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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald

The anniversary of a little-known Lake Macquarie war-time tragedy

The way we were. Picture shows the old Morisset East School, about 1933, which Ena Harries later attended. Picture by Beth Clary

TIME heals most wounds but many Hunter tragedies are incredibly hard to forget.

And yet, some can somehow slip between the cracks over time and, sadly, become almost unknown in the present day. That's the stark reality of one horrific Lake Macquarie tragedy that occurred late in February, 81 years ago.

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