Updated: March 25, 2011 at 10:53 AM

Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire(15 images)

March 25, 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire when 146 factory workers died in the deadliest industrial disaster in New York city's history. Eye witness accounts by United Press reporter William G. Shepherd along with other reports during the following days and weeks brought the conditions of garment worker into public scrutiny.

Typical work conditions of the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire are seen in this undated photo prior to the fire on March 25, 1911 in New York, New York. UPI/Cornell University | License Photo

Girls and boys, as young as three, trim threads and pull basting stitches in a common factory setting. Children perished in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on March 25, 1911 in New York, New York. UPI/Lewis Hine/Cornell University | License Photo

Fire fighters battle the flames at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on March 25, 1911 in New York, New York. UPI/Cornell University | License Photo

Fire fighters battle the flames at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on March 25, 1911 in New York, New York. UPI/Brown Brothers/Cornell University | License Photo

Families pass through rows of coffins in an attempt to identify their relatives who were victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on March 25, 1911 in New York, New York. Police officers used lanterns to illuminate the corpses. UPI/Cornell University | License Photo

Rescuers lower victims after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in shrouds down the face of the building on March 25, 1911 in New York, New York. UPI/Brown Brothers/Cornell University | License Photo

The soot-covered Asch building is seen after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on March 25, 1911 in New York, New York. UPI/Cornell University | License Photo

Damage on the ninth floor is seen from the Traingle Shirtwaist Factory Fire on March 25, 1911 in New York, New York. UPI/Brown Brothers/Cornell University | License Photo

A police officer surveys the damage after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on March 25, 1911, in New York, New York. UPI/Brown Brothers/Cornell University | License Photo

Fire fighters search for bodies which might have fallen through a glass sky light in the sidewalk after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on March 25, 1911 in New York, New York. UPI/Cornell University | License Photo

A police officer walks among the casualties carrying a small wooden casket as volunteers line up to help carry victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire to the morgue on March 25, 1911 in New York, New York. UPI/Cornell University | License Photo

Bodies are seen after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on March 25, 1911 in New York, New York. UPI/Cornell University | License Photo

White horses outfitted with black netting lead the silent funeral procession for unidentified victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on April 5, 1911 in New York, New York. UPI/Cornell University | License Photo

Women protest after the Triangle Shirtwasit Factory fire which occurred on March 25, 2011. They hold signs advocating for fire drills in every shop, an end to political graft, no more long days spent working in "fire traps”" and the importance of unions. UPI/Cornell University | License Photo

At the funeral procession for unidentified victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire the United Hebrew Trades of New York and the Ladies Waist and Dressmakers Union Local 25 hold up banners that say "We Mourn Our Loss" on April 5, 1911 in New York, New York. UPI/Cornell University | License Photo

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