31st December 1929
Tragedy struck on 31st December 1929 at Paisley's Glen Cinema when a film in the spool-room began to smoulder. The smoke resulted in panic, and a stampede began for the back entrance, which was locked. Children were trampled and overcome by smoke resulting in 71 deaths and 40 injuries. For more information please see www.glencinema.org.uk .
(H) = buried at Hawkhead Cemetery, Paisley.
| Robert Adams (H) |
James Gatherer (H) |
Robert McConnell (H) |
| Robert Alexander (H) |
John Geilty |
Margaret McEnhill (H) |
| John Bell (H) |
James Geilty |
Edward McEnhill (H) |
| William Black (H) |
Margaret Gibson (H) |
James McEnhill (H) |
Hugh Blue |
Norman Gillies |
Dennis McGarrity |
| John Bowes (H) |
John Goodwin (H) |
Williamina McGran (H) |
| David Boyd (H) |
Mary Green (H) |
Jeanie McGrattan |
| Caroline Brain (H) |
Henry Green (H) |
Robert McGrier (H) |
| Lily Buchanan |
Archibald Grogan (H) |
Mary McWattie |
| John Cairns (H) |
Annie Hamilton (H) |
Margaret Morrow (H) |
| Daniel Corbett (H) |
George Hammond (H) |
Robert Niven (H) |
| Elizabeth Corrigan |
Elizabeth Hart (H) |
Georgina Peacock (H) |
Agnes Coyle (H) |
Peter Houston (H) |
Thomas Perkins |
| Robert Craig |
Thomas Howard (H) |
John Pinkerton |
| Francis Curran (H) |
Julia Irvine (H) |
William Pinkerton |
| Elizabeth Dempster (H) |
William Irvine (H) |
William Rae (H) |
| Leah Dixon (H) |
Thomas Jackson (H) |
Thomas Renfrew (H) |
| Mary Dolan (H) |
James Johnston (H) |
George Scott (H) |
| George Elliot (H) |
George Kennedy (H) |
William Spiers (H) |
| Henry Elliot (H) |
Thomas Kilkie (H) |
Jane Stevenson (H) |
Elizabeth Finlay (H) |
Helen Kilkie (H) |
Alexander Telfer (H) |
| Enzo Fiori (H) |
Elizabeth Leonard (H) |
Robert Wingate |
| Janet Fitch (H) |
Samuel McBlane (H) |
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| William Fitch (H) |
Sarah McCafferty (H) |
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