The Triangle Fire

By Robert Brabson

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire killed 146 workers, mostly daughters and mothers. It was the worst fire that New York City had ever seen. Most jumped to their death rather than burn in a fire so hot that six bodies were never recovered. What the official story did not mention was the reason why the six were never found. Incinerated was easier to explain than the truth, especially when the family is involved. But one of the six left behind a daughter who would return on the 10th anniversary and discover the truth.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robert Brabson
• Release date: Jan 23, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370380053

Robert Brabson

Like others, I have joined the ranks of the Covid-19 unemployed. So, between job apps, I have time to write and publish. I live in the Southwest with my wife Kimberly and Buffy, the dog.

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The Triangle Fire

By Robert Brabson

Copyright 2017 Robert Brabson

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used factiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is coincidental.

The Asch Building was a permanent reminder, because somewhere inside were the six who were never found. Everyone assumed that they were cremated by the intense heat and thrown out with the rest of the ashes when the factory was gutted. In the scurry to clean up the mess, the trash men moved at cover up speed and had no time to sort the burnt wood from the burnt flesh. The unaccounted girls were conveniently tacked on to the final count, making 146 dead. Momma was one of the six.

However, Anne could not accept the final report. Momma was strong and resourceful. When they arrived at Ellis Island, Mamma was a widow with 30 farthings and a small child, but she quickly found a roof in Little Dublin and a job sewing women’s blouses. She was a survivor who always found a way, and Anne had learned over the past ten years to become one too. Mamma was not the kind of woman to disappear without a trace. She would’ve fought the fire with her bare hands. Anne knew in her heart that Mamma would not have let the fire win without a struggle. Somewhere inside was the scar that Mamma had left behind.

Anne was right. The fire did not kill Mamma.

But the fire was a convenient excuse and the Asch Building was allowed to live on as pretty apartments and spacious offices. No one visited it on the tenth anniversary of