)]
1923 June 21 / Etna active. / Sunday Express 24-1-5. [X; 1953. (London Sunday Express, June 24, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 June 21 / Yellow dust from Etna, falling in Alps, 750 miles away. / D. Express 22-1-4. [X; 1954. (London Daily Express, June 22, 1923, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1923 June 22 / Fort Yates, N. Dakota / Tornado / M.W.R. 1924-261. [X; 1955. (Monthly Weather Review, 1924-261.)]
1923 June 22 / Etna unabated. / D. Express 23-7-7. [X; 1956. (London Daily Express, June 23, 1923, p. 7 c. 7.)]
1923 June 23 / A storm raging around the eruptionof Etna. / D. News 25-1-5. [X; 1957. (London Daily News, June 25, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 June 25-26 / Convulsions / Etna / D. Express 27-7-4. [X; 1958. (London Daily Express, June 27, 1923, p. 7 c. 4.)]
1923 June 28 / D. News, 1-[column not given] / Etna continuing. [X; 1959. (London Daily News, June 28, 1923, p. 1.)]
1923 June 29 / night / At Hull, Driffield, and other parts of the Holderness District of Yorkshire, 2 heavy detonations. Said possible explanation was that artillery firing at a military camp, at Kilnsea. / D. News, July 2-1-5. [X: 1960.1, 1960.2. (London Daily News, July 2, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 July / Sunspots / E. Mec 116-39. [X; 1961. (English Mechanic, 116-39.)]
1923 July / No sunspots observed. / Observatory 46-317. [X; 1962. (Observatory, 46-317.)]
1923 July 1 / Submarine volcanic steam column sighted on July 1, 25 miles east of the largest of the Tonga Islands. Not known how long been there. / M.W.R. 1923-406. [X; 1963. (Monthly Weather Review, 1923-406.) Unnamed volcano, (Global Volcano Program volcano number 243030).]
1923 July 2 / D. Express, 9-4 / Rain continuous falling under a tree in the Tanjore district, Madras. Natives build a shrine—evidently no known phe to them. [X; 1964. (London Daily Express, July 2, 1923, p. 9 c. 4.)]
1923 July 3 / Bolide / France / Bull Soc A de F. 37-502. [X; 1965. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 37-502.)]
1923 July 6 and 10 / qs and sounds / France and Spain / Bull Soc Astro de F 1923-363. [X; 1966. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomqieu de France, 1923-363.)]
1923 July 6 / D. News of, 3-3 / 3 boys drowned in the Surrey Canal, Camberwell, on June 30, and 2 on July 4. [E; 477. (London Daily News, July 6, 1923, p. 3 c. 3.)]
1923 July 7 / D. Chronicle, 1-2 / A whirl that carried up two haycocks at Burton-on-Trent. [X; 1967. (London Daily Chronicle, July 7, 1923, p. 1 c. 2.)]
1923 July 7 / D. Chronicle, 7-2 / 2 new islands—date not stated—in China Sea. / N. 10, 10'; E. 109. [X; 1968. (London Daily Chronicle, July 7, 1923, p. 7 c. 2.) (Patte E, 1925. Etude de l'Ile des Cendres, volcan apparu au large de la Cote d'Annam. Bull Serv Geol Indochina, 13: 5-19.) The Ile des Cendres group of submarine volcanoes off the southeast coast of Vietnam erupted between March 2 and May 13, 1923.]
1923 July 7 / Polt / Thomson's W. News, 11-3 / Home of Mr and Mrs Thomas Newbury, Brummitt's Court, Lincoln. Pokers thrown about, beds and cradle lifted. Newbury, 21-year-old laborer, out of work, a gypsy—his wife a gypsy—child, aged 14 months. Phe always began after midnight. Newburys had left the house. Heavy knocks. Mrs N. said she had seen a spectral figure. [E: 478.1, 478.2. (Dundee Weekly News, July 7, 1923, p. 11 c. 3.)]
1923 July 9 / [typescript] / [New York Evening Sun., July 10, 1923.] / Randolph Searles, West Orange, N.J. [X; 1969.1. Typescript. (New York Sun, July 10, 1923; not online.)]
1923 July 9 / 1:20 a.m. / London / Brilliant meteor from Ophiuchus. / E. Mec 116-17. [X; 1969.2. (English Mechanic, 116-17.)]
1923 July 9 / Great th. storm / Lond. D. Chron, 10th. [X; 1969.3. (London Daily Chronicle, July 20, 1923.)]
1923 July 9 / l. brst at Carrbridge, Inverness-shire. / D. Chron 10-1-5. [X; 1969.4. (London Daily Chronicle, July 10, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 July 10 / Perpignan and Bayonne, France / q . / BSSA 13-113. [X; 1969.5. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-113.)]
1923 July 10 / Storms and disatrous q's in Spain. / D. Chron 12-1-3. [X; 1969.6. (London Daily Chronicle, July 12, 1923, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1923 July 10 / D. Chron., 5-6 / In Lake Bracciano, Italy, thousands o fish dead. This lake said be an extinct crater. Fish said been electrocuted. [X; 1970. (London Daily Chronicle, July 10, 1923, p. 5 c. 6.)]
1923 July 12 / 21 h., 8 m / Rouen, France / Great met., 20 times light of Venus. / B Soc A de F 37-360. [X; 1971. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 37-360.)]
1923 July 12 / Hot day, London. In Cheswick, an umbrella a man wass carrying burst into flames. / D. Chronicle 13-7-3 / 92 in shade in London. [X; 1972. (London Daily Chronicle, July 13, 1923, p. 7 c. 3.)]
1923 July 12 / Severe q recorded, Victoria, B.C. / BSSA 13-113. [X; 1973. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-113.)]
1923 [July 12] / [3-Inch Icicles Fall In Canada Storm] / S.F. Call. [X; 1974. Newspaper clipping. (San Francisco Call and Post, July 12, 1923???)]
1923 July 13 / 2:33 a.m. / q. / Manila, Philippines / BSSA 13-113. [X; 1975. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-113.)]
1923 July 14 / q. Morazan, Nicaragua / and extraordinary activity, volcanoes Ometepe and Santiago / BSSa 13-113. [X; 1976. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-113.)]
1923 July 15 / mirage / D. News—16-1-5 / Said that in south Denmark, mirage of a known bridge ben seen 60 kilometres away—during a heatwave—also a group of islands and high trees—then a large town with many towers—ot said been known. [X; 1977. (London Daily News, July 16, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 July 16 / 14h, 30 m (summer time) / At Poitiers, France—sky clear. Explosive sound, thought be a detonating meteor. / B. Soc A de F 38-6. [X; 1978. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 38-6.)]
