The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

The 146 deaths caused by the Triangle fire were not looked over. This fire is said to be one that changed America because that is exactly what it did. The work done the following year created a series of new laws in the 1913 legislation that was “unmatched to that time in American history.” (Von Drehle 215) The Tammany Twins, Robert Wagner in Senate and Al Smith in the Assembly, completely recast the labor law of the nation’s largest state by pushing through twenty-five bills. Laws such as mandatory fire drills in large shops, unlocked doors that swing outwards, and automatic sprinklers in high rise buildings, were enforced by the Factory Commissions push through of a “complete reorganization of the state Department of Labor.” (Von Drehle 215)

March 25th, 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory burned leaving 145 workers dead. Negated safety rules and regulations and the overall working conditions in the factory where illegal manual workers were paid close to nothing for working very long hours, were a known concern that was just looked over by the business managers in this “Sweatshop.” Fires, leading up to this tragedy, were looked passed on the count of government officials and business managers’ corrupt ways of running things. The owners of the factory, Max Blanck and Isaac Harris were known for causing fires in factories they have previously owned such as two Diamond Waist Company factory fires in 1907 and 1910, and the Triangle Shirtwaist Company’s fire in 1902. They were doing so to collect insurance money and everyone looked the other way.

Just four months before the Triangle Factory fire, a four- story factory fire in Newark occurred on November 25, 1910. This time, 25 factory workers died, six of the workers burned to death, and 19 jumped to their deaths. After this fire, New York City Fire Chief Croker warned: "This city may have a fire as deadly

Some disasters are so impactful, that they forever change the course of history. On March 25, 1911, one such event took place. The infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Fire occurred that day, and left one hundred and forty-six people dead in its wake. While many at the time thought the story would soon pass, and with it all the potential bad publicity, the story of the fire spread quickly, and outraged many people. As a result, the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire ended up changing many

On the afternoon of March 25, 1911, a fire broke out in the 10-floor Asch Building, a block east of Manhattan's Washington Square. This is where 500 mostly young immigrant girls were producing shirts for the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. Within minutes, it spread to consume the building's upper three stories. Firemen at the scene were unable to rescue those trapped inside: their ladders weren't tall enough. Exits were locked, and the narrow fire escapes were inadequate. Panicked, many jumped from the windows to their deaths. People on the street watched in horror. The flames were under control in less than a half hour, but 146 people perished, 123 of them women. It was the worst disaster in the city's history.

On October 15, 1910 the factory has a mandatory fire inspection and they pass. A month later, a fire in Newark kills twenty-five workers. This stimulates fire prevention efforts in buildings but again, this warning is ignored. January 15, 1911 is the last time prior to the fire that garbage is taken from the factory. On March 16, another report warning of improper safety standards in New York buildings is published. However, like previous warnings, it is again ignored. Nine days later, at 4:45 PM, just before workers would be released, a fire breaks out on the eighth floor. This fire will take the lives of a 146 unfortunate victims. Most of these victims are those of young woman. Six minutes later, the New York Fire Department (NYFD) arrives on site. By this time, the fire is spreading up to the ninth and tenth floors, which also belong to the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. Those on the eighth floor quickly head down and those on the tenth floor flee to the roof. However, most workers who were on the ninth floor are stranded, unable to move up or down. By 4:47 PM, the last of the bodies from the ninth floor land on the sidewalk, falling from the ninth floor ledge. It is not until 5:05 PM, that the fire is finally taken under control and ten minutes later is described as “all over.” (Stein. Triangle Fire) NYFD fighters head to all the top floors of the building finding many severely burned bodies. Mobs of

     Near closing time on Saturday afternoon, March 25, 1911, in New York City a fire broke out on the top floors of the Asch Building in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. One of the worst tragedies in American history it was know as the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. It was a disaster that took the lives of 146 young immigrant workers. A fire that broke out in a cramped sweatshop that trapped many inside and killed 146 people.

