Read the New York Times story on the Triangle Shirtwaist fire and answer the following questions:

1.  What was the date of the fire and day of week?

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     What was the location of the building?

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     How were the owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company?

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     What time of day did the fire break out?  How did the timing of this event contribute to magnifying the disaster?

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     How many employees were at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company?     ________women  _______ men.

     What nationalities were the employees?

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     Who were most of the victims?

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2.  How many alarms were sounded for this fire?

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    What does that tell you about the nature of the fire?

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3.  This fire occurred in a fireproof building.  How was this possible?

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4.  Did any employees escape from the building during the fire?  How?

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5.  Did anyone live through the fire in the building?  How?

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