1923 July 16 / Violent th. storm in London on 10th. / Nothing ab. th. stone in Hampstead papers. [X; 1979. (Refs.???)]
1923 July 17 / Near Dorna, in the Carpathians, Mt. of Krajaman suddenly emitted boiling water, clouds of gas, and clods of earth. / Dispatch dated 17th from Vienna. / D. News—18-1-3. [X; 1980. (London Daily News, July 18, 1923, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1923 July 17 / D. Express, 1-4—on the wall of Christ Church, Oxford, appearing a portrait of the famous Oxford cleric, Dean Liddell, long dead. [E; 479. (London Daily Express, July 17, 1923, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1923 July 17 / early morning / In a park at Dorking, a girl, Minnie Holden, of Petworth, aged 22, found, 6 a.m., her clothing burning so she died 2 hours later. Believed she had spent night in the park and caught fire from smoking a cigarette. / D. News 18-1-3. [E: 480.1, 480.2. (London Daily News, July 18, 1923, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1923 July 18 / 2 waterspouts in Herne Bay. / D. Chronicle 19-1-3. [X; 1981. (London Daily Chronicle, July 19, 1923, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1923 July 20 / [source unidentified], 5-2 / Lost memory girl / Edenbridge, near Sevenoaks. [E; 481. (Unidentified source, July 20, 1923, p. 5 c. 2.)]
1923 July 21 / Bolide / France / Bull Soc a de F 37-502. [X; 1982. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 37-502.)]
1923 July 22 / 11:27 p.m. / Los Angeles / very alarming shocks / D. Express 24-1-3 / At 1 a.m., 23rd, heavy shock at San Bernardnino. [X; 1983. (London Daily Express, July 24, 1923, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1923 July 22 / The Southern Ca. q. / B.S.S.A. 13-105. [X; 1984. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-105.)]
1923 July 28 / Tornado at Allahabad. / D. Express 31-1-3. [X; 1985. (London Daily Express, July 31, 1923, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1923 July 30 / Cloudbursts in Maryland. / D. Express, Aug. 1-1-5. [X; 1986. (London Daily Express, August 1, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 July 30 / D. Express, 5-6 / Figure of a soldier carrying a pack appearing on a pillar of the old abbey of Bath. / See Aug 12. [E; 482. ("Spirit soldier." London Daily Express, July 30, 1923, p. 5 c. 6.) See: 1923 Aug 12, (E: 486).]
1923 Aug / 8 typhoons / M.W.R. 1923-476. [X; 1987. (Monthly Weather Review, 1923-476.)]
1923 August / Farms of two brothers, E.J. and T. Goodhew, at Oakwood, near Sittingbourne, Kent, fruit trees wantonly damaged. / S. News, March 15, 1925, p. 11. / Since then, the farms often been visiting, “usually on moonlight nights,” and trees destroyed. Dogs and police of no avail. The Natural Farmers Union had offered reward of £50. No result. [E: 483.1, 483.2. (London Sunday News, March 15, 1925, p. 11.)]
1923 Aug. / Two cows appeared on street of Reigate. Impounded by police—never learned where came from. Finally sold—D. Chronicle, Nov 27/5/4. [E; 484. (London Daily Chronicle, November 27, 1923, p. 5 c. 4.)]
1923 Aug 1 / Found drowned at Leyton, in a ditch, his face in about three inches of water and mud—Thomas William taylor, 28, iron-mowleder, of Hyde-road, Haxton, London. / Lloyd's S. News—5-1-3. [E; 485. (Lloyd's Sunday News, August 5, 1923, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1923 Aug 3 / Strong q / 30 miles south of Tokyo / Nature 119-870. [X; 1988. (Nature, 119-870.)]
1923 Aug 4 / Submarine upheaval bet Cape Town and St. Helena. / D. Express 28-1-5. [X; 1989. (London Daily Express, August 28, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 Aug 7 / Shock / Mesopotamaia / D. Express, Sept 19-1-5. [X; 1990. (London Daily Express, September 19, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 Aug 7 / (France) / 11 (Belgium) / Bolides / Bull Soc A de F 37-502. [X; 1991. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 37-502.)]
1923 Aug. 10 / Cyclone of utmost violence in Calabria. People fled to chapels, crying that end of the world had come. / Sunday Express 12-1-5. [X; 1992. (London Sunday Express, August 12, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 Aug 11-14 / Yellow Sea / Tornado / MWR 1924-106. [X; 1993. (Monthly Weather Review, 1924-106.)]
1923 Aug 12 / Sunday Express, 7-2 / The authorities had cleaned off from one of the pillars of Bath Abbey a so-called “spirit-painting” of a soldier weighed down by his load. “Spectral portraits still remained in Busley Park, Wesleyan Church, at Bristol, and at Uphill Church, Somerset. / See July 17, 30. [E: 486.1, 486.2. (London Sunday Express, August 12, 1923, p. 7 c. 2.) “Apparitions in Church.” Glasgow Sunday Post, August 12, 1923, p. 4 c. 5. “Unsentimental authorities have had the phantom soldier’s spirit-portrait unceremoniously cleaned off to prevent serious interference with devotional services caused by the interruption of the irreverent. But those who wish may still see a spirit-portrait, for at Bushy Park Wesleyan Church, Knowle, Bristol, a spectral portrait has appeared which is said resemble nothing so much as a mediaeval Crusader, the features being those of a man with a long face of a sad expression. Near the north window at Uphill Church, Somerset, there is a picture manifestation resembling a skull and crossbones.” Habbakuk (King James Version), 2: 11. “For the stone shall cry out of the wall.” See: 1923 July 17, (E; 479), and, 1923 July 30, (E; 482).]
1923 Aug 14 / D. Chron, 7-3 / A second myst disap at Harlow, Essex. [E; 487. (London Daily Chronicle, August 14, 1923, p. 7 c. 3.)]
1923 Aug 15 / Enormous tidal waves, N.W. coast of Korea. Hundreds of lives lost. / D. Chron 16-1-3. [X; 1994. (London Daily Chronicle, August 16, 1923, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1923 Aug. 16 / Reported from the Observatory of Jorat, Switzerland, this night, luminous point on moon near Aristarchus. / L'Astro, June, 1924, p. 230. [X; 1995. (Astronomie, June 1924, p. 230.)]
1923 Aug 17 / q / Sicily / BSSA 13-114. [X; 1996. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-114.)]
1923 Aug 17 / explosion / morning / D. Chronicle 18-1-3 / At San Pedro, Cal., an underground tank, with capacity of 500,000 barrels of petroleum, exploded. Cause unknown. [X; 1997. (London Daily Chronicle, August 18, 1923, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1923 Aug 17-18 / night / From 10:29 p.m., shocks terrifying the people of Messina, / Sunday Express 19-1-4. [X; 1998. (London Sunday Express, August 19, 1923, p. 1 c. 4.)]
