Raw Goods

Killed*

She was one of the unidentified.

had lived with her uncle
had a brother in new york and two in minneapolis
an uncle in Brooklyn, a baker with a comfortable home
two unmarried brothers
living with a married brother
her brother who is a tailor
a sister who was a dressmaker's apprentice
sisters were looking forward to coming to New York,
another brother was serving his second year in the army,
none of whom earned much.

$25.00 was given to the brother to send to his sisters
$50.00 was given to the brother for a tombstone
$50.00 given by the Union to cover funeral expenses
1000 roubles sent to the father
1250 kronen was sent to the American Consul
600 roubles was sent to the mother
making the total appropriation 950 roubles.

to her widowed mother and sister in Galicia
their parents in Russia
her mother and the four younger children
her father and step-mother in London
the mother had become insane

she might use it for the education of the children
it would be sufficient to set him up in a peddlar's business
for personal expenses, in consideration of her health
he had a good opportunity to rent a farm
the father might start a stationary store

this was clearly a great exaggeration.

This was equivalent to the girl's usual remittance for five years.
what the girl would have sent for three years
she had sent about $5.00 a month
her contribution being about $8.00 per month
had sent 10 roubles a month
A money order for them ready to be mailed was found on her person.

earned $16.00 a week
boarded on the lower east side
boarded with strangers
a member of the Union
earned a little teaching Hebrew
had worked in the shop for only three days
had been in America only for three months
her steamship ticket was not yet paid for
had been bought on the installment plan

was killed
was killed
was killed
was killed

had no children
had four children with him, one an insane deaf-mute
had one child and expected another
had an invalid crippled son of 13

they did not believe it.

was engaged to be married
supported her fiance
the husband, a barber, earned not more than two francs a day
$50.00 was given to her husband
her fiance paid for the funeral

a note of thanks has been received.



* excerpts from records of injuries and settlements in Triangle Shirt Waist factory fire, March 25, 1911

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