Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
It was a lovely afternoon on March 25 1911 at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in
Manhattan, New York. When all of a sudden a fire began it started in the rag bin on the 8th floor of the 10 story building. Within 18 minutes it was all over. 49 of the workers burned to death or had been suffocated to death. 36 were dead in the elevator. 58 died from jumping out of the windows. 2 died later because of very fatal injuries. The Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire of 1911 caused many problems or issues for the people who lost friends and family who were victims of the fire.
In total there was 145 people found dead they were found in the only working elevator most of the people jumped through the windows and died and a couple more later died because …show more content…
One other thing that happened is that when the People trapped in the building they jumped out of windows and landed on the fire departments hose making it difficult to extinguish the fire.
In my source from wikipedia says that a bookkeeper on the 8th floor was able to warn the people on the 10th floor via phone. There was no way to contact the 9th floor because there was no audible alarm or no way to contact the staff.
The factory was located on the 8th, 9th, and 10th floors of the Asch building located at 23-29 Washington place. The building is still located in Greenwich Village in Manhattan, New York. this building is also known as the Brown building. The building was said to have fireproof rooms and the building is made out of steel and iron in 1900-1901. The building was listed on the the National Register of Historic Places, also the National Historic Landmark 1991, and New York landmark in 2003.
Some people may question whether or not the building is still there. The answer for this question is yes the Brown Building is still standing and in the same location. Some of the other question that people may ask are what was the cause or where was it
Manhattan, New York. When all of a sudden a fire began it started in the rag bin on the 8th floor of the 10 story building. Within 18 minutes it was all over. 49 of the workers burned to death or had been suffocated to death. 36 were dead in the elevator. 58 died from jumping out of the windows. 2 died later because of very fatal injuries. The Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire of 1911 caused many problems or issues for the people who lost friends and family who were victims of the fire.
In total there was 145 people found dead they were found in the only working elevator most of the people jumped through the windows and died and a couple more later died because …show more content…
One other thing that happened is that when the People trapped in the building they jumped out of windows and landed on the fire departments hose making it difficult to extinguish the fire.
In my source from wikipedia says that a bookkeeper on the 8th floor was able to warn the people on the 10th floor via phone. There was no way to contact the 9th floor because there was no audible alarm or no way to contact the staff.
The factory was located on the 8th, 9th, and 10th floors of the Asch building located at 23-29 Washington place. The building is still located in Greenwich Village in Manhattan, New York. this building is also known as the Brown building. The building was said to have fireproof rooms and the building is made out of steel and iron in 1900-1901. The building was listed on the the National Register of Historic Places, also the National Historic Landmark 1991, and New York landmark in 2003.
Some people may question whether or not the building is still there. The answer for this question is yes the Brown Building is still standing and in the same location. Some of the other question that people may ask are what was the cause or where was it