[1923 Aug. 17] / [Wrecked Liner.] / Daily Mail, Aug. 17, '23. [E; 488. Newspaper clipping. (London Daily Mail, August 17, 1923.)]
1923 Aug 18 / waterspout / D. Chron. 20-1-3 / At time if severe th storms over a large part of England, a waterspout at Brighton. [X; 1999. (London Daily Chronicle, August 20, 1923, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1923 Aug 18 / D. News—20-1-5 / ab. 1 p.m. / Waterspout at Brighton. [X; 2000. (London Daily News, August 20, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 Aug 18 / At Plozk, Poland, 34 persons drowned by "cloudburst". / Sunday Express 19-1-4. [X; 2001. (London Sunday Express, August 19, 1923, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1923 Aug 18, etc. / Huge forest fires / Riveiera. [X; 2002. (Ref.???)]
1923 Aug. 18 / Typhoon / Hong Kong / Nature 112-290. [X; 2003. (Nature, 112-290.)]
1923 Aug 18 / D. Chron., 3-5 / Farm fires, unknown origin / Orpington and Cray, Kent. [E; 489. (London Daily Chronicle, August 18, 1923, p. 3 c. 5.)]
1923 Aug 18 / Sunday Express 19-1-2 / Loss of memory man at Nottingham. [E; 490. (London Sunday Express, August 19, 1923, p. 1 c. 2.)]
1923 Aug 19-21/ 3 shocks / Etna / D. Express 22-1-3. [X; 2004. (London Daily Express, August 22, 1923, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1923 Aug. 19 / Lloyd's Sunday News. 26-2-3 / Polt at 13 Parliament street, Thatto Heath, a suburd of St. Helens. Occupied by Mr. and Mrs Roberts, a 13-year-old girl, and 4 male lodgers. Raps. The Roberts thought it was mischief of the girl's, but took her to bed between them—the raps continued. An unseen force raised the bed a foot in the air. Boxes flew about the room. A picture on a wall swung back and forth. One of the lodgers investigated. Something hit him. The raps followed the little girl. FInally she was sent to her home in Wales and phenomena stopped. Once, after rapping, a piece of paper was found on a floor. On it was written, “Take Car of yourself.” The “e” at the end o “Care” was missing. [E: 491.1 to 491.4. (Lloyd's Sunday News, August 26, 1923, p. 2 c. 3.)]
1923 Aug. 20 / Shock / Persia / D. Express, Sept. 19-1-5. [X; 2005. (London Daily Express, September 19, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 Aug 20 / Nothing in St Helens Examiner. [E; 492.]
1923 Aug 22, etc. / D Chron / Deserted house / Bath / Miss Florence Appleyard. [E; 493. (London Daily Chronicle, August 22, 1923, plus.)]
1923 Aug 23 / Severe qs and floods, Persia. / BSSA 13-114. [X; 2006. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-114.)]
1923 Aug 23 / D. Chron / Mrs Bruce Mason, Ambleside / Disap. [E; 494. (London Daily Chronicle, August 23, 1923.)]
1923 Aug 25 / Polts / D. Chron, 5-6 / Village of Thatto Heath, near St Helens, Lancashire—poundings, boxes in a room jumped about. Mr. Roberts, 17 Parliament St., or Robinson, I think. / Tapping heard, and on a piece of paper on a floor, written in faint letters, “Take care of yourself.” [E: 495.1, 495.2. (London Daily Chronicle, August 25, 1923, p. 5 c. 6.)]
1923 Aug 25 / D. Chron, 5-6 / Ford House, Newton Abbot, Devon, occupied by Col. Reg. Berlie. / Sounds like footsteps and figure seen. [E; 496. (London Daily Chronicle, August 25, 1923, p. 5 c. 6.)]
[The following three notes were folded together by Fort. E: 497-499.]
1923 Aug 30 / Yarmouth Mercury, Sept 15 / On Aug 30th began window breaking, in home of Frederick Thompson, 10, Row 108, Tolhouse, Yarmouth. Morning of Sept 9th, two policemen were in watch. Ac o their statements, they saw the young servant girl, passing a window, and when nearest to it, a window pane fell from it, crashing into the yard. Nothing was thrown at it. Policemen not say saw girl do anything, but “as she passed the window, she must have struck it. Five minutes later the girl came out into the yard, picked up a lump of coal and threw it at the house, breaking a window. They arrested her. Case came up in the Children's Court on 21st, told of in Mercury, 22nd—girl aged 14, name not published. The girl had signed, in the Home of Detention, a statement saying that she had broken the window. As to why she had started the mischief, she was repeatedly asked, but did not reply. Asked whether she got the idea from reading ghost stories, she said that she had read only books in school. The Chief Constable and her school teachers testified that the girl had an excellent character, and the magistrate placed her upon probation for a year. [E; 497.1 to 497.6. (Yarmouth Mercury, September 15, 1923.) (Yarmouth Mercury, September 22, 1923.)]
1923 / from ab. Sept. 1 / Stones / At Yarmouth, two houses in a row adjacent to Tolhouse Hall, windows smashed by volleys of jam pots, lumps of coal, and other missiles. Crowds assembled every night to watch the bombardments, which could not be traced. On Sept 9 (D. News, 11-5-3). a girl of 14 was arrested by officers who said they saw her, about noon—she lived in one of the houses in the row—throw a lump of coal at a window, and went immediatel to the occupant, telling him that “Another had come over.” Soon afterward, she repeated the performance—was arrested—asserted to the magistrates that she had not broken any window. [E: 498.1, 498.2, 498.3. (London Daily Chronicle, September 11, 1923, p. 5 c. 3.)]
1923 Aug. / Yarmouth Independent, Oct. 6, said that though, when the girl was put on probation, it seemed that the mystery had been solved, there was only temporarily a peaceful period, and that from about Oct 1, missiles had been flying about as dangerously as ever. / In later issues, no more findable. [E: 499.1, 499.2. (Yarmouth Independent, October 6, 1923.)]
1923 Aug 31 / Tunstall, Kent / tops of fruit trees cut off—again / Sept 12, 1924. [E; 500. (Ref.???)]
1923 Sept / 6 or 7 typhoons. / MWR 1923-539. [X; 2007. (Monthly Weather Review, 1923-539.)]
1923 Sept / Ghost / Minister Thanet / See Sept 1, 1925. [E; 501. See: (1925 Sept 1).]
1923 (Sept. 1) / Sept. 17, D. Chron. of / Tremendous floods in Japan. [X; 2008. (London Daily Chronicle, Setpember 17, 1923.)]
1923 Sept 1 / In B. Soc A de F. 27-425—a member of the Soc notes great sunspot coinciding with q. in Japan. [X; 2009. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 27-425.)]
1923 Sept 1 / Typhoon sweeping over Japan at time of q. / Bull Seis. Soc. Amer. 14-181. [X; 2010. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 14-181.)]
