Nine Mile Fissure Torn in Earth Near Lake Barengo Nairobi, Jan. 10.
A number of earth tremors in various parts of Kenya during the past week had their climax this morning, when some very severe shocks were felt. A fissure nine miles long was torn in the neiighbourhood of Lake Baringo.
The nuns of the Catholic Mission at Porthall had avery narrow escape. The heavy stone walls of their dormitory collapsed and crashed on their beds. The nuns, however, were then praying in the chapel—Reuter.
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