Cornell University - ILR School - The Triangle Factory Fire

The following list of survivor names is made available by the Kheel Center in response to the many inquiries it receives concerning the identity of people involved in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire.

The names of the survivors were taken from numerous sources including the trial transcripts.

The Kheel Center does not have any additional information regarding the people listed below. We do encourage you to offer updates or corrections about survivors to help us keep this list as current as possible.

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Name	Age	Notes
Abramowitz, Isidore		Cutter on the 8th floor.
Alter, Louis		Lived at 1516 Charlotte street Bronx Worked on the 10th floor. He was in charge of the keys and checking the possessions of employees for stolen goods.
Alter, Mary
Alterman, Kate
Anselmo (Vacante), Rosalie	20	Was 24 at the time of the fire. Worked as a seamstress on the 10th floor. She escaped by climbing to another building from the roof. Died in 1963.
Appel, Dora
Axelrod, Dora		Lived at 276 Madison street Waist maker on the 9th floor.
Benanti, Tessa	16	Lived at 55 Mott St., New York Her given name was Petrina, but she was called Tessa or Tessie. Her family was originally from Marineo, Sicily, in Italy. Her cousin Vincenza also worked at Triangle. She perished in the fire.
Berlin, Pauline	16	Lived at Lower East Side Pauline Berlin was a finisher and worked on the tenth floor. She was saved by the floor supervisor, who opened the door to the roof and led several workers away to other buildings across rooftops.
Bernstein, Abraham		Lived at 134 Avenue C. Worked on the 9th floor, was the uncle of several of the Bernsteins working at Triangle at the time.
Bernstein, Minnie
Bernstein, Rose
Bernstein, Sam		Lived at 25Q. East 4th street Operator on the 9th floor, related to manager Samuel Bernstein, his brother Morris Bernstein died in the fire.
Bernstein, Samuel		Lived at 103 West 117th Street Superintendent and Manager of the factory, related by marriage to both Max Blanck and Isaac Harris.
Bernstein, William		Lived at 228 East 6th street
Bischofsky, Bessie
Blanck, Max		Lived at 240 Ocean Parkway Co-owner of the Triangle Shirt Waist factory, co-defendent in the trial.
Brenman, Joseph
Brown, Louis		Lived at 868 Dawson street, Bronx Machinist on the 8th floor.
Bucelli, Mary	18
Burd, Augusta		Cutter on the 8th floor.
Bursky, Becky		Lived at 262 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. Worked on the 9th floor as operator.
Cammerstein, Sarah
Cascio, Gussie	25
Casey, John		Lived at 67 Bedford Street Not an employee of the Triangle Waist Company, but in the building at the time of the fire. Worked as an engineer in the Asch building.
Chaitin, Esther	16	Lived at Beck St., Bronx The daughter of Russian immigrants Kalman (from St. Petersburg) and Riva Chaitin, Esther was left with scars on her face and hands. She married later in life and had no children. Source: family.
Cohen (Gabrilowich), Bessie	19	Worked as a seamstress on the 9th floor
Cohen (Willinsky), Ida		Lived at 146 East 4th street Operator on the 8th floor.
Cohen, Rose
Cushner, Esther	19	Lived at 57 East 98th street Operator on the 9th floor.
Damsky, Mary	18	Operator on the 9th floor.
Deitschman, Ida		Operator on the 9th floor.
Deutchman, Ida
Dorrity, Anna		Irish immigrant
Dougherty, Anna
Elbaum, Teresa		Lived at 520 Cleveland St, Brooklyn Forelady on the 10th floor.
Feibes, Sam		Lived at 237 East 115th street Cutter on the 8th floor.
Freedman, Rose	18	Lived at 77 East 4th Street
Friedman, Sarah
Gartman, Kate
Gilman (Gellman?), Sam
Ginsberg, May (Mamie)	21	Sewed buttons and snaps onto garments on the 10th floor. Was born in Poland.
Glantz, Rose
Gordon, Abe
Gorsky, Charles
Greenspan, William		Lived at 156 East 112th Street Machinist on the 9th floor.
Grimaldi, Lucy		Worked on the 8th floor.
Gullo, Anna	20	Lived at 437 East 12th street Operator on the 9th floor.
Handschuh, Lena		Lived at 278 East 10th street Forelady on the 8th floor.
Harris, Esther	21	Lived at 131 Chester Street, Brooklyn Broke her back coming down elevator chute. Recovered at a NY hospital.
Harris, Eva
Harris, Isaac		Lived at 324 West 101st Street Co-owner of the Triangle Shirt Waist factory, co-defendent in the trial.
Himmelstein, Celia		Operator on the 8th floor.
Himmelstein, Dora		Worked on the 8th floor.
Hochfield, Max
Horowitz, Anna		Operator on the 9th floor.
Horowitz, Gussie
Horton, Thomas		Porter
Ingegeno, Carmella		Lived at 521 Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn Operator on the 8th floor.
Kaplan, Eva		Lived at 161 East 103rd Street Operator on the 8th floor.
Koppelman, Gussie		Worked on the 9th floor.
