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The Day Dawn Christmas Tragedy:

06/04/2019 By Moya Sharp 20 Comments

I have read of many tales of hardship and awful accidents over the years, but the following story is without doubt, one of the saddest and most tragic of all I have ever come across. I first read about it 11 years ago when I was contacted by Ian Leithhead, who asked me to assist […]

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