| Title | : | Burned Beyond Recognition The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire March 25, 1911 |
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| Author | : | Robert Grey Reynolds Jr. |
| Release | : | 2017-02-18 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Politics & Current Events, Books, Business & Personal Finance, Economics |
| Size | : | 300553 |
| 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. |
