Removing the bodies of the 1911 Triangle Waist Company fire’s 146 victims was grim work. Using a block and tackle, firemen lowered nets or blankets with 2 or 3 bodies at a time to policemen 8 to 10 floors below, who spread them in a row on a dark red canvas. Ambulances then transported the bodies to Bellevue Morgue. Patrol wagons were sent to help but, delayed by the slow process, were forced to line up like taxicabs waiting to pick up customers. Read more about the tragedy in Tazia and Gemma (see NOVELS).