Kreitzberg, Yetta		Lived at 215 and 217 Roebling street, Brooklyn Worked in the shipping department on the 10th floor.
Lang, Christina		Took care of the cloakroom at the Triangle factory.
Lazarowitz, Charles		Worked on the 8th floor.
Lepanto, Rose		Operator on the 8th floor.
Levantina
Levantini, May
Levine (Mr. )		Bookkeeper.
Lieberowitz, Lena		Mentioned in the testimony of Yetta Lubitz, was apparently a survivor present in the courtroom.
Lipschitz, Dinah		Lived at 405 Miller avenue, Brooklyn Timekeeper on the 8th floor. Cousin to the wives of Max Blanck and Isaac Harris.
Lubitz, Yetta
Lucy [?]		Worked as a forelady, saved by manager Samuel Berstein when he carried her to the roof.
Maida, Helen	16	She was a seamstress born in Italy. Information provided by the family.
Maizler, Dora
Markowitz, Edward N.		Lived at 29 West 117th street In charge of the shipping department on the 10th floor.
Mattia, Amolia (Molly)		Died in 1927. Information provided by the family.
Mayer, Rose		Same as Rose Mayers?
Mayers, Rose		Lived at 263 Rivington street Operator on the 9th floor.
Mittleman, Anna
Mittleman, Ida
Monick, Ethel
Mortillalo, Gasper		operated passenger elevator
Nelson, Ida
Nicolosi, Josie		Operator on the 8th floor.
Okan, Ida		Lived at 69 West 115th street Marked for button sewers on the 9th floor.
Panno, Rosalie		Operator on the 8th floor.
Pasterneck, Frank		Lived at 234 east 19th Street Operator on the 9th floor.
Pearl, Florence		An immigrant from Romania, she survived by sliding down the elevator cable. She is unrelated to victim Ida Pearl.
Penza Gili, Addolorata (Dolores) Immacolata	18	Lived at Brooklyn, NY Worked as a skilled embroiderer on the top floor
Pepe, Pauline
Rapp, Gussie		Lived at 604 East 10th street According to her testimony at the trial, she was not actually present at the time of the fire but had left work early. Forelady on the 9th floor.
Reiner, Rose		Operator on the 8th floor.
Riegler, Sylvia		Worked on the 8th floor
Rosen, Anna		According to the New York Times of November 4, 1911, Anna Rosen perished in another fire in Pittsburgh.
Rosenfeld, Rose		Lived at 900 Union Avenue, Bronx Operator on the 9th floor.
Russo, Pasqualina	19	Jumped to safety from the rooftop to another building. Her hair was burned in the fire. She married Luigi Pellino a year or two after the fire, and went on to have 5 children, 13 grand-children, and many great-grandchildren. She passed away in 1979 at the age of 87.
Safran, Rosey
Salub, Nathan		Lived at 116 Second Street Worked as a night watchman, had just come in to work when the fire started.
Schwartz, Ida		Operator on the 9th floor.
Sederman, Louis		Lived at 814 East 9th street Assistant shipping clerk on the 10th floor.
Seivos, Irene		Operator on the 8th floor.
Selmanowitz, Fannie		Examiner on the 9th floor.
Silk, Louis		Lived at 843 West End avenue Not an employee of the Triangle Waist Company, but on the premises at the time of the fire. Salesman employed by Krower & Tyneberg firm, sold embroidery. He was meeting with Isaac Harris in the 10th floor office when the fire began.
Singer, Ida		Worked on the 9th floor.
Speciale (Cucchiara), Katherine	17
Sprinsock, Annie	17	Lived at 501 Pennsylvania Avenue A Russian-Jewish immigrant, she worked as examiner on the 8th floor. Saved the life of a co-worker by lifting her and carrying her onboard the last elevator run.
Szivos, Irene		Hungarian tucker
Teschner, Emile W.		Lived at 445 East 140th street Traveling salesman employed by Harris and Blanck. Was meeting with Isaac Harris and Louis Silk at the time of the fire.
Wagner, Minnie		Worked on the 8th floor.
Walker, Celia (Cecilia)		severe burns on body;St.Vincent's Hospital
Wegodner, Ephraim	45	Escaped down the Green St. stairs from the ninth floor, where he and his son Isidore had come to work four months earlier as sleeve setters.
Wegodner, Isidore	16	Escaped down the Green St. stairs from the ninth floor, where he and his father Ephraim had come to work four months earlier as sleeve setters.
Weiner, Katie
Weiner, Lillian	22	Lived at 338 South 3rd street, Brooklyn Examiner on the 9th floor.
Wexler, Joseph		Worked on the 8th floor, responsible for checking female workers for stolen goods as they left work.
Willensky, Ida		Lived at 146 East 4th Street Operator on the 8th floor
Williamson, Reginald J.		Lived at 134 West 133rd street Worked as a porter.
Wortman, Peter		Lived at 50 East 112th street In charge of the stock department on the 10th floor.
Yaller, Lena		Operator on the 9th floor.
Yusum, Rosie
Zimmerman, Sophie	19	Lived at 82 Avenue C Operator on the 9th floor.
Zito, Joseph (Giuseppe)	27	Lived at 120 MacDougal Street, Manhattan, NY operated passenger elevator; born in Italy; date of birth 9/1/1883
Zona Boschetto, Ermenegilda	20	Northern Italian, married, worked at Triangle for 4 years