1923 Sept 1 / Time of shock 1 minute before local noon. [X; 2011. (Ref.???)]
1923 Sept 1-6 / 27 shocks / Japan / BSSa 13-115. [X; 2012. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-115.)]
1923 Sept 1 / In Tokio Bay, an island disappeared and another appeared. / D. Chron 7-1-3. [X; 2013. (London Daily Chronicle, September 7, 1923, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1923 Sept. 1 / Japan q / See preceding phe. [X; 2014. See: (preceding phe).]
1923 Sept. 1 / Typhoon at Tokyo and Yokohama, before the q. / D. News 3-1-[column not given]. [X; 2015. (London Daily News, September 3, 1923, p. 1.)]
1923 Sept 1 / Jap. q / violent th. storm / D. Chron 3-1-1. [X; 2016. (London Daily Chronicle, September 3, 1923, p. 1 c. 1.)]
1923 Sept 1 / waterspout / D. Chron. 6-1-4 / At time of Jap. q., reported by Capt of the trawler Nightfall, of Hull, in the morning. / In North Sea, huge waterspout. "It finally crashed into the sea." [X; 2017. (London Daily Chronicle, September 6, 1923, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1923 Sept 1 / Globe lightning / afternoon / During service in Hemingborough Church, near Selby, large ball of fire, during th. storm entered door and rolled up aisle, exploding violently. / D. Chron—3-5-4. [X; 2018. (London Daily Chronicle, September 3, 1923, p. 5 c. 4.)]
1923 Sept 1 / The People 2-2-4 / Body of well-dressed woman of 35 found in a field between Loughton, Essex and Chigwell. Unknown. Said be suffering from taking spirits of sates. [E; 502. (People, September 2, 1923, p. 2 c. 4.)]
1923 Sept 2 / Floods in Tuscany, / The People 2-1-4 / Reservoir near Dezzo, Bergamo, N. Italy, burst. Ab. 300 perished. Rains had been incessant. [X; 2019. (People, September 2, 1923, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1923 Sept. 2 / 3 shocks. Villages destroyed in Turkestan. / D. Express 6-1-3. [X; 2020. (London Daily Express, September 6, 1923, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1923 Sept 2 / (Appleyard) / The People, 3-5 / “Snail Castle,” deserted house, owned, in village of Strete, Devon, by Miss Appleyard. Tells of her “curious habit of purchasing houses, visiting them at intervals and then abandoning them”. She owned 3 deserted houses in Bath—last seen 2 years before. [E: 503.1, 503.2. (People, September 2, 1923, p. 3 c. 5.)]
1923 Sept 2 / Appleyard / See Jan., 1924. / Sept 24, 1924. [E; 504. See: (1924 Jan), and, (1924 Sept 24; E; 651+???).]
1923 Sept 3 / 10 p.m. / Sept 4 / 3 a.m. / 4:30 a.m. / Strong shocks / Cyprus / D. Chron. 5-1-3. [X; 2021. (London Daily Chronicle, September 5, 1923, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1923 Sept 4 / D. Chronicle of / Number of volcanoes in Japan active. [X; 2022. (London Daily Chronicle, September 4, 1923.)]
1923 Sept 4 / at Romford / Another man found wandering—in market place, at 4 a.m. ab. 25, no account of self. / D. News 5-5-4. [E; 505. (London Daily News, September 5, 1923, p. 5 c. 4.)]
1923 Sept 4 / Romford / Col. / Oct 6, 1921. [E; 506. See: 1921 Oct. 16, (E; 141).]
1923 Sept 5 / Severe q. in Jebal Sinjar, Arabia. / D. Chron 19-7-6. [X; 2023. (London Daily Chronicle, September 19, 1923, p. 7 c. 6.)]
1923 Sept 6 / D. News, 5-3 / At Somers Town, N. London, mysterious animals mutilating cats in the goods station. Litters of kittens had disappeared. Many cats kept there to keep down the rats. Thought been a mongoose, escaped from a crate from abroad. Nothing known of such a crate, [E: 507.1, 507.2. (London Daily News, September 6, 1923, p. 5 c. 3.)]
1923 Sept 7 / 7:45 p.m. / Fireball over Land's End, England. / Observatory 46-318. [X; 2024. (Observatory, 46-318.)]
1923 Sept 7 / 8:45 p.m. / Southampton / very bright meteor / E. Mec 118-99, 125, 139 / Cornwall and S. Wales. [X; 2025. (English Mechanic, 118: 99, 125, 139.)]
1923 Sept. 7 / 7:45 p.m. / Large fireball / England / Nature 112-454, 520. [X; 2026. (Nature, 112-454, 520.)]
1923 Sept 8 / 19 h, 45 m, Summer Time / Metite fell in a garden of village of Tamaris-sur-Mer (Var), France. / Bull Soc A. de F 37-501. [X; 2027. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 37-501.)]
1923 Sept. 8 / The People—9-9-3 / Invasion of flies at Deal. Such swarms, people compelled to go indoors. Boatmen reported great black patches of them floating on the sea. Reported that Goodwin Sands covered with millions of them. [X; 2028. (People, September 9, 1923, p. 9 c. 3.)]
[1923 Sept. 8] / [Black Fly Invasion.] / Standard, Sept 8, '23. [X; 2029. Newspaper clipping. (London Standard, September 8, 1923.)]
1923 Sept 8 / Bodies on dif. shores—man near Brighton—woman at Southend. / D. News 10-7-5. [E; 508. (London Daily News, September 10, 1923, p. 7 c. 5.)]
1923 Sept 10 / 4 a.m. / Strong shock / Calcutta / Nature 111-401. [X; 2030. (Nature, 111-401.)]
1923 Sept 10 / 12:30 a.m. / Tekemah, Nebraska / S shocks / Bull. 13-115. [X; 2031. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-115.)]
1923 Sept 10, ab / to D. News 19-5-4 / Unknown large bird at Radcliffe, near Manchester, often perched on chimney of a factory. [X; 2032. (London Daily News, September 19, 1923, p. 5 c. 4.)]
1923 Sept 10 / morning / Loud detonations and severe shocks, India, 400 miles n. of Calcutta. / Assam / D. Chron. 11-1-3. [X; 2033. (London Daily Chronicle, September 11, 1923, p. 1 c. 2.)]
1923 Sept 10 / Severe q / Calcutta / Nature 112-401. [X; 2034. (Nature, 112-401.)]
1923 Sept 11 / 20 h., 50 m / Belgium / Great bolide from near Altair. / Ciel et Terre 1923-258. [X; 2035. Bolide.” Ciel et Terre, 39 (1923): 258.]
1923 Sept 11 / Shock / France / D. Express 19-1-5. [X; 2036. (London Daily Express, September 19, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 Sept 12 / Prague / 21 h, 55 m / Met. / ⅔ diameter of moon / B. Soc A de F 38-22. [X; 2037. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 38-22.)]
