Glen Cinema Disaster
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Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
[send private message] and Scotland Project WikiTree [send private message]The Glen Cinema Disaster occurred on 31 Dec 1929.
About 1,000 children were attending a children's matinee, when smoke from a smouldering film canister was seen. In the panic and crush which ensued, 69 children were killed and 40 were injured, 2 of whom also died in the following days. [1][2][3]
Some families lost more than one child in what was one of the worst human tragedies in Scotland. A ceremony is still held in Paisley each year on 31st December to commemorate the victims.[3]
Following the tragedy, safety regulations were improved and inspections of picture houses were made compulsory.[3]
In memory of the children who died in the Glen Cinema disaster:
Robert Adams,10
William Black
Hugh Blue, 9
David Boyd, 8
Sarah McCafferty Digney, 8 (aka Sarah McCafferty)
Leah Dixon, 10
Mary Dolan, 8
Henry Elliott, 10
Enso Fiori, 6
James Gielty, 6
John Gielty, 8
George Kennedy, 13
Helen Kilkie, 10
Robert McConnell, 11
James McEnhill, 11
Margaret McEnhill or Irvine, 3
Margaret Morrow, 10
Robert Niven, 7
John Pinkerton, 12
William Rae, 15
Sources
- ↑ The Scotsman - Wednesday 01 January 1930: (British Newspaper Archive)
- ↑ BBC Scotland News, Published 31 December 2019: (Glen Cinema article)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 GlasgowLive News: 30 Dec 2019: (Glen Cinema article)
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