Some as young as 14 child labor laws were very lax.
Why were the doors locked in the triangle fire.
The result was 143 deaths of which 123 were women and girls.
In an effort to keep the workers at their sewing machines and to keep out union organizers the proprietors had locked the doors leading to the exits.
It is remembered as one of the most infamous incidents in american industrial history as.
The triangle shirtwaist factory fire was made much worse for several reasons.
The defense contended that the door was open but that the fleeing workers were unable to exit through the door because of fire in the stairwell.
The building had only one fire escape which collapsed during the rescue effort.
Why were the doors locked during the triangle shirtwaist company fire.
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Fire truck ladders were only able to reach six stories and the building s overloaded fire escape collapsed.
The defense introduced a witness who said that on the day of the fire a key was tied to the lock with the string and that she used the key to open the door.
In the cutting room on the eighth floor and fed by thousands of pounds of fabric it spread rapidly.
Panicked workers rushed to the stairs the freight elevator and the fire escape in an effort to evacuate.
On march 25 1911 the triangle shirtwaist company factory in new york city burned killing 145 workers.
Many workers trapped by doors that had been locked to prevent theft leapt from windows to their deaths.
The doors to the stairwells and exits were locked as a precaution against theft and against unauthorized breaks.
The company was interested in maximizing labor and minimizing loss.
The fire began shortly after 4 30 p m.
The owners didn t want women to have too many bathroom breaks ida tarbell tirelessly worked to expose.
Tightened immigration laws in the united states.
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Working conditions were so bad that the women didn t even have access to a bathroom in the building and doors were locked so that they couldn t go outside and slow down production.
Panicked workers were crushed as they struggled with doors that were locked by managers to prevent theft or doors that opened the wrong way.
The 129 women and 17 men who perished in the 18 minute conflagration were mostly young european immigrants.
The fire doors were kept locked which prevented.
Long tables and bulky machines trapped many of the victims.