The tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911

Girls and women ran to the door and the elevator. The driver of the elevator saved as much as possible, but in order to drive safely the fire spread too far and had to stop driving the elevator. My sister, my mother and daughter are separated. For some people, the last thing they see about their families is that they walk down the elevator and are locked in the building. The workers really became hopeless. After the elevator ceased, some people threw themselves in the elevator. Others ran away fire in a hurry, but it collapsed under all gravity.

One of the most notorious tragedies in American manufacturing history was the factory fire of Triangle Shirt in 1911. You may remember this story - a fire in an exploitation factory in New York City killed 146 people, but most of them are immigrant women. A 20-year-old worker jumped off a ten-story building and died terribly when the exit door was locked, the narrow staircase was sealed up, and the fire fled and ran out of collapse. But what happens at Triangle Factory is not just a story of industrial accidents, it is a touchstone of American capitalism and is often criticized. As explained at the online exhibition at Cornell University's Kheel Center, "This tragedy still exists in the collective memory of domestic and international labor movements, the victims of tragedy are still being lost by industry greedy people It is called martyrdom. "

Since the tragedy of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in 1911, fire safety has made great progress. Today, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) established criteria for closing the fire department and preventing the risk of inappropriate fire extinguishing systems, nearly 150 women and girls killed in a factory fire in New York City It is. Here are 11.5 tips for you and your workers to achieve maximum fire safety at your work place: usually by looking at meters, that they are fully charged and ready to use Check fire extinguishers by checking fire extinguishers If they are not completely charged or if the attached label indicates that the last inspection was done more than a month ago, request repair please. Furthermore, encourage all workers to learn how to use fire extinguishers.

Let's start with a poor white child. Of the others, 146 people, mostly teenage girls, died on 25th March 1911. It is said that factories employ illegal children under 14 years of age. Several young children are counted, but the guesses of other children continue. The children were also murdered with fire. Death and confusion were common in textile factories in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. However, some people think the factory life is an improvement for poor white children. One possible reformer said, "For most of these unhappy people, factory life is a significant improvement in the lifestyle of cabin, salt pork and peach brandy, white garbage and George Dynasty biscuits I commented, at that time, it was screened. "