Comments on: The Triangle Factory Fire of 1911

The Triangle Factory Fire of 1911

plep — Thu, 22 Jul 2004 09:45:26 -0800

The Triangle Factory Fire of 1911. 'This site includes selected information on a terrible and unnecessary tragedy involving the death of many young working women in a New York City sweatshop at the beginning of the 20th century and the resulting investigations and reforms. '

By: bondcliff

bondcliff — Thu, 22 Jul 2004 12:53:49 -0800

I thought Mr. Cunningham saved them all?

By: headspace

headspace — Thu, 22 Jul 2004 13:41:44 -0800

This is fascinating, thank you so much for sharing!

By: hattifattener

hattifattener — Thu, 22 Jul 2004 17:22:05 -0800

Fahrenheit 1911?

By: arse_hat

arse_hat — Thu, 22 Jul 2004 22:09:55 -0800

I read the editorials about the Triangle fire when I was researching something in high school. I can't remember what I was researching but I still remember those editorials vividly. They kept coming to mind as I listened to the events of 9/11 unfold. Interestingly not one of the editorials post 9/11 stayed with me. Thanks for the post.

By: orange swan

orange swan — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 06:48:54 -0800

I remember reading some first person accounts of this fire in Betsy Israel's Bachelor Girl: The Secret History of Single Women in the 20th Century. The young women who worked at this factory enjoyed a lot of camaraderie. At the time of the fire, one group of girls had just lit candles on the cake gotten to celebrate one girl's getting engaged, when the fire broke out in another part of the building. There was a mad scramble to exit the building. One girl from that group saw the engaged girl standing by the window. When she looked back a second later, the girl was gone. It's terrible that it takes a tragedy like this one - or like the Titanic - or like the fire in a school building in the sixties - to make people see how important it is to plan for disaster.

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 06:57:47 -0800

Good post, plep, thanks. Unfortunately, we didn't learn enough from this tragedy. In 1991, 25 workers perished in a fire in a North Carolina chicken plant - they also had been locked in, apparently to prevent theft. And despite these incidents, wouldn't you know that as recently as this year, Walmart has locked night shift workers in to prevent theft. Hard to believe how little some employers seem to value worker lives.

By: crush-onastick

crush-onastick — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 14:14:05 -0800

orange swan: do you mean our lady of angels?