Name

Age

Notes

Abramowitz, Isidore

Cutter on the 8th floor.

Alter, Louis

Lived at 1516 Charlotte street Bronx
Worked on the 10th floor. He was in charge of the keys and checking the possessions of employees for stolen goods.

Alter, Mary

Alterman, Kate

Anselmo (Vacante), Rosalie

Was 24 at the time of the fire. Worked as a seamstress on the 10th floor. She escaped by climbing to another building from the roof. Died in 1963.

Appel, Dora

Axelrod, Dora

Lived at 276 Madison street
Waist maker on the 9th floor.

Benanti, Tessa

Lived at 55 Mott St., New York
Her given name was Petrina, but she was called Tessa or Tessie. Her family was originally from Marineo, Sicily, in Italy. Her cousin Vincenza also worked at Triangle. She perished in the fire.

Berlin, Pauline

Lived at Lower East Side
Pauline Berlin was a finisher and worked on the tenth floor. She was saved by the floor supervisor, who opened the door to the roof and led several workers away to other buildings across rooftops.

Bernstein, Abraham

Lived at 134 Avenue C.
Worked on the 9th floor, was the uncle of several of the Bernsteins working at Triangle at the time.

Bernstein, Minnie

Bernstein, Rose

Bernstein, Sam

Lived at 25Q. East 4th street
Operator on the 9th floor, related to manager Samuel Bernstein, his brother Morris Bernstein died in the fire.

Bernstein, Samuel

Lived at 103 West 117th Street
Superintendent and Manager of the factory, related by marriage to both Max Blanck and Isaac Harris.

Bernstein, William

Lived at 228 East 6th street

Bischofsky, Bessie

Blanck, Max

Lived at 240 Ocean Parkway
Co-owner of the Triangle Shirt Waist factory, co-defendent in the trial.

