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January 30, 2018
- Aired January 30, 2018 Triangle Fire It was the deadliest workplace accident in New York City’s history. A dropped match on the 8th floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory sparked a fire that killed over a hundred innocent people trapped inside. The private industry of the American factory would never be the same.
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Jan 30, 2018 · A dropped match on the 8th floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory sparked a fire that killed over a hundred innocent people trapped inside.
- How the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire transformed ... - PBS
The Triangle Fire of March 25, 1911, destroyed hundreds of...
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Apr 1, 2021 · The Triangle Fire of March 25, 1911, destroyed hundreds of lives — both those who died and their families. Sadly, it required the ashes of 146 people to redesign and reimagine the workplace of...
- Dr. Howard Markel
Aug 8, 2019 · On March 25, 1911, New York City’s Triangle Shirtwaist Factory burst into flames, and 146 workers — nearly all young women, many of them teenage immigrants — perished. We visit the building...
- 27 min
Feb 28, 2011 · Triangle Fire: Directed by Jamila Wignot. With Michael Murphy, Annelise Orleck, Richard A. Greenwald, David Von Drehle. The 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York's Greenwich Village resulted in legislation ensuring the most comprehensive workplace safety laws in the U.S.
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- Documentary, Biography, History
- Jamila Wignot
- 2011-02-28
A dropped match on the 8th floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory sparked a fire that killed over a hundred innocent people trapped inside. The private industry of the American factory would never be the same.
Learn how unsafe conditions at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory led to a fire in 1911 that killed 146 workers, mostly young immigrant girls, and exposed the need for workplace reforms in these videos adapted from Triangle Fire | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.
In October 1909, Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, the owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, fought back against striking workers. Their tactics were often brutal.
