On this day in 1911, 146 people—mostly young immigrant women and girls—lost their lives in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in NYC. Unable to escape due to deliberately locked exit doors, workers jumped to their death from windows or perished in the flames. The aftermath is documented below.
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Btw because a lot of people don’t know, a shirtwaist is just an old fashioned word for a shirt/ blouse.
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire