Great book and very important in understanding a major event in labor reform. The second is what happened after which is partially heartening, but also with a lot of frustrations and lack of justice. The first is the fire as a disaster story. The 9 th floor had no idea what was happening. The foreman with the keys ran out without unlocking the doors. There was a fire escape, but it was put in because the owners refused to put in a third stairwell in the building. Doors were locked to keep the workers from sneaking out. The factory was on three separate floors which did not have any way to quickly communicate (there was a phone by it didn’t have a way to contact one of the floors). The factory conditions were beyond belief. The book is great the event was horrific. Long seen as merely a corrupt political contraption (they were), their leaders took on the cause of reform based partly on the Triangle Fire. One of the biggest shifts politically was the view of Tammany Hall. One of the main reasons was because one of the owners locked the doors to keep everyone in. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like:ġ46 people died during the fire. It is one of the worst industrial disasters in the history of the US and one of the main reasons for a lot of major reforms. The story of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. Download Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David von Drehle in PDF EPUB format complete free. This is why we have fire safety requirements. MaPDF EPUB Triangle: The Fire That Changed America Download by David von Drehle. Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Triangle:
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