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Eric Galton Saint (28 November 1918 – 21 February 1989) MD FRCP CMG was an English Australian physician and professor of medicine. Despite having a lengthy and distinguished career, Saint is arguably best known for attempting to forewarn authorities of the Wittenoom Industrial Disaster. With a continuously rising death toll now believed to be in excess of 2000 people, the Wittenoom Industrial Disaster is widely considered to be Australia's largest industrial tragedy.