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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

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Provides an account of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire which occurred on March 25, 1911, when fire broke out on the upper floors of the ten story Asch building in New York City, resulting in the deaths of nearly 150 workers, many of them women and teenage girls, and leading to legislation requiring improved factory safety standards.