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niyad

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12. Thank you for the grim reminders of these tragedies. An additional piece of the Triangle Fire

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Mar 9, 2021, 09:54 AM

Mar 2021

is that it was one of the first cases of "dead peasant" insurance. The factory owners, whose locked doors and hazardous working conditions led to the deathsof those women and men, not only ran away without trying to help, they actually collected substantial insurance.

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Thank you for the grim reminders of these tragedies. An additional piece of the Triangle Fire niyad Mar 2021 #12