This Day in History: Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire kills 146

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Smithsonian Magazine

Uncovering the History of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

On March 25, 1911, 146 workers perished when a fire broke out in a garment factory in New York City. For 90 years, it stood as New York's deadliest workplace disaster. Bettmann/CORBIS On March 25, ...
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The Triangle Fire : a brief history with documents / [edited by] Jo Ann E. Argersinger, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Part One. Introduction: The fire that changed America. The garment industry and its workers ; Triangle and the "uprising of twenty thousand" ; The Triangle tragedy : grief and outrage ; "The fire that ...
The New York Times

From 2001: Rose Freedman, Last Survivor of Triangle Fire, Dies at 107

She escaped the Triangle Shirtwaist fire of 1911, in which 146 of her co-workers perished, and dedicated the rest of her life to promoting worker safety. By Douglas Martin This obituary was originally ...