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What a Reporter from the Forverts Saw at the Morgue

JL;DR SUMMARY The article from the Forverts, dated March 27, 1911, captures the harrowing scene outside a morgue on 26th Street, following the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ForvertsLabor RightsCommunityMourningGriefIndependent JournalismTragedyEarly 20th CenturyTriangle Shirtwaist Factory FireMorgue

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New York, United States
"The sun shines down from a clear sky and a fresh warm breeze blows. But the entire area around 26th Street, where the morgue is located, is in grief and mourning."

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