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What increased the number of deaths during the triangle shirtwaist triangle?
The owners had locked doors to control workers' breaks.
What increased the number of deaths during the triangle shirtwaist?
The owners had locked doors to control workers' breaks.
What increased the number of deaths during the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?
the owners had locked doors to control workers' breaks
What increased the number of deaths during te triangle shirtwaist fire?
no proper fire escape , panic and large piles of material which were an excellerant.
Where did the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire name come from?
In 1911, there was a factory that made shirtwaists in New York City. A shirtwaist was a kind of woman's blouse. The name of the company was the Triangle Shirtwaist Company, so their factory was called the Triangle Shirtwaist factory. In March 1911, there was a disastrous fire in the factory and 146 employees, most young women, died in the fire or jumped to their deaths to avoid the fire. That factory fire came to be called the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire or the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
What increase the number of deaths during the Triangle Shirtwaist?
The owners had locked the doors to control workerss' breaks
How many people died in the triangle shirtwaist fire?
141 people died in the Triange Shirtwaist Company factory fire, 125 of which were mere girls. The deaths were caused by the locked exit stairways.
What devastating 1911 NYC factory accident led to 146 deaths of mostly women and children?
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
What were some of the safety hazards at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?
Tthe Triangle Shirtwaist Company was a clothing manufacturer, located on several upper floors of a building in Greenwich Village in New York City. When a fire began, there were no automatic sprinklers, no extinguishers, and doors to exits were locked . A large number of employees, mostly young women, died- either from the fire, or jumping to their deaths.
What increased the number of deaths during the triangle shirtwasit fire?
The employer had chained locked the doors and the women couldn't get out.
The trisngle shirtwaist fire took place in which city?
The Triangle Shirtwaist fire took place in New York City, NY on March 25th of 1911. 146 garment workers died either from the fire or from jumping to their deaths. The building itself has now been dedicated as a historical landmark.
Why did the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire happen?
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire probably happened because someone threw a cigarette butt into a waste can containing cloth scraps. The deaths happened because there was not a good fire alarm system, most exit doors were locked to prevent early departure from the workplace, and the fire department did not have equipment that could reach to the level where the factory, and the fire, was in the building.
