Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire occurred in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, a borough of New York City, on Saturday, March 25, 1911.^¹ The fire was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in U.S. history.^¹ The fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers—123 women and girls and 23 men—who died from either the fire, smoke inhalation, or falling or jumping to their deaths.^¹ Most of the victims were recent Italian and Jewish immigrants aged 14 to 23.^¹