FILE - In this March 1911 file photo, family members try to identify the dead victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire of March 25, 1911 in New York. One hundred years ago, horrified ...

New York City Friday marked the 100th anniversary of one of its worst disasters: A fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory that killed 146 people, mostly young women. The city's unions used the ...

by Jesse Zanger. Click here to see part 1 of Remembering The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: What Happened. WHAT CHANGED. As New Yorkers, we know that horrors visited upon us reverberate around the nation.

The Triangle fire killed 146 people and helped to galvanize the U.S. labor movement. The victims were mostly young immigrant women, many of whom jumped to their death to escape the flames.

March 25, 1911 started off like any other Saturday at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.It was the final day of the six-day standard work week in the New York City sweatshops where mentally exhaustin… ...

Amid commemorations for the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. fire on March 25, descendants of the 146 victims and of those who survived the inferno are remembering tales of family ...

Looking back at the deadliest industrial disaster in New York City historyMarch 25th marks the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in downtown Manhattan. The fire started in ...

A woman places a white carnation at the site of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire at Washington Place and Greene St., where 146 garment workers, mostly immigrant women, died.