WITTENOOM VICTIMS REMEMBERED There were sombre scenes at a church service in Perth today, as the 4000 people who died from mesothelioma caused by the asbestos mine in Wittenoom were remembered. And there were calls for a memorial to be built to mark, what the government calls, one of the saddest chapters in WA's history. | 7NEWS Regional WA
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WITTENOOM VICTIMS REMEMBERED There were sombre scenes at a church service in Perth today, as the 4000 people who died from mesothelioma caused by the asbestos mine in
7NEWS Regional WA. . WITTENOOM VICTIMS REMEMBERED There were sombre scenes at a church service in Perth today, as the 4000 people who died from mesothelioma caused by the asbestos mine in Wittenoom were remembered. And there were calls for a memorial to be built to mark, what the government calls, one of the saddest chapters in WA's history.
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