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April 9, 2018

The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire – Horror in Manhattan – Extra History

Filed under: History, USA — Tags: , , , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

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Published on 7 Apr 2018

A throwaway cigarette landed on a pile of cloth. 146 workers died from the resulting fire. But this tragedy motivated citizens and politicians to take a stand from workers’ rights, creating a far safer world that we still live in over a century later.

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