On March 25, 1911, 146 workers perished when a fire broke out in a garment factory in New York City. For 90 years, it stood as New York's deadliest workplace disaster. Bettmann/CORBIS On March 25, ...
NEW YORK — Born in Austria, Tillie Kupferschmidt, 17, had lived in the United States for all of three years before perishing in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire on March 25, 1911. Two days later, ...
Prelude : the tragic heart -- Huddled masses -- Into the magic cauldron -- Flesh and blood so cheap -- An overflow of suffering : uprising of the 20,000 -- The third gate : fire at the triangle -- A ...
Prologue : Misery Lane -- 1. Spirit of the age -- 2. The Triangle -- 3. Uprising -- 4. The golden land -- 5. Inferno -- 6. Three minutes -- 7. Fallout -- 8. Reform ...