The Triangle Fire

The Cloth Inferno - The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

It was the worst factory fire in the history of New York City.
Late in the afternoon of Saturday, 25 March 1911, fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company, located on the 8th, 9th, and 10th floors of the Asch Building. In less than five minutes fire snuffed out the lives of 146 workers.
Photos
Brown Brothers
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library
Corbis-Bettlmann
Cornell University
The Authentic History Center
Shorpy.com
the Office Museum
The Library of Congress
Audio Clips
National Public Radio (NPR)
the Authentic History Center
Cornell University
Music
Fanfare for the Common Man
Our Town
Aaron Copeland
Conceived and Produced by
Dale Caruso

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• 1911
• Fire
• New
• York
• City
• Traingle
• Imigrant
• Workers

[DARKLADYOFGA]

I appreciate the postings of these videos so much; we must never forget. On PBS is a doc. scheduled: 02-28th, tonight.

This is the kind of future is awaiting us again if the right wing and their corporate masters have their way. It has been over 30 years in the making; have slaves in China and elsewhere is not enough for their gaping maw!

[sashaxwp]

If you get rid of Unions, it won't be long and we will be back to these working conditions. It is already happening. How many of you have to work 6-7days a week? What happened to the Great American Dream? It's time to fight back and save our country for the corporate greedy.

[MrViTopol]

@FormerTVAddict in fascist america, you have the right to remain silent

[FormerTVAddict]

I could barely hear the interviews, much of it was completely unintelligible, the music is a little too loud. Good video otherwise.

[bongoo]

The Music is to loud can not hear the story.

[AbsoulteZer0]

@deakon452876 its not fascist if u have a choice, u can learn u can not learn, u can do listen to music u can write music u can buy as much as u want and go where u want, dont be ignorant without reason. Btw our country was made on the concept all white christian landowning men are equal, except the Irish, and any other Catholics, if you think we are going on a downward spiral look how we started. We started as monsters who think they knew what was best.

[deakon452876]

@luvtogothere now that is what we don't need, but that is what the globalists want, a one world Fascist-Socialist Government. don't believe me? why do you see Check points across our country and The National Guard Patrolling american streets. that already proves Fascism taking into place. we already lost what our country was made into. ofcourse a Republic. Ben Franklin said to a Journalist After the delagates formed our country. "we made a republic, and we will be fine unless we loose it."

[zenmachinefilms]

And to think there are many people in this country that want to take labor back to those days.

[xander7ful]

My great-uncle was there that day and saw the building burn and women jumping to their deaths. He said they looked like flies falling.

Later on he formed his own clothing factory and he never like unions. But incidents like these are why we need them.

[dam2630]

Why do we not get any information on the people talking who I assume are all survivors

[dam2630]

@NeverBeBored08 Yes, New York University owns it - it is one block off of Washington Square Park there is a plaque