cheesemonster wrote:I was in the Britannia Panopticon for Doors Open Day and a visitor was discussing a great flood in the Saltmarket with the woman who worked there, apparently it resulted in many deaths and required 1 side of the Saltmarket to be built again from scratch.
Anyone have any more info as I can't find anything online?
Other disasters I didn't know about which they talked about included:
Templetons factory collapse - apparently there's a little stone memorial on site
International(whoever/wherever/whenever?!) factory fire
Daphne boat disaster
It wasn't the happiest Doors Open Day visit!
In reverse order:
The Daphne sank on her launch in 1883, with 124 lives lost.
http://www.mycityglasgow.co.uk/index_files/clyde.htmInternational factory fire, could be either James Watt Street or Cheapside Street, or many others. See the Firefighters Heritage Trail for that one.
Templetons factory collapse, 1889.
http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.ph ... mp%3Bl%3DyIf you are really interested in these sort of things, look at my website and also join the Old Glasgow Club
http://www.oldglasgowclub.org.uk.