1923 Sept 12 / 5 h, 55 m / Atlantic / Lat 40°, 12' N / 38°, 43' W / Dazzling meteor. / Observatory 46-346. [X; 2038. (Observatory, 46-346.)]
1923 Sept 13 / Dispatch so dated. / Town of San José de Cabo, Lower California, swept by a tidal wave. / D. Express 14-5-4. [X; 2039. (London Daily Express, September 14, 1923, p. 5 c. 4.)]
1923 Sept 13 / Bolide / france / Bull Soc A de F 37-502. [X; 2040. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 37-502.)]
1923 Sept 15 / Shock / Paotingfu, China / D. Express 19-1-5. [X; 2041. (London Daily Express, September 19, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 Sept 16 / Violent shock / Azores / D. Chron 19-7-6. [X; 2042. (London Daily Chronicle, September 19, 1923, p. 7 c. 6.)]
1923 Sept 17 / Eureka, California / sharp shock / D. Express 18-1-3. [X; 2043. (London Daily Express, September 18, 1923, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1923 Sept 17 / morning / Severe q. Bujnurd, Persia / Bull 13-116. [X; 2044. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-116.)]
1923 Sept 17 / D. Chron., 1-2 / Ghostly figure / Emsworth, Hants. [E; 509. (London Daily Chronicle, September 17, 1923, p. 1 c. 2.)]
1923 Sept 18 / 6 p.m. / Shock / Hamilton, Bermud / Bull 13-116. [X; 2045. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-116.)]
1923 Sept 18 / 7:35 a.m. / Violent shock / Malta / D. Express 19-1-5. [X; 2046. (London Daily Express, September 19, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 Sept 20 / Bujnurd, Persia / 9 villages destroyed by q / Bull 13-116. [X; 2047. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-116.)]
1923 Sept. 20 / Slight shock, Cromer. / Sunday News, 1924, Jan 27-1-3. [X; 2048. (London Sunday News, January 27, 1924, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1923 Sept. 20 / Destructive q. / province of Khorassan, Persia. / D. Express 25-1-4. [X; 2049. (London Daily Express, September 25, 1923, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1923 Sept 20 / [source unidentified], 7-3 / Lost memory women, Preston and Isle of Wight 80-year-old woman, Mrs Sophia Hoole, of Bedford, found dead in a field / 21-1-4. [E; 510. (Unidentified source, September 21, 1923, p. 7 c. 3.)]
1923 Sept 20 / Told in Isle of Wight Times. No more in later issues. [E; 511. (Isle of Wight Times, September 20, 1923.) “Missing Bedford Woman.” Biggleswade Chronicle, September 28, 1923, p. 1 c. 4.]
1923 Sept 22 / Big shock registered at West Bromwich at 8 hr, 56 m, 11 s. Mr Shaw estimated be in Afghanistan. / D. Chronicle 24-1-5. [X; 2050. (London Daily Chronicle, September 24, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 Sept 22 / q. recorded at Washington, D.C., and Cairo, Egypt. Location unknown. / Bull 13-116. [X; 2051. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-116.)]
1923 Sept 23 / The People, 9-2 / Ghost at Havant and Emsworth, 2 Hampshire villages. [E; 512. (People, September 23, 1923, p. 9 c. 2.)]
1923 Sept 25 / Khorashan, Persia / 125 persons killed in q. / Bull Seis Soc Amer 13-116. [X; 2052. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-116.)]
1923 Sept 26 / Mishima (Izu), Japan / q. / Bull 13-116. [X; 2053. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-116.)]
1923 Sept. 26 / D. News, 5-3 / Swarms of 1.b.'s—from Harold Wood to Brentwood, Essex. [X; 2054. (London Daily News, September 26, 1923, p. 5 c. 3.)]
[1923 Sept 26] / [The Mumiai-Walla.] / Daily Mail, Sept 26, '23. [E; 513. Newspaper clipping. ("The Mumiai-Walla." London Daily Mail, September 26, 1923, p. 13 c. 6.)]
1923 Sept. 27 / Kerman and lesser degree Bujnurd, Persia / q. / Bull 13-116. [X; 2055. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-116.)]
1923 Sept 28 / Ev. News of / French aviator myst shot. / See clipping under Aviation. [E; 514. (London Evening News, September 28, 1923.) See: (Aviation).]
1923 Sept 29 / Osaka and Kobe, Japan / q / Bull 13-116. [X; 2056. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-116.)]
1923 Sept 29 / qs Persia continuing. / Bull 13-117. [X; 2057. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-117.)]
1923 Sept 29 / Severe q / Formosa / Bull 13-117. [X; 2058. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-117.)]
1923 Sept 30 / D. Chron, Oct 15-5-5 / 3 vessels felt strong shocks in Atlantic, ab 52 N and 33 W. [X; 2059. (London Daily Chronicle, October 15, 1923, p. 5 c. 5.)]
1923 Sept 30 / 1:30 a.m. / Severe disturbance registered at West Bromwich. Estimated 900 miles West of Ireland. / D. Express, Oct 1-1-5. [X; 2060. (London Daily Express, October 1, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 Sept. 30 / Severe q / Hondo Island , Japan / Bull 13-117. [X; 2061. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-117.)]
1923 Sept 30 / 7 h, 28 m / Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire / meteor, 1st mag / Observatory 46-347. [X; 2062. (Observatory, 46-347.)]
1923 Sept. 30 / BO / On a moor near Rochdale, a man of 70, nude and unable to give an account of himself. Moor searched—no clothes found. / D. Express, Oct 1-7-4. [E; 515. (London Daily Express, October 1, 1923, p. 7 c. 4.).]
1923 Sept 30 / In Rochdale Times, Oct 6—this man identified as a tramp—his clothes found 300 yards away. [E; 516. (Rochdale Times, October 6, 1923.)]
1923 Oct / Explosion in Holland. / The two times, sound though earth may have travelled faster than through the air. [X; 2063. (Ref.???)]
1923 Oct / Bodies tatooed men / See Tattooed woman, 1909. / May 22. [E; 517. See: 1909 May 22 , (D; 309).]
1923 Oct 1 / 2:30 a.m. / At Observatory at Faenza, Italy, violent shocks registered for 2 hours. / D. Express 2-7-5 / At West Bromwich, register and said be 1300 miles from London. [X; 2064. (London Daily Express, October 2, 1923, p. 7 c. 5.)]
1923 Oct 1 / Slight shock near Hong Kong. / D. Express 2-7-5. [X; 2065. (London Daily Express, October 2, 1923, p. 7 c. 5.)]
1923 Oct 4 / Bolide / France / Bull Soc A de F 37-502. [X; 2066. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 37-502.)]
