Inquiries hunt blame in Triangle Shirtwaist Co. fire NEW YORK, March 27, 1911 (UP) -- The counting and identifying of the dead in the Washington Square fire of Saturday evening, causing a death ...
Friday marks the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, a tragedy that ... Some even leapt to their deaths rather than burn alive in the factory they were trapped in (the exit door ...
March 25th marks the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in downtown Manhattan. The fire started in a scrap bin on the 8th floor of the factory building, claiming the lives ...
March 25 marks the 111th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which killed 146 mostly ... Many workers consequently jumped to their deaths while helpless firefighters and ...
Years before Frances Perkins witnessed the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, workers at the factory had tried to raise ... before jumping to her death. What was she saying? It’s a haunting question ...
The anniversary of the historic factory fire that birthed the labor movement ... who lost their lives at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory by Washington Square Park. The factory operated on the ...
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, located in the top floors of the Asch building in Greenwich Village, was one of many shirtwaist factories operating in Manhattan at the time. This boom in industry ...
The factory was overcrowded and its exits locked or inaccessible, and the sight of women and girls leaping to their deaths haunted ... full orchestra and voices, “Fire in My Mouth,” will ...
The fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York on March 25, 1911, still stands as one of the most devastating ...