It is the worst industrial disaster in the history of the city.
Ninth floor model of the triangle fire building.
The eighth ninth and tenth.
Why do you think the author included this detail.
It occupied the top three floors.
On march 25 1911 a fire broke out at the triangle shirtwaist company factory in new york city.
Determine what each paragraph is mainly about and state each.
A horse drawn fire engine en route to the burning factory.
The 500 workers who were mostly young women located on the eighth ninth and tenth floors of the asch building did everything they could to escape but the poor conditions locked doors and faulty fire escape caused 146 to die in the fire.
In the years that followed i often passed that corner and always paused to look up at those ninth floor windows.
The triangle factory owned by max blanck and isaac harris was located in the top three floors of the asch building on the corner of greene street and washington place in manhattan.
Fire safety was not required for public places.
The prosecution contended the door was locked and introduced witness who testified that at the time of the fire she tried the door in and out all ways and was unable to open the door.
From flesh blood so cheap.
The asch building was 10 stories high and was constructed with wood floors.
The triangle shirtwaist company occupied the 8th 9th and 10th stories of a 10 story building overlooking washington square what is today known as the asch building.
From flesh blood so cheap.
That floor and the two floors above were occupied by the triangle waist company a manufacturer of women s shirtwaists blouses that employed approximately 500 people.
The fire likely sparked by a discarded cigarette started on the eighth floor of the asch building 23 29 washington place just east of washington square park.
What is the reason why the ninth floor stairway was locked.
The triangle shirtwaist company employed more than 500 people mostly young immigrant women and occupied the 8 th 9 th and 10 th floors of the asch building located in washington square at the corner of washington place and green street in new york city.
The triangle shirtwaist factory fire occurred in new york city on march 25 1911.
At this time in history.
My curiosity led me to a spare and forceful book the triangle fire.
Under the ownership of max blanck and isaac harris the factory produced.
The asch building was the location of the triangle shirtwaist company.
The case turned on whether the ninth floor staircase door on the washington place side was locked at the time of trial.
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