1911+Triangle+Shirtwaist+Fire

The 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Around 4:45 p.m. on March 25, 1911 the workers of the [|Triangle Shirtwaist Company] at the Asch Building in New York City began packing up for the day. About twenty minutes later, nine floors down, the bodies of some of these workers were laying along the east side of Greene Street. The fire at the Triangle Waist Company in NYC claimed the lives of 146 immigrant workers. The workers that perished had either jumped out the windows, fallen down the elevator shaft, or had been trapped in a cloakroom. The girls who had jumped out the windows to their deaths ranged in age about 13 to 23 years old. So many were dead that a makeshift morgue was formed at the adjoining pier on the East River. The fire was one of the worst disasters that occurred during the Industrial Revolution. However, it helps to shed light on the horrible working conditions industrial workers, especially immigrants, were put through. Because of these workers deaths the safety codes for working in factory jobs were changed and enforced. (University, and Center), (Yaz)





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**Works Cited:**

 * University, Cornell, and Kheel Center. "100 Years Later 1911-2011." //Remembering the Triangle Factory Fire//. Kheel Center, 2011. Web. 11 Jan 2012. .
 * Yaz, Gregg. "Leap for Life, Leap of Death." //California State University-Northridge//. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Jan 2012. .