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NEW YORK, March 27, 1911 (UP) -- The total number of fatalities as a result of the fire has been placed at ... 135 Sullivan street. Rose Friedman, 18, 77 Eighth street. Rosie Bassius, 31, 97 ...
They were trapped by flames, a collapsed fire escape and a locked door. Firefighters frantically cranked a rescue ladder, which rose slowly ... perished in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
NEW YORK, March 27, 1911 (UP) -- The counting and identifying of the dead in the Washington Square fire of Saturday ... 10-story building in which the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. had its lofts ...
A commemoration Tuesday to the 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory — which killed 146 workers, transformed the American labor movement, inspired modern building codes and brought ...