Two- Deadly Anniversaries

[BoroCall]

Today marks the anniversaries of two very deadly fires:

28th Anniversary - Happy Lands Social Club Fire - in Da Bronx
I remember this all to well - I worked this for several days.

Fire kills 87 people at the Happy Land Social Club in the Bronx in 1990

Fire kills 87 people at the Happy Land Social Club in the Bronx in 1990

Julio Gonzalez set an illegal Bronx social club on fire killing 87 people in the deadliest fire since the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. tragedy.

www.nydailynews.com

Happy Land fire, 25 years on: WPIX’s original coverage of Bronx tragedy

Editor’s note: This is WPIX’s original coverage from March 25, 1990. Karen Hasby is the anchor. The reporters are Glenn Thomson and Radames Soto. It aired on our national news franchise…

pix11.com

107th Anniversary - Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
Triangle shirtwaist factory fire, which killed 146 workers in a New York City garment factory,

https://www.history.com/topics/triangle-shirtwaist-fire

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire | Occupational Safety and Health Administration

www.osha.gov

 

[manhattan]

What sort of work did you do there?  Must have been difficult if it took that long.

 

[BoroCall]

What sort of work did you do there?  Must have been difficult if it took that long.

In those day's I was involved with VOAD - we provided assistance to the families and
to emergency services.