Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

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The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire was a 1911 industrial disaster in New York City that killed 146 garment workers and became a catalyst for major labor reforms and workplace safety regulations in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf factory fire ⓘ
fire in New York City ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
industrial disaster ⓘ
workplace accident ⓘ
averageVictimAge early 20s ⓘ
borough Manhattan ⓘ
building Asch Building ⓘ
buildingCurrentName Brown Building ⓘ
category fires in Manhattan ⓘ
industrial accidents in the United States ⓘ
labor history of the United States ⓘ
cause fire in scrap bin under cutting tables ⓘ
commemoratedBy annual memorials in New York City ⓘ
contributingFactor highly flammable materials ⓘ
insufficient fire escapes ⓘ
lack of sprinkler system ⓘ
locked exit doors ⓘ
overcrowded factory floors ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1911-03-25 ⓘ
dayOfWeek Saturday ⓘ
deaths 146 garment workers ⓘ
floorLevelsAffected 10th floor ⓘ
8th floor ⓘ
9th floor ⓘ
historicalSignificance catalyst for major labor reforms in the United States ⓘ
catalyst for workplace safety regulations in the United States ⓘ
industry garment industry ⓘ
influenced U.S. labor movement ⓘ
progressive era reformers ⓘ
injured more than 70 ⓘ
killed 146 ⓘ
ledTo creation of factory safety standards ⓘ
increased power of labor unions ⓘ
public outrage over sweatshop conditions ⓘ
strengthening of building and fire codes in New York ⓘ
location New York City ⓘ
majorVictimDemographic Italian immigrants ⓘ
Jewish immigrants ⓘ
young immigrant women ⓘ
memorialLocation Brown Building at New York University ⓘ
neighborhood Greenwich Village ⓘ
nicknameOfOwners Shirtwaist Kings ⓘ
oldestVictimAge 43 ⓘ
operator Triangle Waist Company ⓘ
owners Isaac Harris ⓘ
Max Blanck ⓘ
relatedOrganization International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union ⓘ
state New York ⓘ
street Washington Place ⓘ
timeOfDay late afternoon ⓘ
year 1911 ⓘ
youngestVictimAge 14 ⓘ

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Progressive Era → significantEvent → Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire ⓘ
Uprising of the 20,000 → preceded → Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire ⓘ
New York shirtwaist strike of 1909 → notableException → Triangle Shirtwaist Company did not sign a union agreement ⓘ
linked to: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
New York shirtwaist strike of 1909 → relatedTo → Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire ⓘ
General Slocum steamship disaster → relatedTo → Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire ⓘ
Lewis Teague → notableWork → The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal ⓘ
linked to: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
Stephanie Zimbalist → appearedIn → The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal ⓘ
linked to: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
Asch Building → notableEvent → Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire ⓘ
Triangle Waist Company → notableEvent → Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire ⓘ
Max Blanck → event → Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire ⓘ
Max Blanck → significantEvent → Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire ⓘ
Max Blanck → mentionedInContextOf → Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 ⓘ
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Isaac Harris → notableFor → Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire ⓘ
Isaac Harris → hasRoleInEvent → Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire ⓘ
Shirtwaist Kings → associatedWithEvent → Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire ⓘ
Brown Building at New York University → knownFor → Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire ⓘ
Brown Building at New York University → significantEvent → Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire ⓘ
Brown Building → knownFor → Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire ⓘ
Brown Building → hasEvent → Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire ⓘ
The Uprising of the Twenty Thousand → relatedTo → Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 ⓘ
linked to: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire