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TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FIRE ON THIS DAY

A Somber Centennial For The Triangle Factory Fire | WBUR

In one of the darkest moments of America’s industrial history,
the
Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory in New York City
burned, killing 146 workers, on March 25, 1911. The tragedy
led to the development of a series of laws and regulations
that better protected the
safety of factory workers
.     

The Triangle factory, owned by Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, 
It was a sweatshop in every sense of the word: a cramped
space lined with workstations and packed with immigrant
workers, mostly teenage women who did not speak English. 
 

    
    

   
On This Day, March 25: Triangle Shirtwaist fire kills 146 - UPI.com

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Anniversary: See Photos | Time.com

How 146 people died needlessly in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire (1911) - Click Americana

How 146 people died needlessly in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire (1911) - Click Americana

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY | PDX RETRO
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Feb 20, 1962. Astronaut John Glenn during pre-launch preparations. Credit: NASA photo. | Space ...

Astronaut & Senator John Glenn — Dead At 95 | National Enquirer

John Glenn, First American to Orbit the Earth, Dies at 95

S63-01207 View of Astronaut John Glenn insertion into the Mercury Spacecraft | Space program ...

John Glenn, U.S. Hero: First American to Orbit the Earth

John Glenn's orbit of Earth was front-page news in The Repository on Feb. 20, 1962. The Glenn ...

NASA Astronaut John Glenn First American To Orbit Earth Entire S.F. Newspaper | Nasa history ...

Former Astronaut, US Senator John Glenn Dead at 95 - Alabama News

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THE GREAT BALTIMORE FIRE BEGAN IN 1904

The Great Baltimore Fire -- on Fayette Street, near Charles, looking S. E., Baltimore St ...
    
    
    
 

   
In Baltimore,
Maryland, a small fire in the business district is
wind-whipped into an
uncontrollable conflagration that engulfs
a large portion of the city by evening. The fire is believed to have
been started by a discarded cigarette in the basement of the
Hurst Building.

When the blaze finally burned down after 31 hours, an 80-block
area of the downtown area, stretching from the waterfront to
Mount Vernon on Charles Street, had been destroyed. More
than 1,500 buildings were completely leveled, and some 1,000
severely damaged, bringing property loss from the disaster to
an estimated $100 million.

Miraculously, official reports said no lives were lost—although
some reports did claim
one man perishedand Baltimore’s
domed City Hall, built in 1867, was preserved.

The Baltimore fire was deemed to be the nations third worst fire,
after the Chicago Fire and the San Francisco Fire following the earthquake.

  
    
   
        
        
        
        
        
       
BALTIMORE CITY FIRE 1904

27 Amazing Vintage Photos of the Great Baltimore Fire in 1904 ~ vintage everyday Baltimore ...

1904 Baltimore Fire: 80 Blocks Burned And Lessons Learned | History Daily

To Jesuits, Black Americans were objects of ministry, not agents of ...

The Great Baltimore Fire - Box 414 Association


The John E. Hurst Building.



It was a 6 story dry goods company, almost everything inside
was flammable. The other firemen inside were able to escape
without injury, however, the lead horse for Engine 15 was
severely burned.


The remains of the Hurst Building. One of the teams of horses used to pull the engines is visible on the left.

A 1 ton, white Percheron draft horse, named Goliath, the lead
of the three horse team, was pulling the Hale Water Tower into
position on Liberty Street when the building exploded.

Goliath survived his injuries, although he spent 6 months under
the vets care. He went back to being a fire horse, but became a
favorite with children at parades.


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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY IN 1967

**3 Astronauts Die in (Apollo 1) Launchpad Fire-Jan. 27, 1967: Sad Day in History, page 1

A launch pad fire during Apollo program tests at Cape Canaveral,
Florida, killed astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White II,
and Roger B. Chaffee.

An investigation indicated that a faulty electrical wire inside the
Apollo 1 command module was the probable cause of the fire.

The astronauts, the first Americans to die in a spacecraft, had
been participating in a simulation of the Apollo 1 launch that 
was scheduled for the following month.

Burned interior of Apollo 1 spacecraft after the fire Photo Print | eBay

Apollo 1: Death of 3 astronauts in fire on launch pad forces NASA to reassess
The Apollo 1 prime crewmembers intended for the first
manned Apollo space flight: (L to R) Edward H. White II,
Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, and Roger B. Chaffee.

                                 Life has always been Drifting Sideways: Fakta Angkasa: Apollo 1

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DEADLIEST THEATER FIRE IN U.S. HISTORY

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With locked exits and boarded-up vents, the Iroquois Theater was a perfect death trap.

A fire in the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois, killed more than
600 people on December 30, 1903. It was the deadliest theater fire
in U.S. history. Blocked fire exits and the lack of a fire-safety plan
caused most of the deaths.

Mr. Blue Beard stage production

Worst theatre fire in history claimed local victims | Local News | daily-journal.com

The Digital Research Library of Illinois History Journal™: Iroquois Theatre Fire of 1903 was the ...

December 30, 1903. Iroquois Theatre fire in Chicago kills 605 in the single deadliest single ...

Class warfare in Chicago -- Chicago Tribune

Shocking 1903 illustration of the infamous Chicago Iroquois Theater Fire. Originally published ...
Shocking 1903 illustration of the infamous Chicago Iroquois Theater Fire. Originally published in France.


The Oriental Theater, which retained the façade of the ill-
fated Iroquois Theater.

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