“Whatever the number, they had no chance of escape” (Argersinger, 73), as only a few remembered the fire escape that was inadequate anyways as it only consisted of “a lone ladder running down to a rear narrow court, which was smoke filled as the fire raged one narrow door giving access to the ladder.” (Argersinger, 73). Given those conditions, the few workers that could have remembered about the fire escape would probably still have died in the incident.
Another fact to be taken into consideration is that the rooms where workers made the shirtwaists were crammed with tissue paper, lace, and muslin goods, all extremely inflammable materials.…