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
Crime by Anthony Piovesan 10th Apr 2021 6:50 PM The NSW coroner will consider a new inquest into a fire at Sydney s Luna Park in 1979 which killed six boys and one adult. They died in the blaze while riding the theme park s ghost train. Initial investigations pointed towards an electrical fault, but further inquiries proved non-conclusive. On Saturday NSW Coroner Teresa O Sullivan confirmed she would consider if a fresh inquest should be held. Firefighters fight blaze after the fire at Luna Park which killed six children and one adult. The state coroner has received an application from a person with sufficient standing under … the Coroners Act to seek a fresh inquest into the Luna Park Ghost Train fire of 1979, her office said in a statement.
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