Have you ever worked in an unsafe environment with horrible conditions? Have you ever been trapped in a burning building? These all happened to factory workers in Albert Marrin’s nonfiction work, “Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy.” He explicitly points to the theme of carelessness by his description of what led to the fire and the surroundings where it occurred. Marrin also implicitly traces back to the theme of the cheap value of immigrant labor. Carelessness and demeaning value made the tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire possible.

Finally this tragedy brought widespread attention to the dangerous sweatshop conditions of factories and led to the development of a series of laws and regulations that better protected the safety of workers. The owners Blanck and Harris were to blame, since they neglected their workers safety and concerns in order to be the fastest and the best factory around. Due to their negligence the youngest factory worker at the age of 14 lost her life in the fire. Both Harris and Blanck were indicted on seven counts of manslaughter in the first and second degree, but after paying bail and hiring the best lawyer around they were acquitted of all charges. They paid no time for their crimes and walked away with insurance policies leaving the dead behind and the rest of the workers and their families with

The fire, which murdered 146 material specialists, happened in New York City in 1911. The fire murdered the specialists since they were bolted into their working environment and had no chance to get of getting away. One entryway was constantly bolted and the other entryway dependably had a gatekeeper at it. In the result of the flame, the proprietors of the industrial facility were let off with an ostensible fine and no different disciplines. The fire demonstrated that numerous American laborers were compelled to work in extremely perilous conditions.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was owned by Max Blanck and Isaac Harris. These factories specialized in making women’s blouses. Women that worked there were mainly European and Jewish immigrants that were trying to make some money. Since they made that decision they were faced with poverty and horrible working conditions. The immigrants also had to suffer through a new language and that made them an easy target for people

The factory fire in Bangladesh occurred in November 2012. It was a garment factory and a lot of young women worked there. The woman worked over hours. They had low wages and unsafe conditions. The woman died because the boss told them to ignore the alarm and keep working. The fire killed some. The fire also caused another building to collapse killing people as well. Others jumped to safety some did not. 11 of the workers were culpable homicide. There was 112 woman killed the day of the fire.

Years before the tragedy, the motivations of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company workers to participate in the “Uprising of Twenty Thousand” were

As 147 workers perished in the Triangle Fire, people finally understood the problems within the garment factories. Under the Triangle Shirtwaist Company owners, Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, the women laboring to sew waist skirts were dissatisfied with their terrible working conditions and low wages. While working, the women, made up of mostly poor Italian and Jewish immigrants, would constantly be yelled at and called sexist slurs by bosses and forced to work long, tiring hours for little pay. Tired of these conditions, the workers of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York met in secret to form a union against the company in September 1909. The women acquired the backing of both the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and the Women’s Trade Union League which inspired many other women, both working and upper class, to join their fight. Thousands of garment workers launched an eleven week strike on November 22, 1909, which became known as the “Uprising of Twenty Thousand.” Although the “Uprising of Twenty Thousand” was successful as they achieved the goals the women set, such as increased wages and shorter hours, it ultimately failed because their platform did not address the working conditions which would lead the the Triangle Fire.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Incident was a tragic event that occured due to poor safety precautions. It occured in New York City on March 25, 1911 on the eighth and ninth floors of the Asch building and it is the deadliest industrial disaster of that city and it also considered one of the deadliest in US History. The factory normally employed about 500 workers, mostly young immigrant women, who worked nine hours a day on weekdays plus seven hours on Saturdays earning 2 dollars for a 14 hour work day. Several events led up to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Incident. Many workers were demanding shorter hours, better pay, and safer shops, so they formed a labor union. However, the owners did not want to succeed to the labor union’s pleads and demands because they were terrified that unions would diminish their authority over the workplace. Despite the owners’ unwillingness, many of them succeeded to the labor unions demands because there was a lot of strikes in companies and they needed their workers for the upcoming busy work season.  However, the owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory: Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, did not want to succeed to those pleads because their profits were declining and they did not have enough resources to please the workers’ demands. The company sales were declining because their style of clothing was antiquated and it could not keep up with the new extravagant fashion trends. There was also a lot of competition from the 500 blouse makers