All About Rose Indursky: 9th Floor Survivor What was the Triangle Factory Fire? Did it have a big effect on people? Who? The Triangle Factory Fire was a very deadly tragedy, happening on March 25th, 1911, where about 150 people chose to end their lives, or had no choice but to. Girls screaming, running around not knowing what to do at this point, where the flames already began to spread throughout the building. There was more commotion on the 9th floor than anywhere else, considering the 9th floor never received the message about the fire. (Marrin) Many died on the 9th floor, but there were very few survivors, including Rose Indursky, who was very witty when it came to saving herself from dying. Rose Indursky was a sleeve setter on the 9th floor; when the fire broke out, Rose was sitting at her machine, and got up and ran, while many of the other …show more content…
Long after the fire she used to have nightmares and shake in her sleep because she was still agonized by the fire. During the day when she heard a fire engine, she would immediately feel faint, and every time there was a fire drill it made her feel sick. Rose died in 1977, at 84 years old. Rose was a very brave woman to escape thinking & acting so quickly in a situation like this, especially coming from the 9th floor, who never knew about the fire, until it was almost too late. The Triangle Factory Fire was a tragedy leaving most of the employees deceased, but at least Rose and a couple dozen other people made it out alive (Leon). Works Cited "LEON STEIN INTERVIEWS." Cornell University - ILR School - The Triangle Factory Fire - Survivor Interview - Rose Indursky. Web. 02 June 2017. Marrin, Albert. Flesh and Blood so Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy. New York: Yearling, 2015. Print. "NEAR CLOSING TIME ON MARCH 25, 1911,." Cornell University - ILR School - The Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 15 May
On the fateful and unforgettable afternoon of June 17, 1972 Hotel Vendome experienced yet another fire. Actually it experienced several fires in different locations on this date. Electricians working on the first floor reported smoke coming from the upper floors, and a bartender reported smoke in the basement. All occupants in the basement café were safely escorted out, and 3 engine companies, 2 ladder companies, and 1 District Chief arrived on scene noticing ...
“The old Inquisition had its rack and its thumbscrews and its instruments of torture with iron teeth. We know what these things are today: the iron teeth are our necessities, the thumbscrews, the high-powered and swift machinery close to which we must work, and the rack is here in the ‘fireproof’ structures that will destroy us the minute they catch on fire,” suffragist Rose Schneiderman vehemently declared in a memorial speech after the terrible tragedy that occurred more than a century ago. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire was one of the deadliest industrial disasters in United States history. Taking place on March 25, 1911 in New York City, a fire broke out on the 8th floor of the factory, spreading quickly to the 9th and 10th floors,
The fire started at approx. 1415 hours and burns slowly for the first few minuets carrying heat and smoke up the unprotected stairwell and into a hole leading t...
Jeannette still remembers waking up in that hospital, the doctors all around her watching her wake. She was just three years old when the incident happened. During the incident, she had been making hot dogs, when all of a sudden, flames from the stove crawled up her little pink dress and lit her on fire. Her mother's activities were interrupted when she heard the sharp, painful screams coming from Jeannette. Her mother grabs her and her brother and gets a ride to the hospital.
Manning, William A (1993). The World Trade Center bombing: Report and analysis. Emmitsburg, Md.: Federal Emergency Management Agency, United States Fire Administration, National Fire Data Center.
Through the Progressive Era, many advances were made in America. Not all of those came easy though. Citizens of America all were taking a stand. Fighting for their rights within the work place. Many were striking against low wages, dangerous working conditions and management’s refusals to recognize any unions. One of the largest strikes of women during the Progressive Era was from the garment workers in New York City. Unfortunately, it failed to bring any changes to the garment-making industry at the time, but soon after everything fell into place creating a devastating event that soon led to
...ert. Flesh and blood so cheap: the Triangle fire and its legacy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. Print.
Fire played a very important role in the lives of the early Fond du Lac pioneers. It provided people with heat, light, and a means to cook. Almost every home in Fond du Lac had some sort of stove or fireplace. If a fire got out of control, that house and surrounding homes were in danger of burning down. As the town’s population grew larger and larger, the number of fire sources went up as well. The chances of a fire getting out of control were growing quickly. People soon began to fear the inevitable.
The Triangle based on the Triangle Waist Company Factory fire that took place on March 21, 1911 in New York City. Unlike Out of This Furnace the Triangle a true story that focus on the work condition of female immigrant workers who worked in a sweat-house in unsafe condition. At the time of the fire, this started on the eighth floor of the building. The owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company locked all the exit doors to assure that the worker may not leave or enter the factory ...
To begin with, during the year of 1870 and 1871 Chicago was facing extreme drought. During that time period the city of Chicago was built mostly from wood, making everything extremely flammable. Richard Bales author of “The Great Chicago Fire” states in an online article, “October 8, 1871, just after nine o'clock, a fire broke out in the barn behind the home of Patrick and Catherine O'Leary at 13 DeKoven Street. How the fire started is still unknown today, but an O'Leary cow often gets the credit.” Although we are not certain what and how the fire started, we know that it quickly spread. Legends say that the O’Leary’s cow knocked over one of the fire lamps therefore starting this massive fire. You might be asking yourself, how is it possible for a small fire to spread so quickly? “Hot air rose from the flames and mixed with the cool air above it, creating convection whirls. Witnesses called them "fire devils." A fire devil could pick up a burning piece of wood and send it flying. New fires started where the flaming objects landed. (McHugh)” Firefighters were exhausted from fighting a large fire the night before; and were sent to the wrong neighborhood at first. After finally arrivin...
INTRODUCTION On March 25, 1911, 146 garment factory workers their lives in a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City. In less than an hour, these workers died from asphyxiation, burns, or jumping to their deaths in a futile attempt at escape (McGuire, 2011). The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory is the eighth through tenth floors of New York City’s Asch building, and employs approximately 700 workers, 500 of them young women and girls (McGuire, 2011). A fire quickly broke out on the eighth floor shortly before the end of the work day.
Rose inhaled, held her breath. Then she said, "He was having sex with you. [...] After he stopped going in to you, he started coming in to me, and those are the things he said to me, an that's what we did. We had sex in my bed." (189-190)
In Rose 's essay he gives personal examples of his own life, in this case it’s his mother who works in a diner. “I couldn 't put into words when I was growing up, but what I
Fortunately for Rose, she did not explode. At the end of the play she still has her pride.
Overall, there were so many different battles being fought on the ship. Rose was fighting herself over what she wanted in her life and what was expected of her. Rose was expected to live up to the standards of a rich woman, which she did not want to do. And, ultimately in the end, everyone was fighting to stay alive. If you were lucky enough to jump aboard a lifeboat, you were well off, but in the final moments of the Titanic’s sinking, no amount of money in the world could save you. The Atlantic Ocean did not care if you were rich or poor, male or female, it was taking you as its victim.