1923 Oct. 6 / early morning / Shock woke people of Quebec. No damage. / Sunday Express 7-3-6. [X; 2067. (London Sunday Express, October 7, 1923, p. 3 c. 6.)]
1923 Oct 11 / Isle of Wight Times, 3-6 / Rumored that a ghost had appeared in the Western Gardens, / N.M. / ac / (Ryde). [E; 518. (Isle of Wight Times, October 11, 1923, p. 3 c. 6.)]
1923 Oct. 14 / 9 h, 36 m / Bright meteor / Bristol / Observatory 46-347. [X; 2068. (Observatory, 46-347.)]
1923 Oct. 14 / Lloyd S. News, 3-3. / “Eastbourne discussing an uncanny series of death coincidences.” Four times had John Blackman, a well-known labor leader, been committed to prison for arrears due to his wife, under a maintenance order. Each time one of the magistrates had died, dating from about April, 1922. All had been sudden deaths. It was Blackman who called attention to the series. [E: 519.1, 519.2. Lloyd's Sunday News, October 14, 1923, p. 3 c. 3.)]
1923 Oct 15 / San Francisco News of / "The 'sea of light' off Golden Gate completed its first week in place without changing position or losing brilliance. Capt. J. Manersma, of the Dutch steamer Acakan, made second official report of the phenomenon today to J.T. McMillan, U.S. nautical expert. The whole surface of the sea was strongly lighted, and the brilliance obscured lights of passing ships, Capt. Manersma reported. Approximate position now is Lat. N. 44:00; Long W. 124:00." [X: 2069.1, 2069.2. (San Francisco News, October 15, 1923.)]
1923 Oct 15, ab. / Floods / Oklahoma / Texas. [X; 2070. (Ref.???)]
1923 Oct 20-25 / Floods / Panama / M.W.R. 1923-530, 641. [X; 2071. (Monthly Weather Review, 1923-530, 641.)]
1923 Oct 21 / Lloyd's S. News, 2-3. / Ab. 2 weeks before, a pretty girl, aged 18, Ivy Hill, of Camberwell road, S.E., arriving home, had complained that “a funny old man” had persistently walked beside her, trying to get into conversation with her. Later in the evening (Oct 6), she went out to get “sweets”. Nothing more seen of her, until 10 days later her body was found in the Thames. [E: 520.1, 520.2. (Lloyd's Sunday News, October 21, 1923, p. 2 c. 3.)]
1923 Oct 22 / ["Meteorites Explodes.] / Evening Standard. [X; 2072. Newspaper clipping. (London Evening Standard, October 22, 1923.)]
1923 Oct 22 / In North Berks Herald (Abingdon), Oct 27, mere mention of meteorite supposed to have struck the monument. [X; 2073. (North Berkshire Herald, Abingdon, October 27, 1923.)]
1923 Oct / Frogs / Frogs in ice with icicles / See B.D. [X; 2074. The note copies information from pages 181 and 182 of The Book of the Damned. "Precipitation." Monthly Weather Review, 10 (no. 6; June 1882): 12-14, at 14. See: 1882 June 16, (V; 863).]
1923 Oct. 21 / night / Worcester, Mass, by Samuel Cramer. Bright objects in N.W. sky and sounds—or detonating meteors. / Pop Astro 31-682. [X; 2075. (Popular Astronomy, 31-682.)]
1923 Oct 21 / [Shower of Frogs.] / Daily Mail, Oct 24. [X; 2076. Newspaper clipping. (London Daily Mail, October 24, 1923.)]
1923 Oct / October frogs / See Oct. 13, 1834. [X; 2077. See: (1834 Oct 13).]
1923 Oct 21 / Oct. frogs / See Oct 16-17, 1847. [X; 2078. See: (1847 Oct 16-17).]
1923 Oct. 21 / Hopkins / More spider web. / [Letter to Fort from L.A. Hopkins, November 6, 1923.] [X; 2079. (Letter; Hopkins, L.A., to Fort; 1923 November 6.)]
1923 Oct 23 / Bolide / France / Bull Soc A de F 37-502. [XI; 1. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 37-502.)]
1923 Oct 23 / 18 h, 11 m / Turin, Italy / Great bolide lighted the sky about a minute. At 18h , 15 m. seen at marseilles. / B. Soc A de F 37-502. [XI; 2. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 37-502.)]
1923 Oct 28 / The People, 9-5. / “Lonely woman,” Miss F.E.C. Salmond, found in her home, burned to death, in Bath. [E; 521. (People, October 28, 1923, p. 9 c. 5.)]
1923 Oct 30 / Severe q / Philippines / D. Express 31-7-5. [XI; 3. (London Daily Express, October 31, 1923, p. 7 c. 5.)]
1923 Nov. 2 / Victoria, B.C. / Severe q registered at Dominion Meteorological Observatory. Equalled those of Japan q. of Sept 1. / Thought in Pacific, near island of Guam. / Sunday Express 4-1-2. [XI; 4. (London Sunday Express, November 4, 1923, p. 1 c. 2.)]
1923 Nov. 3 / 6:23 p.m. / England / Fireball / Nature 112-702, 738. [XI; 5. (Nature, 112-792, 738.)]
1923 Nov. 4 / 8:12 p.m. / Meteor / Thornton, Cal./ Pop. Astro 31-682. [XI; 6. (Popular Astronomy, 31-682.)]
1923 Nov 5-6 / night / Q / Caliexico, California / D. Express 7-1-5. [XI; 7. (London Daily Express, November 7, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 Nov. 5 / Imperial Valley, Cal / q. / 2:10 p.m. / Bull 13-170. [XI; 8. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-170.)]
1923 Nov 7 / Another severe q / Imperial Valley, Cal / D. Chron. 9-5-5. [XI; 9. (London Daily Chronicle, November 9, 1923, p. 5 c. 5.)]
1923 Nov 9 / D. News—12-4-5 / Fishing smack Floweret, trawling ab 30 miles s.e. of Berry Head struck by a ball of blue fire that made a clean hole in the jib. Not said what atmospheric conditions were. There was a loud explosion. [XI; 10. (London Daily News, November 12, 1923, p. 4 c. 5.)]
1923 Nov 9-10 / night / Sunday Express 11-9-1—Alarming experience of the crew of the Brixham trawler "floweret". Something appeared to lift th ship. damaging its bows, temporarily transfixing the crew as if by an electric shock. Sulphurous fumes/ A ball of fire shook the vessel and another passed between the masts. [XI; 11.1,11.2. (London Sunday Express, November 11, 1923, p. 9 c. 1.) "Fireballs At Sea." Hull Daily Mail, November 12, 1923, p. 5 c. 5. "On bringing his vessel into port Saturday Skipper Crees, of the Brixham trawler Floweret, reported that while he was trawling the English Channel, 30 miles off Berry Head two balls of fire passed over the masts of the craft—the second one making hole through the jibsail—and fell into the sea." "The fireballs were of dazzling brightness, and the air was filled with a sulphurous smell. The cabin seemed to blaze with blue fire, all the crew experienced a severe electric shock." "The vessel herself seemed to be lifted bodily out of the water, and was much damaged at the bows, deck plants being torn from their bolted fastenings. A piece was also knocked out of the starboard low rail. The atmospheric disturbance caused by the fireballs put out the ship's masthead light."]
