Triangle Shirt Waist Factory Fire

[R1SmokeEater]

Any of you FDNY History buffs know the rundown (Companies that responded) to the "Infamous" TSW Fatal Fire ?

 

[guitarman314]

 Today the response to box 388 @Washington Pl. & Greene St. would be E33, Sq18, E24, TL9, L3, BC6. I know that back in 1911 Ladder 20 was the 1st due truck coming from 155 Mercer St. Back then Ladder 9 was not with E33 at Great Jones St. but further south & east on Elizabeth St. off Prince St. Looking at one of my old 1907 street maps it looks like E33, E72, E13, & either E18 or E25 as 4th due, L20, L3 (back then it was 4 engines and 2 trucks in that part of Manhattan). Many companies that responded to this fire were double companies on March 25, 1911 like Engines: 5, 7, 16, 18, 20, 26, 27, 30*(3 sections), 31, 33, 72 and Ladders 5 , 8 & 20.

 

[guitarman314]

Any of you FDNY History buffs know the rundown (Companies that responded) to the "Infamous" TSW Fatal Fire ?

  Don't have a card for box 388 but I found this 1940 vintage card for box 396 @Broadway & 8th St. which is only 2 blocks north & 2 blocks east of box 388 (the red circled units were double co's. on 03-25-1911):  http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/1585/box396man.jpg 

 

[mack]

Magazine highlights the early efforts of E72, E (High Pressure Company) 18 and L20 with left nets.
http://books.google.com/books?id=IBZykg_-9IAC&pg=PA466-IA2&dq=max+blanck+and+isaac+harris&cd=10#v=onepage&q=max blanck and isaac harris&f=false