One of the most common igneous rocks is granite (Figure 4.9). Granite is used extensively in building materials and making statues. Perhaps you have used a pumice stone to smooth your skin or to do jobs around the house. Pumice is another example of an igneous rock (Figure 4.10).
1979 Sydney Ghost Train fire. The Sydney Ghost Train fire was a fire on the night of 9 June 1979 at Luna Park Sydney. The fire destroyed the amusement park's ghost train, and killed six children and one adult.
The name, Luna Park, is a tribute to the Coney Island of yore. To stand on West 12th Street, with the glimmering new coasters of Luna Park on one side and the Ghost Hole at Denoâs across the street, with its charming hand-painted ghouls, is to see the difference between the old Coney Island and the new.e transformed the eastern end of the amusement district into a home for the relocated New York Aquarium. The housing projects with which he rebuilt Coney Island became some of the cityâs most depressed and dangerous. As the city grew rapidly in the â90s, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani set his sights on Coney Island.