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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of March 25, 1911 was a major industrial disaster in which 146 garment workers (mostly girls) died. The fire led to improved factory safety standards and better work place conditions. (Linder, 2002; "The Triangle ... "2004)
The Shirtwaist Factory was located in the top 3 floors of a 10-floor New York City building. The company employed about 500 workers, mostly low-paid young immigrant girls who worked 14-hour days. The factory had witnessed a major strike in 1909 due to unsatisfactory working conditions. It followed poor safety standards: stored flammable material, smoking was common, no fire...
("Triangle Shirtwaist ... " 2005)
The Fire:
The fire started on the 8th floor near the closing time on March 25, 1911. The 10th floor was alerted but the 9th floor could not be alerted in time. Most of the workers on the 9th and 10th floor managed to evacuate while those on the 9th floor got trapped. There were only 4 escape routes from the 9th floor: a stairwell opening into Greene Street, a fire escape, a one-passenger elevator and a stairwell leading to Washington Place. The Greene Street stairwell was engulfed in fire, the fire escape soon collapsed and the elevator…
References
Linder, D.(2002). "The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Trial." Famous Trials. Retrieved on October 11, 2005 from http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/triangle/trianglefire.html
The Triangle Factory Fire (2004). Kheel Center at Cornell University. Retrieved on October 11, 2005 from http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/narrative1.html
'Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire." (2005). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved on October 11, 2005 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Fire
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