The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

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    5:33

    The victims only had minutes to live before they were burned alive
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    5:55 P.M

    The side walks were stained red with blood
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    5:15 P.M

    The bodies were collected to be identified
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    The next day

    The families went to identifies the bodies
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    When the fire started

    Theory: The fire was started due to people smoking
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    4:40 P.M

    Some people lit cigarettes
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    4:45 P.M

    Some say that someone in the building flicked a live cigarette bud on to a scrape bin
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    4:45 P.M

    Someone pulled the 8th floor fire alarm
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    5:00 P.M

    Fire truck #72 arrived
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    5:30 P.M

    Fire truck #18 arrived with a net to try to catch the falling bodies