The Cheapside Street Disaster - March 28th - 1960
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In the immediate aftermath, came the task of organizing the fallen men’s funerals, an impressive feat accomplished in only seven days.
Firemaster Martin Chadwick selected Glasgow funeral directors Wylie and Lockhead to organise the funerals, while the Merchants House of Glasgow donated a communal vault at the Necropolis overlooking Glasgow Cathedral..
On the day of the funerals, flags all over Glasgow flew at half mast and an estimated 16,000 people lined the High Street and Cathedral Square to watch the funeral cortege which stretched four hundred yards.
In the processions were members of every Fire Brigade in Britain and Northern Ireland as well as representatives of the London and Liverpool Salvage Corps.
The impressive service in Glasgow Cathedral was led by the Minister of Glasgow , The Rev. Dr. Neville Davidson who stated that "this was one of the saddest days in the history of the great city of Glasgow".