Robert Adamson: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Articles

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Abstract

Investigation immediately following the Triangle Fire brought out the fact that careless habits, both in factories and in homes, were the main causes of most of our fires. A match or cigarette heedlessly thrown among some waste clippings on the Triangle floor, as has been said, was the probable cause of the terrible disaster. Out of that thoughtless action has grown the law against smoking in factories which the Fire Department is so strenuously endeavoring to enforce.

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