THIS WEEK IN AMERICAN HISTORY: Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire, March 25, 1911
Thu, 03/26/2020 - 5:00am
March 25, 1911 – A raging fire erupted inside a garment factory in New York City killing 123 young women employed as low-paid seamstresses, along with 23 men. The fast-spreading flames engulfed the 8th and 9th floors of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in lower Manhattan in just a few minutes. About 50 of the victims had jumped to their deaths rather than perish from the flames.
