I Think I Know The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire was an event that occurred in 1911, at a factory in Manhattan, New York. Many of the garment worker in the factory were killed from either the fire itself or because they jumped out of the building in an attempt to get away from the flames. This event, although horrible, lead to much needed changes in safety standards. I remember briefly coving this disaster in one of my history class and then again in this coarse but I have never gone in depth with this topic.
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On March 25, 1911, a fire broke out on the eighth, ninth, and tenth floor of a garment factory located in Manhattan, New York. The fire was reportedly cause by a “heap of rubbish which it is believed was ignited by a lighted cigarette” (The Bryan Eagle. Mar 30, 1911.) The fire consumed everything on the top three floors of the factory. It was confined to only these floors because the building was fireproof which stopped the flames from traveling down to the rest of the building. This also accounts for why the structure itself was virtually unharmed. (New York Times. Mar. 1911) Although the …show more content…
Although the fire itself was an accident, there were obstacles that prevented frantic victims from evacuating the building. While the state couldn’t prove that these things were done on purpose, they were done with negligence that cost 146 people their lives. This accident opened people eyes to the importance of building codes and regulations. Before, people didn’t really care about those type of things, they didn’t take them serious and never imagined that something bad would happen to them. Now, companies are forced to follow the rules. Inspections are much more in depth because people deserve to work in a safe environment where as if something terrible did happen, workers would have a safe and proper way to get out of the
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On March 25, 1911, a fire broke out on the eighth, ninth, and tenth floor of a garment factory located in Manhattan, New York. The fire was reportedly cause by a “heap of rubbish which it is believed was ignited by a lighted cigarette” (The Bryan Eagle. Mar 30, 1911.) The fire consumed everything on the top three floors of the factory. It was confined to only these floors because the building was fireproof which stopped the flames from traveling down to the rest of the building. This also accounts for why the structure itself was virtually unharmed. (New York Times. Mar. 1911) Although the …show more content…
Although the fire itself was an accident, there were obstacles that prevented frantic victims from evacuating the building. While the state couldn’t prove that these things were done on purpose, they were done with negligence that cost 146 people their lives. This accident opened people eyes to the importance of building codes and regulations. Before, people didn’t really care about those type of things, they didn’t take them serious and never imagined that something bad would happen to them. Now, companies are forced to follow the rules. Inspections are much more in depth because people deserve to work in a safe environment where as if something terrible did happen, workers would have a safe and proper way to get out of the