mar 25, 1911 - Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
Description:
On March 25, fire spread through the cramped Triangle Waist Company garment factory on the 8th, 9th and 10th floors of the Asch Building in lower Manhattan. Workers in the factory, many of whom were young women recently arrived from Europe, had little time or opportunity to escape.https://www.osha.gov/aboutosha/40-years/trianglefactoryfire
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Date:
mar 25, 1911
Now
~ 115 years ago