![]() Pauline Pepe, a 19-year-old who lived in New York's Little Italy, survived the fire. ![]() It was their only way to escape the flames - doors were locked to prevent theft, the building's single fire escape collapsed, and after several trips to rescue workers, the elevator broke down. Scores of workers jumped from the eighth and ninth floors of the 10-story building to their deaths. Most of the people who perished in the fire were Jewish or Italian-American women - and several of the victims had been in the U.S. Twenty-two of the fire's victims were laid to rest at Mount Richmond, and the Hebrew Free Burial Association still uses the cemetery to inter Jews who cannot pay for their burial. On a recent morning, a small group of men and women met to recite the Jewish mourner's prayer for Triangle workers buried in the Mount Richmond Cemetery on Staten Island. On the 100th anniversary of the tragedy, people around the country are remembering the victims, and the labor legacy they inspired. ![]() The deaths of 146 garment workers in New York City - most of them young, immigrant women - led to legislative reforms on a national level and spurred the growth of organized labor. The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire on March 25, 1911, remains one of the greatest workplace tragedies in American history. On March 25, 1911, the New York City building caught fire, and 146 workers lost their lives in one the country's worst workplace tragedies. Young Laborers: Most of the garment workers in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory were young, immigrant women. ![]()
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