tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post513039668659811509..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: Remembering the Triangle FirePaul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-74534788639878645892011-03-25T14:19:09.733-06:002011-03-25T14:19:09.733-06:00Just to clarify, in response to Janine's comme...Just to clarify, in response to Janine's comment: the Triangle fire is in history texts, but not typically in texts on American religious history.rjchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447486006327105309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-59788966014395766212011-03-25T12:41:09.003-06:002011-03-25T12:41:09.003-06:00I always find it funny when people tell me this &q...I always find it funny when people tell me this "wasn't in history texts." As a granddaughter of immigrants who all grew up in NYC tenements, a native New Yorker, and a kid in the high noon of labor history (the 1980s), I feel like I heard about this fire constantly throughout childhood--in school, at home, at the public library, and certainly in school and in my history textbooks. And then again, I also always thought labor history was the coolest thing in the world. It's always disappointing (and a bit disorienting) to learn that this is not nearly so known in other parts of the country.Janine Giordano Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743145462085629472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-20217680179592459002011-03-25T00:08:21.275-06:002011-03-25T00:08:21.275-06:00The Triangle factory actually wasn’t a lock-in. Bu...The Triangle factory actually wasn’t a lock-in. But in those days there were no restrictions on egress routes, and the doors opened inwards, instead of outwards. What this meant was that in a panic situation, a scrum of people rushed to the exit door, and found they couldn’t open it because of the pressure from the people stacked up behind them, pressing everyone forward against the door. This is one of the effects that most people find rather far fetched, until they see the evidence of piles of suffocated people piled up against a door, after a fire has been put out.Atlanta Roofinghttp://www.hotfrog.com/Companies/Atlanta-Roofing-Resourcesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-43888542106519742032011-03-24T09:25:25.227-06:002011-03-24T09:25:25.227-06:00Heath, thank you for posting this. Another event n...Heath, thank you for posting this. Another event not included in American religious history texts, but that makes one wonder what that history might look like if things like this were included.rjchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447486006327105309noreply@blogger.com