Sydney Ghost Train fire
1979 amusement park fire in Milson's Point, New South Wales, Australia
Sydney Ghost Train fire
The Sydney Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney in Australia killed seven people (six children and one adult) and destroyed the ride on 9 June 1979. The fire was originally blamed on an electrical fault despite firefighter observations to the contrary. A 1979 coronial inquiry and mid-1980s investigation were inconclusive about the fire's cause. Over the years there have been claims the true cause was arson ordered by Abe Saffron, and that NSW Police had covered it up. This conspiracy theory was perpetuated by park artist Martin Sharp, who spent over three decades amassing a large personal archive of documents relating to the fire, creating art inspired by the fire (including the unfinished film Street of Dreams) and advocating for new investigations into its cause, insisting it had been deliberately lit. Since Saffron's death in 2006, two of his relatives have substantiated this theory. A 2021 Australian Broadcasting Corporation investigation featured testimony from numerous eyewitnesses...
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