A fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Manhattan at 4:30 p.m. on March 25, 1911, starting a tragedy that changed labor laws relating to health and safety. Young workers, mostly Italian and Jewish immigrant women and girls, were trapped behind locked doors when the fire broke out. Many jumped to their deaths or burned to death. The fire lasted just 18 minutes, but left 126 dead. The owners of the New York garment company were indicted for manslaughter.
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