1923 Nov. 9 / Tallua, etc., Ill. / 10 p.m. / Bull 13-170. [XI; 12. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-170.)]
1923 Nov 15 / date of report of a new island, 1,000 feet long and 30 wide that had appeared in the Bay of Bengal near the Baronga Islands, Burma. / D. Express—16-7-2. [XI; 13. (London Daily Express, November 16, 1923, p. 7 c. 2.) (No volcanic eruption on record.)]
1923 Nov. / Volc island a thousand feet long appeared off Akyab, coast of Bay of Bengal. Reported disappeared in D. Chronicle, March 6, 1924. [XI; 14. (London Daily Chronicle, March 6, 1924.)]
1923 Nov. 15 / D. Express, 7-3 / Dispatch from Vienna. / That in the fortress of Peterwardein, guard opened cell door and found a prisoner dead in the coils of an enormous snake, A soldier, who had been imprisoned for drunkeness. The officer who had sentenced him was so horrified that he committed suicide. [E; 522.1, 522.2. (London Daily Express, November 15, 1923, p. 7 c. 3.) The Petrovaradin fortress is located in the city of Novi Sad, Serbia.]
1923 Nov. 19 / 3:46 a.m. / Shocks in France. / L. Astro, Jan, '24. [XI; 15. (Astronomie, January 1924.)]
1923 Nov 22 / D. Chron., 5-2 / Myst fires near Tain, Ross-shire. [E; 523. (London Daily Chronicle, November 22, 1923, [. 5 c. 2.)]
1923 Nov. 23 / Preston / 11:30 p.m. to midnight / Auroral rays in "spokes" that tended to meet below horizon. / E. Mec 118-269. [XI; 16. (English Mechanic, 118-269.)]
1923 Nov. 23 / 11:30 a.m. / Tokyo, Japan / sharp shock / Bull 13-170. [XI; 17. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-170.)]
1923 Nov. 25 / The People, 9-5. / A whistling ghost on Gallows Hill, Sherwood. [E; 524. (People, November 25, 1923, p. 9 c. 5.)]
1923 Nov. 25 / The People, 1-5 / Calling at a house in St. James-lane, Muswell Hill, Lodnon, of Miss Ives, aged 60, of the death of her mother, at Barnet, and receiving no response, constable broke way in and found Miss Ives lying dead on floor. Thought died as result of a fall. [E: 525.1, 525.2. (People, November 25, 1923, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1923 Nov. 28 / [source unidentified], 1-4 / A woman, Miss Ive, aged 62, in Muswell Hill, and her mother, aged 88, in another part of London (Barnet), died virtually simultaneously. [E; 526. (Unidentified source, November 28, 1923, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1923 Nov 30 / 5:30 and 5:32 p.m. / Somerset / 2 large meteors from Cetus / E. Mec. 118-286. [XI; 18. (English Mechanic, 118-269.)]
1923 (Nov 30) / Vesuvius starts activity. / D. Express, Dec 3-7-4. [XI; 19. (London Daily Express, December 3, 1923, p. 7 c. 4.)]
1923 Dec / Phe near Taunton—In The Sunday News, Dec 23, said that in this house, occupied by Mr. Gardiner and his son, phe only in the presence of the elder Mr. G. [E; 527. (London Sunday News, December 23, 1923.)]
1923 Dec / But Sunday News, 30th, said phe continuing and the son had been accused. He was a boy aged 13. Mr James Gardiner would not believe that this boy would knowingly continue to so torment him. [E; 528. (London Sunday News, December 30, 1923.)]
1923 Dec 1 / morning / Vesuvius / eruption / Sunday Express 2-1-6. [XI; 20. (London Sunday Express, December 2, 1923, p. 1 c. 6.)]
1923 Dec 1 / Great floods in Slavonia. / Sunday Express 2-1-6. [XI; 21. (London Sunday Express, December 2, 1923, p. 1 c. 6.)]
1923 Dec 1 / Heavy rains. / Dam brusts at Gleno, near Milan, 300 drowned. / Sunday Express 2-1-6. [XI; 22. (London Sunday Express, December 2, 1923, p. 1 c. 6.)]
1923 Dec 2. / Nagoya (Hondo), Japan / q. / Bull 13-170. [XI; 23. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-170.)]
1923 Dec 5 / all central Japan and Formosa / q. / Bull 13-170. [XI; 24. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 13-170.)]
1923 Dec 6 / Williams Bay, Wis. / Great meteor, 2:52 a.m., from Gemini. 0 h., 56 m, R.A. 43.8 dec. / Pop. Astro 32-66. [XI; 25. (Popular Astronomy, 32-66.)]
1923 Dec. 6 / [LT], 13-c / 2 visions. [E; 529. (London Times, December 6, 1923, p. 13 c. 3.)]
1923 Dec 9 / BO / Lloyd's S. News, 11-3 / Well-dressed man, suffering from loss of memory, found wandering at Southend, and taken to the Romford Infirmary. [E; 530. (Lloyd's Sunday News, December 9, 1923, p. 11 c. 3.)]
1923 Dec 9 and 21 / Southend. [E; 531. (Ref.???)]
1923 Dec 10 / [Earthquake in Turkey.] / D. Mail. [XI; 26. Newspaper clipping. ("Earthquake in Turkey." London Daily Mail, December 10, 1923.)]
1923 Dec 13 / morning / Lansing, Mich / Geminids "splendid". At time 3, or 4, or even 5, a minute. / Observatory, 47-63. [XI; 27. (Observatory, 47-63.)]
1923 Dec 13 / Many Geminids / Lansing, Michigan / B. Soc Astro de F. 38-98. [XI; 28. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 38-98.)]
1923 Dec 15 / 8:32 p.m. / Dubuque, Iowa / great met from Gemini / Pop Astro 32-123. [XI; 29. (Popular Astronomy, 32-123.)]
1923 Dec 15 / Violent q and 2 volcs / U.S. Columbia and Ecuador / D. Express 17-1-6. [XI; 30. (London Daily Express, December 17, 1923, p. 1 c. 6.)]
1923 Dec 16 / The People, 9-5 / In village of Sutton-in-Ashfield (Notts), members of spiritiualistic circle had many manifestations of “apports.”—such as a lion's skull from Africa. [E; 532. (People, December 16, 1923, p. 9 c. 5.)]
