Guest Guest Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 I'm looking for a monument dedicated to the victims of the 1913 fire at the Binghamton Clothing Company. I believe it may be in Springforest Cemetery in your city. Can anyone verify if such a memorial exists? If so, maybe a section # location in the cemetery? Is it a large cemetery? Newspaper accounts of the fire vary, but I believe somewhere between 30-50 women died in the tragedy. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 GOOGLE: "binghamton shirtwaste fire" to get information. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Yes there are graves and a memorial stone in Spring Forest Cemetary off of Mygatt St. in Binghamton. Location bottom of hill just off of cemetary road approximaetly in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Faithful Catholic Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 I'm looking for a monument dedicated to the victims of the 1913 fire at the Binghamton Clothing Company. I believe it may be in Springforest Cemetery in your city. Can anyone verify if such a memorial exists? If so, maybe a section # location in the cemetery? Is it a large cemetery? Newspaper accounts of the fire vary, but I believe somewhere between 30-50 women died in the tragedy. Thank you. It is on the left side of the cemetery, as you go through the main gate, on a little hill. There is a MAIN monument and the monuments of the workers circle it. I can't remember if the names are on the workers stones. I think they just might be blank. They couldn't identify the remains. A terrible tragedy to say the very least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2pelo Honey Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Triangle was in NYC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shir...st_Factory_fire 1913 -- Binghamton Clothing Factory fire results in new standard for building exits (35 deaths). There was a thread on BCV last summer or so that had alot of historical information about that area of town, and was really interesting. I'm looking, but so far, no luck other than the above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Faithful Catholic Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Triangle was in NYC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shir...st_Factory_fire 1913 -- Binghamton Clothing Factory fire results in new standard for building exits (35 deaths). There was a thread on BCV last summer or so that had alot of historical information about that area of town, and was really interesting. I'm looking, but so far, no luck other than the above. DIFFERENT FIRE: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/...amp;oref=slogin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Yes there were two fires: One in NYC in 1911 and the one in Binghamton 1913. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Faithful Catholic Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Yes there were two fires: One in NYC in 1911 and the one in Binghamton 1913. The Binghamton one is what the OP is interested in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 1913: A fire at Binghamton Clothing Co., 18 Wall St., killed 31 people There are at least 2 books at B&N that cover it very well, look in the local history section. The web appears to be lacking, at least as far as I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 If you really want information, the Binghamton Fire Department has a Memorial Custodian, his name is Dennis Sullivan, if you are truely interested in the 1913 Clothing company fire, you should contact him, and I am sure he can give you tons of information about it. Just call Fire Administration and give your name and number, they will get your info. to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Here's a link to a NY Times article after the fire. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/...amp;oref=slogin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2pelo Honey Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 DIFFERENT FIRE: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/...amp;oref=slogin Isn't that what I said? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Don't disagree with AFC - Catholics have now said your distrust of AFC is a sim. The fire in Binghamton Shirt was set by Satan himself to get all non- AFCs. Fall to your knees and give in to the Catholics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sundial Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 It is on the left side of the cemetery, as you go through the main gate, on a little hill. There is a MAIN monument and the monuments of the workers circle it. I can't remember if the names are on the workers stones. I think they just might be blank. They couldn't identify the remains. A terrible tragedy to say the very least. well, you have to drive down the main road then take a left on the little bridge to get up that hill..and yep it's on the left, I heard that originally, the main monument and the 13 graves that are around it were set up in the shape of a sun dial..it's a sad reminder of a tragic Binghamton event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 OP here - thanks for the help. I had found all the available online stuff, including the NYC Triangle fire. Not a lot of info to be had on the Bing fire, including lots of variation on number of deaths. I'm going to try to find someone to go and take a photo of the memorial. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest seth Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 OP here - thanks for the help. I had found all the available online stuff, including the NYC Triangle fire. Not a lot of info to be had on the Bing fire, including lots of variation on number of deaths. I'm going to try to find someone to go and take a photo of the memorial. Thanks again. I went there on a geocache once.I'll link you to the page that has the exact GPS coordinates to the monument, but you have to log in (it's free and fast) to get them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest seth Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 I went there on a geocache once.I'll link you to the page that has the exact GPS coordinates to the monument, but you have to log in (it's free and fast) to get them. And NOW I will link you http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...60-5eee169f2568 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Thanks to all...Today I got a photo of the memorial. It's quite impressive! Also, thanks for the info on caching - I'm going to try that once I get GPS straightened out. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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