FIRE - ONE HUNDREDth ANNIVERSARY TODAY!

MARCH 25TH 1911

New York City

Reenactment by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union

A fire at the Triangle Waist Company factory in New York City killed 146 workers. The large number of deaths exposed the dangerous conditions in high-rise factories and prompted the creation of new building, fire, and safety codes around the United States.

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http://history1900s.about.com/od/1910s/p/trianglefire.htm

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Frances Perkins, Roosevelt's future Labor Secretary witnessed the fire:

http://www.wvablue.com/diary/6897/the-triangle-shirtwaist-factory-fire-100-years-later