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On December 30th, 1903, the worst fatal theater fire in the United States took place. This fire engulfed the Iroquois Theater in Chicago while the play “Let Us Swear by the Pale Moonlight” took place. It was a brand new theater and known to be one of the “finest” built in the country. The brand new theater as well as the play drew a crowd of more than 2,000 people which were mostly women and children. The audience entered the theater hearing that it was known “to be has fireproof as the Titanic was unsinkable”. That was the first mistake the contractors and the building owner made, unfortunately there were many more mistakes to come. It is important to investigate their mistakes and make sure none of those mistakes are repeated. When looking…

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire The triangle shirtwaist factory fire was one of the most tragically industrial accidents in the history of the United States. It happened in the city of New York in 1911, killing 146 workers, including immigrant women. Many of them died publicly by throwing themselves, out of the upper story windows of the burning building. The fire made clear in a powerful way that industrial accidents had causes whose roots lay in employers’ near total power over the…

If the building you were in started catching on fire, would you jump out of a window or would you burn to death? Some people would say jump, but what if the building was ten stories tall, would you still jump? You might think that this is the worst case scenario, but this actually happened in real life. In 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory caught on fire killing and injuring many of the workers. Isaac Harris and Max Blanck were the owners of the factory. The Triangle Shirtwaist…

Hello, I’m Rose Nolan. You don’t know me but if you’re reading this; Congratulations! You got hired to work on the ninth floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. I too used to work on the ninth floor of the factory, well before the fire. “What fire?” you ask. Oh, I forgot to mention I'm from the future. Let’s just forget I said that thing about the fire. Anyway, let's get to the point. You want to know how to survive the factory. First of all, you may be as young as twelve. You should not be…

What laws were made? Did anything happen to the owner? The Triangle Factory fire was a devastating situation: 145 people out of 500 died. It was a hard situation for many parents. Many parents also wanted a revenge on the owners. As I read some articles and stories about this fire to know what would happen to the owner. So I did a little research and this is what I found out! The owner's names are Max Harris and Isaac Blank. They went to court because many believe they arranged the fire to…

One way is the introduction word. It says “Holocaust,” which means mass slaughter caused by fire. This shows that Marrin is saying the Triangle Fire was a tragedy and ended sadly for many families. A second example of explicit evidence is in paragraph 12 where it states “The aerial ladders failed, too, reaching only to the sixth floor.” This illustrates that Marrin was explaining that the firefighters weren’t prepared and that they couldn’t really do anything to help the people in the building.…

Milestone Three One of the greatest events that resulted from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire was the creation a nine member commission dubbed the Factory Investigation Commission (FIC). Following the fire, a superficial investigation was completed and it was found that there were conditions in factories and manufacturing establishments that constituted a daily menace to the lives of the thousands of working men, women, and children. It was also found that there was a lack of fire…

employees made it out, but people in the ninth floor “were not as lucky.” Due to poor work conditions, some employees were forced to jump out the building, or burn. The calamitous Triangle Fire proved that it is essential for the government to vital decisions in order to protect the safety and health of employees. The Triangle employees’ health and safety was not adequately cared for. Certain factors lead to the workers being trapped in the building. One of these is that the doors were locked.…

Kaleabe Abera Mr. Perez US History March 7, 2017 On Saturday, March 25, 1911, a fire erupted in a 10 story factory building. The top floors of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company building, in New York city, caught fire killing 146 of the 500 workers. The dead consisted of mainly of young women. The doors for the fire escape were locked and the firefighters ladders couldn’t reach to top floors. Many of the workers prefered to jump to their deaths rather than suffocating. The International Ladies’…

9th, and 10th, of the Asch Building, on the corner of Greene Street and Washington Place, in Manhattan. As sweatshops spread, the desperate need of immigrants for employment rose around the country. Women and children immigrants worked for low wages and excessively long hours in hazardous and unsafe conditions. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory happened to be one such typical sweat shop. The “shirtwaist”—a woman’s blouse—was one of the country’s first fashion statements that crossed class…