1923 Dec 19 / 9 p.m. / Great q / Sonora, Mexico / D. Chron, 22-1-4. [XI; 31. (London Daily Chronicle, December 22, 1923, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1923 Dec 19 / 7:46 p.m. / from Draco / Bright meteor / Oakham / E. Mec 118-348. [XI; 32. (English mechanic, 118-348.)]
1923 Dec 21 / D. Chron, 8-2 / "Recent" q at Bogota. 3,000 perished. [XI; 33. (London Daily Chronicle, December 21, 1923, p. 8 c. 2.)]
1923 Dec. 21 / D. Chron, 7-6 / Myst assault / Cardiff and at Southend. [E; 533. (London Daily Chronicle, December 21, 1923, p. 7 c. 6.)]
1923 Dec. 22 / bet 9 and 9:30 p.m. / Oakham / Brilliant flash in sky—thought might been meteoric. / Eng Mec 118-348. [XI; 34. (English Mechanic, 118-348.)]
1923 Dec 22 / 9:15 p.m. Co. Antrim / 25—7:30 p.m.—Devonshire / 30—4:45 p.m.—Birmingham / Jan 4—12:50 p.m.—London / Jan 9—8:40 p.m.—S. Devon / 11—5:35 p.m.—N. Staffs / 15—9:45 p.m.—Macclesfield / Fireballs listed by W.F. Denning / E. Mec 119-38. [XI: 35.1, 35.2. (English Mechanic, 119-38.)]
1923 Dec 23 / 4:57 a.m. / Another severe q. / U.S. Columbia / D. Chron. 24-7-3. [XI; 36. (London Daily Chronicle, December 24, 1923, p. 7 c. 3.)]
1923 Dec (23) / qs and volcs start upon Kamchatka and continue months. / D. Express, March 12, 1924. [XI; 37. (London Daily Express, March 12, 1924.)]
1923 Dec. 23 / Polts / Sunday Express, 7-6 / Home of Mr. Gardiner sand his son, village of Monkton Heathfield, near Taunton. / Taunton, Somerset. / First phe when Mr. G. struck by an orange from a dish of fruit. A new house, put up by Mr. G., a builder. Phe began Dec. 16. Chair jumped on a table. Pair of boots emerged from a closet. Prayerbook and a large postcard album flew from a book shelf across room. Objects on dining table at leam times moved about. [E: 534.1, 534.2. (London Sunday Express, December 23, 1923, p. 7 c. 6.)]
1923 Dec 24 / Polt / D. Chron, 3-5 / Family of Mr Gardiner, Monkton Heatherfield, near Taunton, Somerset, driven by polts from their home. First, strange sounds heard, and an orange flew from a dresser striking Mr. G. Then a chair jumped up on a table. Picture fell, later, and many things jumping about on floor and on tables. [E: 535.1, 535.2. (London Daily Chronicle, December 24, 1923, p. 3 c. 5.)]
1923 Dec. 25 /q—met / 7:40 p.m. / Shock and sound in South Devon. / Nature 113/59 / page 137—said that many persons had reported seeing a meteor at time of q. [XI; 38. (Nature, 113: 59, 137.)]
1923 Dec. 25 / 7:30 p.m. / South Devon / Described in D. News, 28-5-1, by resident of Totnes,as a "terrific blast of compressed air against the windows"; and by postmaster of South Brent, as "the sound of a loud explosion or of big guns". At Kew Obseervatory, no record of a shock. [XI: 39.1, 39.2. (London Daily News, December 28, 1923, p. 5 c. 1.)]
1923 Dec 25 / Rumbling sound. Little doubt ut was a meteor—ac to Denning, also loud detonations. Most persons thought it was a q. / Observatory 47-64 / 3 observers saw fireball, or its light. [XI; 40. (Observatory, 47-64.)]
1923 Dec. 25 / night / Hundreds of houses in Devonshire shaken by a slight earthquake. / D. Express 28-7-4. [XI; 41. (London Daily Express, December 28, 1923, p. 7 c. 4.)]
1923 Dec. 25 / From a dozen villages in S. Devon, reported a "loud subterrranean explosion and q. / D. Chron. 28-1-4. [XI; 42. (London Daily Chronicle, December 28. 1923, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1923 Dec 25 / Jagged lumps of ice, a pound each, at Pretoria. / D. Express 28-7-1. [XI; 43. (London Daily Express, December 28, 1923, p. 7 c. 1.)]
1923 Dec 25 / BO / Pretoria—bet 5 and 6 p.m. / Pretoria News, Dec 27. / Pretoria devastated. Fall of jagged lumps of ice—largest were ab 9 inches wide and 11 inches long. Also large round hailstones. Damage great to tiled roofs as well as to windows. Lightning very intense. [XI: 44.1, 44.2. (Pretoria News, December 27, 1923.)]
1923 Dec 25 / Hail at Pretoria. / Chambers' Journal, ser 7; vol. 14, p. 376. [XI; 45. (Chambers Journal, s. 7 v. 14 p. 376.)]
1923 Dec. 25 / Pretoria / Damage to Govt, buildings alone, was £12,000. / News, Dec. 31 [XI; 46. (Pretoria News, December 31, 1923???)]
1923 Dec 26 / BO / Sunday Express 30-1-1 / Dispatch fromParis—"only one man claims to have seen the airship, on December 26, in the south of Tunisia. He is a nativem but he is very positive that he saw it. It is conjectured that he might have seen a mirage or only a cloud. All the aeroplanes, which have been exploding the neighborhood, have returned without finding anything." [XI: 47.1, 47.2. (London Sunday Express, December 30, 1923, p. 1 c. 1.)]
1923 Dec 26 / BO / Tunis obj. / Time of "Dixmude" disap. / On Dec. 18. But Tunis report 16th. / From hangar near Toulon to Tunis. [XI; 48. (Ref.???)]
1923 Dec. 26 / Strong shocks, U.S. Columbia. / "Temperature changed notably. / D. Express 28-7-4. [XI; 49. (London Daily Express, December 28, 1923, p. 7 c. 4.)]
1923 Dec 30 / Intense cold, Italy. Frozen lagoons of Venice. / Sunday News, Jan. 1. [XI; 50. (London Sunday News, January 1, 1924.)]
1923 Dec. 31 / 9 p.m. / Little Rock, Ark, / q. / Bull 14-69. [XI; 51. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 14-69.)]
1923 Dec. 31 / late at night / Cairo, Ill / q. / Bull 14-69. [XI; 52. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 14-69.)]
1923 Dec 31 / ab. midnight / Clarke Co., Va. / 3 shocks / Bull 14-69. [XI; 53. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 14-69.)]
1923 Dec 31 / 9:30 p.m. / to Jan 1, 7 a.m. / More than 30 shocks / Imperial Valley, Cal. / Bull 14-69. [XI; 54. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 14-69.)]