Glen Cinema Disaster

When

31 Dec 1929

Kind

Fire

Coordinates

55.85° N, 4.42° W

Description

Fire disaster

1929 fire disaster in Paisley, Scotland

The Glen Cinema disaster was a deadly crowd crush caused by a smoking film canister at a cinema in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, on 31 December 1929. The resulting panic and crush killed 69 children and injured up to 40 others; the final death toll was 71. It is considered one of the worst disasters in Scottish history.

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