[chris]

A fire at the Triangle Waist Company on the top floors of the Asch Building in Manhattan killed 146 of about 500 employees on March 25, 1911. The fire broke out near closing time at Washington Place and Greene Street in Greenwich Village. Most of the victims were recent Italian and Jewish immigrants, many of them young women and some as young as 14.

Many workers jumped from ninth-floor windows. Fire Department ladders could not reach the upper floors, and the ninth-floor fire escape bent under the weight of people trying to flee. Workers believed the doors leading to the Washington Place stairs were locked. Bodies were left on the sidewalk outside the building, while rows of open coffins were viewed by police and members of the public.

Owners Max Blanck and Harris were indicted for manslaughter on April 11, 1911, but were acquitted by a jury on December 27. Twenty-three civil suits were settled on March 11, 1914, for $75 per life lost.

Also covered here: Photographic Time Line

[güttsfükk]

the third picture is crazy, the row of coffins

[annmarie]

i read a novel about this tradegy that happened at this company
they even made a movie employees were actually jumping
out the window to get away from the fire only to wind up dying
a horrible death

[annmarie]

the conditions at this shirtwaist company was extremely poor
the employees didnt even have proper ventilation when working at this factory the factory was so clogged with employees that
once the fire started they couldnt get away and from the novel
as well as the historical biography it took the people to long to
get out made the fire worse and then nobody could get out
not to mention the chaos and terror of the whole situation.

[annmarie]

love the post chris a million thanks for it the pics are excellent to

[shooterb]

B/W pics rock-

[Jere]

[holierthanthou]

we talked about this in class not too long ago

[Pogrom]

The companies owners kept all the doors locked from the outside so no one could sneak a break.