A Half Hour Of Horror Research Paper

"NEAR CLOSING TIME ON MARCH 25, 1911,." Cornell University - ILR School - The Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 15 May

One of the main reasons why so many people died in the fire was because of the lack of regulations for buildings. For instance, the fire escape was too weak to hold large amounts of people and it collapsed, killing everyone on it. Some were even impaled by a metal fence down below. In addition to the weakness of the fire escape, it wasn’t even long enough to reach the ground safely. Regulations

Three stories of a ten-floor building a the corner of Greens Street and Washington Place were burned yesterday, and while the fire was going on 141 young men and women at least 125 of them mere girls were burned to death or killed by jumping to the pavement below. The building was fireproof. The fire except the furniture and 141 of the 600 men and girls that were employed in its upper three stories. The victims were suffocated or burned to death within the building, but some who found their way to the windows and leaped met death as surely, but perhaps more quickly, on the pavements below.

At first the workers tried to take the elevator to escape but it could only take so many before it broke down. After this, some people pried open the elevator doors and jumped down the elevator shaft to their deaths trying to get away from the fire. Other girls took the stairwell, but they found a locked door at the bottom so all of them ended up burning to death. Some employees took the fire escape but it was poorly built and constructed so it fell to the concrete with many people on it, killing all of them. The rest of the workers in the building jumped to their inevitable deaths to escape from the alternative of burning to death. Some of the people who were on the tenth floor escaped to safety on the roof of the building and survived. Two of these survivors were the owners of the factory, Max Blanck and Isaac Harris. Even though there was a ton of evidence showing that these two were negligent for the fire, the court never indicted them for manslaughter which angered and upset the devastated families of the

This was a very terrifying fire it destroyed many homes and killed many adults and many kids too

There was 92 students and 3 nuns that were killed as a result of the fire.If the building which had been The devistation could ave been prevented

In addition, at the event most employees were acting out of fear, and they all wanted to save their lives. According to the article, the manager at the triangle factory didn’t warn employees as soon as possible. As a result, the court tried both owners of the factory for manslaughter, but they didn't find them guilty because the juries in the court was in doubt if the doors at the factory were actually locked or not. Based on the Kate Altermans statement , “Its locked, Its locked!”, her reaction at the time could be seen as an alert to others to find a different door for refuge and could be used as an evidence by witness which proves that the doors in the 8th floor was locked. By coincidence, another witness of that fire incident, Frances Perkins

First of all, the fire broke out on the eighty floor of triangle shirtwaist factory in Greenwich village, in NYC. Within minutes the top three floors of the Asch building were in engulfed in flames. most of the victims of the fire that were killed were mostly girls in between the ages of 15 and 25 years old. some decided to end it all before been killed by the fire they jumped 100 feet down.

The girls were in line in the passageway ready to be checked out when the fire broke out. The tiny passageway was not spacious enough for the feared to death young immigrants fighting for a way out of the building. Almost everything in the factory is flammable, so it was difficult to control the fire. The fire department responded quickly, but their holes could not reach the eighth to the tenth floor. The fire escape was knocked off, the elevators stop working and the only door out was locked. The poor girls who were faced with death had no option than to jump out of the building. The nets of the fire department were not strong enough to trap the girls to safety. This horrific scene enters the mind’s eye of families and eye witnesses. Within minutes, all was lost. America was hit with one horrific incident that could not be over looked. The death toll reached one hundred and forty-six. Though some bodies were burned beyond recognition, all but six were identified. This catastrophic tragedy sent a Shockwave through the city of New York and over the border to the families of these young migrant workers. Families grieved and angered over the repugnant working conditions that has led to the tragic fire that claimed one hundred and forty-six lives within thirty minutes. This catastrophic tragedy changed

The fire started on March 25, 1911. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory employed about 500 people. A discarded cigarette was said to have started the fire which soon spread because of the factories cotton and waist. The firefighters ladders couldn’t reach some floors leaving the people with the option to jump out the window or burn in the fire. In the fire 129 women and 17 men perished in the fire. The owners of the factory were charged with manslaughter but got away without paying anything. This fire helped encouraged 30 more health and safety laws for buildings.

9/11 was not the first attack on the World Trade Center. At least 400 police and firefighters died by being burned or crushed by all of the debri from the calaption of the buildings. After this attack it was a very silent day in America.

The fire department received preliminary call just before 8.30 p.m. On arrival at the scene, fire fighters saw heavy smoke at the mid-height of the plaza and flame expanding from one window thereby exposing the adjacent floors (US Fire Administration, 1991). A dark, thick column of smoke was evident and extended up the building faรงade towards the roof. The smoke started to vent from several additional points along the northern side of the fire starting point. The fire resulted in engagement of twelve alarms that brought fifteen ladder organizations, fifty-one engine companies and hundreds of fire suppression personnel (US Fire Administration, 1991). In the

and fires were in the upper half of the building and did not affect all the

Guests started heading for the only public exit from the Melody Lounge, which was a four-foot wide staircase that lead to the foyer on the first floor. Furnishings caught fire, and a wave of fire and toxic gases spread across the room heading toward the stairway. Panic came over the crowd and attempts to open the emergency door at the top of the stairs failed. The fire spread up the stairs and into the foyer area, which contained the coat rooms, restrooms, and the main entrance. The panic continued as cries of “FIRE! FIRE!” were shouted by patrons as the crowd raced toward the main entrance door. The first few were able to exit through the revolving door, but as the mass of patrons slammed into the exit the doors became jammed. People outside the building looked on as they watched their friends and relatives get crushed by the crowd surging against the jammed door.

There was another huge issue that affected the process of egress. The building had no audible fire alarm. This is a problem that had a large impact on the loss of life. People on the far side of the building had no idea there was even a fire until employees had walked all the way down to that side of the building to relay that information. If they had audible fire alarms, many more people would have been able to evacuate safely.