Primary documents include newspaper accounts, interviews with survivors, and a partial transcript of the trial of the factory's owners.Īmerican Society of Safety Engineers - ASSE, America's oldest professional safety organization, was founded six months after the Triangle fire.
THE FACTORY ARCHIVE
The Kheel Center at Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations - This site houses an extensive archive of information on the fire. "Triangle Fire" Documentary from American Experience on PBS. New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health booklet "Don’t Mourn – Organize" (See page 7: Dr. These resources provide detailed information on the events of March 25, 1911, working conditions at the beginning of the 20th century, and the impacts of the tragedy on workplace safety and health:
Presidential Proclamation - 100th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.Solis speaks at a March 25, 2011, rally in New York City commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire Information from Triangle Fire Remembrance Week Outside, firefighters' ladders were too short to reach the top floors and ineffective safety nets ripped like paper. Only a few buckets of water were on hand to douse the flames. Panicked workers were crushed as they struggled with doors that were locked by managers to prevent theft, or doors that opened the wrong way. Long tables and bulky machines trapped many of the victims. The building had only one fire escape, which collapsed during the rescue effort. The rapidly spreading fire killed 146 workers. Workers in the factory, many of whom were young women recently arrived from Europe, had little time or opportunity to escape. One hundred years ago on March 25, fire spread through the cramped Triangle Waist Company garment factory on the 8th, 9th and 10th floors of the Asch Building in lower Manhattan.