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
(Lidel) Kraut, Anne	30	Born in Brailov, Ukraine
Abramowitz, Isidore		Cutter on the 8th floor.
Abramson, Clara
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. Father of Mary Alter who also survived.
Alter, Mary		Lived at 1516 Charlotte Street, Bronx Cousin of Isaac Harris, and daughter of Louis Alter, was employed as a stenographer on the tenth floor. Her granddaughter Ann Nevin calls her Rose in the interview which appeared in the HBO documentary "Triangle: Remembering the Fire."
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.
Barilli, Lena
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, Henrietta	12
Blanck, Max		Lived at 240 Ocean Parkway Co-owner of the Triangle Shirt Waist factory, co-defendent in the trial.
Blanck, Mildred	5
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
Cohen, Solly		Eighth floor office boy who led Anna Dougherty to the roof. Also identified as a shipping clerk who attempted to use the fire hose but it did not work.
Cushner, Esther	19	Lived at 57 East 98th street Operator on the 9th floor.
Damsky, Mary	18	Lived at 28 Wyeth Street Operator on the 9th floor.
Deutschman, Ida		Lived at 7 Hester Street Operator on the 9th floor.
Dorrity, Anna		Irish immigrant
Dougherty, Anna
Ehresmann
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.
Flecher, Joseph
Freedman, Rose	18	Lived at 77 East 4th Street
Friedman, Sarah		Lived at 170 Henry Street
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		Operator on the ninth floor.
Golden, Dora (Dvorka)		A seamstress at Triangle; escaped the fire because her station was close to the exit.
Gordon, Abe
Gordon, Annie
Gorsky, Charles
Granick, Joseph
Greenspan, William		Lived at 156 East 112th Street Machinist on the 9th floor.
Grimaldi, Lucy		Worked on the 8th floor.
Gudeinsky (Goodinsky), Rose		Was an operator. Born in Russia, married Samuel Oleesky betwen 1915 and 1919.
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.
Held, Anna
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		Tucker on the 8th floor
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.
Katz, Rose
Klein, Jennie		Lived at 173 Madison Street
Koppelman, Gussie		Lived at 116 Madison Ave 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.
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.
LoCastro, Frances
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.
Maisler, Dora		Lived at 10 Cannon Street Went by the name of Dora Miller at the time of the fire, and that is how she is referred to in the New York Times article of March 26, 1911.
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.
Meshel, Hyman	21	Lived at 332 East 15th Street 8th floor; slid down elevator shaft and was found in rising water below.
Mittleman, Anna
Mittleman, Ida
Monick, Ethel
Mortillaro, Gaspare		operated passenger elevator
Mostrata (Fanelli), Caterina	35	Escaped by climbing to the roof and from there to the nearby building
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.
Rotner, Max		Lived at 91 Washington Ave, Bronx Cutter Brother of victim Theodore Rotner
Rubinowitz, Catherine (Katie)	16	Lived at 265 Madison Street
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
Saltz, Celia
Saltz, Minnie
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		Lived at 4 East 107th Street Examiner on the 9th floor. Spelled Salmonwitz in NYT reporting of the trial on December 14, 1911.
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		Lived at 196 Henry Street Worked on the 9th floor. Testified in Yiddish.
Skop, Fannie
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.
Troise, Fortunata		Left work early the day of the fire
Ventura, Nellie		Ninth floor. Went down the fire escape.
Wagner, Minnie		Worked on the 8th floor.
Walker, Celia (Cecilia)	20	severe burns on body;St.Vincent's Hospital; came down the elevator shaft from the ninth floor.
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		Lived at 1457 Madison Avenue Worked on the ninth floor. Jumped onto the cables of the elevator. Her sister Rosie Wiener died in the fire.
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

(Lidel) Kraut, Anne

Born in Brailov, Ukraine

Abramowitz, Isidore

Cutter on the 8th floor.

Abramson, Clara

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. Father of Mary Alter who also survived.

Alter, Mary

Lived at 1516 Charlotte Street, Bronx
Cousin of Isaac Harris, and daughter of Louis Alter, was employed as a stenographer on the tenth floor. Her granddaughter Ann Nevin calls her Rose in the interview which appeared in the HBO documentary "Triangle: Remembering the Fire."

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.

Barilli, Lena

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, Henrietta

Blanck, Max

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

Blanck, Mildred

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

Cohen, Solly

Eighth floor office boy who led Anna Dougherty to the roof. Also identified as a shipping clerk who attempted to use the fire hose but it did not work.

Cushner, Esther

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

Damsky, Mary

Lived at 28 Wyeth Street
Operator on the 9th floor.

Deutschman, Ida

Lived at 7 Hester Street
Operator on the 9th floor.

Dorrity, Anna

Irish immigrant

Dougherty, Anna

Ehresmann

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.

Flecher, Joseph

Freedman, Rose

Lived at 77 East 4th Street

Friedman, Sarah

Lived at 170 Henry Street

Gartman, Kate

Gilman (Gellman?), Sam

Ginsberg, May (Mamie)

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

Glantz, Rose

Operator on the ninth floor.

Golden, Dora (Dvorka)

A seamstress at Triangle; escaped the fire because her station was close to the exit.

Gordon, Abe

Gordon, Annie

Gorsky, Charles

Granick, Joseph

Greenspan, William

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

Grimaldi, Lucy

Worked on the 8th floor.

Gudeinsky (Goodinsky), Rose

Was an operator. Born in Russia, married Samuel Oleesky betwen 1915 and 1919.

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.

Held, Anna

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

Tucker on the 8th floor

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.

Katz, Rose

Klein, Jennie

Lived at 173 Madison Street

Koppelman, Gussie

Lived at 116 Madison Ave
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.

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.

LoCastro, Frances

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.

Maisler, Dora

Lived at 10 Cannon Street
Went by the name of Dora Miller at the time of the fire, and that is how she is referred to in the New York Times article of March 26, 1911.

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.

Meshel, Hyman

Lived at 332 East 15th Street
8th floor; slid down elevator shaft and was found in rising water below.

Mittleman, Anna

Mittleman, Ida

Monick, Ethel

Mortillaro, Gaspare

operated passenger elevator

Mostrata (Fanelli), Caterina

Escaped by climbing to the roof and from there to the nearby building

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.

Rotner, Max

Lived at 91 Washington Ave, Bronx
Cutter Brother of victim Theodore Rotner

Rubinowitz, Catherine (Katie)

Lived at 265 Madison Street

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

Saltz, Celia

Saltz, Minnie

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

Lived at 4 East 107th Street
Examiner on the 9th floor. Spelled Salmonwitz in NYT reporting of the trial on December 14, 1911.

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

Lived at 196 Henry Street
Worked on the 9th floor. Testified in Yiddish.

Skop, Fannie

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.

Troise, Fortunata

Left work early the day of the fire

Ventura, Nellie

Ninth floor. Went down the fire escape.

Wagner, Minnie

Worked on the 8th floor.

Walker, Celia (Cecilia)

severe burns on body;St.Vincent's Hospital; came down the elevator shaft from the ninth floor.

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

Lived at 1457 Madison Avenue
Worked on the ninth floor. Jumped onto the cables of the elevator. Her sister Rosie Wiener died in the fire.

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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