What is Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?
The '''Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire''' was a fire that happened on March 25, 1911. The fire happened in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. This factory was on the higher floors of the [[Brown Building (Manhattan)|Asch Building]] in [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]]. The fire stopped after 20&nbsp;minutes. 146 workers died. [[File:TriangleFireengine crop.jpg|thumb|right|325px|A horse-drawn [[fire engine]] going to the burning factory]] [[File:Image of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on March 25 - 1911.jpg|thumb|right|325px|The Fire at Triangle Shirtwaist Factory March 25, 1911 ]] [[File:Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire building.jpg|thumb|right|325px|The Asch Building in 2011]] The company's owners, Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, survived the fire by going to the building's roof when the fire started. They were indicted on charges of first and second-degree [[manslaughter]] in mid-April. Their [[trial]] began on December 4, 1911.<ref>Stein p. 158</ref> Max Steuer was the [[lawyer]] for the [[Defendant|defendants]]. He asked one of the survivors, Kate Alterman, to repeat her [[testimony]] many times. She repeated it without changing what she said. Steuer told the [[jury]] that Alterman and other witnesses had been told what to say by their lawyer. The [[Prosecutor|prosecution]] said that Blanck and Harris knew the factory doors were locked during the fire. [[Detective]]s found that the locks were locked while people were working.<ref>von Drehle, p. 220</ref> The defense said that the [[Prosecutor|prosecution]] failed to prove that the owners knew that. The jury [[Acquittal|acquitted]] the two men of first- and second-degree manslaughter. They were found liable of [[wrongful death claim|wrongful death]] during a [[Civil law (common law)|civil suit]] in 1913. In this suit, [[Plaintiff|plaintiffs]] were given $75 per person that died in the fire. An [[Insurance|insurance company]] paid Blanck and Harris about $60,000 more than the reported losses. This was about $400 per dead person. In 1913, Blanck was once again arr