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Fire! As in the Triangle Factory Fire. All these dangers, all these unfortunate girls. Couldn’t they have survived? Welcome to my essay on The Triangle Factory Fire. First of all, what caused this terrible disaster? Many different factors played into this. Was it just a spontaneous fire? It is said in Flesh and Blood so Cheap that the fire was most likely caused by a still lit cigarette thrown into a waste basket. They also say “We will never know for sure what started the Triangle Fire”…

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…

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…

getting the same rights as the Anglo mine workers. Yet women's were able to show the men's that they also have a voice and deserve to be heard. Since the men's weren't able to accomplished what they were fighting alone they required the help from the women's in order to win their demands. But it showed how everyone united at the end got what they wanted man got better paying conditions and equal rights and women's also got their sanitation but also they were able to win equal rights witch they…

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 Company factory was located on the top three floors of the Asch Building, which was located, on the corner of Washington Place and Greene Street, in…

According to an article published in the New York Times titled “Building Collapse in Bangladesh Leaves Scores Dead”, a building containing thousands of garment workers collapsed after factory owners forced their employees to work despite knowledge of the buildings failing structural integrity. Based on their works, “On Liberty”, and “The Communist Manifesto” both John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx would assert that the factory owners did not properly account for the safety of the workers for in the…

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…

“Flesh and Blood so Cheap,” by Albert Marrin, is a story showcasing a truly devastating story of how the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory went ablaze on March 25, 1911. The fire was thought to be started by a hot ash or a live cigarette that was flicked into a scrap bin. But we will never know what truly started the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. As the story progresses it discusses why the health and safety of workers must be overseen by the local government. The health and safety of workers at the…

every bit as great as in the building destroyed in Newark. A fire in the daytime would be accompanied by a terrible loss of life” he said. Some people expect that the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire tragedy will make everyone realise how much of a “fire trap” New York really is. Since New York hasn’t had as massive of a fire as The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, not many people knew that there was actual potential to have this grand of a fire. The Asch building was actually considered one of the safer…