nypl:

Today is the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire that took the lives of 146 garment workers in downtown Manhattan. The fire - the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of NYC - started at about 4:45 p.m. on the eighth floor of the Asch Building, where Triangle operated on the eighth, ninth and tenth floors. There were not enough fire exits, and the few that were available were unusable, either because of flames or locked doors. To make matters worse, the Fire Department did not have a ladder that extended beyond the sixth floor of the building, so the workers were trapped. Many leaped from windows in an attempt to escape. This photo from our Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection shows the interior of the Asch Building after the fire. The horrific incident had some positive results, prompting lawmakers to improve labor and workplace safety laws. A ceremony will take place at the site today at 11 a.m. to honor those lost. It is being held by the Remember The Triangle Fire Coalition, which is organizing other events to memorialize the historic tragedy.

utnereader:

“Among the many things the Japanese people are mourning this week are their libraries,” writes The Book Bench’s Macy Halford in memoriam. The 9.0-magnitude earthquake that kickstarted a ring of Pacific tsunamis, displaced thousands of people, and terminally damaged multiple nuclear reactors recently has also shaken the Japanese library system to its knees. Read more …

“Ship of Fools”

John Alexander

Me too!

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