Triangle Factory Fire
- Triangle Waist Company was in many ways a typical sweated factory in Manhattan and near closing time on March 25, 1911, a fire broke out on the top floors of the Asch Building in the Triangle Waist Company. By the time the fire was over, 146 of the 500 employees had died.
- Owners by Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, young immigrant women work in the factory were involved in the fire.
- It was a tragedy that opened the nation's eyes to poor working conditions in factories and other workplaces.
- This tragedy could have been prevented if there were frequent checks on the equipment and building, and after it being checked someone took the responsible to have it repaired.
- Some things that could happen to insure that it won't happen again is to MAKE SURE everything in any factory building is in tip top shape & working properly.
- Triangle Waist Company was in many ways a typical sweated factory in Manhattan and near closing time on March 25, 1911, a fire broke out on the top floors of the Asch Building in the Triangle Waist Company. By the time the fire was over, 146 of the 500 employees had died.
- Owners by Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, young immigrant women work in the factory were involved in the fire.
- It was a tragedy that opened the nation's eyes to poor working conditions in factories and other workplaces.
- This tragedy could have been prevented if there were frequent checks on the equipment and building, and after it being checked someone took the responsible to have it repaired.
- Some things that could happen to insure that it won't happen again is to MAKE SURE everything in any factory building is in tip top shape & working properly.