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At 10.15 on the night of June 9, 1979, flames engulfed the ghost train at Luna Park. Six children and one adult were killed.
Nearly 30 years later in 2007, award-winning
Herald investigative journalist Kate McClymont revealed claims that Australia’s most notorious crime figure Abe Saffron was behind the deadly fire at the popular fun park on the shores of Sydney Harbour.
Luna Park ghost train fire, 1979.
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She also obtained files gathered by a Sydney artist Martin Sharp, who had collected an extensive collection of documents.
Front page of the Sydney Morning Herald in 2007 revealing claims of links between the ghost train fire and underworld figure Abe Saffron.