March 25, 1911, a fire started in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, on the 8th floor of the building. One of the two exits had been locked, possibly to prevent theft, and within 18 minutes, 146 workers, mostly women and girls between the ages of 14 and 23, died. Most were burned, but some, trapped in a burning room, jumped out the windows to their
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