TRIANGLE FIRE

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, NY, NY-1911 Near closing time on Saturday afternoon, March 25, 1911, a fire broke out on the top floors of the Asch Building in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. Within minutes, the quiet spring afternoon erupted into madness, a terrifying moment in time, disrupting forever the lives of young workers. By the time the fire was over, 146 of the 500 employees had died. The survivors were left to live and relive those agonizing moments. The …

…never came about unless these tragedies occurred. So although they were horrible events and many people died and suffered, the effect lived on in every worker in the new reformed industries. . References: .(http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/ New York (State) Factory Investigating Commission, Preliminary Report of the Factory Investigating Commission, 1912, 3 vols. (Albany, New York: The Argus Company, printers, 1912). New York Times, March 26, 1911, page 1, 141 Men and Girls New York Times, March 26, 1911, page 4, Stories of Survivors