Seven people died during the horror Sydney Luna Park Ghost Train fire in 1979
Initial investigations suggested it was electrical fault but cause is undetermined
NSW coroner ordered police to conduct review into the evidence of fire s cause
Three new witnesses have said they smelled kerosene and noticed bikie group
There are allegations the blaze may have been linked to an underworld figure
NSW coroner asks police to review 1979 Luna Park Ghost Train fire evidence
The coroner says she has received an application for a fresh inquest into the fire that killed six boys and a man in Sydney
The NSW coroner Teresa O’Sullivan says she will consider a fresh inquest into a fatal fire at Sydney’s Luna Park. Photograph: Jenny Evans/Getty Images
The NSW coroner Teresa O’Sullivan says she will consider a fresh inquest into a fatal fire at Sydney’s Luna Park. Photograph: Jenny Evans/Getty Images
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Sat 10 Apr 2021 05.08 EDT
The New South Wales coroner will consider a fresh inquest into a fatal fire at Sydney’s Luna Park in 1979 after allegations the blaze was linked to an underworld figure.
The NSW coroner will consider a fresh inquest into a fatal fire at Sydney s Luna Park in 1979 after allegations the blaze was linked to an underworld figure.
Seven people including six boys were killed in the blaze while riding the theme park s ghost train.
Initial investigations pointed to an electrical fault and some subsequent inquiries proved non-conclusive.
On June 9, 1975 a fire on the Ghost Train ride at Luna Park in Sydney (pictured) killed seven people and changed the lives of a community forever
The Luna Park Ghost Train fire in June, 1979 claimed the lives of John Godson, and six children - Damien Godson, Craig Godson, Richard Carroll, Michael Johnson, Jonathan Billings and Seamus Rahilly
The New South Wales Government is looking at opening a fresh inquiry into the infamous Luna Park Ghost Train fire of 1979.
Seven people, including six children were killed in the Sydney theme park blaze, which was originally blamed on electrical faults.
However, new evidence uncovered in a recent investigation by the ABC alleged corrupt police covered up a plot masterminded by notorious Sydney gangster Abe Saffron.
The probe has magnified calls from the victim s families, witnesses and dozens of former police to have the case revisited by the Coroner.
A fire that consumed the ghost train ride at Sydney s Luna Park in 1979 killed one adult and six children when the fire tore through the ride.(Dallas Smith/The Sydney Morning Herald)