https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s Made with a bold sensibility en-us 2017-08-31 22:56:35 UTC 2026-02-21 22:23:13 UTC hello@padlet.com 1038881 https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184107618 Was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of deadliest of the in US history. The fire caused deaths of of 146 garment workers 123 women and 23 men, who died from the fire, smoke inhalation, falling or jumping to their deaths.]]> 2017-08-31 23:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184107618 1038881 https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184109345 The Asch building is constructed.]]> 2017-08-31 23:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184109345 1038881 https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184111614 The Triangle Shirtwaist Company has expanded to include the ninth and tenth floors of the Asch building as well as the eighth.]]> 2017-09-01 00:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184111614 1038881 https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184111901 The spirit of the strike spreads to other shirtwaist manufactures throughout the city.  Up to 30,000 women workers participated in the strike demanding safer working conditions.]]> 2017-09-01 00:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184111901 1038881 https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184112191 The Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory at the Asch Building passes a routine fire inspection.]]> 2017-09-01 00:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184112191 1038881 https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184112402 After many garment factory fires, one in Newark kills 25 workers, raising more calls for improved fire prevention in the industry.]]> 2017-09-01 00:26:17 UTC https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184112402 1038881 https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184117087 More than a ton of fabric scraps is picked up from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. It is the last time that such scraps are removed from the building, and the accumulation of fabrics cuttings over the next two months would provide fuel for the fire.

]]> 2017-09-01 01:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184117087 1038881 https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184117172 A fire safety report warns that many New York City buildings lack “even the most indispensable precautions necessary.”]]> 2017-09-01 01:13:57 UTC https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184117172 1038881 https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184118610  The bodies of those who died in the fire were taken to a pier on 26^th Street and the East River. Thousands of people lined up to identify the bodies of loved ones. After a week, all but seven were identified.]]> 2017-09-01 01:29:04 UTC https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184118610 1038881 https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184118859 The National Women’s Trade Union League organizes a meeting at the Metropolitan Opera House at which thousands of women vote to press the New York State legislature for new labor and fire safety laws.]]> 2017-09-01 01:32:04 UTC https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184118859 1038881 https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184118929 A funeral procession for the victims is held, organized by the ILGWU. ]]> 2017-09-01 01:33:02 UTC https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184118929 1038881 https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184119094 Triangle Factory owners Max Blanck and Isaac Harris are indicted on six counts of manslaughter for the deaths of two of the 146 workers who died in the fire.]]> 2017-09-01 01:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184119094 1038881 https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184119166 The trial of Blanck and Harris trial begins.]]> 2017-09-01 01:35:21 UTC https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184119166 1038881 https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184119256 2017-09-01 01:36:22 UTC https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184119256 1038881 https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184119258 Blanck and Harris are found guilty of locking fire exit doors against workers in their new factory. Blanck is fined $25 and the chief justice apologizes for having to enforce the fine.]]> 2017-09-01 01:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184119258 1038881 https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184119342 The site of the fire is declared a national landmark.]]> 2017-09-01 01:37:28 UTC https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184119342 1038881 https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184119453 The last survivor of the Triangle Fire, Rose Freedman, dies at 107.]]> 2017-09-01 01:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184119453 1038881 https://padlet.com/1038881/nqm3lm0zcz5s/wish/184119517  The final six previously unidentified victims of the Triangle Factory Fire are identified by researcher Michael Hirsch. They are:

• Josephine Cammarata, 17, who was engaged to be married on Easter Sunday
• Dora Evans, 18, a Russian immigrant
• Max Florin, 23, a Russian immigrant said to be engaged to a cousin of Triangle owner Max Blanck
• Maria Lauletti, 33, who was survived by five children
• Concetta Prestifilippo, 22, said to have been a cousin of Josephine Cammarata
• Fannie Rosen, 21, a Russian immigrant who had been in the country for six months and had worked at the Triangle factory for only two days.

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