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Before the fire
The cutters prepared for their next day of work, little did they know it may be their last. -
4:45 p.m
workers from other firms had already left ; Triangle employees had to longer to fill back orders. -
4:40 p.m
The cutters had finished their work. With five minutes left they stood around until the quitting bell rang. All thought it was agents the rules some lit cigarettes around the 'lawn' a very flammable fabric, and hid it by blowing the smoke up their sleeve. -
The fire starts
We will never know for sure what started the Triangle fire, most likely, a cutter flicked hot ash into the scrap bin. The first sign of trouble was smoke pouring from underneath the table where the scrap bins where located. Cutter flung buckets of water the the somkeing spot with no effect. Flames shot up igniting the line of paper patterns. -
4:45 p.m
someone pulled the eighth floor fire alarm, in less then eight minutes horse drawn fire department vehicles where at the seine. meanwhile workers on the eighth floor rang furiously for the two passenger elevators. those who did not take the elevators went down the stairs and caused a pile up and where unable to open the door. workers shouting crying gasping for air slowly made their way down stairs. Some where desprit enough to jump out of the window. -
5:15 p.m
The blaze was able to be put under control and it left with 146 lives out of 500 people that had come to work that day. The Triangle fire was the worst disaster up until the 9/11 terrorist attack. -
The next morning
Cheif Croker returned for another look.The only creatures he found alive where half drowned rats. H e would pick them up and put it in his poket "it's alive, at least it's alive."