Triangle : the fire that changed America /
On March 25, 1911, as workers were getting ready to leave for the day, a fire broke out in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York's Greenwich Village. Within minutes it spread to consume the building's upper three stories. With ladders too short for a rescue, firemen had to watch in h...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Grove Press,
[2003]
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| Edition: | First Grove Press paperback edition |
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| Summary: | On March 25, 1911, as workers were getting ready to leave for the day, a fire broke out in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York's Greenwich Village. Within minutes it spread to consume the building's upper three stories. With ladders too short for a rescue, firemen had to watch in horror, along with hundreds on the street, as desperate workers jumped to their deaths. The final toll was 146 people-123 of them women. It was the worst industrial disaster in New York City history until 9/11 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0802195253 9780802195258 |
| Access: | Restricted for use by site license |