Triangle Shirt Waist Factory Fire

On the morning of March 25 1911 fire broke out in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. The harsh working conditions and the locked doors, combined with the crowded and confined quarters resulted in the death of 146 workers (I do not have inury reports). Some of the young women serving the company fled the fire by any means they could. Some of these young women flung themselves out the windows to fall to their deaths on the street below. This fire is one of many examples of inward swinging doors and locks blocking the exits of a building and resulting in fatalities.

The photos above are historic images and can be found from many different sources. One is of the Asch Building on the corner of Greene Street and Washington Place where the company was located. The others show the temporary morgue and scenes from the fire.