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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald

The night a Sabre jet crashed in The Junction

August 16, 1966. Pictures supplied

ON a cold, wet winter evening almost 57 years ago, all hell suddenly erupted over The Junction, a densely packed inner-Newcastle suburb.

At first there was a blinding flash of light, a huge noise, then fire seemed to rain down on streets around Glebe Road near The Junction war memorial.

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