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Wikipedia: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York City on March 25, 1911, was one of the largest industrial disasters in the history of the city of New York, causing the death of 146 garment workers, almost all of them women, who either died from the fire or jumped from the fatal height. It was the worst workplace disaster in New York City until September 11, 2001. Most women could not escape the burning building because the managers would lock the doors to the stairwells and exits to keep the workers from taking cigarette breaks outdoors during their shifts.
![[Men and horses draped in black walk in procession down a foggy city street]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/TriangleTradeParade_s.jpg "Men and horses draped in black walk in procession down a foggy city street")
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![[Bodies of the victims being placed in coffins on the sidewalk.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Triangle_Shirtwaist_coffins_s.jpg "Bodies of the victims being placed in coffins on the sidewalk.")
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![[A horse-drawn fire engine en route to the burning factory.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/TriangleFireengine_s.jpg "A horse-drawn fire engine en route to the burning factory.")
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![[Asch/Brown Building, Triangle Shirtwaist Fire]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Asch_brown_triangle_shirtwaist_fire_building_s.jpg "Asch/Brown Building, Triangle Shirtwaist Fire")
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![[Tombstone of fire victim at the Hebrew Free Burial Association's Mount Richmond Cemetery]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Triangle_Fire_Grave_s.jpg "Tombstone of fire victim at the Hebrew Free Burial Association's Mount Richmond Cemetery")
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