Brenman, Joseph

Brown, Louis

Lived at 868 Dawson street, Bronx
Machinist on the 8th floor.

Bucelli, Mary

Burd, Augusta

Cutter on the 8th floor.

Bursky, Becky

Lived at 262 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn.
Worked on the 9th floor as operator.

Cammerstein, Sarah

Cascio, Gussie

Casey, John

Lived at 67 Bedford Street
Not an employee of the Triangle Waist Company, but in the building at the time of the fire. Worked as an engineer in the Asch building.

Chaitin, Esther

Lived at Beck St., Bronx
The daughter of Russian immigrants Kalman (from St. Petersburg) and Riva Chaitin, Esther was left with scars on her face and hands. She married later in life and had no children. Source: family.

Cohen (Gabrilowich), Bessie

Worked as a seamstress on the 9th floor

Cohen (Willinsky), Ida

Lived at 146 East 4th street
Operator on the 8th floor.

Cohen, Rose

Cushner, Esther

Lived at 57 East 98th street
Operator on the 9th floor.

Damsky, Mary

Operator on the 9th floor.

Deitschman, Ida

Operator on the 9th floor.

Deutchman, Ida

Dorrity, Anna

Irish immigrant

Dougherty, Anna

Elbaum, Teresa

Lived at 520 Cleveland St, Brooklyn
Forelady on the 10th floor.

Feibes, Sam

Lived at 237 East 115th street
Cutter on the 8th floor.

Freedman, Rose

Lived at 77 East 4th Street

Friedman, Sarah

Gartman, Kate

Gilman (Gellman?), Sam

Ginsberg, May (Mamie)

Sewed buttons and snaps onto garments on the 10th floor. Was born in Poland.

Glantz, Rose

Gordon, Abe

Gorsky, Charles

Greenspan, William

Lived at 156 East 112th Street
Machinist on the 9th floor.

Grimaldi, Lucy

Worked on the 8th floor.

Gullo, Anna

Lived at 437 East 12th street
Operator on the 9th floor.

Handschuh, Lena

Lived at 278 East 10th street
Forelady on the 8th floor.

Harris, Esther

Lived at 131 Chester Street, Brooklyn
Broke her back coming down elevator chute. Recovered at a NY hospital.

Harris, Eva

Harris, Isaac

Lived at 324 West 101st Street
Co-owner of the Triangle Shirt Waist factory, co-defendent in the trial.

Himmelstein, Celia

Operator on the 8th floor.

Himmelstein, Dora

Worked on the 8th floor.

Hochfield, Max

Horowitz, Anna

Operator on the 9th floor.

Horowitz, Gussie

Horton, Thomas

Porter

Ingegeno, Carmella

Lived at 521 Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn
Operator on the 8th floor.

Kaplan, Eva

Lived at 161 East 103rd Street
Operator on the 8th floor.

Koppelman, Gussie

Worked on the 9th floor.

Kreitzberg, Yetta

Lived at 215 and 217 Roebling street, Brooklyn
Worked in the shipping department on the 10th floor.

Lang, Christina

Took care of the cloakroom at the Triangle factory.

Lazarowitz, Charles

Worked on the 8th floor.

Lepanto, Rose

Operator on the 8th floor.

Levantina

Levantini, May

Levine (Mr. )

Bookkeeper.

Lieberowitz, Lena

Mentioned in the testimony of Yetta Lubitz, was apparently a survivor present in the courtroom.

Lipschitz, Dinah

Lived at 405 Miller avenue, Brooklyn
Timekeeper on the 8th floor. Cousin to the wives of Max Blanck and Isaac Harris.

Lubitz, Yetta

Lucy [?]

Worked as a forelady, saved by manager Samuel Berstein when he carried her to the roof.

Maida, Helen

She was a seamstress born in Italy. Information provided by the family.

Maizler, Dora

Markowitz, Edward N.

Lived at 29 West 117th street
In charge of the shipping department on the 10th floor.

Mattia, Amolia (Molly)

Died in 1927. Information provided by the family.

Mayer, Rose

Same as Rose Mayers?

Mayers, Rose

Lived at 263 Rivington street
Operator on the 9th floor.

