Sally Blandenburg Professor Primuth U.S. History 2112 Mon/Wed 2-3:20 November 15, 2012 The Triangle factory fire was a major disaster in 1911 in New York, falling behind the General Slocum fire in 1904, and the World Trade Center in 2001, which sparked legislation to enforce improved safety standards and better working conditions for factories and sweatshops. The factory fire brought up attention that work places should have fire-preventative equipment that the employees could access, such as fire extinguishers, along with more accessible routes for the firemen to access locations where employees might be stuck at if a fire occurred and for the employees who can reach it escape the burning building. The fire also encouraged factories to
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire was an event that held relevance in American history. On March, 25, 1911 at approximately 4:40 PM a fire broke out in the company's factory in New York City which was the deadliest industrial disaster. 147 workers died in that incident, they either died from the fire or jumped from the window. It was considered the most tragic fire incident in New York City. "The fire led to legislation requiring improved factory safety standards and helped spur the growth of the International Ladies' Garment workers' Union, which fought for better and safer working conditions for sweatshop workers in that industry" (Wikipedia) The fire occurred due to the poor and unsafe working condition in the factory.
No Way Out: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Tragedy Monee Crosswhite Las Animas High School Abstract No Way Out: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Tragedy Americans, to this day, do not realize the rights and privileges they have with their jobs and how lucky they are to have managers who are responsible enough to protect them. This was not always the case as illustrated in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory tragedy. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire took place in March of 1911, after a garment caught on fire, it resulted in the death of 146 workers. The tragedy left its mark in history and galvanized a nation to make sure more precaution would be taken by business owners, and an industrial disaster would never happen again. From left, Max Florin, Fannie Rosen, Dora Evans and Josephine Cammarata, four of the six victims who were the last to be identified after the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory fire.
| Throughout our nation’s history, great disasters have prompted major changes in society—turning points with an undeniable impact on American civilization. In the case of the infamous 1911 New York City fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, it took the tragic loss of 146 lives to help put fundamental workplace health and safety considerations on the national agenda. The Triangle Factory Fire’s loss of life was fueled by non-existent fire prevention measures, inadequate safety codes, lack of proper firefighting equipment, poorly planned fire escapes, and inaccessible exits. The aftermath of the fire would be the catalyst for three key changes to our industrialized nation: improved fire codes, healthier working conditions for labor workers, and increased factory safety standards. The Triangle Shirtwaist Company made shirtwaist style ladies’ blouses, popularized in an expanding retail market for ‘ready to wear’ clothing.
After the first cleanup, Scanlan should have noted that the greatest methane danger is when the mine is inactive for a period of time. According to (Hartley & Kenney, 2006), after a long interruption of work, or in a particularly gassy mine, more methane accumulates, and people are killed in this process. However, even more people are killed if safety precautions are neglected. Secondly, Scanlan could have contacted the local news station or newspaper to report the negligence of the mine owners. Prior to the blast, the leaders of United Mine Workers Local 52 wrote to the governor, complaining of conditions in No.
FSE 101: FIRE PREVENTION RESEARCH PROJECT THE HAPPY LAND FIRE BY RAY CHESNEY EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY Introduction: The Happy Land Fire was an arson fire that killed 87 people on March 25, 1990 in the Happy Land Social Club, The Bronx, New York. Most of the victims were young ethnic Hondurans. Event History: 87 people died of smoke inhalation at the “Happy Land Social Club”. The fire was started by a 36-year-old man who earlier had been ejected from the club after an altercation with his former girlfriend, who worked at the club. He went to a nearby gas station, filled a plastic container with a dollar’s worth of gasoline, and returned to the club.
At approximately 2:50 pm, Monday, April 15, 2013 - near the finish line of the Boston Marathon two bombs exploded. The two bombs exploded about 50-100 yards apart within 8-12 seconds of each other. Three people died and over one hundred and fifty people injured (Leopold, Todd). The investigation of this fatal terrorist act will rely to a sensational degree on crowd sourced surveillance, provided by Marathon watchers’ cell phone photos, Instagram feeds, and Vine Video. While crowdsourcing help authorities in this situation to recognize and determined the suspects in the many photos and images of the explosion spot being uploaded online, at the same time the story followed up the names of some random blameless people keep repeating in a growing
Colorado Springs Police Chief Peter Carey said on Friday that two bodies were found in the debris of a burn-out home, marking the first two known deaths from the blaze. Those victims bring to six the number of people who have perished so far this year in a Colorado Wildfire season described by the governor as the worst ever in the state. This story was very interesting to me because not only did it talk about the recent wildfire, but about previously wildfires that had occurred in Colorado, and what the government has done to help out. It is very important during a wildfire to make distinctions when undertaking a critical evaluation. This is why President Obama took the extra steps by going to visit the devastating areas that was affected by the wildfire and then figured out what was the best options for Colorado Springs.
Oregon State Capitol Jessica Ridderbusch Arts/100 11/26/2012 Doris Doyon `Oregon State Capitol After a lot of thought and consideration of the different buildings and attractions here in the Willamette Valley, I have decided to discuss our very own State Capitol. On the night of April 25, 1935, the capitol was destroyed by a fire that speeds quickly from the bottom story up through dome-supporting column shafts. An investigation determined that the fire was accidental and that it originated in the storeroom-service area in the basement of the east entrance wing. Officials wasted no time preparing plans for the new building. The Designed by Francis Keally with the New York firm of Trowbridge & Livingston and dedicated on October 1,
The first crash happened a couple of minutes before 9.00am and the second plane 18 minutes later. By 10.30 the structures of both trade centres had collapsed. At about the same time two other planes were hijacked one was crashed into the pentagon in Washington D.C. The pentagon is the headquarters of the U.S defence department; witch is the agency of the government that controls the military. The fourth plane crashed into an open field in western Pennsylvania.