It was a warm spring Saturday when dozens of immigrant girls and women leapt to their deaths — some with their clothes on fire, some holding hands — as horrified onlookers watched the Triangle Shirtwaist factory burn.
The March 25, 1911, fire that killed 146 workers became a touchstone for the organized labor movement, spurred laws that required fire drills, and shed light on the lives of young immigrant workers near the turn of the century.
It is also credited with launching workers' compensation insurance in New York. Forged from the Triangle Fire, the New York State Insurance Fund began offering workers' compensation insurance in 1914. To this day, the NYSIF remains the largest writer of workers' compensation insurance in New York.
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