The aftermath of one of these in Jacksonville in 1901 led to the establishment of Brewster Hospital for African-Americans.
The aftermath of one of these in Jacksonville in 1901 led to the establishment of Brewster Hospital for African-Americans. Frances Perkins headed a committee formed in the aftermath of one of these events in 1911 in which 146 people died, 129 of them women, in the worst industrial disaster in US history. The primarily female workers died in that instance due to locked doors during work hours at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. This type of event actually took place on the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland in 1969. FTP name this type of disaster that befell Chicago in 1871, apocryphally due to Mrs. O'Leary's cow.
The aftermath of one of these in Jacksonville in 1901 led to the establishment of Brewster Hospital for African-Americans.
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