DESERT TRAGEDY
130 SOMALI WANTED TO RE-
MAIN BRITISH
DIED OF THIRST ON WAY TO RENATA LONDON; Alay 24. The Times’ Nairobi correspondent states that 130 Somali men, women, and children died of .thirst in crossing from Jubaland province into Kenya-. They comprised aJ section of the populace desiring to remain British subjects, aS they wore before the secession of the province to Italy, and set out to migrate into Kenya. They divided into two parties, one of which airived safely. A search for the other party revealed that 130 had died, while the re- . maiudor were in a distressing condition.. ®
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11955, 27 May 1933, Page 9
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