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Burned Beyond Recognition The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire March 25, 1911

By Jr , Robert Grey Reynolds

Book information

Publisher
JR, Robert Grey Reynolds
Year
2017
ISBN
9781370641314
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
292 kB (298638 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2023-01-07 05:13:48
Business; Politics; Nonfiction; BUS038000; POL0130

Description

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire happened on a Saturday inside the Asch Building in what is now Greenwich Village. Multiple tenants occupied the twelve floors of the building adjacent to Washington Place and Green Street. It was about 4:30 p.m. when a blaze shot up from beneath one of the cutting tables. The sewing machines occupied the majority of the work space. A man employed as a cutter may have carelessly discarded a match used to light a cigarette. The bins underneath the tables were filled with trimmings of lawn, i.e. cotton fabric from which the shirtwaists, or blouses, were made.

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