Mittleman, Anna

Mittleman, Ida

Monick, Ethel

Mortillalo, Gasper

operated passenger elevator

Nelson, Ida

Nicolosi, Josie

Operator on the 8th floor.

Okan, Ida

Lived at 69 West 115th street
Marked for button sewers on the 9th floor.

Panno, Rosalie

Operator on the 8th floor.

Pasterneck, Frank

Lived at 234 east 19th Street
Operator on the 9th floor.

Pearl, Florence

An immigrant from Romania, she survived by sliding down the elevator cable. She is unrelated to victim Ida Pearl.

Penza Gili, Addolorata (Dolores) Immacolata

Lived at Brooklyn, NY
Worked as a skilled embroiderer on the top floor

Pepe, Pauline

Rapp, Gussie

Lived at 604 East 10th street
According to her testimony at the trial, she was not actually present at the time of the fire but had left work early. Forelady on the 9th floor.

Reiner, Rose

Operator on the 8th floor.

Riegler, Sylvia

Worked on the 8th floor

Rosen, Anna

According to the New York Times of November 4, 1911, Anna Rosen perished in another fire in Pittsburgh.

Rosenfeld, Rose

Lived at 900 Union Avenue, Bronx
Operator on the 9th floor.

Russo, Pasqualina

Jumped to safety from the rooftop to another building. Her hair was burned in the fire. She married Luigi Pellino a year or two after the fire, and went on to have 5 children, 13 grand-children, and many great-grandchildren. She passed away in 1979 at the age of 87.

Safran, Rosey

Salub, Nathan

Lived at 116 Second Street
Worked as a night watchman, had just come in to work when the fire started.

Schwartz, Ida

Operator on the 9th floor.

Sederman, Louis

Lived at 814 East 9th street
Assistant shipping clerk on the 10th floor.

Seivos, Irene

Operator on the 8th floor.

Selmanowitz, Fannie

Examiner on the 9th floor.

Silk, Louis

Lived at 843 West End avenue
Not an employee of the Triangle Waist Company, but on the premises at the time of the fire. Salesman employed by Krower & Tyneberg firm, sold embroidery. He was meeting with Isaac Harris in the 10th floor office when the fire began.

Singer, Ida

Worked on the 9th floor.

Speciale (Cucchiara), Katherine

Sprinsock, Annie

Lived at 501 Pennsylvania Avenue
A Russian-Jewish immigrant, she worked as examiner on the 8th floor. Saved the life of a co-worker by lifting her and carrying her onboard the last elevator run.

Szivos, Irene

Hungarian tucker

Teschner, Emile W.

Lived at 445 East 140th street
Traveling salesman employed by Harris and Blanck. Was meeting with Isaac Harris and Louis Silk at the time of the fire.

Wagner, Minnie

Worked on the 8th floor.

Walker, Celia (Cecilia)

severe burns on body;St.Vincent's Hospital

Wegodner, Ephraim

Escaped down the Green St. stairs from the ninth floor, where he and his son Isidore had come to work four months earlier as sleeve setters.

Wegodner, Isidore

Escaped down the Green St. stairs from the ninth floor, where he and his father Ephraim had come to work four months earlier as sleeve setters.

Weiner, Katie

Weiner, Lillian

Lived at 338 South 3rd street, Brooklyn
Examiner on the 9th floor.

Wexler, Joseph

Worked on the 8th floor, responsible for checking female workers for stolen goods as they left work.

Willensky, Ida

Lived at 146 East 4th Street
Operator on the 8th floor

Williamson, Reginald J.

Lived at 134 West 133rd street
Worked as a porter.

Wortman, Peter

Lived at 50 East 112th street
In charge of the stock department on the 10th floor.

Yaller, Lena

Operator on the 9th floor.

Yusum, Rosie

Zimmerman, Sophie

Lived at 82 Avenue C
Operator on the 9th floor.

Zito, Joseph (Giuseppe)

Lived at 120 MacDougal Street, Manhattan, NY
operated passenger elevator; born in Italy; date of birth 9/1/1883

Zona Boschetto, Ermenegilda

Northern Italian, married, worked at Triangle for 4 years

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